Agenda:

• FEC spelling/vocab quiz
• Review Mushrooms
• FEC Composition assignment – discussion
  • Homework for your next face to face class:
    • a SOLID draft with your minimum two quotes from FEC chosen for evidence
    • you will have some time to work on your composition, to review quote integration, and to use the checklist.
    • the Composition will be due for BOTH the A – L and M – Z groups on Wednesday, March 3 at 6:00 pm- you will also have other homework, so make sure you use your time wisely today and over the weekend.

Agenda:

For A – L group – a homework check on Thursday for the following:

• • Finish the last two pages of the Parts of Speech Grammar Package: here is the link to learn about prepositions
  • On the FEC Response to Terms Document/assignment (in the short story tab) complete #3, and 4 (protagonist and the conflict) – make sure you support your answers with evidence from the story
• Finish the response to terms document for The Friday Everything Changed – I would like to discuss some of it today.

• A – L group: Homework for Monday:
  A) complete #9 and #10 of the FEC Response to Terms assignment – essentially, what is the theme of the story? Write a theme statement for FEC using the rules of writing theme (see Grade 9 Short Story Terms) – the class notes will be posted after Friday’s class to the Short story tab of the blog
  B) Complete Parts of Speech Quiz B – in the Writing and Grammar tab of the blog
  C) work on the FEC vocabulary – remember you have a quiz next week – Thursday, February 25

For the M – Z group – a homework check on Friday for the following:

• • finish the rest of the Parts of Speech Grammar Package: here is the link to learn about prepositions
  • On the FEC ‘Response to Terms’ document/assignment (in the short story tab) you need to complete numbers 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10 – make sure you can support your answers with evidence from the story (FEC)

• M- Z – Homework for Tuesday, February 23
  A) what is the theme of the story? Write a theme statement for FEC using the rules of writing theme (see Grade 9 Short Story Terms)
  B) Complete Parts of Speech Quiz B – in the Writing and Grammar tab of the blog
  C) work on the FEC vocabulary – remember you have a quiz next week – Wednesday, February 24

Agenda:

• review the Grammar Package p. 1 – Parts of Speech
• Review the Pathways to Theme
• Introduction to the New Assignment

Agenda:

• review of the video process: a look at the questions that arose from them (in the Inquiry Tab)
• PowerPoint on how to write an Inquiry Question
• review Beekle: unpack the images and the text: what meaning emerges? Review some of the images in partners – then as a class
• Model the Pathways to Theme with Beekle – work in Partners to determine the parts
• Grammar: parts of speech

Agenda:

• Free Rice or Plant the Peace – the links to these are in the red tab of Honours 9
• review the Intro-assignment and the hand-in process
• work on assignment
• begin the Inquiry Process with the videos