Winnipeg's Water

 

The water we drink

1919 was not only the year of the General Strike and the tail end of the Spanish Influenza, but the year  also saw Winnipeg getting a new source water. Here is an article about the creation of the Shoal Aqueduct.

Here is a newer article about Shoal lake and our source of water.  Read at least up to "A Bridge not Built."

With the readings above and the class discussion, fill out the sheet Winnipeg's Water. Below are some more resources.

Winnipeg to Shoal Lake

Last Week before Spring Break

 -Comics due the day we come back from Spring Break

SPRING SPIRIT WEEK!

MONDAY, MARCH 22 - MUSIC MONDAY!

(DRESS LIKE YOUR FAVOURITE SINGER/MUSICIAN/ETC.)

TUESDAY, MARCH 23 - COSPLAY DAY!

(DRESS LIKE YOUR FAVOURITE CHARACTER FROM A MOVIE/BOOK/TV SHOW/VIDEO GAME/ETC.)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24 - RAINBOW DAY!

(THE MORE COLOURS, THE BETTER!)

THURSDAY, MARCH 25 - TROPICAL THUSDAY!

(WHICH WAY TO THE BEACH?)

FRIDAY, MARCH 26 - THE EVER-POPULAR PYJAMA DAY!

(LAST DAY CALLS FOR SOMETHING COZY!)

Poetry Music Video

 Poetry Music Video

Find a song whose lyrics you find to be particularly artistic and is teacher approved. Perhaps you can get a song from here

Put into Kidblog the name of your song, what the song is about, and at least 3 examples of figurative language in the song. 

Now put the song into you movie program and find pictures to go with the lyrics, as show below. 

Also below is an example, from Evan. 

Click here for an example of a finished project

Your Covid Poster

 What Can You Do to Help During COVID

Using the large paper provided, create you Covid Poster

-A simple message that is easy to understand and read

-The graphics should go a long way to communicating your message

-Possible messages

Wear a Mask

Physically Distance

Wash hands and surfaces frequently

Be Kind and Understanding, these are difficult times for many

Make an effort to support people who are hit hard by COVID

Support business that are hit hard by COVID

The 1919 Pandemic

 The 1919 Pandemic

A year ago this week we announced the closing of schools here in Manitoba. 103 years ago, the same thing happened in Manitoba, also because of a virus. 

 Read this article and then answer the questions below.

If interested, some more reading in this article here and  this article here. 
List of Stanley Cup winners

Anxiety

 Anxiety

By Michaels

My friends, they wanna take me to the movies

I tell 'em to get lost, I'm holding hands with my depression
And right when I think I've overcome it
Anxiety starts kicking in to teach that stuff a lesson
Oh, I try my best just to be social
I make all these plans with friends and hope they call and cancel
Then I overthink about the things I'm missing
Now I'm wishing I was with 'em 2

Feel like I'm always apologizing for feeling
Like I'm out of my mind when I'm doing just fine
And my exes all say that I'm hard to deal with
And I admit it, yeah

But all my friends, they don't know what it's like, what it's like
They don't understand why I can't sleep through the night
I've been told that I could take something to fix it
Damn, I wish it, I wish it was that simple, ah
All my friends they don't know what it's like, what it's like 4

Always wanted to be one of those people in the room
That says something and everyone puts their hand up
Like, "If you're sad put your hand up
If you hate someone, put your hand up
If you're scared, put your hand up"

Feel like I'm always apologizing for feeling
Like I'm out of my mind when I'm doing just fine
And my exes all say that I'm hard to deal with
And I admit it, it's true 6

But all my friends, they don't know what it's like, what it's like
They don't understand why I can't sleep through the night
And I thought that I could take something to fix it
Damn, I wish it, I wish it was that simple, ah
All my friends they don't know what it's like, what it's like

I got all these thoughts, running through my mind
All the damn time and I can't seem to shut it off
I think I'm doing fine most of the time
I think that I'm alright, but I can't seem to shut it off
I got all these thoughts, running through my mind
All the damn time and I can't seem to shut it off
I think I'm doing fine most of the time
I say that I'm alright, but I can't seem to shut it off
Shut it, shut it, yeah 8

But all my friends, they don't know what it's like, what it's like
They don't understand why I can't sleep through the night
I've been told that I could take something to fix it
Damn, I wish it, I wish it was that simple, ah
All my friends they don't know what it's like, what it's like

Li-i-i-i-ike
What it's like, what it's like
Hmm-mm-mm, mmm
What it's like
I love this song 10

When I am an Old Woman

 

When I am an Old Woman

Warning

(When I Am An Old Woman)

Poem by Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple

With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired

And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

And run my stick along the public railings

And make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain

And pick the flowers in other people's gardens

And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

And eat three pounds of sausage at a go

Or only bread and pickles for a week

And hoard pens and pencils and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

And pay our rent and not swear in the street

And set a good example for the children.

We will have friends for dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now

So people who know me are not surprised

When suddenly I am old and start to wear purple.

The Red Hat Society

Coming Up

 -Daylight Savings Time now in effect

-Early dismissal on Tuesday

-Mrs Robertson will be in for me on Tuesday

-No School on Friday

Supporting the War Effort

 With no Internet, television, or radio, posters were a popular way to advertise. Here are advertisements by the Canadian Government to gain support of the First World War effort. Besides enlisting to fight, some of the ways people supported the War effort was by having Victory Gardens and by lending the government money, Victory Bonds, to fight the War. 

 

http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/explore/online/posters/recruitment.aspx

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The Halifax Explosion

 

The Halifax Explosion

During the First World War, the biggest explosion in the history of the World actually happened in Canada. Many people were actually vaporized. Then their was the tsunami cause by the explosion, and a winter storm the day afterwards. Compounding the problems was that most of Canada didn't know.   See a recreation of what happened here

More details about the telegraph operator is here

More details about the Halifax explosion here

Coming Up

 

Teacher Conferences Thursday- 9 minutes, at least, of positive stuff!

Practical Arts Rotation after this week for 6A

International Women's Day

“My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too.” -Mia Hamm, two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA Women's World Cup champion

 

55 years ago-March 4th, 1966 Winnipeg Blizzard

 Huge winds and snow on a Friday closed schools and shut down the city. St. James, on the Western edge of the city, had drifts 2 1/2 metres high.

Some more pictures

Tuesday, March 2

 

Edmodo, click above, and using your notes, complete the questions on the First World War.

Graphic Story- Rough outline planner, click here.  Either print the planner and do it by hand, or click on the upper right hand side to download and do it in Word. 

Graphic Story-Detailed story outline. Click here. Either print the planner and do it by hand, or click on the upper right hand side to download and do it in Word. 

Ms Carey and persuasive writing p3

Tasks for today

Edmodo WW1 Questions

Rough planner

Detailed planner

Persuasive writing

Comic writing

Coming Up

 Early dismissal Tuesday

Finishing up First World War

Starting our Graphic Story/Comic