LANGUAGE ARTS 7D
- playing with jargon, slang, and colloquial speech

LANGUAGE ARTS 8
- identifying theme
- 8A - began a letter writing assignment

SOCIAL STUDIES 8
- chapters 7 - 11 reviews need to be completedessential question charts to be completed
- beginning "Decline of an Empire" critical challenge. All materials are available on the wiki.

LANGUAGE ARTS 7D
- looking at comic criteria
LANGUAGE ARTS 8
- looking at theme, topic, and main idea
- began a letter writing assignment
SOCIAL STUDIES 8
chapters 7 - 11 reviews need to be completed
essential question charts to be completed
beginning "Decline of an Empire" critical challenge tomorrow
all materials available on the wiki

NOTE: School clothing order forms were distributed today. Any orders should be returned by Friday.

LANGUAGE ARTS 7D
- looking at comic criteria
LANGUAGE ARTS 8
- looking at theme, topic, and main idea
SOCIAL STUDIES 8
- quiz on the Aztec Worldview tomorrow

This week is Francophone Week
- Marc Tardiff will be at our school at 2:00 tomorrow afternoon

NOTE : Report cards were distributed today. Please have the envelopes signed and returned by Friday.

LANGUAGE ARTS 7D
- idiom grammar due tomorrow
LANGUAGE ARTS 8
- will continue presenting non-conformist research assignments tomorrow
SOCIAL STUDIES 8
- will continue "When Worldviews Meet" presentations tomorrow
- we will likely have a quiz on the Aztec Worldview on Friday

GRADE SEVENS AND EIGHTS
The following links are for students to be able to access school files at home using HTTP Commander. After they enter the address they will be prompted for their username and password which should take them directly to their folder.
http://ejels.blackgold.ab.ca/HTCOMNET (Internal)
http://199.216.116.139/HTCOMNET (External)
There are now links to these pages in the menu on the left of my blog.

LANGUAGE ARTS 7D
- story elements quiz tomorrow
LANGUAGE ARTS 8
-non-conformist research assignments due tomorrow
SOCIAL STUDIES 8
-"When Worldviews Meet" presentations will begin on Wednesday
- we will likely have a quiz on the Aztec Worldview on Friday

GRADE SEVENS AND EIGHTS
The following links are for students to be able to transfer files from home to school and vice versa using HTTP Commander. After they enter the address they will be prompted for their username and password which should take them directly to their folder.
http://ejels.blackgold.ab.ca/HTCOMNET (Internal)
http://199.216.116.139/HTCOMNET (External)

LANGUAGE ARTS 7D
- viewed video presentations
- collected plot outline projects

LANGUAGE ARTS 8
-working on the non-conformist research assignment

SOCIAL STUDIES 8
-working to develop predictions about what will happen when the Aztec and Spanish encounter one another
- when we finish this challenge, we will have a quiz on the Aztec Worldview

GRADE EIGHTS
- Grade 9 Course Planners are due March 12. The highschool will be picking them up that morning. If your planner is not at the school, you will be responsible for dropping it off at the highschool. Please try to have them in by March 11th! Students who do not submit planners on time will have the last pick of courses.

LANGUAGE ARTS 7D
- the video presentation extended one more day and is due Thursday.
- because of schedule changes yesterday, the plot diagram visual presentation will now be due Wednesday
LANGUAGE ARTS 8
- student-written short stories were due today. Students have been introduced to the non-conformist research assignment
- all materials available on the wiki
SOCIAL STUDIES 8
- introduced the next Critical Challenge - When Worldviews Meet
- all materials available on the wiki
- when we finish this challenge, we will have a quiz on the Aztec Worldview

LANGUAGE ARTS 7D
- video presentation extended one more day and is due Thursday.
- plot diagram visual presentation due Monday
LANGUAGE ARTS 8
- finishing our short story unit. Students are editing stories they wrote at the beginning of the unit. Due Wednesday.
SOCIAL STUDIES 8
- introduced the next Critical Challenge - When Worldviews Meet
- when we finish this challenge, we will have a quiz on the Aztec Worldview

LANGUAGE ARTS 7D
- video presentation due Wednesday
- plot diagram visual presentation due Monday
LANGUAGE ARTS 8
- finishing our short story unit. Students are editing stories they wrote at the beginning of the unit. Due Wednesday.
SOCIAL STUDIES 8
- completing chapter 7, 8 and 9 reviews. The three chapters should be read and the reviews completed by Tuesday.