2009年5月4日星期一

THE FOUNDING OF NEW FRANCE















1. Find a map of the St. Lawrence River. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences.







The St. Lawrence River is South of Canada. The river is really long and thin. It is the boundary of Canada and America.We can see many famous provinces of Canada and America at the both sides of the river.













2. Find a photograph of the St. Lawrence River you like. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences.





The St. Lawrence River seems really Beautiful under the sunset. We can see the spacious water region. The afterglow of the sunset make the color of the river red. The wrinkled surface of the river seems peaceful. That a view of beauty.







3. Why did Champlain choose to use a river for transportation? Explain in 3-5 sentences.



The river is the boundary of Canada and near Quebec. New France was made in Quebec.The river is always peaceful, that was good for their safety. It is one of the longest river in the world, Champlain could went along it, and many harbors beside the river. It towards Lake Ontario and the Atlantic Ocean.







4. Find a picture of Champlain's habitation at Quebec. Explain what you see in 5-8 sentences.






This was gigantic habitation of Champlain.We can see many letters sign on the picture of different part of the house. There were two floors of this habitation. Beside the river, that might be good for going outside far away.






5. The fort was a natural fort because Quebec had towering cliffs.









a.Find a picture of towering cliffs in Quebec. Search in Google using "Quebec and towering cliffs".



























b. Why are the cliffs a natural fort? Explain in 3-5 sentences.



This landforms is fit to be a fort.People could tower from the top of cliffs. When other come from outside, they could see them first and then prepare for resisting. The enemies could be surrounded when they arrive here.The cliffs are good for hidden and detecting.








6. What did you learn today? Explain in 5-8 sentences.



I learnt almost all the conditions for Champlain to found New France. The longest river for him to be the transportation. The cliffs, the natural fort for detecting. A gigantic habitation for him to live. That all the conditions helped him to find New France. I also learnt about the beauty of St. Lawrence River.








Bonus




1. There is a moat around Champlain's habitation. Why is that important?

That could help him from being hit.

2. Can you find a picture of a moat? Post it.

1 条评论:

  1. I love the way you used "wrinkled" to describe the water! That's a very smart way to improve your writing by copying the sentence patterns of authors you like.

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