Friday
When several of you arrived to class this morning the Counting On assignments you had done looked so good that we went down to the computer lab and created typed, full-colour, illustrated versions. The final copies are due on Wednesday.
Thursday
Today we explored an information text about Canada's national parks. After sharing which national park we would like to visit and why, we had a look at the Counting on: Canada's Parks in Numbers text. During reading, I asked you to come up with a question related to each of the 13 national park statistics presented in the text. After reading your task is to create your own Counting on... document about anything that you think relates strongly to Canadians and our sense of who we are as a nation.
Criteria:
Pick a topic that you strongly identify with Canada, for instance bacon!
You should have at least 10 statistics in your work.
Begin each statement with an icon (small picture).
After the icon provide the number for the statistic.
Use the text we read in class as an example for how to write the statistics information: 2-3 sentences for each information item.
All work on the Counting on... text is due tomorrow.
Wednesday
English class today! We completed the story There are No Coconut Trees in Toronto. Please make sure that the three activities we did to examine the story (before reading, during reading, after reading) are complete, photographed/scanned and placed in your e-portfolio on-line AND your paper (back-up!) portfolio in the classroom. We started reviewing the elements of plot just before the end of the class.
Tuesday
I was away today. I asked the TOC to let you work on your study guide questions that are due on Monday and work on your project which is due at the beginning of October.
Monday
I collected the study guides that were assigned last week. Unfortunately, despite a Remind text that was sent out, a number of students did not complete the work.
Please be aware that assessing your progress in Humanities 9 is very like doing research. Together we gather evidence of your learning. If you are not completing assignments, I cannot come to a conclusion about your learning. Yesterday quite a few students stayed in a lunch to complete the missing work. If these same students have incomplete assignments a second time, they will have to attend a 90 minute study session with the administration of the school, and the work will be completed there.
I also handed out our first project for Social Studies! You will find the document for the assignment in the links section of this blog.
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