Oct. 21, 2019

Socials 8: Thank you for submitting your physical regions maps. If your Compass Rose handout was not completed in class, please finish it for Wednesday. 

 Grade 8's, your special PLT is tomorrow!

English 10:  Thank you for submitting your Speech Analyses. If you haven't finished our questions from Lloyd Axworthy's speech, "The Internet and Global Human Rights," please ensure they are completed for Wednesday: 

1.    The author begins his speech with a talking stick. What is this object?

2.    What are two cons (negatives) of the Internet that he addresses? 

3.    What are two pros (positives) of the Internet that he addresses?

4.    Axworthy says that his point is to address the dynamic technology of the Internet, and to examine to what extent it can be used to promote social change. Does he seem more openly accepting of the Internet, or wary/ cautious of it? Explain how you know. 

5.    What is the connection between the talking stick and the Internet?