March 6

Math: 
This week we are working on a new chapter (Chapter 9, inequalities). On Thursday we will have a special activity day for the Francophone week. I will be handing back the Midterm exams on Wednesday.  Next week we will be continuing Chapter 9.

ELA:
No Language Power for the whole month of March! Here is a copy of the calendar for all Book Talk presentations, your class is orange.
Book Talk Calendar- orange
You also have some poems to write this week: A free verse and a social commentary themed poem. Remember, by the end of this month you will be sharing one of your original poems with the class. March 16-19 will be our POETRY SLAM where we will randomly draw your name. This means you need to memorize your poem, with a written copy to hand in. You were given a rubric last week so don't lose it. You can also find it on last week's blog.

Sciences:
This week we studied and reviewed different environmental issues. Next week we will introduce our new unit: Electricity.
Monday March 9th: Unit exam!!!

9- ES

 Students will have a chapter test on chapter 5. This test will consist of multiple choice and true or false questions. They will be given the opportunity to review material on Monday.

Students who missed last week test will take it on Monday. See Powerschool for new marks

FLA:

Last week we started learning about how to plan and organize our ideas for writing an essay.  At the end of the week I passed out a word bank of transition words and we participated in an oral activity to practice putting them to use.  Your essay plan is due on Monday, March 9th!!  Next week we will look at an example of an essay and identify the parts of the plan and the transition words within in.  We will look at a sample responses that were written by previous students on their PAT and cross reference it with the assessment rubric.  We will then begin transitioning our essay plan into an essay!