Friday, February 26, 2010

Socials 10A

1 NOTES ON VICTORIANS AND THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF THEIR LIVES AS WELL AS THEIR INFLUENCE ACROS TEH SEVEN SEAS.

Socials 10B

1 BRIEF REVIEW BEFORE TEST
2 TEST

French 8

1 TEST ON AVOIR
2 NEW VERB FAIRE
3 WORKSHEET ON FAIRE
4 THE WEATHER
5 WORKSHEET ON WEATHER
6 PLAYED SALUT

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Socials 10A

1 We had our test.
2 We marked part of it.
3 We did Current events
4 We read pages 48-53 in the textbook

French 8

1 We worked on erreir verbs with a crossword.
2 We practiced avoir again.
3 We looked at pluralizing pronouns.
4 We worked on our DPA
5 We went to the library to practice verb conjugation
6 We watched a Simpson's episode in French
7 We worked on time.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Socials 10B

1 We looked at some current events such as the Littleton Colorado shooter.
2 We read pages 48-53 in the textbook and discussed what life would have been like back then.
3 We took some notes. ( I have emailed these to Amanda, Florina)
4 We looked at Victorian fashion on the internet and youtube.
5 Your test is on Friday Feb. 26, 2006

Socials 11

1 WE looked at protectionism and tariffs and how they influence the prices of items.
2 We worked on a tariff worksheet-collected to be marked.
3 We looked at some of the issues related to immigration at the turn of the century and who the ideal immigrant was.
4 We started work on our immigration posters--due on Monday March 1, 2010
5 You have a test on Friday Feb. 26, 2010 80 marks

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Francais Huit

1 We worked on avoir Quiz on Friday
2 WE took the time to look at time and finished in time to boot.
3 We went up to the library to examine Quia french games on the internet--look at the web address on the side for more info.

Socials 10B

1 We finished the DVD Rebellion and Reform.
2 We played a Jeapordy review game.
3 We practiced a little bit of that old revision
4 Your test is on Friday of this week.

Socials 10A

1 We played a Jeapordy review game on Unit 1
2 We finished the DVD Rebellion and reform
3 Students worked on a crossword
4 Test on thursday

Socials11

1 We looked at Civil disobedience issues with the American South and Clayquot sound and how effective it is and whether there should be greater or lesser punishments.--This will be a PP on your test.
2 We revised some key terms for your exam on Friday.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Socials11

1 We looked at a recent court case about assault that was stayed.
2 I handed out a sheet with key terms to focus on for your exam on Friday.
3 We finished the movie "The Insider"
4 We started to look at Bull Connor and the march on Selma as impacted by the media and Civil disobedience--this will be a paragraph question on your test.

French 8

1 We had our test on etre.
2 We did a worksheet on avoir.
3 We did an erreir exercise
4 We worked on the smartboard with translating.

Socials 10B

1 I had students create 5 questions so we could make a Jeapordy review game.
2 We worked on a crossword.
3 We started to watch the DVD Canada a People's History.
4 YOur test will be on Friday

Socials 10A

1 We briefly looked at the Lord Durham questions.
2 We started to watch the DVD on Canada A People's History Volume 4 "Rebellion and Reform"
3 Your test is on Thursday!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

French 8

1 We did our first quiz on etre---real one on Monday!
2 We did a mini exam on all we have learned thus far.
3 Students made 5 sentences using prepositions.
4 We went over the Avoir
5 We went over our first dialogue

Socials 10 A

1 WE went over current events looked at 9/11 and possible causes and/or conspiracies.
2 We worked on mapping upper and lower Canada.
3 On Monday we will go over the Lord Durham questions handed out on Tuesday.
4 Very important --Your test has been pushed back to Thursday Feb. 25, 2010

Monday, February 15, 2010

Socials 11

1 WENT OVER TEST ISSUES 80 MARKS TUESDAY FEB. 24
2 LOOKED AT HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW
3 WATCHED A DVD ON BILL INTO LAW
4 READ PAGES 258-264 QUESTIONS 1 2AB PAGE 264 OR QUIZ IF NOT DONE AT START OF CLASS:

QUIZ QUESTIONS:

1 GROUPS WHO SEEK TO INFLUENCE GOVT POLICY ARE CALLED _______ ________ (2 WORDS)
2 THE 2 TYPES OF PRESSURE GROUPS ARE I___________ AND I________ORIENTATED
3 NAME AT LEAST 1 PRESSURE GROUP FROM PAGE 259 _____________________
4 CRAIG KIELBURGER CREATED A GROUP WITH A GOAL TO STOP ___________
____________ (2 WORDS)
5 HIS GROUP IS CALLED "FREE THE _________________"
6 NACSW STANDS FOR THE NATIONAL ACTION COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF ________________.
7 SOMEONE WHO IS PAID TO REPRESENT THE INTEREST OF A POLITICAL GROUP IS CALLED A ____________________

SOCIALS 10A AND 10B

1 REVIEWED LOWER CANADA NOTES.
2 TOOK SOME NOTES ON UPPER CANADA AND DISCUSSED WHY REBELLION WAS AN OPTION
3 READ PAGES 38-42 TEST ON TUESDAY FEB. 24 60 MARKS


french 8

1 We practiced er verbs
2 We practiced re verbs and introduced them
3 I went over ir verb conjugation
4 We practiced etre again quiz 10 marks on Wed. Feb. 16
5 We continued to work on our verb crossword puzzles

Friday, February 12, 2010

Socials 11

1 TOOK SOME NOTES ON GOVT. STRUCTURE IN CANADA.
2 WATCHED A VIDEO ON THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
3 QUIZ NEXT THURSDAY ON POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES /20 MARKS

SOCIALS 10A AND 10B

1 WATCHED A VIDEO CALLED THE LAST WINTER AND WORKED ON A WORKSHEET.
2 TOOK SOME NOTES ON LOWER CANADA.

french 8

1 We did a quiz on Aller.
2 We reviewed the question words.
3 We went over "etre"
4 Students did a workshet on etre.
5 Students were told of a 10 mark quiz on etre on Wednesday.
6 Students created a multi-verb crossword.
7 Mr Stevens had his Candygrams that he loved stolen off his desk by a student.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Socials 10 A

1 We discussed Current Events--looked at a case where 3 security guards ignored a girl being beaten up while they did nothing.
2 We looked at the structure of Govt. in 1791 in Upper and Lower Canada (see page 33)
3 We did worksheet 3-1--due on Friday

French 8

1 We played a quick game of dix
2 We practiced aller
3 We reviewed er verbs
4 We did an er verb sheet
5 We disrupted Mr. Moore's class reviewing er via Queen
6 We worked on our Portfolios----due on Monday Feb 15, 2010
7 We watched Tete a Cleque

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Socials 10 B

1 We reviewed Govt set up in upper Canada
2 We worked in the Library on the Black Canadian assignment. (Due on Friday Feb 12)
3 We looked at current events in the world today.

Socials 11

1 We had a small quiz on child poverty and Children's rights
2 We looked at the political spectrum and the major points of each "ism"
3 There was a 5 page hand out and that a chart with basic information on each political ideology.
4 WE took personal ideology tests to see where we fit in.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

french 8

1 WE reviewed aller
2 We looked at er verb conjugation again
3 We looked at 14 key er verbs
4 we played SALUT

Socials 10 B

1 We worked on Activity Sheet 3-1
2 We looked at the political structure of the Govt of Upper Canada adn had a discussion on that issue.
3 We read pages 33-35 in the textbook and discussed why The upper classes were more concerned with things that benefitted themselves versus the poor

Socials 10 A

We Worked in the Library on the Black Canadian assignment

socials 11

1 We read pages 300-312 and had a variety of discussions
2 We looked at 2 videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grrpUpQ3XMw&feature=related

and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot8YGiRtB7U these looked at the issue of Human Rights.

3 I assigned question # 3 on page 312.

Monday, February 8, 2010

French 8

1 We reviewed the verb Aller--very important please revise it!
2 We looked at 6 key question words-qui, quel, que, comment, pourquoi, ou, combien and quand
3 We started work on conjugation of er verbs.

Socials 11

1 We had a quiz.
2 We looked at Human Rights in relation to 2 stories on McDonalds and the solution to Pirates of off Somalia and how to deal with them
3 Assigned pages 298-300 in class with question # 1 due on Tuesday Feb. 9

Socials 10 B

1 We had a quiz
2 We looked at bias and how it can impact our viewpoints and decisions
3 We started out first project of the year on Black Canadians in the library.

Socials 10 A

1 We had a quiz
2 We looked at bias and how it can impact our viewpoints and decisions
3 We started out first project of the year on Black Canadians in the library.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Socials 11

We finished notes on the legal and penal system in Canada.
We looked at three legal cases that were overturned.
We did the exercise in class on page 281 of the textbook.
Mr Stevens assigned pages 285-288 for homework
There will be a quiz on this reading on Monday!!!!

french 8

We reviewed le la les un une des
We did a Crossword on aller as review
We reviewed numbers from 1-1000
We Looked at the months of the year
We watched 10 minutes of Tetes a Claque--check it out on Youtube.

Socials 10 A

We finished the dvd on Loyalists--
We read pages 23-29 in class and looked at immigration/loyalists and other arrivals to Canada.

Homework:
Read pages 30-32

10 mark quiz on them on Monday Feb. 8, 2010

Socials 10 B

We took some notes on Canada in 1812--what it was like and the social set up.
We read pages 23-29 in class and looked t immigration/loyalists and other arrivals to Canada

Homework:
Read pages 30-32

10 mark quiz on them on Monday Feb. 8, 2010

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Socials 11

Mr Stevens handed out the outline and discussed it as well as the location of his blog.
We looked at the story of the motehr who killed 8 of her children and discussed fairness/justice.
Students collected their textbooks.
We started some brief notes on civil/criminal law and the difference between common and statutory law.

Socials 10B

Mr Stevens handed out the outlines and discussed. He also showed the class his blog and looked it over.
We collected out textbooks.
I went over my class expectations.
We looked at the story of the mother who killed her 8 babies and the validity of the sentence.

No homework.

Socials 10 A

We read a story on animal abuse and discussed how important animal rights are.
We collected our textbooks.
We looked at some introductory notes on Canada in 1812.
We started watching a video on Loyalists leaving the USA for Canada after the American Revolution.

No Homework.

French 8

We went over the adjectives le la les and un une des.
We did a small quiz on French on line grammar
We looked at things found in the classroom.
We looked at 6 key members of the family
We looked at the verb Aller and how to conjugate it.

Quiz on Aller next week