Category Archives: English 11

EFP 11- Flipbook- final project

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For the final project of our novel study, I chose to make a flipbook that analyzes the story ‘Son of a Trickster’ by Eden Robinson who is an indigenous author. There is no specific reason why I chose to make a flipbook, other than the fact that it seemed the most appealing to me, yet making it took me a while, but it was very fun to create and pleasant to view. Moreover, something that I was proud of was the information I wrote, but for next time, I think that I will try to decrease text/words as it makes people not want to read it. Overall, I think this was a great way to present my understanding of the book.

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Celebrate a Nation Research Project

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My story on the nation of Ojibway is a story about Nanabush, who is symbolized by a rabbit, tricking the people of Ojibway and stealing everything they have. Moreover, the Ojibwe had everything taken away starting from their culture, home, and tradition. Year after year, the Ojibwe fought for victory yet Nanabush was busy spoiling himself with the goods he stole, until one day, an old turtle taught him the 7 grandfather teachings of Ojibway, which completely changed his perspective on life and his actions. Eventually, Nanabush apologized and returned most things back to the people of Ojibway. To summarize, the meaning behind my story was to learn from mistakes, which was what Nanabush ended up doing by the end of the story. Furthermore, something that I learned from this project was, noticeably, more about the Ojibway nation itself. I heard a bit about the nation here and there, but I’ve never gotten the in-depth information, but I’m very glad that I decided to research this particular nation. Some things that I learned about Ojibway were jingle dancing, Nanabush, their lifestyle, the 7 grandfather teachings, and the list goes on. Overall, I think that this project was a great way for us to demonstrate our story constructing skills that we have learned over the years, and learn more about the different first nations.

 

Cedar gathering

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My experience at our cedar gathering was astonishing. Unfortunately, I wasn’t a part of the people who gathered the cedar, but I participated by helping with the packages for our Cedar Ceremony. Beginning our day, we started by thanking the tree and nature for providing us with cedar, and I felt connected to nature, alone, even though there were people around me. The cold, crisp air blowing around me felt as if I was being hugged by nature; it made me feel welcomed and free. During my walk back to school from the forest, I was thinking to myself, “This ceremony that everyone in our school will experience is really great opportunity to learn and respect, especially for the people who don’t know a lot about the indigenous culture.” Furthermore, I can also connect this to one of the requirements of the Indigenous Lens: “Respect”. The quote reads: “Listening to and learning from the voices that have been silenced.” And I connected this experience to this requirement because we will be listening and learning more about the people and culture that has been hidden and covered for a long time. Another quote I can relate this to is from the Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being, “Learning involves developing relationships, respecting distinct cultures, and honouring the perspective of others in our communities.” I connected this quote to our experience, as we all learned about the indigenous culture by developing relationships with people around us, learning and collecting cedar together, and even during the actual ceremony, we will be learning from developing relationships with people near us while respecting and honoring the culture by making the cedar wreaths together.

EFP English 11- Forest walk response

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On our amicable walk in the forest with Mr. Cowie, we learned a lot about plants, trees, and their benefits and abilities. I had an amazing experience on our walk, and something that really stood out to me was the story of the Western Hemlock Tree. To summarize, the story was about Hemlock wanting the biggest family in the forest, and Hemlock decided to attempt on staying up all night to come first in line to receive the best gift from the creator. Hemlock accidentally fell asleep and found himself at the end of the line, but soon changed spots with the generous Ceder tree, yet it ended up with the smallest cone of all trees, and now has a drooped top from shame. This story holds a remarkable meaning to be appreciative of what we are given, and not letting greed get to you. Moreover, during our walk, I also felt that we were all very connected to nature. I never imagined there to be so many various plants near our school, and learning more about the plants and their benefits to our body, made me feel like we were back in time when there wasn’t any modern technology, making me feel more connected to the greens around us. Without nature and its benefits, some of us might not have even been standing here today, and some medicine and technology might not have even been invented. Continuing, I would connect this experience to an Indigenous Way of Being, “We the two-legged, four-legged, finned, and feathered, plants and rocks are all related”, because it means that everyone and everything is related, and being in the forest felt as if I was apart of it, making me feel more connected to nature.

Pictures:

First picture- Plantain

This is a picture of Plantain and it is also known as nature’s bandage. Once you soften up the leaf, you cover up any cut or bite you have and it will act as a bandage and heal it.

Second picture- Yellow Cedar

Cedars, in general, are known as the tree of life, as they are helpful in every aspect; it is considered food, medicine, and technology. In the past, cedar bark was used as Gore-Tex.