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Friday, March 6, 2009

Assingment # 9

Dairy Of A Englishman

Day 1:

Dear Dairy,
Today I have worked on my farm for 7 hours. It was so hard and tiring for me since I have a bad leg. This happened last year when I was running from the big wolves in the forest that's near the farm. The doctors here are very bad and they didn't have anything for me to take, so now I have to live and work with it. This is the hardest year of my life thanks to the bad leg I have but I have a feeling that things are about to get way worse because the weather is really bad and some people are talking about the patriots.


They say that they are coming to kill us all or that they will make us work for them. Oh my, they just attacked my house I got to go.They said that they are taking us to Quebec so I'm pretty sure we will make it. I can here their footsteps, one is screaming at me I think he said that we have to join them or leave. The man sounds like he's very big and strong but I think that I should leave from the back door maybe they wont find me there but on the other hand maybe they are guarding that area too.


Well maybe I should just surrender to them but then I am betraying the king. "SMASH" oh my gosh they just took my wife I heard the vase smash on the ground that was her favorite one. I have to help her, but how ? This is so confusing I will take my little daughter and escape and we will be free. Goodbye for now.......


Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Vow of Silence

Well I am going to be participating in the Vow of Silence on March 5th, 2009.Students in E7A, E7B & E8B will also be participating.

All we have to do is not talk for 24 hours sight.. you can only talk if a teacher asks you a questions of if there is a emergency... So.. No talking,note writing,msning (IMing) of facebooking...(etc.)

The students are trying to help and think about the 121 million children around the world from the ages six to eleven that are unable to attend school.... Two-thirds of these students are girls..

While we are participating in the Vow of Silence.there will be a pledge from for students to raise money for children in developing countries. Miss.Pollock asks you to bring it back by Friday,March 6Th 2009.

Our students are courage to bring white or a plain T-shirt/shirts to school,that will be used to write on in permanent marker to tell other students and teachers that they are participating in the Vow or Silence.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Assignment # 8<33 Oh My God Its Louis Riel!

So what I am suppose to do is talk about Louis Riel. I don't know that much about him so I will do my best.

What people didn't like about Louis Riel was Louis Riel was guilty of letting Thomas Scott die so they wanted to avenge his death, he was also guilty because he was rebellious against the Canadian government and people thought he was a traitor but really he was a traitor to the Americans.

Okay so we are very lucky to have Mr. Louis Riel here talking to us about his accomplishments. So please welcome Louis Riel everybody. ( clap -clap screams)

Aynalem: Welcome Louis Riel. It is a pleasure having you here and talking to everybody about your journey.

Louis Riel: Well thank you Aynalem. I am excited to be here and talk to everybody. I just can't wait to get started.

Aynalem: Okay so what about your journey did you like and why?

Louis Riel:What I liked about my journey was all the things a got to see. Like I got to see many animals that were running around. I think i really liked the sunsets though they were really breathtaking.

Aynalem: Well the I'm just wondering out of curiosity, why did you agree to have an interview taken of you?

Louis Riel: Um I didn't really think it would do any harm if i came anyway its not like i had anything better to do. (laugh)

Aynalem: Okay well thanks for coming, anyway Im wondering do you have any kids?

Louis Riel: No actually i didn't but i was the oldest child out of 12 kids in my family.

Aynalem: Well thank you very much Louis I enjoyed having you here and please come again.

Aynalem: Well that is all for now, please join us next time. Have a great day.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Assignment # 7 Canadian Personalities<3

Okay so for Assignment Number Seven (click here to see) I got to talk about one of my favorite Canadian Personalities.



4a.) Which category of Canadian Personalities interested you the most? Did you like the "we inspired", "we founded", "we fought", "we built" or "we governed" section the best? Why?


The category I liked the most was "we built". I liked it because I guess I know a lot of people by doing projects in that category. I did a project on Samuel de Champlain so I know a lot about him.





4b.) Which personality interested you the most? Why? Find a picture of him or her.



The person that interested me the most was Samuel de Champlain. The reason why I chose him was because like I said before I did a project on him but there are still some things that I don't know about him so I would like to learn more about him. What he did was he founded Quebec City on July 3, 1608. Where I found this information was at this site. Please check it out! It's really good and it has some information.








4c.) In your post, suggest three more influential Canadian personalities that could be added to this site. Why did you choose these people? Which categories would they fit into? Link to information about each of them.



Three people I think that should be in these categorizes are Terry Fox, Steve Nash
and Jason Spezza. Here are a little bio of each of the people.

Terry Fox

Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Rolly and Betty Fox. He was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia and then moved to the family home on Morrill Street in Coquitlam, British Columbia, with his older brother Fred, his younger brother Darrell, and his sister Judith.



In 1977, after feeling pain in his right knee, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. This is a form of cancer that strikes men more than women, usually around ages ten to twenty-five. Very often the cancer starts at the knee, then works its way up into the muscles and tendons. At the time,the only way to treat his condition was to amputate his right leg several inches above the knee. Fox believed that the injury from the 1976 crash had weakened his knee and made it more
susceptible to cancer, although his doctors disagreed. The causes of osteosarcoma are not known.

Three years after losing his leg at age 18, the young athlete decided to run from coast to coast in order to raise money for cancer research. In creating the Marathon of Hope, his goal was to raise $1 from each Canadian citizen.


Marathon Of Hope



Fox began by dipping his leg in the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980. He intended to dip it in the Pacific Ocean when he arrived in Victoria, British Columbia. He also filled two large bottles with Atlantic Ocean water; his plan was to keep one as a souvenir and pour the other one into the Pacific. He also intended to fill another jug of water with water from the Pacific Ocean. He was going to run about 42 km (26.2 miles) a day, the distance of a typical marathon. No one had ever done anything similar to the task Fox was undertaking.[citation needed] Fox was unable to finish his run. His bone cancer had metastasized to his lungs: x-rays revealed that Terry's right lung had a lump the size of a golf ball and his left lung had another lump the size of a lemon. He was forced to stop the run on September 1, 1980 just north-east of Thunder Bay, Ontario, after 143 days. He had run 5,373 km (3,339 miles, or around 23.3 miles per day) through Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario. Soon after Fox was forced to stop, the CTV television network organized a telethon in hopes of raising additional funds for the cause. Any celebrities within range of Toronto were invited to participate, and the event raised millions of dollars. Many of the guests paid tribute to Fox; TV actor Lee Majors called him "the real Six Million Dollar Man."


Steve Nash











Stephen( Steve) Nash was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to a Welsh mother and English father on 7 February 1974. His family moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, when he was 18 months old, and then again to Vancouver, before finally settling in Victoria, British Columbia. Although Nash played in soccer and ice hockey, he did not start playing basketball until he was 12 or 13. However, in eighth grade, he told his mother that one day he would play in the NBA and become a star.Nash originally attended Mount Douglas Secondary School, but after his grades began to drop, his parents decided to enroll him at St. Michaels University School, a private boarding school. At St. Michaels, he starred in basketball, soccer, and rugby union. While playing basketball during his senior season, Nash almost averaged a triple-double with 21.3 points, 11.2 assists, and 9.1 rebounds per game. In the 1991–92 season, he led his team in his final year to the British Columbia AAA provincial championship title, and was named the province's player of the year.

Charity


In 2001, Nash formed the Steve Nash Foundation. Through grants to public service and nonprofit entities, the Foundation aims to foster health in kids by funding projects that provide services to children affected by poverty, illness, abuse, or neglect, and create opportunity for education, play, and empowerment. It focuses its resources on communities in Phoenix, Arizona, and British Columbia, Canada. It was given charitable status in 2004. This foundation was awarded the Steve Patterson Award for Excellence in Sports Philanthropy in 2008. Nash also founded the Jim Jennings Memorial Endowment Fund, established in honour of a volunteer staff member at Santa Clara University who served the basketball team for more than 20 years.Elsewhere, Nash is the sponsor of the Steve Nash Youth Basketball League in British Columbia that has grown over 10,000 participants. He has also become involved with GuluWalk, a Canadian-operated charitable organization that raises awareness and funds for the war-affected children of northern Uganda. In September 2007, Nash and Yao Ming headlined a group of NBA players who travelled to China and played an exhibition game with the Chinese national basketball team. The charity event reportedly raised 2.5 million dollars, earmarked for Chinese children in need. In May 2006, Nash was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In the accompanying write-up by Charles Barkley, Nash was lauded for his unselfishness on the basketball court, and being "just a nice guy" who had paid for a new pediatric cardiology ward in a Paraguayan hospital.


Jason Spezza


Jason was born to Italian parents Rino and Donna Spezza. He has twin siblings; a sister Michelle and a brother, Matthew, who is also an ice hockey goaltender working his way up to the professional level. He favoured Mario Lemieux growing up, until Lemieux retired. However, he watched the Toronto Maple Leafs growing up as a child, since he grew up in the Toronto area.


Spezza
participates in numerous activities outside of hockey, especially the "Spelling with Spezza" program. Winners receive a poster of Spezza and a pair of tickets to a Senators' home game. The program recognizes the importance of spelling. Spezza visits selected classes registered for the program. Last season over 600 classes in the Ottawa-Gatineau area participated in Spelling with Spezza.He also contributes to Ronald McDonald House Charities.


The person I chose to vote for was James Wolfe. The reason why I chose him is because I think he did alot of good things.The person that I got matched up with was Pierre Trudeau We had alot in common. I couldn't find it out by my self who it was at first. What the difference is between us is he is a guy and I am a girl:).

So in 100 years I would like to be honroed mostly in sports(basketball) or being a doctor. How I was honroed is by helping people when there ill.

So a short profile of me is I helped a lot of people get better when they needed to. Another thing is I like to help people no matter what they do or who they are.


Saturday, January 31, 2009

Assignment # 6 Dirk Graham<33


The person I chose is Dirk Graham. Dirk Graham was born on July 29, 1959 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dirk is a former Canadian hockey player. He played for the Minnesota North Stars and the Chicago Blackhawks. He was also the first African to be named captain of the Chicago Blackhawks. After playing hockey for 16 years (1979-1995) he decided to retire and become the new head coach of Chicago. While playing with the Blackhawks, Dirk won the Frank J. Selke Trophy in 1990. Dirk's family was a mixed-race family. Dirk was actually drafted 89th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in 1979 but was traded to Minnestoa.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Assignment Number Five It's So Cold<3

My parents are both immigrants. Both of my parents cam at different times. My mom came to Canada in 1994 and my dad came in 1989. When my mom came to Canada her first impression was it was very cold and the snow in Ethiopia was very different from the know in Canada. For example, one day it was snowing and the next day my mom she saw be the window it was sunny outside. So she thought it looked like summer because she came in the summer time. Then she was getting ready for school without a jacket. The only thing my mom wore was a mini skirt,high heels, and a t-shirt. Then she was walking to the bus stop on her way to school. After she got to the bus stop she noticed that it was very cold and that she was not well dressed. Then one of my moms friend saw her waiting at the bus stop and asked her "Is that what you wore today to school". Then later my moms friend told her that in Canada the weather is different then Ethiopia and that you have to dress more properly.

In bad weather the waves tossed the ship about. People became seasick and were unable to eat. Many brought their own food. Food spoiled and was unsafe to eat. On some ships food was served to the passengers. People slept in bunks that were put up along the side walls of the ship.Their belongings were placed on the bunks during the day and on the floor at night. There were only a few toilets and washbasins provided. The passengers were unable to wash themselves or wash their clothes. They wore the same clothes for days.


If you guys would like to see where I got all this information. Click Here To See.


Aynalem<3>

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Assignment #4:). Check Them Out<3

Okay so I just read some of my classmates blogs and I really liked some of them. I will tell you some of them and I hope that you check them out. Oh and if you would like then I think you should comment on what you liked about it.

So I really liked Alma's Blog because I think that she really thought about what she thinks will happen. What I really like was when she said "There will be more inventions" and there probably will be in the future.

Also, I liked Rania Blog and when she said "there will be more respect towards black people". Which I also think will happen in the future.

So those are 2 blogs that really enjoyed reading. If you would like to learn more about them then just click here for Rania's Blog and here for Alma's Blog


Aynalem<3

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Assignment Number Three:)<33 What Will The World Be In 2109?

Oh hey there again,


So what I am doing is I am going to tell you readers about my opinion on what the world will be like in one hundred years. Here are a list of things on what I think is gonna happen.

  1. One thing I think will happen is since Barack Obama just became the first African-American president of the United States maybe there might be a first Asian-American President of the United States.
  2. Maybe there will be less pollution in the world.
  3. What I'm hopping is that people will abolish racism, it will no longer be allowed and there will be less discrimination in the world.

So that is all I can think of so far and maybe if something else pops-up in my brain then I will tell you guys.Oh if you guys would like to see Christopher Moore's Blog Click Here To See.

I will talk to you guys later<3
Aynalem<3

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Welcome<3333

Welcome to my first blog!! On my blog I will be talking about Canadian History.
If you would like to see my teacher Miss. Pollock blog check out this site!
http://historypollock.blogspot.com/. Please check it out!<3
Anyways, let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Aynalem. I am in grade 7 and I am a student in Ottawa, Canada. I will be learning and writing about Canadian History like I said and I hope that you enjoy yourself on my blog. Also, if you would like to leave a comment please do!<3
I am very excited about doing History online because I never liked textbook.Also because they were really boring by always flipping threw pages and reading every piece of information from the textbook. So please enjoy my blog!
Aynalem<3