Excel Headline

"Kid excels greater than university student"

contumacious (analogy)

Contumacious is to rebellious as extrapolate is to assume.

-Marko

Debrief

Dictionary

debrief v receive a report from a (soldier, diplomat, etc.) after an event. debriefing n

Sharon Ardon 7B

Foofaraw

Dictionary Entry:
Foofaraw-to make a big deal over a little thing.
Example: Mr G. don't make a foofaraw over this grade.

slipshod acrostic

Some teachers get a 

Little bit 

Irritated with

Procrastination, and

Sulk marking 

Homework that is way

Over 

Due and slipshod

-Benny

"Ragout" glossary entry

Headline:

"Ragout wins first place in bake-off'"

My Headline to "Diffuse

This post is for next week....
The one for this week is Futtock...

Head Line:

Diffuse love for our 2010 olympic players

-Janine

Killick

Scuba diver gets hit on the head after a stupid captain drops his ship's KILLICK on him.

Gargle Analogy

Gargle is to water as brush is to toothpaste.

Danny

Riddle

Q: Who would you go to if you have an ear disease?
A: An aurist!

"Khaki" Analogy Matt

khaki is to soldier as scrubs are to surgeon

hi,
my computer was accidentaly logged on to melody's account so by accident I posted an acrostic on the word astuteness.
this was posted by adi not Melody.
Sorry for the inconvenience!

Astuteness Acrostic

An antonym
Such as
terrible lack of brain cells.
up front about cleverness
tremendessly intelligent
extra wisdom
never
ending
sense of
sorrow for those who aren't astute

Analogy for Shanghi

Shanghi is to China as Vancouver is to Canada

root tree for : Incredulous

root tree:

credit
incredible
incredibility

-mikaela

Analogy

The word is CARKING: Worried is to scared as clam is to happy

Glossary Post for the Word Melee

Matthew the confused fighter
Elbows
Larry in the head
Eric joins in to the
Extreme and confused melee

BY ARI HAVUSHA

Acrostic

Very few trees
Easily recognizable
Lots of bushes and shrubs
Doesn't have mountains

Glossary Entry by Jed: Heliotrope

Heavenly rays of sun
Erupt on to the
Luscious green grass flares
In the morning at the
Ominous glow that
Tints the sky a
Reddish purple the
Oval shaped sun
Pierces through the mourning sky
Everyone watches in silence

-Jed S.

Penurious Analogy

Penurious is to wealthy as up is to down.

By: Bram S. 7A

Melee

Acrostic

Marc punches Eric
Everyone screams "YAY"
Luckily
Eric has enough energy to
Eliminate Marc with a final punch ending the extreme melee

By Arieh Leon Dales

Glower Glossary by Marc Levin

Glower:


Newspaper Headline:

John McCain Glowers at Barack Obama

Obtuse and Cantankerous Glossary Posts

For obtuse:

Headline:

Obtuse man electrocutes himself while trying to blow dry his hair in the shower.

For cantankerous:

Analogy:

Cantankerous is to grumpy as intelligent is to smart. 

-Sam

Jubilant Analogy

Jubilant is to happy as excited is to thrilled.

Shakaed

Connotation of Detestation

Detestation and hatred are synonyms but they have different connotations. When you hate something you strongly dislike it but the thing does not make you physically ill. However when you detest something it means you hate it but also you get physically disgusted by it. 

by Adina 

Acronym for wire

Wonderful

Invention

Rallies

Electricity and/or information between two points.

Dictionary entry for 'Futtock'

Each of the curved timber pieces forming the lower part of  ships frame

-Janine

Glossery Page for "devastating"

Headline:
Devastating news, only 28% of Vancouver voted in the last election

Aviva

Expulsion Glossary By Jonah

Expulsion

Dictionary:
The act of driving out or expelling.

Morose Glossary Page by Jonah

Acrostic:

Many people are depressed about failing the math test
On Monday Jason was gloomy
Ronald had a temper from fighting with his friends
Over the past week the class was sad because the pet hamster died
Sandy's tennis lesson was canceled, so she was gloomy
Everyday Jane misses her father

Homework

-Analogy worksheet (Monday)
-Multi-genre glossary entries and blog post (every Friday)
-Keep on drafting those essays

Have a fun and safe weekend.

Futile Glossary Post

analogy:
Failure is to futile, as amusing is to entertaining

expulsion glossary page

Headline:

-Kid receives expulsion for destroying school statue

Morose Glossary Page

Analogy:
Morose is to gloomy as unhappy is to sad.

Belligerent Bob Dialogue

“Hi,” said Ned.

“High!  I’m not high.  I don’t do drugs.  Is that what you think I do?” yelled Bob.

“No.  Really, I was just trying to be nice,” replied Ned.

“Are you mocking me?” hollered Bob.

“No!”

“You know what, let’s take this outside!”

"Well, somebody's belligerent today," muttered Ned as he ran away from Bob.

-Sam 

Hi, my computer wouldn't let me underline belligerent so I put in bold instead.

defenestration

Headline:
Demonstration leads to defenestration - protestor gets thrown out of window.
NY Times

Analogy

Analogy
methusala is to old as sad is to unhappy

Headline

This is my headline:



Local train stations have plethora of passengers.











-Abee

My Glossary page for the word"posthaste"

Hi Mr. G,

Here is my posthaste analogy:

Posthaste is to fast as unhurried is to slow

Aviva

Dictionary entry

[hyoo-bris,hoo-] Noun 

excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.

Melody

Dictionary Entry

Pessimist: A person inclined to see all the difficulties and disadvantages or to look at the dark side of things.

Successor

Analogy
Successor is to replacement as thankful is to grateful.

Newspaper Headline
"Liberals chose new successor for Stephane Dion."

~Adina~

Catastrophic

"A catastrophic oil spill loses millions of dollars for T.R.C oil management."

Analogy

Vista is to windows as Mac is to greatness.

-Benny

Ponder Headline

Headline:

"NASA ponders about life on Mars!"

Danny

Analogy

Excessive is to boundless as small is to tiny

Analogy

phlegmatic is to sluggish as big is to large

Analogy

Persisted is to insist as coffee is to beans


sSharons

Acrostic entries

A reminder that if you choose an acrostic as your glossary entry that the content must deal entirely with the definition of the word.

Morose Glossary Page by Jonah

Acrostic:

Many cities felt earthquakes.
On January 1st it is New Years.
Randy lost his jacket at school.
Over the next few days it will rain.
So many people
Eat family dinners on Fridays.

Analogy

Extrapolate is to assume as rain is to pouring.

- Marko

"Euphonious" glossary page.

Teacher: "OK everyone, please hand in your homework".

Jake: "I'm so nervous what mark I'm going to get"!

Nick: "I'm sure you'll do just fine".

The very next day...The teacher is handing out the test results

Jake: "Yikes! Mrs. Crabbs is heading our way!"

As Mrs. Crabbs was handing Jake his test she said...

Teacher: "Euphonious work Jake!"

Jake: "Why thank you Mrs. Crabbs!"

Nick: "Jake got an "A+" everyone!" his friend yelled out.

Toreador

Analagy:
Toreador is to a bullfighter as angry is to mad

Phlegmatic "Dialogue"

Dan:  "Hey John"

John:"Leave me alone!"

Dan: "John, why are you acting so phlegmatic?" 

John: "I am not being phlegmatic, because if I was I would be grumpy"

Dan: " sorry it is just my phlegmatic cousin is flying in today and I don't want to talk to him he gets on my nerves.  Can you come over to keep me company?"

John: "Sure, I will come over at five o'clock"

Dan: "Thanks John, see now you are not being phlegmatic"

Composed

The analogy I made for Composed is.
Composed is to Calm as Excited is to Thrilled


Adam Cohen

"Bivouac" Entry!

Headline:

"Indian Tribe bivouacs near Little River Forest."

By: Bram Samuels

Homework

1. Draft 2 ready for round #3 (Thursday) If you didn't finish round 1 and 2 you do not
need your 2nd draft for Thursday.
2. One word entry in multi-genre glossary (Fri)
3. Post one genre on blog (Fri)

2nd Drafts

Please bring your first and second drafts to class on Thursday for round 3 of writer's workshop.

2nd Drafts

Please bring your first and second drafts to class on Thursday for round 3 of writer's workshop.

Roots and Wings

Be sure to bring your drafts in tomorrow for writer's workshop.

Personal Narratives

Please bring your latest draft of your narrative essay to class on Tuesday October 28th as we will be be doing a writer's workshop with peer feedback.

Narrative Essay

Mr. Gelmon ,

Are you allowed to write your Narrative essay about one family member and still get a good mark?

Melody

Homework

7A only: Narrative Essay 8-10 tips for writing/highlight page (Thursday)

homework

Hey guys i was not here on thursday so can someone explain the civilzation study skill homework?

Thanks
Jonah

Help Needed!

Hey Guys,

I was just wondering for the study outline on #9 is it Commere or Commerce?
Because when I did spell check it says its Commerce.

Thanks
Ari

Homework

-Typed study outline for civilizations test (Thursday)
-Civilizations/study skills test (Thurs)

From Tribes to Civilization

From Tribes to Civilizations

Homework

-Double-sided response to an event or quotation in your personal reading novel. Due Tuesday

civilizations

A civilization is a group of people who have the same beliefs and have a main home country. Other parts of a civilization are stable food crops, government and jobs taking care of the civilization. For example the Roman empire, They were all ruld by a single person.
By: Taya, Aviva, Sari and Max

Civilization

A civilization is a large group of people that live in the same way, for example the Aztec civilization. They all live in the same area and have the same beliefs.

Eli
Galia
Jakee
Adam
Shakaed

Civilizations

A civilization is a group of people living together and nearby each other and sharing things in common. The word civilization comes from the Latin route civilis, meaning citizen. A civilization usually has: Laws, organized government, common culture, language, division of labor and religion.

-by Arieh, Melody, Vanessa and Sam

Civilization

We as a group think that civilization is run by a government, who keeps things in order. A community is a part of civilization. Team work involves many people working together to keep things in order. In order to have a civilization everyone must do their part by having a job.
-Alex,Marc,Bram

Civilization Definition

The main components if a civilization are people and a government. Usually civilizations have their own staple food crop and entertainment/ recreation. In a civilization there are owners and workers and rich and poor.

By: Adi, Eden, Marc and Harry 7B

Civilization

A civilization is a society which a large group of people share their elements. Each society has a culture, some are multicultural. A civilization needs a leader and laws. A civilization has a staple food crop. Each society has its own ideas and customs, and a certain set of items including arts that make it unique.

Group: Sharon, Lena and Yoad

Civilization

A Civilization is a group of people that create a community. It needs Resources and laws. A Civilization also needs a leader. It also needs farming to grow food and and clothing. It should have race. All the people should contribute to help make the civilization grow.

Ari,Lindsay,Ofir and Jeremy

Civilization

Civilization is a group of people who have common elements. They have leaders and laws to keep the community growing. Without civilization nobody would have a sense of communication.

By: Isabelle, Noah, Emma and Danny

Civilization paragraph

A civilization is a large group of people that formed from a society. It is usually run by a justice system. Civilizations have staple food crops and usually grow plants to provide themselves with food, shelter and clothing. A civilization is either multicultural or has a religion. Most civilizations share about seven things in common including, writing, social, structure, technology, food supply, government, culture and religion.

The word civilization came from the Latin word for townsman.

Group of: Janine, Mikaela, Matthew and Jacob Ke.

Peer Mediators

Mr. Gelmon can you put the list of names of who became a peer mediator on the blog????

Thanks 

Nini

Civilization

i have a question did civilization have to do with Adam and Eve?????

Homework!!!

Hey Everyone!!!

Anybody know when the make your own seedfolks chapter is due?????????

thanks

Civilizations!

Over the next two weeks we will be exploring the different components of civilizations. We will start our unit off with a reading of "Weslandia" by Paul Fleischman (you know him as the author of "Seedfolks").


HOMEWORK: 10 ITEM BRAINSPLAT: CIVILIZATION: WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S IN IT? (DUE THURSDAY OCT, 2ND)

Homework

Spelling charts due tomorrow. These are based on any words you misspelled in your previous work.

Mr.Lee link

Hi Mr.G,
Can you change the link for Mr.Lee's website? It still has www.webspawner.com/users/ericleevtt6/index.html instead of
www.webspawner.com/users/ericleevtt7/index.html.
Thanks,
Taya

Book Buffet Today!

Hi Everyone,

Hope you enjoyed the new books at the book buffet today. We will have two free writes next week. One on Seedfolks and the other will be announced.

No assigned homework for the weekend.

Shabbat Shalom.

Mr. Gelmon

Homework 7A/B

Seedfolks presentations:

-7A: Start Monday
-7B: Start Tuesday

Bring Comfort Kits!

Homework-Tuesday

1. Seedfolks Free Write: How are the three characters connected? (Thurs)

Please remember polished piece from last week is due Thursday

Homework

-One published/polished piece of writing from our "free writes" this week (Genre story/e-mail/"Looking Back") Due Thursday

Welcome Back

Welcome back everyone. Here is the supply list you need for my class:

-Yoman
-Pen (1 red, one blue); 2 pencils
-Eraser
-Highlighter
-200 page coil notebook
-5 "keytab" notebooks
-post-it notes (stickies)
-1 binder
-no loose leaf paper needed


Make sure you have a lock and all supplies by the end of the week

Homework for tomorrow: list of 3 young adult novels that you would like to add to our class library. I'll be going book shopping later this week.

Year book

Why did we not get a year book this year?

From Jonah

Shalom from Isreal!

Hi everybody,

 

Sam here, posting from the holy land.  Sorry I haven’t posted sooner, but I’ve been really busy, and I still am, so I will quickly tell you the highlights of my trip so far. 

 

My trip started with me catching up on my movie viewing on the 17-hour plane ride.  Then, for the first 10 days of my trip I met just about every cousin I have in Israel (which is about 70 cousins!).  In between the breakfasts, lunches and dinners with my cousins I also made it to Masada, the Dead Sea, the old city and the Kotel.  I also got to see a synagogue that my great, great grandfather built. 

 

The day I hiked Masada, unfortunately, it was about 42 degrees Celcius, so it was a challenge to keep hydrated.  Floating in the Dead Sea was also fun.  I went to the Kotel with my grandfather.  It was really interesting because he lived in Israel before it was a state, so his perspective was very different then mine.  I learned a lot from my grandpa when he was telling me about the synagogue his grandfather build.  I went and saw it.  It’s small but very nice and still used every day. 

 

After the ten days of intense family, I took a vacation from my vacation and went to Eilat for a week.  Eilat is at the bottom of Israel and is right on the border of Jordan and Egypt.  Just as I were approaching Eilat, I saw anti-missile missiles pointed towards Iran.   Eilat really fun.  The first big thing I did there was shoot a sniper rifle at a shooting range, and my dad shot a glock (pistol).  The next day I went snorkeling, it was really fun and there were some amazing fish.  On the last day I was in Eilat it was 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit)!  I spent most of that day trying not to melt.

 

That brings me to today. Today I went to see the Israel Museum.  It was very cool.  They had a miniature model of the old city during the time just before the second temple was destroyed (66 C.E.).  Then I went to see the Dead Sea scrolls, the exhibit just put on display a scroll found near the Dead Sea, which is from about 120 B.C.E. 

 

That is all the time I have, so bye and good luck on the masterpiece theater.

 

-Sam

Hi everyone

Dear Students,

Back from a wonderful week at Strathcona. I am so excited to go with you next year! So nice to see many of you when I returned on Friday.

You will receive your Tikkun Olam projects back on Tuesday. They were (without exception) amazing. You should be very proud of what you did!

Please take some time this weekend to rehearse your pieces for Monday night's Masterpieces Theatre. We will do a final rehearsal on Monday.

Look forward to seeing you soon.

Mr. Gelmon

Website

Hey All,

Could someone please remind me of Mr Lee's website?

Thanks a Million

Marc L.

IMPORTANT!

-Please bring in 1-2 poems that you would like to be published in our "Masterpieces Theatre" booklet. Each poem must have a title and your name at the bottom. Some of your poems are missing names. Ms. St. Helene will be collecting them from you on Monday.

Have a great week. Looking forward to seeing you when I get back from Strathcona!

Mr. G.

Mr. G this one of the ones i was thinking of doing please reply

Sick

Hey everyone!
Im at home really sick, my throat is messed up and I have something in it. At the end of the day if someone could tell me the homework that would be great!
Nini

My Soulmate By:Matthew

My Soul mate

When the world is loud and makes no sense
It is the kite flying in the wind
It is the soft calming music that comforts me
It is the waves crashing upon the jagged rocks

When life makes no sense and is in a knot
It is the little voice that says everything is ok
It is the soft hand rubbing you on your back helping you back up
It is like a book that allows you to calm down and go into another world

When I am sad
You are my best friend
You are that scent that calms me
You are a beautiful flower that soothes me

When my surroundings become dark and solemn
You are the light that leads the way
You are the angel that makes all my thoughts go away
You are a friend that makes everything disappear

When I am by myself
You are my friend that allows me to explore by just sitting outside
You are always with me
You are a
Poem


Matthew 6A

Homework

Hi Gang,

Upcoming due dates:

-20 word personal spelling test (Wed)
-Tikkun Olam projects (Thursday)
-All artwork and poems for "Lit Night" coffee house need to be done by Wednesday
Please also make sure that your parents got the "save the date" e-mail for the coffee house. If they didn't, please let me know. We will send out the actual invitations next week.

Enjoy your long weekend!

Mr. G!

Hey Mr. G,
Can you post Matthew's poem I want to show it to some people!
Thank you!
Bayle