Thursday, November 29th,
2018. Day 5.
For
language, students engaged in the
following debate and generated the below statements:
The City of
Toronto should widen its sidewalks
1. The wider sidewalks would allow for
greater safety by alleviating congestion.
2. The widened sidewalks could serve as pedestrian
and bike routes.
3. Wider sidewalks give people with
mobility issues, such as walkers and wheelchairs, more space.
The City of
Toronto should not widen its sidewalks.
1. Existing roads will be compromised or
narrowed.
2. The cost would cause an increase in
property taxes and other forms of taxation.
3. The construction could create further
details and traffic jams.
Rebuttal:
1. The construction would be short term
and benefit everyone in the long term.
2. Sidewalks are less expensive to widen
than entire roads.
3. Front lawns will be more so affected
in the suburbs.
Rebuttal:
1. The combination of bikes and
pedestrians is a recipe for disaster.
2. Riding bikes on the sidewalk is a
violation of municipal laws.
3. Protective railing and plastic
barriers are more cost effective than wider sidewalks.
Additional
Comments:
1. Dog owners benefit since there could
be more room to walk dogs.
2. Toronto is increasing in its population
but not its public space for pedestrians.
3. Mothers and their strollers and
toddlers will have more space.
Additional
Comments:
1. Fully grown adults can already fit on
existing sidewalks.
2. Construction only adds to pollution.
3. A further study needs to be done to
determine the maximum space that can be taken from roads, lawns, businesses and
existing spaces available for expansion.
Mr. Jopko’s
class participated as a panel to determine which side of the sidewalk debate
raised the best points and counter-points.
Bringing
History to Life
For history,
students drew numbers that corresponded to chapters. Individually or in groups, they must choose a
topic from their assigned chapter and ‘bring history to life.’
1. Teach students how to do a traditional dance.
2. Recreate a fort such as Fort Halifax, if
you have the topic of British North America.
3. Research a traditional meal such as hard
tack or meat pie if this appears as topic in your chapter.
4. Design a dress or make hat out of felt or
construction paper.
5. Design a front page of newspaper that
reports a historical event from your chapter.
6. Recreate a “Heritage Moment” or video clip
of an event in history.
7. Do a claymation or a stop -and -go
recording.
8. Create a poster.
9. If Instagram existed, what would Sir Isaac
Brock’s account look like?
10. Recreate a trial.
11. Perform a skit.
12. You can learn a traditional song or perform
a rap about the topic that you are performing.
13. Build a tool of use. Safety is a concern.
14. Create a board game.
15. Design a cereal box.
16. Write a script for a short play that groups
may perform.
17.
Create a coding project or use Minecraft to recreate something from your
chapter.
18.
Design a ‘Jeopardy’ game show.
19. Make a doll or perform a puppet show.
20. Draw or create a mural or form of visual
art.
21. Bake a cake that resembles something from
the past. (Be aware of food allergies.)
Planners:
Boys’
Health: Wednesday,
December 5th, there is a test.
Science: there are presentations tomorrow.
History: projects are to be completed by
Friday, December 21st.
*There is a
Good News Assembly tomorrow.
*The boys
who are interested are asked to bring in their basketball forms as-soon-as-possible.
*We are
still collecting food for the food drive.
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