Important Information!

Dearest students,

May 3rd will be our final day in the library. Ms. L will be giving a tutorial on how to put your articles and pictures into the newspaper format word document. This is a very important tutorial as this process can be quite tricky. It is also tricky to print the newspaper, so Ms. L will be helping everyone with that as well.

In order to be best prepared for this tutorial you should have all articles completely written and all pictures chosen. If you do not have all of your stuff ready you will not be able to receive help with the process of putting the newspaper together.

Don't forget that you should be keeping track of all the sources you use because I am expecting everyone to have a PERFECT works cited list.

Good luck and don't forget that you can email me if you are having problems and I will do my best to help.

Ms. McGill

French Revolution Newspaper Project

Dearest students,

For the next three classes we will be in the library working on the French Revolution Newspaper project. Press on the following links if you did not receive the outline or rubric for the project.


I will only be with all of you for four more classes!!!!!! Here is the schedule:

• April 27th - Library
• April 29th - Library
• May 3rd - Library
• May 5th - Last Day With Me - Storming of the Bastille Simulation?????
• May 9th - Ms. U takes over the class again & Due Date for French Revolution Newspaper Project

What Transpired?

Dearest students,

In class today we watched the following videos and completed a worksheet:

Block 1.2 - Current Events Lesson

April 13th, 2011 - This post is for Block 1.2 only.

Current Events - The Federal Election

Today, in electoral district C203 we held an election! After creating some political platforms our party leaders gave speeches on why you should vote for them.

At the end of the class there was an exit slip to complete. If you were present in class but had to leave early due to a sports event, please complete the following exit slip questions and hand in to me by next class.

Exit Slip

1. In our class election, who would you vote for? Conservatives, Liberals, Green Party or NDP.
2. In a short paragraph give an explanation for your vote.
3. In the upcoming federal election on May 2nd, which political party do you think will win. Give an explanation as to why you think that party will win.

Causes of the French Revolution

April 11th

On Monday we spent some time talking about the causes of the French Revolution. If you missed class please watch the videos in the last post, they will get you up to date.

The Philosophe Promotional Poster is due TODAY, April 13th. Please see me if you are handing in the poster late.

The French Revolution in Under 15 Minutes!

Special thanks to G in 1.2 for telling me about these youtube videos!

Philosophes

April7th, 2011

Dearest Students,

Today I introduced you to a new assignment, the Philosophe Promotional Poster. This assignment is due April 13th. If you are in block 1.4 we do not have class on April 13th due to Collaborative Time, so you can hand your assignment into my file folder at the front office. Just ask the secretary where the student teachers file folders are and then put your poster into the Ms. McGill file.

The outline for this assignment is available at the following link: Philosophe Promotional Poster Outline.

Please remember to finish the worksheet from last day which focuses on the leardership qualities of Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI.