Thursday, February 27, 2014

Practice SPG List 18

OUR NEXT SPG TEST ISN'T FOR ANOTHER MONTH!

Click here to practice this week's SPG. Also study the homonyms list.

7L Test Date: Tue Mar 25
7S Test Date: Thu Mar 27

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Math Unit Test: Patterning and Algebra

We will be having our math unit test on Patterning and Algebra tomorrow. See the video below for the breakdown of the practice test we did today. Click here for the sample solutions.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Divergent Week 7 Feature Page Questions


There are 8 weeks in our Divergent Thinking Book Novel Study. Every week, you must:

  • read at least a chapter a day from Monday to Friday (5 chapters in total)
  • complete 1 of the 5 chapter questions which will be posted daily as a feature page in your Thinking Book.
Therefore, at the end of our 8 week novel study, you should have at least 8 feature pages ready to hand in.

Choose and complete 1 of the 5 below in your Thinking Books:

Week 7 Chapter 31
Describe the meaning of a ‘fear landscape’ in a feature page.


Week 7 Chapter 32
In this chapter the youth discuss what jobs they would want if their ranking was high enough. Create a feature page describing what jobs you would want as a teen or adult.


Week 7 Chapter 33
Create a feature page which summarizes the action in this chapter.


Week 7 Chapter 34
Create a feature page profiling the character Jeanine.


Week 7 Chapter 35
Describe the importance of mothers in this feature page.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

French Homework

French Verb Sheet due Tomorrow.

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Math Homework


Go shopping this weekend. Find an example of something that is sold in different amounts (for example, the exact same cereal in different size boxes). Bring back the following information (take photos if possible):
  • How much is in each size?
  • What is the cost of each size?
  • Which is really the better deal?
  • Did they store present the information in a misleading way?

OWA Persuasive Writing Task

Due: Monday, Feb 24

Click here for the project description.

Click here for the exemplar persuasive essays.

Click here for our notes on persuasive writing.