Dec. 19th- Canadian Studies

1. Take the test! Canadian Citizenship Quiz: http://citizenshipcounts.ca/quiz

2. Symbols- Race to discover all of the answers to the matching quiz!

3. Canadian symbol visual- Choose one of the symbols from the list. Create a visual representation of the symbol and on the opposite side of the page, explain the symbol, why it is important to Canada, and why you have chosen it.

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Typing Practice

https://www.speedtypingonline.com/typing-tutor

Sign up and track progress: https://www.typing.com/student

https://sense-lang.org/typing/tutor/keyboarding.php

Coraline

1. Complete your setting assignment
2. Start thinking about theme in Coraline. What do you think the book was really about? What messages did it send?
3. Review the plot and check out some theme ideas here: https://www.shmoop.com/coraline-book/
4. Work on theme assignment

Canadian Citzenship

Canadian Citizenship Quiz:

http://citizenshipcounts.ca/quiz

Discover Canada Study Guide:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/discover-canada.html

Potter Week Prep!

1. Take this quiz to find out to which Hogwarts House you would belong: http://www.playbuzz.com/emilyz14/the-hogwarts-sorting-quiz-pottermore-version

2. Read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (It's an easy read- try it out!)

3. Watch Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

4. Become a giant Harry Potter fan, like Taryn

Extra Practice

Typing Practice:
https://sense-lang.org/typing/tutor/keyboarding.php

https://www.speedtypingonline.com/typing-tutor

Dictation Practice:
https://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictation.htm

Vocabulary:
http://vocab.com/join/1VDZE8D

Bias in the News

Monday:
1. Choose a news topic together.
2. Try to find that topic on at least 5 different news sites (3 must be different countries)
3. Look at the headlines, and skim the articles.
4. What similarities and differences do you notice?
5. Prepare summary of your findings:
-Headlines of each article, similarities and differences of the articles.

Wednesday and Thursday:
Check the site for this handout in your first language: https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/11174

2. Use the handout to help you complete the following activity. Be sure to work on your own copy of the assignment. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tkXr3DnrdsWGKPEAis5pIXXEFFKw4l2onQtcyIlSDyw/edit?usp=sharing

3. Select an article from any website of your choosing. Make sure to choose an article that is interesting to you personally:
Open the link and complete the instructions. You will present about your article next week.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mOJz_QHGfvuvd7vHMucR6WEjUr0ATlUyAcd3yfNO1h0/edit?usp=sharing