English 12: Friday, 20 April

Today we worked in two groups: those who did their pre-writing yesterday, wrote their paragraphs for Railway Club Blues in the library.  Those who worked to catch up yesterday, did their pre-writing for the poem today.  There is no homework - enjoy the weekend, but be ready to work Monday.

Note: see yesterday's post for the whiteboard notes.

English 8: Friday, 20 April

Today we worked to understand the concepts of subject/verb agreement and pronoun agreement - two very common grammar faults.  You continue to do well.  There is no homework - enjoy your weekend.

History 12: Friday, 20 April

Today we worked with the essay on Mao that was linked to yesterday's post.  We worked at using Word to annotate and highlight working towards honing our summarizing skills.  There is no homework - enjoy your weekend!

Law 12: Thursday, 19 April

Today we reviewed the material that will be on the Chapter 7-8 test.  We will write the test on Monday.  There is no homework.

Eng 12: Thursday, 19 April

Today we worked on the poem "Railway Club Blues."  Anyone who needed extra time to do his or her poetry assignment, did that in the library - almost half the class left (disappointing).  We who remained, worked on strategies to answering the paragraph questions on the provincial exam.  Anyone who missed that lesson should get a copy of the poem and read it on his or her own.  We'll continue with the writing tomorrow.  Please ensure you are able to hand in your poetry work tomorrow.

English 8: Thursday, 19 April

Today Ms Dimond borrowed the first half of class to do a HACE careers activity.  I then returned your grammar test and we reviewed the answers.  I was very pleased with your results - good work!  We then reviewed the work we did last class on run-on sentences, and left off with a brief reflective paragraph on the careers work you did.  Please complete that journal entry for homework if you were unable to get it finished in class.

Hist 12: Thurs, 19 April

Today I collected your appeasement/causes of Second World War paragraphs and we watched the Appeasement video.  Next I introduced China and Japan in the pre-war era.  We learned about the power vacuum after Sun's death and the rapid political transitions in both countries.  We used the graphic organizer from the text to see the big picture, and I gave out a handout that summarizes the Global Forces discussion on this topic titled "Chinese Revolution."  Please answer the questions for homework.





http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/samplep-02.html 

If you want to get a head start, you can pre-read the linked article.