John Oliver Secondary School Ms Ink

2-1 S.S 8: Gallery walk to present our ancient civilization project. We will be filling in our peer review sheets. As well, we are going to do a 3-2-1 review that goes over what we learned from our fellow classmates projects. New unit on the Renaissance starting next day!

2-3 ELL Reading: We will start with reading a current events article about Daylight Savings Time – the history of it and who in the world participates in it. Do you do daylight savings time in your home country? Do you like it? Do you not like it? Then we are going to be learning more about possessive pronouns – I will give you some instruction on possessive pronouns and then you will be filling in some worksheets to practice using possessive pronouns.

Worksheet package due next class – Monday, November 6.

2-4 ELL S.S: We are meeting in the library today to start working on learning how to do research, paraphrase and not plagiarize. This will lead into our project coming up!

1-1 S.S 8: Gallery walk to present our ancient civilization project. We will be filling in our peer review sheets. We did not have time to do our 3-2-1 review so we will begin with it next class.

1-2 S.S 8: Gallery walk to present our ancient civilization project. We will be filling in our peer review sheets. As well, we will complete a 3-2-1 review that goes over what we learned from our classmates projects.

1-3 S.S 9: Shark Tank presentation day!! The Sharks will be in the building to listen to each groups presentations about their invention from the industrial revolution. The Sharks will decide on one invention that they will be investing in! Should be a very fun class 🙂

2-1 S.S 8: Last block in the library to work on our ancient civilizations project today. If groups are not finished their project they need to meet at break or lunch to finish it up so they can present next day. Project due November 2nd.

2-3 ELL Reading: Reading Comprehension test. As well, we are finishing the rest of the exercises from the story “How the People Became Wise”

• Pg. 24 #1-10
• Pg. 25 Exercise A
• Pg. 26 Exercise B
• Pg. 27 Exercise C and D
• Pg. 28 Exercise E
• Pg. 29 Exercise F and G

2-4 ELL Social Studies: The importance of Indigenous women in the fur trade will be discussed. As well, we will be working with primary sources and learning how to analyze them to learn from them. No homework!

Day 1

1-1 S.S 8: Students worked in the library on the last day of their Indigenous Civilizations project. They will be presenting their projects next class in a gallery walk format.

Projects due: November 1

1-2 S.S 8: Students worked in the library on the last day of their Indigenous Civilizations project. They will be presenting their projects next class in a gallery walk format.

Projects due: November 1

Project Instructions: S.S 8-Comparative Ancient Civilizations Project

1-3 S.S 9: Students work in their Shark Tank Project groups researching about their invention and writing their scripts. Students will present to three guest speaks, our sharks, on November 1st! Every group must be prepared to present that day – the guest speakers will only be at John Oliver on November 1st.

Project Instructions: Shark Tank Project PDF

As many of you know, I am a Social Studies and English teacher. I attended The University of British Columbia for six years, where I completed a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in History and English Literature. During my undergrad I specialized in the area of social justice and human rights. I then completed my Bachelor of Education, where I specialized in teaching Social Studies and English. I completed my practicum at Eric Hamber Secondary School. I then went on to become a TTOC for the Vancouver School Board and now have been recently hired on at John Oliver. I am very excited for my future as a Joker!

Hello students, parents, and guardians!

This blog site is for you to be able to check on what’s happening at school in Social Studies 8 and 9 as well as ELL Reading 1 and ELL Social Studies 3. I will post what work each class worked on that day, including attaching any homework for you to access. My hope is that this will keep parents up to date as well as give students a place to go in case they lose something or forget what they need to finish for homework.

Cheers,

Ms Ink