Monday, September 20th -- Day Three

Before we start, what a game on Friday night...Go Riders. Now on to what`s important

Period One: ELA 9
The usual ten minutes of silent reading was done at the beginning of the period. The Writing Quizzes that were completed on Friday were returned; for the most part very well done, four students with 98% or better. Students were then asked to work through steps #3 & 4 of the Writing Process (revising and sharing). It is the intention to begin publishing the good copies of these paragraphs tomorrow.

Period Three: ELA 20
The questions that were given in relation to Chapter Two of To Kill a Mockingbird were discussed; these were not for marks but rather just to spark conversation and share ideas and thoughts about the chapter. Time was then given to work towards completing some unfinished assignments, namely the extension activities from Chapter Two, the illustration of the Radley House based on descriptive language from the novel and the reading of Chapters 3 & 4. Everything but the illustration is due for tomorrow.

Period Four: ELA 10
The ten minutes of reading took place in the beginning. We then had a short discussion about the supernatural; what does it mean? What does it make us think of? Do we believe in it? We then began to read W.W. Jacobs play "The Monkey's Paw" as a class. We only managed to read Scene I.

Period Five: History 20
After a short discussion about newsworthy events in and around the world, we corrected the questions from Friday pertaining to the Balkans and the issues in that region of Europe in the early 1900's. We then took the time to make some predictions as to what role we believe this area will play in the outbreak of World War I. We then looked at arguably the incident that started the war, that being the assassination of Franz Ferdinand (the heir to the Austrian throne) by a Serbian terrorist group known as the Black Hand. We also looked at the formation of this group; their goals, their aims, etc.

Period Six: ELA 10
We finished reading "The Monkey's Paw" aloud. We then discussed what the author chose not to tell us, or leave unknown. From here students were given a writing assignment in which they are to make up the legend of the paw from the play. Where did it come from? When? Why? Who is/was responsible? What is the story behind it? How did it attain its powers? etc. This is not due for tomorrow but students will be orally presenting their ghost stories tomorrow.

Period Seven: Math 7
We collected the assignments from last day. We then set Wednesday, September 22nd as our exam date for the divisibility exam. We then took the time to review the divisibility rules and our use of them prior to the exam. Students can expect one more short review tomorrow.

OTHER NEWS:

Congratulations to the Senior Girls Volleyball team who captured first place at their tournament in Invermay on the weekend. Well done girls!

The Senior's were not to be outdone by the Juniors who took home third place at a tournament in Canora on the weekend!

Good luck to Kalyna Livingston who will be taking part in East Central Junior Golf Districts tomorrow at Crystal Lake.

The scheduled game in the Norquay Flag Football League was postponed today due to weather and will be made up on Wednesday.

Have a great night, Mr. Morin