Feb. 14
Brief History on Valentine’s Day
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Task – Come up with your best Valentine’s Day Card. It can be romantic, funny, poetic, or whatever, but it must be original.
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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Rules of the Game & Reviewing Summary Writing
Feb. 10
Task #1 – PBP Plot Diagram
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Open in new tab Task #2 – Read and go over “Writing a Summary” below.
Writing A Summary
Follow the guidelines below when you are preparing to write a summary:
– The goal of writing a summary of an article, a chapter, or a book is to offer, as accurately as possible, the full sense of the original, but in a more condensed form. A summary restates the author’s main point, purpose, intent, and supporting details in your own words.
-The process of summarizing enables you to better grasp the original, and the result shows the reader that you understand it as well. In addition, the knowledge gained allows you to better analyze and critique the original.
– First, try to find the main idea in the reading or video; it’s usually in the first paragraph/scenes. Next, skim through the article, glancing at any headings and graphics. Then, read / view the conclusion. The intent here is both to give yourself a review of the work and to effectively engage yourself with it.
– Now go back and read / view the original text carefully, jotting down notes on or highlighting the important points. Write the central idea and the author’s reasons (purpose and intent) for holding this viewpoint. Note the supporting elements the author uses to explain or back up her/his main
information or claim.
– Make an outline that includes the main idea and the supporting details. Arrange your information in a logical order, for example, most to least important or chronological. Your order need not be the same as that in the original, but keep related supporting p0ints together. The way you organize the outline may serve as a model for how you divide and write the essay.
– Write the summary, making sure to state the author’s name in the first sentence. Present the main idea, followed by the supporting points. The remainder of your summary should focus on how the author supports, defines, and/or illustrates that main idea. Remember, unless otherwise stated by your
Instructor, a summary should contain only the author’s views, so try to be as objective as possible.
-As you revise and edit your summary, compare it to the original and ask yourself questions such as: Have I
rephrased the author’s words without changing their meaning? Have I restated the main idea and the supporting points accurately and in my own words?
-If you are asked to write a critical summary or to include a critique, you may want to ask yourself questions such as:
– Does the author succeed?
– How and why or why not?
– What are the strengths, weaknesses? Why?
– What did the author do well? Not well? Why?
Task #3 – Read the story below then write you draft summary. It need to be printed and handed in on Monday
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Introduction to Short Stories
Feb. 9
Task #1 – Post your stories onto your blog. Be sure to add the image you wrote about. Title it, “Composition Descriptive Writing”
Task #2 – Watch the Components of a Story google slide presentation below:
Task #3 – Go over:
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Task #4 – Read:
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Task # 5 – Complete:
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Posting & Personalizing Your Blog
Personalizing Your Blog
Step 1: Go to www.myriverside.sd43.bc.ca
Step 2: Login to your blog
Step 3: Customize your theme, title, and design
Step 4: Go to your All About Me page and personalize it:
- use some of the information you wrote in your autobiographies to introduce yourself
- include images, videos, and/or quotes you like
Here is a list of resources to help you personalize your blog.
Sentence Correction
Feb 7
Task # 1 – Correct the following sentences to make them grammatically correct.
Sentence Correction
- My daughter like dress beautiful when go the school.
- They’re parents make positive that there childs worked extreme hard every school day.
- First Nations people believes Spirit bear is a respect animal.
- If student don’t work hardly in Mr. Thies class he banish they to a island.
- On track and field, peoples need strengthfully throw the javelin.
- You got to go class cause if you dont you like fail.
- A boat arrive on shore to dropped teacher off.
- An handshake presents respectufully in between too people.
- Suzie most scared nightmare was of her drown.
10. Jimmy does not fearful drive fast cause he thinked he is invisible.
Multiplying & Dividing Fractions
Sept. 6
Today’s Lesson Notes:
Multiplying Rules: Just do it!
- What this means is that you simply have to multiply the numerators with one another and the denominators with one another and presto!
- Make sure change mixed numbers into improper fractions
- Just like with adding and subtracting though, your answer needs to be in its simplest form.
- You can also cross reduce to save you some time.
Dividing Rules:
- Find the reciprocal of the fraction being divided
- The reciprocal is found when you swap the numerator and denominator or simply turning the fraction upside down.
- Then simply follow the multiplication rules
Today’s Assignment:
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Video Review of multiplying fractions
Dividing Fractions
Descriptive Writing Activity #3
Feb. 6
Before you begin, please open Guide for creative writing
Write a short story about one of the images below as the inspiration for your story. Please give your story a title and be as descriptive as possible. Your draft will be due for tomorrow’s class. Please make sure it is done to the best of your ability as it will be edited in class tomorrow. Have fun!
Editing Your Descriptive Sentences
Feb. 3
Task #1 – Each student should select their best sentence transformation (both their simple and descriptive) and write them down on the board one at a time
Task #2 – Once everyone has had a turn, complete the comprehension quiz: Sleep
Task #3 – Edit the rest of the sentences and save them. We will post them next week.
Descriptive Writing Activity #2
Feb. 2
Task#1 – Read your descriptive pieces to a partner and try to guess what each other is describing. Provide one piece of feedback.
Task #2 – Look at Parts of a Sentence
Task #3 – Creating & transforming the simple sentences. Please create 8 simple sentences (each should have a subject, object, and action) and transform them into well-written descriptive sentences such as the example below. Be sure to answer the questions: who, what, where, when, why, and how.
Example:
He walked the dog.
On Sunday morning, Steve happily walked his tiny black poodle through Stanley park with girlfriend while enjoying their Starbucks coffee they bought on Granville Street before they set out on their perfect Autumn date together.
Other examples of simple sentences are:
- She played soccer
- He liked her
- The food was good
- He loves basketball
- I love the rain
Attached are two word banks that will be of use to you: