Month: January 2015

Geometry Set

All students in class 87 should bring a geometry set to school with them every day starting on Monday.  At the very least, you need to have a reliable compass for drawing accurate circles.  Avoid the really flimsy type that open or close easily.  You want one that can plant itself firmly into the paper and hold its shape while you draw a circle.

January 29

Science – In science we continued to work on our Organ System projects, they are due on Feb. 3.

Phys. Ed. – In Phys. Ed. we played another territorial game called Suckerball.

Music – In music we had two songs played for us, and we had to write a story, or what ever came to mind.

Literacy – In literacy we continued to present our Math Projects. They were supposed to be presented  yesterday but there weren’t enough time.

Reminders/Other

Remember to get your math presentations ready tomorrow!

Don’t procrastinate and remember to do your Organ System Projects early!

January 28

Math – In math we presented the presentations that we worked on in the past week. We will continue presenting next class.

Phys. Ed. – In gym we played handball.

Math – In math we continue presenting the Canadian Survey Presentations.

Literacy – In literacy we talked about some articles about the LRT and the Snowstorm in North-East U.S. we talked about how the newspaper companies make money by putting the most important articles “Above the Fold”. 

French – In french we presented our Oral Communication marks by presenting in front of the class

Reminders/Other 

Remember to get your math presentations ready tomorrow!

January 27

Literacy – In literacy we presented our presentations of poetic devices that we worked on yesterday, every group presented.

Science – In science we continued to work on our Science Organ System project, the project is due on Feb. 3rd

Music – In music we played songs 65, 67, and 68. Let’s try to catch up to Class 84!

Math – In Math we continued to work on our Survey Math Project. It is due tomorrow! Remember to bring your USB drive/device/poster to present.

French – In french we continued to work on our Francophone Project it is due mid February.

Reminders/Other – Remember to bring your presentation tomorrow.

Work on the Science Organ Project (Don’t procrastinate!)

January 26

Health – In health, we got our healthy eating posters back and the grade 8s talked and reviewed the symptoms and how to cope with stress.

Literacy – In these two periods we looked over the newspaper and talked about several articles. Later, we started a chart to list some poetry devices.

Math – In math we continued to work on our Math Survey Project, it is due on Wednesday.

French – In french we continued to work on our francophone project it is due mid February.

Literacy – In Literacy we presented our Social Justice presentations. Remember next week to set up projector (if you need it) couple periods before you present.

Reminders/Other – Math Survey Project is due on Wednesday

Science project is due on Tuesday, February 3rd.

Blackout Poetry

Find a newspaper article.

Use a pencil, pen, or marker to black out the words you don’t want in order to leave all the words that make up your poem.  It’s “Cold War” spy stuff and nicely matches our telephone.

Here’s a simple one…

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The challenge is to string together words from the text in order to create new meaning.  Start by circling the words you think you might use.  Remember, they have to appear in the correct order that you need them.  Once you’ve selected your words, use a marker to blackout the ones you don’t want.

If you’re struggling, it might be easier to practice by making short sentences at first.  Give it a try.

Weekly Overview

Monday, January 19

  • found literary devices and compared ‘One Great City’ and ‘It’s Different Now’
  • worked on science projects
  • played songs 56 to 64
  • sevens: #5 on page 100 and #10 and #11 on page 101
  • eights: #4 and #5 on page 115
  • worked on French projects

Tuesday, January 20

  • assigned and worked on math project
  • played basketball
  • discussed poem ‘Hospital Vespers’
  • worked on French projects

Wednesday, January 21

  • science worksheets and projects
  • free day/basketball
  • homeroom/organization period
  • answering ‘The Circle Game’ questions and identifying literary devices
  • continued working on data management projects

Thursday, January 22

  • continued working on French projects (due in early February)
  • wrote art history tests
  • continued ‘geometric shapes’ art
  • computer lab- finished ‘The Circle Game’ or continued math projects
  • continued working on math projects

January 22

French– we continued our French projects. Remember, they are due in a few weeks, so get them done!

Art– we wrote our Canadian Art History tests and then continued our geometric shapes art.

Computer lab– we had the choice of working on literacy (printing out glossaries and finishing The Circle Game) or our math projects. These are due next Wednesday (bonus marks if you hand it in earlier)!

Drama– we did an activity where we had to communicate with our group members using an alien language. After this, we thought up stories using magazine photos- these will be taken up next class.

Literacy– we looked through newspapers and discussed two topics- one being the Japanese ISIS hostages, and the other being Canada’s involvement on the front lines of Iraq compared to the U.S.’s.

Reminders/Other– P.A. Day tomorrow; please do not go to school.
Science project due Tuesday, February 3rd.
On Monday, there is Library. Be prepared to present projects!