Renaissance Thinkers Project

Today, many students will begin the renaissance thinkers project where they are researching a specific person who made big changes to the Renaissance world and our world today.

Here is the link to the instructions for this project:

Renaissance Thinkers Project powerpoint

Click here for Project Ideas
Even more project ideas...


Steps for the project:
1. Complete 5 W's research (follow the powerpoint)
2. Look at the slides for 3's and 4's, and add any information you are missing.
3. Search for creative research project ideas on Google, or in the link above
3. Start organizing and creating your project!

DUE DATE: Friday, December 7

Humanism and the Renaissance

Today, we will begin the second half of our Renaissance study with looking at Chapter 3 in the textbook, which is about the development of Humanism. This will then lead us into a study of specific important people in the Renaissance who used Humanistic ideals to create a new way of thinking and developing in the Western World.

Helpful Links:
Humanism in a nutshell
Humanism video

Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming project to end the Renaissance!

Metis Week

Hi guys!! Sorry I can't be there today, but this cold will not go away!! Hope to see you tomorrow!

Please use the link below for today's activity to honour the Metis and their culture:

https://emsindigenoused.blogspot.com/p/metis-week.html

- open the first activity called: "Who are the Metis?" and follow the instructions to complete a written response that is due today (it's only one paragraph, you've got this!).

If you finish early, check out the 'Metis Art' link and ask the substitute for a colouring page.

Short Stories continued...again

This week we have been continuing to practice our short story reading and annotation skills. We have been searching for vocab, meaning, character traits, and foreshadowing.

In addition to the stories from last week, we read two more this week:

The Fun They Had
All Summer in a Day

We have also been working on comparing characters from different texts using Venn diagrams.

The Remembrance Day presentation and assembly are this week (Thursday and Friday).

Short Stories, continued

This week we will be working on our student choice tasks in response to "The Monkey's Paw", which will be due by the end of the week (see previous blog post for the assignment).

We will read another story this week as well, "Click Clack the Rattlebag", and analyze it more by looking at character qualities and motivations.

Helpful Links:
Neil Gaiman Reading "Click Clack"
"Click Clack" story
Annotation video - how to highlight, make notes, and analyze a text

Short Stories

We are moving into a short story unit this week, beginning with "The Monkey's Paw". We will be reading a script version of the story, and then creating some responses to it.

Student choice:
You may choose to write a short story about:
- someone who outsmarts the Monkey's Paw with their wishes and gets what they want without consequences
OR
- the person who had the Paw before Morris, whose last wish was for death

Here are some helpful links:

Short Story
Simpson's version
Tales from the Crypt version

Good Luck in the Boat Races!

to honour the AWESOME work you did to build and test your boats this week, check out this Ted Talk about Gondolas in Renaissance Venice! How did your boat compare to these traditional forms of travel?!