3/26/2009

Saying sorry to myself


I did something wrong today.I called to McDonald's and asked them to school for lunch.On the gate of school.Ms Jia told me the students were forbidden call to the restaurant.I Knew I was wrong .Even my teeth(I have Braces) can't stand the lunch in school dried with stones.I should overcome the difficult and be a brave girl.I was miss 35 min in Canadian Studies.After the class.My dear Ms.Chan told me something about my mistakes and helped me to redefine my goal...
I think about the words of Ms Chan long time. I should say sorry to myself.I wasted the time for unmeaning things.It is not my goal.I should spend more time on study, not McDonald's!!!Seize this day!Begin now!Each day is a new life.Seize it.For in today already walks tomorrow.
Thank you ,my dear Ms Chan.You told me the most important principle of the life.You are not only my teacher,but also my best friend.

3/25/2009

Exploration

Finding three different pictures to show how exploration is important for countries?

A country's government send an explorer to another place.It is important for this country.Exploration can help countries colonialism.There are many countries was found by explorers and colonized by the colonises' countries.The pictures:If a country use the explores to finding a place .The exploration will influence not only the colonial country but also the country which was colonized country.


Exploration will influence the countries which was colonized country.The system of the country will be change.The country was a closed country before.The explores will introduce the cultures and histories of the country to the world.It can develop the country.People will get more information .Exploration will help the country improve the quality of life.




The picture shows a ship with strong sails.It represent the explores find a place and help the place develop the economy.The ship is full of the speciality of the country.Explores help transport the cargo everywhere.People in the world know the information of that place .Exploration can help the place improve the development of the economy.

Thinking about Provincial Exams

Today on English10.We practised Provincial Exam.I knew some information of Provincial Exam.I tried to type the website as quickly as I can.There are some troubles in the password.I think there were many difficult words in the exams.I can't catch the main idea of the essay and Poetry.I did the questions slowly. My dear Ms.Chan,can you tell me what should I do?

3/22/2009

The Fur Trade

Find and post 5 pictures of the fur trade. Explain what you see in each picture in 5-8 sentences.


There are two hunters which are wearing the fur.They have their own shotguns.They are discussing something .I can't see their expression.I feel they are atrocious.Their hands look like very strong.their trousers is also full of fur.Maybe they always stay outside.I guess they are carrying out a transaction.It is about the fur trade.I hate their behavior.They are merciless.They will understand they are wrong.


http://www.colonie.org/historian/indianfur.gif
The picture shows the early Indian Traders.In a ropey house.There are 2 native people woke on making the fur.One of the native people hold a dipper.He tries to get some water from the jar.A dash of water in the fur.He also lights fear for the wood.The other man is making the size for the fur.They are doing the clean for the fur.They will fur trader soon.




http://aquapontiac.ca/images/comfranc.jpg
The Native People are talking with one person who is the business man for the fur.The man wants to sell the fur to Native People.He holds the fur and introduces the benefit of the fur.The Native People are looking at the fur and thinking about the words of the man said.On the back of the man,there are many transporters are transporting the fur.The packet which is full of the fur look very heavy.The man tries to sell out all of the fur.

A man which is holding a shotgun stand on a rock with a native .The native is pointing at the distance location.They are finding the animals for the fur.They try to kill the animals and do the fur trade.They want to have a place which provide the animals easily and quickly.They just care the money.



There are 4 native people in the forest.They carry many animals.They are walking into the village.The business men are waitting for them.The business men want to get the animals.They use it to making the furs.They gives something which was the natives need to do exchange the animals.The native people kill the animals for them.They do the fur trade.


3/19/2009

A harvest Weak


In this weak,I felt drowsy and very stressful.There are many tests in this weak. I did not well in my test.We did the words test and the essay test.I didn't notice the review materials.In the essay test,I found I could not writer down the grammar very well.I felt stressful.I didn't want to do anything.Suddenly,I found ,the spirit is important for a person.I should believe myself and overcame the difficult.The difficult is short.I tried to find a mature way to study the grammar.In the last 3 days, I learned John Cabot and Jacques Cartier.I did many questions about them.Even I typed their names more quickly than I type my name.It was a harvest weakly.Even I didn't get a good mark on my test,I know one of the most important things in my life.I was proud of myself.

3/18/2009

Who is Jacques Cartier?

1Jacques Cartier



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Cartier.png/230px-Cartier.png
He was thinking about some ideas.His eyes looked at the sea.It was full of deep thought.His clothes was bellowed by the wind of the sea.He reclined the mast.Maybe he felt tired.The dusk shined on his face.he dressed clearly.The sword on his body delegated he was a brave man.From the picture,I think he was a explorer and with many ideas.

http://ushistoryimages.com/images/jacques-cartier/fullsize/jacques-cartier-5.jpg
Jacques Cartier was talking with someone and introducing his ideas.They were discussing something special.Maybe Jacques Cartier needed to help.They sited under the cross.The other man tried to let Jacques Cartier accept his ideas.Jacques Cartier was a explorer.He is the symbol of wisdom.

2 Post 10 facts about Jacques Cartier.
Jacques was born in France, on May 19th, 1491.He dreamed of sailing the seas, and finding new lands.His occupation was being an explorer! He was blown off course, and landed in Newfoundland.Cartier had many more Voyages.He was looking for a passage through or around North America to East Asia.He was the first European to map, travel and attempt to establish a settlement in the northern St. Lawrence area.He reached Hochelaga, another Huron village. He visited Stadacona, and built a fort near the mouth of the Saguenay. Cartier spent the rest of his life in St.-Malo and his nearby estate, and died in 1557, aged 66.

3Why is he important to Canadian history?
Jacques Cartier did many important contributions for Canada.He discovered Canada.he named "The Country of Canada", .He introduced Canada to France.He transported the culture of Canada.He made the map for Canada.He known the Native People of Canada.He developed the economy of Canada.

4When was Cartier sent to Canada? Why was he sent to explore? Who sent him?
In 1534 ,he went to Canada.It was his first time to Canada. It is because he went in search of new land for the king of France.It was a difficult . The king of France asked him to went to Canada.






5Find a map of one of his Find a map of one of his voyages. Post it here and explain his voyage. Where did he go?
Jacques Cartier arrived in Newfound land .He discovered Saint Lawrence.He found two kinds of native people.One of the Mi'kmaq.The other was the Iroquoians.The map on left introduced Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Saint Lawrence River. Jacques Cartier used the name of the king to named the native people place.

6What would you think? What would you say? What would you do?(after you watch the video)

A strange team with many strangers.They had different clothes and languages.They used other materials for tools.It was not the wood or natural things.They had flags for their organization.How can they arrived in here?What will they do?Did they have a dismay goal?If I saw them in the forest,I will asked him not to do anything wrong in the place!

7Watch these two videos and answer the questions.

a. What did you learn from this video in 5-8 sentences?

The video shows :Jacques Cartier went to Canada.When he was approaching the beach.He saw a man looked at him on the beach.He landed Canada.He asked his crew made communications with the native people and took some tool .They used some knives to exchanged the furs from the native people.Jacques Cartier made a cross that was represent the land became a part of France.The chief was so angry with Jacques Cartier.He wanted to change the truth.He asked his two sons to go France and talked the situation with the king.They was attracted by the interesting country.They got the knowledge .During the time,Jacques Cartier's team got on well with the native people.In the final,the native people agreed with French helped them to develop this place.

b. What did you learn from this video in 5-8 sentences?

Jacques Cartier and his crew sailed near to Canada.They found an island.They landed.They named the land "Hochelaga".They saw many native people on the land.They had their own fields .They had many plant ,vegetables.They ate delicious food everyday.Jacques Cartier observed there were many sick people soon later.It was a bad information.He must go back to Europe .There will be a frozen rain.They were stopped by the ice age.They stayed in a jungle.A part crew of the team got the scurvy.They met Donnaconna who was the chief of the jungle.He gave them a soup .The soup helped the crew felt better.Jacques Cartier wanted to give Donnaconna to the king as a gift.So,Donnaconna was took away the jungle.He never came back to Canada.

8. What is scurvy? Find a picture of scurvy and post it on your blog.

Scurvy is a disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C. It presents itself as swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds. It was a particular problem among sailors in the days of sailing ships as they had no fresh food for long periods of their voyages.

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9. What happened to Donnaconna?
Donnaconna helped Jacques Cartier's team when they had scurvy.Jacques Cartier invited him to France.He agreed with Jacques Cartier.When he wanted to went back and looked after his native people.Jacques Cartier didn't let him go back and brought him to France,He left his jungle and never came back.

10. How would you feel if you were Donnaconna or the Iroquois people? Would you be friends with the French after this experience?
If I was one of the native people,I felt angry with Jacques Cartier.He didn't care the feeling of the native people.He had no entitlement to took away our chief.We helped them.If we didn't help them.What happened?I won't be friends with French.They were full of the
trickery and malice.It was hateful.

11. Read page 221-222 of your textbook. The information on these pages are important.Find the words in bold on these two pages. Translate them and write a new sentence with them using your own words. Post it here.





Bonus:Find some more stamps with Jacques Cartier on them and post it here!





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3/16/2009

John Cabot( c. 1450 – c. 1498).


http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/cabot.html


http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/j/John_Cabot.htm
On Canadian Studies,we learned the information about John Cabot( c. 1450 – c. 1498), by ourselves.It was a exciting way to learn .I will introduce John Cabot in my blog.
1 I find two pictures about John Cabot.I notice his appearances and experiences from the pictures.The first picture shows John Cabot's apperance which when he was old.He had eyes which was full of the ideas and the deep thought.The hair and the Beard were long and they represented his wit.He looks very nice.He dressed up the classical clothes and handed a paper.I guess that was his plan for his job.His actions were full of the vitality.The second picture showed the experiences of John Cabot.He was working for his ship and making a discussion .He standed in front of the ship and teached the workers how to work.Maybe he met some troubles ,he looked at the front carefully.I notice the environment about the ship and it was dangerous.I can feel the cloud runned on the sail.However,it was full of the difficult,John Cabot carefully.

2Who is John Cabot? Ten facts (real information) about him.

John Cabot was a great Italian navigator and explorer.He was born in Genoa, Italy around 1450.He moved to Venice where he most likely learned to sail.In 1484, he moved again, this time to Bristol in England. He changed the name from Giovanni Cabot to John Cabot.He made his first voyage to North America in 1497.The ship named Matthew.He sailed northwest, through the lands' waystormy Atlantic Ocean, and eventually came to North America.He claimed the land that he found for England.He got married in He found the new land named Newfound land for England .It was a most important dedication for Canadian cultures , Information and situations .He helped the new land became a country .He overcame the difficult of he found the new
3Why is he important to Canadian history?

John Cabot was explorer.He found the North America for England.In 1947,he sailed to the Newfound land which is belong to Canada.The Canadian cultures,information were known by others and more and more people came to Canada and they lived there.John Cabot made an important contribution for the development of Canada.


4 Why did he leave Europe?

Because they(England)would not give the money to John Cabot for his exploring voyages.He wanted to get the riches from the Asia.He didn't get on well with the business men which was from the Arab.


5 What happened to John Cabot?

John Cabot believed that Asia could be reached by sailing westward.In 1498,he wanted to find "Japan",so he organized the ship team .He took four or five ships and almost 300 men.No one knows what happened to this expedition.It is because John Cabot disappeared in this trip.


6 Picture of the cod
http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/gallery/cod_fish1.jpg


7Watch this clip. What did you learn from the video clip? Write 5-8 sentences.

John Cabot found the cod.He came back to the England.He told the information to the king.He decided to went to place that he found the cod again.Maybe he met some troubles and he didn't came back to the England .No one saw him ,later.The land became a fish village and there are many fish men lived there.After three years,another explorer arrived in the village again......
bonus:


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3/15/2009

Arrange the time properly


Yesterday ,I wasted the time.I got up at ten o'clock.It was so late,I must go to the bank for the dollars.tt.When I took my mother's credit card to the bank ,I can't contact my mother and I didin't know the password of the card .In the final,I got the money from the bank,but I can't exchange the dollars.tt.It was late......
Next time ,I Will finish the troubles as quickly as I can.I should do a plan for everythings and try my best to save the time .Arrange the time properly.

The ideas for the Viking Ship


On Canadian Studies ,I found a Viking Ship'picture which is my favorite Viking Ship.The Viking Ship is bigger than others.It was rowed by 100 person .The prow of the Viking Ship is special.The logo may be a horse .It glares at the front.The model of the Viking Ship is perfect .It is good at the speed of the Viking Ship.There are many oars on the ship.All the informations show the Viking Ship'vigor and the pirates'bravery.I like the details of the Viking Ship.The Viking Ship in a glacier.The color of the glacier and the Viking Ship are perfect .I like the Viking Ship.It is because the Viking Ship reminiscents of many stories about pirates.

3/11/2009

A Wonderful Film---"Hitler"














-------It does not every German support the Hitler .
On the last saturday,I saw a film named "Hitler".It introduced a real history story of put-out Hitler.A captain who called Stuffen Beger wanted to change the regime of Hitler.He looked forward to stoped the war.He planned a way to killed Hitler ,but because of the various reason,she failed.This film showed the spirit of the captain.The main character is Tom. Cruise.Ms.Chan,do you interested in the film?I hope you watch the film.o(∩_∩)o...

The Viking Ship---bring forth new ideas


Today,we did the Viking Ship with our group members .It was so interesting.Viahsta took the color pen and we designed the Viking Ship.We putted the brown on the Viking Ship and then, we decided to drew the morden art on the Viking Ship.We just drew some easy streaks on the Viking Ship.It was adventruous.Everyone of the group had different ideas .It was wonderful.In the final of the class,a Viking Ship which was full of the morden feeling was showed on our desk.I like it.From the Viking Ship ,I Know,bring forth new ideas is important for us.

3/06/2009

A perfect day


On Canadian Studies,I made a Viking Ship with the group members.We did two Viking Ships .The first was broken and it was not a sucessful one .We discussed the experiences and made another one .We collected the old newspaper and made the ship stronger.It was difficult for us.In the final ,I told to myself ,when we make a iscussions or do something before,we should make a plan ,It's important and we must pay attention to the details.A perfect day for me !