Wednesday December 12

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

8-23

  • We have decided to do a gift exchange as a class on Thursday, December 20. The gift should be between $10 and $20 and should be for anyone in the class. We will decide on Wednesday how we want to do the gift exchange. If you bring a gift then you get to participate, if not then you get to watch.
  • Breakfast Club on Wednesday, December 19. Anson, Beth, Cindy, Jacob, & Jeremy it is your turn so please talk to each other to finish arranging this.
  • Continue working on your debate as you will be given one period of class time to finish this tomorrow as the debate is on Friday, December 14
  • You will also only be given one period of class time tomorrow to work on the first draft of your essay. The first draft is due on Monday, December 17. You must also proofread and edit it by this date. Since it is a first draft it is okay to have errors and mistakes in it. Also, it is not supposed to be pretty as it is only your first attempt at putting it together.

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  • See yesterday’s post

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Tuesday December 11

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

8-23

  • Remember that tomorrow is wacky hair day and pj day. Not that it matters, but we do get house points for this so please remind everyone in our class.
  • First draft of persuasive essay is due by the end of the day on Friday. You will need this for Monday, December 17 because we will be continuing the writing process by doing self and peer editing and proofreading.
    • Second Draft finished by the end of Tuesday, December 18.
    • Published copy due by the end of the day on Wednesday, December 19.
  • Great Thinkers’ Debate – Friday, December 14. Make sure that you are working on your opening statement/argument, questions, rebuttals, and closing statements.

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  • You will given the rest of this week, except for the reading period on Friday, to work on the Collective Rights – S. Fortsythe Case. Please be prepared to present on Monday, December 17.

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Monday December 10

Monday, December 10, 2012

8-23

  • You must have your two essay leads finished for tomorrow as we are continuing in the writing process.
  • You should have started on the work for the next stage of the debate planning. This includes your opening statement / argument, questions,  rebuttals,  and closing statement/argument.

9-27

  • Poetic Poesy assignment is due tomorrow. I am very disappointed with the way the majority of you use your class time. The project was originally due today and after a discussion with your class last week you asked for it to be moved tomorrow. Today you stated that you could benefit from having both periods of class time to work on it; though a great number of you did not use your time wisely. As a result, we began started something else.
  • Decide if you are working by yourself or with a group for the Collective Rights Injustice project. This is important as the information you gather could potentially be used in court.

Robotics

  • We began using the NXT kits today and it looked like most of you were off to a great start. Please remember to look after the new items we have as you are the first group to use them. Also, make sure to document your work using the Blog so that you are completing the create, appraise, and articulate stages of the CTF curriculum.

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Wednesday December 5

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Hum 8-23

  • Lifeskills – Personal Learning Plan sheet is due on Wednesday December 12
  • Great Thinkers Debate notes should have been finished today and you should have started working on your opening statement. We will likely be having this debate on Thursday December 13.

Hum 9-27

  • I have gone over my new expectations with all of you so please do your best to adhere to these.

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Monday December 3

Monday, December 3, 2012

8-23

  • You should have all of you research finished for both your Persuasive Essay and the Great Thinkers Debate for Wednesday December 5 as that is the next time we have class since we are going to Vertigo Theatre tomorrow.
  • Remember to finish the Life Skills activity for Wednesday December 5.

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  • Charter of Rights and Freedoms assignment must be posted by tomorrow, Tuesday December 4, at 8:45 am. You then must provide comments to other posts by 8:45 am Friday, December 7. Yes, you must still do this even though you do not have school on this day.
  • Poetic Poesy assignment is due on Tuesday, December 11 as we discussed today in class.

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Thursday November 29

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Today was some of the most productive that I have seen many of you. Please keep working on finding the right balance between working hard and playing hard.

8-23

  • By the end of tomorrow you should have your research finished or your persuasive essay, and should have started working on your leads. I encourage you to try writing two different leads to see which one you think is more persuasive.
  • By the end of tomorrow your group should have a strong idea of what information you have found and what still needs to be found for the Great Thinkers Debate.

9-27

  • Six Word Memoir is due by the end of the day tomorrow, Friday November 30.
  • Charter of Rights and Freedoms project needs to be completed and posted on the blog by the morning of Tuesday, December 4. After this I will provide you time to write comments on the posts. You will need to have all of your comments completed by Friday, December 7.
  • We will continue working on the Poetic Poesy project on Monday, December 3.

Robotics

  • Make sure that you are putting effort into completing the design stage. Make sure to be documenting all of your progress by using the Kidblog site.

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Wednesday November 28

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The end of the term is this Friday and you will be receiving your report cards on Wednesday December 5.

8-23

  • For Life Skills please finish the Personal Learning Plans sheet for Wednesday December 5.
  • By the end of this week you should be finished your research for your persuasive essay and should have started working on your lead / introduction. Remember that you are to focus on three main arguments or things that you are able to say to support your position.
  • By the end of this week you should also be close to finishing the research required for the Great Thinkers Debate project.

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  • As discussed I will try to provide more concrete due dates by providing an estimate of when it might be so that you have a better sense of how to manage your time. Furthermore, I will provide less time to complete your assignments as everyone agreed that when you give the amount of time that I have been the quality of work does not increase just your procrastination does.
  • Your Six Word Memoir is due this Friday, November 30. You will be given one period of class time tomorrow, and one on Friday to complete this.
  • You should have already selected your Case for the Charter assignment and be starting to analyse it. There have been some concerns about finding a related article. This just means on a similar topic it does not have to be about the specific case.
  • Please put your Poetic Poesy assignment on hold until next week.

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Monday November 26

Monday, November 26, 2012

8-23

  • We began working on the Great Thinkers Debate. Make sure that you are working together as a group as there are individual components as well as group components.

9-27

  • Continue to work on the “How as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Affected Canadians” assignment.
  • You were given the Poetic Poesy assignment today. So stat thinking about how you are going to go about doing this. This culminating assignment will not only showcase your best poetry it will also allow you to show of your understanding of some of the different poetic devices.

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