Applied Skills

Portfolio due Jan 16 (check outline from class)

Test on ch 4 – taken from review sheet and question sheets

HCE

Journal entry # 7- Observe the body language of 3 people (1 friend, 1 adult, 1 person younger than you)  one paragraph each: what were you talking about, what actions did they do? your interpretation of the actions.

Socials

explorer project due Thursday

Exam Jan 15 10:20-11:30  see study guide

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Applied Skills

1- Over the holidays, post your answer to your assigned question on my blog.  Include the page number, question number, write out the question.  This needs to be done before Jan 07.  Your classmates will copy down your answer.

2- Exchange rate sheet- pick 3 countries and figure out the exchange rate.

3- Portfolio #4 is due Jan 16

- p1  title page of ch 4

- p2  Vocab

-p3  Country you have decided to research

-p4  discuss what is exports to Canada

-p5  Facts about the country (pop., politics, economics, ect…)

4- HCE

Journal #5- write about the craziest thing you have done with your best friend

Journal #6- over the holidays: do a random act of kindness and write about it.  Not to family members, try to avoid spending $$

Applied Skills test on Monday- taken from study sheet given out 3 weeks ago.

Journal for HCE

1- P.56 write about one of the statements from “Now you know”

2- Can I change the world? why/why not?

3- p.62 Pick one of the statements from “over to you” write about it.

4- What does the word “relationship” mean to you

Tell me about a relationship you have with someone.

These journal entries are worth 25% of your mark.

Skating next Friday Dec 16

Applied Skills test Dec. 12

Christmas hamper items Due… Due… Due!!!!!! plus one dollar

Many students have been ill lately.  Be aware if your child is sick and keep him/her home.

Christmas Hamper volunteered items:

sugar- Josh W

Coffee-Rowan

Canned Veg.- Noah

Cookies- Jade

Cranberry sauce- Lynae

Canned fish- Levi

Peanut Butter- Mac.

Spaghetti Sauce- Jake

Rice- Sierra K

Toothpaste/ soap/shampoo- Manoah

Tea- Jared

Cereal- Sierra U

Spaghetti- Nate

Feel free to bring other items

Skating today

Reminders:

The grade 8/9 class been assigned a Christmas hamper for a family.  Each student has volunteered to bring in a designated item.  Also each student is asked to bring in 1$ for the purchase of a turkey.  Please ensure your child brings in the item and the 1$ ASAP.

A few students have been heading down to the Shell stn. during lunch to buy large slurpies, sugar sticks and various other sugar related items and not eating their lunches.  Personally, I am not going to monitor what they eat, however, a few students have been absolutely wired after lunch and on a complete sugar high which affects behaviour in the class.

Monday is parent teacher interviews.  I will be in the upper building from 8-4:30

Socials:

Tuesday Dec. 06- Joan of Arc movie and study time

Wednesday Dec. 07- Middle ages test-  I have given the students a number of study sheets and went over what is on the test and the page numbers in the text where to find the info.  This is also written on the white board.

Exam week is at the end of Jan.

Monday Jan. 23 – grade 8 science (double check with the teacher) 9-10am

Wednesday Jan. 25- grade 8 socials 9-11am

Thanks

I have switched  some dates

Nov. 25- class time to work on creative project, research project, study for test

Nov. 28- Class time to work on creative project, research project, study for test

Nov. 29- Class time to work on creative project, research project, study for test

Nov 30- Research project due and presentation

Dec. 01- movie Joan of Arc

Dec 02- Skating

Dec 04 Parent teacher interviews

Dec 06- Creative project due

- Study for test

Dec. 07- Middle ages test

Just to be clear

Creative project is on an assigned person.  I do not want a poster.  Do something creative.  Refer to your outline

Research project is on a topic from ch. 5.  This is a teaching task where you are teaching the class your topic.  This is a poster and you need to make a sheet of notes for each student (I can photocopy it for you)

Notice went out about the movie

I am still missing report cards and skating forms

My middle ages exam may have gone missing from my notebook.  Please be on the look out for for an exam titled “middle ages test”

Thanks

As you u of heard, our class is supporting a couple who are trying to adopt children from Africa.  Each Tuesday we walk around the field for 15 minutes in support of this couple.  I then log our kms on their blog which further supports their cause.

http://www.carryme.ca/

Also, I am not sure if you know, but the Ministry of Education is planning to overhaul our education system.  Check out their plan and let me know what you think.

http://www.bcedplan.ca/

Hello,

Okay, some assignments for socials have been given out.  They are back to back but the students will have some class time.

Socials:

Two projects are coming due

1- Creative research project about a middle ages person

Due: December 1

Class time: Monday November 28

2- Chapter 5 high middle ages teaching presentation (group project)

Due: Tuesday November 29

Class time:  November 24 / 25

Middle ages test:  December 6

Open study time: Nov. 23 and December 5

Skating Dec. 2 (some forms still have yet to be handed in)

Report card envelops need to be returned

Homework:

Socials:  picture stories were due yesterday.  The students had 2 in class work times to do these.  The project was on the Battle of Hastings.

HCE: No homework

Applied Skills:  Portfolio project #3 is due Nov. 21.  The outline is located in their text at the end of chapter 3 (listed under “portfolio”

This project was given out Oct 31 giving the students 4 weeks to work on this.

unethical business  Rubric

Below are some websites to help the student’s research

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporate_scandals

http://www.forbes.com/2002/07/25/accountingtracker.html

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2009445,00.html

http://www.citizenworks.org/enron/corp-scandal.php

Shoe boxes:  As a school, we are involved in the Christmas shoebox project.  Each student has been assigned an item to contribute.  Items are due on Tues.