Off-Line Learning Packet

OFF-LINE LEARNING PACKET GRADE 7 While the experience of in-classroom instruction cannot be replaced, we hope that our home learning resources are supportive of your efforts at home. This is not intended to take the place of regular classroom instruction but will serve to supplement and provide opportunities for student learning. Learning activities are a combination of paper and technology-based options across multiple subject areas, including consideration for student physical and metal wellness. In addition to these resources, we have prepared activities that are available for students who receive additional supports including dual language, highly capable, and special education services. KELLOGG MIDDLE SCHOOL – SHORELINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PACKET #2: FOR MAY 16 – JUNE 5, 2020 (Please be sure to pick up all 3 parts.): 1. 7th GRADE CORE PACKET (science, social studies, English/language aRts, EL) 2. MS MATH PACKET (7 & 8 – contains all levels of math) 3. ELECTIVES SUPPLEMENT (includes art, music, world language, and PE/health) 7TH CORE CLASSES Kellogg MS May 26 – june 5, 2020 ________________________ Table of contents ENGLISH 7/ENGLISH 7 HONORS . 1-16 SCIENCE 7/SCIENCE 7 HONORS. 17-26 SOCIAL STUDIES 7/SOCIAL STUDIES 7 HONORS . 27-37 ENGLISH LEARNING . 38-43 Ms. McConnelee & Ms. Johnson ❏ May 20- June 3 ----- Paper packet ELA 7 Lesson Goals: ● 1.) Think critically & respond in writing to each prompt about each article ● 2.) Read 3 articles on various ways that the theme of respect. ● 3.) Respond to articles by writing a paragraph response ● 4.) Complete Discussion questions with your family / friend(s). *Share your annotations with a family member & / or friend. ● 5.) Complete 1 Choice Response after reading all three articles: ❏ Art Mural (Create pictures, quotes & added connections to show the theme.) ❏ Write a detailed Thank you letter to leader in your family / neighborhood ❏ Write a song using the theme, quotes & connections. Number your paragraphs Use metacognitive markers to mark the text and annotate in the margins: ! = a reaction to what you are reading __= This is a key idea or detail * = I have a comment or a connection about the text ? = I have a question about the text ● Article #1: “For Native Americans, Paddling is a Powerful Mental Health Tool Write a short paragraph that explains the central idea of the article. ● Use at least two details from the article to support your response. ● Text Evidence (p._) / connections Arts & Culture For many Native Americans, paddling is a powerful mental health tool PresentSaveShareHidePrintAdd To Text Set Madeline Saboleff Levy (right) leads fellow members of the Tlingit Nation of Southeast Alaska in paddling a 26-foot hand-carved dugout canoe, known as the Raven Canoe, June 19, 2008, on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The ceremony was held to prepare for the canoe's installation in the Ocean Hall of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in the capital. AP Photo By Smithsonian.com, adapted by Newsela staff Published:06/22/2017 Word Count:1157 Recommended for:Middle School - High School Text Level:7 It's one of the more popular sights at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: the Yéil Yéik dugout canoe. The 26-foot-long vessel, whose name translates to "Raven Spirit," hangs above visitors. It was carefully carved for the museum in 2008 by Douglas Chilton and Brian Chilton, who are members of the Tlingit native people in Angoon, Alaska. The canoe has gained more meaning over time. Douglas's Tlingit name is Yaa nak.ch, and Brian is called Aan Yaá. They call the canoe a symbolic vessel in "recognition of the responsibilities that all human beings share to safeguard and protect our home, this ocean world." Beneath this canoe is a display that coaches respect for the sea. You can hear recorded voices of elders from native communities across Alaska on the display. They share how they were taught to "respect the water and keep it clean because that's where our food comes from." The Canoe Makes A Comeback Raven Spirit came out of the "canoe movement." Native peoples from the Pacific Northwest and beyond are re-appreciating the craft of making and paddling canoes. The movement first picked up steam in the 1970s and 80s. The canoe tradition started to decline in the 1800s. Many were made using red cedar trees, which were starting to become harder to find due to heavy logging in the area. There was also more pressure for native peoples to become mainstream and discard old traditions. By the 1900s, more natives began to use boats with motors, says Bruce E. Johansen, a scholar of Native American studies. Yet Johansen wrote, for many seafaring peoples around the world, the canoe was a centerpiece of culture and spirituality that was being forgotten. The original peoples living along the coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest are called "people of the water." To them, the 1980s renewal of excitement around the canoe sparked a cultural revival of song, dance and language. Participants had to make a pledge not to drink or to use drugs or to smoke while on a paddle journey. The movement sought to be a support network to prevent suicide, too. Right now, American Indian and Alaska Native death rates to suicide are 50 percent higher than they are for non-natives. For Douglas Chilton, the canoe took on new meaning in 2003 at Tribal Journeys. It's a yearly paddle trip on sacred waterways that passes through Puget Sound, Inside Passage and the Northwest Coast. Douglas remembers being mesmerized by a little girl who wandered onto the stage dressed from head-to-toe in ceremonial clothing. She grabbed a microphone that barely fit in her hand, and introduced her entire canoe family in her native tongue. Douglas turned to his son and said, "This is what we need in Alaska." "It Takes A Team" In 2002, the Chiltons, along with individuals from other clans, formed the One People Canoe Society. Their goal would be to provide an opportunity for all people to have the experience of traveling in a 30-foot or longer canoe. Paddles decorated in Northwest Native American style. Photo from AP. [click to enlarge] They hope to build on the success of Tribal Journeys, which has grown to include 10,000 participants. They hail from the United States, Canada's First Nations tribes, Hawaii, New Zealand, Japan and the Philippines. "The thing I really love about the canoe is that you always have to work together no matter what. One person can't paddle the canoe by themselves, it takes a team," says Wilbur Lkoowagoon Brown of the Killer Whale Clan from the House that Anchored the Village in Sitka, Alaska. But best of all, out on the water, paddlers have the privilege of learning from their elders for a week. The elders regularly teach Yáa at wooné, meaning respect. Respect Is A Key Teaching "Respect the environment. Respect your food. If you take good care of your environment, the environment will take care of you. If you treat your food correctly, your food will treat you right. Don't waste any of your food. If you don't want it, somebody else does. So share it," the Elders teach. "In the Western society, there is so much I-ism. If you don't do this for me, why should I do something for you. Our teachings is to give back twice as much as something that is done for you," says John Achooasaa Garcia of the Wolf Clan from the Two Door House, who lives in Seattle and paddles often with Douglas Chilton. "Everything that happens on the water is a community thing," he says. "We have to watch what we do. What garbage we create. Make sure we leave the environment in a better way than when we arrive. Make sure our footprints are washed away," says Garcia. One of the founding members of Tribal Journeys, Philip H. Red Eagle (Dakota and Puget Sound Salish) is proud that the canoe movement has empowered youth to become politically active. Many of the former participants are more aware of protecting the environment and holding protests. Suicide Prevention In teaching learners how to craft canoes and paddles, the society is helping young people learn a trade that can make them money. Perhaps more importantly, the craft also works to save people from depression. Douglas Chilton says at an early paddle workshops, he "saw a young man walking around who looked depressed. Later that same day, we found out he had committed suicide. And I thought if we could just reach out ... the ones who are hurting might come forward, we could make a difference." Brown, a mental health specialist and a Tribal Council member, teamed up with the society to set up paddle workshops. Many say the society's journeys have prevented suicide. Cynthia Shaa wut x'us' Petersen of the Eagle/Beaver/Wolf Clan from the Beaver House is the skipper of the Yakutat Canoe family. She explains why the journeys are saving lives: "I was raised to know who I am, where I come from, was taught love, respect and our culture. I strongly believe that if a child knows who they are, where they come from — they will never get "lost." Saluting The Raven Spirit Today, the society runs dozens of paddle workshops and paddle journeys a year. They inspired or helped more than 12 communities to paddle every two years to a four-day gathering in Juneau, Alaska, called Celebration. Nearly 5,000 people and 2,000 dancers come here to honor the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures of Southeast Alaska.

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