October 5 - 9

This week, we finished writing our good copies of rants and now students are in the filming stage. In Social Studies, we finished researching each branch of the Federal government. Students will now be creating a visual that represents their knowledge and understanding of who/what belongs, roles and responsibilities, and how each branch is connected.

September 28 - Oct 2

This week, students started planning their rants. In Social Studies, we finished learning about the political spectrum and started working on Federal government vocabulary and researching for the Structure and Function of the Federal Government assignment.

September 14 - 18

This week, students learned about ethos, pathos, logos and other rhetorical devices that they will use when writing their rants next week. In Social Studies, we started learning about the political spectrum and parties.

September 8 - 11

This week, students presented their countries, and each class chose its country for the year for Civic Mirror. We also introduced persuasive writing in preparation for student rants.

August 31 - Sept 4

This week in Humanities, students created a puzzle piece demonstrating what it means to be Canadian. Small groups started creating their own countries for our upcoming Civic Mirror simulation that will run the majority of the year. We also delved into a little skill-building by interpreting political cartoons.