ELL 1/2 Social Studies
Today we'll be working on our current events! I'll be doing a short demonstration today of a current event, then you'll be working on your own article. Please use your current events handout and answer the questions on it for your article. This is what you'll be using to present your current event to the class.

ELL 3 Social Studies
We need our devices today. Grab your device, load up Scholantis, and check your mark for the presentation. Then, answer these questions using a lightning response. I'll show you how to do this during class.

1. When you designed your project, what steps did you take to create the final product?
2. How did you decide what information you would put in and what information you would leave out?
3. What is the difference between an image that would work for your presentation compared to an image that wouldn’t work?
4. What worked well for your project?
5. What will you do differently next time?
6. When you made your presentation, did you create a nice balance of text and visuals? Too much text?

ELL 1/2 Science
First, we'll update our food tables to show a complete week (Monday to Friday). We should have a total calorie count for each day, and total calories used for each day. For this assignment, we need to know those numbers.

1. Take your calories used and your total calories. Calculate your net gain or net loss of calories. Calculate the number like this: (calories you ate) - (calories you used) = net calories
2. If the number is positive, that means you're gaining weight, if the number is negative it means you're losing weight. Do you need to make a change? Where should you make this change? Which meal might need a change? 
3. Next, check the food you're eating. Which food group do you eat the most? Which food group do you eat the least?
4. Based on this answer, are there nutrients that you're missing in your diet?

Now that you have done some thinking about your health and your diet, it's time to make the assignment. Find a partner. On the portal (portal.sd38.bc.ca) create a video in your portfolio where you'll answer the questions above, and...

1. Give an overall rating of your diet. You could give it a score out of 10. 
2. Why did you give it this rating.
3. Make a few goals (2-3) that describe how you will make improvements to your diet and health.

Answer all 7 questions above in the video. The whole video might be 1-5 minutes long.

ELL 1/2 Social Studies
Back to current events! Click this link to view an article on orcas. Complete the summary handout designed by our peer helper.

If you've finished both, come see me for the grammar handout.

ELL 3 Social Studies
More presentations!

ELL 1/2 Science
After the quiz, we'll be working on our calorie table a bit more. If there's time, we'll start our next unit.

ELL 3 English
Group summaries!

ELL 3 English
Here is the paragraph we made in class together:

Before there was life on Earth, there was a place called Skyland in the clouds, and the Earth was all water. In Skyland, Ancient Chief’s wife, Sky Woman, had a dream that the great tree was uprooted. Since it was a strong dream, Ancient Chief decided her dream must become true. As Sky Woman fell in the hole left by the Great Tree, she grabbed a handful of seeds then was caught by two swans who carried her down. Sky Woman couldn’t live on a planet made of water, so the animals wanted to find a way to help her. Many animals tried to bring the Earth up from deep within the ocean, but only the Muskrat was able to swim to great depths and bring some of the Earth up. They placed the Muskrat and the Earth on the Turtle’s back, where the turtle’s shell became scratched, and the Earth could grow. Sky Woman was brought to the Earth on the Turtle’s back so she could live, and life on Earth began.

ELL 1/2 Science
Today we finished our chart for measuring our diet, and added our needed calories for Monday. Please continue to fill this in through the week.

QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY!

ELL 3 Social Studies
Nice presentations today! We will continue with them tomorrow.

ELL 1/2 Social Studies
Today we'll be learning more about current events. Here is the link for our current event. We'll be doing a different set of questions, this time!

Here are our summary questions:
Who is the article about? (Hint: At least 2 groups of people) (1-2 sentences)

How does it affect them? (1-2 sentences)

What did Mallie’s want? (1 sentence)

What may have stopped Mallie’s from getting what they wanted? (1 sentence)

What did Mallie’s do to try to fix the problem? (1 sentence)

Write down the main idea(s) on the back of this sheet (1 sentence)

ELL 1/2 Social Studies
We'll be going over grammar units 11 and 12, as well as the answers for our last article. Once we've finished that, I'll introduce you to current events! HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE ARTICLE.

1. What are two strange things happening in the weather?
2. What is happening to the freezing air over the arctic?
3. How is climate change affecting Northern Europe and Asia?

ELL 3 Social Studies
This is our last work day. Please make good use of time. If you are finished you may work on your SR, or practice your speaking. Also, if you're not sure how to say some of your specialized vocabulary words, I'm always free to help you out!

ELL 1/2 Science
More to come!


ELL 3 English
Okay - time for some mythology! What we're going to do has quite a few steps, but we'll be fine. Myths are cultural stories that attempt to explain something that we didn't understand a long time ago. Here's our plan:

1. Intro to myths summaries.
2. Reader's Theater: The Earth on Turtle's Back (p. 71).
3. Check the same story on (p. 49). Make a summary as a class. Maximum - 8 sentences.

1. Group Stories (we may not get to this until Tuesday or Wednesday):
1. The Fire Stealer (p. 58)
2. Pan Ku (p. 61)
3. Prometheus (p. 64)
4. How the Mayans Got Fire and Fooled Their Enemies (p. 67)

In your group of 2-3 people, answer the questions about your story, and create a summary no longer than 6 sentences. The questions for your story are on page 70. This work is a team effort. After you have made the summary, we'll be sharing them with the class.