Remaining Units

Math:  We have started the Geometry unit.  It is our last one.  We will have a cumulative final in the last full week of June.
Social Studies:  We will begin the last unit, dealing with power (collective power, government...) next week.
Health:  Fully Alive will be over soon, and we will finish the year with an HIV/AIDS unit.
Language Arts: See the "Humour Unit" post.
Art:  Most remaining assignments will be completed in conjunction with the Language Arts unit (comics, performance...)
Religion: Or next unit looks at suffering and sacrifice in the context of the Crucifixion.

Humour Unit

We have just started our final unit in Language Arts.  It is a fairly busy unit with a number of assignments and a lot of viewing/listening/responding.  Because so many of the lessons in this unit will involve a multimedia component, I will do my best to share the materials through the blog in case any students are absent.  Some items will be links while others might be downloadable files.  I will provide what I legally can, but be aware that any absences will create a challenge for catching up returning students.

There is a "Humour Files" file under the Share Documents link at the bottom of the page.

The unit will include among its assignments: joke telling, writing a fairy tale parody, evaluating and creating comic strips, critical analysis of various aspects of comedy (including ethics) and a culminating performance project.  Students will also be completing a response journal for the duration of the unit, keeping a record of a variety of multimedia pieces.