8-04 We continued working on writing poetry and explored “alliteration” and its use in poetry. My hope is that everyone will begin to see poetry as something that they can enjoy and that it is not scary, or at least should not be. I am asking that everyone works on writing poetry. It does not …
Tag Archive: Homework
Monday October 17
Mr. Fodchuk is now teaching both 7-01 & 7-07 and he will be doing so until the end of November. He will be using this Homework Blog to record his new and assignments. Beginning October 31 he will also begin teaching 8-04. To contact him please visit the “Contact” section of D2L and find his …
Thursday October 13
7-01 & 7-07 We continued working on our memoir by examining the Questions for Memoirists activity that we started last Thursday. We then did a workshop that had the students narrow down their topic so that they could begin the first draft of their memoirs. We looked at some terminology and definitions related to the …
Wednesday October 12
Parent Night – Wednesday, October 12, 2011, Tonight. The evening will be broken up into two sessions – the first will be from 7:00-7:45 pm with Dr. Sharon Friesen from the University of Calgary sharing her thoughts and ideas regarding formative assessment. The second session will be from 8:00-8:45 pm focussing in on accessing our school’s …
Thursday October 6
Please remember that there is no school tomorrow and Monday. Also, Tuesday October 11 is a Day 7. 7-01 & 7-07 Continue working on your Questions for Memoirists as we will be looking at this on Thursday October 13. 8-04 You should have your primary research done and have started to make a list of …
Monday October 3
Yes, it is already October. Wow, has that ever gone by quickly. We had a practice evacuation today that went very will especially considering Tom Baines has never done this before. October Scholastic Book Orders are due on Tuesday October 11 as there is no school on Monday October 10. 7-01 & 7-07 Students presented …
Monday September 26
October Scholastic Book Orders forms are ready to go out. October orders are due by Friday October 7. School Pep Rally and Terry Fox run is this Wednesday September 28. This is why it is a Day 7. Please remember to get all of your forms in. 7-01 & 7-07 Mr. Fodchuk went over a …
Tuesday September 13
I would like to say thank you to my three classes, 7-01, 7-07, 8-04, for being wonderful classes when I was gone yesterday. Ms. Peters, the teacher that was covering for me, said that everyone was well behaved though chatty at times. It is nice to be able to come back to see that things …