First Day Back

Students spent periods 1-4 with homeroom teachers reviewing classroom expectations, setting up binders and lockers, and touring the building.

7SS-We reviewed the year plan and the Weekly Update form.  Students were also asked the following question:  How many oceans are in the world?  I'll collect answers tomorrow--come prepared.

8B ELA-We set up binders and Reading Journals.  We reviewed the year plan.

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Charlee's, our hot lunch program, will be starting next week so be sure 

to bring a lunch for the rest of the week.

Tomorrow we get started working.  

Hope to see you again--bring that great beginning of school attitude! 

Welcome Back!

School's in, everyone!  We'll be doing lots of fun things and learning a lot.  Bring your supplies and a great attitude tomorrow--it's going to be a great year!

8ELA and SS-These periods were used to watch Ridley Scott's 2000 movie Gladiator.  It is an excellent review of our ancient Rome unit.  We did a pre-viewing activity and students worked on a worksheet, to some extent, during the film.  HOMEWORK:  GLADIATOR WORKSHEET.  SPELLING TEST, COMMAS/SEMICOLONS/COLONS TEST, JOURNALS DUE FRIDAY.  ANCIENT ROME TEST FRIDAY.

7SS-We corrected our lesson on Amnesty International.  NO HOMEWORK.

8ELA-We had Reading period followed by the correcting of Spelling and Skills.  HOMEWORK:  JOURNALS DUE TOMORROW, SPELLING TEST TOMORROW.

8SS-We read about the Byzantine Empire and learned more about Emperor Constantine and Justinian.  HOMEWORK:  BYZANTINE EMPIRE Q 1-6 DUE TOMORROW, ROME TEST NEXT WEEK, MAY 3 (FRIDAY).

7SS-We read about Viola Desmond last class and questions were assigned.  HOMEWORK:  VIOLA DESMOND Q 1-6

8ELA-After our reading class, we did our weekly spelling test then I collected Journals.  We then shifted gears and moved to our media unit.  Today's focus was Each Medium has a unique aesthetic form. We watched a short video introducing the topic then analyzed some print and tv media promoting milk.  HOMEWORK:  GET A LOAD OF MILK Q 1-6 DUE TUESDAY.

8SS-We continued learning about Rome's social organization, including slavery.  HOMEWORK:  SOCIAL ORGANIZATION Q 1-7.

7SS-We continued learning about human rights.  Today we studied the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and watched a collection of PSAs representing each right.  NO HOMEWORK.

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Please remember:  No school on Monday.

8ELA-We had Reading class following by correcting of questions on the topic of Media Have Social and Political Implications.  HOMEWORK:  JOURNALS AND SPELLING TEST TOMORROW.

8SS-I collected the pink question assignment on Caesar.  Today we learned about the social organization within Rome. This was 8M only.

7SS-We learned about the birth of human rights, the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Canadian connection to it.  HOMEWORK:  Q 1-7 DUE TOMORROW.

8ELA-Many of us needed new books from the library, after that visit we settled into our Reading class.  We then worked on spelling (unit 20) and skills (commas).  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING AND SKILLS DUE WEDNESDAY.

8SS-We corrected the Roman Military lesson from before break.  NO HOMEWORK.

7SS-We thought about the rights of individuals today through an activity in which students imagined themselves stranded on an island.  In groups, they discussed the rights and responsibilities of other survivors.  NO HOMEWORK.