Wednesday, March 31, 2010

8-I and 9-O Corrected Current Event articles.

Hist 20 Current Events. Went over questions on "The Third World" video.

ELA 20 Went over symbols for the characters of Pete, Sucker and Maybelle. Read exert from St. Thomas More's Utopia. Assigned "Traveling Story".

CE 20 Took in Mother Rivier assignments. Took in Term 3 Service hours. Classroom clean up.

7-C Handed in World Organization posters. Built world puzzle.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

7-P Worked on and handed in World Organization posters.

Hist 20 Current Events. Watched video on "The Third World" Questions were handed out.

Soc 9 Notes on the Protestant Reformation. Went over questions that were assigned for home-work. Introduced the Catholic Counter Reformation. In text, read and record the results of the Catholic Counter Reformation

ELA 9 Discussed Chapter 11--the fire. Read Chapter 12. Home-work. Read and do questions to Chapter 15.

Monday, March 29, 2010

ELA 20 Practiced for the Way of the Cross

ELA 9 Went over questions for Chapters 7-9. Read Chapter 10 in class. Home-work: Read Chapter 11 and do questions for 10 and 11.

8-M Assigned Culture project. Due Wed. April 21

7-P Stations of the Cross.

Hist 20 Stations of the Cross.

Friday, March 26, 2010

C.E 20 Worked on Mother Rivier assignment. Gave reading assignments for Way of the Cross

7-C Worked on poster for international organization

8-I Assigned Culture project. Due Wednesday April 21

Hist 20 Test on WWII

ELA 20 Went over questions on the short story "Sucker."

Thursday, March 25, 2010

ELA 9 Went over elements of a novel and discussed the elements found in Mrs. Mike. Read Chapter 7. Home-work: Read Chapter 8 and 9. Do questions to the end of Chapter 9.

8-M and 8-I Finished presentations on World Religions. Notes and discussion on Arts and Recreational patterns.

7-C Went over responses to Development and Peace organization. Assigned World Organization poster. Due Wed. March 31.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

ELA 9 Mrs. Mike: Went over questions on Chapters 3 and 4. Read Chapter 5 and 6. Home-work: Do questions for Chapter 5 and 6.

CE 20 Celebrated March birthdays.

8-M Worked on maps of Haiti

Hist 20 Current Events Quiz. Wrapped up WWII. Notes were given. Test on WWII on Friday.

9-O Worked on map of Haiti.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

8-I Current Events: Worked on maps of Haiti

Hist 20 Current Events: Notes on USSR in WWII

ELA 20 Handed in poems titled, "Shadow Dark Night." Read the short story "Sucker". Questions were assigned.

CE 20 Worked on Mother Rivier assignment that is due March 31

7-C Went over language worksheet and their research on Devlopment and Peace. Worked on question 14.

Soc 9 Introduction notes on The Protestant Reformation. Read pages 181-187 in text and answer the following questions:
1. What are three issues that reformers did not like about the Catholic Church?
2. Explain what the sale of indulgences is.
3. Who is the "Father of the Reformation?'
4. What event began the Protestant Reformation?
5. What are "Wars of Religion?"
6. How did the Renaissance help the Protestant Reformation?
7. How did the Reformation affect the lives of women?
8. Describe two Protestant groups in two or three sentences each.
9. In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, what led to the belief in witches?
10. Why were women prosecuted as witches?

Monday, March 22, 2010

7-P Went over and discussed their Development and Peace assignment. Worked on questions 14 of the assignement. Assigned the World Organization Poster assignment that is in the handout. Due Tuesday March 30. Also returned the last geography quizzes and corrected language worksheet.

Hist 20 Current Events. Notes on Japan's role in WWII.

Soc 9 Completed presentations on Renaissance Figures.

ELA 9 Mrs. Mike: Corrected questions on chapters one and two. Read most of Chapter three. Home-work: Read up to the end of Chapter four. Complete all the questions.

Friday, March 19, 2010

CE 20 Test on abortion.
Notes on Mother Rivier's steps and requirements to Canonization. Assignment: Write a letter to Pope Benedict XVI presenting a case for the canonization of Mother Rivier. The letter must include ten of her life works and examples of her faith (combined).
Evaluation:
Letter format (2)
Organization (3)
Content (20)
Grammar and writing style (5)
Due March 31
Service Projects due for Term 3: Wed. Mar 31

7-C Presentation by Japanese Exchange students.

8-I Presentation on World religions

Hist 20 Current Events. Documentary: Pearl Harbour to Hiroschima. Started taking notes on Japan's role in the war.

ELA 20 Read the poem Departure. Identified the senses and emotion in the poem. Edited their poems Shadow Dark Night, making sure that they have at least one strong emotion and three senses. Poem due on Tuesday.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

ELA 20 Opposing Arguments assignment due today. Read and discussed Shadow Dark Night. HW: Write a poem titled, "Shadow Dark Night". Bring first draft to class tomorrow.

ELA 9-O Silent Reading. Started the novel Mrs. Mike. H.W: Read chapters one and two and do the assigned questions.

8-M Presentations on world religions.

7-P Presentation and interaction with Japanese students. Development and Peace questions must be completed for Monday.

Hist 20 Current Events. Notes and discussion on Italy in WWII. H.W. Read and take jot notes on Japan in WWII.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

ELA 9-0 Silent Reading. Discussed answers to the short story, "The Leaving"

8-M and 8-I Home-work check on world religions. Students were broken into groups to prepare a presentation on one of the major world relgions. 8-M presents on Thursday. 8-I presents on Friday.

7-C Went over examples of positive and negative peace from the documentary "The Price of Sugar." Did research on Development and Peace organization. Must be completed for home-work if you did not finish in class.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

8-I Current event quiz and new articles

Hist 20 Completed notes on Germany's role in WWII

ELA 20 Worked on opposing arguments assignment

C.E 20 Continued with fetal development. Started methods of abortion.

7-C Test on rivers, natures wonders and cities. Handout on languages.

9-O Renaissance presentations.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

ELA 20 Went over summaries of the arguments in Teen Runaways. Assigned Opposing arguments writing assignment. Due Thursday Mar 18.

ELA 9-O Silent Reading. Groups presented their school poems.

8-M Notes on political patterns. Notes and assignment on Religious patterns. Assigenment due Mar 17.

7-P Completed viewing the Price of Sugar. In groups worked on a chart of positive and negative peace.

Hist 11-K Current Events. Notes on Hitler's domestic policies. Home-work: Six questions on foreign policy, due tomorrow. Test corrections due on Thursday

Monday, March 8, 2010

C.E. 11-K Abortion Unit: Federal law; Saskatchewan law; Fetal Development.

7-C Completed the Price Of Sugar. In groups, filled out chart on positive and negative actions.

8-I Politcal patterns: notes
Religious patterns: notes and assignment. Assignment due Wed Mar. 17

Hist 20 Current events
Notes on the fall of the Weimar government. Notes on the rise of Hitler. Home-work: Read handout and take notes on what were Hitler's domestic policies politically, socially and economically.

ELA 20 Took in journal writings. Notes and pre-discussion on teen runaways. In groups, read articles on whether to arrest teen runaways or not. In groups they had to sum up the pros and cons of each argument.

Friday, March 5, 2010

ELA 9-O Silent Reading. Handed in comparative analysis. Handout on Surviving and Conquering. Broke into groups to work on "School" poems.

8-M and 8-I Reviewed cultural patterns on the Pokot people. Notes and discussion on educational patterns.

7-C Continued viewing The Price of Sugar.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

9-O Silent Reading. Comparative analysis assigned on Life is Beautiful and Daniel's Story. Work class given to complete the assignment. Due tomorrow.

C.E 11-K Notes and discussion on Abortion. Handout given out.

8-M and 9-O Maps handed in. Went over questions on Current Event articles. Quiz on articles next Day 6.

Hist 20 Current Events. Notes on The Great Depression.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

8-I Took in maps of British Columbia. Corrected articles. Quiz on articles on next Day 5

Hist 20 Test on the Russian Revolution

ELA 20 Read the poem David. Journal writing: Would you have made the same choice as David? as Bob? Why would you have made or not made those choices? Why do you think that each of them made the choice that they did? Must be handed in at Monday's class.

C.E. 20 Recapped the main points of Romance without Regret

7-C Corrected Nature's Wonders. Test on cities, rivers and natures wonders next Day 5.

9-O Notes on the Renaissance. Assigned presentation, Renaissance Figures. Due Thursday Mar. 11.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

7-P Continued viewing The Price of Sugar

Hist 20 Current Events. Notes on Stalin's Revolution. Test on The Russian Revolution tomorrow.

7-P Corrected Nature's Wonders. Test on Mar 10 on Cities, rivers and nature's wonders.

NOON HOUR DISMISSAL

Monday, March 1, 2010

ELA 20 Completed oral book reports. Discussion on choices.

ELA 9-O Completed Life is Beautiful. Students should have a record of the similarities and differences between the novel Daniel's Story and the movie.

8-M Definitions and notes on Kinship patterns. Home-work: Students were given a handout on "The Pokot people of Africa. " They need to explain the kinship and economic patterns of the Pokots.

7-P Review of globalization. Discussion, notes and handout on positive and negative peace. Started viewing the documentary The Price of Sugar. Students are making a record of the good and bad acts in the documentary.

Hist 20 Current Events. Notes on the October Revolution. Test on the Russian Revolution on Wednesday.