The students read silently for ten minutes. They corrected chapter 19, read and discussed chapter 20, finished and corrected the chapter 20 questions. If you were absent Miss Riddell is taking in the chart for chapter 17 and the Daily Write predictions for chapter 20.
ELA 9A
The students read silently for ten minutes. We corrected Lesson 4 of Words Are Important. Then we played a Kahoot on "The Outsiders."
SENIOR FRENCH
We shared our Christmas plans orally in French. Then we exchanged gifts. Finally we played a Kahoot about French Christmas vocabulary.
CAREERS 7
The students had this class to finish their green screening of a healthy relationship trait in a work situation. If you are not in one of the finished videos it is now overdue. After the break you and your group will have to spend a lunch hour or after school and get it done.
The students read silently for ten minutes. They then had time to do the questions for Chapter 18 and we corrected. We read chapter 19 and they had time to do those questions as well. We'll correct tomorrow.
SENIOR FRENCH
Today the students presented their lives in 2029. Kendra, Quinn and Xander need to finish up. Tomorrow we will be doing our gift exchange.
ELA 9A
The students read silently for ten minutes. We finished reading Chapter 10 of "The Outsiders" and the students had time to complete the questions.
ELA 9B
We finished correcting Chapter 7 & 8 of "The Outsiders" and then we read chapters 9 & 10. We'll do those questions in January.
Then they chose four Search Engines to research and compare.
ELA 8A
The students read for ten minutes. Then we finished reading chapter 17 of "Bifocal" before discussing and doing the chapter questions. The chart on Haroon and Jay is to be handed in if your were absent. We corrected and read chapter 18.
SENIOR FRENCH
Today we walked to Parkview Place where the students sang some carols in French and in English for the residents. Then we visited. This was our Activate Project. Tomorrow we are presenting our "Moi Dans 2029" slideshows. Be ready! Remember to bring your gift for Friday.
ELA 9A
The students read silently for ten minutes. We finished correcting "The Outsiders" chapter 7 and 8 questions before reading chapters 9 & 10. We got to page 158 and we'll finish the chapter tomorrow.
ELA 9B
The students read for ten minutes silently. Then they finished up their chapter 7 & 8 questions from "The Outsiders" and we corrected to question 8. We'll finish up tomorrow.
The students watched 2 videos about what the Internet is and how you search it. They then did some on-line research about web browsers, search engines and filter bubbles.Tomorrow we'll go through what they discovered.
ELA 9B
The students read silently for ten minutes. Then we finished reading chapters 7 and 8 of "The Outsiders." The students had a few minutes to finish the questions and will get some more work time tomorrow before we correct.
SENIOR FRENCH
The students practiced singing some Christmas Carols in French and English in preparation for our trip to Parkview Place tomorrow. They also coloured some Christmas Cards for the residents.
ELA 8A
The students read silently for ten minutes. Then we read the rest of chapter 16 of "Bifocal." The students completed the questions and we corrected. We had time to start reading chapter 17 and got to page 183.
ELA 9A
The students read for ten minutes silently. Then they finished up their chapter 7 & 8 questions from "The Outsiders" and we corrected to question 13. We'll finish up tomorrow.
The students did some quick review of the computer hardware items and terms we studied last week. Then we did two Kahoots to test their knowledge. If you were absent please arrange a time to make this up with Miss Riddell as it is a summative.
ELA 8A
The students read for ten minutes silently and tallied their minutes read from last week. Then we finished reading chapter 15 of "Bifocal," the students did the chapter questions and we corrected. Then we read chapter 16 to page 169.
Overdues:
Video Analysis
SENIOR FRENCH
The students had time to continue work on their slideshow about their life in ten years.
Add ten slides about what you life will be like in 2029. Have one sentence and one picture on each slide. Examples: Je vais avoir deux enfants. Je vais habiter à Montreal. Je vais avoir beaucoup d'argent. *Grades 11 and 12 add more details to your sentences.
Overdues:
Tik Tok (Oct 29) - Quinn
Ma Journée Poster (Nov 25) - Xander
Episode 8 (Nov 22) - Kendra
ELA 9A
The students read for ten minutes silently and tallied their minutes read from last week. We finished reading chapter 7 & 8 of "The Outsiders" and the students had time to work on the chapter questions. We'll have a bit more time to finish next class before we correct.
ELA 9B
The students read for ten minutes silently and tallied their minutes read from last week. They had time to finish the chapter 6 questions and corrected them. We then started reading chapter 7 & 8 of "The Outsiders." We'll finish next class.
The students read silently for ten minutes. The 9B's corrected chapter five questions and we read chapter six of "The Outsiders." The 9B's worked on questions for chapter six and we corrected.
SENIOR FRENCH
The students had this class to work on their final future presentation. They are creating a slide show about their life in 2029. On Classroom, there is a slideshow attached to the the assignment. They can change the backgrounds and styles of the slide show. Each slide needs a sentence (or two more details for grades 11 and 12) and a picture. If there is extra time they can add transitions and other fancy stuff.
The students read silently for ten minutes. Then we finished correcting the chapter 13 questions. We read chapter 14,finished, and corrected the questions. Then we read chapter 15 up to page 160. We'll finish up tomorrow.
ELA 9A
The students read silently for ten minutes. Then the students completed Lesson 4 in Words are Important, parts A, B and C. We will be correcting next class - Friday, December 20th.
SENIOR FRENCH
Still working in future tense the students gave clues to a profession.
Example:
Je vais travailler avec les animaux,
Je vais aider les gens.
Je vais marcher beaucoup.
(I am going to work with dogs. I am going to help people. I am going to walk a lot.)
Je vais être une marcheuse de chiens. (I am going to be a dog walker.)
We finished correcting our sheet from yesterday. Then the students had time to start planning their final project, where they will be in 10 years. They will create a Google Slideshow with a sentence and picture for each slide. 10 slides for all but 11s and 12s need to add more details.
Examples:
Dans 2029
Je vais avoir deux enfants. (I am going to have two children.)
Je vais habiter à Montreal. (I am going to live in Montreal.)
Je vais avoir beaucoup d'argent. (I am going to have a lot of money.)
*Remember to sneak your gift in before next Friday.
CAREERS 7B
Last day we discussed 10 ways to build positive and healthy relationships. Today the students were put into groups of 3. They were each given one way and they had to pick a job and then make a skit showing the way was used positively and one way it was used negatively. They green screened their skits. We'll need one more class to finish this up.
CAREERS 8B
The students continued watching "October Sky." They also received their Interview questions for over the break. If you were absent the questions are also posted in Google Classroom. Make sure to interview someone over 60 over the break. We'll be using your interview information in the new year.
Today the students read silently for ten minutes. Then we corrected the questions for chapter 12 of Bifocal. Chapter 13 had a TWL (Think we know, Want to know, and Learned) about Muslims and Islam chart, which we discussed. We watched several videos on subjects that the students identified as wanting to learn more about. The answers to chapter 12 and the information for chapter will be posted in Google Classroom if you were absent.
Today the students discussed things they were doing in the future and the students had to guess the sport they were playing.
example:
Je vais courir. Je vais marquer un but. Je vais porter un chandail, un short, et des chaussures de foot.
Je vais frappe un ballon noir et blanc.
(I am going to run. I am going to score a goal. I am going to wear a jersey, shorts, and football shoes. I am going to kick a black and white ball.)
Je vais jouer au soccer. (I am going to play soccer.)
Overdues: Tik Tok (Oct 29) - Quinn
Extra en Francais Episode 8 (Nov 22) - Kendra
Ma Journee Poster (Nov 25) - Xander
ELA 9A
Today the students read silently for ten minutes. Then we corrected the questions for chapter 5 of "The Outsiders" and read Chapter 6. Tomorrow will be a vocabulary class.
Overdues:
Remembrance Day Poem (Oct. 24) - Tristin, Parker
Storming Juno Video Analysis (Oct. 16) - Parker
Poetry 20 lines (Nov. 4) - Parker, Tristin
Character Description (Dec. 4) - Weston, Kristina, Carter, Dahlia, Tristin, Emma, Nic
The students went through the parts of the computer that they researched last class.
CPU- Central Processing Unit
PSU - Power Supply Unit
GPU - Graphics Processing Unitè
HD - Hard Drive
Motherboard
Then we looked at the actual parts in some computers that were taken apart.
There is a master document on Google Classroom to study before our quiz next class (Monday.)
ELA 8A
The students read silently for ten minutes. Then we corrected the questions for chapters 10 and 11 from "Bifocal" that we read yesterday, We continued on and read chapter 12 and 13 today. Students are to have completed chapter 12 and 13 for tomorrow.
SENIOR FRENCH
The students continued with future tense today describing a place of business they are going to visit.
Example:
Je vais voir beaucoup de livres.
Je vais lire un livre.
Je vais emprunter un livre.
Je vais visiter la bibliothèque.
I am going to see lots of books. I am going to read a book. I am going to borrow a book.
I am going to visit the library.
We also finished correcting our sheet from yesterday and made some plans for next week's visit to Parkview Place.
ELA 9A & 9B
The students read for ten minutes silently. Then we finished reading chapter 5 of "The Outsiders" and the students had time to complete the questions. We'll correct tomorrow (for 9A) and Friday (for 9B.)
Overdues:
Remembrance Day Poem (Oct. 24) - Tristin, Parker
Storming Juno Video Analysis (Oct. 16) - Parker
Poetry 20 lines (Nov. 4) - Parker, Tristin
Character Description (Dec. 4) - Weston, Kristina, Carter, Dahlia, Tristin, Emma, Nic
Today the students did some research on five hardware components: CPU, GPU, PSU, HD, and motherboard. We'll discuss what they found next class. Most students also had time to sign up for Hour of Code and work on a project.
ELA 9B
The students read for ten minutes. They finished up the questions for chapter four of "The Outsiders" and we corrected and we read chapter 5 to page 74 (end of first paragraph).
Overdues:
Outsider Character Description (Dec 4) - Shea, Nic, Wesley
SENIOR FRENCH
The students used future tense to describe a holiday, which the class then guessed.
Example:
Je vais manger du chocolat. (I am going to eat some chocolate.)
Je vais donner une carte. (I am going to give a card.)
Je vais recevoir des fleurs. (I am going to receive some flowers.)
C'est La Saint Valentin. (It's Valentine's Day.)
The students also completed a crossword and we did the first 7 sentences on page 48. From present to future tense:
J'ai le faim. (I have hunger / am hungry.)
Je vais avoir le faim. (I am going to have hunger/ be hungry.)
*Remember to buy your present for our gift exchange.
ELA 8A
The students read silently for ten minutes. After five minutes work-time we corrected the chapter 9 questions and read chapter 10 & 11 and had some discussion before starting those questions from "Bifocal."
ELA 9A
The students read for ten minutes. They finished up the questions for chapter four of "The Outsiders" and we corrected and we read chapter 5 to page 77 (halfway down the page).
Overdues: Bio Poem (Sept 27) - Parker
Remembrance Day Poem (Oct. 24) - Tristin, Parker
Storming Juno Video Analysis (Oct. 16) - Parker
Poetry 20 lines (Nov. 4) - Parker, Tristin
News Article OTSB (Nov. 13) - Parker
Character Description (Dec. 4) - Kierra, Weston, Kristina, Parker, Daylan, Carter, Dahlia, Tristin, Emma
Today was our first class for this new round of PAA. We went through expectations and the course outline. Students signed up for our Google Classroom using code: 2tsgilw Then they did the first assignment sharing what they know, what they think they know, and what they want to know about computers and we discussed this. If students have some free time they are encouraged to go on Hour of Code and do some of the activities there.
The students read for ten minutes. Then we discussed chapters 7 & 8 of "Bifocal." The answers are posted in Google Classroom. We then read chapter 9 and started the questions.
SENIOR FRENCH
Today we practiced future tense by giving clue to a place we were going and the class had to guess the place.
Example:
Je vais porter un t-shirt, un short, et des lunettes de soleil. (I will wear a t-shirt, shorts and sunglasses.)
Je vais manger du vegemite. (I will eat some vegemite.)
Je vais voir un kangourou. (I will see a kangaroo.)
Je vais visiter l'Australie. (I am going to visit Australia.
The students also started a crossword sheet and we went through the time and reflexive summative.
ELA 9A & 9B
The students read for ten minutes. Then we finished correcting chapter 3 of "The Outsiders" before we read chapter 4 and started the questions for that section. We'll correct on Monday.
9A Overdues: Bio Poem (Sept 27) - Parker
Remembrance Day Poem (Oct. 24) - Tristin, Parker
Storming Juno Video Analysis (Oct. 16) - Parker, Daylan
Poetry 20 lines (Nov. 4) - Parker, Tristin
News Article OTSB (Nov. 13) - Parker, Daylan
Character Description (Dec 4) - Kierra, Kaden, Weston, Kristina, Parker, Daylan, Charlie, Carter, Dahlia, Jaydon, Tristin, Emma
The students had ten minutes of silent reading. They then had time to complete the questions for chapter three of "The Outsiders" and we corrected to question 6 (9B) and the vocabulary (9A). We'll finish correcting tomorrow.
9A Overdues: Bio Poem (Sept 27) - Parker
Remembrance Day Poem (Oct. 24) - Tristin, Parker
Storming Juno Video Analysis (Oct. 16) - Parker, Daylan
Poetry 20 lines (Nov. 4) - Parker, Tristin
News Article OTSB (Nov. 13) - Parker, Daylan
Character Description (Dec 4) - Kierra, Kaden, Weston, Kristina, Parker, Daylan, Charlie, Carter, Dahlia, Jaydon, Tristin, Emma
The students read silently for ten minutes at the start of both classes. They read chapters 7 & 8 of "Bifocal" and did the questions and Daily Writes for both. Students handed in chapter 7 questions for marking.
The students had ten minutes of silent reading both days. They had one class to edit and finish their descriptive character paragraph. 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 Thursday. We also read chapter three of "The Outsiders" and students worked on the questions.
Overdues: Bio Poem (Sept 27) - Parker
Remembrance Day Poem (Oct. 24) - Tristin, Parker
Storming Juno Video Analysis (Oct. 16) - Parker, Daylan
Poetry 20 lines (Nov. 4) - Parker, Tristin
News Article OTSB (Nov. 13) - Parker, Daylan
Character Description (Dec 4) - Kierra, Kaden, Weston, Kristina, Parker, Daylan, Charlie, Carter, Jaydon, Tristin, Emma
SENIOR FRENCH
The students are working on future tense using the verb aller.
Example: Je vais regarder "Grey's Anatomy." (I am going to watch "Grey's Anatomy.")
ELA 9B
The students read silently for ten minutes. They read chapter three of "The Outsiders" and worked on the questions.
Today the students started discussing Healthy Relationships, which are essential for every day life and future jobs. If you were absent you can find the missed notes on Classroom. Next class we are going to work in small groups to make a video about healthy/unhealthy relationships in a work situation.
CAREERS 8B
Today the students discussed an interview they are going to do over the Christmas holidays with someone who is 60 years old or older. Then we started watching the movie "October Sky" looking for how work and roles have changed since 1957. We'll finish watching next class.
