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Monday November 22

I am a bit disappointed with the quality of work from a number of students in both Grade 7 and Grade 9 especially with the amount of time that is given at school. I would like to remind everyone that when I give you three classes to work on an assignment I am expecting three

Marks & Marking

I will be posting marks for the second term on Friday November 26 because I like to keep the first term marks up until after the Parent Teacher Conferences. I have spent the majority of the weekend marking and have now finished marking all of the 7-01 & 7-07 FN Jigsaw activities, some of the

Friday November 19

The progress reports were sent home yesterday. I know that some of you are not happy with your mark in my class and I would like to help you to fix this. I have encouraged many of you talk to your teachers when you are not sure of something or when you need help. However,

Monday November 15

Report cards will be going home on Thursday November 18 with parent teacher conferences to follow the following week on Thursday and Friday. 7-01 & 7-07 FN Jigsaw work is due on Wednesday November 17 Please make sure to come to class prepared with all of the pieces of your memoir as we will be

Tuesday November 9

I have now also added a homework area on the white board at the front of the class because some students seem to be having difficulty using their agenda, listening to the verbal due dates, and also using this homework blog to check anything that they may have missed. I wonder how any one survived,

Friday November 5

Think about everything we talked about this last week with regards to being a responsible student and taking charge of your learning. Also remember to turn back your clocks this weekend for Daylight Savings Time. Marks have been updated to reflect all items handed in as of today. 7-01 & 7-07 Remember that you need

Thursday November 4

7-01 & 7-07 Today was the last day to work on the FN Jigsaw activity. On Monday you will be given some time with your expert group to organize and prepare for the presentations. We will start the presentations during the second half of the class. Make sure that you have had at least two

Tuesday November 2

7-01 & 7-07 I was glad to see that many of you came prepared to class with the second draft of your memoirs printed so that we could continue the peer editing of them. You will have more time on Thursday so that you can have more students peer edit your work. Continue working on

Monday November 1

Check your marks. All of your teachers should have marks posted online now and it is your responsibility to make sure that everything is correct and that you are caught up. 7-01 Make sure that you have a typed copy of the second draft of your memoir ready to go for class tomorrow because we