Mr. Adams

Please feel free to contact Mr. Adams at: darryl_adams@sd33.bc.ca

May 17

  • Read "Sea Trek: The Story of Odysseus and His Travels"

May 15-16

May 11,14

May 10

May 9

  • Read "Legends of the Fall"

May 8

  • School Wide Write 

May 4, 7

  • Watch the movie: "The Storyteller" by Jim Henson
  • Complete Gods Booklet

May 3

May 2

  • Ancient Greece Unit Test

May 1

  • Review major vocabulary and topics of Ancient Greece
  • Greece Unit Test: Next Class

April 24-26

April 23

April 20

April 19

  • Day 2 of Athens vs. Sparta
  • Study for Greece Vocabulary Quiz

April 18

  • Guest Presentation from: The Alive Group based out of Sardis Secondary School

April 17

April 16

April 12-13

  • Read Life in the City-States
  • Create a Journal for each one of the 5 groups of people

April 11

  • Read Traders and Warriors
  • Traders and Warriors Paragraph re-write

April 10 - Ancient Greece

April 5

  • Persuasive Writing Unit Test
  • Students should review the 6 six strategies of persuasion, and be prepared to write a persuasive paragraph (claim, body, conclusion).

Mar. 30 - April 4

  • Students will be creating their own product and infomercial to sell the product.  Students should be using the strategies learned to effectively sell their product to the class.

Mar. 27

  • Reviewed homework:  Persuasion in the Media
  • Write one paragraph agreeing or disagreeing with this statement.  Students/Teenagers should be allowed to drive when their parents believe they are responsible enough to drive a car.

Mar. 26

  • Persuasive Writing Strategies Powerpoint
  • Write one paragraph agreeing or disagreeing with this statement:  Students at CMS should be allowed to use their personal electronic devices at all time in school.

Mar.15

  • Random Act of Kindness Letter

Mar. 14

  • Part 2 of Guest Presentation

Mar. 13

  • Review Poetry Unit Test results
  • Self Assess Poetry Booklet
  • Start planning and rough copy of Random Act of Kindness Letter

Mar. 12

  • Guest Presentation
  • All students who were absent must write Poetry Unit Test

Mar. 9

  • Poetry Unit Test

Mar. 8

  • Review for Poetry Unit Test - Poetic Devices and Types of Poems

Mar. 1

  • Good Copy of 2 Diamante Poems

Feb. 29

  • Good Copy of 3 Haiku with Illustrations

Feb. 28

  • Peer review of 8 Line Couplet Poem
  • Good Copy of Limerick with an Illustration 
  • Good Copy of Couplet Poem with an Illustration

Feb. 27

Feb. 24

Feb. 23

Feb. 22

Feb. 21

Feb. 20

Feb. 15

  • Literature Circle Notebooks due today
  • Literature Circle Final Project:
    • A) Character Analysis Poster
    • B) Alternate Book Cover

Feb. 14

  • Literature Circles - Day 7 Reading Log and Role
  • Literature Circle Notebooks due tomorrow

Feb. 13

  • Literature Circles - Day 6 Reading Log and Role

Feb. 10 

  • Literature Circles - Day 5 Reading Log and Role

Feb. 9

  • Literature Circles - Day 4 Reading Log and Role

Feb. 8

  • Literature Circles - Day 3 Reading Log and Role

Feb. 7

  • Literature Circles - Day 2 Reading Log and Role

Feb. 6

  • Review expectations of Literature Circles
  • Day 1 Reading Log and Role

Feb. 3

  • Selection of books for Literature Circles
  • Book talk with Mrs. Klassen

Feb. 2

  • FSA Testing

Feb. 1

  • Ancient Rome Unit Test

Jan. 30 - 31

Jan. 27

Jan. 26

  • Read Pgs. 190-191
  • Attractions of Rome

Jan. 25

  • FSA Testing

Jan. 24

Jan. 17 and 23

Jan. 12 - 16

Jan. 9 - 10

Jan. 6

Jan. 4 - 5

Jan. 3

Dec. 9 - Dec. 16

  • Ancient Egypt Essay
  • Part 1: Gift of the Nile
  • Part 2: Mummification
  • Part 3: Pyramids
  • Part 4: Student Choice

Dec. 8

  • Ancient Egypt Unit Test

Dec. 6 - Dec. 7

  • Review for Ancient Egypt Unit Test

Dec. 5

Dec. 2 

Dec. 1

Nov. 29 - 30

Nov. 28

 

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