Sept 18

Geography: Place & Location

1.          A place or location refers to your position on our planet, Earth.

2.          Your home address is located in a neighborhood or residential  area which forms the community of Humberlea.

3.          Humberlea boundaries include Sheppard Ave. on the north, the Canadian National railway on the east, the Humber River on the west and Oak Street on the south side, home to Satin Finish hardwood & Visioneering lighting manufacturers.

4.          Stores and shopping plazas are located in a business or commercial  area.

5.          The borough or village or town of Weston is part of the city or municipality of Toronto. 

6.          Toronto is part of the province of Ontario.

7.          Cultural areas or districts such as Little Italy, Chinatown or Greektown are commonplace in a multi-cultural city such as ours.

8.          Ontario is part of the country or nation of Canada.  Besides provinces, countries may be also divided into states, territories or regions.

9.          Canada is part of the continent of North America.

10.      North America is part of the Northern Hemisphere.

11.      The Earth is part of our solar system or Milky Way Galaxy.

12.      A sketch of an area, neighborhood, or major road intersection as you picture it in your mind is called a mental map.

13.      Factories and manufacturing plants are located in industrial areas.

14.      Farming, agriculture and livestock are located in rural areas.

15.      The streets of our city are like a grid running north-south and intersect with streets running east-west forming quadrants of neighborhoods/communities.

16.      G.P.S. stands for Global Positioning System.  It pinpoints your exact location on earth using lines of longitude and latitude and important landmarks, or tourist destinations.

17.      A precise spot on earth with clearly defined boundaries is called an absolute location. 

18.      An estimation/approximation of a spot on Earth is called a relative  location.

19.      People decide to locate places in certain areas for physical or economic reasons (e.g. access to highways, landforms, bodies of water, potential employment) and social reasons (e.g. population, culture, language).

20.      Crossroads Shopping Centre is located on the south-east corner of Highway 401 and Weston road.

21.      St. Simon School is located on the north side of Wallasey Ave. on the east side of Weston Rd., just north of Walsh/Albion.

22.      One would travel west  on Wallasey from St Simon in order to reach Weston Road.

23.      One would travel north on Weston road from St Simon to reach St. Basil’s on Starview Blvd. or the Carmine Stefano Community Centre.

24.      One would travel south on Weston road from St Simon to reach Crossroads Shopping or the Superstore Gas station, on the north-east corner of Oak & Weston.

25.      Beckers is on the north-east corner of Weston Road and Gaydon Ave, across from the Petro Canada gas station.

26.      The general area of Weston/Hwy 401 has a combination of 3 distinct areas, namely: commercial (i.e. Crossroads Shopping, restaurants), industrial (i.e. Hardwood flooring & lighting manufacturing on Oak St.) and residential (houses, apartments, townhomes, parks & recreation).

2-3 Real-life examples in and around Humberlea, Weston, Toronto, GTA of:

Economic Locations (building, working, manufacturing, commercial)

Crossroads Shopping Centre, Yorkdale Mall, Vaughan Mills, Spielman’s Garden Centre, Home Depot, Lowes, Rona…

Political Locations (government buildings, making, passing, enforcing laws) 

City Hall (municipal), Queen’s Park (provincial legislature), court houses, police stations, firehalls, driver’s license/passport offices…

Social Locations (recreational centres, entertainment districts, theatres) 

Carmine Stefano Community Centre, Pine Point Arena, Habitant Arena, Strathburn Park, Princess of Wales Mirvish Theatres, Rogers Centre, Air Canada Centre…

Religious Locations (spiritual, faith)

St. Jude Church, St. Phillip Neri, Riverside United Church…

Cultural Locations (heritage, language, ethnicity) 

Little Italy, Greektown, Chinatown, Bloor West Village (Ukranian/Polish)…

Natural Locations (environmental, conservation) 

Humber River Trail, Kortright Centre, McMichael…

Educational Locations (learning, training)

York University, Seneca College, St. Basil High School, University of Toronto…

Novel Study: Hatchet Chapter 4

Plot diagram Theme (lessons):  maintaining a positive attitude and motivating yourself when faced with a challenge in life; you must always believe in yourself because you are the most valuable asset you have; self-confidence

Plot diagram Rising Action (key events): Brian realizes he's truly alone, may not be rescued and has to motivate himself to survive.

Science Lab 1: Particle Theory of Matter
Follow write-up handout.  Due tomorrow.

Sept.17

Math Numeracy

Communicate your understanding of factors and order of operations in a how-to YouTube video for upload to our class channel:

example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch6599fC3kA&list=UU-u4mR3_H1MzpKNHdtbrnbA

example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7ukVyvrIEw&list=UU-u4mR3_H1MzpKNHdtbrnbA

Language Novel Study

We begin our revised plot diagram with the following information

Protagonist (Main Character):

Brian Robeson

Internal Conflict:

Struggles with pain of parents’ divorce and the secret he keeps about it

Setting:

Canadian north woods

Rising Action Events

1.        Parents divorce, Brian travels north to see Dad.

2.        Pilot has heart attack, plane crashes, Brian survives wreck.

3.        Injured, attacked by mosquitoes, sunburn, thirst & hunger, Brian     waiting to be rescued.

Sept.16

Today we are beginning to conduct our first experiment.  We will repeat the experiment to ensure our results are indeed accurate.  We will follow the scientific method as outlined below.  We will explain what we observe happening using the particle theory of matter chart text pg.12   Each team will submit 1 lab write-up by Friday Sept.19th handwritten or typed (saved to flash to print).

Science Lab 1: Particle Theory of Matter

Purpose:  In this experiment we will dissolve sugar crystals in water, make observations and explain our observations using the particle theory of matter.

Hypothesis (before conducting experiment):

If we dissolve sugar in water at room temperature, then we think… (what do you think will happen & why?)

If we dissolve sugar in cold water, then we think…

If we dissolve sugar in hot water, then we think…

If we dissolve sugar in room temperature water, then we think...

Procedure:  follow step-by-step instructions on pg.13 “Try This” box #1-4.

Observations: (you can create a table in MS Word click insert table, 3 columns, 4 rows, auto fit to contents and type)

Sugar Crystals stirred in water	Time elapsed to dissolve	What did I see happening?
Room Temperature
Cold
Hot

Analysis:

answer questions B, C, D in complete sentences with supporting reasons.
B. 
C.
D.



Novel Study: Hatchet pre-reading open-ended responses:

Sept. 15

Due Wednesday:

Geography: Landmarks Success Criteria

Content ·         1 map on 1 sheet ·         5 different landmarks Toronto or GTA ·         Compass ·         4 streets corresponding to compass boxing in place ·         place strategically noted within box with a shape or icon ·         description of location n-s-w-e ·         type of location residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, tourist, governmental or combination

Presentation ·         neat, legible, clear ·         straight lines with arrows on end ·         captions in complete sentences ·         proper punctuation & spelling

Due Friday:

Math Art Task: Measurement, Symmetry, Perspective

Using a combination of light pencil, ruler, compass & protractor create any window of your choice (portrait or landscape) that is symmetrical and equal distance on sides/top/bottom to show what can be on the inside of room and outside the window in the distance.  Today, begin with just the measurements to ensure accuracy and symmetry, as per example below:

Bring in some materials to begin conducting your science lab pg.13 with your team.  I will bring in sugar, ice, glass, hot water in thermos, plastic spoon. Make sure your hypothesis is complete.

Sept. 11

Complete science handout about matter & particle theory using your text.

Hatchet pre-reading questions handwritten due tomorrow.

Tomorrow we welcome Mr. Lupusella to our class.  Be cooperative and respectful.  No negative reports.  The day's agenda will include:

• novel study chapters 3 & 4
• overview of particle theory lab 1 experiment & write-up
• math handout review of factors, multiples, square roots/powers, bedmas
• geography 5 landmarks task 
• math how-to video 

Sept 10

Geography:

Working collaboratively in a small group of 2-3 maximum, select any 5 landmarks of your choice from the city of Toronto or the Greater Toronto Area (Vaughan, Mississauga, Scarborough) and "box them in" with north-south-west-east street boundaries.  Then, write a little caption about it as we did for the Vaughan Mills example above explaining whether it's part of a residential, commercial, industrial, cultural and/or tourist area.  Landmarks may include parks, community centres, arenas, shopping centres, major restaurants, government offices/buildings, tourist attractions etc.  Think about places you've visited in and around our city.  We are working collaboratively on this task throughout the week in class.

Math corrections:

We are working collaboratively on this task throughout the week in class.

Hatchet pre-writing activity will be collected Friday Sept 12th

Setp 9

Geography: Place & Location

Pictured is a relative or mental map of the Humberlea community, that is, an approximate map created from personal knowledge and experience of visiting specific landmarks and streets in the area by car, bus, on foot etc.

Locate the following landmarks on the map by placing its number in the corresponding box:

1.  St. Jude Church

2.  St. Jude School

3.  Carmine Stefano Community Centre

4.  Emery Village new housing subdivision/J.Bannon Park

5.  St. Basil High School

6.  Becker’s Plaza

7.  Petro Canada Gas Station

8.  St. Simon School

9.  United Church next door to our school

10.              Strathburn Park

11.              Melody Public School new site of St. Simon

12.              Crossroads Shopping Centre (Tim Hortons, Staples, Canadian Tire, Future Shop, McDonald’s)

13.              Real Canadian Superstore & Gas Station

14.              Dairy Queen

15.              Shell Gas Station

16.              Satin Finish Hardwood Flooring Factory tower

17.              Visioneering Factory

18.              Spielman’s Garden Centre

19.              Kooy Bros. Equipment

20.              Delta Bingo

21.              HomeHardware

22.              Downsview Arena

23.              Pine Point Arena

24.              Sheridan Mall

25.              No Frills Plaza

26.              Brioni Supermarket Plaza

27.              Humber River

Novel Study: Hatchet, Gary Paulsen

On lined paper and in your best cursive writing, answer the following questions before we begin reading the novel:

·       Examine the book cover.  Where do you think the story might take place?  What role do you think the hatchet might play in the story?  How would categorize the book genre or type?

·       Have you ever travelled to a wooded area? Describe the location, your experience and your level of enjoyment.

·       Have you ever heard or seen a realistic story of survival?  Briefly describe it and your opinion about it.

·       What kind of person do you think is able to survive in a dangerous situation?  

Numeracy: Factors, Powers/Square Roots, Order of Operations corrections: