Mercredi, le froid et le soleil.

Well, today Abelio was in for Monsieur Wanie.

Students were to have handed-in their notebooks with their "Recit d'aventure" written within.

Both classes also had a period to work on their "Histoire" and "Geo" as well as their skyscraper projects.

Mardi, le vert souffle et il fait froid!

Wow, a pretty chilly day out! And windy! At least the sun is out...

Anyway, classes had time today to work on their skyscraper designs, some students went to the library to use the computers for research.

Shea, here's a link for your group! (And everyone else) It's a huge collection of buildings listed alphabetically.

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html

Here's an example from the link above:

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Citicorp_Center.html

Lundi, gris.

Today, students worked at their "Recit d'aventure" assignment. Some students have quite a good start. Hopefully, Monsieur Wanie will enjoy reading them!

As well, Monsieur Wanie handed-back the "Histoire, Chapitre 1" units. Most students did really well. Others may not have done enough research or failed to read the chapter to add depth to their answers...

86 and 87 began a new art assignment, a group one this time. The goal is to make a detailed skyscraper in 1:87th scale. Some cool websites are listed below. Students, pay attention to scale, it's 1:87 (Called HO scale), not N scale which is 1:160. 1:87 means 87 feet in real life, equals a foot in HO scale. So for example, the tree outside the classroom window that is about 43 feet tall, would be 6 inches (1/2 foot) in model form...

http://quinntopia.blogspot.com/p/buildings.html

http://quinntopia.blogspot.com/2010/05/almost-complete-not-so-simple.html

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow3/apr99/simcity2000/models.htm

Vendredi! Encore un peu gris.

Today, 86 and 87 started working on their "Recit d'aventure" assignment. Students are to write a short (2 page max) French story describing an adventure or experience that they have had... This term, classes will begin to focus more on grammar structures, verbs and verb tenses and vocabulary. Students are asked to refrain from using online translators for French grammar assignments.

As well, students in both classes had an elective period to work on projects due next week.

Jeudi, une belle journee de sloeil.

Well, everyone is back from the "snow day".

Students in 86 and 87 handed-in their "Histoire, Chapitre 1" and Monsieur Wanie explained the questions for "Chapitre 4", skipping over chapters 2 and 3...

"Histoire, Chapitre 4"
VTC 1, 2, 4
ATC 2
A rendre jeudi le 10 fevrier

Monsieur Wanie also went over the "Geographie, Chapitre 10" questions.

"Geographie, Chapitre 10"
1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11
A rendre vendredi le 11 fevrier

A few students presented their "Geographie" bristol-board assignments.

Mercredi! Les ecoles fermees!

Snow Day! Wow, unbelievable, we live in Canada, it's February, and it's snowing... Anyway, the TDSB closed Toronto schools for the day. That gives students in 86 and 87 a day to go out tobogganing, drink hot chocolate and finish up the "Histoire" that was originally due today!

Students, have fun out there and be safe!

Mardi, la neige arrive ce soir!

Today, students finished presenting their "Geographie, Chapitre 9" oral reports. It was a bit of a bumpy day in class given that a few students chose not to do their reports and receive a "0" instead!

Tomorrow, both 86 and 87 started on their book report assignment based on the French novels "L'avalanche" and "Aventure en foret". Hopefully students will be able to recount some interesting stories...

Hopefully students will brave what the news stations are billing as the coming of "snowpocalypse" to bring their "Histoire, Chapitre 1" that is due tomorrow!