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HUM 9: The Numbered Treaties assignment is due on Monday, Dec 3. You only need to do the 5-w's as a general overview, NOT for each treaty.  Also, you do not need to answer the questions, just made them. I will be assessing you on your ability to formulate questions and I will be able see how well you know the material by the types of questions your formulate. 

HUM 9:  Handed in "Borders" questions for assessment Looked at "We are all Treaty People" poster Began Treaties Research Assignment. Shared on Google Drive along with Costa's Three Levels of Questioning sheet Assignment Due MONDAY, DEC 3 HUM 8:  Literature Circles discussion groups-Week 3, chapters 7-9 Foreshadowing assessment LIFE SKILLS 9: researching peers' questions on substance use/abuse

HUM 9:  Read "Borders" in Crossroads. Crossroads in available on D2L.  Completed questions-due on Monday. Questions have been shared on Google Drive.  HUM 8: Went over Chapter 2 questions. Success of Italian city-states graphic organizer. Success of Italian city-states paragraph-due on Monday for homework. Reminder:  Literature circles on Monday Life Skills 9:  Substance use/abuse fact and myth chart Drug and alcohol KWL chart-answering questions on ipads 

HUM 9:  Checked and took up chapter 3 homework questions Began collective rights definition of collective identity looked at discussed articles from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Exit slip: Why should indigenous peoples worldwide have their own declaration? (include the idea of collective identity) Being marked under stem 7.  HUM 8:  Foreshadowing forensic investigation for "The Landlady" Chapter 2 questions Both items shared on Google Drive What is not done in class is due for homework tomorrow  Life Skills 9:  Inputting ends comments into IRIS Looking at potential careers on Learning Clicks website when done

HUM 9:  Handed in descriptive writing scene for assessment Took up "Mustafa Takes a Walk"-identify rights and freedoms in everyday life Charter Case Studies in groups of 3 HUM 8:  Handed in Saladin level 2/3 questions from yesterday for assessment Results of the crusades worksheet-shared on Google Drive-use pages 41-42 of the textbook  Literature Circles work period for chapters 4-6. Discussions on Monday.  Life Skills 9:  finished liquor bags Passion projects with latops 

HUM 9:  Metro-describing people in your writing-finished activity Show, Don't Tell in your writing Activity: transform one of the "telling" sentences into a "showing" sentence. Tomorrow, you will be recording one of the sentences on a sticky note and handing it in for assessment under Stem 2: Writes  HUM 8:  Foreshadowing Day 2: Scavenger Hunt Review of Crusades Completed Costa's 3-levels of questioning for "Saladin, Muslim Hero of the Crusades" article.  Students read article and were asked to create one level-two and one level-three question based on information from the article. DUE TOMORROW. Life Skills 9:  Intro to substance use/abuse unit

HUM 9:  describing people in your writing-activity  Discovering the charter-questions in red charter book HUM 8:  Chapter 1 Test Crusades questions. Due for homework. I will be collecting questions 9 and 10 tomorrow. Questions have been shared on Google Drive Life Skills 9:  Introduction to Substance Use and Abuse Unit Liquor bag campaign-drawing on liquor bags that will be used in stores over the holidays in order to warn about the dangers of driving impaired. 

HUM 9 Introduction to descriptive writing-identifying strong verbs and adjectives Practiced improving a piece of writing in order to make it more descriptive  Freedoms and responsibilities at school  HUM 8:  REMINDER: Chapter 1 Test tomorrow--> Tuesday, Nov 12 Test is multiple choice except for one fill in the blank You should know all vocabulary terms the feudal hierarchy pyramid  details about the Black Death (dates, affects of the plague, etc.) The role of religion in feudal society, different roles in the church  what caused the fall of feudalism and the after effects of this  If you were away last Thursday, Nov 8, here is the link to complete the worksheet on the importance of international trade:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IW8ZzY3xt8 Literature Circles discussion groups-week 1-chapters 1-3 of The Outsiders Biography of author S.E. Hinton-looking at connections between an author's life and what they write about Life Skills 9: Learnin

HUM 9:  Intro to descriptive writing mini unit Students who were away for the Remembrance Day Assembly will finish this on Monday during silent reading time HUM 8:  Video on the silk road:  Video Link Watched video and answered the question: What was the impact of the silk road? Students who were away can watch this video at home and complete the response for homework and hand in on Monday, Nov 12.  Worked on Literature Circles in preparation for Monday's first Lit Circle discussion group 

HUM 9:  Rights and Freedoms foldable. Information is on page 97-98 of the textbook and the textbook can be found on D2L.  Worked on Freeze Frame- Due FRIDAY, NOV 9 Grudgeball review game for Chapter 1 HUM 8:  Getting more mileage out of your drawings-practice drawing for literature circle discussion groups based off the poem "The Child Who Walks Backwards" Discussion tomorrow Finished European mapping assignment The Outsiders chapter 1 and 2 questions Life Skills 9:  Worked on violence prevention plan poster- DUE MONDAY, NOV 12

HUM 9:  Practice PAT questions in preparation for Ch 1 Test on Thursday, Nov 8 Study notes for everything you need to know for Ch 1 has been shared on Google Drive Difference between a right and a freedom created a Frayer model for each one Freeze Frame creative writing Assignment: due FRIDAY, NOV 9 HUM 8: 1960's Cultural Event GIST handed in Discussed main characters of The Outsiders   Asking Good Questions read article on Marco Polo and created one level 2 and one level 3 question based off of Costa's three levels of questioning  European Mapping assignment. Below is a link to help you find answers at home:  https://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/eu.htm  Life Skills 9:  Journal Entry-dealing with conflict situations Introduced Violence Prevention Action Plan Project-Tuesday, Nov 13

HUM 9: Intro into Chapter 3-Charter of Rights and Freedoms We looked at the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights and chose our top 10 and then top four rights. Students reflected on what their quality of life would be like with only these four rights and the rest being taken away.  Work period for Word Cycle Review Assignment- DUE MONDAY, NOV 5 REMINDER: Chapter 1 Test THURSDAY, NOV 8 HUM 8:  Reviewed Psalter Map (textbook, pg 30) and how it reflected the religious worldview of people at the time.  Signed out novel, The Outsiders . If you were away or, if you forgot your ID card, you will have to sign out the novel from Ms. Rankin on your own time.  Got into Literature Circle Groups, added sheets to our duotangs PPT with questions as an intro to the 1960's-the time period The Outsiders  takes place. PPT and questions have been shared with students on Google Drive.  Questions as well as 5-W's 20 word GIST statement on a significant cultural event of th

HUM 9:  Bias in the media station activity Photos and articles have been shared if you missed the quotes or, if you would like to do a couple extra ones. They are shared on Google Drive under the folder "Bias in the Media". Chapter 1 Review Assignment-Word Cycle Assignment has been shared on Google Drive.  Due: MONDAY, NOV 5 Will be marked under stems 3 and 7  HUM 8:  Chapter 1 Test: TUESDAY, NOV 13 Modeled "Think Aloud" Strategy in preparation for upcoming novel study Final round of Chapter 1 Textbook Questions. Due Friday, Nov 2  Life Skills 9:  Passion Project Day