UP COMING WORK DUE: GRADE 7 ENGLISH

October 8^th DAY 8!!!

P2:  GOOD COPY OF KIDS BOOK DUE!!!!!!!!!!!

Rough copy....


Good copy...


Cover.....


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Location:Example of children's book: grade seven English

Grade 8

Fall assignments due Tuesday!


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Geography and history notes....

Starting interactive journals for note taking!

Notes will be taken in class and used for studying.


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TERRY FOX DAY: Success!

Please submit your Terry Fox Donations by Friday!

Looking for Volunteers.

"MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT!"

Please see me if you are interested in being a volunteer driver for activities in the future.

NYC

Interested in going to NYC?!?? Contact Mme. Rocan to sign up by Monday!!
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Got at iPad?

Here is a great app for anyone that has an iPad!!!



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Location:Boul du Plateau,Gatineau,Canada

ME TO WE GROUP: (Lunch time club)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/16/happiness-habits-of-exuberant-human-beings_n_3909772.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular 

INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY!!

http://youtu.be/jbendiFGIEE

See video for peace day celebration!


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Grade 8 history

Here is an example of our upcoming caveman report card! Due next week TBA.




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Location:Boul du Plateau,Gatineau,Canada

AUTOBIOGRAPHY DUE MONDAY!

Dear Grade 8 English Class,
Your Autobiography is due on MONDAY! Good copy involves it being printed and have a cover page!
Looking forward to it!
Ms. Kevan

WORK THIS WEEK: Grade 8

What should your child know/completed by the end of the upcoming week:

Grade 8:
English:
Knowledge:

1. Students should know what a simile/ metaphor/expression is. (refresher from last year)  
2. Students should be able to identify themes.

Assignments:

1. Students should have completed their rough copy of their autobiography.

 History:
Knowledge: 

1. Students should be understand timelines and what chorological order is.
2. Students should understand the vocabulary words given in Cave art package.
3. Student's should be able to tell you 2 things that are going on in world news this week.

DINNER-TABLE QUESTIONS TO ASK!:
1) What is going on in Syria?


Assignments:

No major Assignments this week.  *Review all handouts provided in class.

UPCOMING WORK THIS WEEK: GRADE 7

What should your child know/completed by the end of the upcoming week:

Grade 7:
English:
Knowledge:

1. Students should know what a simile is.
2. Students should begin to understand what a theme is.

Assignments:

1. Students should have completed their life map.

Geography:
Knowledge: 

1. Students should be understand the difference between continents, countries, provinces and cities.
2. Student's should be able to tell you 2 things that are going on in world news this week.

DINNER-TABLE QUESTIONS TO ASK!:
1) What is going on in Syria?


Assignments:

No major Assignments this week.  *Review all handouts provided in class.






 

Student Life Map example: Grade 7

15 minutes of reading!

My Class library for 15 Minutes of silent reading each English class.
This past summer, I picked over garage sale books to find some information based texts.  If you have any books at home that are at a reading level of grade 3-8, please consider donating to the class before throwing them out!

Materials Needed

Dear Parents,
Here is a list of materials needed for grade 7 and 8:
*General materials include paper, colouring pencils , markers, glue, 83247329 pencils because students are always losing them!, pens, highlighters, whiteout..
* If your child has trouble with organization...keep extra materials at home and replenish school supplies at Christmas break!

Grade 7: English:
1X Binder
 1X 100 page hilroy
4X 40 page hilroys




Grade 7 Geography:
 1 Binder. 
1x pack of cue cards for June exam  Studying


Grade 8: English:
1X Binder
 1X 100 page hilroy
4X 40 page hilroys

History:
 1 Binder
 1x pack of cue cards for June exam  studying

WELCOME!

Dear Parents,


         On behalf of the staff at Symmes Jr School, I am happy to welcome you to the 2013-14 school year! I am looking forward to a productive partnership with you to ensure that your child can achieve their highest potential. I recognize that in order to be successful in school, my students need support from both the home and school. I know a strong partnership with you will make a great difference in your child’s education.  I ask that you guide and support your child’s learning by ensuring that he/she:

1) Attends school daily and arrives on time, with materials and a large healthy lunch, ready for the day’s learning experience

2) Completes all homework assignments given by teachers

3) Reads 20 minutes daily to develop a love for reading and to improve literacy skills

4) Shares school experiences with you so that you are aware of his/her school life

5) Informs you if he/she needs additional support in any area or subject

6) That you check my classroom blog on a weekly basis for homework and upcoming assignments. :  www.mskevansclass.blogspot.ca

 

ENGLISH HELP: common themes in Literature

Re-Birth - life after loss, life sustains tragedy

Death - death as mystery, death as a new beginning

Heroism - false heroism, heroism and conflicting values

Escape - escape from family pressures, escaping social constraints

Love - love sustains/fades with a challenge

Journey - most journeys lead back to home

Coming of age - boy becomes a man

Patriotism - inner conflicts stemming from patriotism

Peace and war - war is tragic, peace is fleeting

Generation gap - experience versus youthful strength

Home - security of a homestead

Betrayal - fading bonds of love

Power - Lust for power

Isolation - the isolation of a soul

Judgment - balance between justice and judgement

Fortune - a fall from grace and fortune

Family - destruction of family

Sense of self - finding strength from within

Good and evil - the coexistence of good and evil on earth

Duty - the ethics of killing for duty

Survival - man against nature

Conformity - industrialization and the conformity of man

Individualism - choosing between security and individualism

Deception - appearance versus reality

Race relations - learned racism

Suffering - suffering as a natural part of human experience

Alienation - creating emotional isolation

Loss - loss of innocence, loss of individualism

Discovery - conquering unknown, discovering strength

Beauty of simplicity

Change of power - necessity

Change versus tradition

Chaos and order

Character – destruction, building up

Circle of life

Coming of age

Communication – verbal and nonverbal

Companionship as salvation

Convention and rebellion

Dangers of ignorance

Darkness and light

Death – inevitable or tragedy

Desire to escape

Destruction of beauty

Empowerment

Evils of racism

Facing darkness

Facing reality

Fading beauty

Faith versus doubt

Family – blessing or curse

Fate and free will

Fear of failure

Fulfillment

Good versus bad

Greed as downfall

Growing up – pain or pleasure

Hazards of passing judgment

Heartbreak of betrayal

Heroism – real and perceived

Hierarchy in nature

Identity crisis

Illusion of power

Immortality

Individual versus society

Inner versus outer strength

Injustice

Isolation

Isolationism - hazards

Knowledge versus ignorance

Loneliness as destructive force

Losing hope

Loss of innocence

Lost honor

Lost love

Love and sacrifice

Man against nature

Manipulation

Materialism as downfall

Motherhood

Names – power and significance

Nationalism – complications

Nature as beauty

Necessity of work

Oppression of women

Optimism – power or folly

Overcoming – fear, weakness, vice

Patriotism – positive side or complications

Power and corruption

Power of silence

Power of tradition

Power of wealth

Power of words

Pride and downfall

Progress – real or illusion

Quest for discovery

Quest for power

Temporary nature of physical beauty

Temptation and destruction

Totalitarianism

War – glory, necessity, pain, tragedy

Will to survive

Wisdom of experience

Working class struggles

Youth and beauty

Sebastian's show and tell!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXDEB_aubts