September 27

English 9:  Students have received a copy of Night by Eli Wiesel, a memoir which they will be reading in silent reading, beginning next week for the first fifteen minutes of class, and at home.  I will be asking them to reflect on how it is written and what they can learn from it in writing their own memoirs.  Today they handed in their 'connecting to a friend' memoir with a peer edit sheet and self evaluation.
They also received sheets for keeping track of books read and writing pieces written.

English 8:  Students have had a library orientation and have begun silent reading for the first fifteen minutes of class with their library books. They received a sheet for keeping track of books read.  They are in the middle of writing a press release, using the school laptops, which should be finished over the weekend if not in class Friday.

French 9: Students have handed in their La Famille posters and presented them to a small group and to me for oral evaluation.  Thank you for sharing your family photos!
Friday we begin our "On fait les magasins" (We go clothes shopping)! unit.

Drama 9: Students have completed their first performance:  readers theatre poetry. They love the warm up drama games.  This week we are focussing on improv activities.

Welcome

Hello,  I will post what we are studying in class and homework here.

English 9:  We are in a Memoir writing unit and students will be writing one short memoir every week or so.

English 8.  We are studying Heroes and Idols and will be writing a press release on Friday.

French 9:  We are reviewing La Famille and working on a family tree project.

Drama 9:  We are rehearsing readers' theatre poems and will perform them on Friday.