Happy New Year!

Welcome back, and happy 2020!

I am so excited to see you all, and hope that you are ready to move into semester 2 of the school year!

We are going to start this week by discussing resolutions and SMART goals. We worked with SMART goals at the start of the school year, so this should be familiar to you. It is SUPER important to think about what we've done so far this year, and what we want to accomplish moving forward.

Here is a link to get you thinking about this: Growth Mindset Resources

More helpful links:
Video about growth mindset
New Years Celebrations around the world

Winter Break is Coming!

In this final week of school for 2019, we will be wrapping up our Renaissance unit as well as the Parts of Speech stations we have been running through.

Helpful links:
Marco Polo video

Report cards come out shortly after we return from break in January. Please check Powerschool to see your grades and ensure everything looks correct. If there are missed assignments, now would be a great time to get them in as they may change some of your overall grades.

I hope you all have a great break, and I can't wait to see you all in the New Year!

Venice is Sinking and more...

Renaissance projects are due ASAP, and should be handed in this week at the latest. Please talk to Shaskin if you need an extension or anything else to help you finish up!

On that note, one of our renaissance cities has begun to flood and may not be around much longer!! Click here to see some images of the flooding happening in Venice recently. We will also be reading an article about this this week.

Also, we will be working on some note-taking skills as we watch a video about Martin Luther and the Reformation

Helpful links:
Reformation video
Note-Taking Methods
Venice is Sinking Video

Renaissance Thinkers Project

Today, many students will begin the renaissance thinkers project where they are researching a specific person who made big changes to the Renaissance world and our world today.

Here is the link to the instructions for this project:

Renaissance Thinkers Project powerpoint

Click here for Project Ideas
Even more project ideas...


Steps for the project:
1. Complete 5 W's research (follow the powerpoint)
2. Look at the slides for 3's and 4's, and add any information you are missing.
3. Search for creative research project ideas on Google, or in the link above
3. Start organizing and creating your project!

DUE DATE: Friday, December 7

Humanism and the Renaissance

Today, we will begin the second half of our Renaissance study with looking at Chapter 3 in the textbook, which is about the development of Humanism. This will then lead us into a study of specific important people in the Renaissance who used Humanistic ideals to create a new way of thinking and developing in the Western World.

Helpful Links:
Humanism in a nutshell
Humanism video

Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming project to end the Renaissance!

Metis Week

Hi guys!! Sorry I can't be there today, but this cold will not go away!! Hope to see you tomorrow!

Please use the link below for today's activity to honour the Metis and their culture:

https://emsindigenoused.blogspot.com/p/metis-week.html

- open the first activity called: "Who are the Metis?" and follow the instructions to complete a written response that is due today (it's only one paragraph, you've got this!).

If you finish early, check out the 'Metis Art' link and ask the substitute for a colouring page.

Short Stories continued...again

This week we have been continuing to practice our short story reading and annotation skills. We have been searching for vocab, meaning, character traits, and foreshadowing.

In addition to the stories from last week, we read two more this week:

The Fun They Had
All Summer in a Day

We have also been working on comparing characters from different texts using Venn diagrams.

The Remembrance Day presentation and assembly are this week (Thursday and Friday).