For parents: the basic homework schedule for homeroom is as follows:

Class schedule is now posted

Period 2 ...Room 205

				9:40 - 10:20 am
Grade 8 drill test, bandsaw test, scroll saw blade changes. More safety tests for grade 7 students.

Period 3 ...Room 207

				10:35 - 11:15 am
Computer lab for SketchUp lesson. Students will begin an assignment on Monday using this software.

Period 4 ...Room 32

		Library	11:15 - 11:45 am
Students may hand in their writing samples for Mr. Winship. Next week, we will introduce "Smiley-face Tricks" to improve personal story writing. Library time with Mr. Aucoin. This will include signing out new books from the Library.

Period 5 ...Room 32 

		History	12:45 - 1:15 pm
Oh Canada. Our home and native land. Reading about Canada's First Nations People.

Period 7 ...Room 32

1:55 - 2:35 pm

Computer lab work will explore Geometer's Sketchpad. This is 2D geometry modeling software. Today we will learn how to make squares and other polygons.

Period 8 ...Room 32

2:55 - 3:30 pm

Finish the day with integer and spelling tests.

Story writing samples due today.

Reading History textbooks for this weekend. Chapter one. Short jot-notes will be required.

Substitution Homework.

Due to the rain, I would prefer that the History texts do not go home today. We will substitute a reading assignment instead.

You have been given a "Smiley-Face" trick page. This page identifies some of the tricks writers use to engage an audience. To show how common these tricks are, you are asked to find them in books you have at home.

The Smiley-face trick sheet is to identify when a writer uses a technique to engage the reader. You will be using this to make your own writing rich and expressive.
This weekend, you need to find two books that use some of the techniques. You need not identify all of the techniques, nor do they need to be in a single book. Try to find at least two good examples of a technique; for example, the full circle ending might be found in a number of story books.
There are eight tricks, and some are easier to find than others.
Identify the technique and show where it is used in a book. Bring the book in, if possible. Failing that, at least write the title, author and section of the book, and copy the section down that shows the trick that was used.

For parents: the basic homework schedule for homeroom is as follows: