Monday, October 18, 2010

20th century Inventions


Insulin - Sir Fredrick Banting
 
Automobile (Assembly Line) – Henry Ford

Frozen food - Clarence Birdseye

Photocopier - Chester Carlson's

Airplane – Wright Brothers

Television – Philo Farnsworth

Microwave – Percy Spencer

Morse Code – Samuel Morse

X-Ray Machine - Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell

Radio - Reginald Fessenden

Famous Canadian Women Videos

Thursday, April 15, 2010

The Ten Books You Should Read Before You are Twenty

The library is having a writing contest. The subject is The Ten Books You Should Read Before You are Twenty.


Assignment:

Write three persuasive paragraphs in which you convince
a panel that your book should be selected. Your reasons should focus on why it is necessary to read this book before the age of twenty.


Due Date: End of May or before ...as we would like to publish these in the school’s newsletter.

For more information, or to get an entry form, please see Ms. Moore.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

New Memoirs/Biographies