Spirit Day!!

October 16th, 2009

Good job Courtice on your participation in Sports Day!!  If you missed the memo or just want to get a head start on your plans for our next spirit day, get ready for Halloween Costume Day on Friday October 30th!! Show your Cougar Pride and dress up in your best costumes!! There will be Prizes for best costumes!! Let’s get creative Courtice!!

40 Free Argo’s Tickets

October 15th, 2009

Free The Children and the Toronto Argonauts have a special opportunity for schools: We Day with the Argos, taking place on October 16th at the Rogers Centre. You are invited to be a part of it!

As of yesterday at 3:00pm Courtice has been given 40 FREE tickets to attend the game between the Argos and the Eskimos! Once the free tickets are gone the is a special Me to We price of 25$ for students selling or purchasing two or more tickets. Of this amount, 40% of the proceeds go directly to a special joint program with the goal of building 131 schools in the next 5 years with Free the Children. We will only get there with your help!

Tickets are for seats in the bronze sections of the 100 level and will be for pick up on game day at the box office. Kick-off is at 7:30pm

For free tickets see Ms. Ross ASAP at lunch in Room 105 to register and receive confirmation of the number of free tickets you want.

To purchase your own tickets go to www.argonauts.ca/weday the password for Courtice Secondary School is weday02 then pick up your tickets at the box office on game day.

There is also a bus booked for us to depart from Courtice at 6:00 pm and return at 10:00pm.

Take Our Kids To Work

October 14th, 2009

Take Our Kids to Work™ is an annual national program in which grade 9 students are hosted by parents, relatives and volunteers at workplaces across the country. The program supports career development by helping students connect school, the world of work and their own futures.

Courtice Secondary School grade 9 students will take part in this program on the 4th  of  November 2009. Please complete and return the permission form that your student was givien at school. Any questions can be directed to John Winder at 905-436-2074 ext. 237.

Week 6 – ENG 4U1 – Matthews

October 9th, 2009

Hello ENG 4U1! I hope you enjoyed your long weekend!

Tuesday: Discussion Blog Post #1 – DUE BY 3PM TODAY!
- What are annotations? PP Lecture
- Reading!
- Working on Layer C

Wednesday:
- Discussion of the “Mrs. Dempster” Section
- Working on Layer C
- Reading!

Thursday:
Seminar Group #1 Presents the Mrs. Dempster Section
- Reading!
- Working on Layer C

Friday:
Quiz on Mrs. Dempster Section of the novel
- Allusions Lecture
- Working on Layer C

Happy Reading! Be sure to keep up!

Looking ahead: Monday and Tuesday we will be in the library researching secondary sources for our ISU!

Here are the links to the Layered Unit Outline and the Unit Calendar for Fifth Business:

Fifth Business Unit Calendar SEM 1 2009

Fifth Business Seminars

Fifth Business Layered Unit

Week 6 – ENG 1D1 – Matthews

October 9th, 2009

Hello ENG 1D1!

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend! Here is our schedule for this week:

Tuesday: Re-cap of Ch. 2 and 3
- Quiz on the first 3 chapters (surprise!)
- Reading Ch. 4 and 5
- Starting to work on layer C
- Mississippi Burning Assignment is due today at the beginning of class.

Wednesday:
- Reading Ch. 6 and 7
- Working on Layer C
- Miss Matthews’ Mockingbird presentation (an example of what your group presentation should look like)
- Working on Layer C

Thursday:
-Reading Ch. 8 and 9
- Working on Layer C
-Recaping the past few chapters

Friday:
- Reading Ch. 10 and 11
- Working on Layer C
- Group 1 presents their chapters on MONDAY!!

Here are links to the Unit Calendar and the Layered Activities for To Kill a Mockingbird:

TKMB UNIT CALENDAR

To Kill a Mockingbird Layered Unit Outline

FSF3U1

October 7th, 2009

Work for Thursday October 8, 2009.

Pour ceux qui ne seront pas ici demain: complètez dans votre cahier pages 23-26.

Nous allons pratiquer ensemble page 30 de votre text en utilisant les informations appris sur  les pronoms et les verbes à l’impératif.

Co-op Students

October 6th, 2009

A reminder of the in-school this Wednesday the 7th of October

Week 5 – ENG 4U1 – Matthews

October 4th, 2009

Here is our schedule for this week:

Monday: Working on Creative Seminars

Tuesday: Presenting Creative Seminars – this will also serve as a review of our short stories.

Wednesday: UNIT TEST

Thursday: Introduction to Fifth Business – layered activities and calendar
-Background on Robertson Davies

Friday: TBA

Week 5 – ENG 2L1 – Matthews

October 4th, 2009

Here is our schedule for this week:

Monday: – Reading strategy – two types of texts- informational and graphic – SKIMMING!
-Read “DeeDee Jonrowe: Racing the Iditarod for Over 20 Years” p.87
-Answer Questions 1-6 and take up
-Complete the Writing Extension – Opinion Piece Template

Tuesday:  Reading Strategies Review (completing a chart of the reading strategies we have learned so far)  – Adding Previewing – Reading Victoria Jealouse (p. 84) and writing summaries.

Wednesday: KWL Charts for Newspaper Articles

Thursday:  Students will complete “Reflecting on Your Learning” p.91
Answer Questions 1-3 and 5.
Discuss as a class.
Review key concepts of the unit

Friday:   Getting caught up on any of the assignments from the unit

Looking ahead:  Monday – Review for Unit and Tuesday we will be having a test!

Week 5 – ENG 1D1 – Matthews

October 4th, 2009

Here is our schedule for this week:

Monday: Mockingbird Introduction – background on the time period and Harper Lee
-Reading Chapter 1
-Intro to Layered Unit and groups

Tuesday: Power Point and Lecture on Slavery: A History
Mississippi Burning Questions and Assignment

Wednesday: Mississippi Burning Questions and Assignment

Thursday: Mississippi Burning Questions and Assignment

Friday: Mississippi Burning Assignment Due
-Reviewing Chapter 1 of the novel
-Reading Ch. 2&3
-Working on Layer C