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If you are not clear about how the marks translate into learning then please take a look at the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy images below and talk about them with your parents. If you have any further questions please make sure to talk to your teachers. A mark of “Satisfactory” or “C” means that you are doing well. It means that you are achieving a level that is expected at grade 8. Please use the table that is on the front of the report card and look at the wording that is used.

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• Please think about your thesis statements for Monday because we are going to continue working with these and have your turn them into something a bit more developed.
• Remember to have your novels on Monday.

8-04

• Excellent job today peer editing and proofreading. It was really cool to see everyone helping each other out. On Monday you will be creating your published copy of your essay. You will be given one period of class time to transform your second draft into your published copy. Everyone is due on Wednesday February 15.
• Continue working on your timeline. You will be provided with one period on Monday & Tuesday, and two periods of time on Wednesday. Remember when the due date is for this.

I tried not to give anyone work tonight because of the dance. I hope that most of you are able to go and have some fun.

Report Cards were handed out today. Please focus on the comments that are provided and look at the legend on the front that has qualifiers for each of the assessment levels. I have also talked to the students about the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy and how their learning and assessment is reflected in this. I have included two easy to use charts below. Click on them to enlarge the image.

7-01

• We started watching the CBC movie “The Rocket – Maurice Richard” and exploring thesis statements. Please try to remember to think about what you could have for your statement.

8-04

• Remember to bring your printed second draft of your essay tomorrow so that you can have time to have someone help you with the proofreading and editing portion of the writing process.
• Continue to work on your timeline. It is awesome to see you thinking, not just pretending to think, but actually thinking about how you can approach your timeline. We will work on this some more tomorrow.

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• Today we continued to explore Canadian identity by focusing on stereotypes, generalizations, and racial tension that existed and continues to exist within Canada. We looked at the “Hockey Sweater” both in written and in visual form and talked about how French Speaking Canadians were being treated or thought about during the time of this story.
• Thank you for bringing in your $5 bills to look at. Also take a look at your $10, $20, $50, and $100  bills as well as your Canadian coins to see what sort of symbols are present on them.
• Please remember to bring in your novels tomorrow.

8-04

• Tomorrow is the last day to bring back your field trip forms. If they are not brought back tomorrow then you will not be able to go as we have to book the seats at the theatre. A number of you have brought in forms but no money. Please remember to bring in the payments as soon as possible.
• Please have a printed copy of the second draft of your persuasive essay so that we can continue with the writing process tomorrow.
• Think about your timelines. You will be given one period of time each day this week and also likely one on Monday too. We discussed a reasonable due date and it was decided to make this Wednesday February 22.