There is no homework over the holdiays.

Please remember that our Rabbit Hill ski trip has been rescheduled for Tuesday, January 29 as a result of tomorrow's weather forecast; there will be regular classes tomorrow instead. If you have already paid for the December 21 trip, your payment will be credited to the new date. If you would like to attend the new date, but have not paid for the December 21 trip, you will have a chance to submit a new form when we return from the holidays.

Enjoy your break, and I'll see you in 2008!

LA 8B -- Your Christmas Carol projects were due today.

Social 8B -- Please finish your "A Change in Order" worksheet.

LA 8C -- You have had 5 class periods to work on your Christmas Carol projects; they are due tomorrow (parts a, b, AND c).

Science 8B -- Your entire 3D cell project is due on Monday (including your final scaled diagram and written component).

LA 8B -- You will have 3 class periods on Monday to finish working on your Scrooge Character Study. Projects will be due on Tuesday -- expect to present then if that is the format you've chosen.

LA 8C -- You will have 4 class periods (all together) on Monday and Tuesday to finish your Scrooge Character Study. Projects will be due on Wednesday -- expect to present then if you've chosen to do so.

***Please bring in a note of permission from your parent/guardian (ASAP) if you do not intend to attend the ski trip on Friday.***

PG 6 -- Please finish your letters of introduction for Friday.

Rabbit Hill ski forms and $ are due tomorrow. If you are not attending the ski trip (Dec.21), please ensure your parent/guardian sends a note or makes a phone call notifying us of your absence. If you do not have permission to miss the ski trip and have not submitted your forms/$, then you will spend the day at school.

Science 8B -- Cell drafts were due today. I will return them tomorrow with my comments so you can start fabricating your 3D model.

LA 8C -- Exam signatures are due on Monday.

LA 8C -- Final Movie Review assessments are due tomorrow.
LA 8B -- Your final Movie Review assessments were due today.
Science 8B -- 3D cell drafts are due tomorrow. Be prepared to set criteria for the project in class tomorrow.

LA 8C -- Please finish your rough draft movie for Monday.
Science 8B -- Please finish your topic 1/2 workbook assignment, as well as labelling the microscope diagram.

LA 8C -- If you didn't make a lot of progress on your rough draft film critique, please do some work at home. Try to write your first two paragraphs or so, as you will only have tomorrow's class to finish it.

Remember to bring in toiletries for our Christmas Elves collection!

Science 8B -- If you haven't handed it in already, your bulletin board diagram is due Tuesday.
Social 8B -- Your highlighting and graphic organizer analysis must be completed for BOTH historical writing exemplars (due Tuesday as well).

Social 8B -- Please finish your rating scale for Edo Japan's society. Remember, your ratings should show your ROLE's support for each aspect of Edo society, not your own opinion.

Science 8B -- If you didn't hand in your Science Journal (in a duo-tang) to the substitute yesterday, they MUST be handed in!!!

Any 8B students absent from school today will be writing their Science Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow at lunch.

Science 8B -- Your Science Journals are due Monday (everyone must have a duo-tang), and your Unit 1 final assessment will be on Tuesday.

LA 8B and 8C -- Your Outsiders unit final assessment is tomorrow -- STUDY!!
Science 8B -- Your Unit 1 final assessment is on Tuesday.

8B -- Your parent/teacher interview forms were due today. Please be sure to return your signed report card envelope to me TOMORROW!

LA 8B and 8C -- Study for your Outsiders unit final assessment (Friday). Use your what to study list to guide your review.

Science 8B -- Study for your Unit 1 final assessment (Tuesday, Nov. 20). Again, use your what to study list to help with your review.

Report cards go out today. Be sure to return the pink Parent/Teacher interview forms to your homeroom teacher TOMORROW! 8B -- Your report card envelopes must be signed by your parent/guardian and returned to me no later than FRIDAY!!

LA 8B and 8C -- Outsiders Unit Final Assessment -- Friday, November 16

Science 8B -- Unit 1 Final Assessment -- Tuesday, Nov.20

Remember to use your "What to Study" lists to help guide your studying at home, as well as in class!

LA 8B and 8C -- Outsiders Unit Final Exam is scheduled for Friday, November 16.
Science 8B -- Topic 8 Workbook is due tomorrow
LA 8C -- ALL chapter 10-12 reading and work is due tomorrow (this mostly applies to students who were absent last Friday).

Report Cards and Interview forms go out on Wednesday. Interview forms will be due back at school the next day. Interviews will be scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday of NEXT WEEK.

Friday is "Crazy Clothes" day -- please do not forget that your outfits must comply with school dress code!

Social 8B -- Use your "What to Study" list to prepare for Monday's chapter 13 exam.

LA 8C -- If you were absent today, we ended up having time to read chapters 10, 11, and 12 in class. We also had time in class to finish our chapter 10-12 questions AND vocabulary. Please finish these things so that you are caught up on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

LA 8B -- Chapter 7-9 exam will be tomorrow.
Social 8B -- Chapter 13 exam will be Monday.

Science 8B -- Topic 7 workbook is due tomorrow.

LA 8B -- Chapter 7-9 Exam will be on Friday
Social 8B -- Chapter 13 Exam will be on Monday
LA 8C -- Chapter 7-9 Exam will be tomorrow.

8B -- Your LA Chapter 7-9 work (questions and vocabulary), as well as your Social Studies assignment (p.303, #1a and 3a and b) are both due tomorrow.

Social Studies 8B -- Chapter 13 Exam will be on Monday, November 12
LA 8B -- Chapter 7-9 Exam will be on Friday, November 9
LA 8C -- Chapter 7-9 Exam will be on Thursday, November 8

Our Remembrance Day Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, November 7 from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Due Monday . . . .

LA 8C -- Remembrance Day poems (and illustrations) are due Monday, please. Your signed progress reports and exam reflections are due Tuesday.
LA 8B -- Remembrance Day poems (and illustrations) are due Monday. If you are a student who did not have their progress reports and test reflections signed, you MUST bring them back on Monday.

Due Friday . . . .

8B -- Exam reflections and progress reports are due on Friday, after the PD day.
Any students absent today should:
- work on your Remembrance Day poem
- study for your Science topic 4-6 exam

Enjoy your Halloween treats and your day off!

Tuesday's Homework . . . .

Science 8B -- Study for tomorrow's test
LA 8B -- Exam reflections due (signed by parent/guardian) FRIDAY
All Grade 8 Classes -- Progress Reports are due (signed by parent/guardian) FRIDAY

Not much tonight . . .

LA 8C -- Finish reading chapter 9 tonight.

Science 8B -- Topics 4-6 test will be in period 1 on Wednesday, October 31. Use the "What to Study" list given out last Friday to help guide your studying.

All Students -- Get those Halloween costumes ready!

Due Thursday . . . .

ALL drama presentations are due tomorrow. Please bring ALL props/costumes etc. to your first L.A. class of the day. I hope you all have professional and organized performances rehearsed for tomorrow!

Social 8B -- Finish the remainder of the "Honour and Duty" questions.

A few notes . . . .

LA 8B and 8C -- Your drama productions will begin on THURSDAY of this week. ALL props, costumes, and performances MUST be prepared for the beginning of your first LA class. There is no formally assigned homework, but you and your group should have decided what you need to do between now and Thursday.

Please bring your fieldtrip and UNICEF $ in to school ASAP.

It's Friday!

There is no assigned homework, although 8B and 8C Language Arts students may want to do some work on their drama productions.

See you on Monday!

Due Friday . . . .

PG 6 -- Your collages are due tomorrow

LA 8C -- Great work categorizing the criteria and creating the rubric for your drama project!!!

LA 8B and 8C -- There is no assigned homework, but you and your drama group may have decided to complete some tasks on your own tonight (especially because some of you are going to be away on the Outdoor Ed trip).

Due Thursday . . . .

Citadel money and permission forms are due tomorrow!!!!

For Wednesday . . . .

LA 8B and 8C -- Chapter 4-6 Exam is tomorrow

Citadel Permission forms are due Thursday!

Due Tuesday . . . .

LA 8B and 8C -- Chapter 4-6 Exam will be on Wednesday
Science 8B -- Viscosity diagrams and self-assessment checklist
Social 8B -- Chapter 13 vocab is due tomorrow (most, if not all, of you finished this assignment in class)

Thursday's Work . . . .

Social 8B -- Ch.12 exam is postponed until Monday
LA 8C -- Chapter 4-6 work is due tomorrow (all vocab and questions)

Picture forms and $ are due tomorrow. Citadel forms went home today and are due next Thursday -- remember, you won't be guaranteed a seat if your $ and forms are late!

Due Thursday . . . .

LA 8C -- Chapter 4/5 Vocabulary and Questions
Social 8B -- Chapter 12 exam on Friday (you will receive your "What to Study" list tomorrow)

Picture order forms are due FRIDAY!

Welcome Back!

I hope you all had a great long weekend!

LA 8B -- Ch. 4 Vocabulary and Comprehension Questions
Social 8B -- Your Confederation Bridge speeches/placards are due tomorrow. Presentations will begin straight-away!

Also, just a remider that your picture orders are due Friday. You will be having a Chapter 12 test for Social on Friday as well.

Happy Thanksgiving!

LA 8C -- Chapter 4 and 5 Comprehension questions; Chapter 4 vocab (up to and including #12)
Science 8B -- Topic 4-6 Vocabulary

Enjoy your long weekend!

Thursday's Homework . . . .

LA 8B -- Study for tomorrow's Chapter 1-3 test!

Homework for Monday . . . .

Science 8B -- Topic 3 Workbook is due tomorrow. Remember that your Science Topic 1-3 Test is scheduled for Thursday (you will receive your "What to Study" checklist tomorrow).

Other Important Dates:
LA 8C -- Chapter 1 to 3 Exam = Thursday, October 4
Social 8B -- Japanese Legend, title page, and self-assessment = Wednesday, October 3
LA 8B -- Chapter 1 to 3 Exam = Friday, October 5

Last post for September . . . .

LA 8C -- Chapter 3 Vocabulary is due Monday

Wednesday's Work . . . .

Social 8B -- Bring your headphones tomorrow, as we will continue to word process our legend final drafts tomorrow. If you are not done your rough draft, then you should finish it for tomorrow.

All students -- Tomorrow is picture day. Remember to do your hair and polish your pearly whites!

Due Thursday . . . .

Social 8B -- Your legend rough draft is due tomorrow. Also, don't forget your headphones!

Tuesday's Work . . . .

LA 8B and 8C -- Chapter 2 Vocabulary and Comprehension questions are due tomorrow.
Science 8B -- Please finish the analysis questions for our "Classifying Mixtures" lab.

Remember, picture day is on Friday -- you'd better get your beauty sleep! :)

Monday's Work . . . .

Social 8B -- Please complete your Japanese legend web, if not finished already.
PG 6 -- Your "Cyber Bullying and Safety" title page is due on Thursday. Remember to meet the following 5 criteria we decided on in class:
1) Lots of colour 2) Key words relating to topic 3) Correct spelling 4) Title in big letters
5) Pictures relating to topic (all five criteria need to be your neatest and best work).

8B students who had a lunch "date" with me -- be sure that you finish any character profile work, or Science work that you didn't finish at lunch.

Over the weekend . . . .

There is no homework over the weekend, with the exception of those LA 8 students that have yet to complete their character profiles assignment. I will be doing a check on Monday (Tuesday for 8C) to see that they are complete!

Have a great long weekend!

Wednesday's Homework . . . .

I'm back (and feeling much better than yesterday), so here is the homework assigned by Wednesday's guest teacher:
Science 8B -- Topic 2 Workbook and Science Journal Entry
LA 8B and 8C -- All Outsiders Character Profiles

Grade 8 LA . . . .

LA 8B -- Most of you finished this in class, but I want to remind you that your Chapter 1 Vocab and Comprehension Questions (omit #1) are due tomorrow.
LA 8C -- Chapter 1 Vocab is due tomorrow -- be sure to record definitions that fit the context used in the novel.

See you at "Meet the Teacher Night" tonight!

Over the weekend . . . .

LA 8B -- Please complete your chapter 1 words for The Outsiders.
Personal Growth 6 -- Your letter of introduction is due Wednesday.

Homework . . . .

LA 8C -- Finish reading chapter 1 of The Outsiders.
Social 8B -- Chapter 12 vocabulary is due tomorrow.
Science 8B -- Topic 1 workbook pages (including Science Journal entry) is due tomorrow.

All Students . . . .

Personal Growth 6 -- Remember that your birthday banners are due tomorrow.
LA 8C -- Please finish your S.E. Hinton Worksheet.
Science 8B -- Your topic 1-3 vocabulary is due tomorrow.

8B . . . .

Please remember to bring your two boxes of kleenex!

Important Dates . . .

September 11 @ 7:00 (ECES) -- Band Instrument Rental
September 14 -- Terry Fox Run -- Remember your twoonie donation!
September 17 @ 5:30-7:30 -- Meet the Teacher Night
September 21 -- PD Day
September 28 -- Picture Day -- Don't forget to do your hair! :)

Science 8B . . .

Your title pages are due on Monday -- don't forget to look at your rubric for the criteria of the assignment. Have a stellar weekend!

Social Studies 8B . . .

8B, please remember that your Japan mapping assignment is due tomorrow. Always follow ALL of the criteria on the assignment sheet!

Grade 8 LA . . .

Your letters of introduction and self-assessment checklists are due at the BEGINNING of your LA class tomorrow (Thursday). I can't wait to read them!

Grade 8 (All Subjects)

Please remember that your course outlines (signed by your parent/guardian) are due on Monday, September 10.

Grade 8 L.A. students -- your baseline writing assessments are scheduled for the following days:
8B -- Friday, September 7
8C -- Tuesday, September 11
Remember that you do not have to study for these assessments as they show me where you are right now, without having had any instruction this year. However, please remember to bring your pocket dictionary, thesaurus, blue/black pen, pencil, and editing pen to the assessment.

My first post of the year . . . .

Welcome back! Some of you may know me better as Miss Rakowski, but I got married over the summer and have changed my last name. I can't believe how fast summer vacation has gone by -- I'm sure you are excited for the new school year to begin, though! Over the course of the year I will do my best to post homework assignments, exam and project deadlines, as well as other information you might find helpful. Please check this blog on a regular basis, as it will help you to keep up with the work we will complete together.