Thursday, February 18, 2016

For those going on the field trip to Annie tomorrow here is the restaurant website so you can take a look at the dinner menu ahead of time! http://mammamariasristorante.ca

Grade 10 English
- Vocab/Spelling Quiz #2: tomorrow
- Finish reading 'The Garden Party' and write a one paragraph summary of the story

Grade 11/12 Music Theatre
- still have not received all of the research papers

Grade 9/10 Music Theatre
- character personal ad for class tomorrow

Grade 11 English
- Critical Analysis due: tomorrow
- Vocabulary Quiz #2: tomorrow
- Lit. Review #1 due: Fri. Feb. 19th

Chapel Wednesday - Making Sin Sinless

This afternoon Mr. Pollnow led the school in a chapel in which he talked about how we as humans try to make sin sinless. The passage that he based his talk around was Genesis 3:1-7 where we read Eve's interaction with the serpent. It was challenging to reflect on the areas in our life where we try to justify our sin or cover up the sin of which we are being convicted. Thanks to Mr. Pollnow for taking time to bring us that message from God's Word!

Grade 10 English

- Vocabulary Exercises A & B (List 2)

- Finish reading Short Story Introduction (pg. 1 World Lit)

- Vocab/Spelling Quiz #2: Friday 

Grade 11/12 Music Theatre

- great job on your presentations today in front of your peers!

- if you have not handed in your research paper it is LATE! 

Grade 9/10 Music Theatre

- finish character personal advertisements for an in-class activity tomorrow

Grade 11 English

- Current Events Presentations: tomorrow - Steph

- Advertisement Critical Analysis due: Friday

- Vocab Quiz #2: Friday

- Lit. Review #1: Fri. Feb. 26 

Long Weekend!

It was a nice short week here at MSCSS! I quite enjoyed meeting with the parents who came to parent/teacher meetings and look forward to partnering with you throughout the rest of the semester. Enjoy your extra long weekend!

Grade 10 English

- OSSLT Exercise C & D

Grade 11/12 Music Theatre

- MT Production Role Research Paper due: Tuesday

- MT Production Role Presentation: Wednesday

- start working on your lines now that you have your script!

- rehearsal logs

Grade 9/10 Music Theatre

- start working on your lines now that you have your script!

- rehearsal logs

Grade 11 English

- Critical Analysis paper due: Thursday

- Vocab Quiz List 2: Friday

We Have a Cast!

Today was a very exciting day for many of the students at MSCSS as the cast list for Annie was finally revealed on Mrs. B's announcement board. It was amazing to watch the students reactions as they read through the list! It is a short week of classes here at school as Thursday there are Parent/Teacher Meetings and Friday the staff have a Professional Development Day.

Grade 10 English:
- Spelling List 1A & 1B x3 (make sure to place an * beside the exceptions to the rules!)
- Vocab Ex. A & B
- Vocab Quiz 1: Wednesday

The Grade 10s finished their "We Are From" poem collage in class today

 Grade 11/12 Musical Theatre:
* A printed copy of the Theatre Cover Letter and Resume must be handed in by Wed. or else the assignment will receive a 0%
- MT Production Role Research Paper due: Tues. Feb. 16
- MT Production Role Presentation: Wed. Feb. 17
- work on rehearsal logs for participation check #1: Wed. Feb. 10

Grade 9/10 Musical Theatre:
* A printed copy of the Theatre Resume must be handed in by Wed. or else the assignment will receive 0%.
- work on rehearsal logs for participation check #1: Wed. Feb. 10

Grade 11 English:
- Lit. Review #1 due: TBD (end of Feb.)

The Grade 11 English class made a mind map when discussing advertisements in class

The Grade 11 English class finished their "We Are From" poem collage today in class

Production Role Research

The production roles for our spring musical Annie have been determined and the grade 11s and 12s were busy starting their research!

Production Roles

These are the 12 Production Roles for the Musical Theatre course. Grade 11/12s are to create a list of the top three roles they would like to fill and grade 9/10s need to fill out the top five assistant roles they would like to fill.

Grade 11/12 Leadership Roles:
1. Stage Manager
2. Student Music Director
3. Lighting and Sound Designer
4. Properties Manager
5. Costume Designer
6. Hair & Make-up
7. Scene Design (Construction & Painting)
8. House Manager
9. Public Relations
10. Producer
11. Choreographer (already selected)

Grade 9/10 Assistant Roles:
1. Assistant Stage Managers
2. Student Music Assistants
3. Properties Assistants
4. Costume Designer Assistants
5. Hair & Make-up Assistants
6. Scene Design (Construction & Painting) Assistants
7. House Manager Assistants
8. Public Relations Assistants
9. Choreographer Assistants

Semester Two is in Full Swing!

It has been a busy couple of days here at MSCSS as we start our second semester! Some of the grade twelve students have started their co-op placements and on Wednesday the grade ten class will be leaving on their Ottawa trip! On Friday the students had their in-class auditions as well as their individual auditions for our school production of Annie and Mrs. Thiessen and I were pleasantly surprised with the talent that the students demonstrated. Our official cast list will be posted before school starts on Monday!

Grade 10 English
- finish M/C and short response #1 in OSSLT booklet
- find an image to represent each description (7 in total) from I AM Poem
- bring novel for Silent Reading

Grade 11/12 Musical Theatre
- audition cover letter due: Wednesday

Grade 9/10 Musical Theatre
- great auditions today!

Grade 11 English 
- bring novel for Literature Review