Sunday, November 22, 2015

CBC links, an updated conceptual map for Geography project, working with jot notes

Canada's Syrian refugee plan limited to women, children and families http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-refugee-plan-women-children-families-1.3330185 Shared via the CBC News Android App

Last week, Metro Morning on CBC had a radio series documenting the expected arrival of Syrian Refugees to our city.  Here is the list of titles/themes of the shows, along with the link that you can access and listen to them.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/syrian-refugee-finances-1.3324860
I have updated a more comprehensive conceptual map of the Geography assignment.  Here it is:

You will get a copy of this, along with a shortened list of how to reference the information you discover, while researching.  On the links side of this blog, I will post the link to the TDSB Library Research Guides.  You may require a list of passwords on the bookmark you can get from our school Library.

We may begin to look at some different ways to take and record jot notes.  This is an image from a TDSB Cross Curricular Literacy guide on taking jot notes:
 If we don't do a jot note taking exercise in today's class, we will do it in one of our subsequent classes.

to be continued....

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