Humanities 8 

Welcome to my homework page! I post assignment files here regularly for students and families to access.

• Week of Sept. 8 - 12:
  • Tuesday, Sept. 8 - All About Me (attached below)
  • Wed. Sept 8 - Thurs. Sept. 9 - "Where I'm From" poem and brainstorm (attached below)
  • Friday, Sept. 10 - Book "Tasting"
• Week of Sept. 14 - 18:
  • Monday, Sept. 14 - "Where I'm From" poem draft (attached below). Use your brainstorming pages and the original poem to help you fill in the blanks.
  • Tuesday, Sept. 15 - Continue drafting poem. 
  • Wed-Thurs, Sept. 16 - 17 - "When In History" lab.
  • Friday - "Where I'm From" final copy (template attached below).
• Week of Sept. 21-25:
  • Mon, Sept. 21 - Friday, Sept. 25 - The Witness Blanket. Explore one of the stories of the Witness Blanket and complete the response page (attached below)
• Week of Sept. 28 - Oct. 2:
  • Mon. Sept. 28 - Finish Witness Blanket panel.
  • Tuesday, Sept. 29 - The Secret Path lesson and NTW chart (attached below).
  • Thursday, Oct. 1 - Friday, Oct. 2 - The Butter Battle Book exploration and questions (attached below)
• Week of Oct. 5 - 9:
  • Mon. Oct. 5 - Writers' Notebooks
  • Tues. Oct. 6 - Introduction to Feudalism (slides and discussion)
  • Wed. Oct. 7 - Feudalism reading and worksheet (attached below).
  • Thurs. Oct 8 - Middle School Activity Day
• Week of Oct. 13 - 16:
  • Tues. Oct. 13 - Feudalism review / work block
  • Wed. Oct. 14 - "Wonderfully Wacky Wordy Wednesday" (word work focus)
  • Thurs. Oct. 15 - Feudalism "Lab" (role play activity)
  • Fri. Oct. 16 - Feudalism Lab Journal. Students who missed the lab need to read the short story "A Day in the Life of a Serf" (attached below) and answer the comprehension questions.
• Week of Oct. 19 - 23:
  • Mon. Oct. 19 - Begin daily morphology, Week 1 (Greek and Latin Roots - "port"), finish Feudalism Lab Journal.
  • Tues. Oct. 20 - Literacy Mystery Introduction, Case File, and Location 1 (see attached documents).
  • Wed. Oct. 21 - Literacy Mystery review and Location 2 (attached below).
  • Thurs. Oct. 22 - Literacy Mystery Location 3 (attached below).
  • Fri. Oct. 23 - Provincial Pro-D (no school).
• Week of Oct. 26 - 30:
  • Mon. Oct. 26 - Morphology Week 2 (Greek and Latin Roots - "struct"); review and update case notes of Literacy Mystery. 
  • Tuesday, Oct. 27 - Literacy Mystery Location 4 (attached below).
  • Wednesday, Oct. 28 - Literacy Mystery Location 5 (attached below).
  • Thursday, Oct. 29 - Literacy Mystery Location 6 (attached below).
  • Friday, Oct. 30 - Review and update case notes and suspect list of Literacy Mystery.
• Week of Nov. 2-6:
  • Monday, Nov. 2 - Morphology Week 3 (Greek and Latin Roost - "spect"); Literacy Mystery Part 7 - Important Clue (attached below)
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3 - Literacy Mystery - Location 8 (attached below)
  • Wednesday, Nov. 4 - Begin to build a strong argument based on the Literacy Mystery
  • Thursday, Nov. 5 - Review / Catch-Up
• Week of Nov. 9-13:
  • Monday, Nov. 9 - Argument paragraph, and terms
  • Tuesday, Nov. 10 - (Compressed schedule) Word Inventory
  • Wednesday - stat holiday (no school)
  • Thursday, Nov. 12 - map out your argument (thesis, 2 reasons for argument, evidence and explanation for each reason). See the "Flow Chart," attached below.
  • Friday, Nov. 13 - finishing mapping your argument (counterargument, rebuttal, evidence and explanation, plus your strong statement at the end).

ADST Music 7: Sound Design & Storytelling

• Lesson 3: Rhythm and Action. Use the first minute of this short Looney Tunes clip to work on a live soundtrack. Keep the video sound muted as your work. Focus on rhythm patterns that fit the action.
• Lesson 4: Choose either this short Jetsons clip or this short Tom and Jerry clip to work on a live soundtrack. Keep the video sound muted as your work. Focus on rhythm patterns that fit the action.
• 8-Bit Music: Choose either this short Super Mario Bros. NES clip or this short Bubble Bobble NES clip to create sound effects for the game. You may try to recreate the original sounds used or create your own original sounds. Focus on creating patterns to fit the action. Use beepbox.co to create the music.
• Final Project Options:
  • Video Game Music Composition Project (see instructions and project template on Teams)
  • Movie Clip Foley Sounds and Dialogue. Add Foley sounds and dialogue to this short Shrek clip or this short clip from Ratatouille. Listen closely to the original and make note of sounds that you hear (metal clanking, doors closing, wheels, footsteps, clinking coins, things being tossed into liquid, etc.).

RTCS Band and Choir

• Announcements:
  • 2026-2027 Band Concert Dates:
    • Wednesday, December 16th - Winter Concert @ 7pm
    • Thursday, March 4th - Spring Concert @ 7pm
    • Thursday, June 17th - Year-End Concert @ 7pm
• Choir Rehearsals take place Thursdays after school from 2:15 - 3:15 in the band room. All are welcome!
  • You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch (arr. Andy Beck)
  • Groovin' At Christmas Time (Pinkzebra)
  • Blackbird
• Grade 8 Band:
  • All Is (Not) Calm
  • All I Want For Christmas Is You
• Jazz Band:
  • All of Me
  • Jingle All the Way
  • Sugar Plum Swing
• Practicing: Students are expected to practice 15-20 minutes, 4-5 times per week. Practice records will be checked in class on a weekly basis. Also see the SUCCESS Steps attached below for the best practice steps!
  • Access the practice website here.
  • Access the Bandmate Chromatic tuner here.
  • Access a metronome here.
  • Percussionists! Try these exercises with your practice pad.