Weekly Agenda

April 20 - 24 

ELA

Novel Study: True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Racing and Adventure on the High Seas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46xmkJZaRwA

Literature Circle Discussion, Readers' Theatre and accompanying Role Play

Writing Lessons:  How to write an essay - generating ideas, organization, revisions

Thesis: What is your impression of Charlotte Doyle

Select one to prove:  fair, determined, courageous

Resources:

English as a Second Language: Resource http://english.enorth.com.cn/bbcenglish/index.htm 

International Reading Association

http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_home.html

http://www.answers.com/

Math

Geometry

Transformations: translations, rotations, reflections

Applying to real world circumstance - animation

How Stuff Works: Motion Geometry

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/25036-discovering-math-geometric-transformations-video.htm

Tessalating

Introduction to Order of Operations

Resources:

Numerous Math Websites for Practice and Drill:

http://www.edinformatics.com/kids_teens/kt_math.htm

http://www.mathsisfun.com/timestable.html

Science

ELA Integration

Completing Diversity of Life: Foldable, comparison of kermode and polar bears

Physics is Fun 

Introduction to Cluster:  Electricity

Identification of alternate energy sources

Town Hall using knowledge of the democratic process and decision making

Town Hall Debate and Discussion Topic:  Energy Choices

Pre and post voting to show change in perception

How Stuff Works Energy Sources

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/search.php?terms=Energy+sources&gallery=1&media=video

Social Studies

Canada Today:  Democracy, Diversity and the Influence of the Past

Building a Nation:  Examining Post Confederation Canada and Relationships

The Office of the Manitoba Ombudsman, workshop

Pre-workshop review: Foldable, levels of government, roles and responsibilities

Activities:

Creating a timeline of Canadian events to end of WWII and beyond

Selected topics on Post War Canada

Winnipeg Strike, Bloody Saturday

How To Manage Information in a PowerPoint Presentation

Winnipeg General Strike.ppt

Lesson: How to take notes from a PowerPoint presentation

Pictorial Museum

Current Events: sharing news

Resources:

The face of Canada yesterday, today, tomorrow . . .

Prime Ministers http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/primeministers/kids/index-e.html

Canadian Census Populations http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/cp-census-pop07/

Canada's population over time http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/98-187-XIE/pop.htm

2006 Census Release/Immigration and Mother Tongue, The Canadian Press, 2007: click INTERACTIVE: CENSUS, http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071204/census_main_071204/20071204

Human Rights Timeline http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/en/timePortals/1900.asp

A Timeline of Social Change http://citizen.nfb.ca/node/6931&dossier_nid=1127

Canadian Heritage, National Flag www.pch.gc.ca/flag-drapeau/index-eng.cfm

French

Theme 4 begins:  Le Restaurant 

Resources:

Interactive Site for Review and Practice

http://www.quia.com/shared/french/

http://www.wordreference.com/