- Question of the day: What is your favourite children’s book? Look up the title and the author and a very short reason why you loved it.
- In groups of 6, (3 pairs) present your book to the other pairs.
- Short summary
- major themes
- connection to Children’s Statement
- Learning Journal Question- choose one to discuss with your group. EACH of you has to answer this.
- This makes me question…
- ____ has helped me understand that ____
- I can now see the link between ___ and __
3. Show me your paragraph writing skills!!! I will be using this writing sample as a baseline- I will NOT be marking it on “end of grade 11” criteria but rather “where do we need to focus for the beginning of grade 11” criteria.
In a correctly structured paragraph, answer the following question: “How do the themes in the book enhance our understanding of First Peoples’ culture or history?”
- Introductory sentence with the title and author of the book
- In the body, it should include the theme you are addressing and a statement of what you now understand about First Peoples’ culture of history.
- It should have a minimum of 1 piece of evidence and if you are looking to be challenged, find a quote and try to format it properly.
- Concluding sentence
- Due tomorrow on TEAMS if you are in honours and it is due Wednesday at midnight if you are in block 2 and 3