En 12: Wed 29 Feb

Today we took our look at sentence stucture one step further, then when into the lab to write the rough copy of a descriptive paragraph on a setting associated with the novels we read.  Tomorrow, we'll finish the paragraphs and reexamine at our essays.

Hist 12: Wed 29 Feb

Today we watched the Salin video and reviewed Ex #18 - the companion sheet.  We also reviewed Ex. #19-20.  Ensure you complete your pieces of the "divide and conquer" review activity.  We'll have our Paris Peace/Russia/USSR unit test on Friday.

P.s.: who would have thought that Katy Perry would have written about the great Stakonov in "Hot and Cold."

Law 12: Tuesday, 28 Feb

Today we worked on criminal defences in Chapter 6 - you should get the questions finished at home if you failed to do so in class.  We shall have our Chapter 5 terms quiz tomorrow.

Eng 12: Tuesday, 28 Feb

Today we recorded our first essay on our new writing logs.  We then worked on "the basics" with a mind that if we look after the small things, the more complex things won't seem such big deals.  I hope we all now see how by manipulating "names/tells more" we can vary our sentence length, work between simple, compound and complex sentences, and eliminate run-ons and fragments.  Check out how many aspects of the writing rubric that alone will satisfy.  We shall continue tomorrow and look at editing our essays.

History12: Tuesday, 28 Feb

Today we had a 10-question oral quiz on Russia from the March Revolution to the Purges.  That should give you a good idea of where you stand - they were all core questions.   We also debriefed DeMarco Chapter 4.  Tomorrow we'll watch the Stalin video and review the workbook exercises - please ensure your homework is done.

Eng 8: Tuesday, 28 Feb

Today we continued with the writing process associated with our Outsiders paragraphs.  There is no homework today.

Hist 12: Monday, 27 Feb

Today we watched the end of the Rus. rev. video.  We also reviewed the economic timeline: War Communism Nov 1917 - March 1921; N.E.P. March 1921 - 1928; and then the 5-Year Plans and Collectivization under Stalin.  We also compared Trotsky's vision of world revolution to Stalin's "Socialism in One Country."

We tried to debrief DeMarco but all of the gentlemen failed to achieve the goal of answering the questions.

Please do all of the work book exercises from the most recent package (except #18) for homework.  Tomorrow we'll watch the Stalin video.