Churchill High School – Flexible Learning

My Dream Island

PART 1: You are going to create an island country. You can base it on any theme you like (Example: Sports, food, resort, etc) or no theme at all. You will draw the island in whatever shape you want on the paper provided. You will be given only one piece of paper for your good copy so make sure your rough copy is well planned.

Requirements:

          -Name for your island

          -Colour

          -Legend with at least 10 symbols

          -Linkages (Roads, rail, rivers, etc.)

          -Latitude, longitude of island

Possible geographic features:

          -Mountains, hills, plateaus, plains, valleys

          -Rivers, lakes, streams

          -Volcanoes, bushes, swamps, marshes

          -Cities, towns, villages

          -Golf courses, parks, trails

          -Bridges, airports, marinas

BE CREATIVE AND USE AS MANY FEATURES AND SYMBOLS AS YOU CAN!!!

PART 2: You will type out a Wikipedia-like booklet on your island country. You need the following information:

          -Title page (flag included)

          -System of Government

          -History of the island (be creative!)

          -Wars/conflicts your country is involved in and details of military

          -Human Rights issues on the island

Possible extra information:

          -Culture, Religion, Environmental Concerns, Language, Demographics, Economy

(HINT -Type in another island nation (like Madagascar) into Wikipedia. What information can you add?)

PART 1: MAP            PART 2: INFORMATION         

Effort    /10                                               Human Rights   /10   

Legend    /15                                            Government/Politics   /5

Appearance  /15                                      History   /5

Spelling     /5                                             Wars and Conflict   /5

Scale, lat & long  /3                                2 Others   /10

Name         /2                                            Title Page and Name  /5

                                                                   5-7 Pages  /5

                                                                   Spelling/Grammar  /5                                      

                  /50                                                                              /50

TOTAL

      /100

Due Date: June 13^th, 2011.

Accuracy/Based in Reality – 25 Marks

Pure Awesomeness – 20 Marks

Aesthetics (Creativity, Detail) – 15 Marks

Evidence of Learning (Something New) – 30 Marks

Presentation – 5 Marks

Bibligraphy – 5 Marks



Finish probability worksheets front and back for tomorrow (Thursday).

This assignment is worth 5% of their term 4 mark.

-Dave

1. How many wars are going on right now in the world?

2. What wars are Canada involved in?

3. What wars are the US involved in?

4. Research a war that is going on right now in the world. Summarize the who, what, why, when, where, and how.

Final Social Studies Project (Room 23) Due June 13th, 8:50 am

Flex Final Social Studies Project Due June 13th, 8:50 am

Grade 8 Math Exam June 14th, 9:30 am

Grade 7 English Exam June 16th, 1:10 pm

Grade 7/8 Science Exam June 16th, 9:30 am

Grade 7 Math Exam June 17th, 9:30 am

Assignment:

Create your own tesselation art piece.

Cut out a pattern from a piece of file folder of your own design. Be precise. Trace the pattern accross a page. Colour it and make it look nice!

(10 marks - 4 for complexity of pattern, 4 for colour, 2 for providing both a rough and good copy)

Grade 7 Math Homework: Complete first two pages of their Order of Operations booklets.

Thanks,
Dave

Hey there,

As some of you may know, every year the grade 8s head out into the wilderness to spend a few days together camping and sharing a bit of a farewell after two fantastic years together.

This year is no exception!

After a bit of soul searching and guidance from a few people, I have decided that we will keep it simple again this year. Here’s what I’ve pulled together so far:

June 20, 21, 22
Betula Lake, Whiteshell (I know – not the prettiest of most wild, but we will have a blast regardless)
Captain Grant Badger is on board with 8 – 10 canoes and a fellow lifeguard.
We will hike, look at petroforms, canoe, swim, have fires, and have fun.
Cost will be around $60.00/child plus food that they will bring themselves.

I will be looking for potential drivers/volunteers. As there are only about 18 of us going, we shouldn’t need too many volunteers for this one.

If you think your child will attend, let me know a.s.a.p. so that I can get things moving along.

With thanks and my apologies for the previous grumpy e-mail,

Tanis

Grade sevens have 11 practice questions that they should be finished for tomorrow.

Grade eights have their Algebra booklets to finish. There is also a test tomorrow on Algebra.

 If they are able to do the questions on the first page (front and back), they will be able to do 90 percent of the test.