Christmas Music

Use this link for your figurative language Christmas Project

Christmas Music

Figurative Language Activities

Fling the teacher

Simile Quiz

Figurative Language Quiz

Glogster

Post Secondary Glogster

You must select one school you are interested in attending and create a glogster including the following information:

Describe the school:

Location, population, history

Entrance requirements:

Grades required, cost of tuition, info for international students

Two Programs at the school you are interested in:

Why do you want to attend these programs, How do does this program fit into your goals

Extracurricular activities and student life:

Show what life is like for students, highlight activities that students do at the institution

Your Glogster must include pictures, text video and music

Links:

http://www.glogster.com/sign-up?started=True

http://uwaterloo.ca/canu/

December 3rd

Date:  Saturday, December 3, 2011

Activities:  Bowling at the new bowling lanes in Langford

Meeting Time:  8:50 a.m.   

              

Meeting Place:  Bay Centre - Douglas Street Entrance

Be on time as we need to catch the bus to Langford just after 9:00 a.m.

Special Details:  clothing - be sure to bring along a pair of socks.

Lunch - students will be able to purchase lunch at the end of the activity.

Dismissal time:  approx. 12:30 p.m.         

               

Place:  return to downtown

Saturday November 26

Date:  Saturday, November 26, 2011

Activities:  Merry Christmas Magical Mystery Tour

Meeting Time:  1:00 p.m.            

Meeting Place:  Bay Centre (Douglas Street Entrance)

Special Details:  clothing - appropriate for the weather (good walking shoes, umbrella?)  Camera.   A small food and/or cash donation would be appreciated - for a Christmas charity.

Be sure to eat lunch prior to meeting - there will be a snack time part way through the afternoon. l                               

Dismissal time:  approx. 6:15 p.m.                        

Place:  Downtown

Career Project

The next few weeks we will be exploring career options.

The first step is to go to the following website and do the build a career online tests.

http://workbc.ca/

Saturday November 19th

A.T.P. Activity for Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011

Activity: Victoria Royals hockey game and dinner

Meeting Time: 4:30 p.m.
Meeting Place: Bay Centre (main entrance)

$5 advance to book ticket – please pay to Mr. J by Wednesday, Nov. 16 so that we can confirm the number of tickets that we need. This will be refunded at the game.

Special Details:
clothing - dress warmly for the Save on Foods Memorial Arena
Dinner – we will be having dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory and
snacks are available at the arena

Dismissal time: between 9 and 9:30 PM
Place: Save on Foods Memorial Arena

Contact info:
Gary Garraway gpgarraway@shaw.ca
250-721-0457; cell 250-514-0457

Assignments Due November 18th

1) Persuasive essays due Friday

2)Zodiac Blog

3)Planning #3

Saturday November 5th

A.T.P. Activity for Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011


Activities: IMAX and Crag-X Climbing Wall

Meeting Time: 11:30 a.m.
Meeting Place:
Royal British Columbia Museum (IMAX) main entrance

Special Details:
Clothing - running shoes and pants/shorts for climbing. Students should note that it can be quite cold inside the rock climbing facility.
Lunch - We will stop in the Bay Centre for a quick lunch break between the IMAX movie and rock climbing. Students may pack a lunch or buy lunch. Time for lunch will be limited to about 25 minutes.
Transportation - We will take the #14 bus from downtown to the Crag X facility.

Dismissal time/Location
approx. 4:00 p.m. at Crag X - Students may get back on the #14 bus easily from this location

Balloon Debates

Balloon Debates start this Monday. Watch this to see who you are up against.

Time Toast

Follow this link to timetoast.com

Happy Monday

Vancouver Memories

Blog Submissions Friday October 28th

Happy Friday! Please leave blog submissions for the following posts here:

1) If I had one superpower...

2) One thing I am afraid of...

3) Please leave the name and title of the two blogs you commented on.

Thanks for the great superhero posts--hopefully none of you would be like this guy.

School District 61 Course Books

Click on the links below for course information:

Mount Douglas

Esquimalt

Lambrick

OakBay

VicHigh

Reynolds

Spectrum

Hey Mr. J--what do I need to graduate?

Hi everybody. I would love to talk to everybody about graduation requirements, but before I do please watch this video. It is a clear visual overview of what you need.

Blog Posts For October 21st

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for a great trip to Vancouver--please submit your projects here.

Vancouver Photo Essay
Vancouver Comic

Another great comic from the desk of Ms C.

Vancouver Trip

Blogs for Friday the 14th

Hi Everybody:



Due to the very short week the blogs will be a bit different

1) Time line--Create a time line outlining 15 important events in your life. Once you are finished your paper version go to
http://www.timetoast.com/ 

2) Put your timeline into Timetoast (include eight pictures)


3)Write a blog post about the happiest time on your timeline.
70-100 words (two  pictures)


4) Write a blog post about a time that was difficult.
70-100 words (two  pictures)

Blog assignments for October 7th

This week you must hand in the following assignments on your blog:

1) Life List: Thirty things I want to do before I die

2) Movie Review: Ferris Beuller's day off

3) Lunch with a famous person (comic)

Blog Asignments September 30th

Hi Everybody,

Just a reminder of this weeks blog assignments:

1. Describe when thing you want to do before you die:
2. Your favourite movie
3. 5/10/15/20 Comic

Blog Submissions

Hand in your blogs here:

1. Post a comment
2. Include your Name
3. A working link to your blog
4. The title of the blog posts you want marked

All four steps must be followed if you want marks for your blog.

Saturday September 24th

Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011

Activities: Billiards and Ice Skating

Meeting Time: 9:45 a.m.

Meeting Place: Bay Centre (main entrance)

Special Details: Dress for skating - socks, gloves (Pearkes Arena), bring a lunch and/or money for lunch. Bus pass or tickets needed.

Dismissal time: approx. 2:30 p.m.
Place: return to downtown/homestay from Tillicum Mall

Friday Comic

Getting Started

In order to do access the course lectures and the assignments for both English and Planning 10 you will need a google account, specifically a gmail address, twitter account and blogger account.

Follow the instructions on this screen cast and you should be all set.

Step 1: Create a Gmail Account:

Step 2: Create a twitter account:

Follow the steps in this tutorial. By the end of it you should have a twitter account and be following atpvictoria. Make you sure you go to your gmail account once you are finished and verify your account.

 

Step 3: Create Blog:

 

Writers Workshop 1:1

Poetry Links

Here are three great links for finding poems:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
http://poetry.eserver.org/
http://www.poetry.com/

Date:  Saturday, June 18, 2011

 

Activities: 

Billiards at Peacock Billiards and skating OR gym activities at Uplands (we'll decide at billiards so  please dress appropriately for either) 

 

Meeting Time:  9:45 a.m.          

Meeting Place:  Peacock Billiards (across from the Bay Centre)

 

Special Details:  clothing - appropriate for ice skating (gloves, socks) OR gym activities (runners,shorts)                       

Lunch - students should bring along a lunch/snacks/water although they could choose to

purchase/supplement a lunch either at the Bay Centre or Tillicum Mall

                              

Dismissal time/Location 

approx. 3:00 p.m. depending on the afternoon activity.  Dissmissal will be dependent on the afternoon activity.

 

Contact info:  Gary Garraway  gpgarraway@shaw.ca 

250-721-0457/cell 250-514-0457

 

 

Laura Berntzen

Victoria International

High School Programs

250-592-6871

Saturday May 14

Date:  Saturday, May 14, 2011

 

Activities: 

Kayaking on the Gorge - RAIN OR SHINE

 

Meeting Time:  11:45 a.m.                 
Meeting Place:  Mayfair Starbucks (on Blanshard side)

 

Special Details:  clothing - dress for the weather (bring along optional clothing in case.....)

    Lunch - students should bring along a lunch/snacks/water and/or purchase food at Mayfair                               

 

Dismissal time:  approx. 3:15 PM

 

Place:  from the Rowing Club with a return to Mayfair/downtown/homestay

 

 

Note:  Saturday activities are NOT optional for ATP students as it is part of their programme.  If a student is unable to attend, he/she should contact me by email in advance of the activity with his/her reason for  not attending.

 

Contact info: 

Gary Garraway  gpgarraway@shaw.ca   250-721-0457

Saturday Activity May 7

Date:  Saturday, May 7, 2011

 

Activities:  Pool (at Peacock's Billiards) and skating (Pearkes Arena)

 

Meeting Time:  9:45 AM               

Meeting Place:  Bay Center (Douglas Street Entrance)

 

Special Details:  clothing - suitable for skating (helmet optional), gloves, socks

lunch - bagged and/or purchased at the Tillicum Mall

Students should remember to bring along their bus passes.

 

Dismissal time: 1:45 PM

Place:  Pearkes Arena

 

Contact info:  Gary Garraway  gpgarraway@shaw.ca   250-721-0457

 

Note:  Saturday activities are NOT optional for ATP students as it is part of their programme.  If a student is unable to attend, he/she should contact me by email in advance of the activity with his/her reason for  not attending.

 

The original activity (tennis and golf at Henderson) was changed due to the weather forecast for Saturday (showers).  I've been hoping for an improvement in the forecast - therefore the delay in sending out the details.