Kateri Tekakwitha

                Kateri Tekakwitha was the daughter of a Mohawk chief named Kennorkwa, and a Roman Catholic Algonquin named Tagaskouita. Kateri was pressured to get married around the age of thirteen but she refused.  She was a modest girl who didn't go out to social gatherings. She used a blanket to cover her head because she had smallpox scars. Kateri was skilled at traditional women's arts. She was able to make clothing and belts from animal skins, weaving mats, baskets and boxes from reeds and grasses. In 1675, at the age of eighteen, Kateri met Jesuit Father Jacques de Lamberville and started to study catechism with him. During the Holy Week, in 1679, people started to notice Kateri getting weaker, she was failing. When people knew she had few hours left, villagers and priests gathered around he. She died on April 17, 1680 at the age of 24. Kateri's last words were "I will love you in heaven".

By: Megan

St. Cecelia

St. Cecelia was a Christian martyr. They had to hide from people because they would kill all of the Christians. The Christians would celebrate mass in a cave so that no one could find them. One day soldiers found Cecelia and her father paying their respects to those who died. Cecelia was forced to marry Valerian or be taken away by the soldiers. Cecelia's dad did not want her to get married but she said that it was ok and that she would always have her angel's guidance. When St. Cecelia was beheaded, as they were going to cut her head off she began to sing. They kept on hitting an axe across her neck but all that it left were scars.

          I learned that Christians were treated unfairly. They couldn't speak out to people that they were Catholics otherwise they would be killed because of their faith. I think it is remarkable that they would risk their lives for their faith and for God. They were different because St. Cecelia was born a catholic while St. Kateri Tekawitha became a Catholic. Another difference is that St. Kateri Tekawitha was adopted but St. Cecelia was not. They are similar because they were both forced into marriage and they both were killed because of what they believed in.

         

Love Is…

Love is being nice to your brother

when you're not in the mood

or talking to your worst friend

without being rude.

It's showing your dad

that you really care

or having your grandparents

always there.

It's learning to put your mom

before you

or for your best friend.

doing everything you can do

It's being there for your aunts

when things are rough

or letting your cousins

borrow your stuff.

Love is standing up

when people are mean

but more importantly

love needs to be seen    

By Taylor J

Love poem

Love Is…

By: Josh

Date: Monday, January 28, 2013

Love is walking away

When you're about to start a fight,

It's saying sorry

When you know you're right,

It's giving your dad

A big bear hug,

Or helping your mom

Clean out the rug.

It's letting your brother

Hog the video games,

It's getting in trouble

But taking the blame.

It's telling the unpopular kid

He's important in your life,

And reminding your dad

He has a wonderful wife.

It's telling your grandpa

You will always care,

Love is everything

Just and fair!

Love Is…..

Love is helping them up when you're in a rush,

Or saying its ok when your best friend likes your crush.

It's helping your mom when you're tired and you're sore,

Or when you go out with dad when you can't take anymore.

Its letting your sister borrow your phone,

Or giving your brother your ipod when he's bored and alone.

Love is doing whatever it takes to see that one person smile,

But even though love is hard you're gonna feel it for a while.

-MJ

Love is……

Love is giving your niece

Stuff you won't get back,

It's letting your friend know

That our friendship won't be jacked.

It's telling your mum

That you want to be with her 24/7,

Or telling your dad

That he belongs in heaven.

It's telling your brother

You won't eat his food,

And telling your worst friend

About your lousy mood.

It's helping your sister

By taking the blame,

And seeing your cousin

Playing a hockey game.

Love is telling your grandparents

You miss and love them,

But through everything

Love is a gem.

By: Chauntelle.D J

HOMEWORK

MATH: Complete booklet

HISTORY: Complete US History handout. Some students still have not posted their paragraph. You are now several days late!

SCIENCE: Assignment due on Tuesday.

ART: Complete portrait sketch.

LANGUAGE: Post list love poem to blog. Remember to write in stanzas!


Reminders

-Bring in sock donations next week.

- No plastic water bottles!!! Bring in your reusable  canteens.

- P A DAY tomorrow. No school!
  
Have  a great long weekend! 

'Courageous Wolfe Dies Leading British To Victory!'

The Plains of Abraham is where the French and the British fought it out. At first, the British attacked Beauport shore by sailing through the St. Lawrence River. During the battle, at least 440 of the British soldiers either got shot, killed, or wounded. General Wolfe set up some of the British ships to make it look like they were going to attack again. But it was a feint, so actually, they weren't attacking again. So General Montcalm [the head of the French] sent more troops out to attack the British, which he was sure would come. Wolfe thought that instead of attacking Beauport shore, he would attack Quebec from the West. He knew it was risky because his team would have to climb up the Anse-au-Foulon, which was a short but steep cliff. During that battle when the British made it up the cliff, they used a strategy called 'The Thin Red Line'. The British defeated the French in Seven Years War. They battled in Europe, Asia, North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. After the French surrendered, the British and the French signed a peace treaty called 'The Treaty Of Paris'. Now Britain took over France all thanks to General Wolfe.

-Justin

Our Tremendous Win!

The Seven Years war is finally over.  After a hard battle between the French and the British, we came out a winner thanks to Wolfe, our brilliant general leader. We wouldn't have done it without the help of our brave general who sacrificed his life for the British. Also, we wouldn't have won without our brave soldiers who put their life on the line just for the British.

The British attacked Beauport and failed.  Wolfe sent some soldiers and a few ships to Beauport and made the French think that the British were attacking there.  Wolfe sent his finest soldiers to Anse-du-Foulon to attack there, it was easy because most of the French soldiers were at Beauport. This battle strategy was called the Beauport feint. Now that the British were on the Plains of Abraham, the French's advantage of being on higher ground doesn't help the French now. Wolfe thought of a brilliant battle strategy, it was called the Thin Red Line. Wolfe ordered three lines of soldiers all holding  Musckats.  He orders the first line to shoot, then orders the second line to shoot while the first line kneels to reload, he orders the third line to shoot while line one and two are kneeling to reload and than it goes back to the first line. This battle strategy used in this war helped the British win the Seven Years war. During this battle, unfortunately Wolfe dies. He was shot by a French soldier. Because of Wolfe and his army, the British came out a winner. Victory is ours!  

Alyssa

Ms.Babb

Mon.Jan.21.2013

History Test has been returned. Parents please sign. 
Special congratulations to Alyssa, Mary and Rachel for getting an A+ !

Extra Extra

We have won the war and victory over the French. Our ships came one buy one to the shore of the Plains of Abraham. Our general Wolfe had guided us in this war. This war started out with the French winning but near the end victory was ours. We won this war by our one brilliant plan called the "Thin Red Line". We lined up in three lines in our red uniforms. Our hands were loaded with muskets, ready to fire. The bullets shot every 20 seconds! We killed so many French soldiers that they had to surrender in the end. This is to show how brave our soldiers are. In the end Quebec came under our control and we have concurred another colony.

HOMEWORK

MATH
Grade 7 Page 154 #5-8
Grade 8 Page  161 #1-7

History

Read notes. Begin work on handout

Post to article to blog. Several of you, have not done so.

The Thirteen Colonies

•The British had 13 colonies that stretched south along the eastern coast, that were filled with many different people with many different ideas. Each of the colonies were quite different from one another because of the resources they had and the type of people that founded them.

 

•The northern colonies had large forests and winters were severe

•The middle colonies had rich agricultural lands for grains and vegetables

•The southern colonies were hot and rich crops, like cotton and rice, grew well there.

•There were differences in religion too, from Protestants, Roman Catholics and Pilgrims

•Although the colonies had all these differences, there was a growing sense that they were becoming strong and independent from Britain as a united force.
•During the Seven Years’ War, the British began to increase taxes in the colonies

–This leads to protests, like the Boston Tea Party

•The Quebec Act (1774)

–This replaced the Royal Proclamation, and set out to establish French rights

–It was good for the Canadiens, but upset many of the other group

 -The Quebec Act was good for the Quebecois, but the 13 colonies were OUTRAGED

 

 

HOMEWORK

MATH:

Grade 7 :Complete handout
Grade 8: Complete page158-159 12-18


HISTORY

Grade 7:  Post articles to blog.
Quite a few students have not posted as yet!

Complete British North America Page    #1-4

British Paper in London

The Sneak Attack

In spring of 1759, British General James Wolfe led his troops to capture Quebec. He had the most 200 ships, 9000 soldier, 18 000 sailors, 2000 cannons, and 40 000 cannonballs. General Wolfe decided to attack on the Beauport shore. The British suffered a defeat losing 440 men. General Wolfe planned to deceive the French into thinking he was going to attack the Beauport shore again. But Wolfe was really studying the French defense. The French General Montcalm sent his best troops to the Beauport shore. The French waited at Beauport shore. Wolfe decided to attack Quebec, using his troops to climb Anse-au-foulon a steep narrow path, used by the French to get water, Wolfe and 5000 troops climbed the Anse-au-foulon to the Plains of Abraham. On September, 13 1759, Wolfe and his army waited for the French. The French rushed from Beauport shores to defend Quebec they were very tired, the British used the "thin Red Line" 3 line of soldiers, each line had a loaded gun ready for the French troops. The French didn't have a chance. Both Generals died in the Plain of Abraham.

By Georgiana

 British Newspaper

The British Victory!

We fought and we gained strength! We are victorious! General Wolfe's strategic thinking brought us our rights! With his idea of the Plains of Abraham's "Thin Red Line", brought us success. Our Brave soldiers courageously fought against the long-time rivals, the French. This global war broke out as the "Seven Year War!" We defeated them! Since our win, the big question was "what will happen to the French, living in the now English land?" Answers are still pending, but from the look of it, nothing drastic. Good work to the thousands of men, it is truly in English blood that we were made to be champions. With war, success will come, but something else will also happen too. Even for the victor, loss is inevitable. Many men, and helping allies, lost life. Many soldiers who fought for their country passed. General Wolfe also passed. His commitment to his beloved country was great. R.I.P and my condolences to loved ones. But with that being said, This is the day, where England unleashes it`s strong victory! What an English victory that is!

The British Stand Tall!

Just in, the British wins the seven years war. The war was very intense. The French were trying to hold on to Quebec but the British just out smarted them. The French thought they had the British because the French were on top of a big hill. So the French were just shooting the British soldiers while they were trying to climb the hill. But general Wolfe had a very smart plan. They stopped attacking the French. So day after day the French soldiers had no more food and water to drink and the British soldiers are right near the water. So when all the French soldiers were coming down to get the water the British soldiers would just shoot the French soldiers. Also the French general Montcalm sent his best soldiers to attack the British soldiers at the Beauport shore because Wolfe made a plan to attack attack it. So the British killed all of the French soldiers and the British soldiers rushed up the hill and Wolfe did something that has never been done in war. There were three lines of British soldiers lined up side by side and they shot all of the French soldiers that were rushing at them. But sadly the "Thine red Line" did not last and Wolfe and Montcalm both died. So then the British won the seven years war and took over Quebec.



By:Adriano

history article

Enmity Has Turns into War

War has broken out between us and the British. They come ship after ship with British men on bored to the Plains of Abraham. In red uniforms they start to attack, hands full of weapons and guns. But we French soldiers were ready with muskets in our hands, shooting down one British man by another. Montcalm our general guides in this war but has died due to a gun shot. The war comes very close to an end and the British out- smarted us with their plan. In 3 lines one behind another with their muskets loaded they shot at us French with no stop. Now the war is about to end, our general surrendered to general Jeffery Amherst the British commander. (Wolfe the British leader has died in the middle of the war) The British has now won the war after our surrender. Sad but true we are now under the British control. L   

- Angela

history

The British star

Victory is Ours!

      Our hero General James Wolfe has been very smart. He has out smarted our enemies, the French. He has out smarted the French commander, The Marquis Louis-Joseph de Montcalm. He Pretend to attack the Beauport shore again. The French though General Wolfe was going to attack there again, so they sent their best soldiers there. While General Montcalm and his army were distracted by the feint, General Wolfe went to Anse-au-foulon with his army. General Wolfe got French speaking soldiers to trick the French soldier on guard in the middle of the night. They pretend to have a message from a general up stream. The guards let them in, but then were killed with knifes from the British soldiers. General Wolfe was now able to get his 5000 troops up the path to the Plains of Abraham.

      In the morning General Wolfe used the "Thin Red Line" strategy to attack the French. All the best French soldiers were at the feint so therefore it was easy to take Quebec. Soon after we were able to claim our victory!

By Victoria

With the Victory No One Can Touch Us

On September 13, 1759, the British ended the war and defeated the French.  The British troops have stood proud of their victory.  We won with many good fighters and some that are in peace.  We thank General James Wolfe with the success in capturing Quebec who later died in the war.  The British army used many strategies to capture Quebec.  The Beauport Feint was at the start in faking an attack and sending more troops to shore to their arrival.  The Anse au Foulon was the next strategy that was an amazing one.  At nightfall, the British sent a small party of French speaking British soldiers and invade an insecure French base.  On this day, the battle started which was a brutal fight as guns firing, blood gushing, and men yelling.  To finish this war, Wolfe used one last strategy called, the Three Red Lines, and it made the British army unbreakable. With the won, the French have surrendered and sign a peace treaty ending the war.    

By: Jaylen

HOMEWORK

MATH:
Complete pages 45 and 46 of booklet
Grade 8s
Complete page 151


HISTORY

Grade 7s

Finish typing and post your news article to blog



ART

Remember your picture. We begin tomorrow.

MATH

Please check out the math links below to help you.


 Areas and Perimeters of Rectangles



Area of Parallelograms and Triangles



Circles and Circumference

Perimeter and Area of Rectangles

Circles and Circumference

HOMEWORK

History: Study for test.

Art: Complete art.

ms-lichtenstein-portraits.html

POP ART PORTRAITS

Art lesson

ART PROJECT

Roy Lichtenstein was a prominent American pop artist who favored old fashioned comic strips as a subject matter. By using a pre-printed paper full of empty dots, you can make your own portrait – complete with graphic marker shading.
1. You can download my pdf template of empty dots HERE. Start by lightly sketching your face with a pencil. Remember, the eyes go in the middle of the head, not up near the top!
2. Trace all the lines with a black Sharpie marker.
3. Fill in the dots with the desired pencil crayon colors. This may take some time, but neatly colored dots will make a successful picture. Also add some light background shading of each color.
4. Using the Sharpie marker again, add some thick lines wherever you think shadows may happen, as shown by image on the right. Be sure to leave some of the lines thin so you have variety.

Source of original article : Art Projects for Kids

HOMEWORK

History
Test on Friday. Rough draft of both articles due on Friday as well


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Congrats to our boys for representing us well.

HOMEWORK

History:
Grade 7
Reread notes. Answer all questions page 49, 53 and 59. Due tomorrow


Science
 Grade 8
Test on Friday.


ART
Substance Abuse poster due tomorrow

Acadia

The French colony of New France was vulnerable in the 1700. It was almost entirely surrounded by the British. After France gave up Acadia to the English in 1713, it depended on its relationships with the Native Peoples since the British could cut off supplies. The First Nation Peoples showed how to survive. They taught them how to build and use snow shoes and use sleds.

Picture used without permission from this great website http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/new-france

MATH

Some math videos that review what we are doing in class

Security and the final years of New France 1713-1763

P46-49

1607- British – 13 Colonies in New England area

1670 – Hudson's Bay company founded - British

1713- French sign a treaty giving Acadia to British --> British could cut off New France trade routes – insecurity!

1700's – North West Company (French and Native) started – competitor to Hudson's Bay

1701 – The Great Peace of Montreal – a treaty for co-operation was signed between the French and 40 Native nations (including the Iroquios Confederacy, their tradition enemy) Natives distrusted the British because they seemed to want to take over more land

p50-59

1694 – British take Port Royal (in Acadia) Later it was given to them permanently (Treaty of Utrecht)

Between the British Hudson's Bay lands and the 13 colonies, the French in New France were now completely surrounded.

1755 - Acadians were asked to sign an Oath of Allegiance to the British King but the Catholic Acadians resented being ruled by a Protestant King – 12 000 were expelled from the colony for refusing to sign and had their property taken

1756-1763 – Seven Year's War

- British Attacked the Beauport Short and lost badly

- Beauport Feint – British pretend to plan a second attack at the same place – French moved troops there

- The Anse-au-Foulon (a path up the cliff)  and then just waited for the French to come and attack. They stood in line in red uniforms (The Thin Red Line) – The French were few and tired by the time they got to the battle line and they were easily defeated.

1763 - Treaty of Paris

• Between France and England, signed in Paris
• New France got – allowed to keep church and religion; allowed to keep existing trade arrangements
• England got – people to become British subjects and as such, must fight for England if needed
• This signalled the end of New France
• Civil law (property and family law) in Quebec is still based on French laws today

Trade and Commerce in New France

Mercantilism

• Mercantilism revolves around trade
• Mercantilism is based on the idea  of increasing profits by controlling  who and what can be traded
• Mercantilism moved goods which were abundant in one location to another place where the goods were scarce
• The supply and demand for goods resulted in higher prices and increased profit
• The discovery and colonization of North America propelled foreign trade and increased the amount and volume of merchant activity
• The purpose of the American colonies was to supply raw materials and serve as a market for the finished goods that had been made in England.
• Mercantilism led to significant government intervention and control in the 13 Colonies of Colonial America and New France
• Mercantilism stated that colonies had one main purpose: to enrich the 'mother country'
  
  
  

History
Read pages 41-49. Make notes

Math
7 & 8 Complete handout



 Reminders
-Ilite letter sent home.
-Bring Pennies for charity

History

The Economy and Trade

Trade is important to the success of a country. Why? No country  can produce just enough of everything it and its people need to survive is. Can you think of an example, today or in the long history of people? Keep thinking ...

Trade is simply the trading of something for something else. This can be one good for another good, one good for money, one good for a service, a service for a good, money for a service, etc. You get the idea. Trade is an exchange of things.

 
Usually, people or countries trade things that they have too much of for things that they don't have enough of. This is the classical definition of trade and the one that will be used in the remainder of this article. (Note: You can certainly trade money for CDs or whatever and this doesn't necessarily mean you have too much money or too few CDs. However, for the purposes of this article, we will assume that you have too much of something and too little of another.)

 
 Now, why would a country have too much of something? First of all, what is that something they have too much of? Is it grain or vegetables or rice or some other kind of food? If so, they probably have too much because they planted too much of it to begin start with, or because the ground proved especially fertile and brought forth a lot more food than was expected. It could also be that the population of the area has dropped since the crop was planted. Whatever the reason, the civilization has too much food.


Countries of yesterday and today have thrived because they were able to work out agreements to get what they didn't have from other people and give what they did have to other people, often at the same time. In this way, if your civilization plants a lot of grain but not so much rice and your people like to eat both, you can give some grain to the rice-growers, get some rice from them, and eat both.

 
This is true for other goods besides food. Machinery, oil, cars, plastics, and electronics are all examples of things that one civilization produces to sell, exchange, or give to another civilization. Nearly every single day, trade keeps civilizations prospering. Planes land and take off, ships dock and leave port, trucks unload and load again--all bringing goods from one people to another and taking other goods to other people. 
 
Often, trade involves many civilizations at the same time. The grain farmers of the American Midwest might sell their grain to rice farmers in Southeast Asia, who sell their rice to people in China and Japan. The Chinese and Japanese people might eat the rice to keep them healthy so they can go to work at automobile factories, where they make cars that they sell to the grain farmers in the American Midwest.
 
Trade circles aren't always this perfect. One country might sell its goods to a country from which it doesn't accept anything in return. It all depends on the needs of its people.

Original Articlehttp://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/economics/theimportanceoftrade1.htm

Language Links

http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1999


http://www.endmemo.com/events/yearevt.php?yr=1999


http://www.canadasworld.ca/timeline


http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCETimelineBrowse&Params=A1PER7


http://archive.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/__data/page/13844/Kaldor_timeline.pdf

HOMEWORK

MATH: 
Grade 7 : Complete pages 80 and 81 of today's handout.
Grade 8: Complete pages 94-97 of today's handout


LANGUAGE:
Find at least 5 examples of significant events for the last 13 years. The categories are:
Sports, Athletes, Scandals, Wars, Politics/ Politicians, Technology, Musicians, Movies and Books. Try to get for each year, starting with 1999.


ART/HEALTH:
Complete rough copy of a Substance Abuse poster.

Math: Complete Do you remember #1-7

Poetry/Language: Reread the song " We didn't start the fire". Under each name , write its historical category.
Is it technology, sport, politics, scandal, war, book, movie, athlete, musician or celebrity. Use the links below to help you.


History: Reread pages 34-37. Make notes. Complete questions begun in class. Questions are posted below.

History

The Citizens of New France

Pgs H 34-H 37

Read the textbook and complete the following questions using FULL SENTENCES.

1.    Who made up the majority of the population in New France?

2.    What is a census?

3.    What would happen if there were not enough women in a community?

4.    What trades did people carry out in New France?

5.    Who were Indentured servants?

6.    Why were criminals important to New France?

7.    What groups of First Nations lived in New France?

8.    Why were First Nations not included for census purposes?

9.    In your own words, explain the meaning of Hierarchy. What factors do you think people might have considered when deciding who was at the top and at the bottom?

We didn't start the fire... your version!

http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Didn't_Start_the_Fire

We make our  gingerbread houses tomorrow!!! Don't forget your icing and your kits!!!

Walmart, the Superstore or No Frills have kits for about $12