Friday's week in review

Interim Reports were sent home with students today. I've asked that they be signed and returned with the student Monday March 3, 2008.

Students had this week to make up any late assignments so I've told them they still have the month of March to bring up their marks for the next report card which is April 18. This is a temporary report card which only tells them their mark as of today in class.

In class today we marked the Chapter 5 exam and I will have it returned to students by Tuesday. Monday we will be starting on Chapter 6.

Chapter 5 Test Tomorrow!

Chapter 5 Test tomorrow is worth 80 marks. Be sure to study tonight!!!

This Weeks Updates

Today students have been informed of what work they are missing. Late work is due Wednesday February 27 and will NOT be accepted after that date!

Students worked on the Iwakura Mission Cartoon in class today, this will be due this Wednesday as well.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2169777/Ch-5-Assignment-Iwakura-Mission

Chapter 5 test will be this coming Thursday! Study definitions, PowerPoint, fill in the blanks activity, note-taking activity, and the Iwakura mission.

Wednesday update

I have to apologize for not getting work up sooner but I was away sick yesterday.

Yesterday I assigned Chapter 5 fill in the blanks handout. Here is the link if you are missing the assignment. Students spent time finishing this today. It is due tomorrow.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2096958/Ch-5-fill-in-the-blanks

I also assigned this chapter 5 note-taking sheet for students who finished early. We will be completing it tomorrow and it will be due on Friday. It is taking notes on pages 184-187.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2096972/ch-5-notetaking

Note for CC

Christina, I haven't posted the assignment yet as we will be doing it next week, don't worry I believe you are caught up on everything. Enjoy your weekend!

Ms. R

Article or Questions Due date

Yesterday's assignment (see below) will be due Tuesday February 19.

Enjoy your relaxing long weekend everyone!!!

Chapter 5 Article Assignment

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2066168/Chapter-5-Article-Assignment

This is the assignment that was given yesterday. Students worked on this today. There will be a small amount of time to work on it tomorrow and it will be due next week. **hint, hint-there may be a quiz tomorrow, study the Meiji PowerPoint.

Some students were struggling with this so I've provided the following alternate assignment if they are having trouble:

Answer the following 5W questions for 2 of the 4 countries or continent on Russia, Europe, China or USA using pages 166-171 of your text book. Answer in full sentences please:

1) Who was the outside influence?
2) What were the issues that created the crisis?
3) How did Japan respond?
4) Where was the crisis or influence taking place?
5) When did the events take place? Was it over a year or several years?
6) Why did the influence or crisis occur?

Chapter 5 Article Assignment

Today in class we finished slides 9-15 of the Meiji PowerPoint on Japan. Students were then given the article assignment based on the slides. No due date has yet been given as students have just begun and will continue working on it tomorrow.

Assignment Completion Statististics

I am posting completion stats for assignments. Parents and students please check that these assignments have been completed. Please feel free to contact me by email to verify if your child is missing an assignment.

Social 8-1
B-Thrild Worksheet --> 54% of class completed assignment
Comic Current Event --> 66% of class completed assignment

Social 8-2
B-Thrild Worksheet --> 76% of class completed assignment
Comic Current Event --> 56% of class completed assignment

Wednesday's class

Today in class we read page 165 together and students worked with their table groups to answer questions 1 and 2 on the page, questions were due in class.

We then viewed the PowerPoint on Meiji Japan from slides 1-8 and took notes.

We finished class by writing in our journals.

*PLEASE NOTE: Tomorrow is a half day as interviews are in the afternoon and evening. We will finish the PowerPoint and Ch 5 Vocabulary is due. Please call the school at 777-7770 if you would like to arrange an interview time.

Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Today we defined the 11 words from Chapter 5. Students were to write an example of the word and a non-example. This is what it should have looked like:

1) Consensus: a decision reached through common agreement.
Example: The class voted on whether marks should be deducted from late assignment and agreed they should not.
Non-Example: People could not come to an agreement.

This assignment is due this Thursday.

Chapter 5 PowerPoint on Meiji Japan

The following PowerPoint was created for Chapter 5. It covers pages 166-172 from our text book. We will be covering this content this week.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2049025/Meiji-Japan-Chapter-5
http://www.scribd.com/full/2049025?access_key=key-2l18sj0hbqbic3ow2isz

Week in Review

Today we marked the Comic Current Event in class. Due to students being absent this week it was decided through a vote that students who did not have their work finished could hand it in on Tuesday. There is no school for students on Monday so it will be due at the beginning of class on Tuesday.

Have a great weekend everyone!