Wednesday, September 9th -- Day One

The day started with an assembly in the gymnaisum which recognized the recipients of Honor Roll pins and plaques to the highest average in each grade between 7 - 12 from last year. Congratulations to all winners and thanks to the Norquay Co - op for their support.

Period One -- History 20
1. We corrected the assignment from yesterday pertaining to the alliances and agreement reached amongst the European powers prior to World War I.

Period Two -- ELA 9
1. Language Power lessons #3, 4 & 5 were corrected from yesterday. It is imperative that students read instructions prior to completing assignments. Many easy marks were lost today because of this.
2. Paragraphs that were assigned last Friday were collected.
3. We went through the 'Writing Process' naming each step and what is done at each.

Period Three -- History 30
1. An exciting day of notes on Canada as a "Storehouse" of resources. Basically the notes and ensuing discussion revolved around what brought Europeans to North America originally and the business (trade) that evolved as a result.

Period Five -- ELA 20
1. Discussed handout on Introductory activities dealing with the novel "To Kill a Mockinbird". These questions brought up some great discussion...well done.
2. Students were given a copy of Harper Lee's novel and were asked to read Chapter One.

Period Six -- ELA 10
1. We discussed at length Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell - Tale Heart". We discussed ideas such as what we imagine the setting to look like in our minds as we read the story, the source of the discontent within the narrator, and we also debated the mental well being of the narrator in the story.
2. Reminder: Drafts of paragraphs are due tomorrow.

Period Seven -- ELA 9
1. After looking at the Writing Process earlier, we dealt exclusively at the first step which is Pre - Writing. At this stage students think of a topic and come up with as many ideas/relevant facts that they know about that topic. Often times these are done through a concept web. We created a concept web on cheese as a class. A very detailed, elaborate concept web was created in a few short minutes...well done.
2. Using their understanding of concept webs, students were asked to create one for three entirely different, unrelated topics. These are due tomorrow.

Have a good night.....