The Hobbit

The Hobbit

The Hobbit is a book that we are reading in ELA. This book is published by J.R.R Tolkien in 1938 as a children fantasy book. The book takes place in a legendary world called Middle-earth, which was fully created by Tolkien. This book is the prequel to the Lord of the Rings Series. 

The main protagonist in this book is Bilbo Baggins. He is a hobbit who is around 50 years old, which is about the middle of a hobbits' life span. He was a quiet, independent, respectful, and tries his best to escape adventures. He is the only son of the Bungo Baggins and Belladonna Took. When he was little, he was hungry for adventure, always trying to go past boundaries, and seeking the things of the outside world. He was always amazed of the fireworks that Gandalf would make in the Midsummer’s Festivals. 

Now, Gandalf returns to Shire leads into an once-in-a-lifetime adventure. He, Gandalf and 13 Dwarves are led by Thorin Oakenshield to try to conquer back the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon, Smaug. Along the journey, Bilbo finds himself fighting creatures like Goblins, Wargs, Orcs and many others. He will also make contributions for making friendships with allies to aid them in the journey. There’s a high risk of death for Bilbo, but his hunger for adventure eventually came through, and on his own extent, he joined the company.

What will take place along his journey? Will Bilbo Baggins make it out alive? Will they defeat the deadly Smaug, or will they perish from this world? Find out by reading the exciting book, The Hobbit. 

By Jin Bin 8A

Math: Integers

      In Math we are learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers. So, ill just tell how you can do it. For adding integers you just have to add normally. Like this question (+4)+(+5)=+9. Unless you have a question like (-5)+(+2) . You just subtract -5 and +2 which equals -3, you have to watch out which number is higher and its sign. Subtraction is pretty easy you just add the opposite. (-5)-(+6) à (-5)+(-6)= -11. Multiplying and Dividing are the same. If you have questions that are POSITVExPOSITIVE it equals positive, and NEGATIVExNEGATIVE equals positive. So, if they are the same sign its positive. When the sign is POSTIVExNEGATIVE or the other way around its always NEGATIVE! So far integers are one of the easiest units in math that I have done.  Thanks for listening  

Basketball

             Yesterday the developmental girls basketball team versed St. Alfonse and even though they lost 48-14 they had good team effort and tried their hardest to get the points they had.

 

            

  On Wednesday the competitive boys basketball team played against Linden Christian and won 83-17, they had good team effort and everybody played their hardest which equaled in a victorious win against Linden Christian. The players that were considered  played the hardest were Mark and Patrick, but the whole team showed determination and effort.

By Madison

Report Cards

Report Cards

            We got our report cards on Friday and they give our marks from the progress report. They include our exam marks too which make up 30% of our mark and also our quizzes, tests and assignments. The report cards also have a participation mark which is worth 10% of our grade. The subjects that we are getting graded in are the basics like Math, Science, ELA, Religion, French, Social, Gym/Health, Art or Band. Gym and Health are combined so the mark that you get is the average of both grades put together. We also get a report for ICT but it comes separately attached. We also get a reply sheet to go with our report cards which involves getting our parents to sign it and also filling out a form for which teachers you’d like to meet for parent/teacher interviews.

            The marks that you get for this term also may or may not help you for exams. If you get an average above 80% then you may be exempt from June exams but it also depends on the behavior in class as well.  If you don't get exempt from all exams,you can also be exempt from just one or two exams as well. For example, if you get above 80% in math, you may be exempt from the math exams. If you get above 80% for any subjects, you may be exempt from those exams but you also have to write the exam for the subject that you got under 80% for. An example would be that if you got above 80% for Social, ELA, Math but not Science, you wouldn’t have to write exams for Social, ELA and Math but you would have to write the Science one.

Health Test

  Last Tuesday on January 14, we wrote the health muscle test. We usually are given all class to complete the test. Past tests in Health have included True or False, Fill in the Blanks, and several Short Answer questions on the topic. For the test, we also had to identify and label the skeletal muscles in the human body and describe their functions. You might have brought pencil crayons just in case, as she had told me that we would have to locate where the specific muscles are on the diagram as well. Because we do not have health class too often, we have not learned a lot of information to study for this test.

  This test does not cover a lot of material. For the test, we had only been given a page of notes and a diagram to memorize and understand. From the diagram, we should have known the general area of where the muscles cover, their opposing muscles (eg. the biceps' would be your triceps), and a brief description of what they do to help you move. You also should have understood the difference between voluntary and involuntary muscles, been able to describe what skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles are and been able to contrast them from each other, known the brief description of what a muscle is, and have been able to identify what kind of muscle a given example would have been. As long as you had reviewed the material within the week-long period we were provided with (8 nights to be exact), you should have done fairly well on this test and have been confident with your answers.


Works Cited
"Cardiac Muscle Heart." Photograph. March 25, 2011. Anatomy Systems. aoka inc. January 14, 2014