Author Archives: Kathy Shong
Monday, February 5
Agenda
- silent reading – visit the Content Curation and Reading Tab; choose something there or read one of the Journals of student writing
- Intro to Poetry (all materials are on the Poetry tab)
- what is poetry?
- essay by Geddes – he makes a case for poetry but also uses many techniques and devices of poetry in his prose
- model deconstruction with the Olympics 2010 poem
- practice deconstruction on your own: first set of poems
Monday, February 5
Agenda
Monday shortened schedule:
- Homework check and discussion of the CON article
- play Free Rice during the HW check
- We will read a PRO article – on the RED TAB of the class blog – as well as look at other resources
Monday, February 5
Agenda:
Shortened Monday Schedule:
- Homework Check and discussion of the images for the HCE Assignment
- play Free Rice (link in the Red tab)
- Discussion of the options for your assignment
Welcome to Creative Writing 12 – January 30 to February 2
Greetings and Welcome to Creative Writing 12
Agenda for the Week:
Friday:
- Theme statements: write them here – padlet password = theme
- A wee bit of practical stuff: Learning from the mentors – Ethan Hawke
- see yesterday’s document (below) for the write prompt
Thursday:
- What Does it Mean to be Creative – an Essential Question to Ponder
- Write a statement of purpose (theme statement) that applies to all three texts – due Friday
Wednesday:
- Today, we have a bit of review of some documents:
Tuesday:
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- Introductions and Attendance – find a seat… seating will change as the semester progresses, BUT for the time being you MUST TAKE THE SAME SEAT so I can learn your name through the seating plan I’m creating today:
- when I call your name, please raise your hand and tell me which Michael Scott you’re feeling today
- Wheel Game
- Random draw for four journals please make sure you have your journals by Thursday!!! very important! There are consolation prizes
- Email Etiquette: Email Etiquette for students
- you will address four prompts in a personal way following the rules of email etiquette 101; roughly a paragraph of writing: Email Questions for Creative Writing 12
- the email is due at the end of the class: kshong@sd43.bc.ca
- Introductions and Attendance – find a seat… seating will change as the semester progresses, BUT for the time being you MUST TAKE THE SAME SEAT so I can learn your name through the seating plan I’m creating today:
Welcome to English Studies 12 – Tuesday, January 30 to February 2
Welcome to English Studies 12
Agenda for the Week:
Friday:
- Homework check and discussion on the annotations; play Free Rice during the check
- we will move on to more materials on the ChatGPT and AI – all materials are in the RED TAB of the blog
- the article read in class (the Con-perspective) is due Monday (the questions on the side in the comments)
Thursday:
- Watch the two Ted Talks and work on the annotations – due tomorrow (Friday)
Wednesday:
- attendance – would you rather?
- go over the overview: English Studies 12 Semester Two 2023 2024
- Begin the first assignment; all materials are in the RED TAB of the class blog
- Homework: The annotation assignment on the two Ted Talks is due at the beginning of class on Friday
Tuesday:
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- Introductions and Attendance – find a seat… seating will change as the semester progresses, BUT for the time being you MUST TAKE THE SAME SEAT so I can learn your name through the seating plan I’m creating today:
- when I call your name, please raise your hand and tell me which Captain Holt you’re feeling today
- Wheel Game
- Email Etiquette: Email Etiquette for students – English 12
- you will address four prompts in a personal way following the rules of email etiquette 101; roughly a paragraph of writing – English Studies 12 Introductory Email Questions
- the email is due at the end of the class: kshong@sd43.bc.ca
- Introductions and Attendance – find a seat… seating will change as the semester progresses, BUT for the time being you MUST TAKE THE SAME SEAT so I can learn your name through the seating plan I’m creating today:
Welcome to English 9 – January 30 – February 2
Friday, February 2
- Homework check for the notes you took on the first two images (from yesterday) and your remaining work for the last two images – play Free Rice during the homework check
- discussion of above
- HCE assignment review – the document is in the RED TAB of the blog
Thursday, February 1
- attendance – question of the day
- Free Rice for a bit
- Revisit the the question: What is an inference and what is an interpretation? What is the difference?
- visit the RED TAB for the document to practice your understanding of the terms. Homework: The last two images and notes for the first two are due Friday
Wednesday, January 31
- Attendance: would you rather…?
- Play Free Rice during Overview sheet check for parent signature
- organize folders in One Drive and on your desktop:
- English 9
- General
- Short Stories
- Grammar and Writing
- Novel
- Poetry and Spoken Word
- English 9
- We will discuss Achievement Indicators; download this document and save it in General folder: Achievement-Indicators
- Begin interpretation assignment: Interpreting Images Assignment English 9 2024
Tuesday, January 30
- Meet and Greet! Sit where you want but there will be no changes for a few weeks or so until I learn your names from my seating chart!
- attendance – Which Captain Holt are you feeling today?
- Wheel Activity:
- Wheel-Activity
- Stuff you should know:
- the blog, the board and TEAMS routine
- Overview – take home the paper copy to parents/guardian and get it signed – bring back for a treat tomorrow! English 9 Overview Semester Two 2023 – 2024