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