Monday, Jan. 31, 2011

C.E.10 - Act out gospel stories in groups of four. Began questions dealing with the history and politics of the world of Jesus.

E.L.A. 10 - Read novel or work on assignment dealing with the novel.

E.L.A. 30 - Read "We Have to Sit Opposite" in duotang and do questions to the story.

C.E. 11C - Discuss moral issues with parents and what they would do in a bomb shelter.

Creative Writing 20 - Divide into groups of three. Rewrite a scene from Romeo and Juliet and prepare to act it out.

Wednesday, Jan. 26

History 30 - Discussed the Rebellions of 1837. Assigned a letter to the editor based on the rebellions and situations in Upper and Lower Canada.

E.L.A. 10 - Read novel and worked on assignment.

C.E. 10 - Made notes on the four gospels and assigned a gospel story to act out for the class.

Creative Writing 20 - Changed a fairy tale or fable into a short play.

French 7 - Read a short story about a classroom. Did Annexe 4 together looking at making telephone calls. Did a wordsearch on vocabulary about where you can make phone calls.

Thursday, Jan. 27

French 20 - Discussed topics current to adolescents and discussed their opinion. Looked at opinions of adolescents in Quebec. What do friends do for us? Wrote a letter thanking a friend for all that she does.

E.L.A. 30 - Read three poems - Not Just a Platform for my Dance, Our Drum, The Lonely Land - discuss and do questions. Finish landscape description and description of a town in Saskatchewan.

History 30 - Current events. Do questions on events leading to Confederation.

Creative Writing - Last class to work on play. Put into writing folder.

C.E. 11C - Begin discussing morality. Do a quiz and discuss. Look at different scenarios and our opinions.

Monday, January 24, 2011

E.L.A. 30 - Describe a picture of Canada using at least one example of figurative language. Due Thursday.

C.E. 10 - Last class to work on Marie Rivier Assignment. Due Friday.

E.L.A. 10 - Picked books to read for novel assignment. Final assignment due Feb. 18.

French 7 - Looked at feelings and places in French. Presented a short dialogue in groups of two.

C.E. 11 - Unit assignment due Wed. January 26

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Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011

E.L.A 10 - Corrected The Michelle I Know and The Sniper. Discussed The Cremation of Sam McGee. Worked on The Chrysalids essay - due Monday, Jan. 10.

French 7 - Worked on French activities online that reviewed numbers, colors, food, days of the week.

C.E. 11C - Worked on unit assignment.

C.E. 10T - Assigned Marie Rivier Assignment due Jan. 28

E.L.A. 30 - Corrected The Guest. Read The Verger and discussed.

Creative Writing 20 - Pick a news story from the newspaper and write it as a dialogue.

Friday, Jan. 7, 2011

Health 8I and 8M - Work on Lifestages assignment due Jan. 27, 2011

French 11 - Continue with discussion activities concerning adolescents and knowing yourself.

E.L.A. 30 - Go over midterm for History and final exam for E.L.A. Work on in class essay which will be written Monday, Jan. 10

Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011
History 30 - Identified Joseph Brant. Read through Constitutional Act 1791 and compared to today's government.

E.L.A. 10 - Read Five Ways to Kill a Man,Dulce et Decorum Est, They and The Man He Killed ( poems ) and read The Sniper (short story) - questions 1a-f due Thursday

French 7 - reviewed numbers by playing bingo! Began next unit - talking on the telephone

Creative Writing 20 - began unit on play writing. Choose a what if? scenario, two characters and a setting and wrote a short dialogue.

E.L.A. 30 - Read three poems from the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Read The Guest - a short story - due Thursday

Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 ( Miss Khan's birthday!)
French 11 - New unit - Connaissance de soi - les adolescents. They are working on questions about themselves.

C.E. 11C - Work on unit assignment - Models of the Church

E.L.A. 10T - Read The Michelle I Know - s.s. - p. 16 Crossroads. Questions 1a-e due tomorrow. Read The Cremation of Sam McGee - poem in duotang for tomorrow.

E.L.A. 30 - Work on A Thousand Splendid Suns essay to be written in class Monday.

C.E. 10T - Worked on The Chrysalids essay.

Monday Dec. 20

Health 8I and 8M - Continued to work on Life Stages Assignment - due Jan. 27

E.L.A. 30 - Continued with the movie Kite Runner.

French 11 - Movie analysis due Wednesday Dec. 22

Tuesday, Dec. 21

E.L.A 10 - Discuss questions to Apollo 13 and work on The Chrysalids essay.

E.L.A 30 - Finish Kite Runner and discuss

History 30 - Current Events and discussion of American Revolution and Loyalist migration.

Creative Writing 20 - Finish Christmas story and hand in.

Wednesday, Dec. 22

History 30 - Current Events. Do questions p. 198 together and read through Constitutional Act of 1791.

French 11 - Movie Analysis presentations

E.L.A 10 - Exam Chapter 9-17. Finished film Apollo 13.

French 7 - Researched Christmas in France and answered questions.

E.L.A 30 - Began the film The Kite Runner.

Creative Writing 20 - Took in their short stories. Grade 10 may hand them in on Monday. Write a short composition on your favorite Christmas memory. Due by the end of the class on Tuesday.

French 11 - Final class to finish movie analysis. Due Wednesday, Dec. 22

C.E. 11C - Final class to finish unit assignment. Due after finals.

E.L.A. 10 - Watched the film Apollo 13. There will be questions on the final exam regarding this film. Essay for The Chrysalids due Jan. 10, 2011.

E.L.A. 30 - Finished discussing the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. Assigned in class essay which will be written Jan. 10, 2011.

E.L.A 10T - We have finished the novel The Chrysalids. Exam on Ch. 9-17 Friday,
Dec. 17. An essay was assigned for the novel and is due Jan. 10, 2011.

E.L.A. 30 - We have finished the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. They will write an in class essay Monday Jan. 10.

History 30 - Life in New France test today. We will correct the wordsearches on the American Revolution and the Loyalists. Kayla, Claire and Caitlyn will do current events tomorrow.

Creative Writing 20 - Last class today to finish short story which is due Friday.

French 7 - We are working on Christmas activities.

C.E. 11C - We are working on a unit assignment dealing with the History of the Church. It will be due at the beginning of the next semester.

French 11 - They will be presenting their movie analysis on Monday, Dec. 20.

E.L.A. 10T - Corrected Chapter 15. Read Chapter 16 and most of Chapter 17. Questions due for both chapters Monday, Dec. 13.

French 7 - Looked at Vocabulary words for Christmas by doing a wordsearch. Poster for vocabulary words due Monday.

C.E. 11C - Test on development of the church. Worked on unit assignment on models of the Church.

E.L.A. 30 - Penitential Celebration

Creative Writing 20 - Peer conferenced first draft of short story. Second draft due Monday for more peer conferencing.

Health 8I and 8M - Worked on Life stages project.

E.L.A. 30 - Current events quiz. Read to the end of Ch. 44 - A thousand splendid suns.

A New Look at New France

History 30 students may want to take a look at this different interpretation of what the New France experience may have been. I just couldn't resist. Only boys would combine Halo with Canadian History.

History 30 - Assigned test on the life in New France. Discussed three current events.

E.L.A. 10T - Corrected Chapter 12 and 13 questions. Read Chapter 14 and assigned questions.

French 7 - Presented skits for ordering in a restaurant. Took in menus. Will present two vocabulary words related to Christmas. ( in poster form )

Creative Writing 20 - Worked on short story. First draft is due Thursday.

E.L.A. 30 - Corrected Part two - #9-14. Read Ch. 27-31.

French 11 - Worked on project - analysis of a movie

C.E. 11C - Corrected Vatican II questions. Assigned unit project. Due date will be determined at a later date.

E.L.A. 10T - Corrected Chapter 14. Read Chapter 15 and assigned questions.

E.L.A. 30 - Read Ch. 32 - 39 . Assigned questions #1-7 if they have time. Please keep up on the reading.

C.E. 10T - Took in paragraphs. Discussed 3 major stages of development of the gospels.

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Creative writing students may want to take a look at some of the new "useful links" posted to the right of the blog. There are four new ones ranging from "kidpub" to "zuzu." You may find it interesting and worthwhile to take a look at some of these online writing forums for young people. Maybe you'll even want to participate!

History 30 - Corrected questions to the Fall of New France and discussed the impact of the Royal Proclamation.

French 11 - Assigned final project. Choose a film and discuss the special effects, the audience of the movie and the commercialization associated with it. Due Wed. Dec. 22.

E.L.A. 10 - Do Ch. 12 questions. Read Ch. 13 and do questions.

C.E. 11C - Test - Councils and Protestant Reformation. Worked on notes to Vatican II. These notes are due Wednesday. Second part of exam is Thursday.

E.L.A. 30 - Corrected questions 1-8 part 2. Read Ch. 23-26 and finish questions.

C.E. 10 - If not done #3 p. 25, due Wednesday, Dec. 8.

French 7 - menus and skits due Tuesday

C.E. 11C - Exam on councils and Protestant Reformation - Monday Dec. 6. Exam for other topics we've taken this semester - Thursday, Dec. 9

French 7 - Presentation of restaurant skit and menu - Tuesday, Dec. 7. Poster of Christmas vocabulary words - Thursday, Dec. 8

French 7 - Test on vocabulary for food. We made posters of vocabulary words for Christmas.

C.E. 10T - We are discussing the gospels.

E.L.A. 30 - We read Chapter 18 - 22. Questions #1-10

E.L.A. 10T - We corrected Ch. 10 and 11. We read Chapter 12 and did questions.

History 30 - Discussed two current events. Worked on questions on the Fall of New France.

Creative Writing - Work on short story - due Dec. 17

E.L.A. 10T - They worked on The Chrysalids blog. Do questions to Chapter 10 and 11.
Questions due Friday.
French 7 - Finish the menu and the skit.

C.E. 11C - Begin Vatican II notes

C.E. 10T - Work class

E.L.A. 30 - We will do History presentations on the events leading to the 7 Years' War. Read Ch. 16-18

Creative Writing 20 - Work on short story

History 30 - Presented projects on the events leading to the 7 years' war

E.L.A. 10 - Corrected Chapter 9 questions. Read Chapter 10 of The Chrysalids

French 7 - Worked on menus and skits for restaurant.

Creative Writing 20 - Homework checked prewriting for short story - final draft due December 17

E.L.A. 30 - Finished reading Part One of A Thousand Splendid Suns. Questions for Part one are due Thursday.

French 11 - Worked on poster of the values found in movies that adolescents watch.

C.E. 11C - Will write two exams on church history that we have taken this year.

E.L.A. 10 - Read Chapter 11 of The Chrysalids

Health 8I and 8M - Discussed stereotyping in gender roles. Began to look at stages of a person's life.

E.L.A. 30 - Wrote an exam on the selections we have taken this semester.

French 11 - Discusses special effects in movies. Began a poster on movies that adolescents watch and the values they receive from the movies.