Online Learning Day 52 – Wednesday, April 22, 2020

English

A reminder that this week, you are working on creating your own
commercial for a product of your choice, or a product that you invent.

You will prepare and practice your commercial and then record it on
video. The final version of your commercial will be submitted this
Friday, April 24th. This commercial will be assessed and the grade will
be recorded on your Term 2 Report Card. You will be assessed on your
ability to successfully use one of the persuasive advertising techniques
that you have learned about:

Humour: the piece of media shows something funny happening, or

makes people laugh, so the audience feels enjoyment and remembers
the product.

Emotional Appeal: the piece of media makes the audience feel a

certain emotion, so they remember the product.
Celebrity Endorsement: the piece of media uses a famous person to
advertise the product. The creators of this type of media will use a
celebrity or famous person, popular with the audience, to try to
convince people to buy the product.

Bandwagon Appeal: the piece of media uses the argument that

“Everyone else is doing it, so you should too!”, and this makes people
want to buy a product.

Today, I would like you to continue practicing your commercial. Let’s

review the success criteria for creating a good commercial:

• I show the product (item) I am selling in my commercial. This can

be the actual product, a picture of the product, or if you invented
your own product, it can be something you have made.
• I mention my product’s name.
• I explain why people should buy my product (What is special
about your product? Why is it good?)
• I clearly use a persuasive advertising technique in my
commercial. For example, if you have chosen to use “humour,”
you need to make sure that your commercial is funny and will
make people laugh. If you have chosen to use “celebrity
 endorsement,” a celebrity needs to be included in your
commercial. Maybe you will mention a celebrity who uses your
product or you can pretend to be a certain celebrity (Make sure to
mention the celebrity’s name!)

Other things to consider:

§ Will you wear a costume in your commercial?
§ Consider telling people where they can buy your product and how
much it costs.

Activity

Review the success criteria for the commercial listed above. Make sure
you have written down what you plan to say in your commercial,
making sure you included all the important information. Then, continue
to practice your commercial.

Remember, this will be a lot like a Drama performance. It’s best to

memorize what you want to say. You will upload the final version of
your commercial to Seesaw on Friday, but if you would like to upload a
practice video to Seesaw for me to see before then, you can do that
and I will provide you with some feedback (e.g., two stars and a wish).
Social Studies

Today, you will complete an assessment on the life of early First Nation
and settler communities in Canada between 1780 and 1850. This
assessment will be graded and recorded on your Term 2 Report Card.
Students, please make sure that you complete this assessment
independently. This means you cannot ask a parent or guardian to help
you to answer the questions. Every student must complete the work on
his or her own or the assessment will not be graded. Also, you are not
allowed to use your notes for this activity. Cheating is wrong and not
acceptable.

Please log in to your student account on Seesaw and complete the

assessment that has been assigned to you. You will need to click on the
“Activities” tab (look for the light bulb) and then click +Add Response
for the “Early First Nation and Settler Communities in Canada
Assessment” activity. I have recorded myself reading the questions on
each page. I suggest you listen to me read each question before giving
your answer. This assessment has more than one page, so please make
sure that you complete each one.
Math

Today we will practice comparing the perimeter and area of different

figures. Different figures may have the same area. Different figures may
have the same perimeter. Let’s take a look at some examples:

Activity
Today, I would like you to practice finding the area of different surfaces
in square units. Please log into your student account on Seesaw and
complete the “Comparing Area and Perimeter” activity that has been
assigned to you. You will need to click on the “Activities” tab (look for
the lightbulb icon) and then tap +Add Response to complete the
activity.

Science

We know that plants are important to all living things. Plants release
oxygen through the process of photosynthesis, which we use to
breathe. They also absorb energy from the sun which is then
transferred to living things when plants are consumed as food.

Plants can also be important to different people in different ways.

Some people need plants to be able do their jobs, so that they can
make money and buy the things that they need.

Today you will use your thinking skills to answer the question: How are
plants important to different people?
Activity:

First, read the descriptions of people below and for each one, think
about how plants are important to them. You should also think about
how they would be affected if they didn’t have plants.

A construction worker who builds homes out of wood.

The owner of a flower shop.

A chef who works in a restaurant.

A traditional herbal medicine doctor.

Then, log in to your Seesaw account and complete the “How are Plants
Important to Different People?” activity that has been assigned to you.
You will need to click on the “Activities” tab (look for the lightbulb icon)
and then tap +Add Response to complete the activity. You will need to
choose one of the people described in the list above and explain how
plants are important to them.