Les vacances!

Just a quick note to wish everyone, student, parent and guardian alike, a fantastic holiday and a terrific New Year!

To the students who brought Monsieur Wanie such wonderful and thoughtful gifts, thank you very much! So kind of you!!

All I want for Christmas is for you all to be safe,  to have fun on your vacations, and to come back healthy, stoked and ready to rock in the New Year!

Happy Holidays!!

Monsieur Wanie

In case you were looking for products that have recently arrived on supermarket shelves...

Vendredi le 13 decembre

Just a quick note to the kids on today's "Magical Musical Tour": You were awesome! I feel fortunate to have been able to come along. You should be proud of yourselves. The little kids at Palmerston, Hillcrest, Regal Road and McMurrich were so excited! Anyway, great job!

Le gris at la pluie.

Mercredi, la mi-semaine plein de soleil!

Today, students only had a few periods of homeroom to work on their "Histoire" due Friday.

A reminder to students, that Pool is an integral part of the phys-ed program at Winona. Please remember to bring your swim stuff to school so you don't lose marks and sit on the deck uselessly!

Attendees of the Charlottetown Conference (The Fathers of Confederation).

Le soleil et le vent!

Today, students worked on their "La peur de ma vie" novel in preparation for the test on Tuesday.

As well, students worked on their "Geo" and "Histoire" assignments. The current "Histoire" assignment is outlined below.

"Histoire, Chapitre 3, En marche vers la confederation".
Questions: VTC: #1, 2, 4. ATC: #4. Mots Cles: #1-6
a rendre vendredi le 22 novembre

Some students in 87 wanted some help for question #11, here are some good maps. Although the percentages of land use aren't indicated, you can get a general idea of the values by looking at the legend.
http://www.toronto.ca/zoning/city-wide_maps.htm

As well, this evening and tomorrow morning are reserved for parent-teacher interviews!

Jeudi, gris.

So, it turned into a bit of a grey day out...

Today, 8-6 and 8-7 received their latest "Geo" assignment, see details below.

Geo "Chapitre 3, Nos empreintes: comment les êtres humains utilisent la Terre."
Questions : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 (87 a No.11 aussi).
A rendre lundi le 18 novembre

Yesterday, students from both classes visited Oakwood for the morning.

In case you were unaware, yesterday was also Raymond Loewy's 120th birthday. Here is one of his train designs...

Happy Halloween kids!

Zombiemonsieurwanie

How cool would it be to go to England on a field trip to see this!

http://www.ssgreatbritain.org/

Un lundi un peu gris...

So, Monday...

Students worked on their "Sonson et le volcan" today in preparation for the quiz this week.

As well, students worked at their "Histoire, Chapitre 2" unit due on Wednesday.

And 87 worked on their "Legend storyboard"... while chatting a bit too much!

Jeudi, encore du soleil.

Hopefully everyone has a great long weekend!

Don't forget your "Geo" assignments are due on Tuesday!!

Here's the bullying anti-bullying video students were not able to see (for lack of time) at the workshop today. Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S03Br1dwJR8

Mardi, un peu frais mais le soleil brille.

Assigned and discussed yesterday:

Geographie, Chapitre 2: Comment les gens vivent: caracteristiques demographiques
Questions # 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 13 + Mots cles

a rendre mardi le 15 octobre (pas d'extensions)

Education: an important element of quality of life...

Sunday evening post.

Some more pictures of the RMS Britannia for Sam. Oh, and Alex, it's from someone who lives in British North Ameirca...

Lundi, le soleil du 1er octobre!

Well, it's already the first day in October!

We had a big class discussion today on the latest "Histoire" unit.

Here's a picture of Samuel Cunard's first ship, the Britannia.

Here's a link to re-tracing the route of the Underground Railroad by bicycle... Mobile, Alabama to Owen Sound, Ontario. (Cut and paste the link into your browser) http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/adventure-cycling-route-network/underground-railroad-ugrr/

Lundi, la pluie.

So, a damp Monday...

Just an update of assignments due in 86 and 87.

86/87
Français
60 Questions et réponses a pratiquer

Histoire
Chapitre 1: Croissance et changement.
-Keywords
-Questions: VTC #1, 2, 3, 6, 7, ATC #4 ou 5.
A rendre vendredi le 4 septembre

87
English
-Reading books to class
-Legend, good copy, due Friday 4th Sept.

Mardi, le beau temps!

Students, this article might help you with question #14 in your "Geo" assignment!

http://news.yahoo.com/high-sea-levels-2100-171431301.html

Un jeudi plein de soleil.

NB Change in "Geographie" "Chapitre 1, Ou les gens vivent, repartition et densite de la population" assignment due-date to: Friday, September 27.

Mardi le beau soleil.

It's a beautiful Tuesday at Winona!

Just a few homework notes:

Students have handed-in their first "Histoire" unit, their first map, a "folded paper project" and 87 is handing-in their Myth this morning.

Assigned yesterday:

"Geographie, Chapitre 1"
"Ou les gens vivent, repartition et densite de la population"
Questions #1, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 18
A rendre lundi le 23 septembre

Christie Pits in 1911

Vendredi, du chaud au froid dans 24h!

So, hey, it's Friday!

It was great to meet all the parents and guardians yesterday evening during Curriculum Night! Thanks to all who dropped-by to meet Monsieur Wanie!

In homework-related news:

86/87
Histoire
"Une visite de l'Amerique du Nord britannique en 1860"
Questions #1, 2, 3.
A rendre vendredi le 13 septembre

86/87
Questions de Francais
A rendre lundi le 16 septembre

86/87
Carte (map) de l'Amerique du Nord en 1860
A rendre lundi le 16 septembre

87
English
Myth
Due Tuesday, September 17th

Wychwood Car Barns in 1915 (Looks a little different than today, huh?)

Mercredi, le beau soleil!

Students, parents and guardians, welcome Monsieur Wanie's class blog!

It's not a hugely exciting thing but it does serve a purpose. If students are absent, it's easy to check out what happened in class that day, what assignments were handed-out or are due. Students with Google accounts may post questions to Monsieur Wanie or each other pertaining to class assignments, or school matters. The blog is to be kept business-like. Students are asked to keep their posts short and to-the-point. At times, Monsieur Wanie will post links to aid students in their research or to entertain. Parents may also post to the blog or if necessary, Monsieur Wanie may be reached at andrew.wanie@tdsb.on.ca

Looking forward to a great year!!

Monsieur Wanie

Here's a cool picture of Oakwood and St. Clair circa 1928!

Nouvelle année scolaire!

So, it's a new school year! Welcome to 2013/2014!

We all take way too much for granted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYf82F3CHYo&list=PLNefYveISOJnZygggcNPuGvCtY_Zx-Bvj

http://www.waterislife.com/

Vent ce vendredi!

Check out this article!
http://news.yahoo.com/mystery-irish-potato-famine-solved-140830483.html

Mercredi, ou est la pluie prevue?

So, today was the day. "La nuit mouvementee de Rachel" test! Monsieur Wanie helped clarify a few points in the novel in the morning and students did their test-writing in the afternoon.

As well, both classes worked on their "Geographie" assignments...

Mardi, un peu de pluie cette semaine!

So, back from a beautiful long weekend!

Now back to work. 86 had their last "Geographie" unit assigned. Details are a few pages back in the blog.

87 began working on a "for fun" "Geographie" unit.

As well, students have spent a lot of time reading and re-reading the French novel "La nuit mouvementee de Rachel". Hopefully students will do well on the test coming up!

Mercredi, la mi-semaine.

Monsieur Wanie's day started with a frustrating fight with the old class computer and digital projector. Gee, they couldn't make these things any more difficult to operate, could they?

Anyway, both 86 and 87 had time to work on their "La nuit mouvementee de Rachel" novels as well as their "Geographie" units.

86 had some time to present their Independent studies, despite Monsieur Wanie's computer problems...

Tomorrow is pool in the morning. Monsieur Wanie will be at Forrest Hill CI attending a meeting but will be back in the afternoon.

Lundi, un peu de vent mais du soleil.

Today, 86 received their "Geographie, chapitre 13" assignment and began working on it. See details below.

"Geographie, chapitre 13"
"Effets des migrations sur la culture"

P246-P267
Questions
1, 3, 8*, 12

87 were assigned their last  "Geographie, chapter 14" assignment and began working on it. See details below. As well, 87 had an opportunity do do some reading of their latest French novel, "La nuit mouvementee de Rachel".

"Geographie, chapitre 14"
"Effets des migrations sur le Canada"
P268-P285"
Questions
1, 2, 8, 9*, 10

Vendredi, la tempete.

Today, students worked on their "Histoire", the last chapter of the textbook! The assignment is due on Monday so many students used today wisely, it was the last opportunity to use the textbook before the weekend.

As well, students began reading a new French novel "La nuit mouvementee de Rachel".

Mercredi, un peu gris.

This morning, Monsieur Wanie lead students through the corrections of the "Le galop du Templier". Students did very well and Monsieur Wanie is proud and pleased!

As well today, students in 86 worked on their independent studies and both classes had time to research their "Histoire" last chapter assignments.

Mardi, toujours le soleil du printemps.

Monsieur Wanie is finally back at work, squinty-eyed and sunglass-wearing, from his eye operation.

Students worked well while he was away and completed the "Le galop du Templier" text this morning.

Students in 86 worked on their independent studies, students in 87 handed-in their "Geographie" and continued working on their "Histoire"...

Mercredi, le soleil.

Today, students worked well.

Students spent some time reading their "Le galop du Templier" and Monsieur Wanie did some guided reading with the class afterwards.

87 worked on their "Geographie" assignment due on Tuesday.

86 worked on their independent study in class and in the computer lab at the library.

Mardi, un peu de gris...

86 and 87 both had some time to work on their "Le galop du Templier" novel today. Monsieur Wanie did some guided reading with students.

86 worked on their independent studies and 87 worked on their "Geographie, Chapitre 13".

Small note: 87's "Geo" due-date has been changed to Tuesday, May 7th; 86's independent study is due on Friday, May 10th.

Vendredi, le soleil mais toujours un peu frais.

Today, 86 began a French independent study based on some great class discussions this week. Hopefully students will appreciate the opportunity and build some great projects.

As well today, 87 were assigned their latest "Geographie" unit, details below.

87 Geographie
Chapitre 13
"Effets de la migration sur la culture"
Questions #1,3,5,8*,11,12
a rendre jeudi le 2 mai

Jeudi, re-soleil.

More awful news about apparel factories... scary and sad. What are your thoughts on the social responsibility of Canadian clothing sales outlets? (This is very pertinent to the Grade 8 "Geographie" program.)

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-garment-factory-collapse-kills-least-87-175738741.html

Mercredi, la pluie pour les plantes!

Today both 86 and 87 attended a presentation by Toronto Police Services called "When decent people make poor decisions". In the afternoon, Monsieur Wanie had a great discussion with 86 on the topic of bullying. Unfortunately, 87 failed to understand the seriousness of the topic and will clearly require some remedial work on the subject.

As well, there was time today to work on "Le galop du Templier" and the "Histoire" due on Monday.

Note: the "Histoire, Chapter 12" for 86 is due on Monday, April 29th. For 87, that due date is Friday, April 26th.

Mardi, encore du soleil!

Students in 86 had their turn to write the "La peur de ma vie" test. Afterwards the class began reading their 3rd French novel "Le galop du Templier"...

Later in the day there was some time to work on the "Geographie" unit due on Monday.

RIP Richie Havens 1941-2013

Lundi, le beau soleil!

Well, today was all about the novels. Monsieur Wanie went over the "La peur de ma vie" novels with both classes, and everyone made necessary corrections to their "Sonson et le volcan tests"... As well, there was a little time to work on the latest "Histoire" chapter...

Vendredi, un peu gris.

Today was the due-date for the "Geographie" unit, as well, students in 86 and 87 were assigned their latest "Histoire" chapter. Details below.

Also, the "Sonson et le volcan" tests were handed-back. Most students did very well.

Later in the day, students continued reading "La peur de ma vie", the latest French reading novel... with some assistance from Monsieur Wanie.

Mardi, un peu gris.

Today, students had their last period to work on the "Sonson et le volcan" novel. A quick oral quiz followed as a pre-quiz for tomorrow's test.

Later in the day, students continued working on their "Geographie, chapitre 12". Hopefully, students are watching the news for information on migration and population movement...

Mercredi, mi-semaine de pluie!

What a miserable day, weather-wise only of course!

In class, students did some reading of their "Sonson et le volcan" novel. Monsieur Wanie did a bit of guided reading at the end of the first period just to help clarify a few things ahead of the quiz next week.

Later in the day, students worked on their 3D projects. Some of them are looking pretty cool!

Lundi, le soleil brille... pout le moment.

Well, today was the due-date for the second-last "Histoire" unit! As well, some students were still handing in their "Conte rendu"...

Students worked on their 3D building projects, they're due on Friday.

Tomorrow, we start on a French guided-reading unit on the book "Sonson et le volcan".

Jeudi, le beau soleil!

Wow, it's been tough to get some posts up lately. Sooo busy!

Anyway, the latest "Histoire" assignment has been posted (details below) due on Monday, April 8th. As well, note that the French book report is due tomorrow!!

"Histoire, Chapitre 11"
"Les droits de la personne"
P290 - 315
Questions
VTC # 2*, 4
ATC # 4, 5, 7, 8

Lundi, le grand soleil!

So, it's a short week this week!

Today Monsieur Wanie assigned the new "Geo" chapter and also kickstarted the "industry building project".

Details of the "Geo" below.

"Geographie, Chapitre 11, Les Migrations"
P206-P227
Questions:1, 3, 4, 6.
a rendre mardi le 2 avril

Mardi, encore l'hiver!

Today both classes had pool so Monsieur Wanie only saw students in his class for one period...

Details of the latest "Histoire" assignment:

"Histoire, Chapitre 10"
"La masse ouvriere, entre 1867 et 1920"
P264 - P289
Questions:
VTC 1 - 6
ATC 1*, 4, 5.
-a rendre lundi le 25 mars.

Lundi, le retour a l'ecole.

By the sounds of it, everyone had a great spring break, despite "spring" not coming to the party...

Anyway, students  began working on their latest "Geographie" project as well as their latest "Histoire" assignment.

Vendredi avant une semaine de liberte!

Today students worked hard on their French silent reading books, noting a few vocabulary words and also working on their "Geo" so as to not have any work over the break.

Monsieur Wanie hopes students have a safe and fun Spring Break and come back refreshed and ready to rock!

Read this article! Great news for the Metis cause!
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/métis-win-historic-land-dispute-ruling-in-supreme-court-152516249.html

Lundi, a quand le printemps?

This morning, students handed-in their latest "Histoire" assignments.

As well, Monsieur Wanie assigned the latest "Geo" chapter. Details below.

"Geographie, Chapitre 10"
"L'economie du Canada"
P186-201
Questions:
1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11
A rendre lundi le 18 mars

Vendredi, le verglas!

So, this morning started with students getting into their French silent reading books.

Monsieur Wanie did a little informal check on the "Histoire" cover pages for the assignment due on Monday. And students worked on their assignments in class and in the library.

Students Note: If you still haven't presented your oral projects, you need to come in before school and set up a time to do so.

Jeudi, encore de la neige mouillee.

Well, Monsieur Wanie is back from his day of appointments! Much more fun to be working with students than driving all over the city in nasty weather!

Anyway, today students began their French reading unit. Each student chose a book from Monsieur Wanie's "library" in preparation for a "Conte rendu" project.

In the afternoon, students worked on their "Histoire, Chapitre 9" assignments...

Lundi, un peu gris. Le calme avant la tempete.

Today, students presented their "Geographie" levels of industry projects.

Students did very well and presented some very informative and sometimes humourous projects!

Mercredi, le soleil et le froid.

Another busy day for 86 and 87. Students worked on their assignments, planning an outline for their presentation and spending some time assembling all their information. Bonus marks will be awarded to students choosing to present tomorrow!

Mercredi, le froid et le vent.

Today, students worked on their "Geographie" presentation due on Monday. Most students did a fair amount of research ahead of time and have some made some great choices regarding subjects.

Here's some information on Triton Logging Inc. Monsieur Wanie was explaining what they do in class today... http://www.tritonlogging.com/

Samedi, la neige.

In case you needed further clarification on Monsieur Wanie's explanation of "Parasailing", her you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=pd5BMP_41bI

Mercredi, un peu de soleil!

Today, students worked on their independent "Geographie" presentations. These presentations are due on Friday, February 22nd. This is a firm due-date. Warning: any student not ready to present when asked may be assigned a mark they are sure to be unhappy-with!

Before there was Petro Canada, there was Supertest Petroleum.

Lundi, la pluie apres la tempete de neige!

Today, Monsieur Wanie gave out the outline for the "Geographie, Chapitre 9" assignment. It's an oral project/presentation on a Canadian company (of choice) at one of the levels of industry.

Take the J.R. Booth logging company for instance. It began operations in the late 1800s in the Ottawa valley...

Une tempete de neige!

A snowy day today but everyone is working away!

Students, do not forget that your "Histoire, Chapitre 8" is due on Monday.

"Une terre d'accueil pour tous, entre 1896 et 1914"

Pages 208-233

Questions: VTC: #1, 3, 4* ATC: #4

Ou est-ce?

Okay kids, where was
this picture taken?

Lundi gris et le vent.

Today was a pretty quiet day at Winona. Students in both 86 and 87 worked to finish their French grammar folders. As well, students worked on their "Geographie, Chapitre 8" that's due on Wednesday.

Name this historical figure. Hint: CP

Vendredi, la piscine!

So, today was 86 and 87's pool day... so Monsieur Wanie didn't get to see too much of anyone...

Students, if you get the chance, go see this movie: http://www.rockymountainexpressfilm.com/ It's playing in IMAX at the Science Centre. It's about the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway across the Rockies, and it ties in directly to your "Histoire" program!! It's showing at 2pm both Saturday and Sunday this weekend!

Jeudi, le verglas!

So, for yesterday's bonus points:
Haddie, Xavier F, Krishna, Emma, Anthony, Katie, Jack, Tigerlily and Emily: Great job!
KeLin and Molly: Write out your answer!

Today, a full-class extension was awarded for the "Geographie"... now due on Wednesday, February 6th.

Hopefully, students liked the two short films shown today! Comments anyone?

Les devoirs de Geographie.

The latest "Geographie" assignment is posted below:

Geographie,
Chapitre 8,
"Riches et pauvres dans le monde"

P146-165
Questions: 1*,3,5,11,13
a rendre lundi le 4 fevrier

Un peu de motivation?

So, here's the video Monsieur Wanie was talking about. To be taken only as it related to the classroom discussion regarding "Living in a van down by the river"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaoM0FyLmGY

So, according to Haddie and Emma S., Monsieur Wanie should be updating the blog more often. However, Monsieur Wanie replies that students should be checking it more often to make the whole thing worthwhile.

To claim your bonus points, answer the following skill testing question:

Utilisez l'inversion:
Haddie et Emma, est-ce que vous allez faire vos devoirs de Geographie?
____________________________________________________________

Mercredi, le soleil brille!

A busy few days at school!
Students have been working on their "folded-paper projects" due today. As well, students are in the process of completing some French grammar review folders... the sounds of students singing: Je vais, Tu vas, Il va can be heard throughout the classroom! Fun, fun!

Lundi, gris.

A small update to the blog for today:

Monsieur Wanie handed-back the last "Histoire" units today. He was very pleased, there are some fantastic marks, students obviously worked very hard.

As well, Monsieur Wanie graded the latest "Geo" assignments in students' notebooks. Again, lots of good marks were awarded.

Today students were supposed to get back into the French swing of things... It looks like tomorrow will be better. Today, everyone tried to focus on their "Folded paper projects" due on Wednesday.

Students can look forward to no "Histoire" of "Geographie" assignments due this week...

Mardi, la premiere semaine du retour.

Today students continued to work on their "Geo" chapter. Students looked at the economies of two case studies: North Korea and Singapore. Monsieur Wanie lead a discussion on economic systems, the benefits and disadvantages of each...

Le retour a l'ecole.

Well, we're all back at work! Hopefully, everyone had a great vacation! Just a quick word of thanks, Monsieur Wanie was bowled over by the way-too-generous Christmas gifts, cards and well-wishes. Thank you students and parents for your thoughtfulness and generosity! 

It's great to have a nice sunny day to get back to work!

Students began the day with a group-work overview of the different economic systems. The study of these systems will be a recurring theme between now and the end of the year! Look forward to an independent presentation!