Wed Oct 31

Well, we got to page 44 in the text.

We talked about the Book of Job, as it was mentioned in the text. I've done some work with this particular Book in the past, so I gave a bit of a short version of the text to the class, too.

We also watched this, we chuckled as he said "crayon" a lot, but it was mentioned in the class:

Tues Oct 30

We read to page 41. We got 17 and 18 for homework.

We also watched this, as Morrie mentioned that he listened to an acapella group one day.

Monday Oct 29

The video above is to let my students know about what a gazelle looks like when running. Morrie suggested he would come back as a gazelle if he was to reincarnate.

We read to page 35 and got 14, 15 and 16 for homework.

We are going to get through this Monday together.

Friday Oct 26

We did some reading, we got to page 31 in the novel.

We are doing awesome. I'm hoping you are enjoying the novel ...

In any case, we also got question 14 from the list of questions.

And we watched a bit of this interview with the real Morrie:

Thursday Oct 25

We got to page 26 today in the text - and Lou Gehrig was mentioned ... and the speech in Yankee's Stadium way back in 1937. The video above is from a series called "Baseball" by Ken Burns.

In any case, we worked on 11, 12 and 13 today after we finished reading.

It's cruising into Friday.

Wed Oct 24

We read a bit of the book, getting to page 24 in the text. My mom would say that we are "getting right along".

We did also get questions 12 and 13 for homework for later.

It's also Pink Day - a special schedule too.

Tuesday Oct 23

Hey everyone - Today we handed stuff in, worked on stuff to hand in and had our interviews with the teacher about Tuesdays with Morrie...

It was all good.

Monday Oct 22

So ... it's Monday.

We read to page 20 of the text and got question 11 for homework ...that is being handed in tomorrow.

Here is the list you need:

Thursday and Friday Oct 19

Thursday was our Grade Nine retreat

It worked as well as it could, and I got feedback that most students used their time wisely.

Friday we continued with Tuesdays with Morrie, reading to page 14 or 15 and got questions 7, 8 and 10 from the Unit Outline.

See you later!

Just a quick edit - Parent - Teacher night is Nov 1. Sign ups will begin on Monday Oct 22!

Wed Oct 17

Today we read to page 13 or so and got question number 4 and 6 for homework.

We also finished the movie. We are going to keep reading the book, though...

See you Friday!

Tuesday Oct 16

We had the Yellow Bench presentation today during our class together.

I think we got like five minutes of the film watched.

All good, all good. We are back at it tomorrow!

Monday Oct 15

Today we read the novel and watched a good chunk of the film, too.

We also saw Morrie and Ted Koppel interview each other:




But I'll be honest with my audience here and say that they were much more interested in the actual film version of the novel than the interviews with the real Morrie.

We also saw a bit of this video about the actor playing Mitch in the novel. Hank Azzaria is just an incredible actor:

Friday Oct 12

We read to page 7.

Then we watched the film, gave out some of the class pictures and then the progress reports.

All good, all good.

Thursday Oct 12

Today was pretty awesome. We read to page 6 in the text and then we also got the questions for the unit.

I will post the questions on the right hand side of this blog so you can have an electronic copy. Today we got question one and two for homework

We also watched the film to minute 48.

On to tomorrow!

Wed Oct 10

We are working our way through Tuesdays with Morrie.

Today we read and got to the end of page 4.

We also watched a good bit of the film, too.

Tuesday Oct 9

I started off today with a bit of housecleaning, so to speak.

I had a few students who needed an update of their work and needed to chat with the teacher.

I did also chat with my students about how hard the next part of the school year is for students and staff. It's from now until Christmas. It's a long hard grind of a section of the school year and I felt as though my students needed a few insights about how to avoid getting sick.

It's going to be ok, though.

After we chatted, we started reading the novel Tuesdays with Morrie. We will be reading as a class with lots of support. It's a wonderful book.

We read to page three today and got no homework on it.

Thursday Oct 4

So ... we have two books we might read:

Tuesdays with Morrie

and

Of Mice and Men

Wed Oct 3

That is the list of poems we studied in this unit. 

They are due tomorrow.

We also did some Poet Interviews, too

Tuesday Oct 2

Corinthians 12:17

Indeed the body consists not of one member but of many.¹⁵ If the foot were to say, 'I am not a hand and so I do not belong to the body,' it does not belong to the body any the less for that. Or if the ear were to say, 'I am not an eye, and so I do not belong to the body,' that would not stop its belonging to the body. If the whole body were just an eye, how would there be any hearing? If the whole body were hearing, how would there be any smelling? As it is, God has put all the separate parts into the body as he chose. If they were all the same part, how could it be a body? As it is, the parts are many but the body is one. The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' and nor can the head say to the feet, 'I have no need of you.' What is more, it is precisely the parts of the body that seem to be the weakest which are the indispensable ones.

That is the poem that we did today in class.

Monday Oct 1

Here is the poem for the day:

Song of Songs 4:1-7

How beautiful you are, my beloved, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are doves, behind your veil; your hair is like a flock of goats surging down Mount Gilead.

² Your teeth, a flock of sheep to be shorn when they come up from the washing. Each one has its twin, not one unpaired with another.

³ Your lips are a scarlet thread and your words enchanting. Your cheeks, behind your veil, are halves of pomegranate.

⁴ Your neck is the Tower of David built on layers, hung round with a thousand bucklers, and each the shield of a hero.

⁵ Your two breasts are two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.

⁶ Before the day-breeze rises, before the shadows flee, I shall go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.

⁷ You are wholly beautiful, my beloved, and without a blemish.

And the pic that I drew: