Monthly Archives: September 2023

Thursday September 28th, 2023

Good Afternoon,

The Canadian University Event on Oct.4th from 6-8pm in the Gym.

If you have Leadership students/Athletic Leadership students or any other students who would like to help Ms. Johal and Ms. David that would be great.

The link and QR code is on the Career Website under Volunteer opportunities and I will be posting on IG and announcement soon.

Please see links below to sign up.​

https://signup.com/go/SNyZwTv ​

*Truth and Reconciliation Assembly:

-Make sure you either wear an orange shirt or wear your green shirt with the button you made in the makerspace.

-chairs set up  (check how many we need):  approximately 9 chairs (Graydon and Oliver)

-podium from Ms. Chin’s room:  Carys and Sarah

-Diego and Veronica do call down announcements

-bottles of water for guests (8)  From Tony?  Water needs to be placed right beside the chairs.

-greeters to greet guests and guide to gym (V’ni Dansi and Mama Pearl) or take to staff room if they are early:  Charlie, Connor, Ava d., Shyla, and Ava T.

*Looking ahead to October:  What should we plan and what usually occurs in October?! Spirit Week (dress up:  Daily Themes)

*Best Buddies

*Mr. Angl is visiting our class today

  1.  You should all have your questions ready to go to better get to know our Buddies
  2. Two Activities:  Adela and Ava G.
  3. Groups are on the white board and we will rotate every 20 minutes.

*Theme/Spirit Week:  Ideas

*Last night, you were to come up with one activity that could end off the week on the Friday at lunch.  We will share out these activities and choose one!

*Once a Week Lunch:  Ideas that we can do during lunches and who will take ownership.

*Calendar updates:  We need to update our calendars

*Terry Fox Grade Winner:  Thursday October 5th, 2023

close call but GRADE 11’s!!!

  1.  We need announcements written so that students know that Mr. Giles will be Dressed up.
  2. We need to arrange to have Ms. Durand Bring costumes in on Wednesday October 4th.  We will return these to her on Thursday October 5th.
  3. We could make a poster for the foyer announcing Grade 11 as the winner for the most funds raised.
  4. Plan for the activity:  how will Mr. Giles get dressed up? students chosen?  …plan out this lunch activity.

 

Thursday September 28th, 2023

Good Morning!

*Head’s Up:  we are almost done our short story unit…next week there will be a test on the short stories, prose fiction terms (application of terms to stories) and you will have a “sight story” one you have never read before.

Friday October 6th:  S.S Test

Tuesday October 10th:  Reading Comp.

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*Theme and connections:  from the synthesis essay assignment, we will brainstorm as a class various themes and the stories that may fit with them.

*Venn Diagram….choose a theme and 2-3 stories.

Wednesday September 27th, 2023

Good Afternoon,

The Canadian University Event on Oct.4th from 6-8pm in the Gym.

If you have Leadership students/Athletic Leadership students or any other students who would like to help Ms. Johal and Ms. David that would be great.

The link and QR code is on the Career Website under Volunteer opportunities and I will be posting on IG and announcement soon.

Please see links below to sign up.​

https://signup.com/go/SNyZwTv ​

 

*Truth and Reconciliation Assembly:

-Make sure you either wear an orange shirt or wear your green shirt with the button you made in the makerspace.

-chairs set up  (check how many we need):  approximately 9 chairs (Graydon and Oliver)

-podium from Ms. Chin’s room:  Carys and Sarah

-Diego and Veronica do call down announcements

-bottles of water for guests (8)  From Tony?  Water needs to be placed right beside the chairs.

-greeters to greet guests and guide to gym (V’ni Dansi and Mama Pearl) or take to staff room if they are early:  Charlie, Connor, Ava d., Shyla, and Ava T.

*Looking ahead to October:  What should we plan and what usually occurs in October?! Spirit Week (dress up:  Daily Themes)

*Best Buddies

1) Mr. Angl will visit our class on Thursday September 28th to give a short talk regarding Best Buddies.

2)  We need to come up with two activities

a) An Activity in the foyer (9 leadership students) something active like ‘where the wind blows’ or the activity Ava G put together.

b) Getting to know you Questions:  You need to create questions so that you can better get to know the students in Best Buddies. This activity will be divided into two rooms (Mr. Angl’s (9 leadership students) and Ms. McMinn (9 leadership Students).  Leadership students can rotate between the stations.

Lead by Example (Post it Activity)

 

Wednesday September 27th, 2023

Good Morning!

*No Red Ink:  Embedding Evidence continued.

*Yesterday, we read the short story “Borders” by Thomas King and then started a short story graphic organizer.

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*Head’s Up:  we are almost done our short story unit…next week there will be a test on the short stories, prose fiction terms (application of terms to stories) and you will have a “sight story” one you have never read before.

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*”Dave Cooks a Turkey”: audio

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https://soundcloud.com/cbc-radio-one/vinyl-cafe-dave-cooks-the

In groups, look for devices and humour used in Stuart MacLean’s “Dave Cooks a Turkey”.  On office 365 or whatever you may choose, find examples of humour throughout the short story.  What techniques did Maclean use to create humour?

https://youtu.be/doKRZM_Uvko

https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/rudyk-stuart-mclean-helped-define-whats-great-about-being-canadian

*Synthesis Essays:  You have time to work on these…

 

 

 

Monday September 25th, 2023

Good Afternoon!

We still have to figure out some volunteer opportunities:

1) Babysitting on Wednesday September 27th, 2023

 

2)The Canadian University Event on Oct.4th from 6-8pm in the Gym.

If you have Leadership students/Athletic Leadership students or any other students who would like to help Ms. Johal and Ms. David that would be great.

The link and QR code is on the Career Website under Volunteer opportunities and I will be posting on IG and announcement soon.

Please see links below to sign up.​

https://signup.com/go/SNyZwTv ​

 

*Pieces of Me Project: presentations!

*Truth and Reconciliation Assembly (Friday September 29th) :  all hands on deck!  Just want to give you a head’s up.

*Looking ahead to October:  What should we plan and what usually occurs in October?! Spirit Week (dress up:  Daily Themes)

*What is Leadership:

a)  Brainstorm as a collective

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Lead by Example (Post it Activity)

 

Thursday September 21st, 2023

Good Morning!

*Reminder:

  1.  Terry Fox Run today so we have an adjusted schedule.
  2. Friday Writes #1 DRAFT due in tonight

*Allusions in “The Most Dangerous Game

“The Most Dangerous Game”:  Writing activity.   This story ends with an indeterminate ending.  Write a paragraph that would continue after the last paragraph of the story to illustrate how you see the story would go…

*Read aloud the short story “The Waltz”.

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*We looked at gender roles…looking at gender roles in “The Waltz”.  What did you all learn about gender roles in the Victorian era? Discuss

*You were asked to write a few paragraphs from the man’s perspective –anyone want to share theirs aloud??

https://youtu.be/Xy7icJSTjL8

* We will read the short story “Borders” by Thomas King

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Wednesday September 20th, 2023

Good Afternoon!

Updates:  Terry Fox

  1. post to social media (today) (new Canva with grade challenges). Did we do this?!
  2.  Collection of money!
  3. Today, we will do a run down of the timeline and roles for this assembly to ensure we are all in the right places at the right time!

*Pieces of Me Project: presentations!

*Truth and Reconciliation Assembly (Friday September 29th) :  all hands on deck!  Just want to give you a head’s up.

*Looking ahead to October:  What should we plan and what usually occurs in October?!

 

Wednesday September 20th, 2023

Good Morning!

No Red Ink:  Embedding Evidence:  Avoiding Plagiarism and In-Text Citations Part 1

*The Most Dangerous Game:  Character Chart

*The Most Dangerous Game:  Comprehension Questions

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*Allusions in “The Most Dangerous Game

“The Most Dangerous Game”:  Writing activity.   This story ends with an indeterminate ending.  Write a paragraph that would continue after the last paragraph of the story to illustrate how you see the story would go…