October 1 - Terry Fox Run

English 10

Today we did a quick review of bias with reference to the Indigenous vs Western Economic Worldview video clip and the comparison of the aboriginal and biblical creation stories.

Next we brainstormed a reading strategies prior to reading the story Marcus the Great.  Students were asked to do the following tasks and hand their work in at the end of the class.  

Before reading:  What are the similarities between you and your friends?  What are your differences? What similarities do you value the most?  What differences do you value the most?

During reading:  Pick out and record 2 examples of colloquialisms.

After reading: Write a response about the story.  What were your thoughts or comments about the story?  How does this relate to the concepts/themes of story and identity that we have been discussing?

Humanities 8

Today we started off with a quiz on chapter 5.  Then we completed a worksheet that helped analyze the Robert Frost poem in The Outsiders.  Finally, students were asked to write from a prompt related to chapter 5.   Students handed in their writing at the end of the class. 

Here are the choices:  

1.  The most beautiful view I had ever seen

2.  My over-active imagination was running away with me again

3.  A change of hairstyle/color

4.  Being homesick

5.  Words from a song/poem that are special to me

6.  Heroes and heroines