Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Tuesday, September 22nd -- Day Four

Period One -- History 30
1. We looked at a number of key events in Canadian history, each of which has shaped the face and story of our nation. Starting with the expulsion of the Acadians through to the Seven Years' War, They Royal Proclamation and Quebec Act.

Period Two -- ELA 9
1. Groups got together to share their thoughts/ideas in relation to the assigned poem that they were to read for today.
2. From that point, we met as a large group to share these thoughts and ideas. Through this discussion, we are able to see the viewpoint and perspectives of others as well as attain a stronger understanding of the meaning of each poem. A lot of good ideas came up...well done.

Period Thee -- ELA 20
1. After completion of Chapter Four & Five of "To Kill a Mockingbird", students were assigned some questions based on their understanding of the events.
2. This activity is due tomorrow.

Period Four -- ELA 20
1. What was to be an ELA class got changed to History to enable us to get into the Computer Lab where students continued working on their timeline of events starting with the unification of the German states up to the declarations of war in the summer of 1914.

Period Five/Six -- LA 6
1. Spelling list # 3 was given (-less and -ful suffixes)
2. Pages 10 & 11 of the Spelling book were assigned. These are to be completed for Thursday.
3. We then took a look at conjunctions --what are they? why do we use them? how to use them? An assignment using conjunctions was assigned; this is also due for Thursday.

Period Seven -- ELA 10
1. Students were each given a copy of the poem "Legend of the Qu'Appelle Valley". For tomorrow they are to read the poem stanza by stanze coming up with thoughts and ideas on what they believe is being said in each of the eleven stanzas.

Have a good night.....