Kwok Homework, CVMS: November 2025

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/sciencetechnolog0008unkn

- 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

- 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

Bring a coin to donate to the Remembrance Day poppy

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

- 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

Endocytosis quiz

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

- 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