Thursday, September 3rd -- Day Four

Period One -- History 30
1. We watched Episode One of the CBC documentary -- "Canada: A People's History". This episode essentially deals with the way of life in Canada and North America prior to the arrival of Europeans. It helps to demonstrate that First Nations were by no means the savage, lawless troublemakers many have been lead to believe. It also looks at important topics we have discussed thus far in class such as the Iroquois Confederacy, the relationship with the land, and the arrival of Europeans.

Period Two -- ELA 9
1. We looked at the acronym R.A.F.T.S. which is a prompt used for writing. The letters stand for Role, Audience, Format, Topic and Strong Verb.
2. Once the students got comfortable with this system, a prompt was given which asked them to complete a paragraph that is due for tomorrow.

Period Three/Four -- ELA 20
1. We started by moving onto step three of the writing process with our 'supper with ......' assignment. This step is revision so students looked over their writing seeking to find any errors they may have made or for ways in which they could improve their writing.
2. Once this step was done, we continued on to step four, or peer sharing. At this stage students were to share their work with no less than two classmates, who would read, making suggestions and corrections where they saw.
3. A discussion was then had regarding the short story "Penny in the Dust" which was to read for today.

Period Five/Six -- LA 6
1. We started with a spelling assignment related to the list of -er words that was given on Tuesday. Students completed pages 6 & 7 of their studybook.
2. We read the second chapter in the class novel. Students worked on literature responses in their journals both during and after the reading.
3. Introduced the concept behind 'List Poems'. As a class we completed a list poem using the topic of "Things that Ring". Students and parents are reminded that they will be quizzed on the list of -er words next Thursday.

Period Seven -- ELA 10
1. The paragraphs that were due for today were collected.
2. Students were introduced to the last two purposes for writing, those being informative and descriptive. They were then asked to write a paragraph for each purpose. These are to be done for tomorrow.

SRC Executive Elections were held today. After a tie in the Presidential Election this morning, a second round of voting took place this afternoon. The SRC Executive for the 2009/2010 school year is as follows:
President -- Alyssa Grywacheski (Gr. 12)
Vice President -- Allyson Grywacheski (Gr. 11)
Social Director -- Josh Gasdewich (Gr. 12)
Secretary -- Jamie Newberg (Gr. 11)
Member at Large -- Darcy Griffith (Gr. 12)

Congratulations and thank you to all those who ran for a position on this years executive.

Reminded to get any unreturned school forms in ASAP.

Have a good night...