Week of Sept. 28th - Oct. 2nd

End of the first month - time does fly!

ENG4C: This class completed their first report and first Journal last week. This week we will be looking at using some media in the class and examining photo essays and what can be expressed in this form. We will be reviewing some on-line and in magazines and then the class will be doing their own photo essay and presenting them to the class at the end of the week or the beginning of next week.

ENG2D: This class finished their speeches - well done! This week the students will be directing the learning. After two example chapter seminar's are presented to them via the teacher (me), the class will model one of those or try their hand at teaching a different way. Chapter's 3 - 12 of Lord of the Flies has been assigned to small groups of students and it will be their responsibility to teach the class 6-8 very important topics from their chapter. At the end of the seminar's, the Unit test will include information learned from each of the seminars as well as themes discussed by the whole class and the topics covered previous to the novel.

CHC2P: This class is entering WWI. The class has looked at how it all started; "the Spark" and will now move on to some specific battles, military moves and the impact to Canada and Canadians. The class will also examine technological advancements during the war, Canadians that emerged as hero's and finally the class will look at media that portray's war as accurately as possible.