WE MADE IT TO THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL BEFORE BREAK!
Period 1--History 10
This period was taken up by the pancake breakfast the SRC annually prepares for the school. Along with this being pajama day, it's a comfy day for all!
Period 2--ELA A 30
Since more than three quarters of the class wasn't in attendance, the remaining students used this as a class to work on assignments so they don't have any homework.
Period 3--AP 30
We went through the AP Bulletin for Students and Parents...the students should take this home and go over it with their parents.
Period 4--AP 10
The students have this last class to make sure they have no outstanding assignments!
Period 5--Mentor period
We had a Christmas assembly during this period.
Period 6--AP 20
We finished reading the play, Othello, and then discussed some of the finer points before finally getting ready to head out for the holiday!
I'd like to wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and all the best in the New Year! See you in 2014!
Friday, 20 December 2013
Thursday, 19 December 2013
December 19, 2013
Period 1--AP 30
We continued reading Hamlet and were able to finish the play just as the bell rang to end class. We will continue our study tomorrow and then work to review when we get back from Christmas break.
Period 2--ELA A 30
We finished another section in the non-fiction book The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson. We used the remainder of the period to finish a reading log on the section and if they need a bit more time to finish tomorrow, I'm sure we can work something out.
Period 3--History 10
The students used this class to write their English Civil War and Glorious Revolution exam.
Period 4--AP 10
The students used this class to finish their History exam and to finish up their work on Animal Farm.
We continued reading Hamlet and were able to finish the play just as the bell rang to end class. We will continue our study tomorrow and then work to review when we get back from Christmas break.
Period 2--ELA A 30
We finished another section in the non-fiction book The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson. We used the remainder of the period to finish a reading log on the section and if they need a bit more time to finish tomorrow, I'm sure we can work something out.
Period 3--History 10
The students used this class to write their English Civil War and Glorious Revolution exam.
Period 4--AP 10
The students used this class to finish their History exam and to finish up their work on Animal Farm.
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
December 18, 2013
Period 1--History 10
The students had time to study for their exam tomorrow.
Period 2--ELA A 30
We continued reading Sgt. John and the lies have finally led to the arrest of Sgt. Wilson.
Period 3--AP 30
We are into Act V of Hamlet. We should be able to finish up the play tomorrow or Friday.
Period 4 & 5--AP 10
The students were in the computer lab trying to clean up their assignment from Animal Farm.
Period 6--AP 20
We are almost finished Othello and should be able to finish reading it next class.
The students had time to study for their exam tomorrow.
Period 2--ELA A 30
We continued reading Sgt. John and the lies have finally led to the arrest of Sgt. Wilson.
Period 3--AP 30
We are into Act V of Hamlet. We should be able to finish up the play tomorrow or Friday.
Period 4 & 5--AP 10
The students were in the computer lab trying to clean up their assignment from Animal Farm.
Period 6--AP 20
We are almost finished Othello and should be able to finish reading it next class.
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
December 17, 2013
Period 1--ELA A 30
We continued with reading Sgt John and finished the next section in the book where the investigation into Polly's disappearance is in full swing and John sees them closing in on him. The students were given time to work on their reading logs (this is their third one).
Period 2--AP 30
We continued with the reading of Hamlet and are through the Closet scene and finished to the appearance of Laertes at Claudius's door with an army at his back and his subsequent discovery of Ophelia's madness.
Period 3 & 4--History 10
We finished going over the Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights. After this, we went through their exam outline and reviewed the various concepts they found throughout their research. They used the remaining time to study for their exam.
Period 5--AP 10
Once again, we were in the computer lab to work on their Animal Farm assignments.
We continued with reading Sgt John and finished the next section in the book where the investigation into Polly's disappearance is in full swing and John sees them closing in on him. The students were given time to work on their reading logs (this is their third one).
Period 2--AP 30
We continued with the reading of Hamlet and are through the Closet scene and finished to the appearance of Laertes at Claudius's door with an army at his back and his subsequent discovery of Ophelia's madness.
Period 3 & 4--History 10
We finished going over the Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights. After this, we went through their exam outline and reviewed the various concepts they found throughout their research. They used the remaining time to study for their exam.
Period 5--AP 10
Once again, we were in the computer lab to work on their Animal Farm assignments.
Monday, 16 December 2013
December 16, 2013
It's the last week of school!
Period 1 & 2--AP 30
We finished our visual comparison of the "To be or not to be soliloquy" by annotating it as we viewed. After this, we carried on with our reading of the play and made it to, and passed, the climax of the play where Hamlet has the chance to kill Claudius but doesn't. We are in the middle of the Closet scene and will finish it up tomorrow.
Period 3--ELA A 30
The students and I continued reading through the non-fiction book of The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson and we are watching his lies unravelling as the Hutchinsons try to locate Polly.
Period 4--History 10
We finished watching the last segment of "The Rise and Fall of Oliver Cromwell." We stop periodically to discuss what they saw to ensure understanding and for them to take the notes down. After this, we had just enough time for a handout on Charles II and the Restoration. I also handed out an outline for their exam. We will go over it in more detail tomorrow.
Period 5--AP 10
Once again, the computer lab was our location to have the students continue to work on their multi-media assignment for a character sketch and comparison to real life from Animal Farm.
Period 6--AP 20
We continued reading Othello in class and events are moving quickly to the end of the tragedy.
Friday, 13 December 2013
December 13, 2013
Period 1--AP 30
We did our viewing activity today with being active viewers of the two versions of the "To be or not to be" scene. We annotated the Brannagh version first and looked at the difference it makes to the over tone in having Hamlet suspect that he is being spied upon. We will finish with Gibson's version on Monday.
Period 2 & 3--ELA A 30
We read to the end of the first part of the book in Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson. This last section covered the murder of Polly Wilson. After we finished the reading, we worked on our second reading log. In the second class, the students reminded me that I had told them of a video version of "The Painted Door" by Sinclair Ross that we read a few weeks ago. I recently found it and promised we would watch it, so we hauled out a VCR and played it for them. They enjoyed seeing how far video production has come in the last 30 years. To finish the class off, we continued reading.
Period 4--AP 10
Once again, we were in the computer lab to work on our Animal Farm assignments although I did allow them to use the class as a "clean up" class.
Period 5--History 10
We reviewed the parts of the video they watched yesterday and then carried on. We will need one more class to complete our viewing of Cromwell's reign.
We did our viewing activity today with being active viewers of the two versions of the "To be or not to be" scene. We annotated the Brannagh version first and looked at the difference it makes to the over tone in having Hamlet suspect that he is being spied upon. We will finish with Gibson's version on Monday.
Period 2 & 3--ELA A 30
We read to the end of the first part of the book in Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson. This last section covered the murder of Polly Wilson. After we finished the reading, we worked on our second reading log. In the second class, the students reminded me that I had told them of a video version of "The Painted Door" by Sinclair Ross that we read a few weeks ago. I recently found it and promised we would watch it, so we hauled out a VCR and played it for them. They enjoyed seeing how far video production has come in the last 30 years. To finish the class off, we continued reading.
Period 4--AP 10
Once again, we were in the computer lab to work on our Animal Farm assignments although I did allow them to use the class as a "clean up" class.
Period 5--History 10
We reviewed the parts of the video they watched yesterday and then carried on. We will need one more class to complete our viewing of Cromwell's reign.
December 12, 2013
Unfortunately, I was home with a sick kid today, but Mrs. Adelman was able to come in and cover for me today. This is what the day was like for her.
Period 1--History 10
To break from the students doing research with a PBL, they watched a documentary called "The Rise and Fall of Oliver Cromwell"and took notes from it. They were able to get through two and a half of the five videos. We will finish the other 2 up today.
Period 2--ELA A 30
The kids were treated to Mrs. Adelman reading to them today and we progressed through the book to page 74. We are almost finished part I and then the students can do their second reading log.
Period 3--AP 30
The students continued to read Hamlet and finished the "Nunnery" scene.
Period 4--AP 10
They were in the computer lab working on their Animal Farm character sketch and character comparisons.
Period 5--Mentor
The students had this period to work on their homework
Period 6--AP 20
They continued to read through Othello and finished Act III. We will pick it up from there tomorrow.
Period 1--History 10
To break from the students doing research with a PBL, they watched a documentary called "The Rise and Fall of Oliver Cromwell"and took notes from it. They were able to get through two and a half of the five videos. We will finish the other 2 up today.
Period 2--ELA A 30
The kids were treated to Mrs. Adelman reading to them today and we progressed through the book to page 74. We are almost finished part I and then the students can do their second reading log.
Period 3--AP 30
The students continued to read Hamlet and finished the "Nunnery" scene.
Period 4--AP 10
They were in the computer lab working on their Animal Farm character sketch and character comparisons.
Period 5--Mentor
The students had this period to work on their homework
Period 6--AP 20
They continued to read through Othello and finished Act III. We will pick it up from there tomorrow.
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
December 11, 2013
Period 1--AP 30
We continued with our reading by starting out with Act III and then immediately halted with the "To be or not to be" speech. At this point, I showed clips of the soliliquy from the Branaugh version as well as the Gibson version (for fun, we also watched Richard Burton perform the speech). The setting, context, and lighting are so different in the productions that it dramatically alters the tone. Tomorrow we will spend some time actively "annotating" these clips.
Period 2--ELA A 30
The students were given the first part of the class to work on their reading log from The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson. For the second half of the class, we read on to see what John was going to do now that Polly made it to Canada.
Period 3--History 10
This was their last class to work on their summative assessment (letters to the editor). We will carry on with our unit tomorrow.
Period 4--AP 10
We were in the computer lab to continue on with the character sketches in multi-media format.
We continued with our reading by starting out with Act III and then immediately halted with the "To be or not to be" speech. At this point, I showed clips of the soliliquy from the Branaugh version as well as the Gibson version (for fun, we also watched Richard Burton perform the speech). The setting, context, and lighting are so different in the productions that it dramatically alters the tone. Tomorrow we will spend some time actively "annotating" these clips.
Period 2--ELA A 30
The students were given the first part of the class to work on their reading log from The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson. For the second half of the class, we read on to see what John was going to do now that Polly made it to Canada.
Period 3--History 10
This was their last class to work on their summative assessment (letters to the editor). We will carry on with our unit tomorrow.
Period 4--AP 10
We were in the computer lab to continue on with the character sketches in multi-media format.
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
December 10, 2013
Period 1--History 10
We continued with our History 10 PBL in the computer lab today. The students started working on their summative assignment which requires them to view the issue of Charles I's execution from both the royalist point of view as well as the parlimentarian point of view. They will have a bit of time to work on this tomorrow to finish up.
Period 2--ELA A 30
The students listened as I finished reading the first section of The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson. Once we completed this section, the students were let through their reading log assignments. We didn't get time to complete this, so they will have a bit of time tomorrow to do so.
Period 3--AP 30
The students finished up their first Timed Write for Hamlet.
Period 4 & 5--AP 10
We went through the information for Animal Farm that I wanted them to understand including information about George Orwell, political satires, as well as a power point that takes them through the novel in more detail. In the second period of the day, the students chose the characters that they would like to research. They were also introduced to the multimedia project that they will do in conjunction with the novel. We spent the second period in the computer lab working on their assignment.
Period 6--AP 20
The students were given back their essays and told they can re-do them. A re-write due date of December 20th was given to them. After this, we continued with the reading of Othello.
We continued with our History 10 PBL in the computer lab today. The students started working on their summative assignment which requires them to view the issue of Charles I's execution from both the royalist point of view as well as the parlimentarian point of view. They will have a bit of time to work on this tomorrow to finish up.
Period 2--ELA A 30
The students listened as I finished reading the first section of The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson. Once we completed this section, the students were let through their reading log assignments. We didn't get time to complete this, so they will have a bit of time tomorrow to do so.
Period 3--AP 30
The students finished up their first Timed Write for Hamlet.
Period 4 & 5--AP 10
We went through the information for Animal Farm that I wanted them to understand including information about George Orwell, political satires, as well as a power point that takes them through the novel in more detail. In the second period of the day, the students chose the characters that they would like to research. They were also introduced to the multimedia project that they will do in conjunction with the novel. We spent the second period in the computer lab working on their assignment.
Period 6--AP 20
The students were given back their essays and told they can re-do them. A re-write due date of December 20th was given to them. After this, we continued with the reading of Othello.
Monday, 9 December 2013
December 9, 2013
Period 1--ELA A 30
We continued with our reading of The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson after reviewing what we learned last week. About half way through class, we stopped and did a character reflection of John/Jack Wilson by looking at his past, present, and future (where the students made predictions). They did well in discussion, seemed to follow along, and are beginning to become more interested in the novel.
Period 2--AP 30
We finished reading Act II of Hamlet after summarizing the events of the act thus far. At this point, we are taking a "break" of sorts and the students began writing a timed write on one of three topics. They are allowed various resources for this timed write that they won't be allowed next time.
Period 3 & 4--History 10
We were able to clean up a lot of things during this double period. The students had to:
1. Comment on two classmates' Bit Strips.
2. Go over the handout from Disclosure #4--I collated all the data from their post-its and gave it to them.
3. They continued their research into Disclosure #5 with the focus being on the English Civil War. I gave them various sub-headings they should explore including: Oliver Cromwell, the New Model Army, the cavaliers and the roundheads, the various battles, the results of the war, Charles I's fate, and the role religion played in all of this.
4. There is a Bit Strip I created that the students had to comment on.
5. For those that finished quickly, I gave them the summative assessment which has them create 4 letters to the editor in different voices about the events of the war.
Period 5--AP 10
To start the class, we had fun with the kids choosing what animal they are most like and why. We shared this together in the class with a lot of laughs! We got down to business with Animal Farm by looking at definitions of fables and allegories and the students are now starting to make connections between history and the novel. We also briefly went through the ideas of Marxism, communism, and the events of the Russian Revolution.
We continued with our reading of The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson after reviewing what we learned last week. About half way through class, we stopped and did a character reflection of John/Jack Wilson by looking at his past, present, and future (where the students made predictions). They did well in discussion, seemed to follow along, and are beginning to become more interested in the novel.
Period 2--AP 30
We finished reading Act II of Hamlet after summarizing the events of the act thus far. At this point, we are taking a "break" of sorts and the students began writing a timed write on one of three topics. They are allowed various resources for this timed write that they won't be allowed next time.
Period 3 & 4--History 10
We were able to clean up a lot of things during this double period. The students had to:
1. Comment on two classmates' Bit Strips.
2. Go over the handout from Disclosure #4--I collated all the data from their post-its and gave it to them.
3. They continued their research into Disclosure #5 with the focus being on the English Civil War. I gave them various sub-headings they should explore including: Oliver Cromwell, the New Model Army, the cavaliers and the roundheads, the various battles, the results of the war, Charles I's fate, and the role religion played in all of this.
4. There is a Bit Strip I created that the students had to comment on.
5. For those that finished quickly, I gave them the summative assessment which has them create 4 letters to the editor in different voices about the events of the war.
Period 5--AP 10
To start the class, we had fun with the kids choosing what animal they are most like and why. We shared this together in the class with a lot of laughs! We got down to business with Animal Farm by looking at definitions of fables and allegories and the students are now starting to make connections between history and the novel. We also briefly went through the ideas of Marxism, communism, and the events of the Russian Revolution.
Friday, 6 December 2013
December 6, 2013
Well, due to our lovely weather today, with a bone-numbing -40 degree Celsius (-30 plus a nasty wind-chill) temperature, the buses weren't running today leaving most of our students tucked away at home in their nice warm beds. Those that did brave the cold joined the other one-third of our school population in the building and were treated to a day of getting caught up on all of their homework! Hopefully the cold snap breaks over the weekend!
Thursday, 5 December 2013
December 5, 2013
Period 1--AP 30
We continued reading Act II today and will finish the act tomorrow.
Period 2 & 3--ELA A 30
With the double today, we began to read through The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson. I will be reading this aloud to get them going on it through the first section, but then they will have to continue the reading on their own.
Period 4--AP 10
The students continued to work diligently on their essays for Macbeth. They are making progress and many are finishing up their rough drafts.
Period 5--History 10
This was a fun class. I had the students set up Twittter accounts on the computers and had them tweet a response to the question: What was the Petition of Rights? We will use twitter, on occasion to respond to their research. They also finished up Bit Strips that they had and those that completed everything were researching their next disclosure.
We continued reading Act II today and will finish the act tomorrow.
Period 2 & 3--ELA A 30
With the double today, we began to read through The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson. I will be reading this aloud to get them going on it through the first section, but then they will have to continue the reading on their own.
Period 4--AP 10
The students continued to work diligently on their essays for Macbeth. They are making progress and many are finishing up their rough drafts.
Period 5--History 10
This was a fun class. I had the students set up Twittter accounts on the computers and had them tweet a response to the question: What was the Petition of Rights? We will use twitter, on occasion to respond to their research. They also finished up Bit Strips that they had and those that completed everything were researching their next disclosure.
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
December 4, 2013
Period 1--History 10
The students had computer time to finish up their James VI (I) and Charles I disclosure that would take them to the brink of the English Civil War. We will debrief tomorrow.
Period 2--AP 30
We continued with our reading in Hamlet of Act II. Things are getting interesting (not that I ever think things are boring with Shakespeare...)!
Period 3--ELA A 30
We are almost finished with all the speeches, but have just a couple yet to finish up. In the meantime, we cleaned up our study of the two Sinclair Ross short stories and are just starting in with our study of The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson.
Period 4--AP 10
Once again, the students made excellent use of their time working on their essay. Since they are working so well on it, I am willing to allow them time to continue for a bit longer which pushes our study of Animal Farm back a bit.
Period 5--Mentor Period
The grade 12s in my group were treated to a work period and they used it well.
Period 6--AP 20
The students are doing a timed write on Othello. Since this is their first of the year, they have a bit of time to work on it next class.
The students had computer time to finish up their James VI (I) and Charles I disclosure that would take them to the brink of the English Civil War. We will debrief tomorrow.
Period 2--AP 30
We continued with our reading in Hamlet of Act II. Things are getting interesting (not that I ever think things are boring with Shakespeare...)!
Period 3--ELA A 30
We are almost finished with all the speeches, but have just a couple yet to finish up. In the meantime, we cleaned up our study of the two Sinclair Ross short stories and are just starting in with our study of The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson.
Period 4--AP 10
Once again, the students made excellent use of their time working on their essay. Since they are working so well on it, I am willing to allow them time to continue for a bit longer which pushes our study of Animal Farm back a bit.
Period 5--Mentor Period
The grade 12s in my group were treated to a work period and they used it well.
Period 6--AP 20
The students are doing a timed write on Othello. Since this is their first of the year, they have a bit of time to work on it next class.
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
December 3, 2013
Once again, the students are back from a long weekend. Our day looked like this:
Period 1--AP 30
We spent a few minutes talking about some of the new rule changes at the school to ensure understanding about late assignments, coming to class late, and the Homework Support Centre. Once done, we dove back into Hamlet. Unfortunately, we didn't quite finish Act I but will get that done tomorrow.
Period 2--ELA A 30
We spent a few minutes talking about some of the new rule changes at the school to ensure understanding about late assignments, coming to class late, and the Homework Support Centre. After we went through all of this, we finished reading the "Lamp at Noon." We spoke about empathy at the end of the story and did a quick discussion to ensure clarity of the ending before the bell rang.
Period 3--History 10
We spent a few minutes talking about some of the new rule changes at the school to ensure understanding about late assignments, coming to class late, and the Homework Support Centre. We were in the computer lab with disclosure #4 for the remainder of the period. We will continue with it tomorrow.
Period 4--AP 10
The students are making some solid headway on their Macbeth essay. We will have more time to work on it tomorrow. They decided on December 16th as a due date and they will have most of the rest of this week to work on it.
Period 1--AP 30
We spent a few minutes talking about some of the new rule changes at the school to ensure understanding about late assignments, coming to class late, and the Homework Support Centre. Once done, we dove back into Hamlet. Unfortunately, we didn't quite finish Act I but will get that done tomorrow.
Period 2--ELA A 30
We spent a few minutes talking about some of the new rule changes at the school to ensure understanding about late assignments, coming to class late, and the Homework Support Centre. After we went through all of this, we finished reading the "Lamp at Noon." We spoke about empathy at the end of the story and did a quick discussion to ensure clarity of the ending before the bell rang.
Period 3--History 10
We spent a few minutes talking about some of the new rule changes at the school to ensure understanding about late assignments, coming to class late, and the Homework Support Centre. We were in the computer lab with disclosure #4 for the remainder of the period. We will continue with it tomorrow.
Period 4--AP 10
The students are making some solid headway on their Macbeth essay. We will have more time to work on it tomorrow. They decided on December 16th as a due date and they will have most of the rest of this week to work on it.
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