Friday November 23

Friday, November 23, 2012

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  • Continue to try and gather information for your persuasive essay. I know that some of you are finding it difficult to think of the types of information that you can find. I encourage you to think of what information do you need and then go from there. Remember that there are, at times, two people to help you in cthe class so make sure that you are using this help.

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  • For Monday you should have selected a case to examine and then begun summarizing it. Remember to post your information on the class blog.

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Wednesday November 21

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

8-23

  • Thank you to the group that brought in the food for the Breakfast Club today. It was excellent, and I know that my Grade 9 class also enjoyed having the left overs.
  • Remember that today was the last day of class time given to work on the Italian City States Project. By this point you should be just finishing up putting everything together. The project is due on Friday November 23.

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  • “Charter of Rights and Freedoms” booklet is due tomorrow, Thursday, November 22. You were given 3.5 periods of class time to work on it as it was given to you on Thursday November 15 so this should have been more then enough time to complete this. If you are behind then I recommend that you try to look at how you are using your class time.

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Tuesday November 20

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

  • If possible, please remember to bring in your donation for the Christmas Hampers to help support needy families in Edgemont.
  • November Scholastic Book orders will be sent in at the end of this week. Please get yours in if you are interested. Remember to make cheques you to Tom Baines School, not Scholastic.

8-23

  • Tomorrow is our second Lifeskill’s Breakfast Club. Please remember your items if tomorrow is your day, or if you talk to one of the following people, please remind them. (Aaron, Celine, Jordan, Jenessa, Jialan, Leo)
  • Please see yesterday’s post.

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  • Due date for the “Charter of Rights and Freedoms” booklet is Thursday November 22.

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Monday November 19

Monday, November 19, 2012

8-23

  • The last day of class time to work on the Italian City States project will be Wednesday November 21. However, as requested by you, the due date has been changed to Friday November 23. Make sure that you understand the purpose of the assignment so that you can do the best job possible.
  • Remember to bring in your money for the Christmas Hampers to help support families in our community.
  • Continue trying to find information to support your persuasive essay.

9-27

  • Continue to use the blog site to post poetry and also to provide feedback to your classmates. You will be given the culminating poetry assignment later on in the week.
  • You should be on at least the third page of the “Charter of Rights and Freedoms” booklet since you had two full periods of class time already to work on this. It is not for homework but you need to make sure that you are keeping up.

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Tuesday November 13

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

  • Remember that tomorrow is a Day 7 because of the “Respect Yourself:  Unlocking your Potential Conference” at our school that day.
  • There is no school this Friday, November 14 because of an Organizational Day

8-23

  • Please continue to work on what needs to get done. We will discus the due date for the Italian City States project on Thursday.
  • If you have not yet inputed your information for the Results Reporting please do so. You can find more information about this in yesterdays post.

9-27

  • I am very disappointed with a number of you today because you did not take the last three or four classes when we were working on the Bill to Law Jigsaw activity seriously. As a result, for many of you and for most of the groups, todays debate about the bills was a huge failure. Please understand that I am not just giving you work to do because I want you to do work. Everything I give you builds together to help you develop a greater understanding. Think about this as we  move forward.
  • Make sure that you have at least one of your poems up on the Class Blog Site as there are still some missing.
  • If you have not yet inputed your information for the Results Reporting please do so. You can find more information about this in yesterdays post.

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Monday November 12

Monday, November 12, 2012

November Scholastic book orders are due on Tuesday November 20

8-23

  • Italian City States project – Remember that you do not have to make a brochure as long as you can put everything you need to in to it. I encourage you to challenge your learning and try something new. You should be closer to finishing your research by the end of tomorrows class as that will be the fourth day you have been given time to do this. I will discuss with you the due date tomorrow.
  • Persuasive Essay – We will not be completely finished this until sometime next month. The reason for this is that there is still a great deal of work to be done especially when we consider the different stages of the writing process. Right now you should be trying to gather information that will support your opinion.
  • The quiz on the names of your classmates and if they have siblings has been postponed until tomorrow. This gives you one more day to figure this all out.
  • Please make sure that you have submitted the Life Skills Results reporting form. You were given class time today, but if you were away or did not have time to finish please access it here.

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  • Make sure that you have added at least one of your poems to the class blog site by tomorrow morning.
  • Come prepared to discuss your bill. Remember that you should be an expert on your bill as well as your expert/specialist role. Each of you has something different to bring to table so be prepared.
  • The quiz on the names of your classmates and if they have siblings has been postponed until tomorrow. This gives you one more day to figure this all out.
  • Please make sure that you have submitted the Life Skills Results reporting form. You were given class time today, but if you were away or did not have time to finish please access it here.

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Thursday November 8

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Tomorrow is the Rememberance Day Ceremony. Please try to remember to bring a donation for your poppy.

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  • Class Blog – Remember that I can see everything. Click here to go to it so that you can log in.
  • Continue to work on your Persuasive Essay and also the Italian City States project. You can use the blog to post information and work on these projects as well.

9-27

  • Class Blog – Remember that I can see everything. Click here to go to it so that you can log in.
  • Remember your novels for tomorrow.
  • We will continue the Jigsaw activity so it is important that you remember who you are (media, citizen, lobbyist, or politician) and which number you are (1-8) for tomorrow.

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Wednesday November 7

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

8-23

  • Today, you were given time to work on projects based on what you felt you were behind on. This included the Italian City States project and also the Persuasive Essay.
  • Italian City States Selections
    • Genoa – Aaron, Jenessa, Leo
    • Florence – Alice, Emily, Herbert, Jia Lan, Nolan, Quyen, Ryan, Tony
    • Milan – Aliya, Michaela, Rebecca
    • Naples – Anson, Celine
    • Rome – Bella, Beth, Braden, Danish, Jacky, Jonny, Zuryash
    • Venice – Cindy, Hannah, Hanya, Jacob, Jeremy, Jordan, Lamis, Tara
  • Remember to have your novel for tomorrow.
  • Many of you have still not handed in your references that were due on Monday for the 8 resources that I asked you to find as part of the practice activity.

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