Monday, November 30, 2015

French 8B

We continued to practice describing classmates hair, eyes, and clothing orally and started to look at how to write those sentences correctly.

ELA 9A

Students had this class to finish up work on part one of the recast or soundtrack option and continue work on the Fakebook option.  Tomorrow students should be creating an iMovie trailer or a Glogster for their soundtrack.  Fakebook will continue on with their status posts. Their novel exam is on Wednesday and they all received a study outline today.

ELA 9B

Students had two classes today to work on their "Outsiders" project and will continue work tomorrow.

*I'm at a workshop tomorrow and Mr. Herrick will be subbing for me.

Friday, November 27, 2015

French 8A

Today was the last classtime to finish up our green screen "er" verbe movies. All movies must be e-mailed to me by Wednesday, December 2nd.  We also worked on an "er" verbe practice sheet. We will have a quiz on "er" verbes on Tuesday, December 15th.

French 9B

We orally described classmates and continued with a formative reading assessment.  Today's article was on "The Scorch Trials."

French 8B

Students wrote their quiz on "er" verbes and we started to discuss describing a person's appearance including:  hair, eyes, and clothing.

French 7B

Today we took our rough plan for a green screen movie on a trip and turned it into a Storyboard to use when filming.

ELA 9B

Students chose one of the following three options for a final project for "The Outsiders" and started work.
a) recasting the movie and creating an updated movie trailer
b) creating a new soundtrack and making a Glogster of videos for the new songs
c) creating a Fakebook page of major story events with status posts and replies by the various characters

*Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

French 9B

We practiced orally describing classmate's hair, eyes, and clothing.  We read about Jennifer Lawrence and her movies in French.

ELA 9A

The students had work time on their final "The Outsiders" project.  Students should have all their events and/or characters planned out and now be working on finding specific quotes, songs, actors, etc. They will have 2 work periods tomorrow.

French 8B

We practiced our "er" verbes for our quiz on Friday, November 27th.  We also listened to some music and discussed our favourite singers, groups and songs.

French 7A

Today was the last class time given for finishing up green screening and creating iMovies about our trips.  Three students still need to e-mail me their finished videos. We also introduced the verb AVOIR - to have and how it is conjugated.
 

Friday, November 20, 2015

*NO SCHOOL MONDAY - due to a PD Day!

French 9A

We practiced describing someone's hair, eyes, and clothing orally.


Ex:  Elle a les cheveux blonds, longs, et raides.
       Elle a les yeux verts.
       Elle porte un t-shirt bleu.
       Elle porte un pantalon noir.
       Elle porte des chaussures de sport blanches et violettes.


We also read, in French, about Jennifer Lawrence and her films.

ELA 9A

We continued working on our final projects for "The Outsiders". Students are either:
a) recasting the movie and creating an updated movie trailer
b) creating a new soundtrack and making a Glogster of videos for the new songs
c) creating a Fakebook page of major story events with status posts and replies by the various characters

Driver's Education continues next week.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

French 8B

We practiced conjugating "er" verbes.  We'll practice more next class (Tuesday) and our test will be on Friday, November 28th.


je - e  (I)
tu - es  (You (s))
il/elle/on/tout le monde/qui - e (He/she/one/everyone/who)
nous - ons * manger -> mangeons  & commencer -> commençons  (We)
vous - ez  (You (pl))
ils/elles - ent (They (m) / They (f))


* Study your verb sheet, remember you are responsible for the vocabulary on that sheet.

ELA 9A

Students chose their final project from the following and received a planning sheet:
a) Recast the movie & create a new trailer
b) Pick current songs for a new soundtrack & create a Glogster
c) Make a Fakebook page with accounts for the main characters showing the main events in the novel through posts and comments.


* Students will have 5 classes to work on this project before writing a final exam on the novel "The Outsiders."

ELA 9B

Students completed questions on chapters 9 & 10, which are to be handed in for evaluation.
Two more chapters and we are done the novel.  :)

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Student Led Conferences tonight 4:00-7:30 pm.

French 8A & 7A

Both classes are working  on green screen video projects.  If you were absent you may need to visit the library on your own time to finish green screening.

French 7B

We are continuing on with vocabulary structures for our unit on a trip. We also played Kahoot to practice our Canadian provinces and French greetings.

French 9A

We practiced describing our classmate's hair, eyes and clothing in French orally and then completed our written descriptions of a celebrity.

ELA 9B

We practiced for our Student Led Conferences and read and watched chapter 8.  We also completed questions on chapters 7 & 8 and corrected.  We read part of chapter 9 as well.  Next class we'll finish reading chapter 9 & 10 and watch the video.

Friday, November 13, 3015

*ELA 9A & 9B need their SLC binder at school ASAP.

French 9B

Students created a celebrity poster on Google Classroom using descriptions of the celebrity's hair, eyes, clothing and jewelry.

ELA 9A

We read chapters 11 & 12 of "The Outsiders" and watched chapters 9-12 of the movie.  Questions on chapters 11 & 12 are due Monday.

French 8B

Students finished up work on their "er" verb iMovies.  This was the last class period to work on them and I believe only one group is left to turn their movie in.  Good work!

French 7A

Students continued work on their "Mon Voyage" green screening.  Some students are now working in iMovie.  We'll continue this project next class.

*Have a great weekend!  :)

Friday, November 6, 2015

* The Fruit Sale ended today but if you forgot any orders at home you can bring them to the office on Monday.

* I will be away Monday, Tuesday & Thursday and Mr. Herrick will be subbing for me.

French 8A

We practices conjugating "er" verbes.  Next week students will start storyboarding for a green screen video about an "er" verb.

French 7B

We missed French due to a presentation from the "Wounded Warriors".  American Staff Sergeant Bob Henline discussed his experiences during his four tours in Iraq, which ended when his Humvee was hit by a bomb.  He is now a comedian and motivational speaker and travels spreading his message of hope and living each moment of life fully. 

ELA 9B

Today we corrected Chapter 6's questions.  Then students read "The Outsiders" chapter 7 themselves and answered questions about chapter 7.  We also finished up our rough drafts of our SLC paragraphs on strengths and challenges.  Later we watched chapter 6 and read part of it aloud.

French 7A

Students continued finding pictures for their green screen videos on "Mon Voyage" and some started filming.  We'll continue this next week.

French 9A

We practiced writing sentences to describe someone's hair, eyes, and clothing. Next week will have students putting this into action when they describe a celebrity.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, November 5, 2015

*The Fruit Sale ends tomorrow.

* Good Luck to all the Volleyball players at Districts!

ELA 9A

We wrote our rough drafts of our SLC paragraphs on strengths and challenges.  Please have your SLC binders in class as soon as possible.
We also finished reading chapter 10 and watched chapter 9 & 10 of "The Outsiders." The chapter questions are due Friday to be handed in.  We also read chapter 11 and most of 12 aloud.

French 7A

We finished everyone's storyboards, except for one, for our green screen trip videos.  Students also searched up pictures for their stories and most are ready to start green screening tomorrow.

ELA 9B 

We also wrote our rough drafts of our SLC paragraphs on strengths and challenges. We'll have a bit of finish up time tomorrow. Please have your SLC binders in class as soon as possible.
"The Outsiders" chapter questions for chapter 6 are due Friday for discussion.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Two more days for the FRUIT SALE!

SLC (Student Led Conferences) are approaching and students need to have their binders and dividers at school.

French 9B

We reviewed when to use avoir and être.  We also reviewed "ER" verbs and practiced conjugating porter (to wear).

ELA 9A

We finished up and discussed the questions for chapter 7 & 8. We then read chapter 9 & 10.  Those students gone for volleyball will need to get the questions for chapters 9 & 10 done on their own and hand them in by the end of the day Friday, November 6th.

French 8A & 7A

Both classes are working on green screen video projects.  Grade 7's who were gone for band will need to get their storyboard done tomorrow in class. Grade 8's who were absent will need to film their parts when we are filming again next week.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Fruit Sale ends Friday!

French 9A

We practiced using être & avoir. Remember in French you have hunger, thirst, and so many years of age.  We also reviewed "ER" verbs and worked with the verb - porter (to wear).

ELA 9B

We watched and read chapter 6 of "The Outsiders."  We didn't have time to correct our questions so make sure they are done for Friday, November 6th.

ELA 9A

Last class students read chapter 7 to themselves an answered questions.  Today we watched the video, I read the chapter aloud, and the students redid the questions.  Almost everyone improved their marks.  We also watched and read chapter 8.


We are having an issue with cellphones.  The policy is that the phones, if brought to class, are to go in a basket on the front table.  However, many students are keeping them in their pockets and then texting, and so on, during class.  Today SEVEN phones were confiscated and the students had to claim them from Mr. Parker at the front office at the end of the day.  Cellphones can be wonderful tools but students need to be using them appropriately. Please students be respectful, be responsible, and choose to learn.

Monday, November 2, 2015

French 8B

The students did a great job of finding background pictures for their green screen videos.  We start filming next class.

ELA 9B

The students did a Reading Survey and started planning for Student Led Conferences on November 17 & 18.  We also finished analyzing the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost and completed the chapter 5 questions and discussed them.  We just started to watch the video of chapter 6 of "The Outsiders."

ELA 9A

Students read chapter seven of "The Outsiders" on their own and answered comprehension questions.

The Fruit Sale finishes on November 6th, so please sell some items!  :)