Monday to Friday – March 11 to March 15

Agenda

 

Thursday

  • GYV – questions #1 – 5 are due today for HW and a discussion
  • if time the we will start the COL Brainstorm Sheet

Wednesday

  • Short Schedule today
  • review: theme for The Sea Devil
  • read Gentlemen, Your Verdict – the story is in the SS tab of the Blog:
    • questions #1 – 5 are due tomorrow (Thursday)

Tuesday

  • finish the work for the rest of the questions
  • review page 3 of the grammar package

Monday

  • Homework check: questions #1 – 3 are due (including the plot on the paper)
  • Continue to work on the rest of the questions – they are due tomorrow

Thursday, Friday – March 7, 8

Agenda

Homework for Monday:

  • Questions #1, 2, 3 (the plot diagram)
  • for Tuesday, complete the last two pages of the Grammar Package

 

Friday

  • review the second page of the Parts of Speech grammar Package
  • review the vocabulary for the story
  • Read the short story, The Sea Devil, start work on the questions – all materials are in the SS tab of the blog
    • the questions/answers are due on Monday, March 11

Thursday – Short day:

  • vocabulary from The Sea Devil – look up the words, write your definitions on the word document – have completed for tomorrow
    • the document is in the Short Story Tab of the blog
  • work on your Blog post – due tonight

Monday, February 26 to Thursday March 7 COL Podcast

Agenda and Resources for the Podcast will be posted here

Timeline:

 

Wednesday and Thursday, March 5, 6

When you are creating your post with the reflection, keep the following in mind:

This assignment touches upon the following BIG IDEA, from the BC curriculum…
– Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.

This assignment will also…
– Develop an awareness of the diversity within and across First Peoples societies represented in texts
– Use and experiment with oral storytelling processes.
– Transform ideas and information to create original texts.

For your blog post:

  • Category = English 9
  • TAG = COLpodcast24
  • Make sure your post is PUBLISHED!! DO NOT JUST SAVE IT IN DRAFT OR PREVIEW!!! TURN-IN THE PUBLISHED POST LINK TO TEAMS BY THURSDAY NIGHT
  • Instructions for building the post:

EACH of you will create a blog post with your Podcast – your post should have the ‘deliverables’ in this order:

    • 1. Title of the post = Indigenous Exploration – “the topic/issue you chose”
    • 2. An introductory sentence introducing your topic and the names of the people you worked with, and the technology you used
    • 3. the Podcast embed of the MP3 file (share with the group through One Drive)
    • 4. Individually, write a reflection based on the following:
      • A general discussion/reflection on:
        a. Your experiences creating this assignment
        b. Your group’s path or journey from start to final product in researching the topic
        c. Obstacles or items you learnt in recording; interesting insights, connections made?
      • Then, reflect on one of the below core competency questions:

Option 1: Critical Thinking … How does your artifact (audio recording) tie in with what you have learned/knew before about the topic/issue? How has your thinking changed? What made it change?
Option 2: Communication … What are some ways that you use to communicate your learning?
Option 3: Positive and Personal Cultural Identity…What are some aspects you value about this culture, as well as your own? What valuable connections might exist?

Here is a document that can help you with the Core Competencies reflection: Core-Competency-Reflection-Guide-English-9-COL

    • 5. List the resources used:
      • Author.
      • Name of webpage/article
      • Publisher of the website,
      • URL to the specific page you used NOT the home page.

Resources to help you in your research and project

 

Tuesday, February 27 – Mr. Barazzuol visit:

Indigenous Exploration Project – 2024 – Sem 2

Research Tracking Form

 

Monday, February 26 – Introduction

Materials:

Tuesday, February 20 Shortened Schedule day and Wednesday, Feb 21

Agenda:

 

Wednesday

  • Homework Check for the Gandalf connections assignment
  • READ the notes again on the story during the homework check:
  • Discussion of the In-class Write and the Graphic organizer – all materials are in the SS tab of the blog

 

Tuesday

  • Homework check for page 1, 2 of the Grammar Package on Parts of Speech
  • Review and reminder of the Gandalf assignment, which is due tomorrow at the beginning of class – Wednesday, February 21
  • discussion of the writing composition for The Friday Everything Changed

Monday, Tuesday – February 12, 13

Agenda

 

Tuesday:

  • Play Free Rice during the homework check for questions #1 – 3 of the Friday Everything Changed – discussion of the answers – take notes
    • a reminder that all the story materials and documents are in the Short Story Tab of the class blog
  • Finish the rest of the questions due tomorrow (Wednesday) – start working on the plot diagram

 

Monday:

  • Play Free Rice
  • We will finish reading the story
    • work on the rest of the setting clues and the questions for the story – questions # 1 – 3 are due Tuesday
  • Discuss parts of speech

Friday, February 9

Agenda

 

  • HCE is due tonight to TEAMS
  • go back to yesterday’s agenda, and practice your skills for interpretation. What is the picture communicating?… based on our discussion yesterday. Write a sentence or two. How do you know what you know? what are the surface level clues? what is the evidence for your interpretation?
  • Setting – what is it? – materials are on the Short Story Tab of the blog
  • We will read part of the story, The Friday Everything Changed, and look for the setting clues

Thursday, February 8

Agenda:

  • A reminder that your HCE assignment is due tomorrow night – you will have some time to work on this toward the end of class
  • Intro to the short story unit – take some notes on the class discussion on a piece of paper or a Word document – title it ‘Notes on the Short Story’ and save it in your English 9 folder – Short Stories:
    • a. what is literature?
      b. why do we tell stories?
      c. why are stories important?
      d. What is a short story? …other than it is short
      e. How can we better understand a story when we read?
      f. Brainstorm about what is being communicated in this image? AND write a sentence or two that reveals your understanding of the idea that is being communicated.