To do...Jan. 27

1. Instructional Presentations (all presentations on Monday)
2. Health inquiries (gathering information on your topic; presentations next week)
3. History - read p. 192-208 (DR#1 p. 192, DR #1 p.196, AR #1 p. 197, DR #1 p. 204, DR #1 p. 207) due Monday

Blanket Exercise - Feb.8 @ 1:30 (still looking for 2 volunteers)

To do...Jan. 24

1. Instructional presentations begin tomorrow.
2. Math test - tomorrow
3. School Spoken Word - Friday morning
4. Health Inquiry - research

Instructional

How to ….. Success Criteria

• Effective Introduction/hook & Conclusion

• Show all the important steps, rules, and/or tips for the procedure.

• Show details about the procedure that others might not have thought of

• Use word choice that is interesting and sophisticated.

• Make the procedure clear and easy to understand

• Present with personality

*YOU APPEAR AS THE EXPERT

Health Presentations - rubric

To do...Jan. 24

1. Math review - Problems of the week worksheet & p. 170 #5, 6 (optional p. 173 #8, 9; p. 175 #7; blog question)
2. Health - come prepared with an inquiry
3. Instructional presentation
4. Math test (Thursday & Friday)

Preparation for measurement test

Health Resources

Peer Assessment - Spoken Word

Looking for Volunteers

On February 8th, all the intermediate classes at Highview will be taking part in the blanket exercise. It is a teaching tool to share the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. More information can be found at this link:  http://kairosblanketexercise.org/

My class will be taking part in the afternoon from approximately 1:30 to 3:00. We need two adults to take part as readers. The activity follows a script and the two volunteers would play the roles of Europeans.

If you are interested or want to know more, please contact Mr. Congram.

Spoken word example

A couple of new items:

1. Math test - circumference and area of a circle (Thursday and Friday - no double period)
2. Montreal trip - second deposit is due by this Thursday. We have discovered an error on the Cash Online for the second deposit. It should have charged more than the $103 it did. Therefore, the third installment (due in March) will be $366 to reflect this error. We apologize for the error. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Have a great weekend!

To do...Jan. 19

1. Math worksheet (4.9 side: #13, 14, 16 & "More practice" #16-19)
2. Checkpoint - AREA (Monday)
3. Spoken Word - practice
4. Instructional presentations - script ready for Monday

Grad photos - Thursday (wear white shirt with collar)

Find the area of the shaded part.

To do...Jan. 18

1. Math - worksheet #3-6 
2. Spoken word - rough draft due by end of tomorrow
3. Tchoukball - late (turn in if you have not done so)

A couple of dates to add to our important dates:

High school registration forms due Monday, Jan. 23

Course selection forms due Tues., Feb. 21

Important dates

Jan. 19- Spoken Word rough copy (Ready for feedback)
Jan. 20- PA Day
Jan. 24- Class Poetry Slam
Jan. 25- Montreal 2nd payment due (Grade 8)
Jan. 26- Instructional Class Presentations
Jan. 26- GRAD Photos
Jan. 27- School Poetry Slam
Week of Jan. 29- Thinking Books due this week (Grade 8 only)
Jan. 30- Instructional Class Presentations continue
Jan. 31- Health Inquiry Presentations
Feb. 1- Health Inquiry Presentations continue
Feb. 3- PA DAY
Feb. 7- Instructional Videos due
Feb. 15- Reports go home

Area of a Circle

via GIPHY

via GIPHY

What are your options? (HEALTH)

Learning goal:

• make reasoned decisions regarding healthy living and personal food choices based on a variety of criteria

How can you identify a healthier food choice?

Fast food nutritional information

Meal Planning - food guide

1. In groups of 3-4, choose a fast food restaurant.
2. Choose a healthier choice and a less healthy choice.
3. Compare your choices using these criteria:

• preparation method
• calories
• serving size
• grams of fat (saturated, trans)
• ingredients/nutrients (sodium, sugar, fibre etc.

Example:

Grilled chicken sandwich

Serving size - 500 g

food preparation - patty is grilled not fried

# of calories - 289

total fat - 8

saturated fat - 

trans fat -

sodium -

Ingredients - 

whole wheat bun (carbohydrate)

chicken (protein)

pickle (sodium)

tomato (vitamin C)

etc.

Would You Rather?

Choose the shortest route

Justify your choice.


Challenge question: Coins on a Plate

To do...Jan. 13

1. Math worksheet - #15-17
2. Spoken word - writing is ongoing
3. Instructional video - topic and begin script
4. Science - personal water use due Monday
5. Art - 3 half page drawings of food

Instructional video examples

Math Problem - Circumference

Area of square is 40 square centimetres. What is the perimeter of the figure?

To do...Jan. 11

1. Math - p. 158 #4, 5, 10, 12-14 & "In transit" worksheet
2. Checkpoint - Friday (circumference)
3. TOPIC for instructional video
4. Writing - Tchoukball rough draft ready for tomorrow
5. Health - article ready to discuss
6. Science - cover page

Circumference

Spoken Word examples

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompts 2

To do...Jan. 9

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great break and you were able to enjoy some time with family and friends.

1. Math - p. 151 #1-4, 5b
2. Health - read your assigned article
3. Writing - be prepared to write your procedure for Tchoukball
4. Think about possible topics for instructional videos
5. History - read p. 130-135 (DR p. 130; AR p. 131)

Montreal - you should have received an email in regards to the second installment of the Montreal trip.

Health Articles

You are responsible to read the article and:

• be able to summarize the content
• have any questions ready (what are you wondering?)

Mental Health

Physical Activity

Healthy Eating

Spoken Word - Evaluation

Spoken Word - Success Criteria

Written:

• BIG IDEA (important, passionate, connections)
• powerful statements (vocabulary, analogies, metaphors, short, descriptive)
• organization is evident (makes sense)
• what is the take away?

Oral:

• body language/hand gestures (matches the message)
• eye contact
• voice (volume, tone, emotion, passion)
• emphasis on important words and ideas
• rhythm

"Wish for You" - Neil Gaiman