September 25

Humanities 8

Today we started off with a brief review before we wrote our first current events quiz.  After finishing the quiz, students were asked to read a related article and underline what they thought was the most import 1-3 things written in the article.  This was handed in for assessment.  Following that, students were asked to  self assess their Outsider posters using the rubric, I created from their suggestions.  A few tweaks were needed to improve marks, so students were given about 15 minutes to make  these changes.  Next we reviewed the important strategies good readers use while reading and then I read the students about half of chapter 4.  Students were directed to read to the end of chapter 4 over the weekend.

English 10

A few more students presented their identity projects today (blk D) and then we continued with our discussion and Venn diagram comparing the Judeo-Christian creation story with Aboriginal creation stories.  We also discussed bias.  In C block, we viewed a video comparison of aboriginal vs western world views in terms of economics.  We discussed bias and the comparisons made.  Finally, in C block, students were asked to brainstorm some strategies that good readers do while they  are reading.