Miss Parsons' Dream Came True!

Last night I was a very lucky person....I got to see Stuart McLean from the Vinyl Cafe. Not only did I get to see his concert, which was amazing by the way, but I got to see the show from the stage! I wrote to him a month ago about my lovely friend Jenn's struggles with cancer and they welcomed us to their show with good humor, kindness and fun. We were able to chat with Stuart, get an autograph and some pictures.


Stuart McLean is an amazing writer and I'll be using some of his stories in our Humanities 8 classes to inspire our own memoir writing. I can't wait to get started! Here's a link to The Vinyl Cafe: http://www.cbc.ca/vinylcafe/

Mid October Update

Humanities 8

We are working hard on our novel studies, lots of great discussions and questions have come up. Reading Response #1 was due last week. Reading Response #2 is due this Wednesday.

Brady's Beach at Bamfield...I was very lucky to chaperone the Marine Biology 10 class for 3 days.

BC First Nations 12

The chapter 3 test is tomorrow and then we are off to Chapter 14 (we'll come back to chapter 4 later). We did a review today and had fun with the "fly swatter" game.

Dentalium and Abalone shells at Bamfield. These were traditionally used by First Nations people for decorations and trading.

***A note for all my students: I'm available every Friday at lunch for extra help or to catch up on work. Please, come and see me! This week I can help on Tuesday and Wednesday since there is a pro-d on Friday.***

October 4th Update

Happy fall y'all!

Here's what's going on!

Humanities 8
Tomorrow we will sign out novels for our Children of the Holocaust unit. I'm also sending home a letter to parents to let you all know what books we will be studying. This week we'll be making a map of Europe and watching the documentary, Paper Clips.

FNS12
Chapter 2 is coming to an end tomorrow with the chapter quiz, then we're racing off to chapter 3! This week we will be looking at trading routes, goods and patterns and the Potlatch ceremony.

I will be chaperoning the Marine Biology 10 trip to Bamfield from Wednesday to Friday this week. Mr McDonald will be taking over for me this week.