March 30, 2010 (Day 2)

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March 29, 2010 (Day 1)

Block C (1-3) English 11

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Block D (1-4) Socials 10


We started the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) unit today. We discussed the major factors in its creation, what was needed for its completion, who benefited most and who suffered.
You took notes on pages 228-9, and 234-6 and answered questions 1-3 on page 236.


Block A (1-1) English 9


I collected the last of the Much Ado About Nothing assignments.


We started looking at travel writing with articles by Alastair Humphreys (A Man With A Bike) and John Mitchell (Airport Arrivals are Hell). You did a half hour free write on a local travel experience (Richmond/Steveston/Vancouver)


FOR NEXT CLASS: Find a travel article (online/magazine/newspaper/chapter from a book), read it through and familiarize yourself with it well enough to present the information about the author, the area and the experience to the class.


Block B (1-2) English 9

I collected the last of the Much Ado About Nothing assignments.

We started looking at travel writing with articles by Alastair Humphreys (A Man With A Bike) and John Mitchell (Airport Arrivals are Hell). You did a half hour free write on a local travel experience (Richmond/Steveston/Vancouver)

FOR NEXT CLASS: Find a travel article (online/magazine/newspaper/chapter from a book), read it through and familiarize yourself with it well enough to present the information about the author, the area and the experience to the class.

March 19, 2010 (Day 2)

All Blocks
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Have a great Spring Break! Aloha!

March 18, 2010 (Day 1)

Block C (1-3) English 11

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Block D (1-4) Socials 10

You wrote a quiz on Louis Riel and the Northwest Rebellions.

Block A (1-1) English 9

You wrote a quiz on Much Ado About Nothing.

Block B (1-2) English 9

You wrote a quiz on Much Ado About Nothing.

Have a great Spring Break! Aloha!

March 17, 2010 (Day 2)

Happy St. Pat's!

All Blocks
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March 16, 2010 (Day 1)

Block C (1-3) English 11

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Block D (1-4) Socials 10

You had this period to prepare notes for the quiz on Thursday.

FOR NEXT CLASS: Louis Riel and Northwest Rebellion Quiz

Block A (1-1) English 9

We watched the BBC version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing from the series Shakespeare Retold.

FOR NEXT CLASS: Much Ado About Nothing quiz

Block B (1-2) English 9

We watched the BBC version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing from the series Shakespeare Retold.

FOR NEXT CLASS: Much Ado About Nothing quiz

March 15, 2010 (Day 2)

All Blocks
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March 12, 2010 (Day 1)

Block C (1-3) English 11

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Block D (1-4) Socials 10

Your essays were due in.

You took notes from the text on the Canadian Pacific Railway.

UPCOMING QUIZ: Louis Riel and the Northwest Rebellion - March 18, 2010

Block A (1-1) English 9

We watched the second half of the 1993 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

UPCOMING QUIZ: Much Ado About Nothing test on Thursday, March 18, 2010

Block B (1-2) English 9

We watched the second half of the 1993 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

UPCOMING QUIZ: Much Ado About Nothing test on Thursday, March 18, 2010

March 11, 2010 (Day 2)

All Blocks

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Also, I have added the McRoberts Rugby UK Tour Blog. Take a look at what the boys are up to.

March 10, 2010 (Day 1)

Block C (1-3) English 11

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Block D (1-4) Socials 10

All FIVE of the students who completed the draft for today had a chance to revise. Nice job, Stephen, Connie, Stephanie, Kevin M., and Jack.

The rest of the class wrote drafts. sigh.

UPCOMING QUIZ: Thursday, March 18, 2010

Block A (1-1) English 9

We finished reading Much Ado About Nothing today.

FOR NEXT CLASS: Answer the questions for Act V and be ready to hand in the quotes sheet for Acts I-V.

UPCOMING QUIZ: Thursday, March 18, 2010

Block B (1-2) English 9

We finished reading Much Ado About Nothing today.

FOR NEXT CLASS: Answer the questions for Act V and be ready to hand in the quotes sheet for Acts I-V.

UPCOMING QUIZ: Thursday, March 18, 2010

March 9, 2010 (Day 2)

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March 8, 2010 (Day 1)

Block C (1-3) English 11

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Block D (1-4) Socials 10

We looked at the Begbie contest. This will be the format for the unit quiz next week: 25 multiple choice, 1 paragraph and 1 essay question.

UPCOMING QUIZ: Thursday, March 18, 2010

Block A (1-1) English 9

We read Act IV, Scene ii and Act V, Scene i.

You were given the Act IV questions to answer.

FOR NEXT CLASS:

1) Type and format the Act IV, Scene i Wedding Report. Find or draw a picture to go with it. Print it out like a page in a newspaper.

2) Answer questions for Act IV

UPCOMING QUIZ: Thursday, March 18, 2010

Block B (1-2) English 9

We read Act IV, Scene ii and Act V, Scene i.

You were given the Act IV questions to answer.

FOR NEXT CLASS:

1) Type and format the Act IV, Scene i Wedding Report. Find or draw a picture to go with it. Print it out like a page in a newspaper.

2) Answer questions for Act IV

UPCOMING QUIZ: Thursday, March 18, 2010

For any of you who were wondering, this is why I went into teaching.

March 5, 2010 (Day 2)

Block H (2-4) English 11

Last speeches today! The Grade 8s really enjoyed Jason, Brandon, Chelsia, Ruby, Nancy, Cam and David's presentations.

The rest of the class wrote an analysis of Trudeau's "First Among Equals" speech from 1980.

Starting next week, you will be working with Miss Brown.

In keeping with the speaker you saw today, here is a clip from an amazing French-language documentary made ten years after the liberation of Auschwitz.

March 4, 2010 (Day 1)

Block C (1-3) English 11

Last speeches today! Thank-you to Joyce, Suzie, Tanner, Nora, Alyssa and Eugenie.

Everyone else completed a short analysis of Pierre Elliot Trudeau's 1980 speech,"First Among Equals"

Block D (1-4) Socials 10

We did a series of quick group analyses of post-Olympic political cartoons.

You wrote individual comparisons of Canadian symbolism in 1885 vs. today.

Block A (1-1) English 9

We read Act IV, Scene i, the wedding scene. You wrote a tabloid reporter's take the event.

FOR NEXT CLASS: Identify the speaker and explain the significance of the three quotes for Act III

Block B (1-2) English 9

We read Act IV, Scene i, the wedding scene. You wrote a tabloid reporter's take the event.

FOR NEXT CLASS: Identify the speaker and explain the significance of the three quotes for Act III

March 3, 2010 (McRoberts Day)

MCROBERTS DAY!

March 2, 2010 (Day 1)

Block C (1-3) English 11

Speeches done today: Victor, Natalie, Anthony, and Andy

Block D (1-4) Socials 10

We revisited the analysis of political cartoons.  We looked at several historical ones which addressed the Northwest Rebellion, Riel and John A MacDonald.

FOR NEXT CLASS: Find a current political/editorial cartoon, published AFTER the Olympics and do a brief point-form analysis to be handed in.

Block A (1-1) English 9

You had today's class to complete a worksheet on MAAN (Much Ado About Nothing) quotes.  Altogether, you had to fill in the blanks in 10 quotes from the play and then translate those quotes into modern English.  This was handed in at the end of class.

FOR NEXT CLASS: Answer the questions (1-7) for Act III

Block B (1-2) English 9

You had today's class to complete a worksheet on MAAN (Much Ado About Nothing) quotes.  Altogether, you had to fill in the blanks in 10 quotes from the play and then translate those quotes into modern English.  This was handed in at the end of class.

FOR NEXT CLASS: Answer the questions (1-7) for Act III

Following on our discussion in ER about the Nazi Final Solution, here's a clip from the BBC documentary about Auschwitz.

March 1, 2010 (Day 2)

Block H (2-4) English 11

Speeches today! Really great presentations by Daniella, Amy Z, Zach, Johnny H., Arjun, and Thomas. Especially considering how fidgety the audience was.

Blocks E (2-1) and F (2-2) English 8

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