Ms. Cabel - Archived 09/19 | Miramichi Valley High School

Our grade nine boys in The Outsiders

Posted: September 7, 2012

September 7th

Congrats! You've made it through week one of high school! We had some great discussions in English class today about the students' "fears" and "cheers" regarding high school. The students worked well collaboratively. Homework for Monday: Finish your interestalyzers and buy a hard cover writers notebook. Period 1: Have your parents sign the media forms. Have a great weekend!

Posted: September 5, 2012

Boomerang!!!

Boomerang was a great success today! Congrats to Mr. Sullivan and the Boomerang leaders for making our grade nines feel so welcome. Also, I loved meeting my classes today - keep up the positive attitudes as we move forward!

Posted: September 5, 2012

Course Outline

Here is the course outline for grade nine language arts.

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Posted: August 30, 2012

Welcome to High School Grade Nines!

I am excited to meet each of you! I know that going to a new school can be scary, but we are all here to support you. See you on Wednesday!

Posted: May 30, 2012

May 29th

English 10: Today we practiced notetaking from listening and we discussed the pros and cons of instituting one laptop/child in schools. Tomorrow we will expand on our discussion and will begin our final writing piece of the semester. Don't forget that your critical reading activities on teenage sleep are due tomorrow. English 112A (Period 3): Today you handed in your essays on the NB Health Population Survey. We continued our post-discussion of The Truman Show. We had some very deep discussions! We will begin writing our final personal essay of the term. It will cause us to look quite critically at our own realities. The essay assignment is attached below (when you open it, scroll down to page two). English 112A (Period 4): We continued filming today. We're getting there!!!

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Posted: May 25, 2012

Surviving :) The Teenage Brain

http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episode/surviving-the-teenage-brain.html

Posted: May 25, 2012

May 25th

English 10: We watched an episode of The Nature of Things today called "Surviving :) The Teenage Brain". As a follow-up, you must complete an It Says/I Say/So graphic organizer on the documentary. I am attaching a copy of the worksheet and I have added the documentary as a web link.

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Posted: May 24, 2012

May 24th

English 112A (Period 4): "The Lost Love of Tommy Waterfield" questions are due tomorrow. Also, the big day is just around the corner! After school, we will be rehearsing for our film. Saturday is filming day!!! Be at the main entrance of the school at 12pm, ready to start. Also, remember to bring in $2.00 for pizza. English 112A (Period 3): Today we looked at some interesting statistics from the 2011 NB Population Health Snapshot. Your assignment is to: Analyze the data that has been given to you and complete the following activity: Look at the results of the "Life Satisfaction" and "Perceived Health" surveys. Compare these to the results of the other surveys. In an essay (minimum of two pages), explain the irony of these results. Your piece can include: analysis of the data (what are the numbers and what do they mean) how the results are ironic what has caused these results (use your own knowledge and experiences living in the Miramichi area to comment on this) This assignment is due on Tuesday. The graphs can be obtained directly from me if you were not present today.

Posted: May 23, 2012

May 23rd

English 112A (Period 3): Questions on "The Lost Love of Tommy Waterfield" are due tomorrow. English 112A (Period 4): We have been rehearsing this week for our film shoot on Saturday. Also, today you received questions on "The Lost Love of Tommy Waterfield". Be sure to finish those for Friday.

Posted: May 14, 2012

May 14th

English 10: This week we will be watching the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird and reviewing for our test on Thursday. Don't forget that theme notebooks are due on Tuesday, May 22nd. English 112: This week we will be watching the film version of Lord of the Flies and reviewing for our test on Thursday.