Daily Archives: May 4, 2021

Tuesday May 4th, 2021

Hello!

*Harrison Bergeron:  What did you think of the movie?  What are some of the rights that we have in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms that are Infringed upon in the movie?

*Harrison Bergeron:  Add the most recent movie to your venn diagram so that you can create a “three way venn diagram”.

*House:  Why do we feel this need to fit in with Society’s constructs and peer pressure?  What are some solutions?  In what way’s are we influenced by others each day?

-We will start to read a new short story “Forgiveness in Families”.

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*Discussion Questions:

  1.  Which has the greater influence on child development, heredity or environment?
  2. This story explores issues such as sibling rivalry, lifestyles, jealousy, conformity and spiritual beliefs.  Were there any of these issues that touched you the most and why?

*Short Story Summary

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*first open up the following link…there is a pre-reading exercise that we will start with…

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the-tell-tale-heart-activity-packet

-“The Simpsons” and Tell Tale heart

Short Story Summary

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Afternoon class:

*2081

*Please complete a Venn Diagram comparing the short story “Harrison Bergeron” to the movie 2081. You can use the document below, complete it on paper, or create columns in a word document for example. (M-Z we will have to finish watching 2081)

-Non-Fiction Articles on housing

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-housing-boom-is-ripping-apart-the-financial-fabric-of-canadian/

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/some-would-be-buyers-hitting-pause-on-metro-vancouver-s-frenzied-real-estate-market-1.5378753

*Short Story “House”

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For my online learners

We already discussed what you would work on so this is taken directly from my white board…

  1. Sam the Athlete Paragraph (good copy) keep working on this!  (it is due in on Wednesday May 5th, 2021
  2. Wednesday Writes:  Ridiculous situation or a childhood experience DRAFT uploaded to Teams by Tuesday September 29th.
  3. No Red Ink