Report Cards & Bowness Registration

Report Cards came home today!  Please return the signed envelope next week.  The paper copy of the report card is yours to keep.  Reporting information is also displayed online via PowerSchool.

Bowness Registration - these are the yellow sheets that came home today.  On them, you will see teacher recommendations from Ms. Schnurr and myself for your core classes.  Please add your choices for your complementary classes.  This sheet needs to be signed by your parents and returned to TMC by Wednesday, Feb 6.

In addition, you will need to log in to PowerSchool to enter the core classes you have been recommended for and your choices for complementary classes.  Instructions for this process can be found HERE.  If you need support with this, ask Ms. Schnurr or myself and we can help you.  

If you are an experienced dancer who is planning on taking Dance at Bowness, you may be interested in advancing to Dance 25.  To do this, please select Dance 15 on your yellow sheet for now and complete this form outlining your experience.

Week of January 28-31

• Chapter 1 Handout
• relating to the remainder of Ch 1 content (continues on where previous handouts left off)
• complete questions using information from textbook (paper copy in class or available at home via Google Drive)
• due & discuss in class on Wednesday
• Essay for "Bill to Law" task
• Monday - essay planning template handed out / determine the topics for each of your three main body paragraphs
• Tuesday - lesson on introduction / write introductions
• Wednesday - Write main body paragraphs
• Thursday - lesson on Conclusion / write conclusion
• 'Harrison Bergeron' Short Story
• discuss in class on Thursday
• notes on your copy of story / separate paper should show significant evidence of analysis

Harrison Bergeron

As you read “Harrison Bergeron”, please highlight and make notes on the following
to prepare for our discussion:

-As you read this story, make note of how the author’s words make you feel.  

What general vibe do you get from the story?
Think of at least FOUR (4) words/descriptions

-What is the main idea/point you think the author is trying to get across?

-What do you think the author’s attitude or opinion is toward the
main idea/point listed above?  What specific words/descriptions make you think this?

Use textual evidence, please (specific words and phrases from the story).

Other considerations to make note of as you read:

-Any observations you find interesting or noteworthy

-Any questions that you had about the text


Feel free to use the audiobook version of the text, which is available on YouTube:

CTF Survey

CTF SURVEY 

Bowness Tour is on Thursday!  Please make sure you bring your completed forms and $5 fee (to cover bussing costs).  We will leave the school at around 9am and return to TMC at lunch.  Bowness will provide a snack for us, but you will still need to bring a lunch to school that day.

Government Analogy task is due on Monday, January 21.  Lots of creative ideas are being developed!

We will have a short check-in/quiz on the government topic on Friday, January 18.  It will be multiple choice and fill-in the blank format.  It will focus on the three branches of the Federal Government, the function/role of each part and also the Bill to Law legislative process.

Government Analogy: Students continue to firm up their plans for the Federal Government Analogy task.  When you have decided what you want to compare the structure of government to (for example, a bicycle or the human body), please have your plan initialed by Ms. Cavallin to receive feedback.  This plan should be firmed up by the end of class today (Wednesday). A reminder that this task is shared with you in Google Drive if you have misplaced your printed copy. 

Cabinet Comparison: Please make sure you have recorded your observations comparing Stephen Harper's 2007 Cabinet to the current Cabinet in place under Justin Trudeau.  You should record your observations about:

1. the names/types of portfolios in each Cabinet
2. regions of Canada represented by Cabinet ministers
3. male/female ratio of Cabinet ministers

What do you notice about each of the above?  What does it tell us about the priorities of the Harper gov't compared to those of the Trudeau gov't?  If you were PM what Cabinet position

would you add?  We will discuss this in class on Thursday.