Friday, November 29, 2019 (Day 6)

COMPUTERS 7 Blue

Today was the last class of Computers, next Day 3 Home Ec will begin.  The students had time to finish their Privacy/Security Plans and their Maze Game.  

*Leo, Kadence, Tallon, and Erika need to attach their Maze links to the assignment in Google Classroom.

ELA 8A

The students read silently for ten minutes.  Then we corrected chapter 5 of "Bifocal."  We also read chapter 6 and students had time to work on the questions.

Overdues:

Remembrance Day Writing - Oct 24 - Madison

Video Analysis - Nov 8 - Madison

Bifocal Daily Write - Nov 25 - Kaden,  Phoenix, Madison, Grace

SENIOR FRENCH

The students had an oral summative on time and reflexive verbs and a written quiz.

Overdues:  TikTok video - Quinn

Ma Journée Poster - Lola and Xander

Episode 8 Summary - Kendra,  Morgan

ELA 9A

The students read for ten minutes silently.  Then we finished correcting Chapter 2 of "The Outsiders."  The students had time to write a rough draft of a descriptive paragraph about a character they like or find interesting from the novel. Paragraphs should be between 6 -12 lines and include information in an interesting manner. They will have time to complete editing and a good copy on Tuesday.

ELA 9B

The students read for ten minutes silently.  The students had time to finish their rough draft of a descriptive paragraph about a character they like or find interesting from the novel. Paragraphs should be between 6 -12 lines and include information in an interesting manner. They had time to edit  and a type out a good copy.   If they are not done it is now homework and due at the start of class on Tuesday.

Thursday, November 28, 2019 (Day 5)

COMPUTERS 7Blue

The students had time to complete their Maze game on Scratch and turn it in.  Tomorrow is our last class and I need Security Plan Summatives from: Canyon, Kierra, Leo, Raelin, Nevaeh, Erika, Tallon, Avery and Kaybree by the end of tomorrow's class.  Tomorrow is also an opportunity for re-assessments.

ELA 9B

The students read for ten minutes silently.  Then we finished correcting chapter 2 questions from "The Outsiders."  The students had time to write a rough draft of a descriptive paragraph about a character they like or find interesting from the novel. Paragraphs should be between 6 -12 lines and include information in an interesting manner.

SENIOR FRENCH

The students had a last oral practice using times and reflexive activities before the Summative tomorrow. We also practiced writing and listening to times.  Tomorrow we will also have a written quiz on time and reflexive verbs.

ELA 8A

The students read silently for ten minutes.  Then we finished reading Chapter 5 of "Bifocal."  The students had the rest of the class to complete the questions on chapter five and start their daily write.

Overdues:

Remembrance Day Writing - Oct 24 - Madison

Video Analysis - Nov 8 - Madison

Bifocal Daily Write - Nov 25 - Kaden,  Phoenix, Madison, Grace

ELA 9A

The students read for ten minutes silently.  They had some time to finish the chapter 2 questions before we started correcting.  We'll finish up tomorrow.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 (Day 4)

COMPUTERS 7 Blue

The students are working on a Maze Game in Scratch.  Today they started coding.  They used IF THEN loops to make their sprite move and they used SENSING so if it touched the walls it would start over.  We'll continue work on this tomorrow.

ELA 8A

The students read silently for ten minutes.  Then they completed and discussed a Privilege Walk.  Afterwards we read Chapter 5 to halfway down page 72.  We'll finish it up tomorrow.

SENIOR FRENCH

The students continued to practice orally sharing up to 2 reflexive activities and 2 times of day when they did them. * Remember to conjugate your verbs.

Example:  Je m'endors à vingt-deux heures.  (I go to sleep at 11:00 pm.)

Je me repose à dix-sept heures et quart.  (I relax at 5:15 pm.) 

We will be having an oral and a written Summative on Friday.

Today we also chose Secret Santa partners for a gift exchange on the last day of school before the Christmas break.  $15 is the maximum to spend.

We are also going to visit Parkview and spend some time with the residents before Christmas.

ELA 9B

The students read for ten minutes silently.  They had ten minutes to finish up their Chpater 2 questions on "The Outsiders."  Then we corrected to the definition for "Shanghaiing."

Tuesday, November 26, 2019 (Day 3)

ELA 9A & 9B

The students read for ten minutes silently. 9B tallied their minutes from last week.  We completed reading Chapter Two of "The Outsiders" and students received questions to answer.  Both classes will get some more class time to compete the questions. The questions may be found on Google Classroom.

Audio of Chapter Two  

Overdues:  

Bio Poem (Sept) - Parker

Storming Juno Video Analysis (Oct 16) - Parker, Daylan

Remembrance Day Poem (Oct 24) - Tristin, Parker, Daylan

Poetry 20 Lines (Nov 4) - Parker, Tristin

News Article (Nov. 13) - Erika, Kyle, Parker, Daylan, Tristin)

SENIOR FRENCH

The students orally practiced using time and reflexive verbs by saying two activities they do at specific times.  Example:

À sept heures je me réveille. (At seven o'clock I get up.)

We also had time for a reflexive verb and a time kahoot.

Overdues:  

Tik Tok (Oct 29) - Quinn

Extra en Français (Episode 8) (Nov 25) - Kendra, Monica, Adam, Kylie, Olivia, Morgan

Ma Journée Poster (Nov 25) - Lola, Xander, Monica, Adam

Monday, November 25, 2019 (Day 2)

ELA 8A

The students read silently for ten minutes and tallied their minutes from last week.  Then we corrected Chapter 4 of "Bifocal."  The answers are posted on Google Classroom if you were absent.  Then the students had time to finish typing and printing their Daily Write from Friday.  This was the last class time that will be given and it is now overdue if not handed in. 

Overdues:

Remembrance Day Writing - Oct 24 - Madison

Video Analysis - Nov 8 - Madison

Personal Narrative - Nov 4 - Madison

Bifocal Daily Write - Nov 25 - Jade, Kaden, Jayden, Davika, Dhawn, Phoenix, Jenai, Jenna, Madison, Grace, Brenna, Jayce, Cassey, Christian, Seth

ELA 9A

The students read silently for ten minutes and tallied their minutes from last week. We went through their Vocabulary exams from last week.  They had the rest of class to work on Lesson 4, which we'll finish next day 2

SENIOR FRENCH

The students orally shared three things they do at specific times with at least one being reflexive.

Example:

Je me leve à sept heures et quart.  (I get up at 7:15 am).

Je mange mon petit déjeuner à huit heures moins le quart.  (I eat breakfast at 7:45 am.)

Je me couche à vingt-deux heures.  (I go to sleep at 10 pm (22h00).)

We did a kahoot to practice our time skills.

CAREERS 7B

Today the students helped unload fruit. We finished discussing values of the four main characters in the movie "Hoot." They then had a Summative to complete on Google Classroom:

1. Choose a character from the movie for whom we made a chart of values.2. Write a paragraph describing 5 of the character's values using examples from the movie.3. Then predict 3 possible jobs the character might have when they grow up. Explain whyyou chose each job using at least 2 values and examples from the movie.
Turn in the assignment when done.  I will give you some class time to finish next day 2.

CAREERS 8B

Today the students had some time to complete their assignment about themselves and their characteristics, skills, ability, and personality.

Friday, November 22, 2019 (Day 1)

ELA 8A

The students read silently for ten minutes.  They then finished reading chapter 4 and discussed it.  Next they had time to complete the questions for chapter 4.  Finally they reviewed what goes into a good paragraph.  They chose one of the four daily writes that they had previously done, edited it and typed a good copy on Google Classroom.  The will have some time to finish this on Monday.

SENIOR FRENCH

The students watched Episode 8 of Extra en Français and competed a summary of it.  If you were absent get the summary from Miss Riddell on Monday and watch the video below.  After the video the students had time to finish their Ma Journée posters, which will be due Monday.

ELA 9A

The students read silently for ten minutes.  Then they corrected Chapter One questions about "The Outsiders."  Answers can be found on Classroom if you were absent.  The then read chapter 2 to the top of page 30.

Chapter 2 Audio

Thursday, November 21, 2019 (Day 6)

COMPUTERS 7 Blue

Today everyone finished up and turned in their name coding project.  Today we started working with paint and are going to create a maze game.  Everyone should have their maze designed for next class.

ELA 8A

The students read silently for ten minutes.  Then we corrected the Chapter Three questions for "Bifocal."  If you were absent the answers are posted in Google Classroom.  Then we read Chapter 4 to halfway down page 58, which we'll finish up tomorrow. You can listen to the Chapter here:

SENIOR FRENCH

The students practiced time with a kahoot.

Examples:

1h00 - Il est une heure.   It is one o'clock.

3h00 - Il est trois heures.  It is three o'clock.

2h15 - Il est deux heures et quart.  (It's two fifteen.)

2h45 - Il est trois heures moins le quart.  (It's quarter to three.)

4h20 - Il est quatre heures vingt. (It's four twenty.)

Then they started work on a poster of their day.

1. The first column is a clock.  Put on the correct hands.

2. The second column is writing out the times in words including the numbers.

Include at least once:

• et quart
• moins le quart
• et demie
• random time ex: 2h13

3. The third column is your activity. Conjugate in present tense.  Add a small picture.

1/2 the activities or more must be reflective

1/2 the activities may be non-reflexive

This poster will be due on Monday, November 25th.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students had Driver's Ed with Mr. Soloski during today's classes.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019 (Day 5)

COMPUTERS 7 Blue

The students continued working on their Scratch coding to write out their name.  It was due at the end of class but a few people will need to finish up tomorrow.  If you haven't confirmed your e-mail for scratch it will not let you share.  When you are done please post the share link to Google Classroom.

ELA 9A

The 9A class started Driver's Ed today.  If you do not have your SGI Customer number you need it by Friday or you will be removed from the class.  If you are removed from the class you will need to take the Driver's Ed course through SGI, which costs $700.

SENIOR FRENCH

The students did another practice sheet on using reflexive and non-reflexive verbs.  If a verb is reflexive someone is doing something to themselves.

Example:  Je me lave.  I wash myself.

If they are doing the action to something or someone else it is non-reflexive.

Example:  Je lave le chien,  I wash the dog.

Then we had a rousing game of Un à Dix and Silent Muffin.

ELA 8A

The students read silently for ten minutes.  Then we corrected the questions for Chapter Two for "Bifocal".  If you were absent the answers may be found on Google Classroom. Chapter 2 Q & A

We then read chapter 3, discussed it and the students did the questions for chapter three. If you were absent information can be found on Google Classroom.

ELA 9B

The students read silently for ten minutes.  Great reading material for your ten minutes at home is your Driver's Ed manual.  Then we corrected the questions for Chapter One of "The Outsiders."  You can find the answers on Google Classroom. We also played a Kahoot about chapter one.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 (Day 4)

COMPUTERS Blue 7

Today the students took the letters of their name/initials that they had turned into coordinates (x, y) and started to code a program to write out their name/initials using Scratch.  We'll finish this up tomorrow. This is an example of what the coding will look like:

ELA 8A

The students read silently and tallied their pages read from last week.  We corrected the questions from chapter one of the novel "Bifocal."  Students had their personal narratives returned (Madison and Maison) still need to turn them in. They were due Nov. 14th.  Then we read chapter two of "Bifocal" and discussed it.  The students had time to work on the questions for chapter two.

If you were absent or did not get all the notes for chapter one they are posted here and on Google Classroom.  Bifocal - Chapter One

SENIOR FRENCH

We reviewed time and did a handout for practice.  Then we played two further kahoots for practice.  You can do them here if you were absent: https://kahoot.it/challenge/0176911  Challenge pin:  0176911

Tomorrow we will be doing the imparfait / passé composé reassess at noon.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students read silently and tallied their pages read from last week. Then we finished reading chapter one of "The Outsiders."  The students were given questions to complete (you can find them on Google Classroom if you were absent).  We will correct tomorrow.

Audio of Chapter One

Drivers Ed starts tomorrow remember to bring your lunch.

Monday, November 18, 2019 (Day 3)

ELA 9A & 9B

The students read for ten minutes and tallied up their reading from last week and the weekend.  They are expected to read 140 minutes each week and given ten minutes a day in class to help with this total.  Next we finished the introduction to our novel study "The Outsiders."

ELA 9B - Read chapter one of the novel to halfway down page 15.

ELA 9A - Read chapter one of the novel to halfway down page 17.

If you missed class a pdf of the entire novel can be found here: Copy of The Outsiders

And a recording of the chapters can be found here: Audio of The Outsiders

SENIOR FRENCH

The students received their exams back.  Re-assessments will be held on Wednesday at noon. Then we reviewed reflexive verbs and did and activity identifying when a reflexive pronoun is used and when it is not.

Example:  Je lave mon chien.  (I wash my dog.  Not reflexive)

                  Je me lave.  (I wash myself.  Reflexive)

We also looked at how time is written in French:

Quelle heure est-il?  What time is it?

The French use military time - 24 hour clock.

7:00 o'clock am  --> 7h00

7:00 o'clock pm --> 19h00

Il est ____number_____ heure(s).  It is _____ o'clock.

12 noon - Il est  midi. (12h00)

12 midnight - Il est minuit.  (0h00)

3:15 pm --> 15h15

Il est quinze heures et quart.

6:45 am --> 6h45

Il est sept heures moins le quart.

5:30 pm --> 17h30

Il est dix-sept heures et demie.

9:10 am --> 9h10

Il est neuf heures dix.

9:50 am  --> 9h50

Il est dix heures moins dix.

7:00 am --> 7h00 (in the morning)

Il est sept heures du matin. 

7:00 pm --> 19h00 (in the evening)

Il est sept heures du soir.

2:00 pm  --> 14h00 (in the afternoon)

Il est deux heures de l'après-midi.

Friday, November 15, 2019 (Day 2)

ELA 8A

The students read silently for ten minutes.  Then we read chapter one of "Bifocal" by Deborah Ellis & Eric Walters.  If you were absent read the chapter or listen to it below for Monday and do the questions, everything is posted in Google Classroom.  We also did the questions and wrote a paragraph for the Daily Write.  Please write the paragraph on looseleaf and hand in Monday if you weren't done in class.

Overdues:  Remembrance Day Writing - Madison

Personal Narratives (Nov 4) - Christian, Shawn, Maison, Madison

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Video Analysis (Nov 8) - Madison, Morgan

ELA 9A

The students had their first vocabulary quiz today.  It was an open book quiz on lessons 1-3 of "Words Are Important."  If they finished early they had time to read. On Monday we start to read "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton.

Overdues: 

Bio Poem & Sonnet - Parker

Storming Juno (Video Analysis) (Oct 16) - Daylan, Parker

Remembrance Day Poem (Oct 24) - Parker, Daylan, Tristin

Poetry (20 lines) (Nov 4) - Parker, Tristin

News Article (Nov 13) - Erika, Owen, Kenzie, Kylie, Kyle, Tristin, Taelyn, Parker, Daylan

SENIOR FRENCH

Today we discussed reflexive verbs and watched a video on how to conjugate them.  I have sheets for those who were absent.  Orally, most students shared a reflexive verb and when they did that action.

Example:  À sept heures je me réveille.  (At seven (am) I wake up.)

CAREERS 7 Blue

Today the students finished watching "Hoot" and looking for virtues displayed by different characters.  We discussed the values displayed by Beatrice and Mullet.  We'll finish discussing Roy and Dana next class and do a wrap-up activity.  If you missed class see Miss Riddell to set up a time to watch next week.

CAREERS 8B

The students heard a story about Mira who thought the only thing she could do in school was math so she left school at 16.  Later she realized she had skills with mechanics and she went back to school to get more education so she could get a better job.  She found out she was a visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, and logical/mathematical learner according to the multiple intelligences test.  As a result she changer her learning style - writing down everything and drawing or building a model to help her remember information.  She realized she was a talented beadworker and had different ways of being smart.

Then students are to create a poster (on Google Classroom) that includes:

- your name

- a picture of you

- 3-5 interests
- 3-5 skills
- 3-5 Multiple Intelligences
- your Learning Style with an example
- your Personalty Type with an example

On the next page write a paragraph telling about your skills, interests, and styles, and how they will help you in a future job. Be specific and give details.

If you haven't signed up for Classroom the class code is: 1ve1ami

Thursday, November 14, 2019 (Day 1)

ELA 8A

The students read silently for ten minutes.   We finished watching the video from yesterday about a woman whose, brother, sister-in-law, and friend were murdered by their next door neighbour in a hate crime because they were Muslim.  We also discussed the following quote:

"Did you know that vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There's this idea that monsters don't have reflections in a mirror. And what I've always thought isn't that monsters don't have reflections in a mirror. It's that if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves. And growing up, I felt like a monster in some ways. I didn't see myself reflected at all. I was like, ‘Yo, is something wrong with me? That the whole society seems to think that people like me don't exist?’ And part of what inspired me, was this deep desire that before I died, I would make a couple of mirrors. That I would make some mirrors so that kids like me might seem themselves reflected back and might not feel so monstrous for it." –Junot Diaz

The students then signed out the novel "Bifocal" by Deborah Ellis and Eric Walters and started an activity predicting what the novel will be about.

SENIOR FRENCH

The students wrote their summative exam on reading strategies and using Imparfait vs Passé Composé. If you were absent see Miss Riddell for a time to make this up. We also discussed two French programs, one is a three month exchange to Quebec. This is open to grade 10s and they would have someone from Quebec come to their home for three months in the fall and then they would go to Quebec and live with their partner's family for three months and attend school there.

For more information go here: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/education-and-learning/prek-12-education-early-learning-and-schools/student-exchange-programs

The other is a five week immersion program in Quebec or another French speaking province that would take place over the summer. Applications are open to grade 10 & 11s and are due in February. More information can be found here: https://www.myexplore.ca/en/

ELA 9A & 9B

The students started class with ten minutes of silent reading. Then we did an introduction to the novel "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton.

Overdues:  Sonnet & Bio Poem - Parker

Storming Juno Video Analysis - Daylan, Parker
Remembrance Day Poem - Parker, Tristin, Daylan
Poetry (20 lines) - Parker, Tristin

News Article (Nov 13) - Erika, Owen, Kenzie, Kylie, Kyle, Taelyn, Tristin, Parker, Daylan, Jaydon

9A Open Book Vocabulary test tomorrow!

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 (Day 6)

COMPUTERS 7 Blue

The students started graphing out their names or initals (3 letters minimum) using (x,y) coordinates.  We will be using the pen feature in Scratch to program their names using these coordinates next class.  If you were absent see Miss Riddell for the necessary sheet and further instructions.  We also watched the video below:

ELA 8A

The students read for ten silently.  Then they presented on the terms they researched yesterday:  prejudice, anti-Semitic, discrimination, bigotry, racism, extremist, Islamophobia.

We watched the video below and signed out our novels "Bifocal."

Thursday at lunch the following students should be in my room, with their lunches, to watch the video they missed last Friday, and finish the video analysis:  Jack, Davika, Morgan, Madison, and Christian

Overdues: Rmembrance Day Writing - Madison

Personal Narratives - Shawn, Christian, Maison, Madison

SENIOR FRENCH

Today we discussed the article by Simone and did some more Passé Composé vs Imparfait practice.  Summative test on reading and past tenses tomorrow.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students read silently and signed our their copies of "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton.  They had time to complete their news article about the story "On the Sidewalk Bleeding."  Students need to hand in:

a) their planning sheet

b) their rough draft

c) their editing sheet

d) their good copy.

It was due to today and is now overdue.

Some students had time to work on other homework or read if they were done.  If you were absent please get your news article done and sign out "The Outsiders."

Overdues:  Sonnet & Bio Poem - Parker

Storming Juno Video Analysis - Daylan, Parker
Remembrance Day Poem - Parker, Tristin, Daylan
Poetry (20 lines) - Parker, Tristin,  Taelyn

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 (Day 5)

COMPUTER 7 Blue

Today the students started to work with SCRATCH a coding site created by MIT.  We watched an introductory video and then the students signed up for an account and re-created the program in the video.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students read silently for ten minutes.  They then worked in partners to edit their rough draft.  They then made any edits and printed out their good copy.  The planning sheet, rough draft, editing sheet, and good copy need to be handed in by the end of class tomorrow.

Overdues:  Sonnet & Bio Poem - Parker

Storming Juno Video Analysis - Daylan, Parker
Remembrance Day Poem - Weston, Parker, Tristin, Daylan
Poetry (20 lines) - Weston, Parker, Tristin, Vinson,  Taelyn

SENIOR FRENCH

The students worked on a sheet deciding when to use Imparfait vs Passé Composé, which we corrected (Exercise L).  Make sure to get it corrected before our test on Thursday.  We also started to read the article by Simone the cat, please be ready to correct tomorrow.

ELA 8A

The students read for ten minutes silently.  Then we did an introductory vocabulary/idea activity for our upcoming novel study.  If you were absent check out the KWL chart on Google Classroom.  The students then worked in groups to define, research facts, find examples, and non-examples for:

Prejudice, Bigotry, Racism, Anti-Semitic, Islamophobia, Extremist, Discrimination

We'll see what was discovered tomorrow.

Overdues - 

Remembrance Day Writing (due Oct 24) Madison

Personal Narrative (due Nov 4) - Shawn, Madison, Maison, Christian

Student Led Conferences are from 4:30-7:30 Wednesday and Thursday this week.  Mr. Soloski will be doing a Driver's Ed presentation at 6:45 in the library Wednesday only.

Friday, November 8, 2019 (Day 4)

COMPUTERS 8Blue

Today the students started to think about Coding.  We watched a video and the students filled out a sheet about coding being everywhere.  If you were absent watch the video on Classroom and complete the sheet.

ELA 8A

The students read for ten minutes.  Then we finished watching "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close."  They students filled out their video analysis and handed it in.  If you were absent be in my room at lunch to watch the ending on Tuesday.

Overdues - 

Remembrance Day Writing (due Oct 24) Madison

Personal Narrative (due Nov 4) - Shawn, Morgan, Madison, Maison, Grace, Christian

SENIOR FRENCH

The students completed reading the articlve by Siffleur the pigeon and we discussed it. We also did the first three questions of Exeercise L - Passé Composé or Imparfait?  We'll spend more time on this next week.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students read for ten minutes silently.  Then they had time to work on the rough draft of their newspaper article based on the story "On the Sidewalk Bleeding."  Rough drafts should be completed on Google Classroom for Tuesday's class.  They must incluce a headline, a lead (who, what, when, where), a body (why & how), at least three quotes by characters (drunk, Laura, couple, old lady, cop) from the story, and a conclusion.

Overdues:  

Bio Poem & Sonnet - Parker

Storming Juno Video Analysis - Daylan, Parker
Remembrance Day Poem - Weston, Parker, Tristin, Daylan
Poetry (20 lines) - Weston, Parker, Tristin, Vinson, McKenzie, Taelyn

NO SCHOOL MONDAY!

Take a moment to thank a veteran!

Thursday, November 7, 2019 (Day 3)

ELA 9A & 9B

The students read silently for ten minutes.  We finished discussing "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" and the students started to write a news article based on the story.  The students need to use the inverted paragraph method, which starts with a headline, then the lead (who, what, when, where, how), the body (with 3 quotes from characters in the story and fully explains the why), and then a conclusion.  Articles should be typed out on Google Classroom and are due at the start of class on Wednesday, November 13th.

Overdues: Sonnet - Parker

Storming Juno Video Analysis - Daylan, Parker
Remembrance Day Poem - Weston, Parker, Tristin,Daylan
Poetry (20 lines) - Weston, Parker, Tristin, Jaydon, Vinson, Cameron, Kenzie, Kylie,  Taelyn

SENIOR FRENCH

The students discussed the article by Bonfire Jr - le cheval.  Then they  finished correcting the conjugation of Imparfait verbs.  Next they read an article by Siffleur - the pigeon.

*Tomorrow is Formal Day in honour of our Remembrance Day service.  Please follow the dress code.

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 (Day 2)

ELA 8A

The students read silently for ten minutes.  Then we continued watching "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, " which we will finish up tomorrow.

ELA 9A

The students read for ten minutes and reset their reading goals.  Students are expected to read for 20 minutes each day.  Ten in class and ten at home, 20 in the weekends.  We corrected Lesson 3 in our vocabulary study "Words Are  Important."  Next Day 2 the students will have an open book quiz dealing with vocabulary from Lessons 1-3.  If they have not finished any of these lessons they have a week to get ready and caught up.

OVERDUES - Sonnet - Parker
Storming Juno Video Analysis - Daylan, Parker
Remembrance Day Poem - Weston, Parker, Tristin
Poetry (20 lines) - Weston, Parker, Daylan, Tristin, Jaydon, Vinson, Cameron, Kenzie, Kylie,  Taelyn

SENOR FRENCH

We went over yesterday's reading about Win's story.  Then the students practiced conjugating Imparfait verbs, before reading today's story by Bonfire Jr.  Anyone who is re-writing their Passé Composé quiz should be in my room by 8:10 am.

CAREERS 7 Blue

We have been discussing values and self-esteem.  Today the students started to watch the movie "Hoot" and were looking out for values that the main characters possessed.

CAREERS 8B

Today we completed a Learning Styles survey and looked at tips for better learning.  We also went through a Skills Chart and labeled each skill as 1 (least well) to 5 (most well).  For each skill that was a 3, 4, or 5 we then gave a personal example.  Get these pages from Miss Riddell and please do for homework before next class.

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 (Day 1)

ELA 8A

The students read today and reset their reading goal.  They shoul dbe reading 20 minutes per day, 10 in class and 10 at home.  Then we continued watching the film "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close."

SENIOR FRENCH

Today we introduced/reviewed the Imparfait tense, a second for of past tense, how to conjugate it and and when it is used.

PASSÉ COMPOSÉ  

*snapshot

*occasional (once)

*complete (done)

*interruption (situation)

IMPARFAIT

*ongoing

*habitual (always)

*incomplete (ongoing)

*background (situation)

IMPARFAIT CONJUGATION

1.  Start with the NOUS form of the present tense of the verb.

example:  Nous allons

                 Nous finissons

                 Nous parlons

2.  Drop the ONS to get your root

example:  all

                 finiss

                 parl

3.  Add the ending for the pronoun you are using:

Je ------ ais

Tu ----- ais

Il/Elle --- ait

Nous ---- ions

Vous ---- iez

Ils/Elles ---- aient

example:  Je allais (I went)

                 Il finissait (He finished)

                 Elles parlaient (They (f) talked)

We also read the Remembrance Day article by Win.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students read today and reset their reading goal.  They should be reading 20 minutes per day, 10 in class and 10 at home. We watched three short videos on Theme, Irony, and the Story Telling Arc.  You can watch them in Google Classroom if you were absent.   Then the students had time to finish questions up to and including # 7 (the story arc).  Tomorrow 9A will be correcting Vocabulary Lesson 3, make sure you are ready.

OVERDUES - Sonnet - Parker
Storming Juno Video Analysis - Adam, Daylan, Parker
Remembrance Day Poem - Weston, Parker, Tristin
Poetry (20 lines) - Weston, Parker, Daylan, Tristin, Adam, Jaydon, Vinson, Cameron, Kenzie, Kylie,  Taelyn

Monday, November 4, 2019 (Day 6)

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Today the students reviewed the topics included in their Internet Security questions from Friday.  They then had the class to develop a Personal Security Plan for using Social Media or any Internet connected devices.  This Summative is due tomorrow.

ELA 8A

The students read for ten minutes and tallied their minutes from last week.  In preparation for a novel study the students reviewed what they know about the 9/11 attacks.  We discussed their answers to what happened, who was responsible, how did the world change, and why do we remember this event.  September 11th Information  Then the students started to watch the movie "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" about a boy whose father is killed in the attacks.  The students will be doing a video analysis of the movie.

SENIOR FRENCH

Today's small class read the article by Ellie and did a sheet on vocabulary, facts, and theme.  We discussed the answers and the students had time to play a couple of games.

Overdue:  TikToks - Quinn, Xander, Jared, Olivia (1/2)

ELA 9A & 9B

The students read for ten minutes and tallied their minutes from last week. Then we started preparing for our upcoming novel study with some self-reflection and a short story "On The Sidewalk Bleeding."

Overdues - Sonnet - Parker

Remembrance Day Poems - Weston, Parker, Tristin

Storming Juno Video Analysis - Parker, Adam, Daylan

Final Poetry - Tristin, Daylan, Weston, Parker, Carter, Adam, Jaydon, Bronson, Vinson, Kenzie, Kylie, Kyle, Taelyn, Camerson

Friday, November 1, 2019 (Day 5)

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The students completed questions on Internet Security on Google Classroom.  They also had time to finish up any other incomplete assignments.  Those who were done early had some time to work on Hour of Code.

ELA 9A & 9B

The students read silently for ten minutes.  Then they chose 20 lines (or more) from their various poems (Reversal, Ravenesque, Haiku, Tanka, Terse Verse. and so on).  They typed out these poems in good on Google Classroom, including the type of poem, a title, and the poem itself.  A printed good copy and their notebook needed to be turned in.  Sonnets and Remembrance Day poems could not be used as they have already been marked.  If students did not get finished during class time it is homework and due on Monday.

Overdues:  Sonnet (Sept 27) - Parker

          Storming Juno Video Analysis (Oct. 16) - Parker, Adam, Daylan

          Remembrance Day Poems (Oct. 24) - Taelyn, Raegan, Daylan, Weston, Parker, Tristin

SENIOR FRENCH

Today we started going through reading strategies and putting them into action by reading about the animals used in the various wars and the start of a Commemorative Train Trip they are making across Canada.  Students read and highlighted what they understood, then we discussed as a class.

READING STRATEGIES

a) Look for words you already know.

b) Look for words, which are the same or similar in English.

c) Use the pictures for help.

d) Use a dictionary for words that you don't know.

e) Use common sense and think what the writing is about.

ELA 8A

The students read silently for ten minutes.  They then had the rest of class to complete the good copy of their Personal Narrative.  It should include:

*a real event from their life

*five senses (hearing, sight, taste, touch, and smell)

*take only minutes, hours or at most a day (a short time)

*dialogue (internal and external)

*first person narration (from their point of view)

* contain a message

Students need to turn in a printed copy and their notebook.  If students did not get finished during class time it is homework and due on Monday.

Overdue:  Remembrance Day Writing (Oct. 24) - Madison

The day ended with a presentation by Callie Kennedy on "Life Is Worth Living" about suicide prevention and mental health awareness.  This was provided by the Tyler Zunti Memorial Volleyball Alumni Tournament committee.

SIGNS TO WATCH FOR:

Loss

Increase or decrease in mood

Feeling anxious

Experiencing hopelessness / helplessness

Ideation (forming thoughts of death or suicide)

Suicide Attempt

Withdrawal and isolation

Overuse of substances

Recklessness

Trapped

History of suicide / mental illness in the family

Life changes or major transitions

Illness (physical or mental)

Violence

Irritability and anger

Not enough

Giving away personal possessions

https://www.lifeisworthlivingbck.com/our-roots