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.  

Take Our Kids to Work Day

Take Our Kids to Work Day, Nov. 6

Take Our Kids to Work Day is Nov. 6. It involves students in Grade 9 spending the day in the workplace of a parent, relative, friend or volunteer host. It is not a CBE event; if parents want to take their student to participate in this day, they need to report the absence.

Students learn about a variety of careers, industries and sectors.

Area I IB Presentations

October 29

We continue to learn about Collective Rights in Humanities - Yesterday we looked at a scenario based on actual events in Canadian history.  Today, we will deconstruct the scenario and connect it to terms in Treaty 6 and Treaty 7.  

We are also working on Dramatic Group Performances of the extended endings you wrote for "Miriam" or "The Landlady".  Some groups chose an ending that they particularly enjoyed, while other groups decided to create a collaborative script using bits and pieces of different students work.  Students are encouraged to think of different strategies (music, sound effects, etc) to engage their audience and help establish their intended mood/tone.  Each student should have a speaking role, however not all speaking roles need to be equal in length.  Groups will share these performances on Thursday, Oct 31!  

Photo Retakes on October 28!

A reminder that Photo Retakes are on Monday, October 28!

October 25

Today students had an entire period to write their Extended Ending draft.  If you did not finish this, please make sure you do so for homework over the weekend.  If you are able to print a copy of your ending at home, please do.  If you don't have access to a printer, not to worry, you can print a copy at the start of class on Monday.  We will be working with your drafts on Monday so it is important you are done this stage.

If you were on the SEAs trip, you are not expected to have this done.  You will have another role in this task.