Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Tuesday, May 18, Day 4

ELA 9 - We have been working on Romeo and Juliet and are currently on Act IV and are working hard at finishing the play.

HLTH 9 - Students have been working on their abuse victim collage. These are due FRIDAY, the 21st. Reminder to bring in HLTH permission forms.

SOC 9 - Tomorrow is our Ancient China unit test!!! A reminder to get in the Wanuskewin permission form and money.

** Today Susan Weinheimer came in to discuss career options with the grade nines. They were able to do some testing and find out some great career matches to the interests and personalities. We will be doing more work with this.

SOC 10 - We just finished up unit three with a test. We are currently viewing Avatar, comparing the culture in the movie to First Nations Culture of Canada.

ELA 20 - We are finished TKAM!!! Students are expected to hand in a rough draft of their research essay tomorrow (Wednesday). They are also working on reading a novel, a panel discussion, and a valedictorian speech.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Thursday, May 6, Day 2

ELA 9 - We have been working on Romeo and Juliet for the last week. We are finished Act I, and are working on Act II. Students have been filling out scene logs and character analysis as we have been reading.

HLTH 9 - Students have been working on a human sized collage based on abuse and dating violence. We have been discussing the different types of abuse there are, along with date rape.

SOC 9 - We have been learning about the various beliefs of Ancient China, along with the respect for the ancestors. Also, we are currently looking at the many types of arts, and crafts of the culture. Just today, a read aloud book has been started, called "Bound" which is about a woman's experience growing up in Ancient China.

SOC 10 - After finishing up information on the OKA crisis, we presented our role plays today. These showed the many perspectives of the crisis. We are now finishing up the unit with the topic of women's rights.

ELA 20 - Tomorrow is our TKAM test! Students are currently working on their research essay assignment.