Feb 26

Humanities 8
Research is almost coming to an end for most students, and it's looking good! Notes are due on Monday with the marking rubric self assessment completed. On Monday we will also be looking at our bibliographies...if indeed we do have one.

Kayla and Malia, I have emailed Lee for you, I'll let you know when he gets back to me.
Lenard, Jonny and Ryan, I am waiting for your information so I can help you with your research.

English 10
We worked on the Bend It Like Beckham questions, they are due tomorrow.

Feb 24th

Humanities 8
Today we worked in the lab on our research. I conferenced one-on-one with almost half the students to see where our progress is. Many have made great progress, some are struggling, we need to work REALLY hard the next 2.5 weeks to make this happen in a fantastic way!

Ideas for searching for information:

• find out which battalion or squadron your soldier fought with, this will result in tonnes of information about the battles they fought, where they fought, crests they had, etc
• find out what kind of transportation they used, ship, tank, airplane: research that and get some pictures for your display

I was thrilled to see some of the research that some students were able to do!!! Again, your best bet will be to go to the Courtenay Museum to look at the Lest We Forget book, bring your camera and some money for photocopying.

English 10

Bend it Like Beckham again! Good times, no homework.

Feb 23

Good grief! Where does the time go? I apologize for not updating lately, the flu got me last week, and today...well, I'm not entirely sure what happened?!

Humanities 8
Students organized their notes today, tried to find the missing areas and attempted to verbally tell the story about their soldiers. Notes will be marked in the next week...so start doing some extra work at home if your notes are looking blank.

English 10
Today was a bit of a treat. We got to watch the beginning of "Bend it Like Beckham" as an introduction to the Teen Angst novel study we will be starting shortly. Family dinner stories and memoirs are overdue now, please get them in asap!

Feb 17

Humanities 8
We talked about options and ideas for displaying our Soldier Bios once our research is done. Check out the links on the right to help you with your research!

English 10
Today's story was "Strawberry Ice Cream Soda"...I planned on having a silent discussion but we ran out of time! We'll try again tomorrow.

Feb 16

Humanities 8
You had an assembly today to talk about programming for next year. Make sure you talk to your TA teacher and your parents about which courses you should take next year.

English 10
We read a story called, "Eleven" today, a very sad story about a girl and an awful red sweater. We tried our hands at writing in role, and it was really fun!

Feb 13th

Humanities 8
We had Literature Circle #4 today. Reading Response #4 was due today. Discussions are going great! We attempted to work on our soldier bios today, but the fire alarm went off, again. Please, check the links to the right of this page to help with your soldier bio research.

English 10
We had our Writing Workshop today, looking at "Memoir Worthy Experiences". Students were to create a list of 15-20 memoir worthy experiences in their writing handbooks (duotang or coiled ring book). This will lead us to writing our own memoirs later.

Happy Valentines' Day!

Feb 12th

Report cards were handed out today, a couple days late due to computer program problems.

Humanities 8
We did a writing workshop today, all about "Where my poetry hides". Students were to make a list of the small moments and items that could be the basis of a poem. We are trying to avoid the HUGE billboard topics of love, death, puppies and flowers.

English 10
We read a short memoir about being 10 years old and a poem called, "On Turning 10". The students were asked to answer a few questions about the poem and we had a discussion about being 10. Good times.

Feb 12th

Feb 11

Humanities 8
Today we started our notes on the soldier biographies, lots of great information is being uncovered.

English 10
Today was all about Kindergarten! We read a poem and discussed our beliefs at 5 years old compared to now.

Feb 10

Humanities 8
We had our first look at our soldier packages, this is going to be a challenging and very rewarding research project.

English 10
We read a very funny story called, "Charles" and answered some questions about it. If it didn't get finished in class, it is due tomorrow. I think we've had a great start so far in English 10, I'm looking forward to a fun semester!

February 5th

Humanities 8
We had a mini-literature circle discussion today and it went really well. I am really enjoying listening in to students' conversations about their books. We also continued watching Anne Frank.

The service files for our local soldiers are in! We will start our research on Monday.

English 10
Today we wrote an autobiography in the third person, it is due tomorrow...I hope to be amused!

February 4

Humanities 8
Today we watched Anne Frank again and it went well. We'll finish it tomorrow, bring your hankies. Reading Response #3 is due tomorrow.

English 10
We did a writing activity called Power Writing. It was great to get the creative writing juices flowing. No homework for today. For Friday, please bring in a duotang or coil ring notebook to use as a writing handbook.

...if the next generation is to face the future with zest and self-confidence, we must educate them to be original as well as competent.
Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

February 3

Humanities 8
Today we had a great discussion about an article from a magazine on anti-semetism. Homework was to write a paragraph on what we can do to stop racism at our school.

English 10
We had a discussion on what young people care about. It was great to hear everyone's opinions. We also did a getting to know you type activity. No homework today, except to check the BLOG!

February 2

Humanities 8
Today we handed in our January reading logs. We attempted to watch the movie, "Diary of Anne Frank", but we had some issues with behavior and we had to move on. Reading Response #3 is due Thursday.

English 10
Welcome! I hope your first class went well, I'm looking forward to spending this semester with you in our literary adventures! Anytime you need help, please come and see me.

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Malcolm Forbes, in Forbes MagazineUS art collector, author, & publisher (1919 - 1990)

A Brand New Term!

Hey everybody! It's a brand new term coming up on Monday and we have a brand new look around here! Hope you like it.

Some reminders for you:

• New term means new electives, Monday morning go straight to TA to get your new schedules
• Report cards will be issued February 11th (guess what I've been doing all weekend?!)
• Pro-D is February 9th, enjoy your day off
• School Dance is February 11th
• Humanities 8: your reading Response #3 is due Thursday, February 5th

Have a great start to term 3!