By Grade 7 English Class
I really enjoyed learning about France.
First we learned about Greenland.
The capital city of Greenland is Nuuk.
Greenland is close to the Arctic Circle.
Then we learned about Norway. In Norway they herd reindeer.
Lavvo is a tent.
The native people of Northern Scandinavia are called the Saami people.
In Norwegian, God morgan is good morning.
We are now learning about Israel.

David
One thing I learned about Italy is that they love to
play soccer and they are not allowed to use their hands.
The leaning tower was built between 1170-1370.
Italy looks like a high heel boot.
I would like to go to
Italy because I would like to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

In Norway, Saami people herd reindeer.
They like to go by dogsled.
The capital of Norway is Oslo.
In Norway, they have high mountains.
They speak Norwegian.

Angutinguaq
I love to learn about different countries.
We started to learn about Greenland.
After Greenland, we went to Norway.
We learned how to speak Norwegian. I learned how to say,"Yaiy haitar". It means, "my name is".
After Norway, we went to England.
In England, there is a Queen Elizabeth.
England was very fun to visit.
Learning about countries is very fun.
After England we went to France.
France was a lot of fun to visit, too.
After France, we went to Italy. Italy's flag has three colors.
It is green, white and red.
I love to learn about countries.

Thomas
I enjoy reading the travel unit.
In Norway, they herd reindeer.
They can get milk from a reindeer, clothing and meat.
They can use reindeer for racing, hunting and moving to another town.
The natives are called Saami.
Saami people feed their reindeer because they don't want their reindeer to die.
They call their rope lasso.
I would love to go to Norway when I grow up.
After Norway, I would go to Italy.

Sonny Boy
We are learning about many countries.
We are learning about Denmark,
Norway, England,
France,
Italy and Israel so far.
I like to learn about different places.
The best country was Italy and England.

Julius
My best country is England.
England has double-decker buses and the Big Ben, London zoo and the Tube.
The students wear uniforms to school.
Queen Elizabeth lives in England. ln England, they speak English.
ln England they say,
"loo" for bathroom,
"bobby" for policeman and
"lorry" for truck.
l liked learning about Italy too. Simon, the I.P.L. teacher, went to Italy.
Simon saw the Leaning Tower.
We made pizza. ln Italy, they eat pizza.
They like to play soccer.
They say bongiorno (Hello), padre (father), nona (grandma) and grazia (Thank you) .

Jeannie
Traveling with Markusie and Matilda is really fun.
We are learning about different countries.
Sometimes we cook food from other countries.
We learn about their language and sometimes a song.
We are very proud of our work.
We are happy to hear the languages and the songs.
We all enjoy our travel unit.
I like to read and write about different places around the would.

Sharon
I liked to learn about England and Greenland. I like learning from the travel unit.
We are learning about the countries around the world.
Markusie and Matilda will be away for three months.
We learned about Norway's horizon, lasso and the Sammi people.
I learned how to say Norwegian words.
In England, they speak English just like in Canada.
They use uniforms in their schools.
We made baguettes for France. I learned how to sing in French.
The leaning tower was built by Bonano Pisano.
We made pizza when we learned about Italy.
We are learning about Israel.

Qaajui
I like traveling with Markusie and Matilda.
We learned about Greenland.
They speak different. In Greenland, they speak Inuttitut.
In Norway, they have a lot of reindeer.
In England, they have double-decker buses.
They have a Big Ben too.
London has a zoo and students wear uniforms to school.
Their cigarettes are called fag.
We made pizza for Italy. In Italy they have gondolas.
We learned about soccer and many words in Italian.
I liked learning about the the Leaning Tower.

Minnie S.
I've been learning about countries around the
world with my classmates and my teacher.
It's a lot of fun.
My favourite country is Greenland. I liked our visitor, Maggie Emudluk.
She brought her beautiful seal skin parka made in Greenland.
She brought a pencil case made from seal skin, a pair of little kamiks, a map of Greenland, a purse made from seal skin and more.
I would like to go to Greenland.
We have been working hard and we have had a lot of fun cooking.
The best part of learning is eating what we cook.
We cooked caribou for Greenland, cod fish for England,
baguettes for France and pizza for Italy.
We are still learning about countries.

Martha
What I like best about the travel unit is learning about Italy.
I really liked making pizza.
The best thing I like about Italy is learning about gondolas.
Another thing I like learning in the travel unit is about the countries.
I would like to know everything about every country.
I like the travel unit compared to the other subjects.
Also, I like learning about the map of the world.
The travel unit has wonderful things in it.
I'm enjoying writing in the travel unit.
I read each question about the countries and answer them.
It is good for our brain.

Eva
My best country is Norway.
We learned about the Saami people.
The Saami people herd reindeer.
They must feed their reindeer.
They use the reindeer for milk, meat and clothing.
Norway is touching the Arctic Circle.

Minnie U.
Markusie and Matilda travel to Greenland. They will be away for three months.
I learned about Greenland's houses. They are colorful.
They don't eat junk food.

I liked to learn about England. They ride double-decker buses.

I learned about Norway. The capital of Norway is Oslo.
In Norway, there are colourful houses. They have glaciers.
Marianne is from Norway. They have big mountains.
The sun is called the midnight sun.
The Saami people live in the far north.

Ningiukusuk
I like to learn about Markusie and Matilda.
We learned about six countries because we worked hard.
In Italy, we made a pizza.
It was good pizza.
In Greenland, they use a lasso to catch reindeer.
Their houses are mostly red and yellow.
Queen Elizabeth lives in the Buckingham palace.
In England, they call their cigarettes, fags.
My favourite country is Italy because we made pizza.
The Eiffel Tower is about 320 m high.
I liked learning about Italy because it was interesting.

Noah
We are learning about a song from Israel and the flag.
I like to sing an Israel song and read about it.
We traveled to Greenland,
Norway, England, France, Italy and Israel so far.
In Norway, they have lavvos.
They like to herd reindeer.
I like the travel unit.

Ned A .
I like the travel unit.
We are learning about a lot of countries.
My favourite country is England.
In Norway they cross-country ski.
In northern Norway, the Saami people sleep in lavvos.
Queen Elisabeth lives in the Buckingham palace.
We learned about Greenland first. We are now learning about Israel.
I really enjoy learning from the travel unit.
My second favourite country is Italy.

Ned E.
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Anne Lanteigne
Grade 7 English Teacher
Ulluriaq School

Traveling With
Markusie and Matilda

Countries Around The World Project

Making Baguettes

Updated February 17, 2003