English 9

Great behaviour at the Remembrance Day celebration!

Things we did today:

• Remembrance Day celebration
• Worked on BSP questions Chpt 11, 12, 13 and 14
• Commonly Confused Words (precede/proceed, stationery/stationary, principle/principal)

Reminders:

• Questions for Chapters 11, 12, 13 and 14 are due Tuesday, November 12, 2013; however, you will receive 20 minutes at the beginning of Tuesday's class to either finish the questions or do silent reading

English 9

Great work on your tongue twisters today; they're very funny!

Things we did today:

• Commonly confused words (there/they're/their, to/two/too, passed/past)
• Went into groups and created tongue twisters with the commonly confused words
• Went over the history of Eva Braun, the Star of David and the Swastika symbol
• Watched a clip form the movie "Anne Frank". This gave us a visual of how Jews were transported to camps during the Holocaust
• Reviewed Chpt 11/12 BSP
• Read Chpt 13 and14 and discussed

Reminders:

• Questions for Chapters 11, 12, 13 and 14 are due Tuesday, November 12, 2013; however, you will receive 20 minutes at the beginning of Tuesday's class to either finish the questions or do silent reading
• Remembrance celebration tomorrow

SS 9

Great discussion on gun regulations today SS 9! Andreas, Shey and Jordan picked very interesting articles to discuss during Current Events!

Things we did today:

• Unit 3 EXAM (French Revolution)
• Worked on vocab words for Unit 4 (Napoleon Bonaparte)
• Current Events presentations
• Read "The Battle of Waterloo" as a class
• Watched a video on Napoleon Bonaparte

Reminders:

• Marks are posted - check for any missing assignments. Students with missing work will be referred to homework club today and tomorrow
• French Revolution Video Skits are due Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013

SS 9

I am very excited to see your videos on the French Revolution!

Don't forget to review tonight for the test tomorrow :)

Things we did today:

• Notes given on key vocabulary words for the French Revolution Exam and we had a small discussion on key concepts
• Jeopardy review game
• Worked in the library on video skits

Reminders: 

• EXAM ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (UNIT 3): TOMORROW, NOV. 6, 2013
• Current Events Presentations TOMORROW, NOV. 6, 2013: Connor, Shey, Jordan and Andreas
• French Revolution Video Skit : due Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013
• Marks have been posted - check for any missing assignments

English 9

Happy Tuesday English 9!

Things we did today:

• Went over the Short Story tests
• Commonly confused words (lie/lay, lose/loose, led/lead)
• BSP quiz on Chpt 1-10
• Worked on Chpt 9/10 questions
• Read Chapter 11/12

Reminders: 

• Chapter 9/10 questions are due Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013
• Marks have been posted - check for any missing assignments

SS 9

I am very sorry the Jeopardy game didn't work very well; I will have a new one tomorrow!

Things we did today:

• Review of "Marie-Antoinette" movie 
• Time given to study/review (crossword handed out)
• Corrected the booklet of questions from Crossroads 
• Played a short game of Jeopardy
• Marks posted

Reminders: 

• Crossword: TOMORROW, NOV. 5, 2013
• EXAM -- CHAPTER 3: WEDNESDAy, Nov. 6, 2013
• French Revolution Project (video/skits): Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013
• Curent Events Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013: Shey, Connor, Jordan and Andreas

English 9

Fantastic job on the Short Story Tests Grade 9's!

Things we did today:

• Commonly confused words (conscious/conscience, council/counsel, its/it's)
• Corrected Chapter 8 questions in BSP and discussed
• Recap of Chapter 9 in BSP
• Read Chapter 10
• Questions given out for Chapter 9/10
• Short story test handed back and marks posted

Reminders: 

• Bruno's letter to his grandmother was due TODAY
• Quiz on Chapters 1-10 TOMORROW, Nov. 5, 2013
• Check the score chart for any missing assignments