A New Term Begins

Marks are now all in officially and report cards will go home February 20.  There was no blog last week as I was busy preparing marks for report cards.

English 9

In English 9, we are beginning our A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit.  We begin by viewing images from the play and asking questions and having class discussions and writing about issues raised in the play.  We are also practicing sentence combining to improve the quality of students' written sentences.

English 8

In English 8 we are beginning our literature circles unit on survival by having class discussions and writing about this theme, and listening to previews of the books to choose from. We are also practicing sentence combining to improve the quality of students' written sentences.

Social Studies 11

Welcome to Socials 11. We are proceeding at the breakneck speed of one textbook chapter a week, so this week we have studied the pre-World War 1 era in Canada. We have examined primary documents, viewed movies, made up questions, answered questions, and analyzed one aspect of our text book. Every week students will have notes on the learning outcomes in the chapter necessary to study for the exam.  I have asked students to review this weeks' notes on the weekend, and make flashcards on the key terms if that is their best study method.  I have also asked them to preview chapter 2 on World War 1, by which I mean look at the subheadings, pictures and maps throughout the chapter to be ready to learn about World War 1 next week.  Also, students should finish the sheet analyzing the textbook's coverage of suffrage in light of the primary documents analysed.

Dulce et Decorum Est A poem to start thinking about WW1.

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