Mardi, la pluie!

So, today was the "Geographie, Chapitre 5" due-date! It seems many students forgot! Well it was posted last week and mentioned in class! Anyway, quite a few students did very well and put a tremendous amount of thought and effort into their work. Bravo! Others will be scampering to get the assignment done and handed-in before 8:30 tomorrow morning!

Students then worked on their perspective box projects. There are lots of neat ideas out there!

Lundi, le soleil mais il fait frais!

Today, both 86 and 87 did their Ratatouille test. It was a fairly long one with many answers to be written in full sentences. There were multiple choice questions as well but they were not as straight forward as on previous tests.

Only 87 had time today to work on the Shoe-Box perspective assignment. 86 had their pool period in the afternoon...

Students, check this out! A grade 8 graduation exam from 1930s West Virginia! It's amazing to see that population density and distribution as well as the growth and development of cities and industry are still just as pertinent subjects for us to study today!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/education/v/tests.pdf

Vendredi, le froid, le vent, la neige, l'hiver quoi!

Today, in the morning, Monsieur Wanie's 86 class had their discussion on the "Pyramid of hate" with Mariella and Steven. They had come in last year to talk about prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping.

Later in the day, classes began working on the "Forced perspective box project", most students in class 86 had their boxes at school, 87 has until Monday to bring them to work!

In "Geographie, Chapitre 5", classes had been talking about ways in which to bring agriculture to the city... Well here's a way to bring the city anywhere! Neat, huh?

http://www.blogto.com/city/2010/11/toronto-based_companys_prefab_home_goes_viral/

Note: 86 and 87 have their "Ratatouille" test on Monday!

Oh, and a big, huge, Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends and family!

Jeudi, la neige arrive?

Today, 86 and 87 finished watching "Ratatouille". Students, go over your notes on the weekend, there will be a test on Monday!

Most students had handed-in their triple industry sequence and are continuing work on "Geographie, Chapitre 5" due Tuesday!

Also to think about over the weekend, all students must have their own shoeboxes for the new art project by Monday!

Mercredi, le soleil et le froid de Novembre.

This morning, students appeared to be pleased that the latest novel is not actually a novel but a movie! Ratatouille to be exact! Anyway, students watched attentively and took notes to use on the test next week.

Students, if you'd like to check out a really cool bicycle race this weekend, follow this link:
http://csajracing.com/events/csaj-riverdale-cyclocross-race/

Mardi, du vent et du soleil.

Yay, Monsieur Wanie's back!

Well, judging from all the comments to Thursday's blog post, everyone like checking out youtubes of cool bike riders!

Anyway, today was all about "Geographie". Monsieur Wanie came around to check notebooks for yesterday's work. Most student appeared to have worked diligently.

As well, Monsieur Wanie handed-back the "La Peur De Ma Vie" tests. Class marks were quite a bit lower on this test than the others, but then it was a tougher test too... Anyway, classes 86 and 87 went over the corrections with Monsieur Wanie, re-wrote all the correct answers and handed them back in so Monsieur Wanie could file them.

Lundi, un peu de pluie.

So, today Monsieur Wanie was on another mission out of the building and Ms. Anna took over the reins. Students in both 86 and 87 worked on "Geographie, Chapitre 5". The questions, keywords and assignments were the focus of the day.

Hopefully tomorrow, Monsieur Wanie will hand back the "La Peur De Ma Vie" tests!