Tilford's Treats

Tilford's Treats

Tuesday 22 November 2011

Tuesday, November 22

CE 7: Created ornaments for our Jesse Tree.
ELA 8: We started typing poetry dossiers. We will have tomorrow to type as well and will set a due date together.
ELA 7: "Summer of the Swans" project work period. The girls will have the whole week to work on their projects and we will present informally next week.
PAA 12: Pie lab

Monday 21 November 2011

Monday, November 21

ELA 9: Read three Pourquoi tales and wrote a paragraph describing the characteristics of Pourquoi tales.
ELA 8: Worked on poetry dossier. We will start typing in the computer lab tomorrow.
PAA 12: Missed mass. Remember we are making the filling for our pies tomorrow and we need every minute to work. Come down to the lab asap.
ELA 7: Started final projects for "The Summer of the Swans". The girls will have the rest of the week to work on their projects.

Thursday 17 November 2011

Thursday, November 17

ELA 8: Worked on poetry dossier. The girls must have five poems completed for Monday or they will be finishing at lunch time.
ELA 7: Read chapter 17-20.
SCI 7: Finish lab reports on Hot and Cold and read page 175-177 #1-4.
PAA 12: Began "It's a Celebration..." assignments.

Tuesday 15 November 2011

Tuesday, November 15

CE 7: Finished Abraham and Sarah choral reading. We began working on a prayer mandala that we will finish up next day.
ELA 8: Peer editing using the TAG conference sheet.
ELA 9: Read "That Wasscawy Wabbit" and answered questions. We will read "The Loki Wolf" tomorrow.
ELA 7: Finish up our missing posters for Charlie from the "Summer of the Swans".
SCI 7: Mixtures and Solutions quiz.
PAA 12: Intro to new section on desserts.

Wednesday 9 November 2011

Wednesday, November 9

ELA 9: Worked on Nine Worlds posters. They are due Tuesday. Read up to chapter 20 in "The Loki Wolf".
ELA 8: Worked on poetry dossier.
PAA 12: Our reverse tie-dye was awesome. I did not expect the shirts to turn orange, but they turned out great.
ELA 7: Read chapter 13.

Tuesday 8 November 2011

Tuesday, November 8

ELA 7: Work on character webs for "The Summer of the Swans".
PAA 12: Reminder that we are reverse tie-dying our black t-shirts tomorrow. Bring your money for the shirts. They are five dollars each.
ELA 9: Worked on the Norse Nine Worlds posters. There is another work class tomorrow. The posters will be due November 15. We read "Iduna's Apples" and "Irraweka, Mischief Maker". Tomorrow we will compare and contrast the two stories.
CE 7: We played two types of trust games. Some of your daughters can not be trusted. :)

Monday 7 November 2011

Monday, November 7

ELA 8: Circle story writing. We wrote three part stories with different authors for each section.
ELA 7: Read to chapter 12.
SCI 7: Worked on chapter reviews and unit cover pages. Both are due tomorrow. You need to hand in the review asap so I can get it marked and handed back by Wednesday. Remember that the test will be on Tuesday, November 15.
PAA 12: Our tie-dye sat all weekend and looks amazing. Except for a slight hiccup, the shirts were a success. We will miss class because of the Remembrance Day service tomorrow, so we will reverse tie-dye with bleach on Wednesday.

My volleyball team won at Conference this weekend so we move on to regional playoffs. Please pray for our volleyball team.

Friday 4 November 2011

Just think what Mr Bean's report card would say...

Tie-Dye Fun


Friday, November 4

ELA 9: Read "Creation of the Nine Worlds" in our duotangs. We began drawing a picture to represent the nine worlds and will continue next day.
ELA 8: Began our Poetry Dossiers. I will bring a sample on Monday.
ELA 7: We painted runners puce and drew swans while listening to music from Swan Lake.
PAA 12: We tie-dyed our t-shirts. I can't wait to unwrap them Monday.
SCI: Continued work on our reviews and unit cover page.

Thursday 3 November 2011

Thursday, November 3

CE 7: Bible worksheet. We will take up the questions next day (Tuesday, Nov, 8).
ELA 8: Poetry worksheet on Hakuis and Tankas. We will start our Poetry Dossier tomorrow.
ELA 9: Our Stories, Our Voices Webquest.
ELA 7: We read to Chapter 11 in "The Summer of the Swans". Tomorrow will we make puce-coloured paint and draw swans.
SCI 7: Started chapter review. We will work on the review and the unit cover page for the next two classes. Both will be due Monday, November 7 at the end of class so I can get them marked and back to the girls for studying. The test will be on Tuesday, November 15
PAA 12: Finish sewing projects and work on Drysden plates.

Grade 9 ELA

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