January 20-24

Tuesday is our trip to Bowness for Grade 9 Tours.  You will get your yellow course recommendation form afterward.  Please see this powerpoint presentation for instructions on how to use PowerSchool to make your course selections.  If you need help, or need to use a school computer to do this, please let me know and we will make time for you to do this.  Yellow forms need to be signed and returned by Tuesday, January 28th (one week today).    PowerSchool will close after this time and no changes to course selection will be able to be made.



Federal Government Quiz on Thursday - please be familiar with the three branches of government, the roles within the three branches of government, as well as the key features of each role (i.e. what is the role of a Cabinet Minister?)

December 13

I will be attending a meeting at Bowness High School today, so Ms. Pedersen will be in for me.  You will be working on:

1. reading two chapters from Marrow Thieves:  "Loss" and "The Circle" (use ebook on laptop or ipad mini)
2. SS Questions 14-18
3. Analogy task - due December 18

You will have access to a laptop cart all morning, so make sure your time is productive! 

December 10

Students are currently working on the Federal Government Analogy task.  This project has a written component as well as a visual one.  It is due on December 18 (we will share using a Gallery Walk format).  Please refer to the task, as well as the checklist/rubric to make sure you have completed the project fully. 

Cell Phone Student Survey

Please complete the Cell Phone Student Survey before December 13!

December 1

Business Letters are due on Wednesday.  Please make sure you have used the checklist provided to ensure your writing is edited and reflects your best work.   

November 18-21

Collective Rights - This week we looked at the history of Métis rights in Alberta.  We captured key events and legislation on a timeline.  Please make sure your timeline is completed by Tuesday, Nov 26.

The test for the Collective Rights topic on Friday, November 29.  The following list can be used to help review key concepts:

November 12-15

This week we are looking at how the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the rights of Canada's two official language groups.  If you were absent at all this week, please refer to the document share with you in Google Drive titled "Anglophone and Francophone Rights" and complete according to the following schedule:
Tuesday, Nov 12:  Task 1  (Timeline of dates)
Wednesday, Nov 13: Task 2 (murals in Quebec City)
Thursday, Nov 14:  Task 3 (Bill 101) and Task 4 (conflicting articles)
Friday, Nov 15: Task 5 (Les Fransaskois - Gravelbourg, Sask)
All five tasks should be completed by Monday, November 18.

For our novel study of Marrow Thieves, we have read/are reading the following chapters this week:

Wednesday:  'Haunted in the Bush' & 'A Plague of Madness'

Remember, a link to the ebook was sent to you via your CBE gmail account.