Mechanics are people who fix and help people who help and fix people with their cars and trucks. Mechanics have to work very hard all day to fix the vehicles engines and tires and things. Mechanics have a very hard job but they get paid a very good amount of money. When I grow up i want to be a mechanic because i want to help people with there vehicles and help fix and tires and things.

There is over 44,850 mechanics in Canada! Mechanics are very helpful and useful because there is a lot of people in the world that don’t know how to fix vehicles and how to change tires and do oil changes. Mechanics mostly fix engines and fix the motors and thing in the vehicles.

Today we are reading a short story by Ray Bradbury called “Mars is Heaven”.  Students are to follow along in reading the story together, watch the video representation of the story, and then respond to the deep critical thinking questions.

Remember: deep critical thinking question require detailed paragraphs that begin with strong topic sentences that state personal opinion and then follow up with supporting sentences that directly talk about what happened in the story that supports your opinion.

Download the story and questions by clicking on the links below.

bradbury_marsisheaven

ray_bradbury_theater

Today we are going out and visiting other Edublogger classrooms around the world.  Click on the link below to find new classrooms of students that have been online just like you.  Be sure to leave comments on blogs that you have read to let them know they have been read.

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This is Mr. Hope’s Grade 7 class from Australia

http://chrishopesblog.edublogs.org/

Check out Ms. Moffat’s Grade 7 class

https://missmoffat.edublogs.org/

Mr. McCray’s Grade 5 Class

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Today students are studying a short story by Ray Bradbury called “A Sound of Thunder”.  We read the short story and observed some vocabulary and questions related to the story.  Then we watched the classic television production of this story as represented in “Ray Bradbury Theatre”.

Click the link below for a copy of the story:

15.03.12 A Sound of Thunder- Ray Bradbury

Click the link below for a copy of the assignment:

15.03.12 sound of thunder assignment

Watch the video below

Today we studied a classic short story by Ray Bradbury called “The Veldt” which begs to question the impact of technology on people’s lives, and more importantly, where does imagination end and reality begin?  Click the links below to read the original published story, get the assignment, and watch the television presentation of “The Veldt”

click the link below to get a copy of the story

15.03.16 bradbury_veldt – short story

click the link below

The Veldt story elements

Today We will be doing an activity called Exact Descriptive Writing.  we will be experimenting with describing how to draw a very specific picture. To do this students will require a piece of blank copy paper (Mr. Ewert will supply in class), a pencil, and an eraser (if students wish).  Students will first practice with an example demonstration from Mr Ewert. Then they will practice with a given picture and a partner. Then, students will have 20 minutes two hand write a very exact, descriptive piece, in proper paragraph format that accurately describes how to draw a picture of their own creation. Warning: this takes very exact detail and refined thinking. this will wish to do a fairly simple picture, however, the parameters for your picture are below. Be sure to follow all criteria for your picture.

Your picture must have:

-at least 3 different shapes

-at least 3 of the four quadrants (quarters) must have something in them (you can’t pile them all together

-at least 2 of the shapes cannot touch the edge of the paper

-you must keep it SIMPLE

If you are absent.  I will be streaming the live lesson of this on teams at 2:10 PM today. I advise you to watch the teams broadcast on the ELA channel if you are absent. You will then need to complete this task at home with assistance.

21.10.04 exact writing coding drawing