April 27-April 29

This is a short week, as students are not in school Thursday or Friday. Short stories are due this week for both grade 9 and 9/10. I would appreciate them passed in on-line, griffroa@nbed.nb.ca
Please have in by Friday midnight, May 1st.

Grade 9:
We are continuing with Touching Spirit Bear. Questions for chapter 15:
1. What did most members of the Circle believe should happen to Cole?
2. What information did Peter Driscal's lawyer reveal about his recovery?
3. Describe Edwin's demonstration for the circle?
4. What lesson did Edwin want the Circle members to gain from his demonstration?
5. Tell about Peter Driscal's lawyer's reaction when Cole insisted he had seen the Spirit Bear?
6. What new information regarding the white bears did Edwin reveal?
7. What conditions for returning to the island did Edwin suggest to the members of Circle Justice?
8. Why did Cole say that on the Island he "realized he was dying and I had never really even lived yet"? (Pg 132)
9. Why was Cole's father so angry and abusive?
10. What did Circle Justice decide to do with Cole?

Chapter 16 Questions:

1. Cole struggles physically with tasks that should be simple, why?
2. What news does Garvey break to Cole once they are back on the island?
3. What does Edwin do to the skiff that demonstrates a lack of trust for Cole?
4. What does Cole learn about trust?
5. Why is "the whole world a hotdog?"
6. What are the words to the friendship song Garvey and Edwin were humming?
7. Describe how Garvey's meal was different from Cole's'.
8. What did Edwin tell Cole to celebrate when Cole complained about nothing to celebrate about?

Chapter Seventeen
1. What kept Cole awake all night his first night back on the island?
2. What new experience did Edwin introduce Cole to at dawn? Why?
3. Describe Edwin's demonstration for Cole with the stick. What lesson did he want Cole to learn?
4. What do happiness and anger have in common? They are both a ____________.
5. Cole told Edwin that his demonstration with the stick made more sense than all the weird things the counselors and psychologists told him. Why did Edwin say that this was true?

Chapter 18 questions:

1. When Garvey, Edwin and Cole were watching the whales, what did Edwin decide to do that evening?
2. Why wouldn't Garvey or Edwin help Cole build his new cabin?
3. What were some of Cole's responsibilities on the island to prepare for his banishment?
4. Who paid for all of the new supplies and cabin materials? How?
5. Why did Edwin insist that Cole do the whale dance?
6. What does each person do after his dance?
7. Why didn't Edwin have Cole dance an anger dance to release his anger, yet?
8. Cole wanted to skip a day of going to the water. When did Edwin say he could do that?
9. Describe what Edwin had Cole do to meet his ancestors and why he did it.
10. Once the rock is set down it becomes your _____________. Rolling it down the hill what was Cole to imagine?


Grade 9/10

Both the essay on William Shakespeare and the essay on comedy found in 12th Night are past due. Short story is due Friday, May 1st midnight.
This week, we are working on grammar, and preparing for debates.

12 Media

Scripts, and story boards are now past due. Filming should be taking place this week.

12 Hospitality

We are working on Grand Manan atractions. Working in teams of 2, students will research two attractions on Grand Manan. Groups will present to the class on Wednesday. The class will create a photostory on one of the following topics: Birdwatching on Grand Manan; Rock hounding and geology on Grand Manan; Hiking trails of Grand Manan; Lighthouses and interesting buildings on Grand Manan; Churches on Grand Manan; Working on the sea: ferries and fishing boats on Grand Manan; Kayaking;

April 21-24

9 English

We are still reading and answering questions on Touching Spirit Bear. Chapter 12 questions:

1. Why did Cole cry when the Spirit Bear left him alone?
2. The Spirit Bear returns and this time Cole's response is different. How? Why?
3. Why did Cole reach out and touch the bear?
4. What does the bear do that Cole didn't expect?
5. What does Cole discover about the world just as he was growing delirious?
6. Pretend you are Garvey, the probation officer, how would you feel finding Cole in the condition he was in? What are his thoughts?
7. Describe how you think Edwin responded when he first saw Cole.
8. What does Garvey believe happened to Cole?
9. How does he react when he realizes that a bear has attacked Cole?
10. What does Cole mean when he tells Garvey he is okay?

Chapter 13 Questions:

1. Who is Rosey?
2. Describe the difference in the way Cole treats Garvey and Edwin now and how he treated them in the first chapters.
3. Cole tells Garvey that the bear attack was his fault, what does he mean?
4. Edwin, Garvey and the nurse discuss Cole's condition and Edwin says that he'll be all right if he ever finds a reason to live. What did he mean by that?
5. Describe Cole's dream (nightmare).
6. Who does he call out for?
7. Garvey admits that he is helping Cole for himself. Explain.
8. Rosey gives Cole good advice. What is it?
9. Cole tells Edwin that he is done being mad. What does Edwin tell him anger is?
10. Why does Cole throw away his only proof that the Spirit Bear was real?
11. Write about a time that you were strongly impacted by an outside force. What happened? Why do you remember it? How did it change you?

Chapter 14 questions:

1. Describe Cole's physical condition at the beginning of this chapter.
2. What did Garvey persuade the guard to do as they were transporting Cole from the hospital to the detention center?
3. What did Cole's dad do for him during his hospitalization? His mom?
4. Why did Garvey warn Cole that the healing of his physical wounds was the easy part?
5. What has happened to the at'oow at this point?
6. What has happened to Cole's mom? Why is she doing so much better?
7. What information does his mom reveal to him about his dad?
8. What was Garvey's surprise for Cole at the Circle Justice meeting?
9. List the members of the circle who were missing this time.
10. If you were a part of the circle at this point - what would you have recommended be done with Cole?

9/10 English

We are finishing the unit on William Shakespeare's play, Twelfth Night.
We are doing a comparative study with the movie, She's The Man, loosely based on 12th Night.
Names of characters and types of comedy are the same in the play and the movie.
Unit Test on 12th Night will be on Friday.

12 Media

We are finishing our scripts and story boards for the 1 minute movie of a nursery rhyme.
We are looking at the Global community, and Canada's competive status in the world.

12 Hospitality and Tourism

We are finishing our unit on Food Service. Test on the unit will be on Thursday, April 23rd.
Our next unit will be on attractions and tourism.

April 14-17

Grade 9 English:
Questions for Ch. 8 Spirit Bear

1. What does the Spirit Bear do when Cole charges him?
2. Describe the episode Cole has with the white bear.
3. What are the injuries Cole endures?
4. When Cole realizes where he is, what are the sea gulls doing?
5. Describe what Edwin (elder of Tlingit) told Cole about how to live with the other creatures on the island. Is Cole doing this?
6. How are Edwin's words proving to be true?
7. Cole experiences intense pain and swallows a lot of his blood. These two issues cause him more distress - what happens?
8. This entire chapter takes place with Cole in only one position. What is that position and what do you think he is learning, if anything?
9. What emotion did Cole find even more unbearable than the pain?

Questions for Chapter 9:


1. Cole is lying at the mouth of the bay as the chapter opens. What is the one end he believes he will come to?
2. Cole is obviously injured badly as he lies there on the edge of the bay. What other conditions make this even worse for him?
3. Cole's bitterness and anger actually helped him keep from losing consciousness during this time. He was watching baby birds. What did he think he would do if he were the mother bird? Why did he feel that way?
4. Cole loses consciousness again and wakes up after dark. What does he see in the darkness of the storm?
5. What were the prickling sensations he felt through his body?
6. The storm rages on and on until finally lightening strikes right beside him. What does it hit and what happens?
7. What do you think Cole is learning from the attack and the storm?
8. The author says that Cole had to focus on the moon to help him "remain on this side" What does he mean by that?
9. Cole tried to remember what Garvey and Edwin had said about circles as he watched the moon. What had they told him?
10. What does Cole do at the end of the chapter that tells the reader he is beginning to learn and grow?

Questions on Chapter 10

1. Cole is slipping in and out of consciousness as a new pain was building in his body. What happened to Cole that caused him "painful shame?"
2. Why could Cole no longer be angry?
3. When Cole finally found the baby birds, what had happened to them?
Why was he envious of them?
4. Describe the cycle that Cole finally understands - the circle Edwin had tried to explain to him.
5. Cole comes to the conclusion that he wants to live - why do you think he chooses life over death?
6. How was Cole like the baby birds?
7. What does Cole eat and then choked on? Why did he choke on it? What other delicacies did he find to eat?
Explain the significance of the quote, "Food is energy and energy is life and Cole wanted to live."
8. Why couldn't Cole feel his right arm?
9. Why have the past several chapters been shorter than previous chapters? Has the writing of the narrative changed in any way? If so, does this have an effect on the novel?

Chapter 11 questions

1. Before Cole ate the mouse to give himself energy, he said he "pitied the little mouse." How is this different from his attitude earlier in the story?
2. Cole felt satisfaction after he ate, explain why.
3. How did Cole get water?
4. Describe Cole's emotions when the Spirit Bear returned.
5. Why did he spit at the bear?

12 Media

This week we are working on script writing. Remember that page numbers are set at 75 pica, top line of page.
The left hand margin is set at 20 pica (2 inches). The right hand margin is set at 75 pica (7.5 inches). For scene descriptions start at 20 (2 inches) and go to 70 (7 inches.)
For paranthetical descriptions (i.e.: screaming) start at 35 end at 50.
The character name is all upper case, and begins at 40.
Dialogue begins at 30, with a right margin of 65.
Triple space for a new scene.

Prose writing to change to script writing:

Susan walks over to her rocking chair and sits down. "John," she says, "Have you seen my knitting needles?"
"No, did you take them into the kitchen last night?" He rises to put more wood into the fireplace.
"No, I don't think so," she replied.
"Well, I don't know where they are," John said.
As he sits down in the chair, he jumps up quickly, screaming. "I found them."
He stands, rubbing his behind. He reaches by the chair's cushion and pulls out the knitting needles. "I believe these are yours."
"Thank-you," Susan replied, with a sheepish smile on her face. " knew you would get the point."

April 6-9

9 English:

Short Stories are due April 30th. We are working on the novel Spirit Bear.

Questions on Ch. 7:

1. Why does Cole feel the need for a weapon? What does he make?
2. Cole feeds green wood into the fire to create a lot of smoke. Of what benefit is the smoke to him?
3. What does he do to alleviate his hunger?
4. Cole woke up in the middle of the night because the stillness awakened him. What was about to happen?
5. How did Cole deal with his hunger?
6. What did Cole do when he saw the Spirit Bear at the mouth of the bay?
7. Why do you think he did this? What was he thinking?
8. Did this frighten the bear? Why or why not?

Questions on Chapter 6 are below:

1. As the chapter opens, Cole and his father are having a very heated exchange of harsh words. Why were they out of line and what did the Keeper do about it?
2. Cole begged his mom to say something when she held the feather. What did he want her to say? Did she do it? Why or why not?
3. Peter's lawyer said that any solution found by this Circle must do two things, what were they?
a.
b.
4. Why did the guard cuff Cole?
5. We know Cole has an anger problem. How does his dad deal with his own anger?
6. Tell about the one time Cole's mom tried to intervene when Cole was being beaten.
7. What solution does Garvey come up with at the Circle Meeting to satisfy the Driscal's lawyer and allow Cole not to be sentenced yet?
8. What does Garvey mean when he says "If you go to jail, I won't bet a nickel on your future."
9. Define: banishment
10. Describe in one complete paragraph why you believe Cole behaves as he does and has become a violent juvenile offender.

Questions on Chapter 5 are below:

1. Where did Cole end up swimming?
2. What had happened to him to cause Cole to end up where he did swimming?
3. Why could Cole not stand when he came ashore?
4. When Cole became delirious, what did he try to find?
5. When Cole awakens from his first night on the island, what does he see?
6. Why did the bear make him so angry?
7. When Cole heard what his father said at Circle Justice, Why did he explod.
8. When Cole say the bear, "morning light glinted off the white fur and made it glow." What does "glinted" mean?
9. Write about a time when you were totally exhausted, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Questions on chapter 4 are below:

1. As this chapter opens, Cole is swimming away from the island to which he has been banished. What is his greatest danger at this point?
2. Who was involved in the Circle of Justice?
3. Why did this worry Cole?
4. Why did Cole's father and his lawyer look out of place?
5. What did Cole do to Peter Driscal at this meeting and why did he stop?
6. The Keeper described Circle Justice - she said that justice often fails because it punishes rather than what? What is the purpose of Circle Justice?
7. What was the significance of the feather?
8. Tell how Cole's mom, his dad, Cole, the lawyer and Peter Driscal all responded when it was their turn to hold the feather:
A. Cindy Matthews
B. William Matthews
C. Nathaniel Blackwood
D. Cole
E. Peter
9. Write about a time when lots of people were discussing you in front of you and describe how you felt about it when others were making remarks and decisions that could impact your life.