Wednesday, Dec. 19

Psychology 30
Prenatal growth assignment due today. Notes on the cognitive domain and a handout assignment which is due on Jan. 4.
CE 12
Watched a criminal minds episode with a cult focus.
English 9
Finished Christmas cards.
Art 10-30
Working on illuminated manuscripts.
PAA 9/10
Started nutrition presentations.
Clothing 8M
Handout of questions on Identifying Sewing Equipment.

Friday, Dec. 7

Psychology 30
Notes for the third trimester. Watched "In the Women".
CE. 12
Finish review sheet of world religions.
PAA 9/10
Tests on Food Additives returned. Assignment-Research a nutrition issue to form a presentation to the class,
English 9
Read the Odes to Thor. Christmas myth research started.
Art 10-12
Spoon Sculpture Critiques
CE 10C
Isaac and Jacob, Genesis 25, 27, and 29 Read and summarized

Dec. 6 Wednesday

Art 9
Finishing fingerprint autobiography.
Clothing 8 L
Sewing hoodies.
Creative Writing
Working on kinetic poetry.
English 9
Test handed back and reviewed. Odes polished and good copy handed in.

Tuesday, December 4

CE 12 - Worked on study charts for World Religions test. Test is next Tuesday.

English 9 - Narratives test is tomorrow. Worked on test review sheet.

CW 20 - Worked on Ode poems. Homework check tomorrow.

CE 10 - Watched a film on Abraham and Isaac, and answered related questions.

Dec. 3, Monday

Psychology 30
Watching "In the Womb" to strengthen our understanding of prenatal development. What a miracle life is!!
CE 12
Started to fill out a review chart for World Religions.  Then ended the class helping to unload the fruit truck.  Way to go class.  Thanks for the help.
English 9
Ode to Thor writing assignment.
Art 10-12
Continued working on spoon sculptures.
PAA 9/10
Made some unbaked delicious cookies and samples our pickles from two weeks ago.
Clothing 8 M
Continue working on pattern symbols.
Handout on evaluating learning.

English 9 - Ode Poems

You can find examples of ode poems here:

http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/Ode_

There are also links to famous odes here:

http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous_poems

Thursday, November 29

PAA 9/10 - Study period for the unit test.

Eng 9 - Continued watching Thor and answering Thor related questions.

Art 10-12 - Worked on our group spoon projects.

Psych 30 - Handed tests and activity D back. Started the next unit.

PAA 9/10 - Unit test on Friday

PAA 9/10 - You will be having a unit test on Friday. You will be allowed to bring in one 8 and 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of paper with as much writing (pen or pencil) as you can fit on one side.

The test will cover everything we have covered after the finance unit. This includes food safety, food additives, food preservatives, etc. You will have Thursday's class to make up the sheet you will bring in to the test.

Wednesday, November 28

Clothing 8 - Sewing Hoodies.

Art 9 - Finished soap carvings for hand in.

Eng 9 - Watching Thor and answering questions on Thor.

CW 20 - Worked on parralel poems and read them out loud.

Tuesday, November 27

CW 20 - Worked on our movie reviews for tomorrow.

Eng 9 - Took up How Thor Got His Hammer. Did a drama assignment to coincide.

Art 10-12 - Worked on words based drawing. This is due at the start of class on Thursday.

Monday, November 26

CW 20 - We read our haiku's. We started our movie reviews.

CE 12 - Presentation on Hinduism.

Eng 90 - Death of Balder Questions.

Louder Than a Bomb clips online

For students working on their Louder than a Bomb reviews, here is a link with several clips to help you refresh your memory. 

How to write a movie review

Here is a brief introduction to writing movie reviews.

Here is some information on writing a movie review as provided by the Toronto International Film Festival

Here are some examples of movie reviews that I find interesting:

A review of the hip-hop DJ documentary Scratch

A review of the unusual documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop

Oftentimes reviewers have different feelings about a piece of work. Even if they are minor details, they will say things in a unique way. See how these reviewers all approach RIP: a remix manifesto (which is primarily a documentary about Greg Gillis aka Girl Talk) differently:

Review from The Star

Review from the AV Club

Review from Canada.com 

How to Write a Movie Review -- powered by ehow

http://www.ehow.com/how_2002071_write-movie-review.html


REVIEW IS DUE FOR EVALUATION AT THE START OF WEDNESDAYS CLASS

Friday, November 23

English 9 - Read through more norse narratives.

Art 10 - 30 - Worked on text based poster assignment.

Psych 30 - Wrote the unit test.

PAA 9/10 - Watched food related videos (see previous post).

CE 12 - Presentation on Judaism.

PAA 9/10 assignment

1. Watch the Jamie Oliver Ted Talk (above).  Write a paragraph (or more) talking about 3 to 5 things he said and your feelings about those things.

2. Then write a response to the following video after having watched Jamie Oliver's Ted Talk. Does watching Jamie Oliver's opinions affect your view of the following video about fast food? Why or why not?





Due Thursday.