PLANBOOK LINK FOR Semester One HUMANITIES (BOTH BLOCKS)
Looking for Book Club ideas? 14 high school students share the one book they think their entire generation should read. Our Book Club project will be due in the third week of May, with presentations to follow in early June. The journal component will be due before then, in the first week of Q4. SIGN UP HERE FOR BOOK CLUB HUM 1 and 2
A WORD ON "I" REPORTS: If you receive an "I" on part or a whole of an assignment, it means that you are not yet meeting the expectations for that assignment or component of the assignment. This is a great opportunity! In most cases, Mr. Hamilton will show in a rubric or commentary how you can achieve competency. After a discussion with him where you agree upon a new completion date, you will be allowed to revise the assignment and resubmit WITH THE ORIGINAL AND RUBRIC ATTACHED. It will then be re-assessed to see if it then meets the competencies for the assignment.
Modern FablesIn our understanding of Animal Farm as both a beast fable and a historical allegory/cautionary tale, we reimagined the fable as a tool for helping reinforce social norms (ie tell morals).
World War I Battle Projects |
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In both blocks in January, students were divided into groups representing historical societies aimed at having certain battles memorialized. Groups decided upon the criteria for what would make a battle "important to Canada" and how to measure it. Then, the Amiens, Passchendaele, Somme, Ypres and Vimy groups presented and wrote persuasive essays arguing that their battle be declared the "most important to Canada".
And check out Maddy and Celie's "Vimy Can't Be Beat"
Did you enjoy yourself at Word! at the Writers' Festival? Do you want to see more live poetry performances? Are you curious about performing poetry yourself live in front of people? If so, think about checking out Cafe Deux Soleils every fourth Monday for the Youth Poetry Slam.
Headlines/Sidelines for Semester One
IHumanities 9/10 HEADLINES/SIDELINES V.4
Rationale: to foster interest in world around us and contextualize contemporary issues in history so that we can make informed decisions and work to widen our world view.
Every Friday unless otherwise noted by Mr. Hamilton, the first 1/3 of the class will be dedicated to understanding current regional, national and international issues surfacing in the news.
Each term we will have 10 dedicated correspondents who will work 5 different ‘beats’ in pairs. For Friday, these pairs will produce 1-3 slide and a short 2-3 minute talk about the slide addressing the journalistic 5 ‘W’s: who, what, when, where, why) and email or share the slide with Mr. Hamilton by Friday morning. At the end of the term, the beat correspondents will return to ‘general HL/SL reporting. These beats will be:
- Science and Technology News
- Canadian Foreign Affairs (correspondents can report on Canadian international relations)
- Canadian National Affairs (ie: Environment, Politics, Sports, Culture, Business)
- Regional (BC) and Local (Vancouver) Interests: Culture, Politics, Business, Human Interest
- Global Conflict Hotspots (correspondents can report on the ongoing conflict in the region)
- US Domestic (correspondents report specifically on US Politics)
- Canada Elections (just until Oct. 1, 2021)
Semester 1 Beat Reporters
Beat 1-1 Reporters 1-2 Reporters
COVID Evan, Elliot, Tudor Jonathan, Hugo, Daniel
Global Hotspots Amy, Angie, Maddy Becky, Carmen, Sofia
US Domestic Mia, Zara, Liv Luca, WIll, Massimo
Canadian Foreign Allison, Jack, Nick Austin, Robert, Theo
Canadian Domestic Jessica, Barbara, Ava Emily, John, Nina
Regional/Local Simra, Jeniffer, Vivian Emi, Izzy
Canada Elections* Alan, Ben, Jonah Otto, Adam
Semester 2 Beat Reporters
Beat 1-1 Reporters 1-2 Reporters
Science/Tech Jonah, Sam S Miles, Sasha, Will
Global Hotspots Celie, Alan, Ben Joanne, Bernice, Margaret
US Domestic Brendan and Roger Alice, Alina
Canadian Foreign Nick, Allison, Jack Antone, Nina
Canadian Domestic Olivia, Zara, Mia Hugo, Massimo, Luca
Regional/Local Simra, Jeniffer, Vivian Taky, Adam, Otto
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