Good morning.

8ELA

-Yesterday I collected homework for chapter 7; the answers are posted below so compare yours to mine then scroll down for today's assignment

I am David Chapter 7 Summary - Answers
1.  In the historical fiction novel I am David by Anne Holm, the main character David is travelling to Denmark to meet the woman he believes is his mother.
2.  In the historical fiction novel I am David by Anne Holm, the man hates David because David's mom didn't return the man's love yet the man cares for David because he is the son of the woman he loves.  By caring for David, he is kind of caring for the woman he loves.
3.  In the historical fiction novel I am David by Anne Holm, the character Johannes had the "job" of taking care of David.  This is because the man made sure that Johannes wasn't harmed and the man was in charge of the camp so he couldn't be nice to a prisoner so he made sure that someone was.
4.  In the historical fiction novel I am David by Anne Holm, being at the farmer's was like being at the camp because David was forced to work very hard, the farmer used threats to force David to work (like them), and he was imprisoned in the barn.
5.  In the historical fiction novel I am David by Anne Holm, David has dreams about what he'd like life to be like in Denmark with his mother.  He wants his mother to love him, he wants to be able to ask all his questions, he wants her to say "my son", he wants to never be afraid, he wants his mom to be surrounded by beauty, and he wants to belong.
6.  In the historical fiction novel I am David by Anne Holm, David is inspired to escape the barn when he realizes that Carlo had been sorry for hurting David and David had never forgiven him so he wants to escape to let Carlo know that David no longer thinks he's evil.
7.  In the historical fiction novel I am David by Anne Holm, the first line of chapter 7 on page 149 is an example of foreshadowing.  "The wind was blowing icy cold and the snow was falling so thickly that David could not see his hand in front of him." is the first line and it makes the reader feel that something bad is going to happen because of the terrible, dangerous weather and how difficult it would be to survive outdoors.  The last line of chapter 7 is an example of foreshadowing because on page 167 it states: "The long winter had passed,and he was going down to meet the spring." and this makes me think something good is going to happen.  The reader thinks this way because winter with its bad weather and cold is finished which means spring, good things and a renewal of life, is where David is heading.

-today's assignment is to read chapter eight--the LAST CHAPTER!  WILL HE MEET HIS MOTHER?  WILL ANY OF HIS DREAMS COME TRUE?  Read the chapter and find out!

8SS

-Yesterday I assigned Health & Medicine so today I'm collecting homework from the following people:  8M-Emily, Maenign, Ramsen, Kristine, Samuel and 8B-Eric, Morgan, Allycia, Sherah-Mae, Livia, Matteo, Nevaeh.

7SS

-Yesterday I collected the Power and Authority worksheet
-I'm not posting an answer key for it because everyone's is going to be different
-today we start a new topic; it'll allow you to think about what it means to be someone from a specific place--we're going to study society and culture
-read pages 136 and 137 to learn about society
-read page 138 and learn about culture (only the first column--don't read the column titled Patterns of Culture) then do the questions that follow--I'll be collecting homework tomorrow

Society & Culture
1.  What is a simple, kid-friendly definition of society?  /1
2.  Identify three characteristics of a society that people share.  /3
3.  How does a society affect people?  Offer three ideas.  /3
4.  What is a simple, kid-friendly definition of culture?  /1
5.  What is the foundation or basic building block of culture?  Explain why.  /2
6.  Explain how the loss of language leads to the loss of identity.  /2
7.  What is a simple, kid-friendly definition of cultural diversity?  /1
8.  How do you know that Canada is a culturally diverse nation?  /1