This week we started a mini-unit on Bard with Renee from Bard in the Classroom.  Our focus has been to enjoy her expertise and to finish up assignments and projects.

1. When Renee first came to the school, we talked a bit about Shakespeare, his life, and his plays. Afterwards, we learned about different words Shakespeare created such as skim milk, eyeball, Olympian, blanket, bedroom, and many many many more.We acted out a few scenes from a comedy Shakespeare wrote called “A Mid-Summer’s Nights Dream”. She also had us play many different games involving some of the lines from different Shakespeare plays. Renee got us all very involved and got some of us to even wear silly costumes. Some of the costumes included a large donkey head, two over-sized crowns, and a blonde braided wig made out of bright yellow yarn. Over all we had a great time with Renee and we can’t wait for the next session next week. By Christine and Vanessa
2. We learned about Shakespeare’s history as a poet and as a play-write.  We also started the Midsummer Night’s Dream, and we have gotten mid-way through. By Roger – We also learned about iambic pentameter.  We each drummed a beat and the class clapped it back.  Then we each chose 1 line and practices getting the rhythm of 10 beats.  We then transformed into a museum of talking statues acting out our lines.iambic pentameter drumming

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   
   
3. Over the past 3 days, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. To me and the rest of the group that I have talked to it was a very amusing experience. We have had a lot of fun so far learning and acting Shakespeare, and Ms. Renee makes sure everyone gets a chance to act in a big part in one of the acting times. She teaches us the roles progressively starting with the easy parts in the play and getting more detailed as we do more lessons. So far I have been a Puck Pal and Quince from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. By Liam
4. Home Ec. this week has been really fun, sadly, I have still missed the cooking part of Home Ec. since we had to move on. Now we are doing sewing and it is just as fun, we even got to choose our own sewing kits and pick our skill level. I have actually never sown before and I am actually enjoying it so far, it is really fun, even when the needle or pin pokes you really hard once or twice. Lately, we had to bake lots of cupcakes for “A Slice of the World” that the Hillcrest Challenge class hosted Thursday night. Over all, being in Home Ec. has been really fun and I can’t wait to do it for my exploration next year! By Ted
5. The French project we are working on right now is basically planning a 5 day trip to a country for our clients (we got to pick who our clients are).  We have to research hotels, restaurants, tourist destinations, and other activities for them to do while they’re there.  We then put all our information in a presentation and present it in French.  Ms. Moody’s class is due next Wednesday and Ms. Abbot’s class is due next Thursday. By Dayna
6. This week we wrote letters to the future grade 6 MACC students.  In the letters we explained what it’s like to be in MACC and in grade 6.  Next week we will be making them MACC survival kits.The grade 7’s wrote top ten lists of things to know about Ms. Abbot and Ms. Moody. By Mia
7. In Art, we are working on Clay Totem Poles with Earth elements of fire, water, earth and air.  We’ve just finished them and we’ll post some pictures of them soon.
8. As the end of the term approaches rapidly, Ms. Abbot and Ms. Moody have been providing additional time in class for students to complete projects, math assignments and overdue work.  Student will know what work they need to complete and some will be bringing home work this weekend.
9. There are permission forms currently due for the Music Enrichment trip to Granville Island; Yellow Team Swim and BBQ; Kayak Trip; Swim for some grade 6/7’s with Green team.  Please return them as soon as you can.
10. We know that MACC students are veracious readers and as we get close to the end of the year please double check for classroom library and school library books.  We know they have loved the books, but we would love for the kids next year to as well.

During the coming week we will be doing the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-Up at Mundy Lake.