But it truly has been two months and things are really starting to get interesting in room 114.
ELA 8K has started a unit called "Telling One's Life Story". In this unit we will be reading a novel called Go Ask Alice. This story is writen in diary format and is a 15 year-old girl's story of her battle with belonging that eventually turns into a drug addiction. We will also be reading poetry and short stories that show others telling their life story. Everyone has a story to tell and journaling/blogging is going to be a major way that students in ELA 8K will be given the chance to tell their story. You can check out the students' blogs here.
ELA 8J is still working on narratives of First Nations people. This works together with what we are working on in Social Studies. In SS 8 we are working on treaties in Saskatchewan. As a matter of fact, today we finished looking at the historical world views of different First Nations groups, such as the Cree, Dene, Saulteux, and Lakoda/Dacoda/Nekota people. Can anyone tell me one similarity and one difference between these groups?
As the end of the month is coming soon AMP (Attendance Motivation Party) is also coming up. This will be held on November 3, 2009 and invitations will be handed out to the students invited the day prior. AMP is for students with perfect attendance and less than 5 lates in a month. Hope to see many of the students there!
Mrs. Hepworth's grade 9 SS class will be putting on an Elder's Night at the Dene building on Tuesday, October 27 from 7-8 pm. All are welcome and those students in my SS class are asked to attend so that they know what they will need to do for the Elder's Night we will be hosting on December 1st.
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