May 27

This week in humanities, students will be completing a unit on "consumerism", for Social Studies. They will be writing a mock PAT-style quiz as well as creating a commercial or advertisement billboard based on one of the marketing schemes learned in class. Students will also finalize their free verse poems, which will be shared with class on Tuesday. On Friday, selected students will share their poems in a school poetry slam.  They will also continue working on their myblueprint portfolios for health.

May 10

This past week in humanities, students learned about the formatting and planning process of writing a formal business letter. They wrote a mock PAT letter, before writing their official PAT on Thursday May 9th, which consisted of 2 parts: Essay or Narrative and Letter Writing. Students will receive a course grade from either their official PAT or their in-class practice writing (the higher mark of the two will be recorded). Next week, students will begin their poetry unit, leading up to a poetry slam on Friday May 31st. They will also begin a new Social Studies unit on Consumerism.