ELA 7A - Tuesday, November 3 in period 2.
ELA 7B - Monday, November 2 in Period 7.
STUDY HARD!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Health 8 - "Bullied to Death" due Monday, November 2
All questions from the video will be due in English class on Monday, November 2.
ELA 7 - Restless Spirit of Bickleigh Due Monday, Nov. 2
Both 7a and 7b...
Questions for "The Restless Spirit of Bickleigh will be due for both classes on Monday, November 2.
Questions for "The Restless Spirit of Bickleigh will be due for both classes on Monday, November 2.
ELA 8 - Remembrance Day Poems - Due Tuesday, Nov. 3
In honour of Remembrance Day, which is coming up on November 11, the Royal Canadian Legion is sponsoring a poetry contest. Here’s what I want from these poems:
• Stanzas that are 4 lines long
• AT LEAST 3 stanzas (12 lines)
• Rhyming – Either AABB or ABAB or ABCB
These poems are to be about war. This can be World Wars I and II, the War in Afghanistan, or other conflicts. Here are some suggestions:
• You can try to imagine what the soldiers are going through, and the battle conditions.
• If you like, you can write about what the families of soldiers are forced to deal with.
• You can write about how you feel to be a Canadian when some of our young men and women are overseas fighting for the freedom of the people of Afghanistan.
• Stanzas that are 4 lines long
• AT LEAST 3 stanzas (12 lines)
• Rhyming – Either AABB or ABAB or ABCB
These poems are to be about war. This can be World Wars I and II, the War in Afghanistan, or other conflicts. Here are some suggestions:
• You can try to imagine what the soldiers are going through, and the battle conditions.
• If you like, you can write about what the families of soldiers are forced to deal with.
• You can write about how you feel to be a Canadian when some of our young men and women are overseas fighting for the freedom of the people of Afghanistan.
Monday, October 26, 2009
ELA 7 Journal Topic
The following are to be answered in your JOURNALS and are due on Tuesday, October 27.
1. List 10 things we know about the Kid.
2. List 10 things we know about Jake.
1. List 10 things we know about the Kid.
2. List 10 things we know about Jake.
Monday, October 19, 2009
ELA 7 Journal Topics
1. What did you find to be the most interesting and/or surprising things you learned about from your classmates' interviews?
2. Do you think improvements in technology are necessarily a good thing? Why or why not?
2. Do you think improvements in technology are necessarily a good thing? Why or why not?
ELA 9A Journal Prompt
The following questions will be due on Wednesday, October 21:
“Ice Cream” – Michael Rosen
1.From the title of this poem, what do you think the mood will be? Why?
2.Do you think the mother’s reaction was fair? Do you have sympathy for the father?
3.Do you think the mother’s reaction was really based on ice cream? What else could the problem be?
4.Tell me about a situation like the one in the poem you have been involved in. Were you the one that caused the reaction, or did you react? How did it turn out?
“Ice Cream” – Michael Rosen
1.From the title of this poem, what do you think the mood will be? Why?
2.Do you think the mother’s reaction was fair? Do you have sympathy for the father?
3.Do you think the mother’s reaction was really based on ice cream? What else could the problem be?
4.Tell me about a situation like the one in the poem you have been involved in. Were you the one that caused the reaction, or did you react? How did it turn out?
Friday, October 9, 2009
Grade 8 English Journal - Due Tuesday, October 13
Here are your journal questions for this week:
1. What do you think is the most important environmental concern right now?
2. Do you think we are doing as much as possible to clean up the environment? What would you do differently?
I would like approximately half of a page for each, and they are due on Tuesday.
1. What do you think is the most important environmental concern right now?
2. Do you think we are doing as much as possible to clean up the environment? What would you do differently?
I would like approximately half of a page for each, and they are due on Tuesday.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
ELA 7 Journal Questions - Due Tuesday, October 13
1. Do you think you would like Jake if you knew him in real life? Give AT LEAST three reasons why or why not.
2. Tell me about a reunion you had with a family member. What made it so special?
I would like about one third of a page AT LEAST for each answer.
2. Tell me about a reunion you had with a family member. What made it so special?
I would like about one third of a page AT LEAST for each answer.
Friday, October 2, 2009
ELA 7 Journal Questions
1. What have we learned about Jake? Do you like him? Why or why not?
2. Would you have enjoyed living in the time the book was set in? Why or why not?
3. Who does Jake want Aunt Margaret to end up with? What does he do to try to make this happen?
2. Would you have enjoyed living in the time the book was set in? Why or why not?
3. Who does Jake want Aunt Margaret to end up with? What does he do to try to make this happen?
Thursday, October 1, 2009
ELA 8 - Journal Assignment
Answer the following three questions in your journals:
1. What is happening in your silent reading book right now?
2. Are you enjoying this book? Why or why not?
3. Who would you recommend this book to? Explain why. You MUST decide upon someone who might enjoy it.
Due Monday, October 5
1. What is happening in your silent reading book right now?
2. Are you enjoying this book? Why or why not?
3. Who would you recommend this book to? Explain why. You MUST decide upon someone who might enjoy it.
Due Monday, October 5
ELA 9 - Journals Due Tuesday, October 13
Answer the following three questions in your journals.
1. Tell me about the protagonist/main character of your silent reading book.
2. Would you recommend your book to a classmate? Why or why not?
3. Predict how you think your book will end.
Responses should be approximately one page TOTAL if single spaced, two pages if double spaced.
1. Tell me about the protagonist/main character of your silent reading book.
2. Would you recommend your book to a classmate? Why or why not?
3. Predict how you think your book will end.
Responses should be approximately one page TOTAL if single spaced, two pages if double spaced.
ELA 9 - For Monday, October 5
Figurative Language Assignment - underline the examples of figurative language, and then write what they are beside the sentence.
Due Monday, Ocotber 5
Due Monday, Ocotber 5
ELA 7 Interview Assignment - Due October 5
Your Mission - Find a person that is AT LEAST thirty years older than you and ask them these ten questions:
1. What was your house like when you were young? Did you life in a town/city or on a farm?
2. Do you think life was harder back then?
3. What did you do in your spare time?
4. What did you eat? How did you get it?
5. What was your school like? How did you get to school?
6. Was there much crime where you grew up?
7. What were your clothes like?
8. What kind of music did you listen to?
9. Were your childhood experiences the same as your friends’ experiences?
10. How has technology changed since you were young?
After you have done this, you will be required to present their answers to the class. This means that you will have to tell your classmates what the person you interviewed said. You will also have to hand in a visual project that includes information about the person, the questions, and their answers. Feel free to make a large poster/chart, include photographs of the person you interviewed, and show pictures of things they describe.
1. What was your house like when you were young? Did you life in a town/city or on a farm?
2. Do you think life was harder back then?
3. What did you do in your spare time?
4. What did you eat? How did you get it?
5. What was your school like? How did you get to school?
6. Was there much crime where you grew up?
7. What were your clothes like?
8. What kind of music did you listen to?
9. Were your childhood experiences the same as your friends’ experiences?
10. How has technology changed since you were young?
After you have done this, you will be required to present their answers to the class. This means that you will have to tell your classmates what the person you interviewed said. You will also have to hand in a visual project that includes information about the person, the questions, and their answers. Feel free to make a large poster/chart, include photographs of the person you interviewed, and show pictures of things they describe.
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