December 18th

LA
A Christmas Carol project was due today

SOCIAL
Aztec worldview story due Thursday

December 17th

LA
A Christmas Carol (or alternate play)project is due December 18th (tomorrow).

SOCIAL
Video projects are due December 20th.

December 11th

LA
-Identify character 3 traits of each character at the end of the story, Being Alive.
-Identify supporting information for one trait for each character.
- read biography of Charles Dickens

SOCIAL
-began working on a new project which can be found outlined at
http://www.blackgold.ab.ca/ict/Divison3/aztecworldview/
-Information Gathering Organizers are to be completed independantly on the assigned factor(s) of worldview.

December 10th

LA 8A
-finish reading "Being Alive"
-Identify character 3 traits of each character at the beginning of the story.
-Identify supporting information for one trait for each character. (How do you know they are dependable?)

SOCIAL
- began working on a new project which can be found outlined at
http://www.blackgold.ab.ca/ict/Divison3/aztecworldview/
-Information Gathering Organizers are to be completed independantly on the assigned factor(s) of worldview.

December 6th

SOCIAL
students who did not finish their tests today may finish them at lunch tiime tomorrow.

LA
-although it has not been handed out in class yet, the outline for your next major assessment is available through the link to my wiki space.

SKI FORMS DUE TOMORROW!

SOCIAL
test tomorrow

LA
identify a character for each character type discussed in class today

SKI FORMS DUE BY FRIDAY

LA
Movie Reviews due Tomorrow

SOCIAL
Test on Thursday. Review must be completed to write test. Copies of the review guide can be found on the link "Ms. MacDonald's Wiki Space"

December 3rd

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Unit test on Thursday. Reviews must be completed.

LA
-rough copies of Movie Reviews should be completed for tomorrow.

I HAVE JUST CREATED A WIKISPACE. YOU CAN ACCESS IT BY USING THE LINK ON THIS PAGE CALLED "Ms.MacDonald's Wiki Space". I WILL TRY TO POST DOCUMENTS THERE THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL. FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE JUST ADDED THE RENAISSANCE REVIEW GUIDE. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF THERE ARE ANY DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE. I WILL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

SOCIAL STUDIES CHANGE

SOCIAL 8A
Monday
- finishing review and time to prepare for test
- going over review
Tuesday
- no social
Wednesday
- no social
Thursday
- test first social period


SOCIAL 8C
Monday
- no social
Tuesday
- finishing review and time to prepare for test
- going over review
Wednesday
- no social
Thursday
- test first social period

November 30th

SOCIAL
-UNIT TEST ON TUESDAY. Review guide was distributed today. This should be mostly completed for Monday. We will only have 40 minutes to complete this in class.

LA
-Movie Reviews due Wednesday. We will continue to work on them in class on Monday and Tuesday.

November 29th

SOCIAL
- we have been wrapping up and reviewing the Renaissance in class.
- students should have finished reading chapters 1- 6
- students should have their Western World maps completed as well as their Renaissance worlview charts. Today we worked on our Western worldview charts, focusing on similarities between the Renaissance worldview and the Western worldview.
- test at the beginning of next week.


LA
- working on Movie Reviews.
- Idea Diagrams should be completed.

November 21st

SOCIAL
- finish Recording answers in Renaissance chart. At least SOMETHING in each box. Complete LOCATING INFORMATION chart.
-should be finished reading chapetr 5 and well into chapter 6.
-we will soon have our unit test.

LA
- projects due Tuesday

November 20th

SOCIAL
-complete "Western World" map
-locate answers for questions on handout. Record page numbers or dates (for notes in class)

LA
-project due Tuesday

November 19th

LA
- work on completing projects.

Social
- should have completed reading chapter 5 by now.

November 16th

Report cards went home on Wednesday. Please return with a parent signature ASAP!
TUESDAY'S PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEW CONFIRMATION TIMES WERE SENT HOME TODAY.

LA 8A and LA 8D
- Monday will be the last day we have class time to work on our Outsiders projects. Tuesday we will be reading the first chapter of one of Sigmund Brouwer's novels. If you finish early, youwill have the remainder of Tuesday's period as well. The project will not be collected until Tuesday, November 27th. This is the first day back after the long weekend.

SOCIAL 8A
- "7 essential questions" charts (from September) should be updated.

SOCIAL 8C
- "7 essential questions" charts (from September) should be updated.

November 15th

LA
- finish reading chapter 12


SOCIAL
- use rubric to make any necessary changes to your map
- should be almost finished reading chapter 5

November 14th

Report cards went home. Please return with a parent signature ASAP!

SOCIAL - Explorer Maps due tomorrow

LA - mood and tone anssignments will be collected tomorrow

November 13th

REPORT CARDS GO HOME TOMORROW

LA 8D
- come with a plan for your Outsiders project
- Mood and Tone assignment will be collected on Thursday

LA 8A
- come with a plan for your Outsiders project
- Mood and Tone assignment will be collected on Thursday

SOCIAL 8C and 8A
- bring materials to complete your Explorers Map in class tomorrow.

November 12th

LA 8A
- begin planning your Outsiders presentation format and the information you will need to cover.

LA 8D
- begin planning your Outsiders presentation format and the information you will need to cover.

November 8th

LA 8A
- update character sketches and picture timelines

LA 8D
- Canadian Essay due Friday.

November 7th

LA 8D
- Canadian Essays due Friday

LA 8A
- Canadian Essays will be collected tomorrow.
- completed Mood asignment due tomorrow.

SOCIAL 8A
- update seven essential questions chart

November 6th

REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY AT 9:00 a.m.

LA 8D
- finish good copy of Outsiders essay

SOCIAL 8C
- If you did not complete your review guide during the two periods in school today, make sure it is finished before the first period tomorrow or you will not be able to write your test.

November 5th

LA 8A
- finish reading chapter 9
- chapter 8 mood assignment


SOCIAL 8A
- study guide must be completed by tomorrow. They will be checked during first period. Students who do not complete the study guide cannot write the quiz.

November 2

REMINDER: Marks for report cards are entered next week. If you have any INComplete assignments or NHIs, they must be handed in by Monday.

LA 8A
- idea diagram outline for Canadian Essay is due tomorrow.

SOCIAL 8A
- finish study guide. Chapter 2 test on Tuesday. Study Guide must be completed before you may write the test.

SOCIAL 8C
- Chapter 2 test on Wednesday. Study Guide must be completed before you may write the test.

LA 8D
- idea diagram outline for Canadian Essay is due tomorrow.

October 31st

Enjoy your evening.

October 30th

LA 8A
- REAL good copies of essays due Friday.


LA 8D
- Thank you for putting in so much effort on your essays.

SOCIAL 8A
- Thank you for working so well during both social studies periods today.
- Chapter 2 quiz next week (Tuesday?)

SOCIAL 8C
- Chapter 2 quiz next week (Wednesday?)

REMINDER : Tomorrow we will not be going to Sportsworld until after morning break. Please bring your books for the morning.
- There is no school on Thursday.

October 29th

Thank you to 8A for being so well behaved during the first two periods for the substitute today.

LA 8A
- rewritten Outsiders essay due tomorrow. You should have edited your work in one colour and had someone else edit it in another colour. I should have okay-ed your introduction already.

SOCIAL 8A and 8C
- Today I collected the 8 questions on the success of city-states, your work on the TRADE sheet linking each comment to trade, and your chart from the first social studies period this morning. If you did not hand these in, please make sure they are handed in first thing tomorrow.
- Tomorrow will will finish our charts on the success of city-states. It will also be collected.
- We will soon get a study guide for chapter 2. This will be due before you can write your test. The test will likely be at the beginning of next week.

October 28th

PROGRESS REPORTS
went home on October 21st. If you have not already done so, please have them signed and return them as soon as possible.

SPORTSWORLD FORMS
were due Friday. If you are not going, you must bring a note from your parent or guardian indicating that you will not be participating.

October 25th

LA 8A
- make sure you have had one other person edit your contrast essay for conventions and sentences. Make sure you have at least three different types of sentences per paragraph. Make sure you have included topics A,B, and C in your introduction.

LA 8D
-


SOCIAL 8A
- using 47-57 in your text, finish recording information about Venice, Genoa, Florence and Milan.

ROLLER SKATING FORMS DUE TOMORROW. IF YOU ARE NOT ATTENDING, YOU NEED TO BRING A NOTE FROM A PARENT OR GUARDIAN INDICATING THIS.

October 24th

SOCIAL 8A
- using 47-57 in your text, finish recording information about Venice, Genoa, Florence and Milan.

October 23rd

LA 8D
- chapters 7 - 9 vocabulary due Thurs

October 22nd

GET PROGRESS REPORTS SIGNED!
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LA 8D
- finish Socs vs. Greasers contrast essay
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LA 8A
- finish chapters 7-9 vocabulary
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SOCIAL 8A and 8C
- finish 8 questions for pages 47 - 54
- PROJECTS DUE TOMORROW (final project as well as character profile, reference page, research information, scripts, outlines, and storyboards)

October 19th

NOTE: Permission forms went home for Oct. 31 roller skating. There will be classes in the morning. Please return the first page fully completed (front and back) with money.
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LA 8A
- finish rough copy of socs vs greasers contrast essay
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LA 8D

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SOCIAL
Projects due Tuesday
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October 18th

-----SOCIAL STUDIES-----
- projects are due on Tuesday.

----------LA 8A----------
- Come prepared to begin your contrast essay on the socs and greasers.
- If you did not bring in your permission form today, you may still bring it in tomorrow (FRIDAY) and we will try to get you a seat.

----------LA 8D----------
- Finish rewriting the class-edited essay.
- If you did not bring in your permission form today, you may still bring it in tomorrow (FRIDAY) and we will try to get you a seat.

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NOTE: TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IS WACKY HAIR DAY!
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Homework October 17th

LA 8A
- come prepared to discuss ideas for a contrast essay on the socs and greasers.

LA 8D
- finish reading chapter 6. Be prepared for a chapter quiz.
- finish rewriting contrast essay we edited in class.

SOCIAL 8C
- we have finished working on our project in class. Completed projects are due on Tuesday. If you did not have four insightful questions, your reference page, or your character profile completed, you can still hand it in with your project for marks. All research information should be handed in with completed projects.

SOCIAL 8A - come prepared to work on Social Studies projects.

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NOTE: PERMISSION FORMS AND MONEY FOR THE CITADEL TRIP ARE DUE TOMORROW!
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Homework October 16th

LA 8A
- finish reading chapter 6

SOCIAL
- come prepared to work on project in class. Outlines, script, and information should be complete.

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NOTE: PERMISSION FORMS AND MONEY FOR THE CITADEL TRIP ARE DUE TOMORROW!
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Homework October 15th

SOCIAL 8A and 8C
- we have had our last computer period for our social studies project. If you have work that is not complete, the computer labs are available for use at lunch hours.
- Tomorrow we will begin working on scripts and outlines for our projects.
- The project is outlined in a previous post on the blog.

8A LA
- finish rewriting the contrast essay comparing school and home. Don't forget to use the editions we worked on in class.
- come prepared to discuss your ideas for an essay contrasting the Socs and the Greasers

Homework October 11th

SOCIAL - review rubrics for Project

Picture Orders DUE TOMORROW
"A Christmas Carol" permission forms due BY THURSDAY!

SOCIAL STUDIES RENAISSANCE PROJECT

We are currently working on a social studies project in class. We are using the computers in the labs to research Renaissance individuals. Each group has chosen the Renaissance individual they would like to study for their project. One focus for this project is to research, in an organized fashion, and understand the specific contributions of their chosen individual to the Renaissance. For example, they might develop an understanding of how the individual influenced society in the development of a humanist worldview. A second focus is on presentating this information in a visual format. The information should be presented in a clear and interesting manner. For example, posters should not be jumbled with text that require the audience to read pages of information. This is not an essay project.

Students who are making video presentations will have a couple periods to create storyboards as well as a detailed script. Those who are doing poster presentations will use this time to develop well-planned outlines for their posters (including specific information and layout). This will be proof of organization for the project.

All students will also be responsible for handing in a reference page and proof of organized research information. We have begun developing the reference page and organized research page in class. Students are able to email this information home if it is not completed in class.

Each student has received three rubrics which will be used for grading this project. Most of it will be completed in class, but he may be required to do a little planning, and some of teh final work at home. The project will not be due until the beginning of the week after next, probably around the 21st, but we will finish working on it in class next week.

Visit
http://www.gananda.k12.ny.us/library/mshslibrary/wqrenais.htm#1
to see the starting point we used in class.

Homework October 10th

SOCIAL - Project Planning. 8C Review rubrics.

LA - timelines and vocabulary

Homework October 9th

LA 8A
- complete picture timelines for chapters 1 -4
- complete vocabulary for chaps 4-6
- come up with an idea for a contrast essay.

LA 8D
- complete picture timelines for chapters 1 -4
- complete vocabulary for chaps 4-6

SOC 8A and 8C
begin planning for presentation

Homework October 4th

8A LA - finish vocabulary for Outsiders Chaps 4-6

8D LA - finish vocabulary for Outsiders Chaps 4-6
- complete character webs

SOCIAL - read pages 39 - 47. Identify 7 important pieces of information from these pages.

Homework October 3rd

8A LA - finish character webs (with adjectives) for Ponyboy, Johnny, Darry, and Sodapop.

8D LA - finish character webs (with adjectives) for Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop.

8A SOCIAL - read pages 39 - 47. Identify 7 important pieces of information.

8C SOCIAL - read pages 39 - 47. Identify 7 important pieces of information.

Homework October 2nd

8c SOCIAL - read pages 39 - 47.
Identify 7 important pieces of information.

8a SOCIAL - Chapter one test tomorrow. Study guide must be completed to write test.

Homework October 1st

SOC 8A
- test Wednesday

SOC 8C
- test Tuesday (tomorrow)
- review questions and chart MUST be completed

LA 8D
- test Tuesday

LA 8A
- finish reading chapter 4 of The Outsiders

Homework September 28th

LA 8A
- complete comprehension questions
- read chapter 4

LA 8D
- finish reading chapter 3

SOC 8A and 8C
Read pages 24-37
page 34 "over to you", complete #3
page 37, complete chart and #1 b and c

Homework September 27th

8A LA - Test on Monday. Everything since the beginning of September (Character information, Parts of a novel, vocabulary, types of sentences, comprehension questions, paragraph outline)

8D LA - complete character sketches based on information found in chapters 1 and 2. Do a thorough job and don't forget to include page numbers!



NOTE FOR ALL STUDENTS: I will be accepting any incomplete assignemnts on Friday. Please make an effort to get these completed. Pink slips will be issued tomorrow.

Homework September 24

SOC 8A and 8C
- complete clues and ocnclusions chart
- enter information from the front cover of your text on your timeline handout "Exploring the Renaissance"

LA 8A - complete character sketches for Darry, Sodapop, Ponyboy, Dally, Two-bit, Johnny, and Steve

Homework September 20th

8D
LA - finish character sketches for Darry and Sodapop.

8A
LA - finish reading chapter 2 of The Outsiders
SOC -

8C
SOC -

Enjoy the Long Weekend!

Homework September 19th

LA 8D - finish Outsiders vocab for chapters 1-3. Character sketch for either Sodapop or Darry should be completed.
LA 8A - Character sketches for Darry and Sodapop should be completed.
SOCIAL 8A and 8C - page 13 "Over to You" #s 1 and 2 should be finished.

Homework September 18

SOCIAL - Completed "Gods must be crazy" questions
LA 8A - Outsiders Vocab, complete either Darry or Soda's character sketch

Homework September 17th

LA 8A - complete Outsiders definitions for Chapters 1 - 3

Meet the Teacher is tonight!

Homework September 13th

LA 8D - Finish Language Power Lesson 64

LA 8A - Finish Language Power Lessons 64 - 66

Homework September 11th

LA - finish lesson 63, page 91 in Language Power
SOCIAL - get Movie note initialed
PHOTOS - bring cameras

September 7th Homework

SOCIAL - finish colouring Europe on map(s)

Have a good weekend!

Homework Sept 6th

LA (8A) - Language Power Lesson # 1

SOC - finish cover page, finish 7 introductory Renaissance questions.

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