The novels have been sent home in case restrictions are put in place in January. 

Have a wonderful and restful break.

 

 

 Chapters 1 and 2 review/comprehension quiz Tuesday(tomorrow). If you have read the chapters you should be fine. You will have about 20 multiple choice questions to answer.

 

 If you did not finish chp1, please listen and finish it on the weekend.

 We did not get to reading chp. 1.  We will do that Friday.

 

On Thursday, your entrance slip will be based on Richard Cory's character. If you did not finish the SIFT sheet today, please finish it for Thursday.

Also if you like to listen to novels, please bring your headphones or ear buds as you will have a choice to either read the novel or listen to it. 

 

 

We did not get to the journaling. We will do that after the weekend. Enjoy the weekend!

 

 Excellent work today!!! We had a very informative and engaged gallery walk on your Ancient Civilizations.

I'm trying something new. I am including a picture of the shape of the day.  Gallery presentations are due on Monday. Please finish your project if you did not finish it in class. Have a great weekend. 

 Today was a work block for our Ancient Civ project. We finalized our bibliography and submitted a self assessment on our research. The gallery walk will be on Monday. Bring all materials you need to work on the project to class onFriday.   Tomorrow is the last class to work on the project. 

 Today was a work block for our Ancient Civ project. We finalized our focus question and outlined our working plan for Thursday and Friday. The gallery walk will be on Monday. Bring all materials you need to work on the project to class on Thursday. Also make sure you have an updated bibliography. You can use easybib, or there is a handout in the Ancient Civ folder( right side panel) on how to write a bibliography. 

 Please complete the good copy of your edited Instruction Paragraph for Tuesday. You need to hand in pink outline sheet and  your edited draft along with the good copy.  Also, if you want to do anymore research, please update your research notes. I will be checking in with you on Tuesday about your research. 

Write a complete bibliography ( info on yellow handout from library) for all sources you used in your research project.  You can write it on the back of the research notes rubric. 

 Today was the last class to gather our research notes for our ancient civ project. 

Your draft copy of the instruction paragraph is due tomorrow.

Remember to have an idea of either a primary or secondary source that you have used in your research gathering for tomorrow's class. You do not need the actual source, just know what you have used.

Today we continued our research on the Ancient Civ. We looked at Economic and Political features. Thursday will be our last day of  in class research.

Remember to find either a primary source or secondary source to write about why it is what it is on Friday.

 Please have a rough draft paper copy of your INSTRUCTION paragraph for Friday. You can hand in your printed draft as soon as it is done.

 Today we looked at how to write an expository paragraph. Many of you finished your outline. Please have a rough draft paper copy of your paragraph for Friday. You can hand in your printed draft as soon as it is done.

 Today we continued to work on gathering research only for our Ancient Civ. Today the focus was social and cultural.  Thank you to everyone for printing and handing in their final graphic novel assignment!

 Today we selected our Ancient Civilization and gathered information on location, key events and people. Here is the link that Ms. Santos-Cox created for you to help with the research: http://tiny.cc/7f0luz

  If you need an extra copy of the handout you can copy and paste it from the handout section. You will find it under the Ancient Civ folder.

Remember your graphic novel final tasks are due tomorrow.

 Today was a work block for our Graphic novel assignment.  Handouts are in graphic novel folder. THIS PROJECT IS DUE ON WEDNESDAY NOV 10!!!!!!!!!!! It needs to be handed in on Wednesday as it will be part of your first term mark. Marks Cut off is Wednesday, Nov. 10.

 Today we finished up our last lit circle. The final graphic novel project was assigned. Handouts are in graphic novel folder. THIS PROJECT IS DUE ON WEDNESDAY NOV 10!!!!!!!!!!! It needs to be handed in on Wednesday as it will be part of your first term mark. Marks Cut off is Wednesday, Nov. 10.

We also began our Ancient Civilization Inquiry project. Today we looked at the key elements we research and began to practice the importance of location.

Think about which civilization you want to research. We will begin our research on Tuesday.

 Today we were introduced on how to assess websites reliability by Ms. Q. We practiced by looking at two different sites about Christopher Columbus. Following this mini lesson, we recapped annotating graphic novels, and used our annotations to inform us about the novel's character. We then practised selecting character traits to describe the character.

Our last lit circle is Thursday. Please make sure you have completed your last role sheet.

 Today we had our third lit circle. Your fourth lit circle role sheet is due on Thursday. This will be our last class to work in our lit circle groups. We then looked at how to annotate a graphic novel panel. If you did not finish your panel ( 10 annotations), please finish that for tomorrow's class.

 Sorry for the delay.  Lit circle role sheet number 3 is due tomorrow.  Thanks to everyone who handed in their first task on time:) Happy Halloween.

 Today we worked on Lit Circle  #2.  WE discussed and took notes on what a good discussion looks like and self evaluated how we did in our discussion groups. Students then had a choice to either work on their next Lit Circle Role sheet, complete Task 1, which is due tomorrow, or continue to read their novel. We will be finishing up the novels next week.

 Today we worked on looking at graphic novel shots and finding examples in our novel. Students were then given task 1 to complete for Friday. They will have time on Thursday to work on it. Lit circle sheet #2 is due on Thursday. We will have our second lit circle discussion on Thursday. Today's handouts have now been uploaded to the graphic novel folder under handouts.

 Today we looked at why it is important to consider  cause and consequence when we study history.

We also had our first lit circle meeting today. Remember you need to have your lit circle role sheet completed prior to joining your group for discussion.

Next lit circle meeting is on Thursday, Oct . 28.

 Yesterday we reviewed why it is important to look at the historical significance when we study history. We also looked at continuity and change and why it is important to always think about that. Then came the fun part. Graphic novels were assigned, we met our lit circle group members and decided on what role sheet we will be responsible for on Monday. 

Homework: If you did not finish your role sheet in class, please have it finished for Monday.

 Today we viewed a ppt about parts of a graphic novel. Please complete the ppt handout for Thursday, Oct. 21. I will be collecting them at the beginning of class. We selected our preferences for which novel we would like to read.  

If you did not hand in your narrative please print it and submit tomorrow.

 Printed copy or handwritten good copy of narrative is due on Mon. Oct 18. It will be handed in at the beginning of class. If you did not submit it on Friday, you need to print your own copy to hand in.

 Today we worked on brainstorming ideas for our narrative and then we worked on the draft in class. Tomorrow we will be doing some editing and then will have time to revise during the class. Final copies will be due on Monday. If finished on Friday, you can submit it on Friday. The brainstorm sheet is under handouts and in the Eng 8 folder.

 Today we looked at the elements of a story; the 5w's. We also looked at how to include dialogue and enrich our writing. We then looked at 4 different narratives and figured out where they belonged on the proficiency scale. Homework: Come up with an idea that you can write about. We will be writing our narratives in class on Thursday.

 Thank you for handing in your anthologies:) Today we listened to the video Charles, by Shirley Jackson and discussed what was happening. We also worked on showing and not telling when we write. 

Have a wonderful long weekend!

 Today we worked on our anthology.  It was wonderful to see how much students accomplished during the block. Anthologies are due at the beginning of class tomorrow.  IF you are emailing or sharing your google doc link, please make sure that you copy link and paste in an email.  

email: dcaldwell@sd38.bc.ca

 Please continue to work on your anthology project. We have Thursday's block to work on it. It is due at the beginning of class on Friday, Oct. 8. Please email digital copies to dcaldwell@sd38.bc.ca prior to class on Friday.  Paper copies can be handed in at the start of class. ( You only need to do one version, either paper or digital).

 Today we worked on our anthology project. We looked at what a preface is and have a template to help us write our preface. The anthology booklet is due on Friday. The handouts are in the Secret Path folder, which is under HUM 8 and Eng 8 folder which is under Ms.Caldwells  handouts. ( Click on the sidebar).

 Today we began to create our own anthology of our story. We are following the model of Secret Path and finding images and lyrics to tell our story.  Our autobiomaps that we have worked on have helped fill out the plot chart of our lives.

Copies of the assignment can be found by clicking on the link in side bar, Mrs. C handouts.  Once in there, open Hum 8, folder then click on First Nations Folder and then the Secret Path folder. You will find the assignment there.

YOUR ANTHOLOGY IS DUE FRIDAY, OCT. 8. ( We will have class time to work on it next week).

 Today we went over longitude and latitude. We also looked at Chanie's journey in the Secret Path and plotted the story.

Homework: Continents, Oceans and Hemisphere quiz on Friday.  Check last day's post to rewatch the videos.

 Today we worked on continents, hemispheres and oceans.  There will be a quiz on this topic FRIDAY, Oct. 1.

Homework: Please finish all latitude and longitude sheets. The one we worked on in class today and if you have not already finished the longitude/latitude sheet from last week, please finish that one.

Here is the video we watched on Long/lat 

 Please bring two dividers for your binder. You need one for English and one for Socials. Thank you for handing in your maps of Canada today.

We will continue to work on the autobiomap during warm up on Monday. It is just a draft.

Enjoy your weekend.

 Today we worked on Latitude and Longitude. We have also begun our autobiomap.  Canada maps are due on Thursday.

Homework updates 2021

 We are working on our Canada Maps. They will be due on Thursday, Sept. 23.