Hw for Thursday/Friday

Math 7: if you did not finish section 5.3 you need to complete this.

Science: if you have not handed in your chapter 10 questions, you need to complete this (they are pg. 187 # 3, 4, 5. Pg 189 # 3 and pg 197 # 1, 2, 3.

French: if you have not handed in your French poster you need to complete it by Monday.

Socials: Kim Junk-il current events are due on Monday.

Here is some interesting internet information about him (I'm not sure how much of it is true, but I know that he "believed" that he actually did shoot 38 under par when golfing. His bodyguards "helped" a little bit by kicking the ball in the hole for him a few times.

1) Kim hires a staff to inspect his rice, to make sure each piece is the same size. In possibly the biggest example of his OCD, Kim apparently hates eating rice if every grain isn't uniform in length, plumpness and color. So he hires a staff of women to go through each and every grain of rice before it enters his palace's kitchen, making sure each piece meets Kim's standard.

It's always good to see communism working -- everyone equal, a completely utopia, no one abusing their power -- isn't it?


2) Kim has his boyhood school blown up. More from his former tutor. Even though Kim's father was Kim Il-Sung, the former dictator of North Korea, Lil' Kim still had to go to school. Kim was a "rather ordinary student" who ended up having to work hard to do well.

(Which is pretty incredible, given that his teachers probably would've disappeared permanently if they gave him anything in the check-minus/frowny face range on an oral report.)

Years later, Kim ordered the military to blow up the school where he had worked so hard. The reason? That school was now teaching regular people, not just the children of wealthy communist officials, and Kim was afraid that it was giving students too much of a competitive advantage against his own children.

3) Kim shoots a 38 under par, complete with 11 holes-in-one, his first time golfing. You may not know this, but, according to the state-run North Korean media, Kim Jong-Il is the best golfer in history.

Back in 1994, North Korea's first golf course was opened in Pyongyang, and Kim decided to play it. He'd never golfed before, but wow, was he a natural.

In his first-ever round of golf, he shot a world-record 38 under par... including another world record 11 holes-in-one! And even though all 17 of his bodyguards were eyewitnesses and swear they saw that go down, for some reason, the round-eye devils at "Guinness" fail to recognize either record.

After that round, the media tells us, Kim decided to retire from golf forever, lest he ruin it for us mortals.

HW for Wednesday

Math 7: Worksheet Extra Practice 2

Math 6: None

Science: Finish puzzle and reading of chapter 10 for Thursday.

The Skin I'm In Self-evaluations are OVERDUE for those who have not handed them in.
As are your Hand and foot art portraits. Please complete these.

HW for Monday

Math 7: Both sides of worksheet. Due Wednesday. Also get your test signed

Math 6: Test Wednesday. MMSense # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11. pg. 27

Social studies: 2 current events pages: Costa Concordia disaster and Northern Gateway Pipeline. Due Friday.

Art: Hand and foot art due Tuesday (tomorrow)

Grade 7's: Bring your green form in if going to Burnett

A post for the parents- Why Blog?

Why am I blogging? Why do we have a division 1 "guest blogger"?

For me, my blog started out as a tool for me to easily post links/videos and stories that I wanted to share on the projector in class. Now it has grown into a useful communication tool and has some added value as providing a platform for our students to do some learning beyond the classroom (because these days we can all be learners all of the time).

Here is a quote I found that addresses students blogging:

The ultimate goal is not to have students blog, it is to have students improve their literacy skills and have the ability to be digital writers, and to do things that would not be possible without the technology.  It is about students creating content to hyperlink to the world, to embed photos and video with text.  It is about students publishing, and then to have the opportunity to receive feedback on their work, review, edit and republish. It is about students producing work not only for their teacher, but for the world. It is about students having their own space to be creative and connect in new ways.  It is, ultimately, about students having greater ownership of their learning.

Make sure you take a look at the other blogs that are linked on this page by: Ms. Biorn, Mr. Out and Ms. Bahd (it's a great way for our students to know how she's doing at McNeely). Altogether, these are providing opportunities for learning outside of the classroom. 

Who "invented" the internet/cyberspace?

Well, it just might be a guy from Vancouver.

Well-known science fiction author, William Gibson, who was born in South Carolina, but moved to Canada to avoid getting drafted and now has dual citizenship is credited with coining the phrase: "Cyberspace". He wrote about it in one of his first short stories titled Burning Chrome. Since that book other authors used the term and it kind of caught on. Many of the ideas that he wrote about (using the internet, the "Matrix" as well as virtual reality) have also come to fruition even though they were only ideas in his head when he was writing about them.


Here is his (detailed) wikipedia page William Gibson

In my university days, I was a big fan of his writing and enjoyed many of his novels and short stories.
I read all of these ones (and a couple more)

            

HW for Thursday

Math 7: Study for chapter 4 test and finish your unit review questions. Definitions are not due until Monday.

Art: Hand and foot picture due Tuesday please. 

HW for THursday

French: SPorts quiz and oral (if you haven't done yours yet)

Science: Finish questions on page 183. # 1-5 and #8. Due Thursday. No exceptions.