Favourite Monologues from the Movies

What do you notice about monologues? What do they do well?

Parent Volunteers Needed - Grade 8

Parent Volunteers Needed - Grade 8

Beginning on October 11, a sub lunch will be available at Highview. This has been organized as a Grade 8 fundraiser. The funds 

made will go to offset the cost of the Grade 8 Graduation and possibly a trip.

We are looking for parent volunteers who would be available on Thursdays to accept the subs prior to the school lunch 

and troubleshoot any issues that arise. Grade 8 students would be distributing the subs.

If you are able to offer any assistance please contact Mr. Congram or Mr. Kaufman for more details. Thank you.

To do list...

• Grade 7 Math  (pg. 7 #12, 13, & 17,  pg 13 # 14, 15, 17, & 18)
• Grade 8 Math  ( pg. 10 # 7 acg, 9 ad, 13, 14, 15, & 20)
• Review Checkpoint if necessary
• Meet the Teacher tomorrow (6:30 - 7:30)
• Submit '6 Word Memoir' Reflection- tomorrow

*Attention Grade 8 Parents, there will be a brief grad trip meeting in my room at approximately 7:00 pm.

Have a good night

BK

To do list....

• Math: What number between 100 and 200 do you think might have a lot of factors?  Why did you pick that number?
• Grade 7 Bucket list... Date to be determined
• 6 Word Memoir due (If you didn't hand it in)

Have a good night

BK

Grade 7 Weekly Blogpost- Bucket List

Learning Goal:

Your task is to create your own bucket list (5 things) and post it on your blog. Please describe why you chose each item and insert an image.


Presentations begin on- TBD


Mr. Kaufman's bucket list

1. Visit Fiji- My wife and I have always wanted to travel to the beautiful country of Fiji. This will be difficult to accomplish as it is located on the other side of the world. As well, if I go on my summer vacation, the seasons are flipped making it their winter. If I travel across the globe, it better be ninety degrees. I have a confession, technically I have been to Fiji. For a whopping 30 minutes, I was sitting on the runway at Nadi International airport while our plane refueled on route to Brisbane, Australia. Family vacations are on the backburner until my daughter is a little older.






2. Play golf at St. Andrews- St. Andrews is often regarded as one of the oldest and most well-known courses worldwide. Many people refer to it as the "Home of Golf". I enjoy watching and playing golf. It is my dream to play at the "Old course" and walk across the Swilcan bridge which is located on the 18th hole fairway just like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and many other legends. Can you believe that on the seventeenth tee, you actually drive the ball over the edge of a hotel? Sounds dangerous!






3. Complete a Marathon- 42.195 Kilometers or 26 miles and 385 yards! To give you some perspective, the distance from our school to the Air Canada Center is about 50 Kilometers. I think it would be an amazing accomplishment to be able to run a Marathon. I'm not sure if the appeal of running a Marathon is it's one of the original Olympic events or that every year I'm curious to hear the winning time in the Boston Marathon. After I finish a 10 km run, all I think to myself is I have to run four times this distance to accomplish my goal. Small strides, but I know deep in my heart I can do it if I set my mind to it.




4. Write a weekly sports column- A typical Sunday morning would involve me drinking my coffee and scrolling through numerous newspaper articles and blog posts. The topic always the same: SPORTS. I think it would be fascinating to have people excited to read my weekly sports column. I think I would call it "Brian's Take"..... I've already decided that I would write on a variety of sports including my favorites golf, soccer and hockey. Maybe one day instead of rambling my thoughts to anyone who will listen I will actually write them down.






5. Watch the Manchester Derby at Old Trafford- The Manchester Derby is one of the most exciting sporting events of the year. My wife says I say this countless number of times throughout the year but I would love to take this game in live at Old Trafford. Basically, if you live in Manchester, half of the city likes Manchester City (Blue) and the other half of Manchester likes Manchester United (Red)... When these teams meet, it's team vs team, supporters vs supporters, which leads to great entertainment. I guess the closest rivalry to the Manchester Derby in North American sports would be the Montreal Canadians versus Toronto Maple Leafs or the Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees.

6.  180, 180, 180, the announcer yells in his high-spirited British accent, the crowd goes wild, and the spectators hold up their '180' signs. Yes, I'm one of those people that watch professional darts on television.  The precision of their throws, simply amazes me.  I have been excruciatingly close to achieving this feat.  It takes three perfect throws, one after another into the small red zone in the top third of the board.  A score of '180' is the highest score you can achieve in the game of darts.  I'm confident that one day soon, I will be able to say I'm accomplished this goal of mine.  

Other ideas I have:

• Learn to braid my daughter's hair
• SOLVE a Rubrik's cube without the use Youtube
• Whistle with my fingers loudly (PE teacher)

Monday- Minds on

To do list...

• Grade 7 Math handout 1.1 (#1, 4 b, c, f, 5, 6)- Tuesday
• Grade 8 Math handout 1.3 (#1, 2 b d)- Tuesday
• 6 Word Memoir Good Copy- due Tuesday
• Math Checkpoint- Tuesday (GCF, LCM, Prime/Composite, Prime Factorization, Strategies to determine GCF, LCM and Factors of a number)
• Final Vball tryout- Tuesday @ lunch

Have a good weekend

BK

To do list...

• Grade 7 Math textbook #1, 2, 3, 6, & 8
• Grade 8 Math textbook # 1-7, 9
• Terry Fox Run- Bring a toonie for Terry
• 6 Word Memoir Good copy- due Tuesday

Have a good night

BK

Factors & Multiples Game

Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

To do list...

• Terry Fox run- Friday afternoon (Bring a toonie for Terry)
• Boys Vball tryout- tomorrow at lunch
• Grade 7 Science Project- due Friday
• History Handout- tomorrow
• Bookmark Contest- due Friday

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Find the Number notes- tomorrow
• On the Sidewalk bleeding questions- tomorrow
• All about me Math Presentation- (Finish tomorrow)
• '6 Word Memoir'- Ready to complete your good copy

Have a good night

BK

Wednesday- Minds on

To do list...

• All about me Math presentations begin tomorrow
• On the Sidewalk bleeding questions- Wednesday
• Prime/Composite Numbers 1-100 (Be sure to explain your strategies)
• Boys Volleyball tryout- tomorrow@lunch
• '6 word Memoir' rough copy- ready for tomorrow
• Terry Fox Run- Friday (Bring a toonie for Terry)

Have a good night

BK

Elements of a short story

Which one doesn't belong?

Prime and Composite Numbers Game

To do list...

• 6 word memoir Rough copy- Monday (Ready for feedback)
• Math Homework- Monday (On blog, need evidence of your thinking, not just the answer)
• "All about Me Math"- Due Tuesday

Have a good weekend

BK

Math Homework

What is my number?  My tens digit is 3 more than my thousands digit.  My ones digit is 2 times my hundred digit.  My tens digit is 4 times the hundreds digit.  My tens digit is one more than 7.

I am a three-digit number. All my digits are odd numbers. My tens digit is the greatest of the three digits. My ones digit is 2 more than my hundreds digit. If you multiply me by 6, the estimated product is 3,600. What number am I?

How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1000?

Our Brains Think about Math Visually from Citizen Film on Vimeo.

To do list...

• 6 word memoir- Topic chosen & brainstormed ideas ready for tomorrow
• All about me Math- due Tuesday
• IRP- Daily

Have a good night

BK

Six Word Memoirs

Six Word Memoirs

Learning Goal:

• write a six-word memoir and create a visual representation (photo/drawing/video)

http://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/schools/

• what surprises you about this form of writing? 
• what were some of the common themes that emerged from the writing? 
• what emotions are revealed through these six-word memoirs? Which words make you feel those emotions?
• what do you think is the backstory for this author’s six-word memoir?

Writing Process:

1. Reflect on events, themes, and memories (both good and bad) throughout your lives. You will consider what is most important to you and pick your idea to use as your Six Word Memoir theme. 
2. Create a word web of related words for your chosen theme: descriptive words, action words etc.
3. Begin writing your first draft (consider the use of capitals, punctuation etc.)

Art and Music Google Classrooms

Art and Music Google Classrooms

Music Classroom: r4dvdkl

Art Classroom: ilfq8pb

WARM UP ACTIVITY

To do list...

• "All about me Math"- due Tuesday
• IRB- Daily
• PE clothes (Running shoes, short/pants, t-shirt, possible sweatshirt)

Have a good night

BK

Which one doesn't belong?

Types of Conflict

To do list..

• 'ALL ABOUT ME' Math- Monday
• Read "On the Sidewalk Bleeding"- Be prepared to discuss the text
• Independent Reading Book- Daily
• Beginning of the year Questionnaire- due tomorrow
• Pascal's Triangle- What patterns do you see?
• Science textbook 101 #2-4, Try this...
• Blog Form- ASAP

Porcelain Unicorn - narrative (fiction)

What are the FEATURES of a narrative? (fiction)

To do list...

• 'All about Me' Math Assignment- Due Monday, Sept. 17 (1 min presentation)
• Student Package Envelope- ASAP
• Independent Reading Book- Daily
• Blog Form- Returned & Signed
• Complete Parent Contact info (on blog, be sure to click SUBMIT)
• Beginning Questionnaire- Wednesday
• In from the Cold Sketch- due tomorrow 
• Boys Volleyball Tryout- Thursday @ Lunch 
• House Captain Interviews- begin tomorrow
• Music Exit Card- tomorrow
• Grade 8 Science Questions Pg. 96/ # 1-4 Pg. 97 #1-3
• Art Selfie Sheet- due tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

YOUCUBED #3

Believe in Yourself from Citizen Film on Vimeo.

Sound Advice

To do list..

• Start up envelope- ASAP
• Independent Reading Book- Monday
• "All about Me"- to be determined....

Have a good night

BK

Math Assignment- All about me

Learning Goal:

Your task is to create an "All about me" collage using numbers and operations.  
You can complete this task as a hard copy or digitally. Below is an example that I
created several years ago.  I used a template within Pic Collage.

Success Criteria

• Organized
• Accurate
• Original/Creative use of numbers
• Effective use of Colour

*You will deliver a short 1 minute presentation on some of the highlights of your collage

Brains Grow and Change

Brains Grow and Change from Citizen Film on Vimeo.

To do list..

• Start up Envelope
• Gym Clothes
• Independent Reading Book- Monday
• Science Title Page- Friday

Have a good night

BK

In From the Cold- Making Sacrifices

"Making Sacrifices"

-What does this mean to you?
-How does another person sacrifice for another?

First Day Checklist

• Timetables
• Lockers
• Textbooks
• Homework/Agendas/Blog
• Lunch Routines
• Entry/Exit/Fire procedures
• Personal Devices (iPhone, iPod, iPad, Laptops)
• House Captain Applications
• Questions/Concerns