Love Poem..

Love Is....

Love is not expecting something back

there isn't even a price for it to grow,

you can lend someone a hand 

because your love should always show.

It's not saying bad about your mom

you should always treat her right,

It's even telling your dad

that he's not a fright.

It's not putting your brother down 

or making him sad,

especially when you're angry

always try to make him glad. 

It's letting your little brother

play games in your room,

or trying to calm him 

when they call him rude.

Love is one of the hardest things 

once you mess it up, 

you cannot get it back 

so I'm afraid you're out of luck.

By: Cameron

For: Ms.Babb

Date: 27/01/13

      

English Assignment: Love is ...

Sunday, January 27, 2013

To: Ms. Babb

English Assignment: Love is....

By: Mark

Love is.....

Love is telling your mom

that you love her,

or doing the chores for your dad

without differ.

It's being there

for your best friend,

or when you're angry

with a helping hand you could lend.

It's saying you're sorry

when you fight your brother,

or doing something for him

one thing after another.

love is forgiving

the stuff people do,

but all in all it's

  hard and starts with you!

List Poem Love is...

Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2013

Teacher: Ms.Babb

Name: Lucas.T

Love Is...

Love is being there for your friend

Even when it's rough,

Or letting him know he is not alone

When times get a little tough.

It's remembering to say thank you

For all that they've done,

It's going to the park with your brother

And having a lot of fun.

It's doing the chore's for your dad

When he never asks you,

Or letting your sister

Do all the things she wants to do.

Love is being there for your mom

When she calls,

Or letting her she's not alone

When she falls.

British Victory!

          After a long seven years, we have finally beaten the French and gained a new colony!  They battled in Europe, Asia, North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. The Plains of Abraham is where the French and the British fought for victory. At least 440 British soldiers were killed or hurt, but we still managed to win this battle and it's all because of Wolfe. Our smart general leader found a sneaky, yet difficult, way to attack the French to win over the land. He sent soldiers and some ships over to Beauport to trick the French into thinking they were attacking there. Then, Wolfe sent some of his best soldiers to attack at the west side of New France at Anse-du-Foulon. This was very tricky because the soldiers had climb up a very steep, yet short, cliff to attack the French.  Wolfe called this the "Beauport feint." The French thought they had an advantage because they were on the higher grounds, but at this point, they didn't. Wolfe created a strategy called "The Thin Red Line." He tells the first line to shoot, then tells the second line to shoot while the first line reloads. He then tells the third line to shoot while line one and two are reloading and then goes back to the first line. The French surrender and victory becomes ours. After New France became ours, we signed The Peace Treaty to keep peace among the French and ourselves.

          Through this war, unfortunately, the great Wolfe dies. We hope he rests in peace. Without him, victory would not be ours!

Rachel

 January 24^th, 2013

British On Top Since The Beginning

By now you've probably  heard about the seven years war that occurred between us British and the French way back in the 1700's. The British, led by General Wolfe and the French led by General Montcalm ended the war on the Plains of Abraham, in 1759. Expected, the British won. Most believe they won because of Wolfe and the three battle strategies he used to defeat the French, the Thin Red Line, The Beauport Feint, and of course the British fleet. What was so remarkable about this win was that the French were on high ground, they had the advantage, yet they still lost. A truly crushing defeat for the French, and a truly victorious win for Britain . In France's loss they also lost their general Montcalm. Sadly we also lost our general, but he died in honor. All this means Britain  was a European power house since the beginning!

                                  BY   MARY  

LOVE IS...

Love is special
Its always there
Your family is helpful
They will always care

It's when dad is smiling
When mom is fair
Working together
Keeping our family from despair

It's when your happy
And never get a frown
Your friends are always there
They will never bring you down

It's when grandma is smiling
It's within her soul
I love her so much
I can't let go

It's when taking a bullet
Right in the chest
Making sure your brother
Won't get in trouble for the rest


By: Adriano

 

Love Is…

Love is

When you are a secret Santa to your enemy

You should still give them a good present,

Or when you greet them on the street

 you should still be pleasant,

Going to the train station to meet my Mom

on a cold winter day,

Listening to her in the car

complain about her bad day,

Letting my Dad watch

his favourite sports on the TV,

Even though there are a million and one other things

I'd rather see,

Saying your friend is a good singer

but she is not,

Sometimes we lie to others

because we don't want our friendship to rot.

By Georgiana

Love Is…

Love is when you have to lie

To help your friend feel better,

Or cheer your sister up

If she's under the weather.

Its saying sorry to your mom

For things you didn't do,

Or getting blamed by you brother

For something he did too.

Love is telling your dad he's looking young

Even if he's not looking good,

Or helping your cousin study

Even if you never understood.

It's knowing you're right

But still saying sorry,

Or helping your dad

Clean his Ferrari.

Love is telling your family

That you will always care,

It's doing things for others

Even though it's not always fair.

-         Rachel J

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

         St. Kateri Tekakwitha is one example of a Christian martyr. A Christian martyr is very serious and dedicated to its religion. Martyrs were willing to give up their life so they can continue their religion in heaven. St. Kateri was similar to St. Cecelia because they both thought their religion was their life and no joking matter. They were different by some Christians. Martyrs are scared of being killed but some really weren't. I think it's remarkable that they would die for their religion and if they had any Christian meetings they would have be secrets.

By: Chauntelle.D

Kateri's Journey As A Catholic

Kateri Tekawitha is a native but is also Catholic. She learned about the catholic faith by her mother who was also Catholic. But now she lives with her aunt and uncle in there tribe. Her aunt and uncle kept trying to convince Kateri that what she believes in is wrong, but even though they tried so hard to convince her as did everyone else she never stopped in believing the Catholic faith. What I learned from Kateri is that she is so dedicated to her Catholic faith and no matter what anyone says or does she does not stop believing in God. It was amazing that she, even though she was native, believed in the Catholic faith even with all the obstacles she faced.

By: MJ

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

I learned that the Christian martyrs had to keep their Christianity a secret or else they would've been killed. I think that giving up their life for god and their love for god was very remarkable. Their similarities are that they both were forced to get married and the both died because of their faith. Their differences are that St. Cecilia agreed to get married and St.Kateri didn't, also St.Kateri was part of a tribe.

Soul of a Saint

          St. Cecilia was a Christian martyr. She was a women who believed in God an Jesus our saviour. She wouldn't give up her religion because people didn't except Catholics. She knew God would protect her from the evil of others that do not stand by him. Cecilia and her husband were both Catholics an both died standing by their Christian faith. She was a noble women of Rome with her husband Valerian under the Emperor Alexander Severus.  Her brother an husband were both executed because of their religion. It would have been easy for them to say no I'm not Christian but the easy way out isn't always the best way. They stood by their faith but died by doing so. The next St. Cecilia was to follow in their footsteps. She was arrested on her way to the burial of her husband an brother.  Soldiers were told to take her an kill her because she was Catholic. She had to hide her religion her whole entire life, but this time was not the one to stand down to the soldiers that did not believe in God. She didn't fight back, but she sang a song of God. Right when they arrested her she began to sing her song. Her voice was beautiful an loud. She sang while they attempted to murder her. She sang louder an louder as they slammed her neck with an axe as hard as they could. When they moved the axe away from her neck all they could see was tiny scratch on her neck no blood no cut. They hit her two more times expecting her head to come rolling off but it did not. God had protected her while she sang a song of God.  She stayed alive for 3 days after the horrible event. She then pasted on as a inspirational spirit of the Lord. I learned that no matter the consequence they stood by their faith. They were noble women of God even though they had to hide their religion most of their lives they stood by it when it got tough. They didn't give up on God they knew he would protect them. He protected them when they were both arrested an set to be murdered. They are similar for the reasons they pasted on. They were both young Christians. They both were very very religious. They both had to hide their religions. They are different because they are not from the same place. They weren't murdered by the same things. Something remarkable about St. Cecilia  is that she didn't die when they attempted to chop her head off. They hit her neck 3 times with an axe an her head didn't come off because god protected her.

St.Cecilia

      I learned that St.Cecilia lived in a very tough time. St.Cecilia was a Roman Native living in a community were people had to hide their religion from others. Catholics would always have to have their mass' at night in someones basement. A fish was a symbol to tell people when and where the mass would be held at. One night Cecilia and her father were heading to a mass. The only way to get in was a secret door on the side of a wall. Since there were two guards on the top of the wall they had to be very careful not to be caught. when Cecilia and her father opened the door, there was a guard standing inside waiting for someone to come. When the guard jumped out and grabbed Cecilia, Cecilia screamed and the other two guards heard and ran down. The guard that jumped at Cecilia, swung his sword at her but Jacob and Tiberius's the two guards that ran down blocked it with there swords. After they blocked him he ran away crying but no one knew why? Jacob and Tiberius's let Cecilia and her father go into mass but Jacob stopped them and asked her father to marry Cecilia. Her father said no because he was not catholic. Since Jacob loved her so much he walked into the mass and asked the priest to baptise him so he may become catholic. Unfortunately after a while Jacob and Tiberius were killed because Jacob became catholic and Tiberius's let him.

By: Lucas 

Saint Cecilia

Saint Cecilia was a Christian Martyr. She was a young woman who loved God. She was said to be a noble women of Rome, but with her husband Valerian, and his brother suffering martyrdom, under the emperor Alexander Severus it was a very hard life for them.  Since she was a Christian, it was against the law, so she was sentenced to death. Because of her strong belief is God the romans couldn't take it right away they decided to kill her.  At first they tried to suffocate her in a sauna but it did not work. The second thing the romans tried to do was chop her head off. They kept trying and trying but it never worked, only a scratch was left on her neck, and while all this was happening she was singing to God, because she knew that he was going to protect her. After the execution she stayed alive for three more days living in a cell.  She was so very rich that the day before she died she gave all of her money to the poor and to the church. She is now a Saint in Heaven.

I learned that Christian martyrs were very happy to be Christian, but most people did not like the idea of Christianity and believing in God. Because of that most of the Christian martyrs were killed, just like Saint Cecilia and Saint Kateria Tekawitha. Some similarities between both of the saints is that they were both Christian martyrs, they both died young, and they both had to pray to God secretly on their own.  Some of the differences between the saints are that saint Kateria Tekawitha was a First Nation, saint Cecilia was Roman Catholic, and saint Kateria Tekawitha was beatified by Blessed Pope John Paul the second.  Some of the remarkable things about Saint Cecilia are that she was given a guardian angel from God which was protecting her as she was being killed, which only gave her a scratch on her neck. Some remarkable things about is that she survived smallpox when she was an orphan child, and she was beatified by Blessed Pope John Paul the second.

By: Cameron

St.Cecilia

                                            By: Hrishi

                     

          St. Cecilia was a very important saint. She was saint who was a musician. While being beheaded she was praising God and was singing to God. She of course was a martyr. She has the gift in fine arts and in poetry which made her an important marty. St. Cecilia was a virgin in Rome. She was married to a man named Valerian. Cecilia was a talented person who did amazing works. One work was when she turned 400 people into Christians just by preaching. Because of these acts she was arrested and beheaded. Before being beheaded she was thrown into the fire but was not harmed. This shows St. Cecilia should be known as a saint because she died for her religion. What needs to be learned is that these martyr's died for changing the lives of others.

Canadian Martyrs

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

         St. Kateri Tekakwitha was a Christian martyr. I learned that Christian martyrs were people that were very serious about their religion. They were willing to die to continue their religion in heaven. They were similar because all Christian martyrs took their religion very seriously and did not joke about it. They were different because some people were afraid of being killed if someone found out they were Christian while some people were not. A Christian martyrs life would have been very hard and secretive because everything they did for mass would have to be a secret.

By Tyler

Religion Paragraph

                      One of St. Cecilia's Miracles

       

        What I learned about St. Cecilia was that she lived through tough times.  She was a roman women living in a non catholic community.  So she had to hide her religion from many people because mostly everybody was protestant and if you were catholic and you got caught, you would be beheaded.  There was a symbol that signifies her Catholicism and that was the fish.  When people saw the fish they thought it was just a regular fish on a piece of paper or cloth, but to catholics it meant that they were catholic and were wondering where and when was the next mass. 

        One day when Cecilia and her dad were leaving mass, they ran into a group of soldiers and they were about to arrest them, but then 2 soldiers, Tiberius and Jacob, rescued them.  They both knew that Cecilia and her dad were catholic so they decided to arrest her in one condition: If Cecilia's dad gave Jacob's permission to marry her.  But her father didn't want Jacob marrying her because he wasn't catholic. So they arranged a meeting for Jacob so he can get baptized and then get married.  On the day of the meeting Jacob got baptized and married Cecilia.  But during that night a group of soldiers found Jacob and Cecilia and Cecilia got captured. 

        So Cecilia was scheduled for execution.  When she was getting ready for the beheading she was singing a little prayer and when the executioner was attempting to behead her she didn't die was beheaded.  She only got a severe scratch on her neck and then he tried to attempt to behead her 2 more times and still she only got severe scratches on her neck.  So all the executioner could do was to let her go because the law says that the executioner can only have three tries or else they have to let the prisoner go.  Later on Catholicism was allowed to be apart of the Roman community because of the miracle that St. Cecilia did.

 Answer Paragraph for Questions

        In class I was listening to 2 glory stories, one about St. Cecilia and the other about St. Kateri Tekawitha. What I learned about St. Cecilia and St. Kateri Tekawitha is that one option you can do when you're living through tough times is to pray.  3 similarities between these Christian Martyrs are: they're both saints, they're both catholic, and they both performed a miracle.  3 differences between these Christian Martyrs are: St. Cecilia was a Roman and St. Kateri Tekawitha was a Mohawk, St. Kateri Tekawitha wanted to become a catholic and St. Cecilia was already a catholic, and St. Kateri Tekawitha was the daughter of the Mohawk leader and St. Cecilia was the daughter of a regular Roman native.  St. Cecilia lived her life happily after she got axed 3 times to the neck and didn't die because after that miracle the Roman community allowed Catholicism into one of their religious faiths.  St. Kateri Tekawitha escaped from her home to go explore the amazing facts about Catholicism because she didn't want to live the way of life that her dad lived.  So overall these glory stories were great to hear because it taught me how to deal with difficult times and some facts about how my religious faith spread around the world.

By: Mark 

St. Kateri Tekawitha

St. Kateri Tekawitha

By: Jaylen

St. Kateri Tekawitha was an Algonquin Mohawk Catholic also known as Lily of the Mohawks.  She was adopted by her uncle and aunt when her mother passed away of small pox.  Growing up they did not allow her to believe in the Roman Catholic faith as they wanted her to believe in the Mohawks way of life.  But her mother who was an Algonquin Catholic wanted to be the same like her mother.  Her uncle finally gave his consent for Kateri to convert to Christianity.   When she converted to Christianity, the people in her village turned against her and was ridiculed.  When she was old enough, she left her village to New France known as Montreal where she saw many different aboriginal people around.  This was a Christian settlement for aboriginals.  She spent the rest of her life in New France where she was devoted to teaching the Blessed Sacrament.

What did I learn about these early Christian martyrs?

I learned that these early Christian martyrs were devoted to Christianity.

How were they similar? How are they different?

Both of them were Saints who spread the Christian faith.  St. Kateri spread the teachings of the Sacrament of Baptism.  St. Cecelia taught the virtues of courage and faithfulness through persecution.

St. Cecilia

By: Joshua

St. Cecilia was an extraordinary person. She was a very strong Catholic and was talented at many things. St. Cecilia once preached to over 400 people who then became Christians. Being Christian used to be against the law and because St. Cecilia was such a strong Christian people thought she was giving too big of an influence on the population. Because of this soldiers captured her to behead her. On the day of her beheading the man struck her with all his might but all that appeared was a tiny scar. He hit her again but still all that appeared was a scar. St. Cecilia was such a great Christian that she started to sing praises to God while a man was trying to kill her. Everyone at the beheading was so overwhelmed that a lot of them became Catholics. After many failed attempts of trying to behead St. Cecilia they decided to throw her in the fire.   To everyone's surprise St. Cecilia survived being thrown into fire! Even though she survived these attempts of killing her 3 days later she died. I personally think that St. Cecilia was one of the greatest Martyrs ever. St. Cecilia worshipped and died in the name of God which is outstanding to me.

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

            St. Kateri Tekakwitha is an example of a Christian martyr. I learned that a Christian martyr is a person who will do anything including taking their own life to become closer to God and their faith. They were similar because they were all Christian martyrs that would do anything for their faith. They were different because some of them were very open about their Christianity while some weren't because they were afraid of being killed. Their life would have been hard because they had to live a partially secret life.

By Taylor