Homework

-Prepare your attacks for round two of our debates--remember evidence/proof and rehearsal are the keys to succeeding! (Tues)

-Binder checks (Tues)

False Info Busters (audio only) by Salome, Jamie and Zenen

Homework

-Complete the debate graphic organizer (both pros and cons) with five solid points in each category (Fri)

Debates begin tomorrow!

-Make sure your part of the presentation is polished!

Good afternoon everyone,
throughout the past few weeks, we all have been working extremely hard to prove that our own source is the best to find useful and reliable information. We are Primary Sources and Periodicals, and now we are going to prove to you we know the most about Japanese and Canadian Society today. You will learn about, music, clothing, food, government and much more.
Thank You and I hope you enjoy our presentation.

Our opening Statement!

Good afternoon, Mr. Gelmon and fellow students.

This Opening statement will show why books are the best...

Yes, Google may have millions of web pages. Yes, Wiki's may have unlimited amounts of information. Yes, Periodicals can be useful. And yes, Primary Sources are first hand.

But, then there are books...

And that is Our group!

We believe books are the finest source, because, you don't need Wi-Fi, you don't need to put stress on yourself by searching for hours for an old newspaper, you don't need to worry about your information being false... all you have to worry about is being overloaded with information.

As Charles W. Eliot said:

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."

We are sure by the end of our presentation on Japanese and Canadian society you all will feel that books are very helpful sources!

Sincerely,

Hana, Carly, Dara and Shane.

Opening statement

Mr. Gelmon and fellow grade six students,

Google is a search engine that can get you anywhere you want and gives you access to millions on websites. There is no point in having books, encyclopedias, periodicals and primary sources when you can have it all with Google. At Google can you search about anything you want. There is endless information; we were so overwhelmed by having so much information to choose from. There are good quality websites and you can find images, videos and E-Mail, all of them available to you with just a click of a button. It can also save you lots of money and time because of online books, magazines, newspapers etc…
You have to buy books but you don’t have to buy Google. We have Nadav doing economy and food, Maayan doing agriculture, interest’s and language, Jennie doing culture and immigration and Josha doing population, government and laws Look at all of this information we got from one search engine.

by Maayan, Nadav,Jenay and Josha

Introduction: Wikipedia

Mr.Gelmon and fellow students,


Our group is the Wikipedia group and we feel that our source is the best in many aspects. Beating most other groups with our big advantage, there’s no limit to what you can find. There are over 20 mill Wikipedia pages and they come in all languages.

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia. Many people do post to Wikipedia, but, on scientific matters, Wikipedia came close to the accuracy of Encyclopedia Britannica.

In our presentation we will be including: music, languages, population, art, cultural beliefs, technology, traditional clothing, culture, food and sports. We have learnt many interesting facts about Japan and Canada and are looking forward to sharing them with you.


Thank you.

Opening Statement

Good afternoon fellow grade 6 students and Mr.Gelmon,

Today we will be talking about the two best sources, periodicals and primary sources. Our sources, have the most reliable and useful information. We are very happy to be here representing primary sources and periodicals for we KNOW that they are the best sources, and throughout this debate we will tell you why.

A periodical is a newspaper or a magazine that comes out regularly over periods of time. Primary sources are firsthand information (that’s how you know it’s reliable) written by a person like a journal or a letter, it can also be an artifact or a photograph.

Today we will be discussing the differences between Canadian and Japanese Society.

By multi talented and artistic Gil we have art and religion.

By dance maniac Noga, music and food.

Two-time speech contest winner Izzy will be talking about government, economy and laws.

Soccer champion Neeve will be discussing immigration laws and language

And last but definitely not least two-time speech contest winner Leor with food and tourism.

By the end of our presentation we are sure that you will agree that periodicals and primary sources are THE BEST sources!

Thank you.

By: Leor, Noga, Izzy, Neeve and Gil

opening statment

Opening Statement

Mr. Gelmon and fellow grade six students,

In the future it is going to be important to know how to do research, and there are going to be many sources out there to use. Some sources are superior to others. We are here to show you that Wikipedia is by far the most superior source to use. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that is written by people educated in the subject and is checked by experts to make sure the information is correct. It is a great source for information and we will present it in the differences of Japanese and Canadian society. We will be presenting the topics Interests, ethnicity, languages, government, culture, economy, population and tourism.

Thank you and enjoy!

opening statement

Welcome fellow grade six students and Mr. Gelmon,
We are going to present our short presentation, comparing Japanese society to Canadian society. You will be hearing from 1st place speech contest winner Jacob, 2nd and 3rd place winner Liam, 1st place winner Shayla and 3rd place winner Chloe. Jacob will be talking about agriculture and economy. Liam will be talking about government, population, and religion. Chloe will be presenting on interests and languages. Shayla is speaking about food, culture and environment. Hope you enjoy our presentation! At the end of this presentation you will be sure that books are the best source of information (which they already are).

Thank you

From the Books team

Opening Statement

Mr. Gelmon and our fellow classmates,

Throughout your life you will need to do research for projects, jobs, and other things in your lifetime. To be able to research is one of the many skills you will need to learn in elementary school. This skill will take you on amazing journeys throughout your life. When you choose to research, use Google. Our group, the Googles has found amazing information with this source. Google is accessible; convenient and you can use it on any computer model with Internet access. Google is easy to use and is available in any language. Google has more information than most other sources (Books, Wiki’s, Primary Sources/Chronicles, and Periodicals.) Let me ask you, how many times have you used Google, Google images or even Gmail? Most of your answers, would be everyday. Google offers so many programs that make our source better than the rest.

Thank You,

Barbara, Danielle, Ashley, Yaakov & Gabriel

Homework

Begin preparing your presentation notes for the great debate. You will each receive presentation planning sheets tomorrow to help you with your task.

Son of the mob 2

Written By: Gordan Korman


Vince goes to L.A. to go to film school so he can get as far away from home as he possibly can. Vince is confident that he has left anything to do with his father’s life behind him in New York City. Very quickly Vince figures out he can run but he can not hide from his father’s lifestyle.
This book has a really great beginning, middle and end. At the end of the book, the author, Gordan Korman leaves the reader with unanswered questions begging the reader to think for themselves.

I would recommend this book to boys and girls 12-14. Although, just like in the first book, ‘Son of the Mob 1’ this sequel will probably appeal more to boys because the main character is a boy and the whole story is written from a male point of view.
You can find this book at chapter, Kidsbooks and our own Vancouver Talmud Torah library.

Genre: Mystery, fiction and action.

Son of the mob

Written by: Gordon Korman
Vince’s dad, Anthony Luca, is the king of mobs in New York. Vince is a boy just like you and me, he goes to high school, he has family and friends and most of all he has his own way of thinking. The mob business a.k.a the vending machine business is not Vince’s dad’s job, it’s his life. The only problem is everywhere Vince goes it seems that something from his dads chosen lifestyle keeps on interfering.

I’d recommend this book to boys and girls age 10-14. Although it might appeal to boys more because the main character is a boy. You can find this book at chapters, Kids books and our own library.

Genre: Mystery, fiction and action.

By: Shane R-D 6a

benefits of primary sources

Primary sources are first hand, personal, and written by the original person.

If you want to know what the persons personality was/is like, you can use a journal or diary they wrote, which to me is a lot easier than going onto a website which might not have the right information.

benefits of primary sources

The benefits of primary sources are you know it's true and it is the original source. It is also good because you get details you might not get if you go to a different source.

benefits of primary sources

The benefits for primary sources, is to know if its original. Also when you find a primary source you have to know how read or tell what it shows. For example it can be in a different language, or written in hand writing. Another benefit is you can't find primary sources sometimes, because their private. But its an excellent source to use in a project.

Benefits of Primary Sources

Primary Sources have many benefits.
Primary Sources are true because they are first hand and not copied or made up.
Sometimes they express personal feelings or thoughts of a person like in a diary or journal.
Primary sources are good for biographies because they have certain details or emotions.
sometimes primary sources are hard to understand or hard to find the exact information that you might be looking for but since primary sources are first hand you are sure that the information is true and reliable.

Primary Sources

Primary sources are good because:

1) It's written first hand.
2) It's personal.
3) It gives you a lot of information.
4) It is true.
5) It's good for biographies

Primary Sources

Primary Soureces are good because:
1) They are written first hand
2) They are personal
3) They can alough you find out much more than the internet can a bout a person
4) They are perfect for biographies
5) Because they are first hand no one has copied them

Benefits of Primary Sources

Some benefits of primary sources are:

1) They are written first hand.

2) They are personal, perfect for biographies.

3) The ones that are real are true.

4) You can get a lot of information out of them.

5) It's an original source, that no one else has copied and made mistakes in doing so.

benefits for primary sources

There are many benefits to primary sources being that you know that the information or artifact is real or true because it is the origional.It also can give you important historical information that you know is true. There are also primary sources that could not be put on to the internet there for you could not interpret it wrong even though there are many good and useful things about primary sources there are also many bad things as well.

Primary Sources

I think that some benefits from primary sources are that it gives you information from history that other sources like websites might not have. Also, for example, if your primary source was a diary or journal, it has personal feelings and other important information that another source might not have. Also, if the primary source was a letter, other secondary sources might not have that. Also if it is a birth certificate or collage diploma, it is written on the paper andit is the real information and websites might have the wrong information.

Primary Sources

what are some of the benefits of primary sources? There are many benefits to primary sources and here i will tell you some of them and why; with primary sources there usually right because hey if your reading a diary who can be more right than the actual person? You also get to know the personality of the person by how they write if its a letter and in that same letter or diary you in a way get to experience it first hand. finally with a primary source its the original not a copy!. But remember with all advantages come disadvantages.

What are the benifits about primary sources?

There are tons of benefits about primary sources:
-Original material
-Its direct
-Usually true
-It is primary information
-The information may have been limited
-Even if you do a really good job transferring it onto a different site or something it will probably have errors
- Maybe the primary source has something on it like DNA that could be inspected and used as further information

What are some benefits of Primary Source?

I think primary sources are very good because if you want to know about somebody’s life during a war a text book can’t give you that kind of information. You know it’s real and not made up. You get the information first hand. But it’s very hard to find and some times somebody will make a false document. But over all primary sources are very helpful.

* Shayla

Benefits to using Primary Sources

Some benefits to using primary sources are:
- You get the real information and not something made up.
- You get to know what the person was like, if the primary source is a journal or diary
- You find out what everyone was like to that person.
- You get the originality of it. It's not a copy; it's the real thing.

Benefits for Primary Sources

Primary sources are a very good source because it's first hand information! You can find more personal information about a person and it is also very reliable. The reason why we don't usually hear about primary sources is because they are extremely hard to find. Primary sources can range anywhere between letters and your grandmother!

Benefits of Primary Sources

I think primary sources are good because for example, if you are asking a grandparent about their childhood, they can give you first hand information for, lets say, your project. Primary sources are first hand information, which makes them very reliable. The one thing with primary sources, is that they are often hard to find, if you are looking for a letter, or a journal than looking for other types of information. Primary sources can be anything from a note or letter to a map.

Dani's Primary Sorces

Primary sorces are good because you know the information is true. From a primary sorce you can finde out more than in a book from clues/hints, like there personality. They are first acounts of things that have happended in history, along with preasent day. Primary sorces are good for projects, and reports because you can see into the time, place, peoples lifes. However primary sorces are extreamly hard to finde that is why they are such a tresure.

Primary Sources are very reliable, for many reasons. To begin with, all the information is first hand what means its very reliable. Also they show how life was a 100 years ago. The only problem is primary sources are very hard to find. That's what i think of primary sources.

Benefits of Primary Sources

If you want good, reliable information, you should use a primary source!

They are great because you know the information is true and helpful. The reason why they are so reliable and good is because the information is first hand. One reason why you probably do not hear a lot about primary sources is because they are extremely hard to find. Although it is not easy to find first hand information it is definitely worth looking for! A primary source can be anything from an unread dairy to a special artifact.

The Benifits of Primary Sources

I think Primary Sources have alot of benifits. One, they can show how some ones personality was along time ago through letters and diary's, you can't get that kind of first hand information from secoundary sources. Two, they provide personal information and Primary sources are hand writtin by a person, so you know that you can trust the information that it gives you. I think we should use primary sources more often if they were easier to get.
- Maayan Fadida

Primary Sources

Primary Sources can be very trustworthy and reliable. They are mostly considered to be reliable because they are first-hand written. Primary Sources might be about some one's life or feelings, which you can find in a journal. Or simply about something special they decided to record in either dairy or letter form. Primary Sources are extremely valuable because they are unbelievably hard to find. They can be an immense help in many cases. Salome

Benefits for Primary Sources

There are many ways you can find information. Books, google, wikipedia... Primary sources are first hand information. They are always true and reliable for projects and research. A primary source can show how a person feels (letters), or even a real piece of history (artifacts). There are many benefits for primary sources, everybody should use them more often.

- Isobel

Homework

1. Blog: what are some benefits to using primary sources (3-5 sentences)? (Fri)

The Cupcake Queen Book Talk

The Cupcake Queen

Heather Hepler

By: Isobel Fishman

Moving from the big city of Manhattan to the tiny town of Hog’s Hollow, can be very tough. For Penny leaving her father and her best friend to move, is not exactly what she had in mind when she decided to live with her mom when her parents separated.

Hi, I’m Isobel and my book is called The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler.

When Penny moves to the small town of Hog’s Hollow, Penny doesn’t like it at all. All the girls of the town decide they hate her, and her mom running a cupcake shop does not make matters better. As time goes on Penny has regrets of moving there, but when she meets Tally, she starts to like it. Many thing happen in this book that will make you want to keep reading!

Back of book:

Hook:

I recommend The Cupcake Queen to anyone aged 11-15, I personally think girls might find more interest in it though! If you like realistic fiction you will love this book!

You can find The Cupcake Queen at kids books, amazon.com and chapters.

Homework

-Parents sign "Great Debate" assignment sheet (Thurs)
-Complete "Almost in Grade Seven" goal setting sheet with parents signature (Thurs)
-Multi-genre glossary entry for "society" (Thurs)

Homework

-No assigned homework for Tuesday

-Please make sure you have your individual reading novel ready in class tomorrow

-Book Talks for Term 3 begin this week

Dani's book talk

Jatta by Jenny Hale

The book is about a princess and her adventures with her brother to escape the evil king, her husbands to be, and the dark lord. While she is escaping them she has to deal with her becoming a wolf and her own battle with her inner dark side. On her adventure she finds the magic orb and is using its powers for good but she knows in the wrong hands it can be horrible. She does have good company though like her brother Arthmael, Dragon girl, her father, Steffed, Norigale, and others. She is on a quest to save her kingdom, save herself, to find her true guardian angel, and realize her own and others potential.

I’d recommend this book to 10-13 year olds and to people who like adventure, fiction, and, fantasy. I recommend the book to older kids because it has some gore in it.

You can find this book in the class library, chapters, and kidsbooks.