Here is my Bento Box for English Honours. I explored the journey of Christopher, a teenager with autism and his perception of life. The Curious Incident Of the dog In The Nighttime
English Honours 9 – Bento Box
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The Veldt Blackout Poem- English Honours 9
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Open in new tab I chose the theme of abandonment. I felt a bit lost at the beginning of my poem, I wasn’t sure where to start, how to start, or what to touch upon. As soon as I saw the words “I lie” on my chosen page I needed to incorporate it. It immediately reminded me of afterschool when parents make conversation in asking about our days and how ninety-five percent of kids respond with “fine”. Any kid could have the most horrible day imaginable and still answer with “fine”. It is a lie. “Struggling on my own” I feel is pretty self-explanatory- using my example; The child feeling alone and not wanting to talk with their parents leads to them going on electronics. We’ve started naturally gravitating to our phones in uncomfortable situations. The parents end up leaving them on their electronics not wanting to create an argument and that’s how the disconnect starts. It is a reoccurring cycle with no end in sight. My poetic devices were alliteration “strayed” and repetition “I”. The word strayed represents the kid being a stray, he or she is alone, they are isolated being on technology instead of creating real human connections. I truly feel that this poem chose me, it just came together after getting started and I found my voice and opinion through the words in the book.
Indigenous Exploration
Here is my group podcast on Residential schools on Indigenous people in Canada.
Reflection on my experience working on this project. Critical thinking. How does my artifact tie in with what I have learned before? How has my thinking change? What made it change?
My artifact ties into what I have learned before because I had, along with the majority of students, already learned a touch on Residential schools before. I got to use that to my advantage of find other new things I hadn’t known about yet to better educate my listeners and myself on what happened. My thinking has stayed relatively the same, I just have more knowledge about what it was like back then and more of their experiences. Learning more about the Indignous people that made it through and survived really opened my eyes to Canada’s history and how badly some were unfortunetly treated.
One pager
I decided to do my One Pager on The Giving Tree
How we can make crops survive without water..
1) DEFINE: This video explains the impacts and challenges with climate change and crops growing. It also included some interessting points such as resurrection plants- adding water to dry plants bringing them back to life within 12-24 hours. As well as growing only in the rainy season- at the end producing seeds.
2) DISCOVER: One of my biggest questions was what vegetables don’t need high amounts of water. From my research I came up with lima, and pole beans. Corn, black eyed + field peas, edible amaranth, quinoa, mustard greens, okra (lady fingers or ochro), summer squashes, sunflowers (their seeds are edible), specific types of tomatoes, black diamond watermelon, and most herbs. I also wanted to know how much and if we could eat less water. According to my research 90% of freshwater we consume is used up by animals, and growing crops.
3) DREAM:
-making the problem known (the limit of water); more people finding out = more resources and research going into the problem
-grow our own food
-catch rainwater
4) DELIVER:
Farrant, Jill. “How We Can Make Crops Survive Without Water”. Ted.Com, https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_farrant_how_we_can_make_crops_survive_without_water?language=en#t-817874.
“Drought-Tolerant Vegetable Garden – Veggies To Grow During Droughts”. Gilmour, https://gilmour.com/drought-tolerant-vegetable-garden.
“Can We Eat Less Water? – Environment Reports”. Environment Reports, http://www.environmentreports.com/can-eat-less-water/.
5) DEBRIEF: I found this topic interessting- and I learned lots I hadn’t known about before. I had three cites, pictures, and good information.
6 SPORTS 3 ÉPISODES 3 GAGNANTS
Description du série des podcast
Dans ce série de podcast nous parlerons des différents sports et déciderons entre les sports, il y a les sports qui gagnant, et les uns qui vont pas. Dans nos trois podcasts on va discuté le volley, contre le basket. La natation contre les gymnastiques, et finallement le football contre le soccer.
Description podcast #1
Bonjour tout le monde aujourd’hui dans cet episode nous allons faire un face-a-face pour voir quel sport est la meilleur, est-ce que ca va etre le volley ou le basket? On va discuter des differences, les similarites, les faits interessant, et les qualites donc tu as besoin pour la vie, alors regarde ce podcast si ca t’interest.
*Ce podcast c’est basé sur les opinions et la rechearche et n’est pas pour être offensant n’ou prendre personellement