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In class we had to pick a world issue that is still going on today. I chose to do pollution as my big world issue. After we had all of our information we had to put it into a prezi and then present it to the class. In our prezi we had to include causes of the problem, what it is, how long it has been going on for, roots of the problem, the history and how to solve the issue. Here is my prezi that I created on pollution.

In class we had to choose a movie that had an impact on us. We had to write a post about the movie, and who the target audience was and how the movie appealed to the target audience. The post had to be 100-150 words long. When the whole class was done writing their post we had to leave a comment saying how the movie that they picked affected us. I chose to do my movie on “Moneyball”

I thought that the target audience for the movie Moneyball was ages 13 and up because there is some strong language that younger kids should not hear. This was a very good movie but it has to be for the right age group or they won’t understand the real meaning of the movie. This movie is also targeted to people who like biographies and drama and also for people who are interested in baseball.

The movie moneyball is about Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) who is the General Manager for the baseball team “Oakland Athletics” which is the lowest paying team in Major League Baseball. Billy hired Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) to help him trade players and try to win the World Series. Peter and Billy focused on each players statistics so they could find the people they want on their team. The Oakland Athletics went from always losing to always winning in the year 2002. The team made it to the final game of the World Series and lost to the New York Yankees. The movie is based on a true story. The Oakland Athletics never won a World Series after that.

This movie made an impact on my life because it teaches me (and the viewers) that you can accomplish anything if you set your mind to it. In the movie Moneyball Billy Beane wanted to win the World Series so he traded players and set his mind to winning. His team made it to the finals all because Billy had a goal and accomplished it. When I am trying to accomplish something I will think of this movie and Billy and how he set his mind to doing something. This is a very inspirational movie and I recommend it to people who like biographies, drama and sports.

Here is a link to the trailer for the movie Moneyball

In  class we had to write a slam poem. I chose to do my poem on  interesting places to visit in Canada.

Before your time like 1867

Canada became more than just land

So please take my hand,

And we will see how Canada expands.

In British Columbia there are the Rockies,

And if you look hard enough you might find some jockeys,

But don’t give up yet, there is still more to explore,

Starting with Yukon where there is loads of gold,

Trust me you won’t be undersold.

Now on to Ontario where the theme is “it’s yours to discover,”

So go uncover the beautiful wonders,

If you ever visit Niagara Falls, I’m sure you’ll have a ball,

The sky screamer is the best of all.

Alberta has it all

With oil rigs,

Cash crops,

And lots of horses too.

Canada has lots of wonders, as you can see,

From 1867 to present,

So go on, take time to discover.

In french we had to design a snack bar for our scool with a partner. It had to include imperatives, vouloir, pouvoir and devoir. We had to make a write-up talking about our menu, prices, meal deal and what we plan to do with the snack bar. We had to put our write-up in a prezi and we also had to record our voices (while saying our presentation). My partner was Hannah.

This is our presentation: la masion du fromage

This is a rap song that we had to make in health  class about health eating.

 Song- Yo Kill the Couch

These were the people who were part of this rap song.

Dylan

Renae

Hannah