Lesson 24

 

We opened today's block with the remaining few poems we missed yesterday.

We talked about the referendum held in Alberta yesterday, and about the upcoming provincial election.

Hopefully students come home with questions about civic engagement, and want to talk with their families about the upcoming election.

You can find early voting locations here, and the list of candidates here.  

Students will engage in the BC Student Vote tomorrow, so it would be great if they did some thinking and research this evening :) 

 Homework: Students read chapters 7 & 8 today - they were asked to find at least 4 quotations and record them with page numbers.

Chapter 7/8 Individuality Quotes

3 or more quotes showing the community's attempt to eliminate individuality:

1

1 or more quote(s) showing that Jonas feels different from other members of his community:

Lesson 23

 

Today was Bio Poem Celebration Day! 

Students did a wonderful job writing about themselves, and lots of thought and creativity went into the work. 

Each student shared their work with the class, and we offered snaps in appreciation of their efforts. Thanks to all!

Tomorrow we will continue with personal reading, and reading The Giver but there is no homework today. 

Lesson 22

Today was a big day!

We talked about this short reel of Dr. Jane Goodall, specifically with a mind toward Monday's Bio Poem celebration.

Students were at varying stages in their chapter 1-6 work, but everyone handed in that work today. 

Monday - students will hand in finished Bio Poem Projects - Due at the beginning of the block. 

Lesson 21

 

Students listened to Chapter 6, then spent the remainder of the block managing their time as best worked for them. 

While students will have a good deal of tomorrow's class to continue work on the 5/6 package, they will be handing in all package work (minus the final, Chapter 7 page) by the end of the block.  

Anyone who feels they will need more writing time than the 35-40 minutes in tomorrow's class should be in the Writing Lab at lunch today, or in tutorial tomorrow.

A reminder that Bio Poems can be worked on at home, and may require some assistance with finding old photos/mementos, printing work materials, and/or supplying art materials. These creative pieces are due at the start of Monday's block. 

 

Lesson 20

 

 We opened the class with a check in. 

Students worked to complete any missed work from the last two sections of text (to the end of Chapter 4).

Those who did not complete this work are encouraged to come to tutorial - their work was also available in the Writing Lab for them today.

We talked about their Bio Poem assignment - tomorrow we will look at examples, and there will be work time for these on Thursday as well. 

Lesson 19

 

Students read their personal novels to start the class.

We talked about the concept of multiple intelligences, before students set about charting their own strengths/aptitudes via a lengthy quiz.

Students shared their specific aptitudes with classmates, then we moved forward and read Chapter 4.

All students should ensure that they have read to the end of Chapter 4, and are up-to-date in the booklets BEFORE Tuesday's class. All are welcome to Tuesday's tutorial. 

 Have a wonderful long weekend! 

Lesson 18

 

While we didn't move as quickly today as I had hoped, we got a LOT of thinking in. 

Students discussed the common ground, or "sameness" that exists between societies.

We discussed ways in which we celebrate the differences between peoples.

Humanities B talked about the concept of multiple intelligences, before students set about charting their own strengths/aptitudes via a lengthy quiz.