Minor Details - November 22

November 22 - 26, 2021

Thank You

To my loyal, regular readers (you know who you are), thank you!

And I apologize for making you wait until today to read about this week's activities ... I hope the wait is worth it.

Book Cover Art Project

Over the past few weeks, we have been using our photo editing skills to re-create a favourite book cover in a creative and innovative way. We were inspired by a contest sponsored by the Port Colborne Library and will be submitting our work to the contest next week. In these pics of Jillian and Kylie's work, you can see the original book cover, and their re-creation.

I will continue to share book cover art over the next week.

Spirit Days - "Twin Day"

This is the third of many spirit days Student Council has organized for the months of November and December. In this pic you can see Mrs. Laur and her "twin" Will, and Kyrie and Kailyn from Mrs. Laur's kindergarten class. Stay tuned for "Mismatch Day" next Wednesday.

Grade 8 Day at Port High

For a few hours on Wednesday, DeWitt Carter grade 8 students became grade 9 students!

When we arrived, we noticed the "Welcome" message on the door that mirrors our class philosophy.

The visit included presentations by Port High student parliament representatives and guidance teacher Mr. Walker. Port High is a fantastic school with so many academic and extra-curricular opportunities. Students are encouraged to start thinking about what elective courses they are interested in and they are invited to Port High's Open House on Wednesday December 1 at 6:30.

Over the next few weeks, we will begin the course selection process.

DragonQuest

Congratulations to Joshua, Logan, Macy, Jersey, Colin, Will and Chloe for achieving DragonQuest this cycle

"Real-Life" Percent Problems

We continue to develop our skills at solving and communicating solutions effectively to problems involving percent. This week, we are focusing on "real-life" problems like this one that we've found in the news.

We had a really interesting conversation about this question and whether it's realistic that house prices could continue to increase at this rate.

Water Contamination

We have had some fantastic discussions about the environmental impact of water contamination. So far, we have investigated biological and chemical contamination. One of the important things we're learning is that whether the contamination is a result of introducing an invasive species or E. Coli contamination (like what happened in Walkerton in 2000), or chemical contamination (like the Sydney Tar Ponds, Alberta Oil Sands and BP Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico), once water is contaminated, we have very few reliable, economically and environmentally sustainable strategies to remove the contaminant.

Several big questions have been around who should pay for the damages when water is contaminated.

Podcast Project

Over the past few weeks, we have been working on building our conversation and interview skills through 10-minute interviews with peers.

On Thursday students had the opportunity to use their 10 strategies for effective interviews to critique an interview I did with Mrs. McIntyre.

This week and next, we will be investigating a variety of podcasts to determine the structure and elements of effective podcasts. (Students will need to bring headphones or earbuds on Monday Nov. 29). Our final project will be to create a unique podcast based on an interview we do to uncover the "everyday hero" in someone we know.

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