Homework & News

There are only six weeks left in school before the end of the year exams and projects. Please remember that this is a time to focus because the fourth term along with your final projects or exams counts for roughly one third of your mark for the year. The end of the year is also often filled with nice weather, we can only hope, and also many interruptions and distractions. Try to use your class time as effectively as possible and keep up with all assignments, projects, and homework.

7-13

• We continue our research on the Final Project. Remember, you should be researching why and how the primary source is important to you and your family and what the significance of the primary source is. You do not need to use the Internet or books as your family and relatives might be the best resources that you can find. Please use the checklist to help you keep on track. You will have tomorrow’s class as well as Thursday’s class to complete your research. After this it will be up to you to finish.
• You will be given two periods next week to work on the presentation for your final project and to practice it. You will be presenting sometime during the later weeks of May.
• We will be begin watching the documentaries on Monday May 10.
• Please make sure to return the permission forms for the blogging project relating to digital citizenship. We would like them back tomorrow so that we can proceed.

7-16

• We continue our research on the Final Project. Remember, you should be researching why and how the primary source is important to you and your family and what the significance of the primary source is. You do not need to use the internet or books as your family and relatives might be the best resources that you can find. Please use the checklist to help you keep on track. You will have tomorrow’s class as well as Thursday’s class to complete your research. After this it will be up to you to finish.
• You will be given two periods next week to work on the presentation for your final project and to practice it. You will be presenting sometime during the later weeks of May.
• We will be begin watching the documentaries on Monday May 10.

8-CHA

• Bring in supplies for your building for the Japan Project. You will be given time tomorrow and also some time on Thursday as well.
• Continue working on your short story. On Thursday’s class we will discuss the due date for this assignment.

There have been very few updates lately because we have been working on ongoing projects. Please make sure that you are keeping up with all of the projects.

I will be away next week on Grade 9 trips but there will be one teaching covering me for all of my classes and things will go on as normal.

7-13

• Your next reading response journal will not be due next week as I am not here but instead it will  be due on Wednesday May 5.
• You will not have class time next week to work on your documentaries as I am away. However, you can still make arrangements with other teachers to work on them before school, after school, or during lunch. Everything needs to be finished by Monday May 3.
• Continue working on your poetry. I would recommend putting it in a folder or getting a book or journal to write all of your poetry in. This way it won’t get lost. Also remember that poetry doesn’t have be in a certain style or form and can be written about any topic.
  

7-16

• You will not have class time next week to work on your documentaries as I am away. However, you can still make arrangements with other teachers to work on them before school, after school, or during lunch. Everything needs to be finished by Monday May 3.

8-CHA

• Please continue thinking about your short stories and how you might want to approach them with regards to your characters and your plot. You will be continuing this next week.
• Make sure that you are keeping up with the work that is part of the Japan scenario.