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Thursday March 2nd, 2023

March 2, 2023English First Peoples 11Jennifer

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*7 Sacred Teachings

*Narrative Essay Peer Edit

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Wednesday March 1st, 2023

March 1, 2023English First Peoples 11Jennifer

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*Reminder: Permission Forms for Field Trip need to be signed…they were sent through schoolcash!!!

*No Red Ink: Building Compound and Complex Sentences Parts 1-4

*Acknowledgement

*Narrative Essay Drafts: Ready for tomorrow! We will do a peer edit.

What is oppression?

Your group will be given a topic to research regarding the impact of colonilization on the Indigenous People of Canada, then your group will share out their findings in a short presentation (3 min). Please record, in your own words, what you learned about each event.

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 by King George
The Doctrine of Discovery
The Indian Act 1874
The Residential School System 1873-1996
1912+ The Reserves (look at how the treaties impacted FN rights) & Treaties
2008 The formal apology from Stephen Harper

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Tuesday February 28th, 2023

February 28, 2023English First Peoples 11Jennifer

Good Morning!

*Reminder: make sure you have parents/guardians sign permission forms for our field trip on Friday.

*Reminder: make sure you have your form signed by your teachers.

*Silent Reading

*Acknowledgement

*Narrative Essays: We will continue working on these

We read the narrative essay below yesterday…

Why Am I Not On Star Trek

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*Things to think about:

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Monday February 27th, 2023

February 27, 2023English First Peoples 11Jennifer

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*In Review : Last week, looked at stereotypes, single story narratives, creation stories, and oral storytelling.

*This week, we are starting the narrative essay: sample narrative essay

Why Am I Not On Star Trek

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*Things to think about:

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Thursday February 23rd, 2023

February 23, 2023English First Peoples 11Jennifer

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*Prose Fiction and Indigenous Terms Quiz

Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being

First Peoples Principles of Learning

Aboriginal Ways of Knowing

*Fur Queen excerpt Judeo Christian: We read this yesterday…today we are going to read a creation story called “Skywoman Falling”

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*The importance of oral Story Telling

*Story Telling Techniques

*On Monday, We will be starting a Narrative Essay Assignment

Wednesday February 22nd, 2023

February 22, 2023English First Peoples 11Jennifer

Good Morning!

*Acknowledgement

*Reminder: Prose Fictions and Indigenous Terms Quiz Thursday February 24th, 2023

*No Red Ink: Embedding Quotations

Additional Terms for Quiz:

Decolonization is a social and political process aimed at resisting and undoing the multifaceted impacts of colonization and re-establishing strong contemporary Indigenous Nations and institutions based on traditional values, philosophies, and knowledge systems.

Blood Memory: is a term often used by Indigenous Peoples to refer to memories stored in one’s body cells and passed on genetically. It is also referred to as a genetic memory or cellular memory. Blood memory is often described as one’s ancestral or genetic connection to one’s language, songs, ceremonies, land, teachings, etc.

Let’s Recap Some Big Ideas:

1) 7 Sacred Teachings: Ms. Jackson will be back on Thursday March 2nd.

2) 4 Sacred Medicines

4-Sacred-Medicines

3) Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being: What does this mean?

Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being

First Peoples Principles of Learning

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Discussion Questions:

Analyze together as a class, how did the stories Thomas King shared about his mother and father influence him?
In the first third of the essay, he discusses how personal stories affect our lives, but they generally don’t go beyond us and the people close to us. Now he will move on to creation stories and the impact that they have on cultures and, sometimes, the world.
Read/continue listening to 35:05 minutes…two creation stories

Tuesday February 21st, 2023

February 21, 2023English First Peoples 11Jennifer

Hello!

*Silent Reading

*Acknowledgement

Reminders:

Your paragraph on “Indian Education should have been uploaded to Teams by now.
You have a quiz on prose fiction and Indigenous terms on Thursday February 23rd.

*Irony: On Friday you were asked to do the activity below…please have it out and ready!

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Discussion Questions:

Analyze together as a class, how did the stories Thomas King shared about his mother and father influence him?
In the first third of the essay, he discusses how personal stories affect our lives, but they generally don’t go beyond us and the people close to us. Now he will move on to creation stories and the impact that they have on cultures and, sometimes, the world.
Read/continue listening to 35:05 minutes…two creation stories
In groups of 2-4, recreate the story he tells in 7-10 key points in a creative way (playdough, comic, poem, lego) Get ready to explain to the class!

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Discussion Questions:

Analyze together as a class, how did the stories Thomas King shared about his mother and father influence him?
In the first third of the essay, he discusses how personal stories affect our lives, but they generally don’t go beyond us and the people close to us. Now he will move on to creation stories and the impact that they have on cultures and, sometimes, the world.
Read/continue listening to 35:05 minutes…two creation stories
In groups of 2-4, recreate the story he tells in 7-10 key points in a creative way (playdough, comic, poem, lego) Get ready to explain to the class!