Jan. 25

Prayer Intentions

- for the basketball teams' success today
- for Lorenz's grandmother
- for the sick, stressed, and injured
- for Alex's intentions

Prayer leader was Julian. Next class it will be Dean.

English

- AR
- Outsiders quiz
- speech talk (See timeline.)

CE

- Jacob and Joseph review (game)
- Ria's team won (Ria, Analisa, Shaun, Daniel, Dean)

SS

- Middle Ages project work
- Please have your signed sheet in for next class.

Homework:

Work on speeches and project.
Jacob and Joseph test coming soon (Jan. 31)

Speech timeline

January 27: outline or rough draft
February 4: rough draft for peer assessment
February 8: second draft of essay (good copy) for quick feedback from teacher
February 17: hand in final draft of essay for marking
February 21 and 23: in-class speeches
February 28: Speech Arts competition for class finalists

Middle Ages Project and Partners

Medicine: Jhoden and Mark

Black Death: Julian, Arturo, and Lorenz

Writing and manuscripts: Meagan and Sofia

Pilgrimage: Barinder and Xander

Crusader/Knight: Darian and Luca

Cathedral and Stained Glass: Chelsea and McKenzie

Monastery: Justin

Warfare: Alex and Stefano

Food: Ria and Analisa

Castle: Dante and Tyson

Manor: Shaun, Dean, and Daniel

Village: Isabella and Sabrina

Education: Alyssa and Jea

Clothing: Marisol and Jessica

Jan. 21

Prayer Intentions:

- for the grade 8 boys' basketball team and their success today

Prayer leader was Meagan. Next day it will be Julian.

English

- AR
- We read chapter 6 of The Outsiders.
- You had time to work on your poetry assignment or your chapter 6 questions.

Homework:

- Finish the chapter 6 questions.
- Keep working on your vocabulary webs (due when we finish the novel).
- The poem is due Thursday.
- Quiz on chapters 1-6 on Tuesday (questions drawn from chapter questions as well as the book jacket information).
- Get your three body paragraphs for your speech down.

CE

- We watched Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
- No homework.


Social Studies

- Reading: textbook pp. 158-160 (Church in the Late Middle Ages).
- Questions on Women in the Middle Ages (p. 158 q. 1, 2a, 3, 4) and questions on the Church (p. 160 q. 1, 2, 3, 6-first question only, 7)
- Middle Ages project introduced, partners selected and projects assigned. Partnerships/projects are listed in a separate entry.

Homework

- Finish the questions if you haven't yet done so: p. 158 q. 1, 2a, 3, 4; p. 160 q. 1, 2, 3, 6-first question only, 7.

Jan. 19

Prayer Intentions:

- for those who have passed away that their souls may rest in peace
- for the sick or injured that they may be healed
- for special intentions
- for Alex's friend Ricky

Prayer leader was Ria. Next class it will be Meagan.

EN:

- silent reading
- vocabulary assignment for The Outsiders
- reading: Chapter 5 and questions
- poetry: Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
- rhyme scheme, closed couplets
- pair poetry assignment: Write a poem including a symbol and a metaphor or simile. It should be eight lines of closed couplets.

Next class: more time to work on poem. The finished poem (presented for posting on the board) will be due Thursday, January 27.

Next class: we'll read chapter 6. This means that the half-way point will have been reached, and we'll have a quiz based on the chapter questions on Tuesday.

Homework:

- complete questions for Chapter 5
- work on speech (three main points)
- work on vocabulary sheets

CE

- turned in dream paragraphs - next class: be prepared for group work on Joseph

SS

- turned in questions from p. 149
- worked on questions 1-8 on p. 155
- read about women in the Middle Ages

HW:

-Finish the questions on p. 155 for the coin toss.