Homework & News

7-01

• Passionate Poetic Perspective Project – Presentations on Monday May 28
• Truth and Torture – Last day to work on it is Tuesday May 22. We will be sharing this in class on Thursday May 24.
• Reading Response was due today.

8-04

• We will be having our discussion for the literature circles on Wednesday‘s beginning next week. This means that you will need to have your roles ready for this time. We are providing you with plenty of time to read in class and you should also have time to work on / complete your roles and any of the other assignments associated with this.
• Short Stories – First draft needed to be completed on Monday, though less than one third of the class had it finished. Today we were working on peer editing and proofreading and this will continue tomorrow. On Tuesday and Wednesday next week you will have time to make the necessary changes and type your second draft.
• All planning for your short story (brainstorming, character questionnaire, plot chart/graph, and two narrative leads) is due tomorrow Thursday May 17.
• We will begin the Social Studies final project on Wednesday May 30.

Topics: 7-01, 8-04, Assignments, Homework, Humanities

7-01

• If you have not yet selected your four poems for the Passionate Poetic Perspective project please do so in the very near future, as in today.
• Remember that your next Reading Response is due this Wednesday May 16
• We will continue working on the Truth and Torture project tomorrow. You should be getting close to finishing your recordings by the end of this week.

8-04

• You must be finished the first drafts of your short stories by tomorrow as we are going to start on the next stage of the writing process, proofreading and editing.
• We will also begin Literature Circles tomorrow.

Topics: 7-01, 8-04, Assignments, Homework, Humanities

7-01

• Please have your script finished for tomorrow as I asked for this to be completed for Tuesday so some of you are already three days behind.
• Monday we will be working on the poetry project so make sure to look over the assignment that was handed out today.

8-04

• Overall, I was impressed by the effort that many of you put into the trial. It was clear those of you that got into your role as you seemed much more confident and presented yourself much better.
• Tomorrow and Monday we will be working on the first drafts of your short stories. We will see how people are doing tomorrow and will discuss the new due date then.

Topics: 7-01, 8-04, Assignments, Homework, Humanities

I was shocked by how many students were not aware of the missing assignments that they had when I handed out missing assignment sheets. Many of these assignments were from February and early March. I would like to remind all students and parents/guardians that it is your responsibility to check the homework blogs and online marks to ensure that you are keeping up with your work.

7-01

• Please come with your script printed for the “Truth and Torture” project as we need to get rolling on the recording of your radio play.
• REmember that reading response journals are due on Wednesday May 16.

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7-01

• Select the three poems that you have written that you would like to use and remember to find one that was written by someone else, anybody else.

8-04

• Be ready tomorrow for the trial tomorrow
• First draft of short stories are due on Monday May 14.

Topics: 7-01, 8-04, Assignments, Humanities

Tabloid Day is cancelled tomorrow. As a result tomorrow will follow a Day 1 schedule. 

7-01

• Continue working on your poetry
• You should be finished your research and starting to work on your script for the Truth and Torture project.

8-04

• Trial of Hernan Cortes will begin on Wednesday May 9. Please make sure that you come prepared that day.
• First draft of your short story is due on Monday May 14.
• You will be given work time on Friday and Tuesday and it is up to you to figure out what you need to work on as some of you feel as though you have prepared enough for the trial.

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7-01

• Next reading response is due on Wednesday May 16
• You should be finished examining the primary and secondary sources for the Truth and Torture project so please make sure that you get caught up if you are behind.
• Continue to work on writing poems and revising the poems that you have already written

8-04

• Remember your novels for tomorrow
• Be prepared to work on your short stories
• Continue research for the Trial of Hernan Cortes.

Topics: 7-01, 8-04, Humanities

It is hard to believe it is already May. Some of you seem to be a bit worried as the last eight months has been a blur and you don’t have much to show for it while some of you are excited and ready for the next step in your educational carear. Either way we have two months left so please work on making the most out of it.

I have updated the marks to reflect what has been handed in as yesterday. I am a bit behind in my assessment as I was away last week with the Grade 9 students in Quebec but at least this way you will know what is missing.

7-01

• By the end of tomorrow you should be finished your annotated bibliography for the Truth and Torture project. Please work on this at home if you are behind. If you are finished this then go on to the next step. Remember that you are using the primary sources to try and figure out what actually happened as historians still don’t really know.
• Remember to bring your novel tomorrow as many of you have been forgetting.
• Continue to write poems or improve on the poems that you have already written.

8-04

• Next Reading Response is due tomorrow.
• Continue to work on your role for the Trial of Hernan Cortes. It has been great to see some of you getting into this though there seems to be a number of you that are either confused or just choosing not to do any work. Please talk to me if this is you so that we can figure out how to move forward.
• Continue to work on writing your short stories. We will discuss the due date of your first draft tomorrow. If I forget please remind me.

Topics: 7-01, 8-04, Assignments, Homework, Humanities, Marks, News