Wednesday, December 21, 2016 - Day 1

Computers 8

Please finish your jot notes on privacy in Google Classroom over the break if you are not done.

French 8A

Brooklyn was in the Chaise Chaud and several students finished up their clothing description and comparisons Pic Collages.  We then reviewed some French Christmas vocabulary and did a Christmas kahoot.

*See you after a relaxing, joyful and restful break on Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 - Day 2.

Tueday, December 20, 2016 - Day 6

* Tomorrow is PJ Day and the Telemiracle Movie. Don't forget to bring your $5 to hand in during period 3.  

Computers 8

Today the students had more time to finish up their Final Summative Searching Assignment. It is now due, so if you were absent please finish it and turn it in on Google Classroom before the break.  The students also started reading about privacy and making some jot notes, which we'll continue adding to tomorrow.

ELA 9B

The students silent read and then we watched "The Gift of the Magi" by O'Henry and did a plot summary activity.  If you were absent please check your e-mail for the assignment sheet and do and hand in.  The story is posted in the link above.
The following students owe me Outsiders Final Projects:
9A - Rachel, Lilly, Alexis, Seth, Taylor, Isaak, Caden, Brandon, Wyatt & Tyson
9B - Shaun, Eric, Tristan, Logan, Ryelee, Sam & Maddy
Get them in ASAP please.

Monday, December 19, 2016 - Day 5

*SPIRIT WEEK - Today was Santa's Helpers Day and tomorrow is Ugly Christmas Sweater 

*Wednesday is PJ Day and a Movie for Telemiracle bring $5 (for the movie, popcorn & a drink) and give to your homeroom teacher ASAP

Computers 8

The students started a final summative search assignment and will have more time to finish it up tomorrow.

ELA 9A & 9B 

The students had time for silent reading and then 2 classes to finish up work on their Outsiders Final Project.  When they are finished the students need to:

a) Hand in their rough planning sheet

b) For the Recast and Soundtrack options they need to complete the chart on Google Classroom and turn it in.

c) For Fakebook they need to add the url of her/his finished page and turn it in on Google Classroom.

d) For the Playlist they need to add the url of her/his finished playlist and turn it in on Google Classroom.

e) For the trailer bring the iPad on which it was created to Miss Riddell

If the students are finished their project then they need to enter their Reading Logs on Google Classroom.

Friday, December 18, 2016 - Day 4

ELA 9A & 9B

Mrs. Robertson was subbing for me today and the students had time to work on their final project for The Outsiders.

Spirit Week

Monday, December 19th - Santa's Workshop

Tuesday, December 20th - Ugly Christmas Sweater Day

Wednesday, December 21st - PJ Day, Early Dismissal & Movie for Telemiracle (Please bring $5 for the movie ASAP!)

A great big thank-you to Carlynn, Morgan & Rheanne for decorating my door.

I couldn't resist a selfie with the elfie!

Thursday, December 15, 2016 - Day3

Computers 8

We watched a second video on searching.  Students had a chance to finish up mini search #4 and do mini-search #5.  Next class, Monday, the students will do their summative searching assignment.

French 7B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  We practiced discussing how we came to school and how far away we live from the school.  Then we discussed the names of the provinces in French and practiced with a kahoot.  We also discussed some of the origins of place names and watched this video:

French 8B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud to finish up our last theme.  One more student finished presenting his musical poster.  Two students need to finish and present to me on Monday.  Then we started a new set of Chaise Chaud questions and played a Christmas kahoot.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students silent read and then had time to continue work on their final projects for The Outsiders.  These projects were due Friday but I am extending the due date until Monday at 3:30pm.  Merry Christmas!

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - Day 2

French 8A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud,  Then the students reviewed how to do a comparison of two people.  

Ex: Name1  est plus    ___________ que Name2.

                         moins  (adjective)

                         aussi

They then created a PicCollage poster writing 4 comparison sentences about 2 musicians.

French 7A

One student was in the Chaise Chaud. Then the students had time to continue green-screening for their Mon Voyage videos.

French 8B

The students who weren't finished their Musician posters worked on them.  They re due at the start of next class (tomorrow).  The rest of the class did their final presentations on their posters.

French 7B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  The students reviewed telling how they came to school and whether they lived near or far from the school.  We then discussed other methods of transport by watching a song video and doing a crossword.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students silent read and then continued working on their final project for The Outsiders.  By tomorrow they should be done their plan and ready to work on computers.

*12 Compliments of Christmas - The Twitter account @ActivateUCHS is now going full strength with compliments for students and staff.  If you wish to post a compliment fill out a form in the office and submit to the secretaries.

@ActivateUCHShttps://twitter.com/ActivateUCHS

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - Day 1

Computers 8

Today the students finished up the searching assignment comparing 4 different search engines.  We discussed the results and watched a video on how Google works.

Then the students did mini-search #4.

French 8A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  Then we discussed comparing two people using adjectives and did some examples.

French 8B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  Then the students continued working on their Music posters, which are due tomorrow.

ELA 9B

The students silent read and then had time to work on their final project for The Outsiders.

French 7A

The students worked on green-screening their Mon Voyage videos.

*It was an alternate day and at 2:15 we headed to the gym to watch Mr. Bick's drama production of "The Roasting of Thor."  It runs tonight at 7:30 (admission is $8 for adults and $6 for students). On Thursday it runs at 6:30 (admission is $10 for adults and $8 for students) and dessert is included.

Monday, December 12, 2016 - Day 6

Computers 8

The class discussed the results of mini search #2 & #3.  Then the students worked on the Searching Assignment (comparing four search engines) in Google Classroom.  Please do if you were absent.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students had time to silent read and then started planning their final project for The Outsiders from the following choices:

#1 Recast & Trailer

#2 Soundtrack & Playlist

#3 Fakebook

Today was mostly spent deciding on the events or characters to be used in their project and finding quotes from the book to support them.  If you were absent it wouldn't hurt to start deciding on characters or events you are using.

If you still need to write your test you may come to my room at noon on Tuesday.

French 7A

Two students were in the Chaise Chaud.  The students have planned a trip, in French, somewhere in Canada.  Today we discussed how to set-up and greenscreen. Some students started filming.

*Tomorrow is an alternate day as the students will be viewing Mr. Bick's play at 2:15.  

Friday, December 9, 2016 - Day 5

Computers 8

Today we discussed the results of the students mini-search to discover on what day of the week Drake's birthday will fall in 2018.  The students then completed 2 additional mini-searches.  The first was relatively easy:  What was the top selling Christmas toy in 1981?  The second was more difficult:  What was the warmest temperature in Saskatoon on December 25, 1999?  If you did not finish your search please do so before next class.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students wrote their exam on The Outsiders novel and were presented with three final project options from which to choose.  If you were absent and did not write your exam please be prepared to do so either Monday after school or Tuesday at lunch in Miss Riddell's room.  

Final Projects for The Outsiders

OPTION #1

Recast the main characters with current actors.  You will choose an actor for each character and then explain why you chose them and support that with two quotes from the book.  When you have all your characters chosen you will create a trailer for your movie.

Example:

Ex:  Marcia – Ariel Winter

 Photo from www.flickr.com by modasplendida

I chose Ariel Winter from Modern family because she has dark hair and she is a comedic actress.  Marcia is described as dark haired and funny, which fits Ariel although they might have to cut her hair or style it differently.

“They were tuff-looking girls – dressed sharp and really good looking.  They were about sixteen or seventeen.  One had short dark hair.” P – 21

“’I’m a night,’ Marcia said brightly.

Two-Bit stared at her admiringly.  ‘Brother, you’re a sharp one. Where’d you two ever get picked up by a couple of greasy hoods like Pony and Johnny?’

‘We really picked them up,’ Marcia said. ‘We’re really Arabian slave traders and we’re thinking about shanghaiing them. They’re worth ten camels apiece at least.’” P – 28

OPTION #2

Create a current soundtrack for the movie.  Choose a song for each main character/main event and explain the reasons you chose each song.  Then back-up your choice with two quotes from the book, including the page numbers. Type out this information in Google Classroom, include the lyrics for each song. When you are done then create a playlist on YouTube of videos for your songs.

Example:   "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel

Uptown girl
She's been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a backstreet guy
I bet her mama never told her why

I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am

And when she knows what
She wants from her time
And when she wakes up
And makes up her mind

She'll see I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love with an uptown girl

You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys
She's got a choice

Uptown girl
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
And then I'll win

And when she's walking
She's looking so fine
And when she's talking
She'll say that she's mine

She'll say I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love
With an uptown girl

She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am

Uptown girl
She's my uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl

I chose this song to show Dallas and Cherry’s relationship.  Cherry is an ‘uptown girl’ because she is a Soc while Dallas is a ‘backstreet guy’ because he is a Greaser. Cherry could love Dallas because even though he is tough and can’t afford to buy her things but she is scared to love him and become part of his world.

“Dally was getting impatient.  He put his feet up on the back of the redhead’s chair, winked at me, and beat his own record for saying something dirty.  She turned around and gave him a cool stare.

   ’Take your feet off my chair and shut your trap.’

   Boy, she was good-looking.  I’d seen her before; she was a cheerleader at our school.  I’d always thought she was stuck-up.

   Dally merely looked at her and kept his feet where they were. ‘Who’s gonna make me?’” p - 21

“He had something that made people follow him, something that marked him different, maybe a little better, than the crowd.  Do you know what I mean?’

  I did.  Cherry saw the same things in Dallas.  That was why she was afraid to see him, afraid of loving him.” P - 129

Option #3

Part A – Create a Fakebook (Facebook) page for the movie.  Choose 12 main events from the book.  Make an avatar for each main character. Then have the characters make status updates, have 3-4 replies for each main event, and one reply from the original poster (using one or two quotes from the book including the page number.)  Go to www.classtools.net to create your page, put the link in a document on Google Classroom and turn in.  Alternately you can set this up in Word to look like a FaceBook page.

Next week we will spend every class working on this and it will be due Friday, December 16th.

*Have a great weekend and stay warm!

Thursday, December 8, 2016 - Day 4

ELA 9A & 9B

The class silent read and finished correcting the last questions.  The answer for the plot structure is the picture below.  Study by reading over your chapter questions and re-read any chapters you missed in class, especially the last two chapters as they are different from the movie.  

Audio Book

PDF of the novel

*The Outsiders - Exam tomorrow!

The students also studied in class by doing a kahoot.

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - Day 3

Computers 8

Today the students completed a questionnaire about their searching habits and skills.  They watched a video about searching techniques and then did one mini search using the following format to record their results:

1. first search phrase

link to url (page #)

answer

2. second search phrase

link to url (page #)

answer

3. verify - search phrase

link to url (page #)

answer verified

If you were absent please have the above done for Friday's class. 

French 7B

Almost all of the students re-assessed the verbs avoir and etre today.  Then we had three students in the Chaise Chaud.

French 8B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  The class then had work time on their musician posters.  If you were absent you will have to get a planning sheet from Miss Riddell to get started.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students silent read and then worked on the final questions about the novel The Outsiders.  They will be writing an exam on the novel on Friday, December 7th.  Those who are absent will have a make-up day after school or at lunch the following week.  We also corrected some of the questions and will finish correcting tomorrow as well as doing some review.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 - Day 2

French 8A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  Then the students were given back their formative assessment on describing a Simpson's character and today the students chose a musician and then described them in a PicCollage, which they e-mailed to me.  If you were absent see Miss Riddell for the outline and then you'll need an iPad from the library.

French 7A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  The students then finished up their storyboard for their trip.  They also started to find background pictures for green-screening their voyages.

French 8B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  The students then planned out their poster on a favourite singer or musical group.

French 7B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  We then finished correcting our avoir review and did an etre review.  This is in preparation for re-assessing tomorrow, in class, Wednesday, December 7th.  Remember to bring a book to class.  If you were absent today, please see Miss Riddell to choose a lunch hour to do your re-assessment.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students silent read, picked a new seating arrangement, and did a reflection on their experience making story trailers.  The classes then watched the end of the movie version of "The Outsiders," and started a final set of questions on the novel.

*The Mix It Up lunch was a great success.  Thanks to everyone who participated.

Monday, December 5, 2016 - Day 1

Computers 8

Today a new group of grade 8's started their PAA rotation in Computers.  We went through class expectations and the summative tasks they will be completing.  The students logged into Google Classroom and did their first assignment there.  If you were absent check your e-mail for the classroom code to get started.

French 8A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  Then we finished describing a few Simpson's characters.  We also described a few students orally focusing on hair, eyes, and clothing.  If you were absent please finish for next class.

French 8B

We started a new sheet on our school and then three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  Then we discussed reasons why music is important in our lives.

ELA 9A

The students had a chance to edit their trailers for "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" and then we had a mini film festival,  as this was our last day with our visiting film makers.

French 7A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  Then we discussed things the students might see and do on a trip somewhere in Canada.  We then started planning a storyboard for green-screening our trips.

*Tomorrow is the Mix It Up lunch.  During the noon hour students will be encouraged to talk to people outside their normal circles and grades.  This is part of our school inclusion goal.

Friday, December 2, 2016 - Day 6

Computers 8

Today the students did the final End of Course Feedback assignment in Google Classroom and had a chance to re-submit any assignments for reassessment. Have fun in Home Ec, which starts on Monday.  If you were absent I e-mailed you with an extension on finishing up any reassessment by Wednesday, December 7th.

ELA 9B

The students had Driver's Ed and then when we met at the end of the day and they had a chance to edit the trailer footage that they shot yesterday.

ELA 9A

The students had today's class to shoot their footage for their trailer for "On the Sidewalk Bleeding."  On Monday they will have a class to edit their footage and finish up their trailers.

French 7A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  We discussed the video they watched last class.  The students practiced some expressions about going on a trip including:  how they travel, whether their location is near or far, and who they are traveling with on their trip.  We also played the number game.

*Thanks to everyone for picking up their fruit orders!

Thursday, December 1, 2016

ELA 9A & 9B

For the next three classes the students will be working with 2 local film makers, Aleah Anseth and Terran Station.  They will discuss and learn about making trailers from concept to shot listing / story-boarding to filming.  

Aleah Anseth

Terran Station

The Trailer for Aleah's Short Film Porcelain

Today the students compared some trailers such as the Original Mary Poppins to Scary Mary (a horror version) and watched some more current trailers such as The Hunger Games and Rogue One.  Now the students are creating a trailer for the story "On the Sidewalk Bleeding," where they are taking into consideration the mood, the characters, and the problem that their trailer will focus on, without giving away the entire story plot.

Computers 8

The students went through someone else's storyboard and gave them feedback as to how clearly they understood the instructions.  Then the students had a chance to make improvements on their storyboards.  Some students also had time to try a green-screen treatment of their storyboard or re-assess any assignments before this section of PAA ends on Friday.

*Please pick up your fruit sales if you have not already done so.  All product needs to be picked up by Friday!

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - Day 4

ELA 9A & 9B

The students silent read and we discussed the upcoming ACTIVATE campaign.  Four students, Kenny, Carlynn, Landon, and Morgan, volunteered to be Activators for grade 9.  Thank-you!

We then finished reading The Outsiders.  Next we re-read the short story "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" by Evan Hunter.  If you were absent, please read before tomorrow, at the following link:

On the Sidewalk Bleeding

We also started a compare and contrast chart for The Outsiders and "On the Sidewalk Bleeding."  Please get a copy from Miss Riddell if you were absent.  The next three classes we will have visiting film makers as guests and we will be using the Sidewalk story for a project.

*If you have not picked up your fruit make sure to do so by Friday. Please & thanks!

Tuesday, November 29, 2106 - Day 3

Computers 8

The students had time to finish their storyboards and most did.  A few will be finishing up their last panels tomorrow.  The students who were done got a chance to find some backgrounds for green-screening their storyboard.

French 7B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  We discussed their tests and most will be reassessing on Wednesday, December 7th.  They need to MEMORIZE the following and then read over their notes for what the sentences mean in English:

AVOIR (to have)                           ÊTRE (to be)

J'ai (I have)                                     Je suis (I am)

Tu as (You (s) have)                       Tu es (you (s) are)

Il a (He has)                                    Il est (He is)    

Elle a (She has)                               Elle est (She is)

On a (One has)                                On est (One is) 

Nous avons (We have)                    Nous sommes (We are)

Vous avez (You (pl) have)              Vous  êtes (You (pl) are)

Ils ont (They (m) have)                   Ils sont (They (m) are)

Elles ont (They (f) have)                 Elles sont (They (f) are)

French 8 B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  Then we discussed the video from last class, discussed the rubric for reading, and started reading an article on Indila after we watched one of her music videos.

ELA 9A

The students silent read and then completed the questions from chapter 9 & 10 of The Outsiders.  We then corrected those questions, read chapter 11 and started chapter 12.

ELA 9B

The students silent read and then we corrected the questions from chapter 9 & 10 of The Outsiders.  We then  read chapter 11 and started chapter 12.

Monday, November 28, 2016 - Day 3

*Today was a shortened day due to early dismissal.

French 8A & French 8B

The students discussed the viewing/listening rubric and then watched Episode One of Extra @ Francais.  They then summarized the episode.  We'll discuss next class.

French 7A

The students discussed the viewing/listening rubric and then watched L'aventure en route.  They then summarized the show.  We'll discuss next class.

French 7B

The students wrote their avoir and etre quiz.  We'll go through next class.

ELA 9A

Driver's Ed

ELA 9B

The students silent read and had time to complete the questions for chapters 9 & 10 of The Outsiders.

Thursday & Friday, November 24 & 25, 2016 - Day 6 & 1

*Monday is an alternate day and students will have an early dismissal at 2:15 pm.

Computers 8

The students have all begun (and a couple have finished) storyboarding the short story they wrote.  They will have one more class to finish their 15 panels with images, directions, shot information, action, and dialogue.

French 7A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  Then we practiced talking about how we get to school and how close we live to school.  Next we learned some more vocabulary for various types of transportation.

We also discussed the names for the provinces and territories in French and identified them on a map.  We then practiced this knowledge and our numbers by playing two Kahoots.

French 8A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  The students received their verb exams back and, if necessary, have a chance to reassess on Tuesday, November 29th at noon.  Then we went over the names of instruments in French and how to describe a person's hair, eyes, and clothing.  We started to describe Santa and will continue next class.

French 8B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  We discussed more adjectives to use when describing someone or something.  The students also learned how to analyze a song.  We then listened to a Justin Beiber song and everyone analyzed the song and turned in their analysis.

ELA 9A & 9B

After silent reading we corrected the questions from chapter 7 & 8.  If you were absent please hand in to Miss Riddell for feedback.  We then read chapters 9 & 10 and watched the video of these chapters.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - Day 5

Computers 8

The students took the story they wrote last day and broke it down into a Shot List.  If your story or shot list are not finished they are due tomorrow, as we start storyboarding then.  We will be meeting in room 210 tomorrow and for the next few classes.  Bring your pencil cases.

ELA 9 A & B

The students had silent reading time both classes and should be recording their reading on the new purple Reading Log sheet.  We also finished up Chapter 7 and the questions about The Outsiders.  We also read chapter 8, discussed hyperbole (watch the Lit Term video here) and onomatopoeia, and watched the movie before doing some questions on chapters 7 and 8.  If you were absent check your e-mail for the question sheets.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - Day 4

ELA 9A & 9B

Today the students silent read, handed in their pink reading log, and started a new purple reading log.  If you were absent be prepared to hand in your pink log next class.  Then a few sheets were returned before we started reading chapter 7.  If you were absent please read chapter 7 for next class.  9A has a few pages to finish up in the chapter and 9B finished and started their questions.  I e-mailed the questions to those in 9B who were absent.

Friday, November 18, 2016 - Day 3

*No school for students on Monday due to  PD Day.

Computers 8

Today the students finished watching a video about storyboarding and then worked on a creative 7-9 line story (one paragraph) that they are going to turn into a storyboard.  Check out all the requirements on Google Classroom if you were absent.

French 7B

The students completed their sheet on Etre.  We did new Chaise Chaud questions on our families.  Then the students practiced Avoir and Etre, using Kahoot, for their summative test on Monday, November 28th.  Don't forget to study!

French 8B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud and they received back their comparison practice sheets.  Using the formula  

Person #1 est PLUS  ______________ QUE person #2.  

                      MOINS   (adjective)

                      AUSSI

Person#1 is MORE   ______________ THAN person#2

                    LESS

                  EQUALLY

Students then made a Pic Collage showing 2 singers and comparing them in at least 4 sentences.  The students added a title (with the singer's names) and their name, before e-mailing it to Miss Riddell.

ELA 9A & 9B

Students silent read for 10 minutes.  We watched the movie version of The Outsiders for chapter 5 & 6 and completed and corrected out chapter 5&6 questions.  Miss Riddell will be taking in the last page on Tuesday if it was not done today.

If you were absent and missed the movie today I will replay it over lunch on Monday.  Come to my room at noon.

Thursday, November 17, 2106 - Day 2

French 8A

The students had their summative verb test on "er", "ir", and "re" verbes today.  We also started to discuss our new theme of music and did vocabulary for different genres of music and started learning names of various instruments.

French 7A

Most of the students re-assessed their knowledge of Avoir and Etre.  Then three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  We have a new topic about our homes.  We also practiced discussing how we get to school and whether we live near or far from the school.

French 8B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  We went through the answers for the comparison sheet sentences from yesterday.  Then the students worked on describing nouns and verbs as good, better or the best.  

French 7B

The students reviewed Avoir and Etre. We decided to have their test on Monday, November 28th as they weren't ready for tomorrow and that is our next class.  They promised to study next week.

ELA 9A & 9B

Both classes silent read and then we finished discussing the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost.  Then we read chapter 6 of "The Outsiders" and started some questions on that chapter.  If you were absent check your e-mail for the sheets.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - Day 1

Computers 8

The students watched a video on shot types and setting up for filming.  They had time to finish their shot type assignment.  They also watched part of a video on story boarding.

French 8A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  Then the students reviewed for their summative verb quiz, and had about two minutes to work on their verb cartoon (it is homework if it is not finished,)

ER VERBES

IR VERBES

RE VERBES

French 8B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud and then we discussed how to compare people or items in French using adverbs and adjectives.  The students wrote sentences comparing two singers. 

Example:  Katey Perry est plus fameuse que Lady Gaga.

                 Katey Perry is more famous than Lady Gaga.

plus adjective que            more ____________ than

moins adjective que         less _____________ than

aussi adjective que           as ______________ as (same as)

ELA 9A

The students silent read.  Then we corrected the questions about chapter 5 of The Outsiders.  The students then worked in pairs to analyze the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost.  We

will finish this up next class.

French 7A

We finished our review of Avoir and Etre for the reassessments tomorrow.  The students then completed a new set of Chaise Chaud questions.

* Our Student Led Conferences for grades 10-12 are tonight but feel free to come if you missed last night.

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - Day 6

Computers 8

As a class we discussed the various camera framing techniques, camera movements, and camera compositions used in Shot Types.  Students need to add to their groups descriptions for next class.

ELA 9A

The students read to themselves, watched chapter 4, and then we read Chapter 5 of "The Outsiders."  We did questions on the chapter and then worked in pairs to analyze the Robert Frost poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." I e-mailed copies of the questions to your lskysd e-mail if you were absent.  

ELA 9B

The students read to themselves, watched chapter 4, and then we read Chapter 5 of "The Outsiders."  We did questions on the chapter. 

French 7A

Three students did Chaise Chaud.  We discussed the student's first test on avoir and etre and many people need to reassess.  We did some reviewing, will finish up the review tomorrow, and then reassess on Thursday.  If you were absent see Miss Riddell for the review sheets.

*Tonight are SLC's for grades 7-9 from 4:30 - 8:00 pm.

Thursday, November 10, 2016 - Day 5

*NO SCHOOL Friday and Monday.  Enjoy your long weekend and thank a veteran!

*Tuesday will be the Junior (7-9) Student Led Conferences from 4:30 - 8:00 pm. Report cards will be available at this time.

ELA 9A & 9B

Today the students had double ELA classes so they read twice.  We also read Chapter 4 of "The Outsiders" and did questions on the chapter.  If you were absent hand in your questions next day so I can correct them for you.

We also assembled our SLC binders with strength and area of improvement paragraphs and some samples of ELA work.  I hope students will be adding other evidence of their learning, from other subjects, before SLC's on Tuesday.

Any outstanding assignments need to be in by midnight tonight or they will appear as IE (insufficient evidence) on report cards.

Computers 8

The students had this class to finish work on different shot types for filming and catch up outstanding summative assessments.

*Congratulations to Carlynn & Kenny on their poetry wins from the Legion.

I Know war

by Carlynn

I know war.

I know many soldiers fought,

For a freedom that could not be bought.

I know they all had important roles,

But the memories of war,

Would leave them unwhole.

I know there were countless times,

The brave men and women wished,

To be home instead of at war, confined.

I know thy fought through the cold December,

So we would remember,

The sacrifices they made.

I don’t know war.

I don’t know the thoughts that went through their heads,

As they laid terrified in their beds.

I don’t know the things they saw,

Guns being fired, piercing bullets,

Into their friends, raw.

I don’t know how many wives cried,

When they were informed,

That their loved ones had died.

I don’t know the unimaginable pain they felt,

As they smelt

The powder from the gun.

I like to think I know,

What the soldiers went through,

But I really don’t know,

What the soldiers did for me and you.

War is not like in Video Games

By Kenny

War is not like in video games

When you die you don’t get another shot

People you know get affected

You are not some invincible man

One shot can kill you

War is not like in video games

You are not a one man army

You need to work together

You will lose other soldiers

There are friends that will die

War is not like in video games

There are close calls to actual death

You will see others die

You will be emotionally scarred

You will be completely changed

War is not like in video games

You will never be the same

Unsee what you have seen

Never be able to describe what happened

People won't know the pain

War is not like in video games

People will stare at you

With respect or curiosity

It will be hard to adjust back

War has effects on people

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - Day 4

ELA 9A&B

Today the students had a shortened class as UCHS had its annual Remembrance Day Service.  The students had time to read and we discussed the literary term "irony."  Please get the notes if you were absent.  Thank-you to the 5 students who agreed to read their poems at the service:  Lilleanne, Taylor, Rachel, Dinithi, and Landon.  You all did a wonderful job!

* Grade 9's need to have their binder for SLC's in class tomorrow.

*Any outstanding ELA 9 assignments (Remembrance Day poems, The Outsiders - character paragraph, Moose story from OSD) need to be in tomorrow or they will be marked as IE or NYM for the upcoming report card.

* Tomorrow is a regular school day and students have Friday and Monday off for a four day weekend.  :) 

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - Day 3

*Tomorrow is our Remembrance Day service, starting around 2:00 pm.  Thank-you to Rachel, Taylor, Lilleanne, Landon, and Dinithi for agreeing to share their poems.  Everyone please dress respectfully.

Computers 8

The students started compiling definitions and examples of various types of shots used in film making.

French 7B

The students finished correcting avoir and etre and then started creating a cartoon using the verbs.

French 8B

The students received their formative feedback on descrbing a person's clothing, hair, and eyes.  They then used this knowledge, and PicCollage on the iPads, for a summative assessment, in which they described a singer.

ELA 9

Both classes read for ten minutes and then edited and created good copies of their strength and area of improvement paragraphs for the upcoming Student Led Conferences.

Monday, November 7, 2016 - Day 2

French 8A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  All three formative exams for "er", "ir" and "re" verbs were returned.  Students worked on their cartoon using all three of these verb types, which is due next class.  We also started a review sheet using all three types of verbs.  We will continuing practicing the verbs and the summative exam will be on Friday, November 17th.

French 7A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  Students wrote their exam on avoir and etre.  We also started discussion phrases for our next unit on taking a trip.

French 8B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  We practiced writing descriptions of what a person's hair, eyes, mouth and height are like and the clothing they are wearing.  The students handed in 2 descriptions for a formative assessment.

French 7B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  We reviewed avoir and etre and finished correcting our Avoir sheet from last day.  Then the students started a sheet using both avoir and etre.  We started to correct and will finish tomorrow.

ELA 9A & 9B

Students received their school pictures.  The students silent read. Their Remembrance Day poems were returned and several people from each class agreed to read their poems at our school service on Wednesday at 2:00 pm.  We corrected the questions from Chapter 3 of "The Outsiders" and watched the movie version. 

Friday, November 4, 2016 - Day 1

*Your fruit sales should have been handed in today!

Computers 8

The students had today to complete their comparisons of two production processes.  Several students are missing summative assessments and need to get them done or will be receiving an insufficient evidence or not yet met on their upcoming report card.

French 8A

The students wrote their "re" verb quiz and we started a new Chaise Chaud on "Ma Famille."  They also started a cartoon using "re", "ir", and "re" verbs.  Next week we will review all three verb families and then they will have a summative assessment.  We may not get his done before report cards but you can see their formative quiz results on Teacher Logic.

French 8B

The students started a new Chaise Chaud on "La Musique" and then reviewed describing a person's hair, eyes, height, and clothing.

ELA 9A

The students read on their own and then we read chapter 3 of  "The Outsiders" and did the chapter questions.  If you missed class today you can catch up on the reading here:

Audiobook

PDF of the novel

French 7A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  Then we reviewed avoir and  êtes for their quiz on Monday.

AVOIR

J'ai (I have)                 Nous avons (We have)

Tu as (You (s) have)   Vous avez (You (pl) have)

Il a (He has)                Ils ont (They (m) have)

Elle a (She has)           Elles ont (They (f) have)

On a (One has)

ÊTRE

Je suis (I am)                Nous sommes (We are)

Tu es (You (s) are)        Vous êtes  (You (pl) are)

Il est (He is)                  Ils sont (They (m) are)

Elle est (She is)             Elles sont (They (f) are)

On est (One is)

Thursday, November 3, 2016 - Day 6

*FRUIT SALES due tomorrow!

Computers 8

Students had a second class to finish their production stages comparisons.  Several students have outcomes which they need to finish or may choose to re-assess.  All reassessments must be done by next Thursday to appear on their Report Cards.

ELA 9B

The students read and then edited their paragraphs on a character from "The Outsiders."  Five students edited for grammar, accuracy, and organization (introduction, body and conclusion.)  The students then completed a good copy, printed out 2 good copies and handed them and their edited copy in.  Then we read chapter 3 and answered questions on it. 

ELA 9A

The students read and then edited their paragraphs on a character from "The Outsiders."  Five students edited for grammar, accuracy, and organization (introduction, body and conclusion.)  The students then completed a good copy, printed out 2 good copies and handed them and their edited copy in.

*ELA 9's if you were away today check your e-mail for catch-up information.

French 7A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  We reviewed etre and avoir and the students finished their cartoon.  We practiced etre and avoir in preparation for their quiz on Monday, November 7th.

Tuesday, November 2, 2016 - Day 4 & Wednesday, November 3, 2016 - Day 5

Computers 8

The students have the next two classes to turn the information, which we collected last class, into a comparison chart of two types of productions and each stage of production.  This is a summative assessment of their word processing skills and their knowledge of production stages.

ELA 9A & ELA 9B

The students read and wrote paragraphs on their strengths and areas of improvement for Student Led Conferences. We also discussed and corrected questions about chapters one and two of "The Outsiders."  The students created a chart with information about all the main characters on Google Classroom.  They then started a rough draft of a paragraph about one character, which is due tomorrow.

*Anyone with outstanding assignments for either their Remembrance Day poem or the Orange Shirt Day story has until Friday to complete them and after that they will be marked as not yet met for Report Cards. 

Friday, October 29th (Day 2) & Monday, October 31st (Day 3)

Happy Halloween!

Computers 8

The students finished up researching pre-production, production, and post-production steps for films, tv/webisodes. and music/radio.

French 8A

The students had their "ir" verb quiz and then three were in the Chaise Chaud.  Then we introduced and practiced "re" verbs.  They will have a formative "re" verb quiz next class - Friday, Nov. 4th.

French 7A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud and after reviewing avoir and etre the students started to create a comic using those two verbs.

French 8B

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud chair each class.  The students wrote their summative verb quiz on Friday and received their results today.  Those wishing to reassess a portion of their quiz need to be in Miss Riddell's room at lunch on Thursday, November 3rd.  today we also started discussing music genres and instruments.

French 7B

The students completed their TTFM surveys on Friday and today after three were in the Chaise Chaud we learned to conjugate avoir and practiced this skill.

ELA 9A

The students silent read and then we read chapter two of The Outsiders and watched the first 2 chapters on the video.  The students also worked on questions for chapters 1 & 2.  These questions are due for Wednesday's class.

ELA 9B

The students silent read and then we finished reading chapter two of The Outsiders and watched the first 2 chapters on the video.  The students also worked on questions for chapters 1 & 2.  They will have a bit more work time for the questions during Wednesday's class.

If you miss part of the novel in class you can find an audiobook of "The Outsiders" here:

https://monteromyp2english.wikispaces.com/Audio+The+Outsiders

However, it may not play on your phone so you may need to listen to it on your computer.

Thursday, October 27, 2016 - Day 1

Computers 8

Students worked in groups learning about the pre-production, production, and post-productions stages of creating television/web, films/movies, and music/radio.  Next day we'll pool our knowledge.

French 8A

The students did their Tell Them From Me surveys.  Next class (tomorrow) is the "IR" verb quiz, so don't forget to study!

French 8B

The students did their Tell Them From Me surveys.  Next class (tomorrow) is the "ER, IR and RE" verb exam, so don't forget to study!

French 7A

The students did their Tell Them From Me surveys. 

ELA 9A

The students read, finished discussing chapter one of "The Outsiders," and discussed similes/metaphors and foreshadowing/flashbacks.
If you were absent for chapter one or would like to hear it again you may go to this site:
http://monteromyp2english.wikispaces.com/Audio+The+Outsiders

for an audiobook.

*Tomorrow is a Black & Orange Spirit Day.  Sell some fruit too please!

Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - Day 6

Computers 8

The students watched a video on how Old Spice commercials are made and then discussed how ads like this are planned, edited, and shot and what is needed at each step.

ELA 9B

The students read and then we read the first chapter of "The Outsiders" and then did questions about the chapter and the characters.

ELA 9A

The students read and then did questions about the first chapter and the characters of "The Outsiders."

French 7A

Three students were in the Chaise Chaud.  The class then reviewed the verbs avoir and etre ad finished a sheet that practiced conjugating them.

*Tomorrow is TWIN DAY!  Don't forget to sell some fruit too!

Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - Day 5

ELA 9B

The students read and recorded their goals for a new week.  In period 2 the students set up a Weebly website.  If you have not turned in your website permission form lease do so ASAP. The students also finished an introduction to the novel "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton and watched short videos on protagonists, antagonists, antiheroes, foils, characterization, and point of view.  If you were absent please get the notes from Miss Riddell.

ELA 9A

The students read and recorded their goals for a new week.  If you have not turned in your website permission form lease do so ASAP. The students also finished an introduction to the novel "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton and watched short videos on protagonists, antagonists, antiheroes, foils, characterization, and point of view.  If you were absent please get the notes from Miss Riddell.  We also read the first chapter of the novel.

Computers 8

The students had this class to finish up their summative assessment for spreadsheets.  It is now homework and needs to be done and turned in on Google Classroom as soon as possible.  

*Tomorrow is Plaid Day and please don't forget to sell some fruit or cookie dough.

Friday, October 21, 2016 - Day 4

*No school Monday due to PD.

*Tuesday is Pajama Day!

ELA 9A & 9B

Today we read in both classes and then started an introduction to our novel "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton.  If you were absent please sign out a copy of the novel from the library.