Firstly, please click this link to sign up for the class field trip MONDAY NOVEMBER 18th. Students must have permission to go and submit 13,000 won to the office BEFORE the trip date. Please see the link for more details.
This week students jumped back into action after a nice week off.
In English we will do a novel study for the rest of the term. Years 7 and 8 will read Philip Pullman’s Ruby in the Smoke, and Year 9 will read Laura Amy Schiltz’ Splendors and Glooms. As both are mystery novels set in Victorian England, this week small groups conducted research on various topics about the era. The final result was an infographic poster to share knowledge and help inform classmates about their topic to help understand the context of what we will be reading. They all turned out wonderful and are on display in the upstairs hallway. In the homework there is a reading comprehension of Victorian workhouses with questions.
As it was the beginning of a new IMYC unit, students spend two days piecing together a mystery about a financial crime. Students worked together to put together shredded documents, analyze their contents, and deduct who was responsible for buying a list of personal identifications and using them to apply for fake loans. I was really impressed how invested students were in this scenario and their efforts as a team to do what felt like an impossible task. In the end, most of us figured it out and wouldn’t you believe it, the culprit was Amanda!
We started our science unit on Wednesday; we will be looking at waves until the end of the term and started with an overview of different wave types. We looked at the different parts of transitional and longitudinal waves and used The University of Colorado’s PHET Lab simulations top play with the affects of adjusting frequency and amplitude on the wave. In the homework there is some basic labeling and matching exercises; if students did not take their class notes home, they are more than welcome to use the internet to refresh their memories.
In math Year 9s started their unit on constructing lines and angles, 8s started their unit on data representation, and year7s finished their unit on place value nd ordering integers and decimals. 7s unit test was on Thursday and students were able to take their math book and test home with the homework. They started their new unit on fractions, decimals, and percentages this Friday as well.
Students took home their full IMYC notebooks from the first unit, and a stack of other work including homework and PSHE stuff. Feel free to look over, keep or recycle.
Have a wonderful weekend and see you Monday!
Mrs. Leah