Thursday Dec 17 – Happy Holidays


Please be aware that students will be dismissed early tomorrow, Friday December 18, from school at 12:45. There will be no lunch break tomorrow because of the early dismissal. I will do my best to finish marking the Memoirs, Discovery / Invention project, and Passionate Poetic Perspectives, as well as any other assignments that were

8-CHA – Passionate Poetic Perspective


Your Passionate Poetic Perspective Project is due on Wednesday December 16 as we will begin presenting in class that day. Remember that this is basically a showcase or portfolio of your best work presented in a unique way. Below are the requirement and some tips to help you out. Requirements: Select 3 of your own

Tuesday Dec 15


7-13 Continue brainstorming about characters, settings, and plot for the short story that we will be working on over the next while. Make sure that your group is where it should be on the Canadian Documentary project. Make sure to always refer back to the assignment sheet so that you know if you are covering

Monday Dec 14


Marks have been updated with what had been handed in as of Friday December 11. 7-13 The class has decided to do a gift exchange in the form of a gift story. This way all of the students in 7-13 that would like to participate can and thus it is not mandatory. Please be remember

7-13 – Memoirs


Please make sure that you have your first draft, second draft, personalized proof reading list, published / final copy, and the reflection of your memoir ready for Thursday December 10 as you will be handing them all in on this day. However, before you hand them in you will be recording your memoir onto the

Wednesday Dec 9


7-13 Have your memoirs ready to go for tomorrow. There were a few headaches today in creating the groups for the Documentary project but in the end I think everything will work out okay. Remember that even though this is a huge project and you are with a group the majority of the marks will

7-13 – Reading Response Journal


Remember that I am not interested in hearing about the story as I can read it myself. I would like you to talk about your opinoins of the story. This of course can be backed with evidence from the story or your life. Make sure to read the comments I have left on your response

Tuesday Dec 8


7-13 We will be recording our memoirs on Thursdays class. This will also be the day that you will be handing in your first draft, second draft, published copy, personalized proof reading list, and the reflection to you as well as another person completed. We have been working on these memoirs for a long time

Monday Dec 7


Many students are forgetting to hand in work be it that it is not at school, not done, or not done well; either way this is not acceptable and you need to take on the responsibility of ensuring that this work gets compeleted. 7-13 Remember to have your memoirs with you tomorrow with your portion