LANGUAGE-MEDIA LIT

Comic Strips

Here are my two comics; one funny comic and one political satire.
- Praveena

Comics

These are my 2 comics.
The first impling a political stand and the second purely humorous.

                    
In short, gratitude is to be or the act of being thankful and readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. But, between all the big words and the bluntness of that statement it doesn't really represent how powerful that simple act can be. These days we take advantage of what we have and what we're used to, even when we don't realize it. You know those lectures you always get? Like;

" Claire there are people starving in Africa and there you are throwing out your broccoli....."

                     The person scolding you is making a good point, then again its all about how you say it.

                     One in eight people do not eat enough to be healthy. 925,000,000 million people die each year from hunger. 1,300,000,000 billion tons of food is wasted each year." and there you are throwing out your broccoli.......". Now how do you feel about eating all your vegetables?

                     Once you realize how lucky you are you will see that gratitude may sometimes be forgotten and only there when you get what you want. And now that you know, you have to follow these three rules of the virtue;

1. Get It; Know what it is and what it means to be grateful.

2.Show It; Say your pleases and your thankyous to everyone. And don't throw out your broccoli.

3. Be it; Be grateful. Say thanks to God for everything, even when everything's not doing that great.

                   The point is that gratitude is kind of like a super power. When your grateful what you have becomes enough. It makes you happier inevitably making the people around you happier too. So yes, thank and be thankful because what if you only had, today, what you thanked God for yesterday.?

                                                                                                                                                                                ~ Claire ~

                   

How Were the First Nations Self-Sufficient?

     The First Nations people would be considered self-sufficient because they would use everything they had on the land.  With the stuff they did not use they would bury it to thank the Creator.  They understood and respected the land, water, animals, seasons, and weather.  They would skin animals and use their fur for clothing, the skin for shelter, and the bones for weapons or cooking utensils.  The bark on the trees would be used to make canoes for transportation.  The First Nations relied on the elders for leadership and judgement.  Some groups were matriarchal societies, which meant that they figured out who their ancestors through their mothers.  So the oldest woman of the group would be responsible for the clan (or group).  The First Nations also had their own spirit beliefs.  They had their own stories about how the Earth was created, and they thanked the Creator or Great Spirit for all the food they were able to harvest.

By: Julianna

First Nation People 

First Nation people were very self -sufficient because they knew how to use the land they had. For example if they had killed an animal they would use its meat for food and the fur for shelter and clothing. The bones of the animals are used for making weapons. The First Nation people were very independent in every thing they do. They didn't like to share or trade things. They only started to trade years later. They used water for drinking, bathing and agriculture. They used wood for building things like kayaks and boats. Many people in this century think that you need money to be sufficient but the First Nation people proved that you can be sufficient without money but with thinks around you.

Angela

History assignment Gr.7

Ms.Babb 

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Why The First Nations People Were Self-Sufficient

The First Nations people were self-sufficient and independent because they had different ways to get what they needed, like food, clothing, weapons, and medicine. They treated their land with respect. They also treated the animals with respect. The First Nations respected their elders for their wisdom and leadership. They had many resources from the land. For transportation they used animals and carved canoes from wood to get across lakes and rivers. They hunted animals for food clothing and weapons. They used meat for food, fur for clothing, and bones for weapons. They also used rocks for weapons. They used flowers and plants to make medicine. They never wasted anything. They didn't need stores and factories to take care of them, they could take care of themselves. They had to defend their territory in case of an attack from the Europeans. This is why the first Nations People were self-sufficient.                                    

By: Justin P.

Why Were The First Nations Self-Sufficient?

            The First Nations people were self-sufficient because they knew how to catch their own food for e.g. they knew how to fish for food; they also knew how to use a bow and arrow to kill animals for food. The First Nations also used the animals for clothing, they skin them for their fur so they can survive in the winter time, and the First Nations also used the animals hide for shelter. The First Nations would have died if it weren't for the animals; they provided shelter, food, transportation and clothing. When the First Nations got sick, they got there medicine from plants and flowers. They also got there shelter from wood by making tepees. The Natives got there transportation from riding on animals and building canoes and boats from bark and wood from the trees. That is what the First Nations can do and that is why they are self-sufficient.

                                           

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First Nation self-sufficiency

The first nation people were very self-sufficient. They wanted to do everything themselves, and they would never really share. They hardly talked to each other. What does self-sufficient mean. It means that you always want to be better than everyone else and you try to do better than them to. The first nation people only had one thing in common and that was their religion. The first nation people could change if they want to but they want to be self-sufficient. They supposedly like their lifestyle.

Done by: Dominique

Ms. Babb

History

  

Why Were The First Nations People So Self- Sufficient?

            The first nation's people were so self- sufficient because they knew how to use their land and the resources that they had. They used the land to supply themselves with food, water, clothing, medicine and many other things. They USED the land, opposing to OWNING it. They had a very close bond with nature and did not want to harm it. They were very knowledgeable because they learned from their elders. The first nation's people had great lives because they didn't take anything for granted. They didn't relay on anyone to do anything for them because the land gave them everything they needed.

                                                By: Rachel.