Grade 8 Your Worldview Project

Students in grade 8 received the following project today:

Your Worldview Project

Planning Sheet and Rubric

Students will be given class time to work on the project. It will be due on Thursday, October 3.

Current Event Wednesdays

Beginning next week, students in grade 7 and grade 8 will begin to present on current events. Students in grade 7 will focus on events within Canada while examining bias, while grade 8 students will focus on events local to global while comparing multiple sources to consider perspective.
Students will work in pairs and will present on 2 current events over the course of the term. This project is ongoing with presentations taking place every Wednesday.

Grade 7 Assignment and Rubric

Grade 8 Assignment and Rubric


For grade 8 I have placed a link to the Owl Purdue APA Citation Guide, an excellent source for how to cite, under the Learning Resources tab.

September 23-27

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend, and enjoyed the warm weather! 

This week in HUM 7:

We will finish our chart comparing the differences of the Mi'kmaq, Haudenosaunee, Anishanabe. We will then go through the following powerpoint while completeing fill in the blank notes.

Indigenous People Powerpoint

Notes

In prep for our upcoming short story, Seventh Grade by Gary Sotto, we are reviewing the elements of plot:

We will also review simile and metaphor:

In HUM 8:

We have considered elements of worldview and created this poster as a class:

We are continuing to examine worldview using artefacts for the next few days.

Clues for Identifying Worldview

Welcome to Grade 7 and 8 Humanities

Hello,

My name is Avery Ruuska and I am very pleased to teach your child this year. I teach Grade 7 Humanities to 7- and 7-. I also teach Grade 8 Humanities to 8-

Homework:

I recommend reading for 20-30 minutes per evening. Daily reading is critical to increasing comprehension, speed and the understanding of how our language is constructed.

Homework is periodically sent home with your child to complete.  This work consists of items that were not finished in class.  This homework will always be checked so that students will develop positive habits of meeting deadlines and being accountable for their work. 

All deadlines are posted on the board and blog as reminders.

Humanities Curriculum:

In Humanities English Language Arts is combined with the Social Studies curriculum to provide a rich understanding of topics and skills.  

The aim of English Language Arts is to enable each student to understand and appreciate the English language while reading, writing and speaking confidently and competently. Books for daily reading in class are available in the school library and public library. Students may also choose to bring a book of choice from home. Students are encouraged to read a variety of types of books and vary their choices in order to gain comprehension skills over a wide selection of written text such as, fiction and non-fiction to challenge their reading abilities.

In Social Studies 7, students will explore the origins, histories and movements of people who have forged the foundation of Canadian Confederation. Students will examine how political, economic, social and demographic changes have shaped Canadian history and Canada today.

In Social Studies 8, students will examine the topic of worldview, and how individual worldview is shaped through personal experience. Students will explore the Renaissance, as well as, Aztec and Japanese culture pre and post European contact.

Please check the blogger periodically at, msruuska.blogspot.com and if you have any questions please email me at, avruuska@cbe.ab.ca

I am looking forward to our time together,

Avery Ruuska