Pictures In Time

Before you begin this week's blog assignment, please make sure you are completely caught up with all of the previous tasks. Thank-you. 

If you could take one picture to send back in time (up to 100-150 years ago), what would you photograph, who would you send it to and why? Or, find an appropriate and significant photo from the past and write about its significance. Why is it important? Why should people know about it? Who took the photo? What story is the photo telling? Etc. Don't forget to give credit where credit is due.

Once you have posted your response, read the responses posted by your peers and reply thoughtfully to at least two other students.  Compliment strong points, make connections, ask questions and build on ideas shared!

Mr. Boettger  :-)

Find A Cool Infographic

Your job this week is to find a cool infographic (a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data) and tell me about it.  Why did you choose this one? What does it tell you? Do you agree with it or not? Is it well designed? What would you do differently? Is it a true representation of the data or is it biased, or perhaps even skewed to look better or worse than it really is? Study it. Pay attention to the small details.

Don't forget to include the picture of the infographic in your post and to give credit to the website that you found it on. Don't just take the picture! :-)

Once this has been completed and posted on your blog, read and respond to at least 3 other people’s posts. As always, I look forward to reading your opinion on what you have found!

Good luck!

Mr. Boettger  :-)

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British North America

Same routine as usual.  Feel free to use any resource you would like.  Read the questions carefully and good luck!

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Conflict and Change Quiz

Welcome to your next online assignment Grade 7's!

Feel free to use any resource you would like to find the answer.  Take your time and read the questions carefully.  I want to try and eliminate all silly mistakes. :-)

I've tried to make things a little easier by embedded the quiz right into the blog.  However, if you would like to see a full-screen version, just click this link.

Good luck!

Mr. Boettger  :-) 

Quiz Time - Food Myths!

We have been looking at various food myths this past week and your job is to use "Google Forms" and create a simple true/false quiz for your fellow students. 

Your quiz must have:

- a variety of question types (e.g. your quiz can't just be on eggplants) and the first question must be "What is your name?" That way you will be able to tell what classmate has taken your quiz. Or you can make it so that they must sign in with their google credentials. Feel free to add pictures or video as well.
- 10 well-researched questions. Don't forget to keep a copy of your answers! :-) You will be marking these. I will show you how to mark them really easily in a future class.
- all questions set as a "required" question. 
- been shared with me to get approval before you embed it into your blog. 

Once your quiz has been shared and approved by me, write a brief paragraph introducing your quiz, followed by the embedded quiz. Be positive and encourage people to fill it in. 

As always, if you are stuck on something, feel free to ask me or better yet, look it up! :-) There are a tonne of great tutorials out there just waiting to be found. 

Good luck and I can't wait to see what you come up with! Happy writing/researching!

Mr. Boettger :-)

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Urban Legends

An urban legend, popular legend, urban myth, urban tale or contemporary legend is a form of modern folklore consisting of fictional stories, often with macabre elements deeply rooted in local popular culture. These legends can be used for entertainment purposes, as well as for semi-serious explanations for random events such as disappearances and strange objects (Thank-you Wikipedia).

Your job this week is to find an appropriate (for school) urban legend and post it on your blog (don't forget to give credit as to where you got it from) and then tell your readers why it isn't true backed up with evidence (either your own or others - again, don't forget to give credit).

Once this has been completed and posted on your blog, read and respond to at least 3 other people’s posts.

Good luck!

Mr. Boettger  :-)

100 Word Story

Your task this week is to finish last week's task and then create a short story using the following picture and only 100 words.  Not 99. Not 101.  One hundred exactly!

What is happening/happened in this picture?

Make sure you study the picture closely and let your imagination run wild!  Be as creative as you can and don't forget to include the picture in your post! I look forward to reading what you come up with and make sure you check your spelling and grammar before you publish it!

Once this has been completed and posted on your blog, read and respond to at least 3 other people’s posts.

Good luck!

Mr. Boettger  :-)