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Thursday, 13 September 2012

sept 13 reminders

  • prezi presentations will conclude tomorrow
  • tomorrow last day to submit novel study follow-ups & geography map
  • geography & novel study tasks below

sept 13 geography




sept 13 novel study


Chapter 6 Tuck Everlasting

Vocabulary Development – offer synonyms in context for each underlined word.

·         she was seized and swung through the air

 

·         found herself straddling the bouncing back of the fat

·         old horse

 

·         a troupe of burly men with long black moustaches

 

·         while she pleaded for mercy

 

·         her head was fiercely calm

 

·         Discovering him, seeing his surprise, and presented at once with

choices, Winnie's mind perversely went blank

 

·         Jesse grabbed at the horse's harness and he pulled up abruptly, nearly toppling Winnie off over his neck.

 

·         Mae gasped, her chest heaving

 

·         Miles and Jesse fidgeted, glancing at their mother uneasily

·         began to comprehend what was happening

 

·         Tuck's round face wrinkled in dismay. "Dear Lord, don't cry!

 

·         Please don't cry, child!" she implored

 

·         Winnie's sobs turned to wails

 

·         The winding key was still revolving, but more and more slowly. The melody faltered.

 
  • No one who owned a thing like this could be too disagreeable

sept 13 math quiz


 

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

sept 12 french

  • title page, prayers, salutations

sept 12 math

  • complete review handout front/back
  • mid chapter corrections below
  • tomorrow's quiz questions on last page of corrections












Tuesday, 11 September 2012

sept 11 reading chapter 5

Tuck Everlasting Chapter 5 follow-up:

1. What do you think Jesse is thinking when he tries to prevent Winnie from drinking the spring water?

2. What do you think Mae Tuck means when she says, “The worst is happening at last”?

sept 11 geography


Geography Tab

Unit 1: Place & Location

 

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

 

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

 

  1. Humberlea boundaries include Sheppard Ave. on the north, the CN 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.

 

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

 

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

 

  1. Toronto is part of the province of Ontario.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

  1. North America is part of the Northern Hemisphere.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

  1. G.P.S. stands for Global Positioning System.  It pinpoints your exact location on earth using lines of longitude and latitude and landmarks.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

  1. Crossroads shopping centre is located on the south-east corner of highway 401 and Weston road.

 

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

 

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

 

  1. One would travel north on Weston road from St Simon to reach St. Basil’s on Starview blvd or the C.S. community centre.

 

  1. One would travel south on Weston road from St Simon to reach Crossroads Shopping or new Superstore Gas station.

 

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

 

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

 

Identify any real-life examples of the following locations types:

·         Economic (building/working/manufacturing/commercial) i.e. Chrysler/Ford Plant, Smart Centres Box Stores/Outlets/Shopping Centres/Malls, Orfus Road outlets

·         Political (making/passing/enforcing laws) i.e. governmental office, City Hall, Queen’s Park

·         Social (recreational, entertainment) i.e. Carmine Stefano, Rogers Centre, ACC, theatre

·         Religious (spiritual/faith) i.e. St. Jude, St. Phillip Neri

·         Cultural (heritage/language) i.e. Columbus Centre, cultural districts Little Italy etc.

·         Natural (environmental) i.e. provincial parks, conservations areas, city park

·         Educational (learning/training) i.e. York University, U of T, any school board school

 

To read: G.P.S. absolute & relative location text pgs. 7-11.

sept 11 math

  • complete mid chapter review unit 1 pg.21 all questions
  • below is continuation of corrections for powers from yesterday:






Monday, 10 September 2012

sept 10

  • your landscape backgrounds are all looking great - throughout the week you will add the clouds, buildings, water ripples & ducks.
  • we will begin summer highlights prezi presentations tomorrow and try to wrap them up by Friday Sept. 14th (see rubric in your binder for success criteria)
  • your geography map of the Humberlea/Pelmo Park community on powerpoint can be handed in no later than Friday Sept. 14th; remember to add compass & title as discussed today.
  • your novel study follow-ups 1 thru 3 can be handed in no later than Friday Sept. 14th.
  • if you need anything printed, bring usb stick and I will print from it - otherwise email to stsimongr7@gmail.com and i will print for you.
  • we will continue correcting math 1.5 powers tomorrow; corrections so far below: