Grade 7 English class conflict question test will be Monday. We had drama activities and ghost story readings today.

French presentations are MOnday for 7-1 and anyone who was sick today (restaurants)

Grade 7 English quiz tomorrow in prep for test. Study question format!

Grade 9 later to the end of question 4

Grade 7 English: Study your question formats in class assignment on Friday Dec16th
Grade 7 Study French dialogues
Grade 9: nothing

Grade 7: Good copies of ghost stories due Thursday Dec 1. Rough drafts of 7-2s will be edited tomorrow in class. Novel study due Dec 5th. Bring materials to class to work on novel studies Wed-Fri of this week.

Grade 7 French: Study vocab on Au Marche. (7-2 have notes, 7-1 will get them tomorrow)

grade 9; Romeo and Juliet multiple choice for Wednesday.

Grade 7-2 Higher Animals finish question #1

Grade 9: Writing Process due first period tomorrow (Thursday) :graphic organizer, first draft, revision, self edit self evaluation, references and final draft. Pass everything in the brown folder.

7-1 English story rough draft due Wednesday (11/2 -2 pages)
7-2 English story rough draft due Thursday (11/2- 2 pages)

Grade 7 novels should be read for Wed Nov 23rd.

Grade 7 French markets (colored and labeled) due Wednesday Nov 23rd.

Grade 9: Final drafts are due Thursday Nov 24th. They must be passed in with your first and second drafts (if you have 2 initial drafts), your graphic organizers, reference pages and self evaluation forms (will be explained tomorrow). Pages of the final draft should be numbered in the top right hand corner. Remember the whole process is being graded so it all needs to be passed in. There is some great work here which will make a big difference to your current English mark so keep up the effort!

Gr  7 Novels need to be read for next Wednsday(23rd). Your Tshirt design needs to be in for next Friday. Remember to illustrate with color and explain on the back of your sheet why you chose this t-shirt design for your friend.

Report cards are going home Monday


French 7: your market designs (in color will be due next Wed.(23rd)

Grade 9: Final drafts are due in Tues 22 of your process writing piece.

Grade 9 English: Draft of persuasive essay must be ready by Wednesday Nov 16th.

Grade 7-2 English: Phantom Dog Questions for tomorrow Tues the 15th.
Grade 7-1 English Phantom Dog Team questions for Wed the 16th.

Grade 7's think of ideas for ghost stories and novels need to be read by Monday of next week.

grade 7: Study for French Test! Read Novel. Your novel study sheets were passed out today. Projects are due Dec 5th.

grade 9: Bring articles to tomorrow's class

Grade 7: French Test Thursday Nov 10th. Study review and pages completed in Grey booklet.

Grade 9: Make sure you bring your articles to class for our next essay assignment.

Grade 7: English tests are going home to be signed tomorrow. They must be returned for student portfolios. There was soem great work here. Way to go guys!

Grade7 French: Test next Thursday Nov 10th. Study review and work in your grey exercise. Also study your notes. Everone should have completed review assignment by now.

Grade 9 English: In class Demand writing test will continue Friday. Some of you have some work to prepare properly. All students need to consider where they can improve. Right now the writing is often too simplistic, lacks detail and argumentative points.

Grade 9 We are finished Act 4 in Romeo and Juliet and will have some  written assignments next week. All questions should be done to the end of Act 4.

Grade 7 French Assignment must be complete for Monday.

Grade 7 English test will be moved to Thursday October 27th.

Grade 9: complete scene 4 questions and scene 5 up to question 3.


Have a great 4 day weekend! Hopefully you will get some sunny days.

Grade 7: English ReviewAssignment is due Tuesday Oct 18th. Test will be Tues October 25th. If your poster assignment was not finished today you

Grade 9: Act 3 Scene 1 and 2 questions for Monday.

Grade 7 homework: Posters to fight Cancer due Friday, 7-2 French interviews tomorrow STUDY.
You will be given a review assignment tomorrow for Unit 1 in English so be ready for a test next week. Essays and portfolio marks (English) will be returned tomorrow.

Note 7-1 French interview date will be set tomorrow


Grade 9. no homework but I will be picking up your R and J notes this week to grade!

Grade 7 : Good copy of Thankful due in Friday Oct 7 typed or on loose leaf. Also make sure your portfolios are in for grading I am taking them home this weekend. Don't forget food for food bank.

Grade 9. I will take in your letters to Juliet final copies tomorrow. We will start " texting assignment" tomorrow. Questions will be checked to the end of Act 2 on Friday.

Grade 7: Rough Draft of being thankful essay needs to be ready for tomorrow. If you think you might like to read your essay at the assembly on Thursday  your good copy should be ready for tomorrow.


Remember it is 5 paragraphs in length:  intro, 3 middle paragraphs and conclusion.


Grade9: I will be picking up your Romeo and Juliet questions Friday to assign a mark. You should have all questions done to the end of Act 2.

Grade7's did quite well on their theme in class assignment today. Way to go! Portfoliosare due no later than next tues

Grade 9: Questions to the end of Act 2 sc 3 we never got to them today we worked on Demand writing instead!

HAve a good weekend!

Homework

Grade 9: 2 students need to pass in their picture tomorrow or they will bein Monday after school. All students need to complete Act 2 questions to the end of scene 3.

Grade 7: In class assignment tomorrow on theme study what we have been practicing.

Gr 9 All questions to the end of scene 3due Thurs Sept 29

Gr 7-you will have an in class assignment on theme Wed Sept 28th study notes and typed copy.

Grade 7 French: Any Coat of Arms that are not passed in must be passed in by next Monday.(Sept 26th)

Grade 7-2 English: questions 1,2,4 of the Universal Soldier.

Grade 9: Act one questions and Queen Mab visuals must be in on Monday.

Grade 9 Finish Romeo and Juliet questions to the end of scene 3.

Grade 7 French: Come to class ready to pretend to be somone else.We have completed pages 1, 10-12 in 7-2.  We have completed pg one and some school review sheets in 7-1. We are also refreshing our conversation skills and learning about personality traits.


Grade 7 English: We are learning about Making Connections and have read the first selection from the text. I have also been completing various writing and reading activities to get to know the students. They are learning proper formatting of questions/answers and will be comparing a film we just saw in class to the selection  "The Nest" we read last day.

Grade 7   Get your hilroy exercises and pocket folder and/or small binders to store English and French materials.

Grade 9 Romeo and Juliet questions for Tues.


Have a safe and happy weekend and remember no school Monday.

Grade 7 We have completed our review for the exam. Please make sure you look over your story terms, poetry terms, answers to questions and the format for conflict and theme answers. All this is in your poetry folder or should be. Copies of theme and conflict answers were given out in yesterday's classes.

For the Demand Writing section of the exam look over character sketch, friendly letters and short stories. The friendly letters were written today. One of these types of writing will appear on your exam.

Grade 9's look over those terms!!!!!

Grade 7. We reviewed short story analysis this week. You all have all your terms now. The 7-1's have copies of old theme and conflict answers to study, the 7-2's will have that on Monday. remember there is a poem, short story and piece of demand writing on your exam.

Grade 9. You need to bring in money for pizza on Monday. Terms test next wed or thursday??? (pgs 13-15)

Have a good weekend.

2 weeks to go. Gr 7-2 your demand pieces (a story about being an outsider) are due Wed with your self evaluation form and good copy. Your story must be 1 or 2 pages long. (June 1) gr. 7-1: You will have yours finished in class tomorrow if not it must be in Wed June 1 as well.


gr 9: We will be working on demand writing and information text this week! Terms test tomorrow and Friday. Test is on pages 6-9 May 31

Grade 7 students will have an in class evaluation tomorrow. They will be analyzing a poem as we have practiced in class. Look over your terms and poems. The short story you are writing can be passed in May 31 which is next Tuesday. I will be marking novel studies all weekend!

Exam review: We will be reviewing story analysis next week. I will give you out another copy of the terms sheet for short stories if you lost the first one then. Keep studying poetry. And you will be writing on your exam minimum 3 paragraphs.

French : study er, ir , re verbs assignment on environment will be assigned late this week early next week

Grade 9 : Study terms

All grade 7's should have questions to Salt Water Joys completed. The story attached on being an outsider will be worked on tomorrow.

Grade 9: Terms test tomorrow. You will also have time to work on your novel study. If not other work will be provided. Saltwater joys can be worked on in class tomorrow. Moose Hide gloves and Saltwater joys will be corrected next Tues.


All novel studies are due next Tues May 24th. (Tic Tac Toe)

7-1 and 7-2 poetry test is moved toWed May 25. The 7-1 class is behind 7-2 and is not quite prepared yet.

7-1 start  studying re verb endings.

Gr. 9 Terms test Friday!


Novel studies due May 24.

grade 7 -2 class got their poetry terms test today except for those that were absent last week. They will get it back Wed. I am in Gander tomorrow. 7-1 will get it backWed. They will have another in class assessment Thurs where they will have to answer questions on a poem.Students can prepare for this by looking over their folders.

grade 9; Study terms for FRIDAY A-F. Demand piece should be in at the endof tomorrow's class.

All students have novel studies due 24th of MAy

Grade 9 Test changed til Wed we will talk about it tomorrow. If you have any questions come prepared in the AM.

Grade7: 7-1 Word/simile collage "my life is like....." is due Wednesday May 11th.
7-2 class can pass in collage on Friday as you are a few classes behind the 7-1s. Remember make it colourful and unique. Use different fonts, shapes etc....

Grade 7: poetry terms test May13th, word collage on "my life is like" is due Wed May 11.

Grade 7 English: Term Test in poetry next Friday May13. Your portfolio should be finished to the end of Jetliner questions for Friday May 6th and your word collage (similes) should be finished for Tuesday May 10th.


Grade 9 English: Pass in story on MOnday May 9th (From 1908-2008). Romeo and Juliettest is next Tuesday. There will be a theme essay on it.


Novel studies due in May 24th, both grades!

English 7: Poetry folder should have previous listings plus answers to questions on the poem in Homegrown and RIchard Corey. Jetliner questions will come tomorrow. There should be 7 pieces in the folder. And I will collect them Friday to grade.

Grade 9 Study terms to the end of D.Romeo and Juliet test is May 10th.


All grade 7 and 9 students have a book report due May 24th

Grade 7 English (both classes) Poetry readings tomorrow. Portfolios will receive a grade. Everything on the index (see list on your folder) should be complete.

Descriptive writing assignment will be returned. French Test will also be returned.

French 7-1 no homework.....brochure due Tues after Easter break
French 7-2 brochure due tomorrow April 21

English Nine. Some theme essays were not passed in yet. I will be marking these over Easter. Test will be during the week we get back.(Romeo and Juliet)

Novel Studies/Tic Tac Toe grades 7and 9 are due May 24th (Tuesday)

Grade 7 you have a novel study due May 24th. All grade 7's should have a novel. Poetry portfolio should be complete to  the end of 5 forThursday. Includes simile booklet, concrete poem, rest of concrete poem booklet, simile poem (Black and White etc...) and questions pg. 57 in Homegrown. These must go in the brown folder I gave you.


Grade 9: Your Romeo and Juliet test will be long answer and after the break.Wed or Thurs of that week. Whenever we have a double period.

7-1 simile booklet, concrete poem and simile poem should all be done for Monday
7-2 Simile booklet and concrete poem should be done for Monday
Both groups study poetry terms

7-1 and 7-2 Study review for French test on Tues April 19th. Brochures are due Wed for 7-2. 7-1 Will start theres on Monday in class.


Grade 9: Finish theme essay good copy for Monday. (Romeo and Juliet)

English 7-1: Poetry booket on similes metaphors and personification for Friday April 15th.
English 7-2: Same booklet for Monday April18th.


French test for both class Tues April 19th. They received the review today. I will correct it on Friday.


English Grade 9. Quote multiple choice for Friday!

English 7: Descriptive writing essay due April 13th (tomorrow). Should be 3 paragraphs and include title page. Similies, Metaphors and Personification sheet due Friday April 15th.

French 7: Test Reveiew going out tomorrow. Test next Tues unless there are too many conflicts.


English 9: Romeo and Juliet assignments due tomorrow. Test soon.

English 7: Decriptive writing due Wed April 13th with 2 edit sheets (one you completed, one your group completed.)


French 7 Test soon probably next Tuesday (sorry I am tired too and need a break but I would like to get it done before Easter) I will give out 1/2 the review tomorrow and the rest on Wed.


English 9: Reminder projects due April 13th.

7-2 English :Finish rough draft of descriptive writing (3 pararaphs) for Monday.

7-2 French: Write another 6 sentences on another place for Friday.

English 7: Finish 3 paragraph rough draft of descriptive piece, peer edit sheet and 7-2 2nd page of apostrophe sheet. (worksheet 1)

French 7-1: Study your sentences for oral presentation.

Grade 7 Eng;lish: Some students have not passed in their Underground to Canada Exercise due March 18th. Some have not passed in research papers or finished 2 assignments that I will correct that they completed when I was out (a treasure map and a journal entry pretending to be Amelia Earhart.) I need to have everything marked ASAP for report cards going out the 14th of April. Please check to see of you are one of these people. I spoke to all concerned today unless absent or late this morning! You will be kept after school tomorrow if you do not have it ready!

Grade 9 English: All class work should be passed in for marking. If it is not into me tomorrow you will also be in after school.

Grade 7 English: Your first draft of your descriptive piece should be finished for Thursday. (7-1- I will fill you in more tomorrow)

Grade 7 English: All the Bloom balls are pretty much put together and they look great. They are worth 40% of your novel study mark. The remainder of your mark includes your edited exercise (40%) and good copy of your research activity with title page. (20%). Everything is due Friday March 18th.

Grade 7-2 French. Finish 2 page handout for tomorrow.

Alll grade7 students need 11 templates for tomorrow. 7-2 Research papers are due Friday 7-1 Monday.


Grade 9: All Act 2 questions and cell phones for Wed March 9th

7-1 French workbook page 2, 11th bloomball template for Monday (Character piece)

7-1 and 7-2 all banners should be finished by Monday.

Gr9 Act 2 Scences 1 and 2 questions on Monday.

7-1 10 templates complete for tomorrow, 7-2 for Thursday ( I don't have you tomorrow!)

7-1: Don't forget potluck tomorrow afternoon. Everyone must have 10 templates done by the end of tomorrow. We start in on number 10 on Thursday.

7-2: 10 templates should be done by tomorrow at the end of the day.

If any homework in English is incomplete by the end of tomorrow (9 templates as some may not quite finish the 10th and need to finish for homework) you will be taking the late bus!


Grade 9: no homework!

English 9-2: Questions sc 3 and 4, Act 1 for Romeo and Juliet for Feb24th.


English 7-2 and 7-2. You should have 2 more  bloom templates done by Friday Feb 25, 3 by Monday. That will make 9 altogether! They are Plot, Setting and Symbolism. If you need to take it home do so. Whoever is not done will stay Monday afterschool.


French 7-1: Potluck on Tues March 1. It was Monday but there is no school on Monday!

7-2 The next 4 templates should be done for next Wednesday March 2. You can take blank templates home as needed. Your remaining 2 will be due March 9th. Your exercise assignment will be due March 11.

7-1 Your next 4 templates should be done for next Thursday March 3. The last two will be due the following Thursday March 10th. Your exercise assignment will be due March 11th.

Students will have ample classtime to work on these remaining activities but I expect some will need some home time if they fall behind. Please monitor your child's progress and call me if you need to. Ask them to bing them home and show you. If they do not have 10 templates done for next Friday they may need to work on some that weekend. Note: All of them have 6 templates or more completed to date.

French: French tests were passed back today. Some great results here. Home study for some really paid off!

English 9: Scene 1 and 2 questions will be due February 23. We will be reading the rest of Scene 1 and 2 tomorrow.

French Listening section of test will still be tomorrow. Potluck will be next MOnday Feb 21 with the 7-2. The 7-1 time will be determined tomorrow.

Englsih 7-1- I still have 2 or 3 students who are alomst or not quite finished their 6 templates. They can stay for lunch Fri or finish Mon lunch. The should know what they have to do.

Gr. 7-1, Gr 7-2. French test tomorrow. Students do not know the vocab like they should. Some of them have lost sheet after sheet after sheet. We had a study session today, the majority of students need more time.

French Gr. 7: French Test Thursday morning study verb endings and vocab!!!!! Study your in class assignments

English Grade 7-2. All students should have 6 Bloom templates sone by the end of the day tomorrow. If not students will be directed to stay behind to finish.

Englsih 7-1 You nedd to have Bloom templates done for Friday.


Grade 9 English: Get ready for Romeo

English 7-1: We still start on the bloomball asssignment Monday. Make sure you have 5 complete lit circle activities in your Underground to Canada exercise book.

English 7-2 you should have 5 panals done by Monday. (The 5th one stays in pencil until I check it over. If anyone is not caught up with their Underground to Canada exercises make sure you have everthing in your exercise caught up and we will get some extra time Monday to get at the templates!!!!! You need to catch up.

French 7-1,7-2. An in class assignment was completed in today's class. Students worked without assistance this time to gage their understandings. This is the same assignment they did in groups and  I corrected and went over with them last week. Some students need to spend time on the vocab at home. They have had it for weeks now and several students do not know them while several others are 98-100% there. Learn your er and ir verb endings!!!

French 7-1 and 7-2. You need a copy of your secret recipe for your restaurant group for Tues Feb 8th. We will put them into French then. We have onee more week to finish these posters.

French 7-1, 7-2 Test Tues Feb 10th...same as the assignments but it will no longer be open book!

Grade 9: Relax......we just finished our papers and testing. Enjoy we start Romeo and Juliet next week.

French 7: In class open book assignment in French Thursday Feb 3. It is simiular to the first but to be done without assistance. Test will be Feb 8th. Same format but no books, learn the vocab, practice answering questions and learn the verb endings.

English 7: Underground to Canada assignment will start to take shape thid Your first 6 panals will be finished this week. This is  an important assignment. Edit your classwork so you can transfer it. This novel study is equal value to a unit test. All classwork should be up to date chapter 10.


Grade 9: Test on Friday, know theme, symbolism character and look over your questions. You will have your books for the theme and character question only!

Grade 7 English: All Underground to Canada Literature Circle work is due in next Tuesday to be graded. Make sure your work is well edited. Important mark for report cards.

Grade 7 French: Quiz on restaurant words postponed until Monday. Most students passed in their assignment. Those that did not will stay next Monday after school unless it is in to me before then. (anyone who was absent yesterday has a day's grace. Important mark for report card.

Grade 9: Portfolio work due in tomorrow. Important mark for report card.

Both grade 7 classes have a french assignment due Wed Jan 26th. They should have all the necessary information to complete the assignment in their folders. All sheets/similar sheets were done over the past month. The 7-1's will get it tomorrow.
 Both grade 7 classes will get their first literature circle mark tomorrow. They also have a terms test tomorrow. Review guys!

Grade 9. Worked on theme today and remember your portfolio is due in next Friday.

Grade 9: Have forbidden city notes and symbolism completed for next class we are moving on.


Grade 7: Parents please consider helping your child develop better study habits. I am trying to show them some good study strategies and have asked them to get someone at home to quiz them on their terms,verbs answers etc... a few nights before every test. Get involved let them know you value their learning! Many of them are having difficulty on their tests and for some of them, better study habits and getting the homework done will help. If you work odd hours or are  unsure of what to do encourage them to look for help from classmates. Perhaps they could arrange some quiz time by phone.

Thanks and remember you have an English terms test this Friday and a French vocab test next Friday.

Also French 7 some students slacked off towards the end of class and did not get their menu sheets done. I wanted them to try it on their own with some guidance from group members but I did not want them to copy. Make sure it is done for tomorrow! Otherwise your behaviour will be reported.

7-1 and 7-2 classes have chpt 3 working group activities to finish for tomorrow. If it is not done students will have to remain after school and take the late bus home.

Grade 7: English test Friday (Jan 21) on your definitions. You can't pass without some study.

Grade7 French- Tests were passed back today and the results for some were excellent. Other students to need to review more often. You have another vocab quiz Fri Jan 28th.

Grade 9 portfolio due Jan 28th. (see yesterday's post)

Gr. 9: Homework Forbidden City Portfolio is due Friday January 28th. Your portfolio should include chapter questions, final copy of character essay, Completed Forbidden City Notes Sheet, Symbolism sheet, Final copy of the theme essay.

Gr 7 English  Study your short story definitions for the test on Friday.

Some students need to finish chapter 1 lit circle activity. Illustrators need to finish drawings. French quiz MOnday!

Grade 7: French quiz Friday on cooking verbs.  Comprehension


Grade 9: Character placemat filled in for Thursday

grade7: Study short story definitions in English. Study french recipe verbs (what they mean) Have a good weekend!


grade 9: Enjoy your weekend the work is coming.

Gr 9 finish the remaining questions on the sheet based on readings today.

Gr 7 finish Lose Now Pay Later questions

English 7-2 Finish questions on today's story.

English 7-1 and 7-2: Anyone taking the retest in English it will be Jan 12. Any avitars not yet passed in do so by Friday of this week.

French 7-1 and 7-1: Vocab sheets were passed out today. Study