Hum

Hi everyone,

Thank you for being patient with Ms. Peterson and being so incredibly amazing this whole week when she had NO voice.

Please make sure you have each read through Chapter 2 (Justice) and have worked on the overview booklet as we will jump into the big concepts this coming week and finish the unit quickly. Don't forget that their is vocabulary attached and you are responsible for those items (we will cover this week).

The key areas we will review this week are: (check D2L for more information)

-          How do citizens and organizations participate in Canada's justice system?  (ie: jury duty, knowing the law, advocacy, John Howard Society, Elizabeth Fry society)

-          What are citizens' legal roles and their responsibilities?

-          What is the intention of the Youth Criminal Justice Act

Also note that you will have a unit assessment on (most likely) Tuesday, December 15 and this will include pieces of Government also.

We will continue reading Touching Spirit Bear on Monday too. :-)

Have a wonderful Sunday!!

Math & Science

Thanks for being so amazing while I was away this week.  It really means a lot to me.

Math:  finished up our Fraction Check In today as you were a bit tight on time yesterday
           we will move into Square Roots tomorrow...this Unit will be coming to an end shortly so perhaps you should start some exam prep this weekend

Science:  Space Exploration Unit...today we watched a super cool nuclear physicist :) TED talk Brian Cox Why we need Explorers?

Biodiversity Unit Exams were reviewed today in class.

Please think of 5 questions that pertain to Space...be ready to share tomorrow.

I will post a digital copy of our first Space assignment in D2L if you want to work ahead tonight.

Hum - Wednesday, November 25

Touching Spirit Bear – Reader Response Questions (Ch. 9, 10, 11)

- choose 1 question from each chapter to answer (complete in journals)

- be sure to provide evidence from the novel to support your answers

- you may answer in complete sentences, jot notes, visuals, quotes, etc.

Chapter 9

1.      Cole comments that “Nobody else cared about him, so why should he care about himself?” Is it true that nobody else cares about him? Even if nobody cares about Cole, why should he care about himself?

2.      What happens to the tree with the sparrow’s nest during the electrical storm?

3.      Why do you think Cole calls out to see if the baby sparrows are okay?

Chapter 10

4.      Cole notices that the baby sparrows tried to do something before their death. What was it? How does Cole relate this to his experience growing up?

5.      Cole begins to think about the circle of life. What is this circle, according to Cole, and how does he feel about his role in it?

6.      Cole thinks “The power to choose was the real power, not the fake power of making others afraid.” Explain this statement

7.      What does Cole catch to eat at the end of this chapter?

Chapter 11

8.      In this chapter, what are some of the things Cole does to survive?

9.      Spirit Bear appears near Cole at the end of this chapter. What do you think will happen to Cole?

Humanities

For homework:

1. Finish the JUSTICE placemat activity. Regardless of how it is completed (creatively in journals or digitally), please make sure the final product is put it into your journals

• it is...
• it is not...
• it looks like...
• synonyms
• antonyms
• symbols for...

Touching Spirit Bear

2. Today we read until the end of Chapter 8.
- please complete the following questions for Thursday (can be done digitally but has to be put into journals)

Chapter 4

1. According to the Keeper, what is the point of the Circle, and why does regular justice often fail?

Chapter 5

1. Review the four comments made about Cole at the Circle on page 46. Which comments do you agree with? Which ones do you disagree with? Justify your answer.

Chapter 6

1. Garvey discusses some of the reasons that isolation works to help heal a criminal. What are these reasons?

2. Outline what will happen to Cole after the banishment is over (what do you think will happen to Cole? What will he learn? Will he change?).

Chapter 8

1. As Cole lays bleeding, he thinks to himself “What luck… [t]o end up on an island with a stupid bear that didn’t have brains enough to run away.” Has Cole realized his responsibility for what has happened?

2. Cole states he would rather be in a prison cell than on the island. What are his reasons?

3. What does Cole’s crushing of the caterpillar indicate about his personality, even in his beaten state?

4. Look back to Peter’s comments at the Circle on page 50. What parallels are there between what Peter wanted for Cole and what has happened to him?

5. Do you feel bad for what has happened to Cole? Why or why not?

Hum - Monday, November 23

1. Today we read Touching Spirit Bear. We finished part way through chapter 6 and will continue reading tomorrow. Also, tomorrow students will receive TSB vocabulary to review over this week.

2. We also worked did a pre-assessment task about Justice and how a good conversation about the difference between fair, equity/equitable, equality, restoration, rehabilitation, and reintegration. See below for the unit vocabulary. When working on vocabulary, you should include the word, its definition, a symbol to represent it, and some sort of further explanation or connection to the word.

3. Student also began work on a Justice placemat
(see below for what needs to be completed within the placemat)
- work on some of this for homework in your journals
- we will have a bit of time tomorrow to complete..

JUSTICE

• it is...
• it is not...
• it looks like...
• synonyms
• antonyms
• symbols for...

Vocabulary for our Justice Unit

Justice

Justice system

Accused

Victim

Fair and equitable

John Howard Society

Elizabeth Fry Society

Youth Criminal Justice Act

Criminal Code

Process for Young Offenders

Consequences for youth under the YCJA

Rehabilitation

Reintegrate

Sentence

Community service

Criminal record

Jurist

Jurors

Juries

Unanimous

Defense

Sequester

Prosecutor

Prosecution

Lady Justice

Advocacy groups

Links to practice questions & Brothers of Bogota NY Times article

http://www.edquest.ca/

https://questaplus.alberta.ca

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/magazine/the-mixed-up-brothers-of-bogota.html?_r=1

Check out the following links if you are looking for some practice questions & a cool article to read through!

Ma/Sci

Great review today for the Biodiversity Exam!

I have attached the SMART file in D2L.  Ensure that you go into the Cougar Community shell and scroll down to March 2012 to get the instructions on how to open a SMART file at home.

Biodiv exam is Monday 2 parts.  40 M/C and PBA

Double Math on Tuesday next week (fraction operations)

Wednesday next week:  Fraction operation check in