Although this blogger was out of commission for part of the week, here are some highlights:
On Monday, we were divided into two groups for our “Literature Circle” assignment for the novel Black Like Me. There were 5 roles: Literary Luminary; Researcher; Discussion Director; Connector; and Summarizer. We worked on these throughout the week and ended our project over two days by making presentations to our groups. Tuesday the class wrote a math quiz, and presumably had music… though this writer was sick in bed.
Thursday the grade 7/8 class participated in the senior volleyball tournament at Queens University. Our team played valiantly, but not long. Undoubtedly, we were handicapped by the fact that the gym where we usually practice was unavailable that week. The day after the tournament, we submitted our Personal Project Proposals, which included: why we chose our subjects, what form our project will take and our checkpoints to completion, among other categories.
In preparing for a spelling test on November 20th we employed our sagacity to study our laborious list of words. Some may find it grotesque but the English language is melodious. Some of the words on our test are: Sagacity, laborious, grotesque and melodious. To my knowledge, this was the week at lakeshore. As it turns out this was also the last week of fall!
By: Aaron Mason
