March 30

Prayer Intentions:

- for special intentions (Dean, Alex)
- for Lorenz's grandmother
- for those sick or stressed

Prayer leader was McKenzie.

We covered:

- AR
- Han dynasty, Buddhism, Sui Dynasty
- of the Ten Commandments: 7-10

Homework:

CE text p. 67 Review Questions
SS text p. 93 questions 1, 2, 5

We also did our tests on Forbidden City or Throwaway Daughter
We checked homework for SS and English. Those who had not completed their homework were assigned HW detention or used their get out of jail free card.

We got into pairs for our skits on the commandments and received the one we're going to prepare. We also wrote down what we are going to do for our China projects: due April 11 (13 for video).

Next Classes:

- silent reading
- more early China
- more Moses
- paragraph writing
- time to work with partner on skit
- going over Seeking at Wall answers

China Book Project

March 30: Select Project

April 11: due date for all projects except video

April 13: due date for video project

March 28

Prayer Intentions:

- for Lorenz's grandmother
- for those still travelling that they may return safely
- for those sick or injured
- for Jhoden's 13-year-old neighbour who was shot
- for Ms. F-B's grade one daughter's classmate and his family whose dad passed away

Agenda for next day:

H: silent reading then SS
Have your hockey cartoon paragraphs ready.
We will also continue working on Early China.

F: Have your CE Review Questions (p. 62) ready for checking.
We will continue with Moses and the Ten Commandments. We are now on stealing.

G: Test on Forbidden City or Throwaway Daughter.
Have your short story questions completed ("Seeking Her Husband at the Great Wall").
You will choose your project for FC/TD.

March 15

Prayer Intentions:

- for several special intentions (Stefano, Sabrina, Alex)
- for several people's safe trips
- for the people in Japan
- for Lorenz's grandma

Prayer leader was Alex. Next class, it will be Alyssa.

EN:

- silent reading (to finish City/Daughter or for AR)

CE:

- reading: the Passover Ritual, Death of the First-Born, Departure from Egypt, Crossing of the Red Sea, Destruction of the Egyptians

- Cornell Notes: Exodus 12:1-42; 13:17-22; 14:1-31)

SS:

- current events (Japan disaster, Canucks)
- China: the Qin dynasty, three philosophies

Homework:

- Finish the chart for the Qin dynasty and the three philosophies (Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism).
- Finish your book.

March 9

Prayer Intentions:

- for Chelsea's volleyball team
- for the grade 8 girls' basketball team
- for people caught in wars
- for our loved ones

Prayer leader was Barinder. Next class, it will be Mark.

English:

- silent reading
- novel summary up to where you are

CE:

- we went through plagues 2-8

SS

- HW check (mark out of 5)
- reading: China. We ended by beginning looking at a Landsat image.

Homework for Humanities: Read your novel! It must be done by March 17.

March 7

Prayer Intentions:

- for the grade 8 girls' basketball team and its success and safety at the provincials
- for Alex's team's success at provincials and personal intention
- for Lorenz's grandma
- for Jessica's grandma

Prayer leader was Stefano. Next class, prayer leader will be Barinder.

English

- reading/AR tests
- recorded your progress in your novel
- next class: write a summary on first half of novel

Homework:

READ

CE

- discussed Ash Wednesday and Lent
- read more about Moses - the First Plague
- took Cornell notes on the First Plague

SS

- test followed by silent reading

Homework

- nothing new but have your China materials ready for checking on Wednesday.

March 4

English

- video about Tian An Men Square massacre
- AR quiz for Outsiders
- independent reading of Chinese book or AR book

CE

- Moses: textbook and Bible (Exodus 1:6-6:1)

Homework:

Take Cornell Notes on sections of Bible read in class

SS

- current events
- time to work on Chinese materials or studying for test

Homework:

- next class: Middle Ages test
- Wednesday: hw check on China materials so far: map, fill-in-blanks, Cornell notes on handout, chart completion

March 1

Prayer Intentions:
- for Stefano and his family
- for Alex's intention
- for Ms. F-B's daughters and their upcoming dance competitions
- for Isabella's favourite singer

Prayer leader was Isabella. Next class it will be Tyson.

English:

- silent reading
- distributed novels: Forbidden City or Throwaway Daughter (student choice)
- turned in Outsiders projects
- did timeline for reading novel (must be done in two weeks--deadline March 17)

Sample timelines for novels:

Forbidden City: March 1, pp. 1-20; March 2, pp., 21-41; March 3, pp. 42-62; March 4 and 5, break; March 6, pp. 63-82; March 7, pp. 83-105; March 8, pp. 106-131; March 9, pp. 132-151; March 10 and 11, break; March 12, pp. 152-187; March 13, pp. 188-end (199)

Throwaway Daughter: March 1, pp. 1-33; March 2, pp. 34-55; March 3, pp. 56-96; March 4 and 5, break; March 6, pp. 99-124; March 7, pp. 127-157; March 8, pp. 158-181; March 9, pp. 185-218; March 10, pp. 221-254; March 11 and 12, break; March 13, pp. 257-end (295)

CE

- finished up a few speeches
- started watching Prince of Egypt

SS

- finished watching Prince of Egypt
- assigned work on China materials (Cornell notes for handout dealing with Coastal plains, rivers, etc.)

Homework

- Keep studying for Middle Ages test (March 7).
- China materials: have the map done for checking next class
- finish Cornell notes on China's plains, rivers, etc. handout