Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Mr. Burke

Mr. Burke, principal of SKSS, came today to talk with our Grade 7 students.
Every single Grade 7 was an excellent representative of Pacific Way, their home, their community.
Mr. Burke stopped at the school office on his way out and told Mrs. Zryd that "he was very impressed with our Grade 7's and that SKSS is looking forward to having Pacific Way students attend their next year."
Great Job, Grade 7's.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

SKSS Counsellor Visit

SKSS Counsellors will be here on April 1st at 8:40am to talk to Grade 7 students, hand out course selection forms, and answer any questions from students.

SKSS Parent Night

Parents of Grade 7 students who will be attending
South Kamloops Secondary in September, 2009
are invited to attend an information meeting.


Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 7

Time: 7pm

Location: Upper Campus (JP) Gym



Parents and their grade 7 students are all welcome.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Encounter Essay

Criteria:

Narrative writing (story based on real facts about an animal)

In the Canadian wilderness Brian came across many wild animals. Brian
saw porcupine, turtle, wolf, skunk, squirrel, rabbit, bear,and moose.

Choose one animal that you might encounter if you were in the
wilderness of Canada.

Research the animal you chose. (you should have read the webpage I
gave relating to your animal).

Now, after learning about your animal, imagine you are in the
wilderness and you run across this animal. Your "meeting" may be
humorous, scary, or even a blessing.

You should have filled out an Imagery Chart and a Figurative Language
Chart.

Write
1 - 3 paragraphs
Add imagery, use your chart to describe the way the animal the way
your character does
include some figurative language to make your writing interesting
determine which point of view you will write from and stick to it (1st
person, 2nd person, 3rd person)
be sure you are writing through the eyes of your character and not
just describing the animal as if you were writing a research paper.

Essays will be marked using the bc performance standards.
below is a weblink to check them out.

BC Performance Standards for Narrative Writing:

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/perf_stands/writing.htm

Click on Grade 7
Scroll down on left hand side; go to literary writing
Quickscale: Grade 7, Writing Stories

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Assignments

Students have 2 assignments due on Friday. A group project for Hatchet (a webquest) and an "Encounter Essay".
Assignments are due at 8:30am, right when school starts.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

REPORT CARDS

Due to technical difficulties, Report Cards will be sent home on April 9th.