Humanities 8

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

• November 18: Argument Map: Turning Investigations Into Reports! Based on their investigation results, students map out an argument on the cause of the Medieval Black Death. See attached "Argument Map" below. Students need their completed Investigation Journals to work on this assignment.
• November 15: The Black Death and the Decline of Feudalism. Please see the attached assignment, below.
• November 13-14: History Mystery: The Black Death. Students who are absent can access the materials and exhibits here (Note: Exhibit A is slide 1; Exhibit B consists of slides 3 and 4; Exhibit C is slide 8, Exhibit D consists of slides 5, 6, and 7; Exhibit E is slide 10; Exhibit F is slide 2; Exhibit G is slide 9; Exhibit H is the rat video on the main page. Also, please note that I do not show the Intro Video in class.) Completed Investigation Journals are due by Friday, Nov. 15th at the beginning of class.
• November 12: Digging For The Truth! (History Investigation - in class only).
• November 6-7: Cree Code Talkers Reading Comprehension (Jigsaw Activity - Expert Groups and Home Groups). See attached article and worksheet "The Cree Code Talkers Reading Comprehension." Additionally, please watch the short documentary Cree Code Talker.
• November 5: Cree Code Talkers Workshop

• November 4: Army Code Talkers: 

  Div 84: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/19541208 (Students will need the Div. 84 class code HC9NB4ZP)

  Div. 83: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/19541209 (Students will need the Div. 83 class code: WDMMTKWJ)

• October 30-31: English Language Arts Halloween Escape Room!
• October 29: Catch up day!
• October 28: Argumentative Writing - discussion and brainstorming groups.
• October 23: Introduction to the Crusades. See attached "Crusades" assignment.
• October 22: Argumentative Writing and Paragraph Puzzle 2 (see attached "Paragraph Puzzle No. 2")
• October 21: Religion Around the World (see attached assignment)
• October 17-18: Readers' Theatre and writing activities.
• October 16: Review and Paragraph Puzzle (see attached "Paragraph Puzzle No. 1").
• October 15: Argumentative Writing/Elements of a Strong Argument. Write a paragraph asking parents/guardians/teachers for a privilege or item. 
• October 11: Writing focus, using Fall writing prompts. Options: Write a conversation (can be a text exchange!) between a turkey and a pumpkin about the month of October; describe a Thanksgiving meal from the perspective of a utensil (fork, spoon, etc.); write a speech for a turkey urging people to eat tofurkey for Thanksgiving OR start a spooky short story.
• October 9-10: Text evidence review and practice. See the attached article, "Did St. Patrick Get Rid of the Snakes in Ireland?" 
• October 8: "Show What You Know of the Middle Ages" - review class. Students choose either the "Creative Line Art" assignment or "Postcard from the Past" assignment to show facts they have learned about the Middle Ages. See assignments attached below.
• October 7: Religion in European Feudal Societies. See the attached "Religion in Feudal Societies" worksheet.
• October 4: Comparison of feudalism in Europe and Japan. See the attached "Feudalism - Japan vs. Europe" worksheet, due Monday, Oct. 7th.
• October 2-3: Text Evidence Stations (small group work). Station 4 reading ("Squirrels") and worksheet attached below. See also the attached "READ Strategy Sentence Starter" notes.
• October 1: R.E.A.D. Strategy for Text Evidence. See the attached Doodle Notes! Complete the attached worksheets below (learning stations one and two).  
• September 23-26: The Witness Blanket. Together we are exploring the experiences of residential school Survivors shared through this large scale work of art. We are building an understanding of how these experiences continue to impact Indigenous Peoples and the steps that we can take in our efforts for reconciliation. Reflections are to be made in the form of written paragraphs and artwork (templates are available in the classroom).
• September 19-20: Terry Fox. See reading comprehension assignment below.
• September 18: Feudalism Lab and Lab Reflection. See reflection sheet attached below.
• September 17: Feudalism - Overview of the feudal system in medieval Europe. See assignment attached below.
• September 16: Fall of Rome - Overview of the fall of Rome, which led to the rise of feudalism and marks the beginning of the middle ages. See assignment attached below.
• September 12-13: One Day Geography atlas assignment. See assignment and atlas pages in attachments below.
• September 11: When In History? lab. Students analyze "artifacts" in the classroom, trying to determine which time period each one is from.
• September 10: The Butter Battle Book assignment. Click here to listen to the read aloud. The assignment is listed in the files below.

Band 7/8

• Announcements:
  • 2024-2025 Band Concert Dates:
    • Wednesday, December 18th - Winter Concert
    • Wednesday, March 5th - Spring Concert
    • Wednesday, June 18th - Year-End Concert
• Recordings (Gr. 8 band):
  • Winter Winds
  • Christmas Time Is Here
  • Where Are You Christmas?
• Recordings (Gr. 7 band):
  • Winter Winds
  • Sneaking on the Housetops

• Practicing: Students are expected to practice 15 minutes, 4-5 times per week, for a total 60-75. Practice records will be checked in class on a weekly basis.

  • Access the practice website here. 
  • Access the Bandmate Chromatic tuner here.
  • Access a metronome here.