The Pathways weekly assembly began with the students in the music

club performing the Skye Boat Song. The song was followed by a talk

by the school librarian on the newly introduced Book Club.

Ms Suryanshu first expressed the importance of reading, and how it

helps us have a holistic and pragmatic approach. She then explained the

concept of the Book Club, in which the students would write book

reports, analyse novels, and learn the various forms of citation. The

members of the club would also select books to be included in the li-

brary at the end of every term. Once a year, the students would distrib-

ute books and bookmarks, as part of the Community Service Project.

The librarian ended by saying that she expected the members of the

Book Club to encourage reading among their peers, while being avid

readers themselves. She mentioned that their book reports would be

displayed, so that the other students could understand the story before

checking them out.

Lastly, the Principal, Mrs Dimpu Sharma, spoke about the Schools Es-

sential Agreements. She made it clear that misuse of the laptops and

substance abuse would lead to immediate expulsion. She stated the

rules regarding lockers, and tiffin boxes, before winding up.

Vishwakrit Choradia

Grade IX A

Volume 3

Week of 17th August, 2015

ReflectionsMiddle SchoolGrade 8

Middle School Assembly

Week gone by:

Oral presentations on the elements of

graphic novel by four groups in class.

Annotation of the elements of graphic novel

in Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strips from

newspapers

Started background research on the text

Persepolis

followed by individual

presentations on the assigned topics.

Language and Literature: Ms. Shweta/ Ms. Indu/ Ms. Anita/ Ms. Ruchi

Projections for the week:

Reading the text section: Veil and

The Bicycle.

Inquiry:

What are the

graphic elements

exhibited by comic

strips?

Projections for the week:

Students will learn interrogative and

the structure to form questions.

Language Acquisition: Spanish: Ms. Shivani

Week gone by:

Students learnt interesting facts about Spanish

culture and the same was tested through a

quiz.

Week gone by:

Students watched a video on School and did a

worksheet- based on the video.

Students also read an unseen passage and answered

the comprehension questions.

They were also given the classroom vocabulary.

Language Acquisition: Spanish: Mr. Utkarsh

Projections for the week:

Students will do mas que/menos que sentence struc-

ture and more adjectives.

Language Acquisition: French: Ms. Charu

Week gone by:

The students did a detailed work-

sheet on prepositions.

Watched a Video about a school in

France.

Inquired about how the school routine

is connected to their home routine.

Do both the

routines affect each other?

Watched a Power Point

Presentation and did a reading text

on education system of France.

Inquiry:

Inquired about how the

school routine is connected

to home

routine.

Do both the routines affect

each other?

Projections for the week:

Vocabulary related to subjects

and places in a school.

Introduction to past tense.

Interrogative adverbs.

Week gone by:

They were introduced to

the past tense in French

Language Acquisition: French: Ms. Swati

Projections for the week:

They will learn how to write a

diary entry

Inquiry:

There is a connection between the

routine in school and the time,

place and space we are in.

Language Acquisition: Hindi: Ms. Garima

Week gone by:

Introduced abstract noun

through article" ".

Spelling challenge

Inquiry:

How scientific innovation to

transforms our lives?

Projections for the week:

Task sheet related to abstract

nouns

Math: Mr. Amit

Week gone by:

Exponents and Power Irrational

numbers

Simplification of irrational

numbers

Operations on irrational

numbers

Significant figures

Inquiry:

Inquiry into application of

arithmetic operations on numbers,

involving powers

Projections for the week:

Ratios and proportions continued

Math: Ms. Ratnika

Projections for the week:

Ratios and proportions continued

Inquiry:

Inquiry into application of

arithmetic operations on surds

Week gone by:

Introduction to simplification of

surds

Introduction to operations on

surds

Recapitulation of ratios

Math: Ms. Shikha

Week gone by:

Irrational numbers

Simplification of irrational

numbers

Operations on irrational

numbers

Significant figures

Inquiry:

Inquiry into the meaning of

irrational numbers

Projections for the week:

Ratios

Using ratios to divide quantities

Proportions

Inquiry:

How are traits preserved and

passed down to the next

generation?

What happens to the genetic

pattern when a cell divides itself ?

Week gone by:

Genes as vehicle of traits,

The cell cycle, Mitosis-the

significance and overview,

cancerous cells

Formative assessment

Projections for the week:

The structure of the genetic

material

Building connection between DNA

and Traits

Biology: Ms. Varsha

Physics: Ms. Preeti

Week gone by:

Wave interaction

Refraction and diffraction

of waves

Formative Assessment

Inquiry:

How speed of wave changes with

the change in the medium?

Projections for the week:

Wave interference

Chemistry: Ms. Aakansha

Week gone by:

Chemistry laboratory

experiment on effect of

various indicators on

different acids and bases

Virtual lab on kitchen chem-

istry which talk about the

acids and bases we deal

with in our daily life and

how they are affected by

various indicators

Inquiry:

Can an indicator be used to detect

all types of acids, bases and

neutral substances?

Projections for the week:

Neutralization reaction and its

application in daily life

formative assessment

Parental Support:

Students are encouraged to observe neutralization in our daily life?

Week gone by:

Colonialism and Imperialism

Individual and Societies: Ms. Alka

Projections for the week:

Impact of colonialism on the

colonies. They will take Asia and

Africa as case studies to analyse

the impact of colonialism

Inquiry:

Students started inquiry with mean-

ing of Globalization and

colonialism and found similarities and

differences between the ideas by

brainstorming and group

discussions

Formative Assessment 1.

Individual and Societies: Ms. Tanwinder

Projections for the week:

Continue with the inquiry on

prediction and prevention

methods

Inquiry:

inquiry about the prevention and

precautions methods from

earthquakes and volcanoes

Week gone by:

Volcanic eruption, effects

of earthquakes and

volcanoes, prediction and

prevention from tectonic

activities.

Formative was conducted

Week gone by:

Introduction to Visual basic interface

understanding tool box

students explored label, text box, command but-

ton, list box, picture box controls

They learnt to change the properties of the con-

trols at run time and at design time

To strengthen their learning, they made short

programs.

Digital Design: Ms. Poonam

Projections for the

week:

Continuing with Visual

Basic

Inquiry:

inquiry in to event

driven program-

ming

Dance: Mr. Sanjeevan

Week gone by:

Introduction of the artist

and the dance form which

will be taught in the class

Inquiry:

how fast the dance culture is

growing in world around us

Projections for the week:

elements of dance and vocabulary

Dance: Mr. Akash

Week gone by:

The development of

rhythm sense

Inquiry:

How rhythm will help to create a

contact improvisation ?

Projections for the week:

create one dance piece and use

the 'SAPTALA JATI'

Week gone by:

Individual class presenta-

tion on Greek Theatre

Drama: Mr. Santanu

Projections for the week:

To connect with a contemporary

storyline through a Greek

interpretation to a performance

Inquiry:

What is Greek Theatre?

Week gone by:

Band performance :

Elements of Reggae Music ,

bass line ' don't rock my

boat ', Bob Marley

Music: Mr. Haokip

Projections for the week:

introduction to Blues music

Inquiry:

Bob Marley ,