Hi everyone!  My family has been hit with a sickness and I am home again today. 

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Wonder Day

 

Today you will engage in your first bit of research! 

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1.  Watch the following Video on Youtube

2.  Write a research question based on the prompts suggested.

3.  Research your question.

4.  Prepare 3-5 interesting facts about your findings.  This does NOT have to be a multimedia presentation like in the video.  It can be a poster, a drawing, a graphic organizer, a powerpoint etc... ANYTHING that shows your learning.  Your choice!

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I can't wait to see what you choose to research!!!!

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Silent Reading / Writing

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Work Period: Complete the following tasks:

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1. Read and answer questions for "All Summer in a Day" 

2. Self-Reflection for the One-Pager assignment

3. ELA Essential Skills Package

4. Wonder Day assignment

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Anything not finished in class today will be for homework and is due

in class on Friday.

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Silent reading / writing

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Lesson:  Representation and why it matters

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• I will read the children's story, A Plan for Pops.  We will disucss representation that we see in the world around us and how that informs our how we see others and ourselves.

• Mini-Lesson:  Double Entry Journals

  • Graphic Organizer​

  • Example

• Watch:  TedTalk -"The Danger of a Single Story" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (pronunciation)

• Read:  PDF of "The Danger of a Single Story"

• Respond:  Write 3 double-entry journal responses Adichie's lecture. ​​

• Think / Pair / Share: Our double-entry journal responses

• Discussion: Representation in stories, including the authors that write these stories.

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Next week is Truth and Reconciliation week at PCSS.  Teachers will be making space and time for Reconciliation activities, lessons, discussions and a school-wide project. 

 

Today we will be watching the movie Night Raiders, which is a science fiction allegory for the residential school system in Canada. There is a content warning for this film; from the Indigenous writers, director and producers:

 

There are aspects of the film that are based on colonial violence and truama that many Indigenous people have experienced, including the removal of children. 

 

Some of these scenes may be upsetting or triggering, particularly for direct or intergenerational survivors of Residential Schools in the audience.

 

We honour your experiences.

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The National Residential School Crisis Line is 1-866-925-4419 and is available 24 hours a day.

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Movie Trailer

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Movie Information from Reel Canada