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Hi Rebecca me and a couple of my friends are makeing a sort of Harry Potter Fan-Club where we take turns teaching classes and being students. we are trying to make land quidditch practices and games.

We were also working on a fort (Hobo Shack) and we play games in there and we have food in there put towels on the ground so we can lay down in it

I will get pictures of everything and if you find a Harry Potter workbook that you would find in Diagon Alley just e-mail me or my mom so we can print it off.
Thanks
Cooper

Writing a paragraph

Pick a topic that you know lots about or that you enjoy.  Now watch this little video that a grade 8 student made about writing a proper paragraph:

http://goanimate.com/go/movie/0IghxLbJ4ZzE?utm_source=emailshare&uid=0sSLrzv-_42Y

Haha.

Write a paragraph of at least 7 sentences total that includes an opening sentence, 4 or 5 details that go with the opening, and then a concluding sentence that wraps it all up.  The concluding sentence usually restates your opening sentence in a different way.  (the final sentences is NOT "And that is the end of my paragraph.")  ;)

Don't forget to RE-READ it and correct any mistakes before sending it!

Mark out of /10
for Language Arts

Our Law Courts Field Trip

It was very cool to actually be inside a court room last week - I had never been to a Law Courts before.  Here a a couple ideas of things you could do from that field trip.

MAIN ASSIGNMENT CHOICES (choose ONE of these two):

> write a summary of what we did and saw while at the Law Courts - this needs to be at least 7 - 8 sentences with good grammar.  I will be looking for complete sentences with correct punctuation.

> write a paragraph about what you think the judge meant when he said, "I am not always RIGHT but I am always FAIR."

IF YOU WANT BONUS POINTS (for going above and beyond) - choose one of these following extra activities:

> make a list of at least 8 differences between the Provincial Court and the Supreme Court that we saw (if you can't remember 8, do some online research)

> write a descriptive paragraph as though you were a judge, lawyer, or prisoner and what you see from your seat in the courtroom.

> draw a diagram (using circles for seats and rectangles for desks/tables) and label all the people in a court room.  Include judge, crown council, defense council, witness, accused, and court clerk.

Police and the Law

Check out this handout about what the police do (printing it out might be helpful for reading it):

http://www.lawlessons.ca/sites/default/files/handouts/Handout-4-1-1.pdf

Then test yourself with this True or False worksheet:

http://www.lawlessons.ca/sites/default/files/handouts/Handout-4-1-2.pdf

Law? What's Law?

This blog will be covering LA, HCE, and also some SS.  In preparation for the field trip to the Chilliwack Law Courts on May 1st, the next couple assignments will be about Canada's justice system. Keep reading your novel, making your list of foods, cooking, and keep me posted on when you finish Chamber of Secrets.

Where did the idea of laws come from?  Read the 3 pages about the History of Law that I emailed to your mom.  (Or get the link here: http://lawlessons.ca/sites/default/files/handouts/Handout-1-1-1.pdf ) It would be great if you could read it WITH your mom - hard reading is always good to chat about with someone else.

After reading, you have a choice.  Choose one of the following:

1) You can go to this link (http://lawlessons.ca/sites/default/files/handouts/Handout-1-1-2.pdf ) and print out some questions to answer about the above reading.  Scan or take a photo of your written answers and email them to me.

OR

2) Research the earliest laws of either China or India and write at least two paragraphs describing your findings.

This reading and ONE of these assignments is due Thursday afternoon (April 25).  Both will be marked out of /15.  Want to go above and beyond for bonus marks?  Do both assignments!

Treacle fudge

Here's another recipe for you to make sometime this week! Treacle fudge is a kind of fudge that Hagrid usually makes.  According to Hagrid, it "gets rid o' slugs in a jiffy!" Treacle fudge could also be bought at Honeydukes Sweetshop in Hogsmeade.

Treacle Fudge

Ingredients:-
1/2 cup light cream or evaporated milk
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 ounces or unsweetened chocolate
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/3 cup molasses

Method:-

In a large bowl, mix cream, brown sugar, and salt together. In a saucepan, melt the chocolate and butter together. Remove from heat and add molasses. Add the chocolate mixtures and cream mixtures together. Pour mixture into a pan and let cool. Cut into squares after cooled and serve.

My Book Review

My Book Review

This must of been the tenth time I've read this book, you must read this book.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is one of the best books I’ve ever read.  Eleven-year-old Harry Potter goes to a new school, meets new friends and has a magical adventure. And this is only the beginning.

Harry Potter gets a letter, but what is it about? He travels to a special school, but what’s so special? After years of living with his horrid aunt and uncle, and his mean cousin Dudley, Harry finds out that he is a wizard. In fact, he never knew his parents at all so it was a huge surprise to find out that his parents were wizards as well.
Life will never be the same

Harry meets a big cast of new friends while he is at Hogwarts. Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger become his two best friends, he also meets some fascinating, exciting and mean teachers while there. Teachers aren’t the only mean ones in the school, some of the students like Draco Malfoy and his two grunts Crabbe and Goyle hate Harry, Ron and Hermione and make their lives hard.

I’ve never been much of a magic fan myself but ever since I read these books it has all changed. My favorite part of the book is when Harry get his letter from Hagrid, I like it because it shows the first new character in the book and how different they can be.

This book is worth every minute, its characters and the story blend perfectly to make a roller coaster ride of a plot, And if you love the book there is six other books in the series.