Making Connections to the Kit's Wilderness

Explain how one or two of the clips and their themes connect to the ideas or themes presented in Kit's Wilderness. Be specific. Explain what clip or clips you talking about by including the film title. Then explain what happens in the clip and how it connects to what is happening in Kit's Wilderness.

Dreams, Drawings and Storytelling

"Draw what you dream; dream what you draw" (Kit's Wilderness, p. 103).

Retell what is happening in the story when these words are spoken.
What do you think this statement means? Explain.
Do you think it is true? Explain.

For the Birds

Watch the Pixar Short entitled For the Birds and respond. Use the Retell, Relate, Reflect format.

Describe what the film is about. Make some connections to show you understand what is happening in the film. Discuss what you think of the film. Make sure you include examples and explain your ideas.

The Sorrow of Sarajevo

The Sorrow of Sarajevo

The Sarajevo wind
leafs through the newspapers
that are glued by blood to the street
I pass with a loaf of bread under my arm.

The river carries the corpse of a woman.
as I run across the bridge
with my canisters of water,
I notice her wristwatch, still in place.

Someone lobs a child's shoe
into the furnace. Family photographs spill
from the back of a garbage truck;
they carry inscriptions:
Love from ...love from...love ...

There's no way of describing these things,
not really. Each night I wake
and stand by the window to watch my neighbour
who stands by the window to watch the dark.

Write a reflection on the poem and the experience yesterday.

Begin by retelling what the poem is about.
Next, relate it to other poems, movies, songs, stories or other Remembrance day activities and explain.
Finally, reflect on the poem. Did you like it? Why/why not? Do you think it is effective? Why/why not?

Kit's Wilderness Part 1 Chapter 12

Use the following format to organize a response to your reading of chapter 12.

I read ....
I think ...
Therefore ...

Remember that you are using the blog to demonstrate your thinking and understanding of the reading.

Opinion/Argument Blog

Your Task for this Blog:

-respond to Kit's Wilderness using the following three prompts:

1. I Read...
2. I Think...
3. Therefore...

-you may write about a character; a particular relationship between characters; a particular scene; or an event that has happened so far in the story.

EXAMPLE:
*note- this is an example of what you are supposted to do. Please do not copy this example; it is only a guideline.

I Read... When I was reading chapter seven, I found out that Kit's Grandpa strongly believes in spirits and ghosts. His Grandpa dreams that he is chasing "Silky", who is a little ghost or spirit that Kit's Grandpa claims was haunting the pit mines where he worked years ago. Kit's Grandpa is eager to talk to Kit about Silky, and share a few stories about how Silky would cause trouble for the miners.

I Think... I think that Kit's Grandpa believes in ghosts because he is not ready to let go of his memories of his days working in the mines. I think that he wants to believe in ghosts because he feels sorry for all of the people who were not able to escape or receive a proper burial after the accident in the mines. I think that Kit's Grandpa is eager to share these stories with Kit because he hopes that Kit will keep his stories and memories alive by continuing to share them once he is gone.

Therefore... Kit's Grandpa is a character who cannot necessarily be trusted. If Kit's Grandpa tells another story in the novel, I will be cautious, and I will not necessarily believe him because I think that he is clinging to his emotions of his past life working in the mines.

Miss. Daize

"Green Grass, Running Water"

In the first paragraph, retell the situation that Lionel finds himself in. Do you think his situation is funny?

In the second paragraph, relate to his situation, and explain a time when you found yourself in a similar situation.

In the third paragraph, reflect on the consequences of Lionel's actions, and explain whether or not you believe he got what he deserved.