Announcements and Homework Oct. 31st to Nov. 4th

Grade 7 Homework

Monday, Oct. 31^st to Fri, Nov. 4^th  

Announcements: 

Relate Youth:  Large Group Gathering Tuesday 7:00 – 9:00 at the church.  The theme is “The Price is Righteous”. 

Music Concert:  Tuesday, Nov. 1^st at 12:30 in the Ministry Center.  Parents are welcome to come.  Mrs. Funk’s Music Classes will be performing the songs they wrote as a class. 

French Test: Tuesday, Nov. 8^th

Weekly Challenge:  How did students do on drinking 8 cups (250 mL) of water a day. This week we will abstain from all computer/phone gaming that is not school related.

English  - Finish Introduction to Underground to Canada and Chapters 1 – 4 by Wednesday, Nov. 2nd.

Spelling and Vocabulary #2

(Students must know how to spell, define and use these words correctly in a sentence for the test on Friday.)

separate(adj)- not together, split apart Nothing can separate us from the love of God.	notion (noun) – idea, opinion, thought “I’ve a notion you’re the lassies that they’re making all that stir about.”
sacrifice(verb or noun)-  giving up something valued (verb) or an offering of something precious to a god  The sacrifice of those in the military is great.	impervious (adj) –unmoved and unaffected by other people’s opinions or judgements Levi Coffin was impervious to the Sherriff’s accusations.
simile(noun) – a comparison between two different things that uses the words “like” or “as” I am as hungry as a horse is an example of a simile.	sustenance (noun) – nourishment “Liza lay twisted and limp like a wilted plant whose stem had lost all means of sustenance.”
metaphor(noun) a comparison between two different things that states something is something else. My brother is a pig when he eats is an example of a metaphor.	cadence (noun) – the beat or measure of something such as a dance or march that follows a set rhythm “The cadence matched every line of Mammy Sally’s song.”
abstain (verb) to choose not to do something We will abstain from gaming this week.	veteran(noun) – an experienced member of something such as the military He was a veteran of WW2.

Chapters 1 - 4 of Underground to Canada

Copy and Paste this into a google document. Share it with Mrs. Robideau when you are finished. 

Use appropriate font (arial, new times roman, calibri, ) and size (12 , 13 or 14).

Please answer each question in a complete sentence with depth and detail. (Capitals at the beginning and proper punctuation at the end.) 

Please don't center your work (except for the title and name). 

Please include your name in the subject area when you send it.  eg. Hannah's Chapters 1 - 4 

Underground to Canada

Chapters 1 – 4

Name:

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Chapter 1

1.  How old is Julilly and how did she get her name? (2 marks)

2.  Was Massa Hensen a good master?  Find a sentence or phrase that supports your answer. (2 marks)

3.  Why were Masters raising and selling slaves instead of crops these days? (1 mark)

4.  What evidence is there that Mammy Sally has a faith in God? (1 mark)

5.  What secret does Mammy Sally tell Julilly? (1 mark)

Chapter 2

1.  What descriptive words and images does the author use to create a negative picture of the slave trader in the readers’ minds?  (pg. 19 or p. 12 (new book) (1 mark)

2.  A metaphor is a comparison stating something is something else.  What metaphor does the author use on page 21 or p. 16 (green and yellow book) to compare the chain to?  (1 mark)

Chapter 3

1.  Who are the 3 men with Julilly and the children who were also sold to the slave trader? (1 mark)

2.  What do you think “gourd” means as used on page 26(old book - new book is page 22)?  ( Hint:  it is not a vegetable) (1 mark)

3.  How does the slave trader know that the man who gives them water is a “Quaker Abolitionist”?  (Hint:  Google image a picture of a male quaker abolitionist.  What is he wearing?) (1 mark)

Chapter 4

1.  What 2 things does Julilly say keep her from trying to run away? (2 marks) 

2.  What brave thing does Julilly do to help the men? (1 mark) 

Gr. 7 Homework and Announcements Oct. 24th to Oct. 28th

Grade 7 Homework

Monday, Oct. 24^th to Fri, Oct. 28^th  

Announcements: 

Relate Youth:  Small Groups on Tuesday. Girls are at my house from 5:00 to 7:00.    Boys are at the church from 7:00 to 9:00.   

 Bottle Depot:  Tuesday:  Students who are going to Life Groups will be the one’s helping.  We will walk/drive to the bottle depot with the school’s recycling as well as any extra bottles students have brought after school and then students can go to life groups.  

Music Concert:  Tuesday, Nov. 1^st at 12:30 in the Ministry Center.  Parents are welcome to come.  Mrs. Funk’s Music Classes will be performing the songs they wrote as a class.  

French Test: Tuesday, Nov. 8^th

Book Talks:  Due Monday (today) 

Weekly Challenge:  How did students do on abstaining from salty treats?   This week, the challenge is to drink 8 cups (250 mL) of water a day. This week, it is especially important that students bring a water bottle to school.  Here is a short video we will watch to remind us how important water is to our bodies.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmCxYBaf4-0

Math  - Due Friday before the quiz. Grade 7 – A.1 – Prime and Composite Numbers – as far as you can go  Grade 7  – A.2 – Prime Factorization as far as you can go (10 credits if a student does it to Mastery) We will have a quiz on Prime and Composite Numbers and Prime Factorization on Friday.

Introduction to Underground to Canada

Please copy and paste the following questions into a google document.  When you are finished, please share it with me at jrobideau@heritagechristian.ca

Underground to Canada

Name: 

Introduction to the Unit

Please answer each question in a complete sentence.  You will lose marks if you don’t. 

1.  Who is the author of this book?

2.  What is one interesting fact about the author?

3.  When was this book written?

4.  What historical subject does this novel deal with?

5.  Read the introduction.  Who is Lawrence Hill?  (Check on Wikipedia)

6.  Read the note to the reader.  What is an abolitionist?

7.  What does dialect mean?

8.  Who are the two characters who are actually based on real people? (Read pages 139-141 at the back of the old book and 189-193 in the new book to learn more)

9.  Who is Martin Luther King Jr.? (Check on Wikipedia)

10.  What is a “spiritual”?  How were spirituals used as codes? (2 marks)

11.  What province do the slaves settle in as they escape from the Southern States?

12. Who is Harriet Tubman?

Choose one of the following assignments.  (5 marks)

1.  Imagine you are runaway slave.  Write approximately 250 words describing this situation.   

2.   Create a 5 slide powerpoint on one of the people mentioned in any of the 12 previous questions. 

3.   Draw this picture on an 81/2 x 11 piece of paper. Runaway Slave