GRATITUDE

OCTOBER: WE CELEBRATE THE VIRTUE OF GRATITUDE

ART

A GREAT ART LESSON

IMPORTANT NOTICES

• Confirmation Registration begins at Sunday, October 5th  at St Joseph's. If you were baptized at another parish, please bring your baptismal certificate at that time.

• Pope John Paul 11 High school is having their parent information meeting on Thursday October 16, 2014

                 7-9 pm in the school library

• Boys' Flag Football Tournament tomorrow. Team members should be at school by 8:15 am

Holy eucharist from CAstañares Inutsij

We have been discussing the Holy Mass. Rewatch the powerpoint above and post 3 things that you learned about the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
 Use the powerpoint to answer the assigned worksheet

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Use the success criteria we brainstormed today, to determine whether your new article is good or bad. 

HISTORY: Read pages 14-16. #2-4

RELIGION: What do you now know about Holy Mass? Why is it so special?

Reminders

-Bring in your pledges.

GRADE SEVEN HISTORY

CHECK OUT THE LINKS BELOW



JACQUES CARTIER


SHADOW PLAY



POST FIVE FACTS YOU HAEV LEARNED ABOUT THIS GREAT EXPLORER

HISTORY

GRADE 7

 New France – The Explorers and Military People 

1. What did King Francis I order Cartier to find on his voyages? /2 

2. Identify three ways in which Donnacona and the Iroquois people helped Jacques Cartier and his followers when they first arrived in North America. /3 

3. Why did France continue to send explorers after Cartier’s first trip failed? /1 

4. How did the French explorers get along with the various First Nations peoples? /1 

5. How important was it for the French to have a good relationship with them? /1 

6. Why were the Huron people eager to cooperate with the French? /1 

7. Why was Samuel de Champlain so important to the development of New France? /5 

8. Identify three important facts about Etienne Brûlé. /3 

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Find news article.

HISTORY: Read pages 15-16

Reminders
- Mass on Friday morning
-Bring in Terry Fox pledge forms

HISTORY

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF BNA

- Aboriginals peoples showed Europeans the trade routes.
-It is a lot easier to get from one place to another today than it was in the 1800s. 
-Back then,  there were many obstacles to prevent  travel. 
-Colonies were far apart. 
-They were separated by large distances  and great bodies of water.

-Modern technology( planes, boats, trains, canals, roads ) allow us to travel around Canada a lot easier.

-Colonies of British North America were very far from each other.
-William MacKenzie ( a prime minister of Canada) said that "Canada has too  much geography."
-He meant that Canada was very large and it contained many different physical features. 

The Climate in Canada varies from region to region.

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Review notes on the parts of a news article. Complete handout.

ART: Work on art. Due next week.

NEWS ARTICLES

Lead: This gives the most important information very briefly (usually who, what, when and where)
Body: It supplies additional information. It is divided into small paragraphs.
Facts: Every news article includes simple, true statements about what happened, such as "The fire which destroyed the entire block, was started because of faulty wiring.
Quotations: These retell, word for word, what someone actually said. Usually these quotations come from witnesses at the scene, or experts on a subject. For example:



Mr. Clem, manager of The Bay, said, "It was an inspiring sight  !"

HOMEWORK

HISTORY

GRADE 7

Read pages 6-9. Make notes on each section.

Grade  8

Read pages 10-12. Make notes.  Answer #1

LANGUAGE

-Complete handouts


GEOGRAPHY
-Complete handout

HISTORY

GRADE 8

EVERYDAY LIFE IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA

-Jobs were decided by gender
Everyone helped with heavy agricultural jobs

Boys- fed animals, gathered firewood,cleared fields, built fences and harvested crops

Girls- did domestic work in the home
They worked in the a garden milked the cows
They sun, knitted sow, cooked and cared for younger children


NO indoor plumbing
Light came from sunlight, candles or oil lamps. Wax and Oil was expensive, So people tried to do their activities during the day.

Define

agricultural-
livestock-

HISTORY

GRADE 7: THE NEWCOMERS


WHO: People from Europe (France, Spain, The Netherlands, Great Britain)

WHEN: IN 1530s, European countries started sending out explorers to find new lands.

WHAT: They wanted to set up colonies in those new lands

WHERE: North America


Colony-


Challenges/Problems that the newcomers are facing
-The newcomers didn't know what crops to eat. They aren't sure how they might feed themselves.
-The newcomers weren't prepared for the cold harsh weather.
-The newcomers had to deal with the Aboriginals living there. 

HISTORY

Confederation

-Canada became a nation, the Dominion of Canada, in 1867. 

-Before that, British North America was made up of a few provinces, the vast area of Rupert’s Land (privately owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company), and the North-Western Territory. 

-By 1864, many leaders felt that it would be good to join into one country. 

-Known as the Fathers of Confederation, these leaders met and wrote a constitution for the new country, which had to be passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 

-Once passed, it became known as the British North America Act, or the BNA Act. 

-This Act brought together the three provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Canada (which became the provinces of Ontario and Quebec). 

-The BNA Act described the structure and main laws of the new country, as well as the division of powers between the new provinces and the federal government.

Use a  dictionary to define the bold words. Be ready to explain to class what they mean in your own words

http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/Education/OurCountryOurParliament/html_booklet/confederation-e.html

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Watch videos on adverbs. Review notes and lesson on blog

Grade 7
Complete page 119
Grade 8
Complete page 113-114


RELIGION

Today  we discussed Jesus and the promise of the Holy Spirit. Find 3 ways to do what Jesus taught.
Love God. Love others. Help each other


GEOGRAPHY
Complete handout.

ADVERBS

GEOGRAPHY REVIEW

The Continents ________________________________________________________________________________- Canada - Its Provinces and Territories

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE:

1. Post comments about Cinderella or The Transformation of Cindy R. What is the message of theme of the short story? Do you agree or disagree? Repsond to the comments of your classmates.
2. Read the lyrics of the two songs. What is the song writer trying to say or describe in each stanza? Retell or summarize in your own words.
3.  Get quiz signed. 

ART

- Complete Sunflowers sketch

-Brainstorm ideas for your parody art.

GEOGRAPHY

-Watch videos

-Review notes

-Complete handout. 

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: What is the main message of either Cinderella or The Transformations of Cindy R?  Post and reply to comments.


HISTORY: Reread page 10-12. Make notes. Answer #1 page 12.


ART : Complete sunflowers

PARODY AND SATIRE

 

A PARODY -  A FUNNY IMITATION OF AN ORIGINAL WORK. IT FOLLOWS THE SAME FORMAT. 

A SATIRE- A FUNNY MOCKING OR INTIMATION OF AN ORIGINAL WORK. IT HAS A MESSAGE  IS MEANT TO CRITICIZE SOME ASPECT OF THE ORIGINAL WORK

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Complete table on Cinderella and The Transformations of Cindy R

ART: Complete art.


Reminders

-Curriculum Night is this Wednesday at 6:30 pm. I look forward to seeing you there

PARODIES

AN OLD CLASSIC

HOMEWORK

HISTORY: Watch history video below. Post 5 interesting facts you learned.

LANGUAGE: Complete literacy poster. Find 10 adjectives and 10 adverbs in story



REMINDERS
- Start bringing in your own device

http://www.ezschool.com/Games/English/Adverbs/Adverbs.html

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Watch videos. Complete handout on adverbs. Check out the adverb game above

FRENCH: 3 Phrases avec sortir & 3 phrases avec devoir

RELIGION: Read pages 8-10

Reminders

- MASS TOMORROW MORNING

ADVERBS

Adverbs are words that describe a verb or an adjective.

Some information to review

HISTORY

HOMEWORK

HISTORY: PAGE 9 #1-3

REMINDERS
-Terry Fox assembly tomorrow. Wear your Terry Fox shirts or spirit wear

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Page 26 1a-d


Reminders
-Mass at St. Joseph's Church Friday morning
-HPV Vaccination permission forms due Friday
-Start collecting pledges for Terry Fox
- Terry Fox assembly on Thursday.
-Flay Football tryouts tomorrow morning
-Cross-country permission forms due. Practice begins tomorrow

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Read pages 10-25 in text.

Song of Myself (1892 version)

BY WALT WHITMAN

1

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

And what I assume you shall assume,

For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Test on literary genres next week. Study.

HISTORY: Complete textbook scavenger hunt.

RELIGION: Answer questions

FRENCH: Page 51 & 52

REMINDERS

-Mass on Friday morning at St. Joseph's next week.

-Cross country practices begin next week.

LANGUAGE

HOMEWORK

Language
-Review notes. Complete handout.

Reminders
-No mass tomorrow morning.

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE:  Review the day's notes. Complete handout,

Reminders

-Potassium Iodide and  Neighbourhood forms are due. Parents, please send and return.

-Cross-country tryouts tomorrow.

LITERARY GENRES

LITERATURE

WHAT IS LITERATURE

Literature- works or pieces that are written that have lasting value or interest.

Literary- a word that describes a piece  of writing  that is literature


LITERARY GENRES

Literary genres are types or kinds of literature


FIVE  LITERARY GENRES

FICTION


NON-FICTION


DRAMA


POETRY


FOLKTALES

A new year awaits! I can't wait to get started. Here's to a great new school year.