Chemical Changes Science Experiments on Fri

Please remember the materials for your Science experiments on Friday.

Eric Hamber Midtown Showdown

Tomorrow we are walking up to Eric Hamber Secondary to watch the Sr. Girls and Sr. Boys Basketball teams.

Newbery and Young Readers Choice Awards Individual Novel Project

This term, students are choosing their own books to read for a novel study. Everyone can choose a Newbery Award Winner or a YRCA book. Both of these awards represent the best in young adult fiction. All students will be meeting with genre groups to discuss novel elements and then will work on an individual creative project.

Please find and bring a copy of your book to class on Wednesday.
For recent YRCA choices: http://www.pnla.org/assets/nomineeslist%202000-2015%20updated%20august%202015.pdf

Here's an infographic on the Newbery Award:

Vancouver Art Gallery- Jan 15th

Students will be viewing and interacting with the VAG's "Embracing Canada" exhibit that features the Group of Seven.

** don't forget two bus tickets or your compass card.

Math Quiz- Wednesday, Jan. 11th

Be sure to review your Geometry lessons from pp 97-111. Good luck!

Classroom Visitor

Today we were greeted by a visitor named Lucy. She is Ms. Park's 2 month old Golden / Labrador Retriever. Our class were great hosts and really enjoyed the visit.

Pocket Market Success!

After a lot of crafting, and a little bit of chaos, we pulled it off. Cavell's first Winter Solstice Pocket Market. Well done all boys and girls!

Poems for Two Voices- Final Version Due!

Review the criteria:

-At least three stanzas

-Two lines minimum written in unison

-A dialogue between two people, places, or things

- Strong, precise verbs

- A conclusion that echoes or emphasizes something important in your poem.

- typed or written for display.

Your best work is due tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 15.

Quiz on the Refugee Crisis on Wednesday, Dec. 8th

Please review your map and two articles, "Canada and Refugees" and "Europe's Refugee Crisis".

Vocab: refugee, migrant, United Nations, Asylum, extreme poverty, and civil war.
Map: What is one migration route through Europe to Germany?
Ideas: Germany's and Hungary's response to the refugee crisis, Canada's record on refugees, the pros and cons to accepting refugees for Canada.
Good Luck!

This clip may be helpful too:

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Khan Academy

Our students have just been introduced to Khan Academy Math as a fun way to give them extra practice and access to additional math tutorials. https://www.khanacademy.org/

Our class code is:  359C6R

Students have signed up to access our class group using their email account. If you do not wish for them to be signed up please contact us and we will remove them from the group.

Poems for Two Voices- draft due Dec. 8

Please prepare a draft poem that will be ready for use in our feedback session tomorrow.

Criteria: 

- compare and contrast two people,ideas, objects, or things in s free verse poem

- compose at least 3 stanzas for each voice

- Use at least two hook lines that are written in unison.

Happy Writing!