Humanities

Today students had time to complete their Poetry & Figurative Language in Pop Culture task. This is to be completed for tomorrow as students will present on Wednesday.

Vertigo Field Trip

- Tomorrow afternoon we attend Vertigo Theatre to see the production of Dreaming Now.

- Students MUST bring a bagged lunch and will not have time to purchase nor heat up their food.

HUMANITIES

1. BOOK REPORTS and JOURNAL WORK

- students have the weekend to finish or 'beef up' their book reports

- all journals need to be handed in on Monday so marks can be completed for Semester 1.

- report cards will be home on Feb. 6

2. Poetry and Fig. Lang. in Pop Culture

- student have begun this task and will have Monday to complete it

- students will present on Wednesday

Poetry & Figuarative Language in Pop Culture

Your task:

-          find examples of figurative language in music, lyrics, TV Shows, novels, movies, etc

How you show what you know is totally up to you…

o   Video (clips of music videos with text to identify the figurative language and explanation of )

o   PPT – overview of lyrics, figurative language, meaning

o   Comic – make a visual representation of lyrics identifying figurative language and meanings

o   Your idea…come check with me

Songs, lyrics, movie clips, text, etc must be appropriate for school…you must be proud to share this text with your grandparents J

Expectations:

-          Figurative language is identified

o   (simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, pun, etc)

-          Literal meaning of text must be explained

-          Final product needs to be organized, flow nicely, full of details, thoughtful explanations, neat, clear

Hum

Poems that need to be completed for Thursday:
- simile poem
- metaphor poem
- The Most Beautiful Day poem

Book Report - started on Monday and need to be completed and handed in on Friday

For Wednesday - bring your music and your headphones

Humanities

We have begun looking at Figurative Language. Today students will create their own simile poem.

Figurative language – a way of using words to create a special effect or meaning and it is language that contains figures of speech

Figures of speech – various types of figurative language (similes, metaphor, personification…)

Literal meaning – meaning exactly what the words say

Imagery – creating pictures in the mind of the reader

Sensory details – using descriptions that appeal to the senses (sight, sound taste, touch, smell) using figurative language

Simile – a comparison of unlike things using like, as, or than.

        Ex. He stood like a statue.      She was as beautiful as a dozen roses.

       

Metaphor – a comparison of unlike things without using like, as, or than

        Ex. The man’s face was a jigsaw puzzle.     Bobby is a turkey.

Personification – describing an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person.

        Ex. The rock stubbornly refused to move.     The car died in the middle of the street.

Hyperbole – an unbelievable exaggeration.

        Ex. I did 10 hours of homework last night.   I am so hungry I could eat 1000 cheeseburgers.

Onomatopoeia – use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning.

        Ex. buzz, pow, bang, zip, hum, zoom

Alliteration – the repetition of initial consonant sounds

Ex. Fun Freddy fed the fish.     Seashells struck the shore.

Pun – play on words

        Ex. The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.

Oxymoron – opposites / contradictory terms

        Ex. A deafening silence              small crowd        Found missing                      pretty ugly

Idiom – a group of words whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words

        Ex. She was over the moon         It was a piece of cake.

              It’s raining cats and dogs     Does the cat have your tongue?

IRONY - is all about opposites: opposite meanings, opposite results and opposite expectations.

Dramatic irony –  when the reader or audience understands more about the events of a story than a character.

Situational irony – when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate.

Verbal irony – A character says one thing but really means the opposite.

Home Logic

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Today in Class

Science

Today in class we began to look at how microscopes work to magnify an image.  Students are to complete a labeled diagram of a compound light microscope as well as a description of each of the parts.

Math 

Students got back 2 tests in math today, Operations with Fractions and Rates and Ratios,  and we spent time taking up those tests.  Please ask to look at those tests with your child.

Homework: Complete #1 on  "Playing Around"  math assignment.
 

Humanities

Today we completed our Renaissance presentations. Tomorrow we will complete our assessment and marks will be updated in Home Logic.

Journaling - tomorrow we will continue to work on our Take a Look Back at 2014 & Look Ahead to 2015. If any students have fine tip markers or journaling pens, please make sure they are at school to be used during Humanities.

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back Grade 8s!!

1. Students will have a chance to present their Renaissance Change Maker projects on Tuesday in gallery style presentations. The task was to choose a change maker within the Renaissance and complete a biography of that person, and also use this biography task as a way to summarize and present your knowledge of the Renaissance as it relates to the person and topic of interest to you.

What needs to be covered in the presentation and in the materials (research, notes, final visual projects) that will be handed in:

- What impact or influence on Renaissance worldview did this individual have?

- What impact or influence on our worldview today did this individual have?

- What importance did this individual have during the Renaissance?

- What importance did this individual have on our life today?

- What qualities did they have which made them a Renaissance man or woman?

- Were they truly great in what they accomplished? Why? How so?

- Their greatest contribution in shaping the worldview of the Renaissance was…

- Their greatest contribution in shaping the worldview of western worldview was….

2. A Flurry of Fun

- Create an image that describes an event, memory, or activity that has been important to you since starting school in September. This could be an activity during school, outside of school, or during winter break.

Use a snowflake for your image. You can draw your image, or use magazine cut outs as well to create a collage. Your image must be colored.

You must describe your image (or images) in one paragraph in your journal. Why did you chose this image(s)? What makes it so important? This is a formal writing piece, so make sure to use appropriate tone and language when describing your important event.