Monthly Archives: November 2018

Friday November 30th, 2018

Good Morning!

Yesterday, we did our first Lit. Circle Discussion Group. After this discussion, you should have completed the “debriefing” worksheet which was posted yesterday.

Block A:

*Silent Reading

*Friday Write:  Write a Scary Story

Block C:

We will be going to Spoken Word in the Cafeteria.

Thursday November 29th, 2018

Good Morning,

Yesterday  we did silent reading, worked on No Red Ink (Commonly Confused Words IV), and worked on our role Sheets

*Silent Reading

*Literature Circle Discussions:

-Brainstorm what a good discussion looks like…

1.Asking questions
2. Listening actively to others
3. Responding thoughtfully to others
4. Providing elaborations or explanations
5. Stating the main idea or supporting details
6. Using the text/article to support ideas and opinions
7. Making personal connections to real life experiences
8. Making connections to other books, articles, theories
9. Reflecting on the reading by setting new goals, sharing
implications for practice, or suggesting new ways of doing things
10. Writing down highlights to be shared during whole class share

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Wednesday November 28th, 2018

Good Morning,

*Silent Reading (20 minutes)

*No Red Ink:  Commonly Confused Words IV

*Preparing our Roles for Discussions on Thursday.

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Tuesday November 27th, 2018

Good Morning,

Yesterday we started looking and choosing our novels for Literature Circles.

*Silent Reading

*Class Activity:  on a piece of paper, draw what comes to mind after reading the opening of your novel.

■  A scene, character, moment, or event from the story
■ An image or picture that came to mind while you were reading; it
   could be a memory or scene from your life
■  A diagram, flow chart, or map of the story
■  An abstract form that represents a thought or feeling you got from the
    reading—an explosion, a thunderbolt, a pattern, etc.
*Meet back in your group.  (Some groups may be larger so we may have to divide in two).
-Confirm The Reading Schedule
-Establish roles and and reading necessary for our first discussion which will take place on Thursday November 29th.
-Complete Role Sheet for the discussion

Monday November 26th, 2018

Good Morning,

*Writing Poems:  I would like to finish up writing our poems as well as reflecting on the poems that we have written on a rubric…

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Today, we will be starting our Novel Study and we will do this through Literature circles.

Novel Titles:

1) Night by Elie Wiesel

2) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

3)  All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

4) Fugitive Pieces by Ann Michaels

5)  All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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6) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

7) Red Rising by Pierce Brown

8) The Illegal by Lawrence Hill

9)  Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill

* Book Talks:  Time to look, research and choose novels.

*Once you have chosen a novel, you will meet with group members to establish a reading schedule….

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Friday November 23rd, 2018

Good Morning,

*Today we will start with anyone who has not yet presented their spoken word.

*Friday Write:  Write on ONE of the topics below.  This week will be a little different.  I want you to get more comfortable with time pressure.  You are to complete this in the time allotted to the best of your ability…

  1. The pursuit of freedom involves change.
  2. determination

Wednesday November 21st, 2018

Good Morning!

*Head’s Up:  Spoken word…will be presented in class on Thursday November 22nd and 23rd.  Finals in the Cafeteria are on Friday November 30th (For Grade 11’s and 12’s)

*No Red Ink:  Commonly Confused Words III

*Writing Poems:  Finish writing our poems.  We will also start to look at the Rubric (formative assessment).

Monday November 19th, 2018

Good Morning!

Head’s Up:

*Poetry Test:  Tuesday November 20th, 2018

*Spoken Word in class:  Thursday November 22nd and Friday November 23rd.

Kahoot:  Devices Review

https://create.kahoot.it/details/duplicate-of-poetic-devices/ce059285-54dd-454c-a53d-101a9443da94

*Quote Integration:  poetry

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*What makes a good poem?  Think/pair share

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*Concept Maps:  how are we making out?

Friday November 16th, 2018

Good Morning!

*Head’s Up:

-Poetry Test on Tuesday November 20th, 2018

-Spoken Word on Thursday November 22nd and Friday November 23rd.

Friday Writes:  We will be doing a Friday write.  Remember, you should be saving these into a Friday Writes Folder.

Brainstorm:  What have we discussed in class that would make a strong composition essay on your Provincial exam?

Student samples from past provincial exams

https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/exemplars/en_oc/en12-comp-sp.pdf

Topics:

1) Sometimes people are unable to control the directions of their own lives

2)  Acceptance

*Yesterday we started a concept map –brainstorming the various poems we have looked at in our unit and writing down all we know about these poems while also making connections between poems…

*Spoken Word