English 9
We continue studying A Midsummer Night's Dream, reading passages, comparing movie scenes, and writing about the play. Today we analyzed Oberon's thoughts with the "What was he Thinking?" strategy. Students are reading independent novels in silent reading time. Also this week one of our classes was taken up by the Science 9 fair. Everyone should have their opinion writing and creative 'poem' done in draft form.
English 8
Students continue reading their literature circle novels and having small group discussions, which they self evaluate. They are finishing the final copy of their survival writing, word processed. Next is a character portrait.
Social Studies 11
Students are working on a timeline of Canada's autonomy from 1914-1931 as a review of the last few weeks when we studied World War 1 and the twenties, and also to think historically about one of the key concepts of the course: autonomy and political development. Each week, students should be reading one chapter of the textbook. Next week, we are focussing on chapter 4, The Thirties, which students may preview this weekend. By preview, I mean students should look at all the pictures, maps, graphs, cartoons, and subheadings in the chapter.
On Monday, we looked at seven Depression Ear photos by Dorothea Lange and made notes about observations and inferences about daily life in the Depression from the photos. Here they are for those who were away or who did not have enough time.
On Monday, we looked at seven Depression Ear photos by Dorothea Lange and made notes about observations and inferences about daily life in the Depression from the photos. Here they are for those who were away or who did not have enough time.
Also homework this weekend is the autonomy timeline and choosing the top three events. For any extra information, please see The Canadian Encyclopedia.
Our principal has ordered us a class set of additional student workbooks, a sample of which students tried today. Thank you!
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