Add a comment April 30th, 2013 by EHSS Teacher-Librarian
This week, the Library Learning Commons is working with ESL-D students on their Human Rights summative.
Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access. Please respect the classes that are in session and remain quiet.
Monday: Periods 2 and 3
Tuesday: Period 2 and 3
Wednesday: open
Thursday: Period 2
Friday: Period 2 and Period 3
The library is reserved for quiet work when a lesson is being taught. Do your part to keep the Library fully accessible during lunch periods: work quietly.
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Add a comment April 21st, 2013 by EHSS Teacher-Librarian
This week, the Library Learning Commons will continue to work with grade 11 SAP courses as well as Family Studies, ESL-D, and ESL-E students.
For this research lesson students will investigate a social sciences topic and produce a public service bulletin that examines the topic from either an anthropological, psychological or sociological viewpoint. Student will investigate topics using, among others, the GALE Virtual Reference Library E-Books for our collection (UN/PW in agenda).
Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access. Please respect the classes that are in session and remain quiet.
Monday: open
Tuesday: Period 2
Wednesday: Period 3
Thursday: Period 2
Friday: Period 2 and Period 3
The library is reserved for quiet work when a lesson is being taught. Do your part to keep the Library fully accessible during lunch periods: work quietly.
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Add a comment April 12th, 2013 by EHSS Teacher-Librarian
This week, the library will be teaching ESL-D students how to use MS Photo Story (available on all school computers – and free to download) to bring images to life in video format. Check out the video tutorial below. In addition, we will continue to be working with SAP classes on researching topics for their summative, using the e-books and various databases such as Teen Health and Wellness (see agenda for UN/PWs)
No lunchtime class are scheduled for this week at this time.

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Add a comment February 19th, 2013 by EHSS Teacher-Librarian
This week, the library will be conducting workshops for Gr. 10 on Fact vs. Opinion and researching News Articles using Canadian Points of View.
Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access. Please respect the classes that are in session and remain quiet.
The Library will be closed*:
Wednesday: Period 2
Thursday: Period 2
Friday: Period 2
The library is reserved for quiet work when a lesson is being taught. Do your part to keep the Library fully accessible during lunch periods: work quietly.
* This information is subject to change depending on class bookings and cancellations. …
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Add a comment February 3rd, 2013 by EHSS Teacher-Librarian
This week, the library will be conducting workshops for Gr. 12 Data Management on researching raw data from StatsCan and World Bank sources.
Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access. Please respect the classes that are in session and remain quiet.
The Library will be closed*:
Monday: Period 2
Tuesday: Period 2
Wednesday: Period 2
Thursday: Period 2
Friday: Period 2
The library is reserved for quiet work when a lesson is being taught. Do your part to keep the Library fully accessible during lunch periods: work quietly.
* This information is subject to change depending on class bookings and cancellations. …
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Add a comment January 25th, 2013 by EHSS Teacher-Librarian
This week, the library will be conducting workshops for Gr. 9 Applied Science on the elements of the periodic table.
Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access. Please respect the classes that are in session and remain quiet.
The Library will be closed*:
Tuesday: Period 2
Wednesday: Period 2
Friday: Period 2
The library is reserved for quiet work when a lesson is being taught. Do your part to keep the Library fully accessible during lunch periods: work quietly.
* This information is subject to change depending on class bookings and cancellations. …
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Add a comment January 21st, 2013 by EHSS Teacher-Librarian
Note that since Monday and Tuesday this week are exam days, the library will be open until 11:35am only.
P1: 8:50am – 9:35
P4: 9:40 – 10:25
P5: 10:30 – 11:15am
Exams start at 1pm.
Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access. Please respect the classes that are in session and remain quiet.
The Library will be closed*:
Monday: after 11:35am
Tuesday: after 11:35am
Wednesday: Period 2
Thursday: Period 2
Friday: Period 2 & 3
The library is reserved for quiet work when a lesson is being taught. Do your part to keep the Library fully accessible during lunch periods: work quietly.
* This information is subject to change depending on class bookings and cancellations. …
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Add a comment October 26th, 2012 by EHSS Teacher-Librarian

PW in agenda
This week, the Library Learning Commons is busy helping Gr. 10 History classes develop higher order questions with strategies from the Green Research Guide (click on the icon, enter PW from agenda and go to page 13 – ). We will also be working with Gr. 11 English classes to review MLA formatting and strategies to avoid plagiarism.
Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access. Please respect the classes that are in session and remain quiet.
The Library will be closed*:
Monday: Period 2 and Period 3
Tuesday: Period 2
Wednesday: Period 2
Friday: Period 2
The library is reserved for quiet work when a lesson is being taught. Do your part to keep the Library fully accessible during lunch periods: work quietly.
* This information may be subject to change depending on class bookings and cancellations.
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Add a comment October 20th, 2012 by EHSS Teacher-Librarian

PW in agenda
This week, the Library Learning Commons busy helping Gr. 10 History classes develop higher order questions with strategies from the Green Research Guide (click on the icon). We will also be working with Gr. 11 English classes to review MLA formatting and strategies to avoid plagiarism.
Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access. Please respect the classes that are in session and remain quiet.
The Library will be closed:
Monday: Period 2 and Period 3
Wednesday: Period 2 and Period 3
Thursday: Period 3
Friday: Period 2
The library is reserved for quiet work when a lesson is being taught. Do your part to keep the Library fully accessible during lunch periods: work quietly.
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Add a comment October 16th, 2012 by EHSS Teacher-Librarian
Persian-American author, Anita Amirrezvani will visit this Friday, Oct. 19th in the library at Period 3. If you are interested, be sure to tell your Day 4, Per 3 teacher and come join us for this great opportunity to meet a renowned writer.
Please note: the library will be closed for this special event.
“Anita Amirrezvani is the author of the novel Blood of Flowers which has been published in more than twenty-five languages and was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She teaches at the California College of the Arts and Sonoma State University.” (simonandschuster.ca) Her latest book is Equal of the Sun.
Read more about Amirrezvani in our Biography in Context database (PW in agenda p22): click here.
Click on the covers to sample her work.


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