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Week Eight

We have some internet abilities this week, but still not for students yet. A busy week this week. Tuesday is a flex day. Thursday is early dismissal for Parent Teacher Interviews. If I am not free to see you feel free to reach out via email, but for many of you you just want to know marks. Those are starting to get posted this week as Report cards are due in two weeks. (see note below). Friday is also an early dismissal as we stay four and a half hours longer so we get an hour off the next day. 

Grade 8s are continuing their novel study this week with Ms Birkas, my student teacher. They are learning about plot and symbolism. 

AP Lit continues exploring poetry this week. We will be heading toward another piece of writing this week on Wednesday, and some Multiple Choice on Thursday. Presentations start on Friday.

EFP 11 are wrapping up a look at some alternative story telling methods and stories and doing some more annotating. 

Last night was the Hunter's Full Moon, or the Falling Leaves Moon. The season is moving on.

Assessment note: I teach in a very recursive manner when it comes to skills. This means that we do things more than once. Which means that marks will change and grow. Our first report card period show first attempts. The real mark will come at the end of the course when we see the first attempts along side multiple subsequent attempts to show a picture of growth and learning. First marks are first glances so do not get to worked up about a mark seen, other than keep working and maybe work harder to improve - it will get better.