Wednesday 11 January 2017

Social 8-2 Roots of Islam Test--Monday January 16


Reminders:

  • Lockdown drill January 12th
  • Woodwork field trip Monday January 16
  • Grade 8 movie field trip Wednesday January 25--Star Wars-Rogue One




    This week...


    English 8-1 and English 8-2 
     The Outsiders.  We will be doing most of the reading in class.  After each chapter, the students will be completing a chapter summary as well as a journal entry.  There will be comprehension questions as well as assignments throughout the novel.  I will give the students some time in class to work on these things but some may come home as homework. look for a character sketch assignment coming up!  The students sure seem to be enjoying the novel!




    Socials 8-2
    "The Roots of Islam"  Unit Test--Monday January 16th.
    The Four Caliphs paragraph writing assignment due Friday January 13th.


    French 8-4
    The verb Avoir

    Wednesday 4 January 2017

    Welcome back!


    ~Happy New Year!
    I am looking forward to a fun and productive Term 2~


    Reminders:


    • No school on Monday January 9th
    • Lockdown drill January 12th




    This week...


    English 8-1 and English 8-2 
     We have started the novel The Outsiders.  We will be doing most of the reading in class.  After each chapter, the students will be completing a chapter summary as well as a journal entry.  There will be comprehension questions as well as assignments throughout the novel.  I will give the students some time in class to work on these things but some may come home as homework.




    Socials 8-2
    "The Roots of Islam"  We will continue with chapter three for the next couple of weeks--Today the students completed a review sheet of what we did before Christmas break.  If it wasn't completed in class, it is homework!  Next day we start a paragraph writing assignment.
    Next week a review for the test will come home.

    French 8-4
    Review of ER verbs and ALLER.  This week we will be starting the verb Avoir