Wow, time flies...much like the snow right now. Here's a long overdue update for you.
2 weeks ago, Mr Warren, my student teacher started his official teaching with the grade 9s. He's learning a lot and will be back in February for round 2. He will be teaching one Humanities class a day.
Last week I was home recovering from minor surgery. I left my students in the capable and awesome hands of Mr Merrick, who was my student teacher last year. I'm now back at school, almost fully recovered and very thankful to my students for their get well wishes and kindness shown towards me this week.
Now we are in our last week of school. I've had several requests for homework packages for students leaving early on holidays or coming back later in January. I generally don't give homework packages as they rarely get done and they take me hours to prepare, and some students have only given me a day or less notice. We have x-block at our school for catch up time, and I'm available most lunch hours to help students. So I will be working with students in January to help them get caught up. Please contact our school admin if you have any questions about our school "holiday policy".
Contrary to popular belief, we are still having classes as usual this last week of school, we are teaching lessons and doing work for marks, so students should be here in class (unless they are sick or you are snowed in).
I wish you a very wonderful holiday and a Merry Christmas (for those of you who celebrate). Have fun and see you in January 2013!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
A letter from my coworker to the parents of students at Mark R Isfeld
November 15, 2012
Dear Parents,
As we are nearing the end of November, students in English classes have been busy preparing speeches/ted talks, spoken word poetry, and music to present at Mark R. Isfeld’s Second Annual Humanities Week at their very own Model TEDx conference. This will happen on Nov. 30 at 1 pm-3:30 pm in the Multipurpose room.
Your son or daughter may be involved with this event, and if so, we are inviting you to attend on Nov 30. Just show up at the Multipurpose Room at 1 pm to see students ‘celebrate the humanities’ by presenting their hard work.
Secondly, we are hosting, the next day, (Dec. 1) our second annual TEDx conference, also in the multipurpose room. This year is looking to be an even more fabulous event than our 2011 edition as we are taking part in a worldwide TEDxWomen event that is happening in over 140 locations around the world - we will have live speakers at our event as well as live-streaming from some inspiring and intriguing speakers from the TEDxWomen mothership event in Washington, DC.
One speaker, Marianne Elliott, is the author of the book Zen Under Fire: Finding Peace in the Midst of War (Penguin NZ, coming in US & Canada, June 2013), the story of her experience as a human rights monitor in Afghanistan. She is even coming from as far away as New Zealand to speak at our school, passing up an opportunity to speak in New York at the same event!
Space is limited for Dec. 1 and you need to sign up online. All the details and the form for tickets can be found at http://tedxisfeld.com . There is no cost, but you must sign up for this part of the event.
Looking forward to seeing you there! Please email me if you have any questions.
Jodie Zuccato
English Teacher
Writing Coach
Mark R. Isfeld School
Dear Parents,
As we are nearing the end of November, students in English classes have been busy preparing speeches/ted talks, spoken word poetry, and music to present at Mark R. Isfeld’s Second Annual Humanities Week at their very own Model TEDx conference. This will happen on Nov. 30 at 1 pm-3:30 pm in the Multipurpose room.
Your son or daughter may be involved with this event, and if so, we are inviting you to attend on Nov 30. Just show up at the Multipurpose Room at 1 pm to see students ‘celebrate the humanities’ by presenting their hard work.
Secondly, we are hosting, the next day, (Dec. 1) our second annual TEDx conference, also in the multipurpose room. This year is looking to be an even more fabulous event than our 2011 edition as we are taking part in a worldwide TEDxWomen event that is happening in over 140 locations around the world - we will have live speakers at our event as well as live-streaming from some inspiring and intriguing speakers from the TEDxWomen mothership event in Washington, DC.
One speaker, Marianne Elliott, is the author of the book Zen Under Fire: Finding Peace in the Midst of War (Penguin NZ, coming in US & Canada, June 2013), the story of her experience as a human rights monitor in Afghanistan. She is even coming from as far away as New Zealand to speak at our school, passing up an opportunity to speak in New York at the same event!
Space is limited for Dec. 1 and you need to sign up online. All the details and the form for tickets can be found at http://tedxisfeld.com . There is no cost, but you must sign up for this part of the event.
Looking forward to seeing you there! Please email me if you have any questions.
Jodie Zuccato
English Teacher
Writing Coach
Mark R. Isfeld School
Friday, November 16, 2012
Ah, how time flies when report cards are due. Yes, report cards are coming home Monday, please watch for them.
Humanities 9
Task 6 should be done at this time. We will be working on tasks 7-10 next week and the week after that is assembly time for our books and then the project will be due Dec 3. I won't take any late assignments, students will hand in what they have finished on Dec 3 and I will mark them as is. My hope is to have all of these projects marked before the Winter Break...then no one has homework over the break, including me.
Socials 11
We are finishing up our work on The Second World War. The notes and review packages were due today. The test will be on Wednesday. I will hold a study session in my room (401) on Tuesday at lunch. I'm available every Friday at lunch for extra help.
Have a great weekend!
Humanities 9
Task 6 should be done at this time. We will be working on tasks 7-10 next week and the week after that is assembly time for our books and then the project will be due Dec 3. I won't take any late assignments, students will hand in what they have finished on Dec 3 and I will mark them as is. My hope is to have all of these projects marked before the Winter Break...then no one has homework over the break, including me.
Socials 11
We are finishing up our work on The Second World War. The notes and review packages were due today. The test will be on Wednesday. I will hold a study session in my room (401) on Tuesday at lunch. I'm available every Friday at lunch for extra help.
Have a great weekend!
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Humanities 9
We are in the middle of our Back to the Future project on Aboriginal people in Canada. Students should be done task 1 and 2 by now. We have an awesome guest speaker coming tomorrow to talk about clothing and baskets and another person booked for next week to talk about dog sledding and survival! It's awesome what we are up to! I will conference with students this week one-on-one to see how the project is going.
Socials 11
We are done the 1930s now, the test will be on Thursday, Nov 1. In the meantime we will be looking at study methods and a movie about pre-WWII Germany, Swing Kids...if I can get it from the video store!
We are in the middle of our Back to the Future project on Aboriginal people in Canada. Students should be done task 1 and 2 by now. We have an awesome guest speaker coming tomorrow to talk about clothing and baskets and another person booked for next week to talk about dog sledding and survival! It's awesome what we are up to! I will conference with students this week one-on-one to see how the project is going.
Socials 11
We are done the 1930s now, the test will be on Thursday, Nov 1. In the meantime we will be looking at study methods and a movie about pre-WWII Germany, Swing Kids...if I can get it from the video store!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Humanities 9
We are embracing our research about Aboriginal People of Canada, pre-contact. I have sent the class back in time to 100 years before contact through my classroom cupboard time machine, they should be home in time for dinner. We will be having lots of guest speakers coming, so stay tuned.
SS11
We finished the Roaring 20s yesterday, all the chapter 3 assignments were due today. We are now examining the Dirty Thirties. The Chapter 3 + 4 test will be coming up soon.
We are embracing our research about Aboriginal People of Canada, pre-contact. I have sent the class back in time to 100 years before contact through my classroom cupboard time machine, they should be home in time for dinner. We will be having lots of guest speakers coming, so stay tuned.
SS11
We finished the Roaring 20s yesterday, all the chapter 3 assignments were due today. We are now examining the Dirty Thirties. The Chapter 3 + 4 test will be coming up soon.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Update
Humanities 9
We finished the Canadian Geography unit yesterday, although we will still be using the information we learned in the next few units we are stydying. We had our unit test yesterday as well, some great results!
We are now studying Aboriginal people in Canada BEFORE contact. In the next week or so, students will be working on a vocabulary list and notes on the Aboriginal people in Canada pre-contact. I have arranged for a number of guest speakers to come in and talk about Aboriginal food, shelter, clothing, cooking, dog sledding (hopefully), medicine. We are working towards a very cool project where I send my students back in time to study an Aboriginal group before contact. It's going to be great!
Socials 11
The Great War is now over and we are now experiencing the crazy fun times of the Roaring 20s. Overdue homework to look for includes:
-chapter 2 review package (vocab and questions)
-chapter 2 timeline notes
-WWI mini-research project
-Postcards from the Trenches
We finished the Canadian Geography unit yesterday, although we will still be using the information we learned in the next few units we are stydying. We had our unit test yesterday as well, some great results!
We are now studying Aboriginal people in Canada BEFORE contact. In the next week or so, students will be working on a vocabulary list and notes on the Aboriginal people in Canada pre-contact. I have arranged for a number of guest speakers to come in and talk about Aboriginal food, shelter, clothing, cooking, dog sledding (hopefully), medicine. We are working towards a very cool project where I send my students back in time to study an Aboriginal group before contact. It's going to be great!
Socials 11
The Great War is now over and we are now experiencing the crazy fun times of the Roaring 20s. Overdue homework to look for includes:
-chapter 2 review package (vocab and questions)
-chapter 2 timeline notes
-WWI mini-research project
-Postcards from the Trenches
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Interim reports!
My grade 9s and I are working on Interim reports this week. They will be sent home October 9th. Please watch for them!
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Happy Fall!
I am loving these gorgeous, crisp mornings! Fall is a lovely time of year.
Humanities 9 update:
The 5 themes of geography assignment was due today. We looked at some Canadian Geography today by making a 3-D map and making notes on the geographic regions of Canada. No homework tonight.
SS11 update:
We are looking at the ugly truth of trench warfare in The Great War. Today we will learn about the Christmas Truce and create a postcard from the trenches. Homework will be the postcards if they aren't completed in class.
Humanities 9 update:
The 5 themes of geography assignment was due today. We looked at some Canadian Geography today by making a 3-D map and making notes on the geographic regions of Canada. No homework tonight.
SS11 update:
We are looking at the ugly truth of trench warfare in The Great War. Today we will learn about the Christmas Truce and create a postcard from the trenches. Homework will be the postcards if they aren't completed in class.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Corn Roast Success!
What a great morning! We had a celebration of the 9s this morning in A block, playing in the field and eating roasted corn. Good fun! All of us teachers wanted to celebrate the 9s, what a great bunch they are this year.
Humanities 9 update:
Family dinner stories are overdue now...still a few haven't been handed in. "Who do you think you are" mind maps are also overdue now (due yesterday). We have started the Canadian Geography unit. There is no homework this weekend!
SS11 update:
Chapter 1 is done and reviewed. Great results on the Chapter 1 test. We just need to work on our writing responses. This class is super engaged, great thinking and analysis. If questions 1-6 are done on the Chapter 2 (WWI) review package as well as the vocabulary, there is NO HOMEWORK this weekend! You're welcome.
Have a super weekend!
Humanities 9 update:
Family dinner stories are overdue now...still a few haven't been handed in. "Who do you think you are" mind maps are also overdue now (due yesterday). We have started the Canadian Geography unit. There is no homework this weekend!
SS11 update:
Chapter 1 is done and reviewed. Great results on the Chapter 1 test. We just need to work on our writing responses. This class is super engaged, great thinking and analysis. If questions 1-6 are done on the Chapter 2 (WWI) review package as well as the vocabulary, there is NO HOMEWORK this weekend! You're welcome.
Have a super weekend!
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Still in a fog
I'm still feeling like my brain is on summer holidays, even though my body is at school. Slowly we will all get into the swing of things again and before we know it, Winter break will be here!
Humanities 9 update
Memes were due yesterday, we all had a good chuckle over them and it was great to get to know everyone in class. There is no homework for tonight! Make sure you have good reading material for Silent Reading though.
Socials 11
Chapter 1 test is on Monday. You must also hand in your Chapter 1 Review Sheet (vocabulary and questions) and your Chapter 1 crossword. This is a great class, full of "chatters". We'll have to have lots of class discussions and debates.
Humanities 9 update
Memes were due yesterday, we all had a good chuckle over them and it was great to get to know everyone in class. There is no homework for tonight! Make sure you have good reading material for Silent Reading though.
Socials 11
Chapter 1 test is on Monday. You must also hand in your Chapter 1 Review Sheet (vocabulary and questions) and your Chapter 1 crossword. This is a great class, full of "chatters". We'll have to have lots of class discussions and debates.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Welcome Back!
Wow. So that summer went by pretty fast! Welcome back to all you Isfeldians, I hope everyone's summer was fantastic. We'll be getting into the swing of things this week and getting down to serious academic business next week. First I have to learn names! And I love getting to know my new classes.
Humanities 9
Please get your course outlines signed by a parent or guardian, remember I am bribing you!
Socials 11
No homework for you for today!
Humanities 9
Please get your course outlines signed by a parent or guardian, remember I am bribing you!
Socials 11
No homework for you for today!
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Humanities 8
Museum Projects are due tomorrow! Wednesday, May 16. Amazing research has been happening, I can't wait to see the finished projects!
Friday is Feast Day. I'm asking the students to research food from the Middle Ages that they could bring in to share. Costumes are welcome!
Humanities 9
We are loving A Midsummer Night's Dream! We are taking turns reading, the kids are great.
We are still having sales and fundraising for our service projects. An incredible amount of effort is happening with these projects!
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
May 2 Update!
Greetings. Wow, what a busy time! Report cards, marking, moving and a pet chicken with bad habits...that's my life these days!
Here's what's been going on in the Kingdom of Fun!
Hum 8
-Middle Ages notes are due Tuesday, May 8
-Museum model and display are going to be due after that (no date is set yet)
-bring a hammer to school tomorrow, (Thursday, May 3) to build catapults. Yes, I am asking grade 8s to bring hammers to school...
-Friday we will fire the catapults...marshmellows will be the ammunition
-5 service hours are due JUNE 1st.
Hum 9
-service projects are in full swing! Lots of great ideas for awareness, fundraising, and helping. I am so proud of these kids.
-we have just begun Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, stay tuned for stories about magical forests, faeries and tricksters.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Zac Whyte's Presentation To Hum 9
You'll have to cut and paste...I can't figure out how to insert links here! Gah!
Link to Natalie's Ted Talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FszSc7Fb8ss
Link to Kony 2012: http://kony2012.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
Criticism of Kony 2012 campaign: http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/world/kony-2012.html
The Heal (Health,Education and Love) Project: http://www.thehealproject.com/
Child Soldier Initiative: http://www.romeodallaire.com/child-soldiers.html
War Child: http://www.warchild.ca/
Free The Children: http://www.freethechildren.com/
Link to Natalie's Ted Talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FszSc7Fb8ss
Link to Kony 2012: http://kony2012.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
Criticism of Kony 2012 campaign: http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/world/kony-2012.html
The Heal (Health,Education and Love) Project: http://www.thehealproject.com/
Child Soldier Initiative: http://www.romeodallaire.com/child-soldiers.html
War Child: http://www.warchild.ca/
Free The Children: http://www.freethechildren.com/
Monday, March 5, 2012
Overdue assignments in Humanities 8
Here's some assignments that are still missing from some students, please check your binders for them!
-manor map
-Cheerless Children cartoon
-Wanted poster/Medieval women chart
-manor map
-Cheerless Children cartoon
-Wanted poster/Medieval women chart
Friday, March 2, 2012
While the teacher's job action is occurring, students can continue to read and research about our topics we are studying.
Humanities 8
Do some research about something that interests you in the Middle Ages. We'll be doing an independent study project at the end of the unit, so you can get going on your topic now. You can also research catapult and trebuchet designs for our future construction plans.
Humanities 9
Keep going on your novels. Go to the public lirary to get another one if you finish yours. Look up the issues that are mentioned in your book: AIDS, child labour, slavery, child soldiers, etc. There's a lot to be learned about all of these issues. Start thinking about a project you might want to take on after this novel study, Ryan's Well, Free the Children, A Day for Africa, etc. So many great things we can do to help!
Humanities 8
Do some research about something that interests you in the Middle Ages. We'll be doing an independent study project at the end of the unit, so you can get going on your topic now. You can also research catapult and trebuchet designs for our future construction plans.
Humanities 9
Keep going on your novels. Go to the public lirary to get another one if you finish yours. Look up the issues that are mentioned in your book: AIDS, child labour, slavery, child soldiers, etc. There's a lot to be learned about all of these issues. Start thinking about a project you might want to take on after this novel study, Ryan's Well, Free the Children, A Day for Africa, etc. So many great things we can do to help!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Holiday Requests
I'm getting a large number of requests for homework packages for students going on holidays during school time. I used to spend hours putting together packages for students, only to have the student return with nothing completed over and over again. So I'm not making homework packages any more. I will be available at lunch most Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays for help catching up and of course, there's X-block on Fridays. I fill out an "Absent Student" form each day your child is away, which they can then collect when they get back. It's up to the student to work extra hard to catch up.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Update from the Kingdom of Fun
Humanities 8
We are having a blast learning about the Middle Ages so far. We've been paying our taxes in M&Ms, watching some cool historical videos, and preparing skits for Monday. The manor map was due earlier this week, some folks still haven't handed it in yet!
Humanities 9
Most students have signed out their novels for our Global Awareness novel study. Lots of choices of books for every reading level. We will be having literature circles every Thursday for the next 4 Thursdays and an assignment of some sort will be due that day as well as the required reading. Students are to complete 1 novel in the next 4 weeks, minimum. I'm encouraging students to try to read more than one to get a broader perspective of the unit.
We are having a blast learning about the Middle Ages so far. We've been paying our taxes in M&Ms, watching some cool historical videos, and preparing skits for Monday. The manor map was due earlier this week, some folks still haven't handed it in yet!
Humanities 9
Most students have signed out their novels for our Global Awareness novel study. Lots of choices of books for every reading level. We will be having literature circles every Thursday for the next 4 Thursdays and an assignment of some sort will be due that day as well as the required reading. Students are to complete 1 novel in the next 4 weeks, minimum. I'm encouraging students to try to read more than one to get a broader perspective of the unit.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Humanities 8
We are now finished with the Holocaust unit and we are now starting the Middle Ages unit! We are all very excited to study this period of time, fascinatig stories and adventures await us.
Humanities 9
The presentations are a wee bit stalled, many groups haven't presented yet because of technology problems or "we're not ready" syndrome. Thursday, tomorrow, will be the Revolutions quiz, based on everyone's presentations. Next week we will be signing out novels for our Global Awareness unit we will be starting on Monday. Some deep thinking and debates are ahead!
We are now finished with the Holocaust unit and we are now starting the Middle Ages unit! We are all very excited to study this period of time, fascinatig stories and adventures await us.
Humanities 9
The presentations are a wee bit stalled, many groups haven't presented yet because of technology problems or "we're not ready" syndrome. Thursday, tomorrow, will be the Revolutions quiz, based on everyone's presentations. Next week we will be signing out novels for our Global Awareness unit we will be starting on Monday. Some deep thinking and debates are ahead!
Friday, February 3, 2012
Updates!
Humanities 8
We are almost finished the Holocaust unit. We have had some amazing discussions on "What can we do about evil?" and "Is it ever okay to lie?". The four reading responses are now all handed in and 3 of them are marked.
The Holocaust test is Tuesday, Feb 7!
In our writing workshop we have started our "Big Story", a lame title for an awesome assignment. We'll be working on our Big Stories every Friday for a while now.
Humanities 9
Our Revolutions Presentations are coming up soon! Feb 8, 9, 13, 14 are the presentation days, should be very entertaining!
We're also working on a Big Story in Hum 9, some awesome characters are developing.
We are almost finished the Holocaust unit. We have had some amazing discussions on "What can we do about evil?" and "Is it ever okay to lie?". The four reading responses are now all handed in and 3 of them are marked.
The Holocaust test is Tuesday, Feb 7!
In our writing workshop we have started our "Big Story", a lame title for an awesome assignment. We'll be working on our Big Stories every Friday for a while now.
Humanities 9
Our Revolutions Presentations are coming up soon! Feb 8, 9, 13, 14 are the presentation days, should be very entertaining!
We're also working on a Big Story in Hum 9, some awesome characters are developing.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Exam Week
It's exam week for our school...but it's business as usual for my 8s and 9s. Please check the side bar for our schedule this week.
Humanities 8
Reading Response #3 is due this Thursday and #4 is due next Thursday.
Humanities 9
Revolutions Note Making Packages were due last week, I've put a small dent in marking the pile so far. This week teams will be creating teaching presentations, videos or live plays to educate and entertain us...informercials, game shows, plays, reality shows, etc.
Humanities 8
Reading Response #3 is due this Thursday and #4 is due next Thursday.
Humanities 9
Revolutions Note Making Packages were due last week, I've put a small dent in marking the pile so far. This week teams will be creating teaching presentations, videos or live plays to educate and entertain us...informercials, game shows, plays, reality shows, etc.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Happy Friday the 13th!
Good frosty morning Kingdom of fun!
Progress reports went home on Tuesday, please have your child find theirs, sign it and return it to school. This is not a term 2 report card, it's simply an update.
Humanities 8 update
We have had some excellent discussions about our novels and the Holocaust, lots of deep thinking, anger and confusion....which is good. We had our first Literature Circle yesterday and it went REALLY well! I was impressed at the level of discussion and the way the groups functioned. Reading Response #1 was due yesterday. All future Reading Responses will be due every Thursday for the next 3 weeks.
Humanities 9 update
My students have been working hard on creating their note making package for their Revolution. Yesterday went so well that I'd like to give them more time to do a great job. We'll be using this new information we're learning to create videos of our revolution...stay tuned!
Progress reports went home on Tuesday, please have your child find theirs, sign it and return it to school. This is not a term 2 report card, it's simply an update.
Humanities 8 update
We have had some excellent discussions about our novels and the Holocaust, lots of deep thinking, anger and confusion....which is good. We had our first Literature Circle yesterday and it went REALLY well! I was impressed at the level of discussion and the way the groups functioned. Reading Response #1 was due yesterday. All future Reading Responses will be due every Thursday for the next 3 weeks.
Humanities 9 update
My students have been working hard on creating their note making package for their Revolution. Yesterday went so well that I'd like to give them more time to do a great job. We'll be using this new information we're learning to create videos of our revolution...stay tuned!
Friday, January 6, 2012
Great first week back!
What a great return to school, the kids have been fun and positive this week. Yay!
Humanities 8
Everyone has their novels for the novel study now, and everyone seems to be enjoying their reading. Overdue assignments from this week include the Map of Europe and the Holocaust vocab. Next week we will be doing a timeline on Monday, the "shoebox" assignment on Tuesday, and Reading Response #1 will be due on Thursday. I'm looking foward to our discussions and deep thinking that will be happening in this unit.
Humanities 9
Students all have the revolution they will be studying and we have finished day one of our research. We will continue to create our notemaking packages next week, a due date has not been set.
Please check the side bar and the school website for exam week schedule.
I'm off snowshoeing this weekend, I can't wait!
Humanities 8
Everyone has their novels for the novel study now, and everyone seems to be enjoying their reading. Overdue assignments from this week include the Map of Europe and the Holocaust vocab. Next week we will be doing a timeline on Monday, the "shoebox" assignment on Tuesday, and Reading Response #1 will be due on Thursday. I'm looking foward to our discussions and deep thinking that will be happening in this unit.
Humanities 9
Students all have the revolution they will be studying and we have finished day one of our research. We will continue to create our notemaking packages next week, a due date has not been set.
Please check the side bar and the school website for exam week schedule.
I'm off snowshoeing this weekend, I can't wait!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Happy New Year!
It was great to see everyone today! It sounds like lots of you had some great holiday adventures. I'm very happy to hear about all the books that were under the tree this year, some great reading ahead.
Here's what's coming up for us in the Kingdom of fun:
Humanities 8
We are starting the Holocaust novel study. A letter went home today to parents/guardians, please have a look for it. Students will be signing out novels this week. Each week starting next week and for the next 4 weeks, students will be responsible for reading at least 1/4 of their novel, completing a Reading Response, and participating in a discussion group. It's a pretty powerful unit, lots of deep thinking will be coming up.
Humanities 9
Today we introduced the idea of "Revolution". We did 4 vocab words today and watched 4 clips on the 4 revolutions we will be studying: the French Revolution, the English Civil War, the American Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution. Tomorrow students will be choosing one revolution to study and present to the class at a later date.
I hope 2012 is a great year for everyone!
Here's what's coming up for us in the Kingdom of fun:
Humanities 8
We are starting the Holocaust novel study. A letter went home today to parents/guardians, please have a look for it. Students will be signing out novels this week. Each week starting next week and for the next 4 weeks, students will be responsible for reading at least 1/4 of their novel, completing a Reading Response, and participating in a discussion group. It's a pretty powerful unit, lots of deep thinking will be coming up.
Humanities 9
Today we introduced the idea of "Revolution". We did 4 vocab words today and watched 4 clips on the 4 revolutions we will be studying: the French Revolution, the English Civil War, the American Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution. Tomorrow students will be choosing one revolution to study and present to the class at a later date.
I hope 2012 is a great year for everyone!
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