Ms. Kassam's Humanities Blog

Sorry I missed last week's update - crazy yearbook deadline. From last week - Narratives and Persuasive Paragraphs were returned to students and they were asked to make edits to improve their writing. Please ask your child to share the assessments with you, if you'd like. This week - students presented plays about their novels to the class, participated in Socratic seminars and have begun to develop some very excellent Haiku poetry. Teen Book Cloud TeenBook Cloud (Gr7-12) All CBE students and staff have access to a paid subscription for TeenBookCloud, which is a curated database of e-books and other digital content for Middle/Junior/High Schools. The collection features over 1000 titles, including Graphic Novels, enhanced e-books with full audio narration and highlighted text, classic literature, national geographic videos and more. https://www . teenbookcloud.com/ auto_login.aspx?u=calgarycbe&p=sd19  username: ca lgarycbe password: sd19 Next Week: M

Short Week! And a dance and Science Olympics mixed in. Quick update: We watched part one of a documentary and we did a Close Reading Activity. There is no school tomorrow, Friday, or Monday - 5 days off! For Tuesday, please ensure: - Novel chapters are read (Puppeteer to the end of 11, Chrysanthemum to the end of 14, and Nightingale to the end of 12) - Read Theory to the end of 25 - Close Reading activity Have a most wonderful looooong weekend.

A full week of school this week! Update: Social Media featured prominently in our class this week. Students are creating a 'post' from the voice of their novel study main character. We've revisited the task many times to build a better understanding of how to stay true to voice and to understand character motivations and feelings. The task sheet for this assignment, along with a checklist and rubric, are in the Google folder for the class. Students also gave presentations on the multitude of social classes present in feudal Japan. It was surprising to them that peasants weren't the lowest class in Japan, when that was certainly the case during the Renaissance.  We also talked about what we could infer about Japanese worldviews based on their class system. Reminder to please send in signed Report Card envelopes and Drumheller forms. Next Week: Monday: Social Media posts and typed up Island Reflection are in the folders - completed (no more class time) Tuesda