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

 

 

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