Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Homework and Test Update

Tuesday, January 25, 2011


Homework and Test Update

Science Questions due tomorrow.





Social Studies questions due on Thursday.



Science Lab scheduled for Thursday.











Social Studies test on Chapter Five will take place on February 02.

Homework and Test Update

Science Questions due tomorrow.
Social Studies questions due on Thursday.
Science Lab scheduled for Thursday.


Social Studies test on Chapter Five will take place on February 02.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Monday, May 24, 2010

NL Studies 2205 unit four test

There will a unit four test on Wednesday, May 26. Below is a complete outline and test format.

Newfoundland Studies 2205

Unit Four Test Outline

Students are expected to know the following terms, places, and people for their unit test:

Cod Biomass (22) Diversification (24) William Whiteway (24)
Golden Age (26) Sir Robert Bond (27) The Great Fire (Date and Place, 29)
The Bank Crash (Date, 30) Robert Reid (40) Land Tenure(46)
The Burin Tsunami (Date and Place,35) Freehold Agreement (46)
The Newfoundland Disaster (Date, Place, Causalities, 35) Leasehold Agreement (46)
The Railway (Start and Completion Date, 36, 38) Timber Licence (46)
The Newfoundland T’railway (43) A.N. D. Company (46)
The first large Sawmill, (Place and Time, 44) Grand Falls (Mill History, 46)
Company town (49) Bell island (Mine History, 52)
Newfoundland’s Population 1901 (60) Emigration (62)
Internal Migration (61) Denominational Education (70)
Tuberculosis (74) The Hudson’s Bay Company (78)
The Grenfell Mission (80) Push/Pull Factors (60, 62, 64, 65)

Students are expected to know the following questions/concepts for their unit test:

The nature of changing markets for cod (23)
The difficulties of getting the railway completed and profitable (38, 40)
The railway and its Consequences (42)
The purpose of the Crown Lands and Timber Act, 1875 (44)
The amount of productive forest in Newfoundland and Labrador (44)
The economic benefits of Mining (54)
The impact of mining on lifestyle and culture (59)
Changing employment by economic sector (63)
Early 20th century Immigration patterns (64)
Modern Immigration Trends (67)
Lifestyle Changes in Newfoundland (68-71)
Why Labrador had no political Representation (77)

Please review ALL your notes and completed questions. Please read the Chapter Four: Summary on page 99 to assist you in understanding key outcomes.


Test format: 15 multiple choice - 30 marks
10 – Fill-ins – 10 marks
10 – True/False 10 marks

Thursday, December 10, 2009

NL Studies 2215

Unit Two Test Outline


Students are expected to know the following terms for their unit test:

Beringia Old World New World
Agrarian Hunter-Gatherer Paleo-American
Umiaks Angajukkak Basques
Aboriginal Archaeology Evidence
First Nations Migration Prehistoric
Settlement Traditional Economy "Making" fish
Bye-boat keepers Planters Western Charter
The Treaty of Utrecht

Students are expected to answer the following questions/concepts for their unit test:

1. How did humans originally get to North America? P. 88
2. List the similarities and differences between the various aboriginal groups that lived in
Newfoundland before European contact. (Notes)
3. Why did European countries want to explore for new land and wealth? (P. 106-8, notes)
4. Why was salt cod so valuable? (P. 108, notes)
5. List and briefly explain the similarities and differences between the English and French fisheries
(P. 112-115, notes)
6. Please review your answers to #1, #2, and #3 on page127 and #1 and #2 on page 128.
Please review ALL your notes and completed questions. Please read the Chapter Two: Summary on page 140-141 to assist you in understanding key outcomes.

Test format: 10 multiple choice - 20 marks
Four short answer questions - 20 marks
Case Study - 10 marks

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Upcoming evaluations

Grade Eight and Nine English Language Arts

Poetry Song Assignment due on Monday.

English 1201

Poetry Analysis Test Monday December 07th.

NL Studies 2215

Unit Two Test December 14th.

World Geography 3202/00

Unit Two Test December 09th

Friday, November 13, 2009

Test dates and homework

World Geography 3202/00

The Unit One Test will now go ahead on Monday, November 16th.

Nl Studies 2215

The Unit One Test will now go ahead on Monday, November 16th.


ELA Grade Eight

Far North questions chapters 1-13 are due on Wednesday, November 18th.