Hello! Here is what's going on in my classes this week:
ENG 406-01: The Shawshank Redemption movie review/critique is due on Tuesday. If you haven't yet handed in your On the Beach diary entries, please do so ASAP. We will be finishing Chapter 5 in On the Beach, and starting Chapter 6. Also, our next big assignment will be introduced: the formal speech. (This will be a little like the rant, but 5-7 minutes long and less-casual.) We will be presenting this before Christmas, and beginning our research and planning very soon. In-class presentation dates will be Dec. 17. There will also be lunchtime presentation opportunities on Dec. 15 and Dec. 17. You should pick a date this week. (If one of these times doesn't work for you, try scheduling a different one with me.)
GEO 206-01: We will be wrapping up our introduction to Native territory. Before talking more about Nunavut, we will be doing a complex task assignment related to the movie, The Last of the Mohicans. We'll be watching the movie next Monday and Tuesday in class. Before the holidays, we will continue working on the territory of Nunavut, and you will receive and have some time to research/plan your next major complex task. For this task, you must choose an Aboriginal territory in Quebec, Canada, or elsewhere, and you will have to answer a variety of questions related to Competency 1, 2, and 3. For those who did not do so well on the term 1 complex task, you must read the instructions carefully and make sure to answer the questions as fully as you can.
POP 304-01: We will be continuing work on our PowerPoint presentations. The presentations will be after Christmas, but I need the PowerPoint slides finished by December 22. There will be more guest speakers, a career aptitude test, and you will get back your resumes.
ETH 140-01: We will be continuing work on creation stories and religion. Should be fun!
ENT 402-01: Your "test" will now be a complex task assignment, and it will cover all the basic Economics stuff we've covered in class, such as needs, wants, supply and demand, price, revenue, cost, profit, market research, etc. This will be due Dec. 21. This is very important. I will be adding more video and work in the lab, but we need to have the basics before we continue.
LAW 802-01: We will be transitioning from Criminal Law to Civil Law. You will get back your newspaper article homework assignments, plus we will go over questions from Runaway Jury. There will be a test on Tuesday, December 7. It will cover searches, warrants, jury selection, police powers, war crimes, and other materials and articles we have done this term.
Everybody, I hope you have a great week. If you have any problems or questions, please let me know...
Mr. Foster
