*Grade 7 and 9 are undergoing CATs (Canadian Achievement Tests) this week. Students cannot study for these tests but they should get a good night sleep and have a healthy breakfast for optimum results. Tomorrow 9A will be in room 210 all morning (periods 1-3) and 9B will be there in period 5 & 6. Wednesday 9B will be in room 210 all morning (periods 1-3) and 9A will finish up on Thursday in periods 5 & 6.
ELA 9A
The students read for ten minutes and then worked on writing poems of the following varieties:
COUPLET - this simple rhyming pattern consists of two lines which rhyme and usually have a humourous twist. Lines can be any length but the rhythm and rhyme should match the thought or mood of the poem.
ALLITERATION - this type of poetry uses the repetition of a sound in two or more neighboring words. It is a bit like a tongue twister.
CONCRETE POETRY is written to show a visual as well as a written message. They may be one word, a sentence, or more. Think carefully about your word choices.
EPITAPHS - these short statements are often engraved onto tombstones in memory of someone who has died. Epitaphs may be humourous but are more often serious.
COMPUTERS 8
Today the students reviewed the basic command blocks for Scratch: EVENTS (brown) to start program, PEN (green) to choose colour, size and pen up and down, MOTION (blue) your can move or glide, SOUND (purple) you can add a sound. We also reviewed SPRITES which are the characters you use in Scratch and BACKGROUNDS which are for your stage.
Here is a link to a review of the (x,y) co-ordinate system: Scratch Coordinate System
Students then planned out their name and its coordinates to eventually create a program that will write their name. Here is an example of what their program might look like: UCHS2
French 7B
This class had CATs instead of French today.
ELA 9B
The students read for ten minutes and then worked on the following types of poetry:
ANIMAL RHYMES - a 5 line poem based on an animal and containing 5-6 words that rhyme with that animal (ex: kitty cat - rat, sat, mat, pat, hat, fat)
NAME POEM or ACROSTIC - a poem using each letter of a person's name (or another word) as the first letter for each line of the poem
QUATRAINS - a four line poem that follows any one of four different rhyme schemes (AABB, ABAB, ABBA, or ABCB)
DADA POEMS - is a bunch of scrambled words including (verbs, nouns, and pronouns) which are arranged into lines that the poet likes
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