Study
Friday, 28 November 2025
Specialized Program application
Application dates for the TDSB specialized program
Nov 24 to Dec 12
- apply online
- they will look at your Grade 7 report card (June)
- Entrance Exam for STEM, IB, Leadership
- Enriched arts: Portfolio, or audition
Out of area admission (Jan 2026)
November 28, 2025
Science, p. 153. Label the digestive system quiz tomorrow. Dont have to learn the spelling since they will be given to you.
Home school
https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Find-your/School/By-Home-Address
8C Interest Rate
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iLUSshMJ89oOd4UfpCUkXCRHdGCUaUX1jOU2dlaZrrA/edit?usp=sharing
- find 2024 profit for the big six Canadian banks. If you have the cash to buy one bank, which on will you buy?
- calculate the interest charges on the items listed on Activity 2
Conunction, Passive Voice and PEE essay
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PUuAuVcQJk5P8P3p9QyI4NpeJAR2sauN/view?usp=sharing
Pick one natural wonder of the world and learn to PEE
The Northern lights, known for its breathtaking, majestical sea of colors, undoubtedly seize its place in the podium as one of the most astonishing 7 natural wonders of the world. However, since the lights are a sight of a natural phenomenon, this miracle is not guaranteed to be spotted with certainty, referring to the long hours of waiting, and conclusions drawn with disappointing outcomes. In fact, relating to its unpredictability, there are several locations to visit while hunting down the lights, ranging from Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and even Canada! All distanced near the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, within the Norwegian Arctic. Out of all these possible destinations, I picked Tosmo, a small town located in Norway. To experience the unique lifestyle within the frigid, cold land, at the same time to take the opportunity of trying Reindeer meat, whale steak, or even seal meat!
Could you even imagine sleeping in a room completely constructed with ice and snow? Taking a rest in a room operated by the ice hotel feels as if arriving at Elsa’s ice castle. With exquisitely designed and sculpted snow figures by your side, as well as the thermal protection and reindeer blanket, the hotel provides you a warm and comfortable stay. Be mesmerized by the waves of shades, soaring across the limitless sky while enjoying your relaxation time in the hotel. The icehotel provides the most excellent view, perfect to capture and become captivated by the awe-inspiring sight. As the long duration of waiting passes by, we tilt our heads and gaze towards the sky, and see the fascinating colors slowly becoming detectable, as if dancing in a perfect and coordinated rhythm with the stars. While the numerous waves of shades collide and blend with each other, it could be described as fuming fire spreading freely in the wide open sky. The strong, vibrant colors create great juxtaposition, making an utterly majestic, yet unique color palette. With the sublime amalgamation of blue, purple, green, at the same time getting the glimpse of pink, yellow, or even the hints of red. (if you're lucky) The Northern lights are just like a river of spirits, lost in the midnight blue.
The aurora Boriealis not only blows people's minds, and calms our souls, it also inspires and exists as the fundamentals of numerous stories as well as cultures. Despite/within the various ideas from different ethnic groups all have one thing in common. The Northern lights are a spiritual representation, their guide of life, and most importantly the symbol of hope, and faith.
Thursday, 27 November 2025
November 27, 2025
Passive Voice
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AZnEySq5AKPdKT68Rfpk9BCuKMiuhfd0TaRYbELLQZc/edit?usp=sharing
Population pyramid
https://www.populationpyramid.net/australia/2024/
Homework
- write a 150 to 200 words summary on this morning presentation
- tell me why you like/dislike it and give reasons to explain
- avoid personal pronouns. Use passive when possible
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
November 26, 2025
- ask parents about multicultural celebration on Friday December 5 (Day 5), and how will you contribute
Passive Voice sentences
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pxp2XVj2ZirgX0bUYImorp9RDv3QyvO_/view?usp=sharing
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
G8 Geograph project details and sample
Due December 19, 2025
What you need to include
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15B9EGrD0hautA_aW5ng2RWP2V2rnJDI5WogTKP9nhYA/edit?usp=sharing
Sample presentaion of Fiji Island
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15rWmdNqK6vVRPq513NXck3Xak1XDay_mIgpNKZTr70Y/edit?usp=sharing
- find a new place you want to settle in
- If you pick a country, you must be specific about the region or town. That means you cannot pick Sierra Leone, but need to specifically stated that you would like to stay in Freetown in that country
- research all relevant information (climate, population density, pyramid, currency, taxes, natural disasters, jobs, attractions, schools, health care, education, etc)
- Google Slide, 10 to 15 slides
November 25, 2025
8C, 8D Science test on another blog entry. Will go live at 12:30pm on Tuesday
8C Math: Google sheet assignment, simple formula
- enter the following in a sheet and write formula to calculate the balance after all expenses and income
- you need to Google and find the expenses for each item (tuition, meal plan, TTC pass etc)
- You eat a Big Mac, a Starbucks latte, a Chipotle Bowl once a week. A school year includes 8 months or 32 weeks. Do your sheet data based on 32 weeks or 8 months (two university terms, Sept to April)
- you should be deep in the red (in debt) by the end of each school year. University students struggle financially
7D waste water treatment
Waste water treatments. Send me the doc by Friday Nov 28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvPakzqM3h8
Watch the video above and find the missing information in the worksheet below.
1) All wastewater in the city goes to a t___________________________ so it turns back into _______________________
2) It all starts when we flush the t______________
3) New York City has ___________ water treatment plants and they treat a total of __________ billion gallons each day
4) There are __________ water treatment plants in the USA
5) Step 1: The larger items, including w__________ and t________ are separated by b______ screens and they are trucked to the l________________
6) The main objective of pre-treatment of sewage water is to make sewage less c_______________
7) Step 2: The grit chambers let the s_________ and r_________ settle out, and there are _____ types of grit chambers: Horizontal, Aeriated, and Vortex
8) Step 3: Primary Clarifiers: the waste water (without solids, sand and rocks) then pump into the primary clarifier to remove all o____________ m__________
9) Afterwards, the top level of water flows into s______________ treatment
10) Step 4: Secondary treatment moves b___________ content and it creates thousands of b___________ in the aeration basins
11)Basically, in this stage, the process let the b__________ eats the organic food
12) During the aerobic digestion process, bubbles inject o__________ into the water and this breaks down the o____________ matters
13)Step 5: Secondary Clarifiers: this is the final removal of s________ and b__________ matters. It also involves d_______________ where 85% of the organic matters are removed
14)Disinfections: there are _______ ways to disinfect the waste water. Adding C_________, O________ or UV radiation.
15)Adding C_________ kills the bacteria and they are removed before discharging to the ____________
16)Pumping O__________ into the waste water will kill off the bacteria
17)17) Injecting UV radiation into waste water scramble the bacteria _________ so they cannot m______________
18)Effluent release: pumps treated water back into the ___________ and ___________
Monday, 24 November 2025
8A, 8C Geography presentaion
Sample
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15rWmdNqK6vVRPq513NXck3Xak1XDay_mIgpNKZTr70Y/edit?usp=sharing
- find a new place you want to settle in
- If you pick a country, you must be specific about the region or town. That means you cannot pick Sierra Leone, but need to specifically stated that you would like to stay in Freetown in that country
- research all relevant information (climate, population density, pyramid, currency, taxes, natural disasters, jobs, attractions, schools, health care, education, etc)
- Google Slide, 10 to 15 slides
November 24, 2025
8C, 8D, 8E: science test tomorrow. If you don't study, you will not do well (cells, microscope, mitosis, hybrid etc)
Sample balance sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QNnJm80WxE5YRiqkazDdOwCu48c0JFefVBApxzIr7FA/edit?usp=sharing
Spreadsheet data to look up
https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/financing-your-degree/tuition-fees
Sunday, 23 November 2025
Open House next week
Visit if you can
OPEN HOUSES NEXT WEEK!
Nov 24 - Earl Haig, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Nov 26 - A Y Jackson, 6pm- 8pm
Nov 26 - Northview Heights, 6pm - 8pm
Nov 26 - York Mills CI, 6pm - 8pm
Nov 27 - Newtonbrook, 6pm - 8pm
Nov 27 - Northern Secondary, 6pm - 8pm
Friday, 21 November 2025
November 21, 2025
Be good. I am watching you
After Writing on demand, this is the math
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1viIL3Lb0Z4xe0NGO-ON2VMqCgwR5Nj-ILbIQUAPbkdQ/edit?usp=sharing
Geography, natural disasters
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rJ1rEzn5wh8z95STcGBkTK7PM-1fz4lJ/view?usp=drive_link
G7 Science (last period). Due on Nov 28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfr82RB72U8
Complete the blanks and send that to me Kwokhomework@gmail.com
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t-PbcCqKKJzgDGge1Xe8peHHBwKeKI8_QPsjPBBR_Fs/edit?usp=sharing
Thursday, 20 November 2025
November 20, 2025
Writing on demand topic
Is Canada a good place to grow up in?
- think about the ideas during Remembrance Day, the freedom you enjoy everyday
- 150 to 200 words, One hour tomorrow morning
- add formula in this sheet to determine how much money is left after all the expenses
Electromagetic Spectrum
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
November 19, 2025
8A, 8C Urban Sprawl
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N2eTePW30aIDlm0zkp6thunk4x7fI6-l/view?usp=sharing
Mudslide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCyOB6goRKE
- return mira tomorrow or pay $20
Find an everyday item and you will explain orally why that item is the best thing to buy for your mother during this Christmas season. (3 min presentation)
Must PEE, with conjunctions to explain
e.g. (point) This type of toilet paper is the best kind in the supermarket since it only costs $1 per roll with great absorbency (explanation). It is very important to use it after a big meal because your bladder cannot control what will come next. (example) Mr. Kwok would love the TDSB to stock this special brand in the staff washroom, as he eats an orange a day. Without it, it can get quite messy and difficult to clean afterwards. So, in order to prevent the uncontrollable embarrassment, purchase as many cases as possible while they last.
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
November 18, 2025
Student saving accounts
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F_zEeERJWdSNAO0NLb26ndWn83kSjw01z-s2pXs64pM/edit?usp=sharing
G8 Science notes, (Sept to mid Nov)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10oofDsK9D5_xefELpN0r_HbF02cwQeFE/view?usp=sharing
Monday, 17 November 2025
8A Geography note
November 13, 2025
1) History and settlements
Middle ages, English and French settlers came to North America
Spanish and Portuguese settlers in Mexico and South America
Late 1890: Famine in Ireland: many Irish settlers went to eastern US
Now (2023 to 2025): many Asian settlers (Chinese, Korean, Indian) came to Canada and US. Many Ukrainian settled in Canada
2) Political environment and settlements
Dictatorship, or unstable political environments (e.g. Cuba, Syria, Afghanistan)
1800 to early 1900: slaves from the US tried to escape and got freedom in Canada
3) Natural disasters and settlement
People would like to stay away from natural disasters (hurricane, floods, droughts, wildfire, earthquakes
November 17, 2025
Grade 8 Science Textbook
https://archive.org/details/
8C
- Transformational geometry test tomorrow. Bring Mira, pencil, ruler, stickey notes and eraser. Very long test
- Start writing the second paragraph of the PEE essay. Use as few personal pronouns as possible
- Are students spending too much time on their digital devices? Learn to write second paragraph (12 to 15 sentences, explain why with examples)
- look at this example about school uniform
In my opinion, school uniforms stand as a symbol of the school, and they include plenty of benefits for both the students and the school. First of all, it is effortless to identify students from school on special occasions, for example, during a school field trip, the chance of getting lost would decrease since a group of people wearing uniforms would stand out of the crowd, so it’s not difficult to follow the group where you belong. Furthermore, if the students are in a threatening situation, such as a time when one or more intruders had broken into the school, it will be straightforward to distinguish between the two to prevent health hazards. In conclusion, uniforms are a unique symbol of the school. It will remain all the memories from the previous time will remain with your friends and the marks you got on the math tests. Who wouldn’t want to keep a uniform as a souvenir for your lovely childhood?
Thursday, 13 November 2025
November 13, 2025
8C Math
- finish tessllation pages (4) and the tessllated diagram (large paper, coloured). Will be posted outside my class next week
- transformational geometry test next week. Review and study
Sammi Davis Junior Music (Guy with 25% of his tongue left because of smoking)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fju4UajL7g&list=RD-Fju4UajL7g&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXYndNL4Mu8&list=RDOXYndNL4Mu8&start_radio=1
8C, 8D, 8E
- science test in two weeks (Tuesday Nov 25th, Day 2 ). Review and study about the cell unit
- Google Form, 30 multiple choice questions and a few diagram labels
- closed or opened textbook and notebook test depends entirely on your behaviour during my absences in late November
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
How to start a sentence (3 sentences for each method. Do the first five)
- start with adverbs
e.g. Unfortunately, the poor student was struck by a speeding car at this busy intersection.
- start with conjunctions
Unless there are better teachers teaching math in high school, most students will not be able to learn what is needed to do well.
-IT statements
It is absolutely necessary to eliminate the Physical Education program at the school since three students suffered devastating injuries in the gym.
- In order to/ In addition
In order to stay healthy, it is important to exercise, eat nutritious food and avoid vaping at all costs.
- As a matter of fact
As a matter of fact, Mr. Kwok does not really care about the bad choices that are made by some students.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n3GxK56hRYEo8BkW50jLpSB234H-03kr/view?usp=sharing
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sad
Sight: a sheet of fluffy snow toppling me; felt like a thick cotton blanket that cocooned my body with a few tiny openings to spot the cloudless blue sky
Smell: the smell of dirt and rotting grass brushed off my face when the blanket of snow covered my head. It was not pleasant, similar to a spring field when the farmers just put in the manure right after seeding
Sound: my fellow classmates giggled loudly as I became immobile and concealed by the thick layer of slush. I could hear my own breathing, as well as the pumping sound of my heart furiously struggled to get the last breath of fresh air. I thought I could hear the cold sweat dripping down my forehead as this ridiculous continued
Touch: since I wriggled to free my soul in freezing cold, I could barely feel my feet, as the sub-zero water slowly sipped into my boots. The numbness soon shot up my spine and tinkled every inch of my body
Taste: although this appeared to be a fresh blanket of snow, for whatever reason when my sweat and snow were mixed together, my lips nibbled on a few salty icicles, as if it were sprinkled onto me intensionally,.
Mitosis slide
Japanese Tsunami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02LTn0FkE48
Plant cells
White fish embryo mitosis
November 12, 2025
8C
- 3 report card goals (1 academic, 1 social, 1 emotional)
- each goal must be realistic, achievable, and measurable
- dont start with I
Ring of Fire
Japanese Tsunami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02LTn0FkE48
Look up Indonesia Tsunami video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFD5oInqArs
Japanese Tsunami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02LTn0FkE48
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
November 11, 2025
Cell structure and mitosis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgkoqcm6Sg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ldPgEfAHI
Mitosis: how identical cells are cloned and produced
Blood components
Monday, 10 November 2025
November 10, 2025
Parent-teacher interviews
- can start booking this afetrnoon at 5pm to see Kwok and other teachers this Thursday and Friday
- first-come, first-served. Have a list of questions ready for me to answer
TRANSFORMATIONAL GEOMETRY HOMEWORK. 33 MOTIONS.
IT statements (use no more than one more personal pronoun, use each word only once)
IT is important to work hard and review all the assignments before tests.
IT is critical
IT is necessary
IT is essential
IT is useful
IT is joyful/annoying/interesting
Friday, 7 November 2025
8A Geography November 7
- Find population density (people per square km) for
Toronto, Vancouver, Yellowknife, Timmins, New York City, Miami, Los Angeles
- Mexico City, Nassau (Bahamas), Cayman Island, Rio (Brazil)
- London (Enngland), Paris (France), Berlin (Germany), Madrid (Spain)
- Cairo (Egypt), Libya, Ethiopia, Tehran, Fuji Island
- Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Toyko (Japan), Shanghai (China),
Happiest countries in the world
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-world
November 7, 2025
8E quiz
8A, 8C, 8D, 8E, 7D
- parents-teacher interview sign up on Monday at 5pm
- first come first served. Google school appointments online
- Kwok's appointments from Thursday 6pm to 8:15pm; Friday 9am till 4pm
Zoom meeting possible. Please ask your kid to tell me
8C
- Transformational geometry test next week. 24 questions to do this weekend
- writing: Use conjunctions to give me at least 10 points why you are/are not proud to be Canadian?
Although, Since, As, while, when, yet, unless, until, because, but, before, after
Example:
Although Canada is not perfect, it is still a great country because young people have more opportunities for their future.
Since 1.3% of the population are drug addicts in this awful country after marijuana is legalized, it is not a good place to grow up in.
Thursday, 6 November 2025
G8 Geography Happy Index
Unit 3 Nautral disasters
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rJ1rEzn5wh8z95STcGBkTK7PM-1fz4lJ/view?usp=sharing
Happiest countries in the world
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-world
November 6, 2025
- find: partial, annular and total solar eclipse images
- Find Marco Polo's routes from \ Italy to China. What did he bring back to Europe
- silk road
- Find Jacque Cartier and Samuel de Champlain routes to Canada and where they settled
- how many French settlers died during de Champlain's first winter in Canada
- Magellan's grave in the Philippines
8C translation
- Draw 12 simple images, vertical (up/down) or horizontal (left/right) movement only. No diagonal till tomorrow
- do six images. Leave six for your fellow classmates to do tomorrow
8C Remembrance Day article. Read and do all the questions
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-XCwslrRkLrAh6cl451X_MnbXxHekMrX/view?usp=sharing
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
G8 Geography natural disasters and density
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rJ1rEzn5wh8z95STcGBkTK7PM-1fz4lJ/view?usp=sharing
November 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2_YI4ybWbo
8C
- flipped picture due tomorrow
- motion geometry work sheets, 24 questions
- Find population density (people per square km) for
Toronto, Vancouver, Yellowknife, Timmins, New York City, Miami, Los Angeles
- Mexico City, Nassau (Bahamas), Cayman Island, Rio (Brazil)
- London (Enngland), Paris (France), Berlin (Germany), Madrid (Spain)
- Cairo (Egypt), Libya, Ethiopia, Tehran, Fuji Island
- Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Toyko (Japan), Shanghai (China),
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
8A Geography climate and settlements
G8 Geography. How climate affects settlements
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x3zbuid3Ajx_81DD2Auj2i--ZzeNeFsV/view?usp=sharing
Google information about fire in Jasper, AB and Paradise, CA
- land eroson
- if you have all the money in the world and can move anywhere, where will you settle in?
Kwok's choice: Hell, Cayman Island or Fuji Island (first place on earth to see the sunrise every morning)
Nov 13/14 Parent-teacher interviews with Kwok
Thursday Nov 13, 2025
- Interviews must be booked online. First come, first served
- I have to tutor my high school students after school
- will start interview at 6pm to 8pm. Each session is about 15mins
- bring a list of questions with you (esp about high school programs). I will give frank and honest answers
- "how is my son/daughter doing" is simply not good enough. Questions must be more specific
Friday Nov 14, 2025
9am to 11:45am (morning)
12:45pm to 4pm. (afternoon)
-if you are unable to book a time, we can arrange a Zoom or phone call meeting later. Specific questions should focus on high school programs from G9 to G12
November 4, 2025
8C
- rotation questions, 24 of them. Use sticky notes to help you
- 8C, 8D endocytosis quiz tomorrow. Study
- (Day 1) carnation stem in vinegar turns brown
Monday, 3 November 2025
Nice meal on a Sunday afternoon
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rlf8Vr8V0PtRpmnYd1GAFNBGXGEHwKtm/view?usp=sharing
November 3, 2025
8C, 8D,
- endocytosis test on Wednesday
8E - endocytosis test on Friday
8C Symmetrical picture due on Thursday Nov 6
8C Venn diagram questions. Try the triple Venn Diagram question
Two hundred students are in a survey.
11 only like both Vanilla and chocolate ice cream
18 only like both strawberry and chocolate ice cream
5 only like both Vanilla and strawberry ice cream
33 like all three types of ice cream
101 like chocolate ice cream, 97 like Vanilla and 81 like strawberry
How many people don't like ice cream? (ans 21)
Endocytosis
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PvfudqtmEkag-CJDn7f46My558GH1-7V/view?usp=sharing
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