HEALTH - 7C Monday, April 4, 2016

Today the Students received their marks for the Harassment Test. The entire content of the test is from this blog, as well as student notes. It is very notable that there were a number of students who admittedly did not study for this test. Parents: Please sign and return the test once you have reviewed it with your son/daughter.

NEW UNIT: Consent

Definition: Consent is voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. In otherwords, it means communicating yest on your own terms.

There are many ways to communicate "NO." Freezing up, saying you're tired, crying, pulling away are a few examples to communicate no. A person does not have to yell no, scream, kick or bite for it to be exceedingly clear that they don't want to engage in sexual activity.

For this Unit, we will be using a variety of resources: OPHEA Grade 7, consented.ca (a website) and other appropriate resources.

Please feel free to contact me directly at school with any questions.

Possible Impacts of Harassment of Bullying

5 Main Areas That Can Be Impacted/Examples:

1. Physical - pushing, hitting, rough play, fighting

2. Social - exclusion from activities, posting comments online, friend stealing

3. Emotional - name calling, posting images or comments online, making unwanted comments about appearance

4. Spiritual - unwanted or inappropriate comments about religion or faith

5. Financial - extortion, blackmail, stealing, coercion

Health - Harrassment Notes

1. Harassment is...
- any unwanted or uninvited remarks, gestures, sounds or actions of a persistent nature that make a person feel unsafe, degraded or uncomfortable.

It includes...
- any overt, subtle verbal or written comments or any physical conduct which places pressure on, ridicules, degrades, or expresses hatred

Any of the above behaviours based on...
- a person's appearance, abilities, gender or sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, cultural background, place of birth, religion, citizenship or ancestry

2. Examples of Harassment:
-unwanted, unwelcome physical contact like touching, grabbing or patting
-sexual gossip
-obscene phone calls
-rude jokes or suggestive remarks of a sexual nature
-demeaning nicknames
-catcalls, rating or embarrassing whistles
-stalking
-graffiti
-threats, abuse or assault
-sexually insulting remarks about race, culture, ability or class

3. Harassment is NOT:

-a hug between friends\
-mutual flirtation
-sincere personal compliments

4. What to do if you are harassed:

-do not ignore it, it will not go away
-tell someone about the incident, eg. a friend, a teacher, counsellor, parent, trusted adult
-keep a diary or a written record of the incidents of harassment
-if possible, tell the person who is harassing you to stop
-keep yourself safe

5. Consequences of being harassed:

-Do not blame yourself. One myth is that you are somehow to blame. This is not true. No one asks to be harassed. You are not responsible for the harasser's behaviour.

7A Newspaper Assignment

Imagine the day in the life of a news reporter. It’s all about creating a story and publishing it for the world to read.

We will get to experience this through our expository writing. You will create a news paper article for our class. This will be a whole class project, as everyone will be contributing to the final newspaper completion and distribution.

The end product will be shared with our class. Let’s experience what it feels like to be a “real reporter”.

You have now all been hired to be the authors for the 7A Newspaper. Showcase your talent!

Task 1: Feb 5, 2016 (classwork)

v Brainstorm subcategories in a newspaper (in class)

v Select features (categories from above) that you can use for Willowdale. For example, Sports Section (get facts about sporting events)

v Look at all the details in that section, because your article will need all that too. Take notes!

Task 2: Homework Feb 6-7, 2016

v Choose the subcategory that appeals to you and formulate QUESTIONS that you will ask the person you will interview (REMEMBER 5W’s and H!!!)

v Select the person you will interview – should be in our school community (Interview to take place during the week of February 8-11)

*You will be using the graphic organizer handed out in class for this task

Task 3: Feb 8, 2016

v Have teacher review and sign off on your list of questions

Task 4: Feb 8 - 11, 2016

v Interviews begin - Like a reporter, you will have to go out and gather information. Remember it must ALL be FACTUAL

Task 5: Feb 16-17, 2016

v Bring your questions and answers to class (THIS IS THE PLANNING WORK THAT WILL BE HANDED IN)

v Formulate a “story” based on your findings. Remember it must be FACTUAL

v Your report must be 1-2 paragraphs long with all the facts and details necessary (YOU WILL PRINT THIS AS YOUR FIRST DRAFT)

Task 6: Feb 18, 2016

v Self-Edit (BLUE)

v Peer Edit (RED)

*EDITING WILL BE DONE ON THE FIRST DRAFT AND BE HANDED IN

v Show teacher all the edits and re-write your GOOD copy

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Feb 19^th, 2016 

v Submit: PLANNING, EDITED ROUGH DRAFT, GOOD COPY

7A Newspaper Assignmemt - Expository Writing

Friday, February 5, 2016

7A Brainstorming - List of categories / sub-categories in a Newspaper

Memorials / Births
Sports
Weather
Movie Listings
Movie Reviews
Entertainment Reviews
Jobs/Personals/Classifieds
Business
Technology
Political Issues
Life and Entertainment
Comics
Games (Sudoku / Crossword)
Financials
Politics
Recipes
Economy
Opinion
Tv Listings
Scoreboard
World Issues
Health and Fitness
Local News

Gr. 7C HEALTH -

This week we started a new Health Unit. I will post weekly information for you to review at home with your Parents.

WHAT IS HARASSMENT? WHAT IS NOT?

Students participated in a Four Corners activity. They were given the choice to STRONGLY AGREE, AGREE, DISAGREE and STRONGLY DISAGREE with each statement. From there, students were given an opportunity to speak about their choice - why they felt this way - without criticism or judgement.

THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE ACTIVITY! I was given the opportunity to gauge the students' understanding of the concept of Harassment, and plan adequately for our future lessons.

Here is a list of the statements the students were presented with:

1. You and some friends decide to make an obscene or offensive prank phone call as a joke to entertain yourselves.

2. A teacher overhears you and some friends making rude jokes or sexually related comments and finds it inappropriate.

3. You see someone threatening or assaulting another student at lunch recess.

4. A male and female student hug every time they see each other in the hallway.

5. You and a group of peers use a rude nickname to refer to a student you don't like, but that student doesn't know that they have a nickname.

6. You whistle at someone walking by because you think they are attractive.

Next Health lesson:

Students will use a graphic organizer to record the following information:

- DEFINING Harassment
- Examples of Harassment
- What harassment is NOT
- Consequences of Being Harassed (what can happen to the receiver)
- Suggestions for what to do if you are being Harassed

Week of January 25, 2016

We are fast approaching Term 1 Reports! The students are working on the following:

LANGUAGE: Students have continued with Reading excerpts and answering COMPLETE sentences. This continues to be an area of need, and we will continue to reinforce using the question in the answer, using information from the text and their own ideas to formulate their BEST RESPONSES.

We are also focusing on SEQUENCING events to reinforce order of events. This is a way of preparing them for upcoming Term 2 writing - including essays.

HOMEWORK SUGGESTIONS:

Non-Fiction Reading and Comprehension

Non-Fiction Reading #2

MATH: We are detouring to learn / review PERIMETER and AREA. I cannot stress enough HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE STUDENTS TO SHOW ALL WORK! The answer alone represents only a portion of the alloted marks.

This includes:
STATE THE RULE               i.e. P = 2 (l+w)
PLUG IN THE NUMBERS           = 2 (4+5)
SOLVE THE NEXT STEP            = 2  (9)
SHOW THE ANSWER                = 18 cm

The solution above is worth 4 marks. Stating the answer alone represents 1 / 4.

HOMEWORK SUGGESTIONS:

SHOW ALL STEPS FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

Perimeter of a Quadrilateral REVIEW

Perimeter of a Polygon

Perimeter of a Triangle