{"id":3777,"date":"2018-08-30T20:39:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T03:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/?p=3777"},"modified":"2018-08-31T07:02:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T14:02:33","slug":"why-i-like-quebec-martinique-seattle-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/?p=3777","title":{"rendered":"Why I like&#8230;Qu\u00e9bec, Martinique, Seattle&#8230; School?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While in the\u00a0<span lang=\"fr\">Montr\u00e9al\u00a0<\/span>airport on the way home from Martinique, I found this awesome little children&#8217;s book titled Pourquoi J&#8217;aime le Qu\u00e9bec.\u00a0 This gave me the idea of making my own book called Pourquoi J&#8217;aime la Martinique.\u00a0 Then I started thinking&#8230; why not have the kids make books about Pourquoi J&#8217;aime Seattle or Pourquoi J&#8217;aime Alderwood Middle School or basically pourquoi j&#8217;aime anything.\u00a0 If you can come up with a list of about 10 reasons why you like something, you can turn it into a book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dh.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3786\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dh.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dh.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dh.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dh.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dh.jpg?resize=130%2C130&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dh.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recorded myself reading the book and uploaded it to Youtube.com as an example.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pourquoi J&#039;aime le Qu\u00e9bec!\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B1aHm3hRo0c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So I made a slide show to tell my students about my summer trip to Martinique.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to turn it into a book and add it to my class library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Mp.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3790\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Mp.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is my slide show\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Pourquoi-Jaime-la-Martinique-1.pptx\">Pourquoi J&#8217;aime la Martinique.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fixed.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3809 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fixed.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fixed.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fixed.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, 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