Miss Brakke's Grade Six Humanities

This week in humanities we: Read the first four chapters of The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis. The story is about an eleven year old girl named Parvana who lives in Kabul, Afghanistan with her father. In chapter two, Parvana's father is arrested by Taliban soldiers and the family is left with very little, as both Parvana's mother and older sister are not allowed outside without her Parvana's father. Students are creating graphic novels to summarize each chapter.  We reviewed the Pillars of Democracy (freedom, representation, equity, and justice) as well as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom s. We will have a quiz on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on Thursday next week. Click this link to review the main points from the Charter!  Major (Retired) Bob Wade visited our school this week to speak to the students about his experience as a fighter pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force! He shared many stories of his courage, determination, and passion for

This week in humanities we:  began our second class novel study of The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis. The story is about an eleven year old girl named Parvana living in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2000. We learned about some of the history of Afghanistan and the takeover of the country by the Taliban and the strict rules placed on women and girls during the time the novel takes place.  started our first cycle of our Literacy Stations with Ms. Stafford. Each group will complete all five stations: reading with the teacher, word work, writing expository texts, writing narrative texts, and making connections through listening (podcasts, videos, stories etc.).