My Country, My Culture

Your assignment is to prepare a presentation of no less than 10 minutes to introduce the class to your country of origin and your culture. You should include things like:

- Geographic and Topographic features
- Population and cultural make-up
- Dominant religions and practices
- Foods and Traditions
- Political beliefs and practices
- Language Samples
- Little known facts about your culture or country

Plan for sharing information, but also plan an activity to engage your classmates in your culture.

If you have questions, Mr. Lister has answers...

Time

Thank you Lais for teaching our class on the topic of Time. My homework is below:

After having a chance to speak with my partner (Eric) about what my dreams were when I was a child, I now find myself faced with the challenge of thinking about my future. When I was younger I wanted to be a doctor. I wanted this because I wanted to help people when they needed it. Now that I think about my future, I realize that what we want out of life changes as time passes.

When I imagine where I will be 20 years from now, I see myself as the principal of a school. My two sons will be grown and attending university or college and my wife and I will be close to retirement. We will travel the world each summer together and see one continent at a time. The dreams that I hope to realize before I die are:

1) To help raise funds to find a cure for diabetes.
2) To have grand children
3) To retire from work early enough to enjoy free time with my wife and kids
4) To earn a PHd in education
5) To run a full marathon in an exotic location

Fate... Destiny

The movie we watched in class today (Slumdog Millionaire) begins with a million-dollar question where one of the answers is "It is written". The theme of this movie is fate or destiny.

Fate - The development of events outside a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.

Destiny - Events that will happen to a particular person or thing in the future

Please create a two part answer:


1) Explain how this theme appears throughout the movie.


2) Explain if you believe in destiny or fate. Why or why not?

Music In My Language

Thank you Mr. Pereira for teaching us about music and for giving us a wonderful lesson on the true meaning of music lyrics. I really enjoyed the activities you planned and I like that there is choice in the homework assignment.
For my song I chose a song by my favourite musician Joe Bonamassa. He is a rock & blues artist and is one of the most skilled guitar players in the world.

This song is about a relationship gone wrong. A man who has given everything he has to a woman and then discovers that she is cheating on him with another man. He struggles with this because he still loves her so he can't leave her and it's tearing him apart. I think his voice and the way the music is played really makes you feel the pain in this man's heart.


Stop! - By Joe Bonamassa

All that i have , is all that you've given meDid you never worry , that i'd come to depend on youI gave you all my love , that i had in meNow that i've found you lied , i can't believe it's true
Wrapped in his arms , i see you across the streetI can't help but wonder , if he knows what's going onYou talk about that love , but you don't know how it feelsWhen you realise , that you're not the only one
You'd better Stop , before you tear me all apartYou'd better Stop , before you go and a break my heartOh whoa , you'd better Stop ...
Time after Time , i've tried to walk awayBut it's not that easy , when your soul is torn in two
So i resign myself , to it every dayNow all i can do , is leave it up to you
You'd better Stop , before you tear me all apartYou'd better Stop , before you go and a break my heartOh whoa , you'd better stop
You better Stop if you love meOh it's time to be sorryNo it won't last foreverI can't believe you walked out on me
You'd better Stop , before you tear me all apartYou'd better Stop , before you break my lonely heartWhoa whoa you better , whoa whoaWhoa oh you better StopBetter Stop

Dancing Papa Lalo

Answer the two questions by providing evidence and details from the story.

1) When Harry finds Papa Lalo dead in his chair, how is his reaction different from the first time when Papa Lalo was just asleep? What does this tell us about how their relationship has changed?

2) What do you think was Harry's reason for burning Papa Lalo's suit?

What is Love?

Write a blog post that describes your understanding of love. You can say anything you want, but you must include at least 10 of the words below in your post.

Please highlight the words you have used in red.




Love
heart
feeling
high
low
avoid
sorry
together
apart
pain
St. Valentine's Day
sight
happiness
relationship
gifts
need
attraction
sick

When you are finished, you must read your classmates postings and reply to at least 2 of them.