Social Studies • How powerful are our proposed questions of the WWII guest? • Does the textbook provide a fair and adequate account of what actually happened? • Which is the more effective form of transportation in the Arctic: the dog sled or the snowmobile? • Should your family move to Weyburn or Prince George? • of the nominees is the most impressive legacy of ancient Egypt? • Rewrite an historical account using the verb” framework. • Given the information, provided, write a letter of reference for Thomas More. • Find a powerful metaphor that characterizes an aspect of Canadian life. • Identify and support with evidence the in a fellow student’s writing. • Create six questions for an end-of-unit exam that are clear, non-trivial, manageable and require more than mere recall of information. • Make a lasting contribution to someone else’s life. • Mount an information campaign to boycott products of companies that exploit their workers. Mathematics • Are the Ministry of Education’s conclusions about student performance warranted by the data presented in the table? • of the three Euler diagrams best represents the relationship between y = x and y = x2? • Convert the following algebraic equation so that it reflects the changes in the climate • Represent an idea from the narrative in a mathematical form. • Design a four-panel cartoon that effectively explains the key features of a mathematical concept (e.g., numerator). • Lead a small group through an activity to help them understand the concept of one million.
Music Developed by Olfert, Bob Rice, Sharon Reynolds, Luanne Schlueter • Does Beethoven’s Fr Elise deserve to be one of the most famous piano pieces? Would you rate it as 4-star piece, 3-star or less? • Is Bartk’s Concerto For Orchestra an appropriate choice for detailed study in Grade 12 Music? • Considering the duet of Pavarotti and Sting performing Schubert’s Ave Maria, which performance is the better example of a Romantic song performance? • As a Canadian Idol judge, create your own persona and performance criteria. Analyse two performances and pronounce your judgment. • your family’s musical needs be better met by moving to Havana or Vienna? • Transform the binary piece, (a piece they can play), you have learned into a ternary piece, keeping the general characteristics of the A section. • Write your own permutation of an assigned tone row (inverted, transposed, retrograde). • Find a powerful metaphor to describe the period in music history that is currently being studied. • For each of the following musical examples, identify the musical era to each belongs. • Find the second statement tone row in the first movement of Webern’s Five Pieces for Orchestra. • Write a limerick where the first line contains a composer’s name and the remaining lines describe the composer’s style and attributes. • Build an instrument according to the details and criteria provided. • Create a radio script to introduce two contrasting genres of music to a listening audience of • Perform the assigned piece, expressing at least three feelings. • Practice the assigned piece, expressing at least four feelings. Choose two feelings to use in your performance for the class. • Launch a school-wide media campaign to extol the virtues of school music programs.
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for innovative thinking Specs) Design something original and useful within a subject area e.g. a poster, a toy or a solution to a problem. the piece) Re-work something for a new purpose or context beginning from an original design. or best) Select, organize and prepare for presentation selected or artifacts e.g. poems, paintings, artifacts. purpose/audience (Design to specs) Write using a specific text form for a specified purpose and/or audience . to specs) Plan and carry out a performance designed to entertain, educate or persuade others. (Design) Develop an imaginative response to a new or old problem by approaching the in a new way or by putting a twist on an old way. English/ language arts Create the jacket for a that will attract the interest of a specific audience Re-draw an illustration from a children’s that shows the same scene in a different season Prepare an anthology of powerful poems including at least 2 written by the student Write the script for a skit that imagines a meeting between Lorax and Truax Deliver an impassioned plea to convince others to take action on an important social issue Propose a unique yet powerful response to a significant issues by a character in a novel Science Create a model of a play structure for the school that would be fun, stable, and safe Modify an existing habitat so that it meets all of the needs of a new and different pet. Create a museum exhibit of 10 of the most significant scienctific break throughs/ developments of a specified era an editorial to encourage others to take action on an important environmental issue Deliver a TED-like talk to a selected audience on a science issue of social importance recycled household items design a means of reducing water consumption that does not negatively impact people’s lives
Social Studies Create a recruitment poster to encourage people to sign up for a voyage of exploration Re-design a WWI recruitment poster for use in WWII. Prepare a exhibit of 10 powerful indigenous works of art Rewrite an historical account using the verb” framework to persuade financial backers to provide additional funding for a venture Prepare and record an episode of “Witness to yesterday” in which a modern interviewer interviews a historical character Adapt powerful advertising techniques to mount an information campaign to boycott products of companies that exploit their workers. Mathematics Create a visual to help younger children understand the difference between a numerator and a denominator Re-write several lines of code using a) words and sentences; b) images or icons so that the coding could be understood by those new to coding Gather and present 10 visually stunning images that represent important mathematical concepts Design a cartoon that explains in a humourous but effective manner key features of an assigned mathematical concept (e.g., polygon). Perform a charade that helps a group to understand an important concept (e.g. one million) Propose a way to double the size of a swimming pool without having to move 4 heritage at the corners of the existing rectangular pool. Sample structures that support deep understanding through sustained inquiry
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