April 3

Begin working with a partner on A Wrinkle in Time handout pg.20-21 chapters 9-12 Journal entry & Light/Darkness graphic organizer.

April 2

TASK TRACKER 
Term 2 Pre/Post March Break

For your own learning, please ensure the following tasks are completed and submitted no later than Friday April 12th so that you don't fall behind and have it affect your final grades:

A Wrinkle in Time Chapters 9-10

We learn that on Camazotz people's liberties, freedoms, rights, privileges and decision-making abilities  have been completely stripped from them and become part of IT, the disembodied brain.  They can no longer think for themselves - diversity, creativity, imagination, independence is clearly not valued - it's stifled and crushed.  Everything is alike, but not equal.  We also learn that Meg must use her talents and step up to save her omnipotent father who seems to have no solution to their problem of understanding how to move through time and space back home.

Visual Arts

Our inspiration on HWY 401W Airport 

 

Our interpretations:

March 28

A Wrinkle in Time, Chp.5-8 Follow-up

What was your personal impression of the planet of Camazotz? What questions would you like to ask the author about this place?

Is there anything/anyone in our world today that thinks like red-eyed Man?
What is the Thing and which historical figures have opposed it?

What is life like for the residents of Camazotz?

What has happened to Meg’s father?

The people on the planet Camazotz have no crime, no responsibility, and no decisions to make. What is so wrong with their society?

Mrs. Whatsit and the children name well-known figures from our civilization who have fought against the darkness. Whom would you add to the list and why?

March 27

Novel study: A Wrinkle in Time
Chapter 7 - The Man With The Red Eyes
Begin working on The Dark Planet graphic organizer with a partner.
I would encourage a good copy in MS Word as follows:

The Dark Planet - Camazotz (Chp.5-8)

• everyone is alike, everything is uniform, complete conformity everywhere you look;
• if you are ill or deformed, you will be annihilated (utterly destroyed), flaws are not tolerated;
• on Camatzotz, individualism doesn't exist, there is only 1 mind and it's IT; they claim that confusion/unhappiness results from people living separate lives

Before Easter weekend, you should have submitted the following:

Science

1. structures table (human-made, naturally occurring)
2. forces table
3. loads table
4. classification table
5. review 10.1-10.3

Novel 

1. chapter 1-4 pkg
2. visionary table

8.3 text & workbook corrections below.  Take-home mid-chp quiz.

History (copy/paste into your table)

Part 6 1:00-1:15

• new immigrants to New France known as the mystics
• war in France between Catholic vs Protestants
• nun who takes the name of Marie de l'incarnation
• she has a mystical call from God to go to New France as a missionary to help the afflicted/suffering
• leaves son, 3mths at sea, goes to New France to establish first ever all-female missionary team
• settled on the Island of Montreal but their goal to build a "holy city" in New France failed 

• Huron & French alliance crumbled terribly because of alcohol, weapons, disease and religion
• Jesuit priests did not see their part in the Huron nation becoming divided, angered and demoralized - they continued to convert & baptize in the name of Jesus
• Iroquois caught wind of this alliance breaking down and attacked for revenge and control of the entire fur trade - they were victorious
• Jesuit leaders killed
• Huronia destroyed after 40yrs

March 26

March 26 Agenda

8.30-9.35
Novel study: A Wrinkle In Time
Continue working on Visionary Table w/partner assigned yesterday.

Did You Know?

Before the children begin their travels, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which warn them of an

ongoing cosmic struggle between good and evil. To illustrate this struggle, they use many allusions.

An allusion is a reference in a work of literature to another work of literature or to a well-known

person, place, or event in history. Writers often use allusions to express complex ideas. Sometimes

the allusions are direct, such as quotations from historical figures. Sometime, however, allusions are

less obvious. For example, the Murry’s dog Fortinbras is named after a character in Shakespeare’s

play Hamlet who is strong and brave in military matters. In a subtle way, the allusion tells you something

about the dog and something about the people who named him. You might guess that the

Murrys enjoy literature and value strength and courage. Watch for allusions in chapters 5–8 and

throughout the novel.

Tesseract

When Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace ask how they can go on a mission through time and

space, Mrs. Whatsit says, “Now we will tesser.” The children will learn that tessering is a shortcut

through time and space that will allow them to travel quickly to other planets. Although the journey

the children will take is fantasy, some of L’Engle’s story is based on real science. For example, a

dimension is anything that can be measured in space. The three ordinary dimensions on Earth are

length, width, and depth. Albert Einstein considered time a fourth dimension.

Recess
French

10.25-11.35
Science
Answer in MS Word and email.  Just answers.

Lunch

Italian

1.05-1.40

Math 8.3 Workbook pg.82-83 Q1-9

Recess

2.00-3.30

• Continue w/math
• History Complete Part 6 in your table documenting what you learned during the next 15mins between video time 1:00:00-1:15:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd01qOlbtYc

March 25

French Reminder: Passion Play $4 Due Tomorrow

A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle

“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”

Visionary: one who imagines (eventually creates) that which does not yet exist	How did they bring “light” (reason) into the “darkness” (ignorance) via Science, Literature, Philosophy, Music, Art etc? Identify 1 of their major achievements.
Jesus
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Shakespeare
Bach
Pasteur
Madame Curie
Einstein
Schweitzer
Ghandi
Buddha
Beethoven
Rembrandt
St. Francis
Euclid
Copernicus

History Continued

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd01qOlbtYc

Part 5

• Etienne Brule tortured to death by Hurons for siding with English
• New France is reborn from ground zero, then Champlain dies on Christmas Day with no descendants
• Colony continues to develop over the next 30yrs
• Jesuit Missionaries, headed by Jean de Brebeuf, come to bring Word of God among the Hurons @ Ste. Marie; French consider Hurons as barbarians, savages and uncivilized
• Jesuits & Hurons are 2 opposing cultures
• Hurons believe in the immortality of the soul, spiritualism & superstition and despise their unrelenting attempt to convert them
• Champlain said "no black robes, no trade"
• see http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/ in Midland, Ontario, Canada.