215 Bodies found in unmarked graves

At a  Kamloops Residential school ground radar found 215 unmarked graves. The Catholic Church who ran the school had stated earlier that 50 children had died at the school. 

"There may be reasons why they wouldn't record the deaths properly and that they weren't treated with dignity and respect because that was the whole purpose of the residential school ... to take total control of Indian children, to remove their culture, identity and connection to their family,"

From our studies on Residential schools earlier, we know that many children died and that some were buried in unmarked graves. Still, 215 is shocking

-Are their mass grave of undocumented deaths at other schools? 4,100 students are know to have died, but Alberta alone thinks there is another 800 'missing' children from their province. 

-What does this say about the Church and Government that were in charge of the schools?

-Bishop Grandin is a major street in Winnipeg named after a Catholic Bishop who advocated for Metis rights but also advocated for and was a big supporter of Residential schools. Many other things, such as a part of our city, is also named after him. Should we keep honouring his name or should we rename these things?

Coming Up

 Early Dismissal tomorrow, so arrange now for your ride home hehehehe

If we do come back to school next week, we are doing commercials

Last Day of May

On Friday 15 facts for the history projects was due

On Friday, and next Friday, and next Friday,  you have a journal to do. Still waiting for a bunch from last Friday.  Journal 17 this Friday. 

Some poetry this week

Working on the history project

More Posted.

Job 1 this week, your yearbook entry!!!

Point of View

 Today-We talk about the point of view of your novel in breakout groups

Today-You might want to send me your notes for feedback

Tomorrow-Your ORGANIZED notes, with 15 facts CLEARLY presented

Tomorrow-Journal due, minimum 10 sentences, 300 words. 

Week Friday-Yearbook Entry

Reading the poem below from bottom to top is a powerful process of self-actualization, a positive experience. Definitely not the same experience if you view the poem from top to bottom. The point of view in a story is also very powerful in what kind of story it is. The Jets swept the Oilers, which is a very different story in Edmonton than it is in Winnipeg. The point of view, like the poem, definitely changes the story. 

The Four Types of Point of View

Here are the four primary POV types in fiction:

• First person point of view. First person is when “I” am telling the story. The character is in the story, relating his or her experiences directly.
• Second person point of view. The story is told to “you.” This POV is not common in fiction, but it’s still good to know (it is common in nonfiction).
• Third person point of view, limited. The story is about “he” or “she.” This is the most common point of view in commercial fiction. The narrator is outside of the story and relating the experiences of a character.
• Third person point of view, omniscient. The story is still about “he” or “she,” but the narrator has full access to the thoughts and experiences of all characters in the story.

 

History Project Example

 

Step 1 READ

Step 2 Choose a Topic

Step 3 READ some MORE

As you do step 3, you should be gathering lots and lots of facts and sources. Once you have scores of facts put down, with their sources, then we need to organize the facts. 

Here is my example for The Battle of Vimy Ridge

Step 4 Gather Notes (15 marks)

______ Title (name of event/person/activity,and your name) 1 mark-Keep focused on the topic
-Canada conquering Vimy Ridge
_______Who/What (describe major people/groups/event/action/activity involved) 1-See above-Focus!
-Canada fighting for the first time as a Canadian Army with Canadian leaders attack Vimy ridge
 ______ When (period it took place, try and be very specific)1-Focus
-The Attack happened on Easter Weekend, 
_______How (How it worked, happened, was created/created change)Multiple Marks
-Canadian soldiers, besides fighting for the first time as a -country, used new tactics. See Below 

-Extensive planning and mapping of the area with planes

-Practicing the battle plan 

-Letting the soldiers know the battle plans

-Creeping barrage where the soldiers followed closely behind the shells

-Very heavy barrage before the attack

-Canada succeeded during the weekend of fighting with about 10,000 causalities (about 3,000 of those dead)
 ______ Why (purpose/significance of event/action/activity/person) was important. Impact on us today? Multiple Marks
-Vimy Ridge, being high land, was seen as being strategically important. The importance of the Ridge to winning the war was probably overstated.

-The Allies didn't have much success in the War to this point.

-France had 150,000 causilties themselves trying to take Vimy Ridge from 1914 to 1916.

-With this success, Canada became the soldiers that the Allies heavily used in attack and the soldiers the Germans most watched out for. 

 ______ Interesting facts and explanations Multiple Marks

-Vimy Ridge land was given to Canada by the French

Big beautiful monument is on the Ridge, which is a Canadian Park.

-The war monument was one of the few Hitler didn't have destroyed when he captured France. It seems he liked it. 

-General Byng was the British officer looking over what the Canadians did (couldn't trust the colonials to be completely unsupervised) later changed his name to 1st Viscount Byng of VIMY and became the G.G. of Canada

-Byng's Wife, Lady Byng, created the Lady Byng Trophy

_______Sources!!!! Have more than one, and be careful when picking your sources. 

Wikipedia is not a bad place to start, but isn't a good reference because it is every changing. It does list sources though, so consult those! 

https://www.warmuseum.ca/the-battle-of-vimy-ridge/

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/vimy-ridge

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/first-world-war/fact_sheets/vimy

https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/vimy-ridge

https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/military-war/the-great-war-battle-of-vimy-ridge

https://www.cobourgmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/VimyCompressed.pdf

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-germans-considered-it-a-victory-too-rare-images-showing-everything-you-didnt-know-about-vimy-ridge

Coming Up

The Jets Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday Journals-Trying to find journals last Friday from  Bryce,  Lucas, Leland. 

This Friday, guess what, another journal. You could start writing it now. Journal 16. If you need a topic "I did something really nice."

Due Tomorrow-Blog your answer to the Poem below. 

Due Friday, your History Project Notes. Details are here

Due Two Fridays from now, Your Yearbook Entry. Details are here

Pretty ugly

You are all special and beautiful people, but sometimes we forget that. Sometimes people, because of their own issues, want us to feel bad about ourselves. Remembering that we are special and wonderful is sometimes difficult and takes a positive view. How does the poem below convey that simply changing your viewpoint makes all the difference? Blog below if you think you have the answer.

I'm very ugly

So don't try to convince me that

I am a very beautiful person

Because at the end of the day

I hate myself in every single way

And I'm not going to lie to myself by saying

There is beauty inside of me that matters

So rest assured I will remind myself

That I am a worthless, terrible person

And nothing you say will make me believe

I still deserve love

Because no matter what

I am not good enough to be loved

And I am in no position to believe that

Beauty does exist within me

Because whenever I look in the mirror

I always think Am I as ugly as people say?

- Abdullah Shoaib

Yay for Vlada

via GIPHY

Friday

 Overdue work from last week? Don't Know? Check here

-Due Today, your Journal. If needed, more details and inspiration here

-Due Today, Questions on The Voyage of the Damned 

-Due Yesterday, Questions on the Poems about Success

-Due in Two Weeks, Your Yearbook Entry. CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR AND SPELLING!!!!! (yes, I was yelling.)

No School on Monday. Why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May long weekend from St. James-Assiniboia School Division

Your Yearbook Entry

 Yearbook Submissions!

1. Submit a favourite picture/drawing that represents you.
   
2. Give us up to 50 words about you and/or your experience at Bruce. 
   
3. We are also looking for any extra pictures of Bruce and the students that you might want to submit.
   

Examples of contributions: 

favourite memories of Bruce, what you have learned in your journey through Middle school, what your future might hold, or any other faves you would like to share (music, hobbies, sports, food, etc.)

Submit by June 4 

It can be handed in by email, on TEAMS, on Showbie.com Showbie code-4GJDR or . . . ?

Make sure your picture is handed in separately, NOT in a word document. 

Examples

Nickname: Madame

Faves: Iron Maiden, Bjork, trees, festivals, concerts, live Jets games, chocolat, and my family 

Future: learn to speak Anishinabe, German, and Italian

Best Bruce Memory: Finding my classroom covered in toilet paper by HARLAND!!!

Cinquain 2,4,6,8,2 syllables

Bruce School

Wow, what a Year

New Friends, New School, Still Masks

Looking Forward to Grade 7, Oh Yeah

My School

Haiku 5,7,5, syllables 

Can also be done as a paragraph

The ship St.Louis and the Voyage of the Damned

 https://www.historyrevealed.com/eras/nazi-germany/the-voyage-of-the-damned/

Information on Manitoba's attitude during this time towards people who followed the Jewish faith can be found here

Success

 The Meaning of Success

"To laugh often and much; 

to win the respect of intelligent people

 and the affection of children; 

to earn the appreciation of honest critics

and endure the betrayal of false friends; 

to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;

 to leave the world a little better; 

whether by a healthy child, a garden patch

or a redeemed social condition; 

to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. 

This is the meaning of success."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson (but probably not)

“Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward”  

Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers,
“even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night.”
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.

Live not for battles won.
Live not for the-end-of-the-song.
Live in the along.

-By Gwendolyn Brooks

Flight

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKrvYCOSbf8

https://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/media/11-the-airplane

https://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/media/11-the-airplane

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/forces.html

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/foil3.html

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/glidfor.html

Coming Up

- Some More Poetry This Week

-More Posted Readings

-Continued Novel Studies Arianna, Kate, Dom, Leland, Mackenzie, Sidney,  Addie,  I couldn't fine your Rising Action posts. 

-Voyage of the Damned

-Journal, at least 10 sentences and 300 words. If you need a topic-Places you have never been to, but want to go. Mackenze, Dom, Leland & Annalie, I didn't see your Journal from last week. 

-Science will be taken over tomorrow by Ms Stahl. 

Which of the pictures below is from a Bruce school trip that hopefully you will take in grade 7? Which one is a place that I still wish to see?

Coming Up

-9 Questions on the Poem below

 -Click on your book link above, you have a Rising Action assignment to complete

-Friday, end of the day is your journal. At least 10 sentences, 300 words. 

First They Came For

                               First They Came for

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—

     Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—

     Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—

     Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemöller was a U-boat commander in the First World War and a Protestant minister who initially supported Hitler's rise to power. He was later imprisoned in 1937 for criticizing Hitler and his government. 

1.Who are “they” that Niemöller writes about, as in, “first they came for…”?

The Facists, Hitler's people, The government of the day in Germany 

2. What does it mean when he says, “came for”? Came to take them to concentration camps,.

3. Why does he repeat the phrase, “Then they came for…” several times? To emphasize

4. What effect does the repetition of this phrase have on the listener? Makes the listener focus on that phrase

5. What other groups did the Nazis “come for” before and during the 2nd WW?

Gypsies, Polish priests, Russian solders, Socialists, communists, Mental and physical challenges, Jews, Slavs, 

6. The narrator of Niemöller’s poem is obviously himself. But the narrator is also somebody else. Who? YOU, THE READER

7. What does he mean by, “I didn’t speak up”? What are some ways he could have “spoken up”? Stating your opinion, Participating in Pride Parade, BLM. Protests, Going to people who can help change things. 

8.  "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Do you think this quote is accurate? Explain

9. Margret Mead spent her life studying cultures and how people relate. She said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Do you think a few people can change the World? Defend your answer. 

It's a Beautiful Glass

 

The Second World War

 In class we will be going over and discussing the two videos below

Idioms

 Idioms are phrases that don't make sense if taken literally. Every culture has its own set of idioms. Below are some idioms from our N.A. culture.  Figuratively (using pictures/drawings represent an idiom

A blessing in disguise	a good thing that seemed bad at first	as part of a sentence
A dime a dozen	Something common	as part of a sentence
Beat around the bush	Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable	as part of a sentence
Better late than never	Better to arrive late than not to come at all	by itself
Bite the bullet	To get something over with because it is inevitable	as part of a sentence
Break a leg	Good luck	by itself
Call it a day	Stop working on something	as part of a sentence
Cut somebody some slack	Don't be so critical	as part of a sentence
Cutting corners	Doing something poorly in order to save time or money	as part of a sentence
Easy does it	Slow down	by itself
Get out of hand	Get out of control	as part of a sentence
Get something out of your system	Do the thing you've been wanting to do so you can move on	as part of a sentence
Get your act together	Work better or leave	by itself
Give someone the benefit of the doubt	Trust what someone says	as part of a sentence
Go back to the drawing board	Start over	as part of a sentence
Hang in there	Don't give up	by itself
Hit the sack	Go to sleep	as part of a sentence
It's not rocket science	It's not complicated	by itself
Let someone off the hook	To not hold someone responsible for something	as part of a sentence
Make a long story short	Tell something briefly	as part of a sentence
Miss the boat	It's too late	as part of a sentence
No pain, no gain	You have to work for what you want	by itself
On the ball	Doing a good job	as part of a sentence
Pull someone's leg	To joke with someone	as part of a sentence
Pull yourself together	Calm down	by itself
So far so good	Things are going well so far	by itself
Speak of the devil	The person we were just talking about showed up!	by itself
That's the last straw	My patience has run out	by itself
The best of both worlds	An ideal situation	as part of a sentence
Time flies when you're having fun	You don't notice how long something lasts when it's fun	by itself
To get bent out of shape	To get upset	as part of a sentence
To make matters worse	Make a problem worse	as part of a sentence
Under the weather	Sick	as part of a sentence
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it	Let's not talk about that problem right now	by itself
Wrap your head around something	Understand something complicated	as part of a sentence
You can say that again	That's true, I agree	by itself
Your guess is as good as mine	I have no idea	by itself

Common English idioms & expressions

These English idioms are used quite regularly in the United States. You may not hear them every day, but they will be very familiar to any native English speaker. You can be confident using any of them when the context is appropriate.

Idiom	Meaning	Usage
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush	What you have is worth more than what you might have later	by itself
A penny for your thoughts	Tell me what you're thinking	by itself
A penny saved is a penny earned	Money you save today you can spend later	by itself
A perfect storm	the worst possible situation	as part of a sentence
A picture is worth 1000 words	Better to show than tell	by itself
Actions speak louder than words	Believe what people do and not what they say	by itself
Add insult to injury	To make a bad situation worse	as part of a sentence
Barking up the wrong tree	To be mistaken, to be looking for solutions in the wrong place	as part of a sentence
Birds of a feather flock together	People who are alike are often friends (usually used negatively)	by itself
Bite off more than you can chew	Take on a project that you cannot finish	as part of a sentence
Break the ice	Make people feel more comfortable	as part of a sentence
By the skin of your teeth	Just barely	as part of a sentence
Comparing apples to oranges	Comparing two things that cannot be compared	as part of a sentence
Costs an arm and a leg	Very expensive	as part of a sentence
Do something at the drop of a hat	Do something without having planned beforehand	as part of a sentence
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you	Treat people fairly. Also known as "The Golden Rule"	by itself
Don't count your chickens before they hatch	Don't count on something good happening until it's happened.	by itself
Don't cry over spilt milk	There's no reason to complain about something that can't be fixed	by itself
Don't give up your day job	You're not very good at this	by itself
Don't put all your eggs in one basket	What you're doing is too risky	by itself
Every cloud has a silver lining	Good things come after bad things	by itself
Get a taste of your own medicine	Get treated the way you've been treating others (negative)	as part of a sentence
Give someone the cold shoulder	Ignore someone	as part of a sentence
Go on a wild goose chase	To do something pointless	as part of a sentence
Good things come to those who wait	Be patient	by itself
He has bigger fish to fry	He has bigger things to take care of than what we are talking about now	by itself
He's a chip off the old block	The son is like the father	by itself
Hit the nail on the head	Get something exactly right	by itself
Ignorance is bliss	You're better off not knowing	by itself
It ain't over till the fat lady sings	This isn't over yet	by itself
It takes one to know one	You're just as bad as I am	by itself
It's a piece of cake	It's easy	by itself
It's raining cats and dogs	It's raining hard	by itself
Kill two birds with one stone	Get two things done with a single action	by itself
Let the cat out of the bag	Give away a secret	as part of a sentence
Live and learn	I made a mistake	by itself
Look before you leap	Take only calculated risks	by itself
On thin ice	On probation. If you make another mistake, there will be trouble.	as part of a sentence
Once in a blue moon	Rarely	as part of a sentence
Play devil's advocate	To argue the opposite, just for the sake of argument	as part of a sentence
Put something on ice	Put a projet on hold	as part of a sentence
Rain on someone's parade	To spoil something	as part of a sentence
Saving for a rainy day	Saving money for later	as part of a sentence
Slow and steady wins the race	Reliability is more important than speed	by itself
Spill the beans	Give away a secret	as part of a sentence
Take a rain check	Postpone a plan	as part of a sentence
Take it with a grain of salt	Don’t take it too seriously	as part of a sentence
The ball is in your court	It's your decision	by itself
The best thing since sliced bread	A really good invention	as part of a sentence
The devil is in the details	It looks good from a distance, but when you look closer, there are problems	by itself
The early bird gets the worm	The first people who arrive will get the best stuff	by itself
The elephant in the room	The big issue, the problem people are avoiding	as part of a sentence
The whole nine yards	Everything, all the way.	as part of a sentence
There are other fish in the sea	It's ok to miss this opportunity. Others will arise.	by itself
There's a method to his madness	He seems crazy but actually he's clever	by itself
There's no such thing as a free lunch	Nothing is entirely free	by itself
Throw caution to the wind	Take a risk	as part of a sentence
You can't have your cake and eat it too	You can't have everything	by itself
You can't judge a book by its cover	This person or thing may look bad, but it's good inside	by itself

Familiar English idioms & proverbs

These English idioms and proverbs are familiar and easily understood by native English speakers, but they are not usually used in everyday conversation. If you haven't mastered the more frequent idioms yet, they are a better place to start, but if you're already familiar with those expressions, the idioms below will further spice up your English.

Idiom	Meaning	Usage
A little learning is a dangerous thing	People who don't understand something fully are dangerous	by itself
A snowball effect	Events have momentum and build upon each other	as part of a sentence
A snowball's chance in hell	No chance at all	as part of a sentence
A stitch in time saves nine	Fix the problem now because it will get worse later	by itself
A storm in a teacup	A big fuss about a small problem	as part of a sentence
An apple a day keeps the doctor away	Apples are good for you	by itself
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure	You can prevent a problem with little effort. Fixing it later is harder.	by itself
As right as rain	Perfect	as part of a sentence
Bolt from the blue	Something that happened without warning	as part of a sentence
Burn bridges	Destroy relationships	as part of a sentence
Calm before the storm	Something bad is coming, but right now it's calm	as part of a sentence
Come rain or shine	No matter what	as part of a sentence
Curiosity killed the cat	Stop asking questions	by itself
Cut the mustard	Do a good job	as part of a sentence
Don't beat a dead horse	Move on, this subject is over	by itself
Every dog has his day	Everyone gets a chance at least once	by itself
Familiarity breeds contempt	The better you know someone the less you like him	by itself
Fit as a fiddle	In good health	as part of a sentence
Fortune favours the bold	Take risks	by itself
Get a second wind	Have more energy after having been tired	as part of a sentence
Get wind of something	Hear news of something secret	as part of a sentence
Go down in flames	Fail spectacularly	as part of a sentence
Haste makes waste	You'll make mistakes if you rush through something	by itself
Have your head in the clouds	Not be concentrating	as part of a sentence
He who laughs last laughs loudest	I'll get you back for what you did	by itself
Hear something straight from the horse's mouth	Hear something from the person involved	as part of a sentence
He's not playing with a full deck	He's dumb	by itself
He's off his rocker	He's crazy	by itself
He's sitting on the fence	He can't make up his mind	by itself
It is a poor workman who blames his tools	If you can't do the job, don't blame it on others	by itself
It is always darkest before the dawn	Things are going to get better	by itself
It takes two to tango	One person alone isn't responsible. Both people are involved.	by itself
Jump on the bandwagon	Follow a trend, do what everyone else is doing	as part of a sentence
Know which way the wind is blowing	Understand the situation (usually negative)	as part of a sentence
Leave no stone unturned	Look everywhere	as part of a sentence
Let sleeping dogs lie	Stop discussing an issue	as part of a sentence
Like riding a bicycle	Something you never forget how to do	as part of a sentence
Like two peas in a pod	They're always together	as part of a sentence
Make hay while the sun shines	Take advantage of a good situation	as part of a sentence
On cloud nine	Very happy	as part of a sentence
Once bitten, twice shy	You're more cautious when you've been hurt before	by itself
Out of the frying pan and into the fire	Things are going from bad to worse	by itself
Run like the wind	Run fast	as part of a sentence
Shape up or ship out	Work better or leave	by itself
Snowed under	Busy	as part of a sentence
That ship has sailed	It's too late	by itself
The pot calling the kettle black	Someone criticizing someone else he is just as bad	as part of a sentence
There are clouds on the horizon	Trouble is coming	by itself
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones	People who are morally questionable shouldn't criticize others	by itself
Through thick and thin	In good times and in bad times	as part of a sentence
Time is money	Work quickly	by itself
Waste not, want not	Don't waste things and you'll always have enough	by itself
We see eye to eye	We agree	by itself
Weather the storm	Go through something difficult	as part of a sentence
Well begun is half done	Getting a good start is important	by itself
When it rains it pours	Everything is going wrong at once	by itself
You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar	You'll get what you want by being nice	by itself
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink	You can't force someone to make the right decision	by itself
You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs	There's always a cost to doing something	by itself