Monday, Sept. 21st -- Day Three

Period One --ELA 9
1. Language Power lessons #6, 7 & 8 were corrected.
2. 'I Am...." poems were collected; while not marked yet they look to be very well done.
3. Activites based on the short story "The Jade Peony" were collected as well.
4. Students were numbered and assigned a poem based on their number. They are to read the poem to determine its theme and place in a unit based on the theme of "All That I Am: The Search for Self". This is to be done for tomorrow, at which time we will 'jig - saw' and share our ideas to help us all understand the important ideas behind these pieces of literature.

Period Three -- ELA 20
1. Assignments were collected on figurative language and the short story "The Metaphor".
2. Students were then asked to read Chapters Four & Five of To Kill a Mockingbird for tomorrow.

Period Four -- ELA 10
1. Assignments were collected on "Purposes for Reading".
2. An assignment was introduced whereby students chose a ghost story from the book "Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan". They are to read the story, re - write it from a first person point of view, and prepare to tell it to the class. They will be marked more so on their story - telling ability and speaking abilities than anything else.

Period Five -- History 20
1. Questions and activities were discussed on the preparations leading up to war, the causes of war (aside from the assassination of Franz Ferdinand) and the early days of battle in which the Germans put the Schlieffen Plan into action.
2. A discussion then took place that dealt with the failure of the German warplans and the ensuing stalemate that ensued and the trench warfare that was very characteristic of World War I.
Next time we will take a closer look at life in the trenches and its many adventures.

Period Six -- ELA 10
1. Students were given copies of their chosen ghost stories and given the period to prepare for their presentations.
Tomorrow students can expect to recieve a copy of the rubric by which they are to be marked so that they will know where to put the greatest amount of time and effort.

Period Seven -- History 30
1. Watched "Canada: A People's History" which dealt with the events leading up to the outbreak of the Seven Year's War.