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Friday June 8 – Early Birthday Wishes

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the one month early birthday wishes, especially 7-01, and most especially Emily who organized it. I was very surprised and very honoured. The last time my birthday was celebrated at school was in Kindergarten and it was for all of the students who have birthdays over the summer.

Thursday June 7

I have been very impressed by the conversations and ideas that have been generated by both the Grade 7 and 8 end of the year projects. Remember to use the Long Range Calendar and the Daily Work Logs to help you keep up with your work. Look to the project handout, checklists, and rubrics to

Wednesday June 6

7-01 Remember to continue the research for your final project. You will be given the details of the project tomorrow and from here on we are going full board. 8-04 Today was the last scheduled time for you to do research on the end of the year project as this is Day 4 in the

Tuesday June 5

June Scholastic book orders are due on Monday June 11 as I would like to put the orders in so that the books come in before the end of the year. 7-01 You should continue to do research on your topic/theme for the end of the year project. The hope was that you would start

Monday June 4

7-01 Please finish the Canadian Confederation / Provinces & Territories and Railway map for tomorrow, Tuesday June 5. It must have a title, legend that shows when the provinces and territories joined , compass rose, be fully coloured, include capital cities, major bodies of water (including the Great Lakes), and show where the railway was.

Thursday May 31

7-01 Today we began looking at our final project by thinking about a topic or theme that would be used for the project. This would be a good time to look over the first page that was given to you so that you have a better idea about what you will be doing over the

Wednesday May 30

Tomorrow is PJ day and Friday is Tabloid Day. 7-01 Very impressed by what I saw from your Passionate Poetic Perspective projects, even if they were brief. I was even more impressed with the poems that you wrote. You should be proud of what you have done and also more willing to show off. 8-04 Second

Monday May 28

All marks are updated based on work received as of Friday May 25. 7-01 Tomorrow will be the day that we listen to the Truth and Torture radio plays as well as present your Passionate Poetic Perspectives. Remember that you will be sharing one of your perspectives with the class and two of the other

Wednesday May 23

8-04 You will need the second draft for your short story printed off for tomorrow’s class because you will be given time to proofread and edit your work. You will be handing in your first draft by the end of the day tomorrow so that I can assess it and give it back to you

Tuesday May 22

7-01 I have extended the due date for the Truth and Torture project to Friday May 25. Before class starts on this day you need to have exported your play out of GarageBand and uploaded it to D2L. I went over this in class so if you are not sure what to do please ask