Oct. 31, 2019

Oct. 30, 2019

Socials: No homework for today.

English 10: Your presentations have been extended to Tuesday.  This means Friday is your LAST day to get everything up to speed.

Oct. 29, 2019

English 8: A reminder your rough draft memoirs are DUE next class (Thursday). Please bring a hard copy to class: this means, bring your writing in if you did it on lined paper; if you typed it, please print a copy and bring to class.

CLE: Today we had our annotations workshop in preparation for your Personal Project research & report. Your Portrait is due on Nov. 6 - Thursday will be your last period to work on it.

Oct. 28, 2019

A reminder tomorrow is parent-teacher conferences. I look forward to meeting (or seeing again) all of your parents/ guardians. 

Homework Board:
English 10: We will be moving onto our good copies tomorrow. Come prepared, please. 


Socials 8: Please finish your reflection questions from today's activity:

1.  How did you come up with your island design? Explain your process in 4-6 points
2. When you constructed your island, which was the most challenging landform to recreate?
3. Sometimes it takes time to find the “gaps” in our knowledge. Give at least one question you have about landforms – we will review the answers on Wednesday! 

Oct. 24, 2019

CLE: Please bring your Personal Project materials to class on Oct. 29. Portrait Puzzles and reflections re due on Nov. 6.

English 8: Thank you for submitting your story outlines today. I will provide feedback over the weekend and return your papers by Tuesday, when we will start drafting our memoirs.

Oct. 23, 2019

General Reminders: 

Monday is your next Day 2, as Friday is a Pro-D Day.

Socials 8:
Please complete your "Landforms in Picture and Map" handout for Monday.


English 10: We outlined our "This I Believe" speech today. Please have your outline ready for next class (Oct. 28 - that's five days!), where we will be producing our rough copies. Remember that ALL notes and pre-work must be submitted with your final speech: brainstorming boxes, outlining, rough copy, and good copy.

Oct. 22, 2019

English 8: Your "Designing the Elements of a Story: Characters, Setting, and Conflicts" is due next class.

CLE: Portrait Puzzles due Nov. 6. You will have two more class periods to complete this.
Please bring your Personal Project material on Oct. 29th.

Oct. 21, 2019

Socials 8: Thank you for submitting your physical regions maps. If your Compass Rose handout was not completed in class, please finish it for Wednesday. 

 Grade 8's, your special PLT is tomorrow!

English 10:  Thank you for submitting your Speech Analyses. If you haven't finished our questions from Lloyd Axworthy's speech, "The Internet and Global Human Rights," please ensure they are completed for Wednesday: 

1.    The author begins his speech with a talking stick. What is this object?

2.    What are two cons (negatives) of the Internet that he addresses? 

3.    What are two pros (positives) of the Internet that he addresses?

4.    Axworthy says that his point is to address the dynamic technology of the Internet, and to examine to what extent it can be used to promote social change. Does he seem more openly accepting of the Internet, or wary/ cautious of it? Explain how you know. 

5.    What is the connection between the talking stick and the Internet?

Oct. 18, 2019

CLE: Thank you to those who submitted the portrait puzzle proposals for early feedback. Those creating their portraits on paper will receive the legal-size paper on Tuesday. Please remember we have moved the due date to Nov. 6.

English 8: Please ensure you have your memory itself ready (the thought bubble titled "My Memoir will be about..." on your handout). I'm excited to develop these stories with you next week!

Oct. 17, 2019

All Grade 8's: Calling all grade 8's! There will be a SPECIAL PLT on Tuesday. Last names A-L, meet us in the gym. Last names M-Z, we'll be in the library!

English 10: We will have 25 minutes to wrap up our analysis paragraph. Next week will largely focus on our persuasive speech (due Nov. 1). 

Socials 8: Please finish your physical regions map and bring to class on Monday. This means your map...

• is coloured
• has a legend (key)
• has provinces and territories labelled

Oct. 16, 2019

For tomorrow, please note after-school office hours will be held in the old gym due to a volleyball practice.
CLE: Please bring your personal project work to next class, again. Our page for PP will be updated as needed: https://msminato.blogspot.com/p/personal-project-minatos-group.html

English 8: No homework

Oct. 15, 2019

Socials 8: Good work developing your mnemonics for Canadian regions. Perhaps I should replace my "Can All Students Please Listen to Announcements" with "Always Pack A Super Crunchy Lunch." No homework for today!

English 10: If not completed in class, please finish your annotations on the speech of your choice. Bring your worksheet to next class!

Oct. 11, 2019

English 8: Nice hustle, everyone. No homework for the long weekend!

CLE: Portrait Puzzle proposals will be collected for review on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, please bring your personal project materials!

Oct 9 & 10, 2019

Oct 9
CLE - no homework. Bring your Personal Project material to Oct. 16's class!
ENG 8- no homework

Oct 10
ENG 10 - no homework... for now
SS8 - thanks for the presentations! no homework

Oct. 8, 2019

Socials 8:
Presentations are underway. Well done to all those who shared their research and solutions today. We will have the remaining presentations next class, vote, and start our action plan!

English 10:
We looked at one "This I Believe" speech from the NPR, and started to think about what experiences shaped our beliefs/ values. We started brainstorming our own speech, but there's no formal homework (yet). The instructions for our speech assignment can be viewed here.

Oct. 7, 2019

CLE: No homework

English: Those who signed up to finish their work during PLT, we'll see you tomorrow!

Oct. 4, 2019

English 10: Please have your Criterion A practice sheet completed for next class.

Socials 8: Presentation Day on Tuesday! Bring your research book and your presentation to class.

Oct. 3, 2019

English 8: Please have your Fryetag's Pyramid for "High School Firsts" ready for Oct. 9 (Wed).

CLE: Thank you for your analysis submissions. No homework today!

Oct 2, 2019

Socials 8: "It Starts With Us" Pitches to be presented on October 8th. If you want to work with your group in the lab after school, please let me know and we'll set up a booking.

English 10: We reviewed paragraphing structure from last class and worked on a Criterion A practice (Oprah speech). Specifically, we did our annotations. Please complete your annotations (Question 1A) for Friday's class.
We edited the 3rd last line: "number one lesson I could offer you where your work is concerned IS TO become so skilled, so..."

Our speech is an abridged version. The full speech can be found below:

Oct. 1, 2019

Happy October!

English 8: Freytag's Pyramid for "High School Firsts" due Oct. 9 (next Wednesday).
As we have completed our first month of school, we are going to use the genre of memoirs to reflect upon what we learned from our first month at Boyd. Choose one prompt from below, to outline. We will eventually turn it into a creatively written memoir:
- Grade eight activity day
- first day of school
- your first test

CLE: Your MBTI Analysis paper is due next class. Looking forward to your submissions!

Sept. 30, 2019

Socials: Please have entry 5 & 6 done and ready for Wednesday! You'll have the rest of this week to prepare your pitch presentation.

ENG10: No homework.