Indigenous Ideas & Issues
We avoid terms like "Indian" and "native" due to the fact that they've been used in a racist way in the past. What is an acceptable term for someone whose heritage can be traced back to the land prior to European settlers arriving?
Indigenous (or be as specific as possible)
When using transition words such as however or therefore, what piece of punctuation must immediately follow?
A comma ,
Name two other schools I have taught at.
Riverside, Kennedy, Sandwich, Belle River, Massey, Essex (last year)
What is the name for the section of your writing that you list your citation source?
Works Cited
Sir John A. McDonald
What is the proper term for an Indigenous group of people living in Northern Canada and the Arctic circle?
Inuit
What piece of punctuation needs to be added twice to the following sentence: I COULDNT GO TO THE GAME BECAUSE MY MOM WOULDNT LET ME.
Apostrophes (I COULDN'T GO TO THE GAME BECAUSE MY MOM WOULDN'T LET ME)
What is my second teachable sujbect?
History
What is the term for taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as your own?
Plagiarism
Name all five of the Great Lakes
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
In what year was the last Canadian residential school finally closed?
1996
What piece of punctuation is used to give the reader a heads up that they are about to encounter an explanation, a quote, or a list of items?
A colon
Where did I got to high school AND university?
Riverside and the University of Windsor
What information should be included in a page 1 header in the top LEFT corner of a formal paper?
Student's name, teacher's name, course code and date of submission
This land animal has the strongest bite
A hippopotamus
What is the term for the (racist) piece of legislation that dictates the rights and rules for Indigenous people, including the creation of reserves?
The Indian Act
I NEED TO FIND A NEW JOB, I WORK WAY TOO HARD FOR NOT ENOUGH MONEY. This sentence is punctuated incorrectly because the comma is not a strong enough piece of punctuation. What two possible pieces of punctuating could replace it to correct this example?
A period . or a semicolon ;
What is my birth month?
October
What is the proper term for information in parentheses that tells the reader the last name and page number that you borrowed information from, like this: "here is a quote" (Source 63).
In-text citation
What is the first US company to reach a total value of one trillion dollars
Apple
People with true Metis heritage can trace their ancestors back to the Red River Valley in what Canadian province?
Manitoba
What is the one word that never ever means possession or ownership when an apostrophe s ('s) is added?
It's (it is)
When am I getting married?
Trick question: I am already married
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Languages Association
Macrophobia is the fear of what?
The fear of long waits