Sir Winston Churchill Secondary

1/29/2020

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Today, the Vice-Principal from Churchill came to visit the Grade 7 students at Laurier. She quizzed the students on facts about the high school and other useful information. She reviewed useful information about Gr. 8. She reviewed the regular program and elective courses. In addition to this, she went over the timetable and what a typical day will look like next year. She explained what 'DAY 1' and 'DAY 2' looks like for your daily schedule next year.

IMPORTANT: If you haven't already done so, please submit your high school application directly to Churchill. We submitted all received applications to the Churchill today.

1.) MATH:

Write a learning reflection on your most recent math activity (FreshGrade - Decimal Party Planning)
You must include in your reflection all parts of our learning reflection criteria
You must also include if you had any corrections and if so, where you made your calculation error.
Decimals Unit Test on Friday.

2.) LA/WORD WORK:

Click here to access flash cards for Touching Spirit Bear.
If you create your own resource on Quizlet or Kahoot, please post it here to share with your classmates.
You will hand in your 2 sentences and parts of speech to me on Friday. If you have completed this already, feel free to upload it to FreshGrade under 'WORD WORK #4'

3.) POST A RESPONSE:

Yesterday, the majority of you completed the PAR. If you did not participate, you should have completed your PAR based on what you did that day.
Most students did not follow the criteria closely.
Today, do the following on yesterday's PAR. Follow the instructions carefully and complete everything asked! Your report cards go home on Friday! ;-)

SUCCESS CRITERIA:
1.) Self-assess your work with yesterday's criteria and the givens.
2.) POST A COMMENT as s reply to your original/editied/revised post INDICATING IF YOU HAVE
  MET THE CRITERIA from yesterday.
3.) Edit/revise your post based on your self-assessment and improve your writing. Keep in mind
  you should make sure you have included everything from the criteria. If you have already done
  this, try to improve your writing in your revised version from today!
4.) Those students who did not complete it yesterday, you must complete yesterday's requirements
before completing todays.
5.) Copy and paste your final version to the FreshGrade activity titled: PAR - Following criteria This
  will be evaluated on FreshGrade.

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Sara

1/29/2020 02:14:34 pm

1st

1/29/2020 03:36:34 pm

Second! :D

Audrey

1/29/2020 03:39:22 pm

3rd

Brieana

1/29/2020 03:55:54 pm

4th

EThel

1/29/2020 04:07:18 pm

5th :-)

Mealea

1/29/2020 04:24:19 pm

6th! > <

Brieana

1/29/2020 04:36:06 pm

On Monday the grade sevens went to Seymour mountain to ski or snowboard. Although some of us did not go. I was one of those people. Instead of going skiing I stayed home while my parents went shopping, I helped my mom out by cleaning the house. Later that day Catherine came over and first she did some math then we played uno until it was time for her to go. Then I went to skating like I normally do. It felt weird even though we sometimes have pro-d days on Mondays. I had fun and I would rather stay home than go to school.

Max (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)

1/29/2020 05:36:51 pm

Seventh!!!

1/29/2020 05:48:22 pm

(ﾉ*･ω･)ﾉ Max (°ー°〃)

1/29/2020 05:57:02 pm

Skiing! That is the fun sport I did yesterday on Jan 27, 2020. The day filled with excitement and fun and twists and turns (get it?) I was learning how to ski, and the day was filled with merriment.

I was with a instructor that taught my group (Nick, Mealea, Emma, Preya, and Edmond) how to ski. At first, we were just practising on bunny hill. It was boring and tiring because every time we slide down, we have to hike back up. Then, after lunch, things started to get more enjoyable. We got to ski down a simple but big hill. The best part was that we did not have to hike up. The magic carpet was all there is needed. When the day was almost over, my entire group got to ski down the entire hill without stopping. I was going down a tad to fast, and I almost missed my turn and ran in to a tree. I strained to righten myself, and managed to avoid the pain of running in to a tree. Then I skied down the rest of the hill with ease and speed, but I didn't stop (for some reason) and ran straight up a pile of snow. Then, I slid back down with great pain because I accidently did a spilt. Ouch! Luckily, I didn't suffer any more.

In conclusion, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of learning how to ski. The day was very fun even though my feet hurts from the ski boots.

Max

1/29/2020 08:19:43 pm

This is my edited version. I have done both of the P.A.R.S.

1/29/2020 06:01:35 pm

We went to Seymour mountain and the first thing we did was to get our rentals. Afterwards, the class was separated into skiers, snowboarders and their levels. We then met up with the instructor and off to snowboarding we went. At first, it was hard to do my S turns because I haven't practiced it in a while, but once I practiced some more, I got better at it. We ate lunch at the lodge. After the instructor decided to take us up to a blue run. When I was on the chairlift, I felt like my boot was going to fall off. I became more comfortable going on the chairlift in the afternoon. After I snowboarded safely and had fun.

I'm getting better at snowboarding and I can't wait for my next lesson

megan

1/29/2020 06:33:52 pm

I finished today's par

Konoshin

1/29/2020 07:02:46 pm

Beep-beep, Beep-beep, Beep-beep. That's the noise from my alarm so I turned it off because it was annoying and I wanted to sleep more.

Suddenly, my mom comes in my room and slaps me to wake me up! Well that's because the only way to wake me up is to slap me. Anyways, I woke up and I looked at my clock and I'm like "Oh shoot! I'm going to be late for the field trip!", so I hurried and the time I left my house was 8:40 something! My mom yelled "Run to school! You'll be late!", so I did and I was thinking that everyone left already. When I got to school I heard people talking in the gym, so I went in and I was relieved that I wasn't late. When we arrived at Mt Seymour we got our ski/snowboard boots and our skies/snowboards. After, we split up into groups and started the lesson. When I was doing curves I kept on falling, but on the other hand Ty was doing perfect. Then it was lunch and I was glad it was because I was starving.

After lunch, we went to larger slopes where you take the lift up to the top of the slope and it took a while getting up there. It was scary going down the slope at first, but I got used to it so I started doing curves again. It was a fun time snowboarding and I can't wait to go again.

Ethel

1/29/2020 07:14:41 pm

I'm done with PAR :-)

Charlie

1/29/2020 07:38:21 pm

I have edited and revised my original P.A.R from yesterday.

Sophia

1/29/2020 07:39:56 pm

@mr.Hong
My application has not yet been handed in and I was wondering when is it due? I checked th Churchill website and said it was due January 18th 2020

Mr. Hong

1/29/2020 08:01:29 pm

@ Sophia - We reminded all students over the last few weeks to hand them in as soon as possible. We discussed that we would submit them this week. So, we submitted all applications we received to the high school today. However, not to worry, you can walk it over to a Churchill tomorrow and you can give it to the office staff. It is not a problem.

Sophia

1/29/2020 09:26:18 pm

@Mr.Hong
Thank you very much!

Sara

1/29/2020 07:58:06 pm

@ Mr. Hong - You have errors here.

2.) POST A COMMENT as s reply to your original/editied/revised post INDICATING IF YOU HAVE MET THE CRITERIA from yesterday.

Mr. Hong

1/29/2020 08:02:07 pm

@ Sara - Thank you for the feedback! I’ll edit/revise my work.😃

1/29/2020 08:34:22 pm

I'm done yesterdays par.

1/29/2020 08:35:14 pm

Also I met the criteria.

Sara

1/29/2020 08:45:06 pm

I’m done the PAR and I met the criteria.

1/29/2020 08:48:24 pm

I finished the par.

Kyungsun

1/29/2020 09:30:28 pm

i fiinished the par

Nick

1/29/2020 09:33:19 pm

I wasn't a big fan of skiing at first, because the last time I went to Seymour, I looked down at the steep slopes and decided the only thing awaited me down there was death. However, I had no choice so as the horizon started to brighten, we were headed to Seymour mountains for our ski trip.

About an hour later...

As we arrived at our destination, we waited in the cafeteria for the others. Once everyone had showed up, the staff and Mr. Hong explained to us what would be happening.

Ten minutes later...

Everyone was dressed and ready, so the instructors each took a small party to teach. Everyone in my group learned to hike and ski for the first time. We learned some basic ski skills such as staying in control and slowing down. We had practiced skiing down a small hill for a while when it was time for lunch. Everyone was relieved to take a break, and I was very tired.

After lunch...

We had practiced a few more basic skills and then headed towards a slope called goldfish or something. When I looked down, I was basically thinking, "....I will find a way to escape" because I was sure I'd die going down. However, we didn't go directly down the slope but we took turns and using various skills to slow down so we didn't plunge into the snow at 9999mph.

At the end of the day when we were heading back, I was very glad I could participate in the ski trip because I realized how fun it was! Mr. Hong even bought us each smoothies, and can't wait for the next ski trip!

Boswell

1/29/2020 10:03:29 pm

This is my edited version after checking the criteria.

Are you applying to any mini schools? Well I applied to a mini school that needs a test to be able to join, and I took the test but unfortunately it was on the same day as our skiing trip.

When I woke up I just relaxed since I had gotten a lot of sleep and woke up pretty late. Then I had my lunch then 10 minutes after I went to the test. I was nervous going to the test since I'm applying to a mini school I want to get into. The test was pretty simple you just had to sit down and draw the objects on the table you we're assigned to but you could only use oil pastels and watercolour to create your art, and you only get 45-60 minutes for the test since many students are applying and hey have limited time. After the test we went shopping for 2 hours and it was sooo boring just walking for 2 hours. Since I was bored and had to do kumon after the shopping I decided to bargain my way out of going to kumon and it worked, but I had to clean my room I'm exchange. After that I basically relaxed for the rest of the day and didnt do anything special.

That was my day during the ski trip and afterwards and even though I missed the ski trip it was a fun day for me.

Adrian

1/29/2020 10:44:10 pm

I edited my par from yesterday all completed. :D

Emily

1/29/2020 11:42:58 pm

I'm pretty sure I met all of the criteria points in my par from yesterday.

Dennis

1/30/2020 08:26:16 am

I am confident that I met all criteria points for the PAR.

Mealea

1/30/2020 08:47:22 am

Skiing is a really fun sport that gets you excited! The wind in your face as your rushing down the slopes with a happy look on your face, that look of excitement as you ski!

The first day of skiing started on a good note. I got to school around 7:40 and the rest of the people in my car arrived shortly after. The people in my car were Krystelle, Ethel, Megan, and Stephen. All of us were chatting so loud as we walked to my car. When we got in we started to watch on the tv in my car for 57 minutes. Basically we watched until we arrived at our destination. Our destination was Mount Seymour to learn to ski (Or if you are a pro at skiing then just to ski)

We went inside, got our name tag/ pass for skiing, grabbed our ski shoes then lined up for helmets and skis. After getting prepared and ready, we went outside and went into separate groups. I was a beginner and went with one of the beginner groups.

Our teacher, first took us to the “bunny slopes” (I think that’s what they are called) and she taught us how to ski with one ski each by itself while going around in circles. Then with both skis. After that she laid this long black carpet that went from the bottom of the slope, to the top. Our instructor told us to do side steps up the carpet until we got to the top.

We went skiing down that slope for a while, learning how to do the “pizza” down the slope to slow down our speed, and how doing “French fries” would increase our speed. After getting comfortable with all of the basics so far, Our instructor announced it was lunch time so went inside and ate our lunch. I ate my turkey wrap super fast (totally) then went outside with Seon back to our instructor.

The moment I had been waiting for! I was excited to go down the higher slope. Our instructor made us go down the long slope slowly. We didn’t go from the top all the way to the bottom first. We went down the first part of the slope then stopped, then the next, and the next, until we got to the bottom. We did this 1 more time, going slowly down the slope, until our instructor let us go down the slope one more time. This time, we could go all the way down from where we were standing if we wanted, without stopping! My exact words were “I’m all fired up!!” I went down the whole slope, my heart racing, my speed slowly increasing, then before I knew it, I was at the bottom.

At the bottom, I saw a tired Nick, laying on the floor. I couldn’t help but laugh. I went up the magic carpet and waited for my instructors instructions. I was super sad because it was the end of our fun day of skiing. We headed back all smiling and laughing! Me and seon were busy chatting about how much fun we had!

I putted away my equipment and got ready to go home. While I was getting ready for home, I realized how long we had been skiing from 10:00ish to 3:20ish.I gathered Ethel, Krystelle, Stephen, and Megan into my car and we all watched a movie while eating Doritos, BBQ pork buns, and cookies. We got to school, texted Mr.Hong, then dropped everyone off home.

In conclusion, that day I learned how to ski, had an amazing experience, had lots of fun with friends, and ate a delicious turkey wrap with fries

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