Socials 11-1: Final class/exam prep

Well, today was bitter sweet for me. I have really enjoyed working with you and will miss you next semester. I hope you feel satisfied with the course - both your learning and my teaching.

We began the day with a group activity to practice brainstorming/organizing for the essay questions. Thanks to Mr. B. we have access to a wonderful essay prep resource. Use this LINK to find the "Twenty Facts about Twenty Topics" Google Doc I showed you today.

I'm sorry we ran out of time with our massive SPERM-G(and A) table. You know I get excited when I start talking about this stuff. I hope you all practice (I really do care that you all do well). Good luck!

Use this LINK to access the Google Doc

Socials 8-1 and 8-2: Castle design project Day One (of two)

Today I went over the parameters of the design project. We used the computers and Google Maps to find a location to locate our castles and then we started to plan them in detail. We will have one more in-class work period but you may work on them at home if you wish. I thought everyone worked well. Enjoy the weekend.

Socials 10-2: CAPP

Today was a CAPP block. I collected the mini-paragraphs from the People's History episodes. We will work on the unit final project when we return in Term 3. Good luck with your exams and enjoy the weekend.

Socials 11-1: Exam prep: essays

Today, we started by reading some sample essays and seeing how they would be marked against the 6-point holistic scale. We then looked at a sample "brainstorm" t-chart from an essay. We also took thirty exam topics and categorized them A) Canada and the world: History and, B) Canada and the world: Geography in order to see which command words appeared most often and to see how some themes are more popular than others. Tomorrow we'll do some group brainstorming and prewriting for our last class together. Practice those on-line exams.

Socials 8-3: Castle Design: Day Two (of two)

Today was the second (of two) work periods to complete the castle design project. I had a computer cart available for those who needed to print their Google Earth views.

Socials 10-4: CAPP

Today was the last CAPP block of Semester One. There is no Socials 10 homework: study hard for your other exams.

Socials 10-4

Today I returned your mini-paragraphs from the People's History summary you handed in last class. I then gave the full block so that you could work on your culminating project (either a sketchnote or an essay).

On Wednesday at 3pm we will have a tutorial for the Government unit test and on Thursday at 3pm there will be a second re-write for anyone still wishing to improve his or her mark.