June 11

Social 30-1

I gave you back the results of the Comprehensive Final Exam and your marks heading into the Diploma Exam. I will have drop-in hours next week (except on Monday, I'm supervising English 30-1) if you have questions. You could also send me an e-mail if you have a question or post a comment in the discussion thread above. I am also offering a Diploma Exam Review Session on Wednesday, June 23 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. This will be a structured review to help you with Part B of your Diploma Exam.

Social 20-1

We played a review game of Jeopardy today. I have sent this PowerPoint game to you by e-mail. If you have any exam-related questions next week, please come see me in my classroom (except on Monday the 14th, I'm supervising English 30-1). You could also send questions by e-mail (to my CBE mail account) or post a comment in the discussion thread above.

June 10

Social 20-1

You wrote Part A of your Final Exam in the Blenheim Room today. We'll be playing a game of Jeopardy tomorrow to review a little bit of the course material. I will give you your seat assignment for the Final Exam tomorrow.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Comprehensive Final Exam today. You will find out the result tomorrow, and what impact it had on your mark.

June 9

Social 20-1

You broke into small groups today to brainstorm arguments and evidence related to a text-based source (similar to what you would encounter on an essay). After we brainstormed and recorded the ideas, I split you into two large groups, one arguing in favour of the perspective in the source and the other against it. In these larger groups you thwn had to decide what arguments you would develop and what group members would responsible for their development. Both classes put together an essay outline, which I have sent to you by e-mail. Have a look at it tonight. You have Part A of your Final Exam tomorrow. Please go directly to the Blenheim Room tomorrow morning.

Social 30-1

We finished off formulating arguments and evidence for yesterday's economics-themed essay, and today we looked at a source that a more political theme to it. I broke you into five groups and each group was responsible for developing its own essay outline. I collected the outlines at the end of class, I will scan them and send them to you tonight. I have sent the economics-themed essay outline to you, so please look for it. You have your Social 30-1 Comprehensive Final Exam tomorrow. Be prepared!

June 8

Social 30-1

I split you into small groups to brainstorm arguments and examples for an economics-themed essay. Of course the text-based source will be different on your Diploma Exam, but I think it's useful to get into positional thinking and generating arguments and potential evidence so that if you were given an essay with a similar theme you might be able to write on the subject. We'll finish this essay outline tomorrow, and then we'll move on to a political-themed essay outline tomorrow. Please remember that your Chapter 13-14 Study Guide Questions are due tomorrow, and that your Comprehensive Final is on Thursday.

Social 20-1

I gave you some time to work on the multiple choice questions from Chapters 15 and 16 today. Hopefully, this two day exercise gives you a sense of what questions from Unit 4 might look like. I also gave you the Social 20-1 Final Exam Study Guide today.

June 7

Social 30-1

We looked at the Social 30-1 curriculum/program of studies today to see what concepts were emphasized in the document. As I went through the curriculum, I asked you to write down certain key ideas. Here's a link to the Social 30-1 Program of Studies and a link to the Social 30-2 Program of Studies. I have sent you the 10 page study guide that I made up for Social 30-1 and 30-2, so please check your e-mail accounts. I'm also including a link to the Student Guides to Writing the Diploma Exam page on the Alberta Education website. Print off a copy of this guide for yourself. Also, once again, have a look at the Student Writing Samples for 30-1 and for Social 30-2. It should give you a better insight into expectations for Part A of the Diploma Exam. Please remember that your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow, and your Chapter 13-14 Study Guide Questions are due on Wednesday. Your Comprehensive Final Exam is on Thursday, STUDY!!

Social 20-1

I gave you back your Unit 3 Essays today. I also gave you feedback with regard to your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Projects. I gave you some time to work on Unit 4 multiple choice questions with a partner. We'll work on Chapter 15 and 16 Questions tomorrow. I will be doing a homework check on Chapter 14-15 and Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions as well as the "Regional Disparity" PowerPoint presentation. This is the last homework check of the semester.