Thursday

CE 7: The students continued working on their pictorial time lines.  The time lines will be due Tuesday. 
ELA 8: We began our new unit on poetry.  Two concrete poems and an alliteration poem are due tomorrow.
ELA 7: We finished reading Two Against the North.  After a handout on character sketches the students had time to work on their prewriting.  I will be checking the prewriting tomorrow.  They will have class time tomorrow to write and edit their rough copy.  Good copy is due Wednesday.
PAA 8: The students answered questions on sewing tools/ supplies and application.

Monday

CE 20: We watched more of Joan of Arc.  We will finish the movie Wednesday.
ELA 8: The girls worked on their reviews.  The test will be later this week. 
SCI 8: After reading page 45-47, the students wrote their own notes.
ELA 7: The students read chapter 20-24 independently then answered questions while I started HIP reading assessment.
PAA 9:  We sewed in the lab.

Reminder that it is Twin Day tomorrow.  Make sure you are dressed up or you have to wear your uniform.

Wednesday

CE 7: We read page 18 and 19 together, then wrote some notes.  The students will need their Bibles on Friday. 
ELA 8: The girls skimmed "Feeling Good, Looking Great" for 25 adjectives.  Have your lists ready for tomorrow.  Each student is to interview someone and be ready to discuss tomorrow.
ELA 7: We corrected questions and started writing a journal entry from the point of view of Jamie or Awasin with a focus on how the character must be feeling about their chances of rescue and survival.  The students were asked to write a minimum of three paragraphs.  The journal entries are due tomorrow.
PAA 8: We sewed in the lab.  The sweaters are getting pretty close.  I am impressed with all the seamstresses.

Friday

CE 8: We missed CE for mass this morning.

ELA 7: The students read chapter 10 "The Great Stone House" independently then answered questions.  Students will not be allowed to enter class on Tuesday until they have shown me their entrance slip.

1. After Awasin makes the fire and the boys eat “dinner” Farley Mowat describes Jamie as being “himself again.” What does Farley Mowat mean by this statement?

2. What was the Great Stone House? Describe the different reaction the two boys had when they found out what it was.

Entrance Slip:

Research how to create fire without the help of matches. 

CE 7: After brainstorming different community types, the students met in groups to answer questions.  A large group discussion followed.  We wrote some notes to help us remember what healthy communities look like.

Communities

·      All communities have stories

·      Individuals truly belong to the extent that they know the community and consider its story their own

·      True communities are active.  Members take actions because they are members

·      Individuals feel part of a community to the extent that they participate in the community’s activity

·      All communities place expectations on their members

·      All communities offer some benefits to their members

·      A healthy community enables its members to grow in wholeness

PAA 8: We sewed in the lab.  The sweaters are really starting to come together...literally.

ELA 8: After combining their two stanzas from yesterday to create group poems, the girls had time to finish the good copy of their fable.  The poems and fables are due Wednesday.

Wednesday

Science 8: We wrote notes on the cell membrane and diffusion.  There were two mini experiments with food colouring and Febreeze so the students could experience diffusion in real life.
ELA 8: Reference materials (CTBS)
CE 20: We missed CE for a presentation on Cyberbulling.
 ELA 7: The students worked on their canoeing brochures.  Tomorrow will be the last day to work.
PAA 9: We sewed in the lab.  The onsies and dresses are really starting to come together.