Thursday, 17 September 2015

Ma/Sci

Translation assignment is due tomorrow in Math.  Adaptations research responses need to be in your journal for Monday...we will share & receive feedback in class.

Humanities

Hi everyone,
I hope you had a wonderful day.

Today we...

1. worked on our Critical Response: students choose 1 - DUE TOMORROW (share jepeterson@educbe.ca)

(required: introduction, arguments with evidence to support their ideas, conclusion)

What does citizenship mean to you?
How could being a Canadian citizen affect your individual or collective identity?
How do government decisions affect quality of life, citizenship and identity in Canada?
How do healthcare services connect to citizenship and quality of life?
 How do rights and freedoms affect your identity and quality of life?
How might factors such as identity and citizenship affect your behaviour as a consumer?

-       Your response needs to be thoughtful and mature
-       Include your own beliefs, values, thoughts about the topic
-       Include your understanding of the vocabulary
-       Can you offer perspectives

-       Explain why and how and provide examples

2. worked on a task (lnfluences and Inspirations) connected to our CREED unit

- all work in your journals (including the handout)
- we will have a little nit of time to put finishing touches on responses tomorrow however journal MUST be handed in tomorrow

lnfluences and Inspirations: Real People and Literary Characters
Make a list of seven to ten people in your life--real people like family, friends, neighbors, community members, public figures (celebrities, singers, athletes), and fictional characters from books, television or movies - - who have influenced or inspired you in some way positively or negatively. Try to include at least one person you feel may have influenced you negatively. At least three of these people should be literary characters.
Following each character or person in your list, identify the main values each stands for in your mind. How do you think this person or character sees life? What does she or he stand for? Which characters or people do you know have gone through a change in values? Compare the causes of these changes, if you know them. What conditions and forces do you think cause a person’s vision of life and, thereby, values to change?
 Most and Least Admirable
Look over your list from number 1. Which of these characters or real people do you most admire for her or his vision or values? Why? Give specific examples. What other characters from your list do you admire? What person or character do you least admire? Explain by giving specific and detailed examples. What  other characters or people from your list do you not admire much? Why? What do you suppose your choices of most and least admirable person say about your own values?

Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Ma/Sci

Variation labs are due tomorrow.  3 histograms & #1-4 on p. 9 in Science Focus 9.

Here are the analysis questions if you need:
1. Are there any similarities between the graphs?
2. Can you explain the shapes of the graphs?
3. Is there any reason why a graph for right wrist measurements might be different from left wrist measurements?
4. What are some of the factors that might cause variations between you and your classmates?

Math translation assignment is due Friday.

Adaptations research questions are due on Monday...ready to get feedback in class.

You worked very well today in the library...I was very proud of you.

Old Hum journals

Please bring in your Hum journal from Gr 8 or 7...whichever one has the most pages left.  ASAP...thanks.

Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Ma/Sci

Reminder that we have a quick Math check in tomorrow...2 shapes (line/rotational/both), lines of symmetry, order of rotation, angle of rotational.

Translation/rotational assignment due on Friday.

Variation labs are due on Thursday...histograms/analysis questions #1-4 p. 9.  Science Focus 9 is online in D2L under content in the Cougar Community.

Monday, 14 September 2015

Humanities

Hi everyone,

You did great work today with understanding some of our big concepts in Social Studies. See the pictures below and cross reference with your notes (journal work and yellow handout). We will discuss these tomorrow and prep for writing a critical response.

Also, we read "If" by Rudyard Kipling and began work on analyzing the poem.

“If” consists of advice given by a father to his son on what it means to “be a Man”. Various attributes are listed including: self-belief, patience, truthfulness, kindness and modesty. The advice is presented in a series of statements each beginning with the conditional word “if”. Each statement contains a pair of opposites which build up into a strong guide as to how the father feels life should be lived.

Tomorrow we will further our conversation and add to the work on your own Creed. See the handout from today (make sure it goes into your journals) to give you a heads up as to what we will be discussing tomorrow.


 

  
 

Math & Science

There will be a quick Math check in on Wednesday covering line & rotational symmetry.

Variation labs are due for Thursday please.  Please ensure that you are putting in the effort to create histograms that are clear, labeled, titled, easy to read.  Please paste these in your journals & answer the analysis questions on page 9.