There are only three weeks before the Christmas Holidays so make sure you follow your timelines.
ENG4C: This class is beginning to present their seminars on To Kill A Mockingbird. The class can ask questions, answer questions and participate in these seminars. I will fill in any other important information from the chapters. All this information and the chapter's will be on the test at the end of the novel.
ENG2D: This class is continuing to work with their partner on Catcher In The Rye on the questions that they were assigned and the journal topic at the end of the question booklet. I continue to hand out sheets, answer questions and help with the interpretation of the novel.
CHC2P: This class is preparing for a WWII test on the Tuesday and viewing one other video on the attrocities that occured at various Concentration Camps in Germany. The class will finish the week with a look at how both wars have affected the global view of war as well as Canada's role in current war-ing countries.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Week of November 23rd - 27th
It is the last week of November already - time flies when you are having fun.
ENG4C: This class has been given their seminar procedures and have chosen their own partner to work with. We continue to cover relevant issues to To Kill A Mockingbird, such as racism, addiction, Klu Klux Klan, and the Depression. As a class we will read the novel together and discuss what is occuring in order to prepare the class for their seminar dates.
ENG2D: This class finished the futuristic Fahrenheit 451 and have moved on to something a little more realistic with Catcher In The Rye. The recieved pre-novel handouts to help them know what to expect, we compared novels covered so far in the semester and the students were assigned a partner to work with on a question package and thematic work. We will be working on this novel until Christmas time. Don't forget to read your independant novel, bring it to class for silent reading.
CHC2P: This class observed media on what happened in Poland during World War II involving Polish Jews. As a class we will look at the holocaust and the atrocities that were discovered upon the allies victory. We will look at the end of the War in Europe and the continued role Canadians played in the War with Japan and that eventual end.
ENG4C: This class has been given their seminar procedures and have chosen their own partner to work with. We continue to cover relevant issues to To Kill A Mockingbird, such as racism, addiction, Klu Klux Klan, and the Depression. As a class we will read the novel together and discuss what is occuring in order to prepare the class for their seminar dates.
ENG2D: This class finished the futuristic Fahrenheit 451 and have moved on to something a little more realistic with Catcher In The Rye. The recieved pre-novel handouts to help them know what to expect, we compared novels covered so far in the semester and the students were assigned a partner to work with on a question package and thematic work. We will be working on this novel until Christmas time. Don't forget to read your independant novel, bring it to class for silent reading.
CHC2P: This class observed media on what happened in Poland during World War II involving Polish Jews. As a class we will look at the holocaust and the atrocities that were discovered upon the allies victory. We will look at the end of the War in Europe and the continued role Canadians played in the War with Japan and that eventual end.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Week of November 16th - 20th
ENG4C: This class is handing in work on In Our Time and is moving seamlessly on to To Kill a Mockingbird - with a look at racism and the issues of the era.
ENG2D: This class is finishing Fahrenheit 451 - the package is due on Nov. 20th. We will be having a look at the movie and make some comparisons. On Friday we will have a discussion on the various societies covered in the class so far and move our way to Catcher In The Rye.
CHC2P: This class, having finished viewing "Saving Private Ryan", they will complete a Film Report and we will continue to look at WWII and Canada's role.
Report Cards will be out on Friday November 20th!!!
ENG2D: This class is finishing Fahrenheit 451 - the package is due on Nov. 20th. We will be having a look at the movie and make some comparisons. On Friday we will have a discussion on the various societies covered in the class so far and move our way to Catcher In The Rye.
CHC2P: This class, having finished viewing "Saving Private Ryan", they will complete a Film Report and we will continue to look at WWII and Canada's role.
Report Cards will be out on Friday November 20th!!!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Week of November 9th -13th
Turn Around Day Tuesday!
ENG4C: This class is working on In Our Time still. The class has answered questions on the novel, taken notes and will, this week, be viewing a movie based on the life of Earnest Hemmingway and writing a movie review. We will finish up In Our Time next week with a Journal assignment on one part of his life; either his life as a youth trying to adapt with family issues, his life in the war and the horrors witnessed or his life returning from the war and trying to fit back into society. This Journal is due next Tuesday.
ENG2D: This class continues to work on Fahrenheit 451 - the class is finishing off the third section of the novel. The concepts are getting harder to understand and more class questions and answers are happening - encourage your child to bring to class ALL their questions because someone else might have the same one.
CHC2P: This class is declaring WAR - WWII that is. We will look at how the Treaty of Versailles led to the second world war, Canada's role in the war and how the war literally included most of the globe.
ENG4C: This class is working on In Our Time still. The class has answered questions on the novel, taken notes and will, this week, be viewing a movie based on the life of Earnest Hemmingway and writing a movie review. We will finish up In Our Time next week with a Journal assignment on one part of his life; either his life as a youth trying to adapt with family issues, his life in the war and the horrors witnessed or his life returning from the war and trying to fit back into society. This Journal is due next Tuesday.
ENG2D: This class continues to work on Fahrenheit 451 - the class is finishing off the third section of the novel. The concepts are getting harder to understand and more class questions and answers are happening - encourage your child to bring to class ALL their questions because someone else might have the same one.
CHC2P: This class is declaring WAR - WWII that is. We will look at how the Treaty of Versailles led to the second world war, Canada's role in the war and how the war literally included most of the globe.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Week of Nov. 2nd - 6th
ENG4C: This class is working on the novel "In Our Time". The class has question sheets on the first few stories in the novel and we will be taking notes on the themes of the novel as a whole in an effort to understand the ending of the book.
ENG2D: This class should have finished the first section of the novel "Fahrenheit 451" and be working on 'The Sieve and the Sand' this week always keeping in mind that the due date for the package is November 20th. We are discussing questions and answers in class in an effort to help the understanding of a Science Fiction novel and what comment is being made on society.
CHC2P: This class is going to finish the 1920's and 30's this week with a look at the Business cycle and an understanding of what lead up to the Stock Market crash of 1929. They will be doing a 'scrapbook scavenger hunt', getting information from a secondary source. By the end of the week the class will review the 20's and 30's and prepare for the unit test on Friday Nov. 6th.
ENG2D: This class should have finished the first section of the novel "Fahrenheit 451" and be working on 'The Sieve and the Sand' this week always keeping in mind that the due date for the package is November 20th. We are discussing questions and answers in class in an effort to help the understanding of a Science Fiction novel and what comment is being made on society.
CHC2P: This class is going to finish the 1920's and 30's this week with a look at the Business cycle and an understanding of what lead up to the Stock Market crash of 1929. They will be doing a 'scrapbook scavenger hunt', getting information from a secondary source. By the end of the week the class will review the 20's and 30's and prepare for the unit test on Friday Nov. 6th.
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