Monthly Archives: September 2018

Friday September 14th, 2018

Good Morning!

Yesterday we did a peer edit on your paragraph for “Identities”.  Today, your good copies should be ready to hand in –both on paper and posted to your Edublog.

Please Tag the post with:

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Friday Writes:  we will spend time each Friday writing.  This writing will mostly be focused on ‘compositions’.  This is an opportunity for you to be creative, reflective and critical with your own writing.

Narrative Writing

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Topics:

*The biggest misunderstanding

*The difficult decision

Yesterday, we read the short story “A Teacher’s Rewards”.

Things to look at….

  1.  What are some of the ideas about school life that the author is asking us to consider?
  2. A motif in literature is a recurring image or idea that runs through a piece of writing.  In this story, the motif of ‘hands’ is ever-present.  Look at he story again and note how many times ‘hands’ occurs.
  3. “For once, he finished something.” The story ends there, but Ms. Scofields life may not. What do you think happened to Ms. Scofield?  What are three possible outcomes?

 

Thursday September 13th, 2018

Good Morning!

Yesterday, we worked on “No Red Ink”, completed the short story elements activity for “Long Long After School”, and worked on a Venn Diagram for Wes and Ms. Trethway.

Today we are going to start out by working on a peer edit sheet for your paragraph “Identities”.

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Your good copies will be due on Friday September 14th, 2018

*Please print off your paragraph and submit on paper (sorry I find it is easier on my old eyes to mark on paper).

*I would also like you to post this on your Edublog.  Please Tag the post with

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-We will go over the short story elements Worksheet for the short story “Long Long After School”

-We will go over the Venn Diagram for Wes and Ms. Trethway.

-“A Teachers’ Rewards” –read aloud.

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Wednesday September 12th, 2018

Good Morning!

Yesterday, we looked at writing rough drafts from the template that you completed.  We also looked at using transitional expressions and style within your writing.  In addition, we continued to look at the short story “Long Long After School.  You had time to complete your group activity on the short story elements of “Long Long After School” as well as a Venn Diagram comparing Wes and Ms. Trethway.

*Today we are going to start out with looking at Grammar/Mechanics by working through a website called “No Red Ink”.  Please go to the following URL:

http://noredink.com/

Once at this site you will login with the username/password I give to you….When you first log in, it will ask you a series of questions based on your interests in pop culture.  After this, there is an activity for you to complete on FANBOYS/Run ons.  Make sure you go through the tutorial!

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Tuesday September 11, 2018

Good Morning,

Yesterday, we worked on the paragraph template for the short story “Identities”.  We then moved on to the short story “Long Long After School”.  At the end of class, you worked as a group on a document to go through the short story elements for the short story “Long Long After School”.

The template that should be complete:

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Some resources I want you to think of as you transform your paragraph template into a rough draft:

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You will have time to write your rough draft of your paragraph on “Identities”.

Assessment:

How are Wes and Ms. Trethway alike?  Venn Diagram:  Synthesis

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Monday September 10th, 2018

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On Friday, we looked at the “yes/no chart” for Identities and looked at persuasive writing techniques as seen through commercials –logos, pathos and ethos.javascript:void(0);

We didn’t have a chance to look at the paragraph template…I would like to take a look at this template.

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This is a paragraph that we will be submitting for marks

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*Find Examples of ‘Irony’

Complete the document below as a group on office 365:

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Friday September 7th 2018

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Yesterday we looked the the prose fiction terms, reading through different lenses, and the short story “Identities”.  We ended the day with the “Yes/No chart” and you were to complete the first four squares.

-We will complete the “Yes/No Chart”

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What is your decision?

Four corners

Persuasive Writing

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What techniques are used in these?

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Thursday Sept 6th, 2018

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Yesterday we spent time getting to know each other. In addition, we went over the course outline

We are starting with our short story unit:

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*Group Activity:  Each Group will identify a different lens.  Each group will have a different lens.  Your task is to identify how the story could be interpreted based on the lens your group is responsible for…

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