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Monday, September 12th
In Language we had time to finish our demand writing and then we did a creative writing task. Two comic style Medieval characters were drawn on the board and students had to give them life by giving them a name, job, hobbies, dreams, etc. Then students had to fill out a speech bubble and imagine what they are saying.

WOTD - knight a man, usually of noble birth, who after an apprenticeship as page and squire was raised to honorable military rank and bound to chivalrous conduct.

Friday, September 9th
In Social Studies we started the new grade 9 class that explores Canadian Identity. We started by talking about what we think Canadian Identity is. We listed several things including, freedom, snow, hockey, fishing, beaver, moose etc. Then we watched Canadian poet Shane Koyczan's video.

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Then we started to read our text and discovered a painting by Robert Harris from 1885 //A Meeting of the School Trustees.// //﻿// We watched this painting come to life in one of Canada's Heritage Moments.

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Then we talked about how to explore a painting/image for information.

Finally we watched a commercial that showed that hockey is our game and we ended class with //The Good Old Hockey Song//.

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HOMEWORK : Name something that we didn't say in class that makes you think of Canada? Be ready to explain why. Due next class (Thursday, September 15th).

In Language we had our WOTD quiz and everyone in the class passed :D

Then we went over the 6 point scoring rubric for demand writing.

Then students were asked to pick one of the following images and create a story based on what they see. They had to complete a thought organizer before they started writing.





Thursday, September 8th
Remember that you have a WOTD quiz tomorrow afternoon.

__WOTD__ cruise - to sail about on a ship going from port to port.

We went the whole morning without having a class together and then this afternoon we went down by the water to take part in the town event. Everyone seemed to enjoy the Nothern games.



Wednesday, September 7th

 * Period 1 and 2**

Today in class we took some time to get to know each other and we completed the "All About You" worksheets to help me learn as much about my new students as possible. Then we went to the gym with the rest of the school and were welcomed back to school. We took part in some games to earn some house points and we all had a good laugh playing dodge ball.


 * Language**

We had double language today and we started with today's word of the day.

__WOTD__

intermediate - being or occurring in the middle

Remember that you will get a new word of the day on Monday - Thursday. Then on Friday you will write the WOTD quiz. You have to use the words in an original sentence using correct spelling and conventions. Your first quiz will be Friday, September 9th and you will only have two words.

Then we worked together to establish the classroom rules and expectations. We tested our following directions skills with a tricky test that showed exactly how important it is to read everything on a test.

We then exercised our brain with a memory game in which you had to look at 24 random objects for 30 seconds and try to remember as many as you could. Then you had 2 minutes to write down as many as possible. Josh won the game by recalling 14 items. Way to go Josh!

Then we tried the color game. Try it for yourself, it's harder than you think!

Try saying the following colors that you see __not__ the word.

**BLUE** **RED** **YELLOW** **ORANGE** **GREEN** **BLACK**

Finally we talked about the famous quote from Shakespeare's //Romeo and Juliet.//

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

Then we finished the day by using our names to create name art in the classroom. I think it was a great start to what should be a great year.

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