Task 1: Do Grade 9 Book Talk

Book Choice Form

Task 2: Making Choices Activity

 

 

Monday October 30th 2023

Task 1: Students see their novel and work on Background Information Assignment in their group

You must keep track of your research and the websites that you visited. This is included with your PowerPoint.

Task 1: Students go into groups and create one document to be shared amongst all the other members of your group.

Task 2: Hand out the novels to the students

Monday October 31st 2023

Task 1: Go over Literature Circle Roles

Task 2: Effective Questioning PowerPoint

Task 3: Effective Questioning Activity

You will be assigned Option A or Option B. You task will be to come up with discussion questions.

What are some questions that could spark a conversation?

Option A

Option B

 Thursday November 2nd 2023 and Friday November 3rd 2023

Task 4: Students start reading their novel in preparation for their first discussion.

Monday November 6th, 2023

Task 1: Students participate in Discussion #1

 

Tuesday November 7th, 2023

Task 1: Complete Character Chart

Task 2: Novel Character Analysis

Tuesday November 7th 2023

Task 1: Characterization Worksheet

Wednesday November 8th 2023 and Thursday November 9th 2023

Task 1: Go over Quotation Integration

Task 2: Quotation Worksheet

Task 3: Students continue to work on Character Analysis Write

 

Tuesday November 14th, 2023

Task #1: Students prepare for Discussion #2

 

Wednesday November 15th 2023

Task 1: Students participate in Discussion #2

Task 2: Students complete the Novel Inference Assignment and the Conflict Worksheets

INFERENCE WORKSHEET

CONFLICT WORKSHEET

 

Thursday November 16th and Friday November 17th, 2023

Task 1- Irony Comic Assignment

 

 

Monday November 20th, 2023

Task 1: Symbols Worksheet

Task 2: Students start the Symbols Paragraph

Tuesday November 21st and Wednesday November 22nd 2023

Task 1: Prepare in Discussion #3 (Irony and Symbols)

Task 2: Students complete their Symbols Paragraph

 

Thursday November 23rd 2023

Task 1: Students participate in Discussion #3

 

Friday November 24th 2023

Task 1: Watch Visual Literary Video

Task 2: Theme Worksheet

Use Canva or Picktochart

Link for Theme Statement: How to write a theme statement: Step by step guide (wordsbyevanporter.com)

Monday November 27th, 2023

Task 1: Students continue to work on Theme Infographic

Tuesday November 28th, 2023 and Wednesday November 29th 2023.

Task 1: Prepare for Discussion #4 (Seminar Discussion)

 

Thursday November 30th, 2023, and Friday December 1st, 2023

Task 1: Students participate in the Seminar Discussion

 

Wednesday December 6th, 2023

Task 1: Go over the Novel Merchandise Project

Task 2: Students need to go to download the Circuit program

Here is the link to go to first: Cricut Design Space

To set up your account your next step is as follows:

Username: RsideMakerspace@sd43.bc.ca

Password: R@pidsMakers

 

 

Task 2: Pre-Planning Essay Worksheet

Monday December 11th 2023

Task 1: Start to go over Expository Essay PowerPoint

Task 3: Students work on the Outline for the Expository Essay

 

Tuesday December 12th 2023 to Thursday December 14th 2023

Task 1: Students work on Novel Essay Outline

Task 2: Students head down to the MakersSpace to work on their Merchandise items

 

Monday December 18th 2023

Task 1: In class Expository Essay write

 

Tuesday December 19th, 2023

Task 1: Peer Edit Worksheet

 

Wednesday December 20th, 2023

Work on Presentation of Merchandise Project

Task 2: Merchandise Pitch Brainstorm