Category Archives: English 10

1984 Documentary – “Past Predictions Now The Present”

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This project that our group created is an observational documentary. It is aimed to observe and give information about the specific question we chose, “How does 1984 have themes or topics still occurring in current society?”. It gives first-hand information about themes and topics that are relevant in our present society and the society of 1984. Included dialogs give a personal outlook of opinions and beliefs of our question that our documentary focuses on. With incorporated B-roll and Voice-Over, it attracts the audience with our own evidence of footage from the novel as well as an easy listing narrative voice. Using the main question as our documentary focus, we collaborated our research, interviewers and personal opinions to create an informational video.

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Political spectrum –“1984” & Big Brother

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The political spectrum is a way of characterizing different pollical parties, they are shown by being placed on a line of the right or left side as well as top and bottom. People can decide where they sit and agree with political parties by their values, personality and life experiences. The left side of the political spectrum is communist and socialist which encourages communal ownership and a government that is owned by the people. They are more extreme with revolutionary views. The right side of the spectrum is mostly fascism and some oppressive ideologies, including extreme nationalistic viewpoints. They want to restore traditions and limit change to keep the society a certain way. They encourage private ownership of property for citizens. Libertarianism believes that a person should have maximized freedom whether authoritarianism is to restrict and control citizen’s rights. The government of Ingsoc and Big Brother fit in the authoritarian left side of the political spectrum because they are being controlled of their freedom and rights from the government and they don’t have their own property/land or business.

Eddy Article-“What is the Outdoor Education program?”

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What is the Outdoor Education program?

Experiences students would have if they were a part of the outdoor education program

By: Madelyn Bell-Holman

The Outdoor Education Program is a way to get Riverside Secondary students to be active and learn about the environment while making connections with other students. It takes place in the second semester of the school year.

It is a program that anyone from Riverside Secondary in grade 10 can participate in, as long as they have a love for the wilderness and want to make new memories for years to come.

They do a variety of different activities in Outdoor Education, for example snowshoeing, swimming, canoeing and hiking. The program also helps develop skills that are important for maturity in being independant and having confidence in a group. Ms. Brandsma, the outdoor education teacher, prefers hiking, camping and canoeing as they are favourite activities.

The students bond over activities and experiences while working together as a team and developing new strategies. It is a useful skill to know how to collaborate with others and prepares them for their future jobs and careers.

It pushes the students to go out of their comfort zone of their abilities and makes them try new things and take risks. The program ran by Ms. Brandsma and Ms. McArthur who have a passion for the environment and being active.

The program has been in existence for four consecutive years and has created several memories for students and teachers. The Outdoor Education Program starts in the second semester which is the beginning of February and goes until the end of the year.

This time frame provides the class with the most consistent weather for outdoor activity. Being an outdoor program there are activities and trips that go rain or shine, so the experiences are always different and the students need to know how to adjust and make the of their time.

“It is an amazing opportunity and will continue at Riverside Secondary for years to come,” expressed Ms. Brandsma.

Reflection 

This is an article about the Outdoor education program that happens every year for grade 10 students in the second semester, ran by the teachers Ms. Brandsma and Ms. McArthur. It gives the reader a good understanding of what the program is about and what you get to experience as well as how it builds your social confident skills in a group setting. It brings value to the program with positive experiences that they can be a part of in the future years. This is a soft new article because it only affects certain students who apply for outdoor education and not the whole school. The article contains values of proximity, timeliness and currency. It contains proximity by being at Riverside Secondary school and the timeliness of it happening every year close to the time of the article being published. It is a current event that is a popular topic to talk about among the students.