Thursday, September 23rd -- Day Six

Period One/Two: ELA 10
After twenty minutes of silent reading, we continued our study of the unknown. We read a poem entitled "The Ghost that Jim Saw" and answered some questions in relation to it. From that point we out our heads together and created a list of criteria that we believe make up an individual and the person that they are. They were then asked to use the criteria discussed to create their 'perfect' human being. This will make more sense soon when we start our study of the novel "The Chrysalids".

Period Three: ELA 9
We completed the Writing Conventions section of our CAT - 4 test.

Period Four: ELA 20
We discussed the questions related to Wallace Stegner's essay "Back to Wolf Willow" and the essay in general. Students were then asked to reflect on their youth and write a paragraph on the following: In thirty years from now when you come back home, what sight or smell will reinforce the fact that you are truly 'home'? Explain yourself. This paragraph is due for Monday as we do not have English tomorrow.

Period Five: History 20
We reviewed the events of last class in which we discussed the formation of The Black Hand in the Balkans and the the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. We then picked up on that today discussing the actions of Austria - Hungary towards Serbia in their dealings with this issue. Students were given a handout to read for tomorrow which outlines the array of ultimatums and declarations that would play out in the days leading up to World War I.

Period Six: ELA 1o
Our third period of the day was used as a homework/catch up/reading period.

Period Seven: History 30
A short Current Events discussion lead us right into a second discussion. Seeing as last class we discussed the Seven Years' War and The Conquest with the conclusion of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, students were asked to think about the issues that might arise for the British leaders in North America following the Conquest. We then watched the beginning of "Battle for a Continent" as part of the series Canada: A People's History. This episode discusses the Seven Years' War, Royal Proclamation and other important events of the mid 1760's.

OTHER NEWS:

Good Luck to all Cross Country runners who will be in Saltcoats tomorrow for the Annual Autumn Summit.

Good Luck to our lone member of the Preeceville Panthers football team, James Cherewyk as he and his Panther teammates host Porcupine Plain tomorrow.

The second game of the Norquay Flag Football League was played yesterday and saw the Select's blank the Nukem's 30 - 0.

Have a good night,

Mr. Morin