Tuesday March 9

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

I would just like to say thank you to all of my students for starting off this week with such wonderful work ethic and enthusiasm for your learning. It is great to see so many of you taking charge of your learning, working well with others, and enjoying what you are doing. Keep up the great work. I will try to do my best to get much of the marking done in the next few days so that you have a better idea of how this term is going for you.

7-13

  • Continue proofreading and editing your Short Story using your personalized proofreading list.
  • Come prepared tomorrow with any required materials (costumes, props) for the documentary project as we will try and start our filming tomorrow
  • Remember that your next reading response journal is due next week on Wednesday March 17.

7-16

  • Come prepared tomorrow with any required materials (costumes, props) for the documentary project as we will try and start our filming tomorrow

8-CHA

  • Overall great job today on our little Aztec and Spanish Conquest plays.
  • Remember that your next reading response journal is due tomorrow Wednesday March 10.
  • Come with your essay Thursday ready to continue the proofreading and editing based on your personalized proofreading list.
  • Try to think about and look at the worldviews that we have already covered including Medieval and Renaissance Europe, as well as those from the Aztec people and the Spanish Conquest. See if you can make any connections on how what happened back then is still with us today and influencing our lives.

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Monday March 8

Monday, March 8, 2010

7-13

  • Come prepared tomorrow with the rough copies of your short stories completed.
  • Bring in some of your costumes and props that you might need to begin filming tomorrow.

7-16

  • Bring in some of your costumes and props that you might need to begin filming tomorrow.

8-CHA

  • Have your persuasive essays with you as we will continue the work that you have already done to proof read and edit them.
  • Reading response journal is due Wednesday March 10.

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Marks Updated

Sunday, March 7, 2010

I have now updated that marks for the third term so that you can see how you are progressing thus far. Please remember that there are only roughly four weeks of class time remaining in this term as the final term begins in the middle of April.

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Tueday March 2

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

7-13

  • Tomorrow is the last class to work on your props, costumes, and scenery for the Canadian Documentary Project. Make sure you come prepared and ready to work.
  • Since I wanted to go over your reading responses with you in hopes to improve them even more the next one will not be due on Wednesday March 17.

7-16

  • Tomorrow is the last class to work on your props, costumes, and scenery for the Canadian Documentary Project. Make sure you come prepared and ready to work.

8-CHA

  • Since I wanted to go over your reading responses with you in hopes to improve them even more the next one is not due tomorrow but instead will be due next week on Wednesday March 10.
  • Great job with the trial thus far. Some of you would make excellent, lawyers, judges, or witnesses if you should ever be called to testify. We will finish this tomorrow, hopefully during the first class that I have with you.

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Monday March 1

Monday, March 1, 2010

Parent and Teacher Conferences run this Thursday and Friday. If you plan on attending please bring your parents and if you are a parent that is planning on attending I full heartedly encourage you to bring your child as it is their learning that we are discussing. I look forward to seeing some new faces and hopefully some familiar ones as well.

7-13

  • Come prepared tomorrow with your Short Stories as we will continue working on them. Tomorrow will be the last class that you are given to complete your rough draft as they will be due on Tuesday March 9.
  • Remember to bring all costumes and props that you need to modify for the documentary as Wednesday will be the last class given to do this as we hope to start filming next week.

7-16

  • Remember to bring all costumes and props that you need to modify for the documentary as Wednesday will be the last class given to do this as we hope to start filming next week.

8-CHA

  • Great start to the Trial of Hernan Cortes. I hope tomorrow goes just as well.
  • Make sure that you have the rough copy of your persuasive essay ready to go for class tomorrow as we are going to work on the editing and proofreading of it.

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Friday Feb 26

Friday, February 26, 2010

I apologize for not updating the homework blog more often but I was away from school on Monday and Tuesday for a workshop and nothing of importance required me to post anything on the blog. Please remember that all of you should be using your agendas to keep track of your homework and any other due dates as discussed in class. I will post the marks for the third term after Parent Teacher Conferences next week.

7-13

  • Work on your short stories. I am requesting that they be ready the rough draft be completed for Tuesday March 9 as we will continue with the writing process on this day.
  • Start bringing in any costumes or props that require further work as next week will be the last week to work on them as we will start our filming the following week.

7-16

  • Start bringing in any costumes or props that require further work as next week will be the last week to work on them as we will start our filming the following week.

8-CHA

  • The Trial of Hernan Cortes will commence on Monday March 1. The date of the trial was delayed as a result of some of the witnesses being able to attend because of prior arrangements (Caben de Sucre).
  • Come prepared with the drafts of your persuasive essays on Tuesday March 2 as we are going to continue with the proofreading and editing portion of the writing process.

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7-13 & 7-16 – Documentary Props, Costumes, & Backgrounds

Friday, February 26, 2010

We have been working on these now for two weeks it is important to be using class time effectively so that everything is getting finished. You will have much of this week to finish what is required so please make sure that everything is ready to go for Friday February 26.

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7-13 – Reading Response Journals

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

You have now completed two terms of doing reading response journal entries and you should have an understanding of what is expected.

I have been typing up your comments so that you can view them when you look at your marks online; however, I am concerned that many of you are not reading these comments as you are not coming to talk to me and many of your responses are not showing a great deal of improvement.

For each response you are given almost two weeks to gather your information and write your response. Many of the responses I have been reading seem very rushed and appear to have been done in haste. This is not acceptable and please remember that they count for 20% of your Humanities grade each term as I use them to both assess your reading and comprehension as well as your writing.

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