November 18, 2014

Grammar - We are up to Lesson 28 in our grammar booklets

Into the Wild: We have read up to chapter 5. Make sure  that you have completed chapter 1-3, and 4-5 journal responses. Today we completed an open book quiz on chapters 1-4. On Thursday (20th) we will be completing our Rebels and Outcasts research project using comic life. Please see previous post for assignment outlines.

Wednesday November 12, 2014

Welcome to the second half of the semester and congratulations for making it this far!

Into the Wild: Here are our journal questions. You should have the first page (ch. 1-3) responses completed this by the end of this week (Nov.14)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/IntotheWildquestionsfullbook.doc

Rebels and Outcasts Research Project: On Thursday you will be beginning a short research presentation. Here is the assignment:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Rebels%20Project.docx

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

*We have begun our novel: Into The Wild
*There is a Grammar Quiz today
* Here is your next assignment that you will be working on today:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Into%20The%20Wild%20journal.docx

****A Reminder**** that I have not received many of your 250 word image response writings. Please submit by the end of the week.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Today we:

Grammar: We have completed up to lesson 19.

Writing: We discussed writing strategies and looked at some sample provincial exam writing responses. We began some brainstorming and paragraph writing in response to one of the following photos: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/photos_for_story_beginnings.pptx

Thursday October 23, 2014

Writing
We've been looking at a lot of different types of opinion writings and you've been working on your own rants. Your 1 page double-spaced rant (rough copy) was due today. I will be editing these myself in order to give you all some excellent feedback.

Grammar
We are on Lesson 17. Please ensure that you are up to date.

Stay tuned next week, we will be finishing our good copies of the rants, you will have the option of presenting to the class (or not) and we will attempt to write a finely crafted complaint letter or letter of gratitude (your choice).

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Your Fairy Tale Stories were due TODAY!!!

Grammar: We completed lesson 13 today.

Writing: We looked at different types of writing and answered some questions regarding persuasive writing. We watched some of Rick Mercer's Rants and read some student opinion pieces. You will be working on creating your own rant in the next few classes.

Friday October 10. 2014

Fairy Tales
This week we worked hard on our Fairy Tale remixes.
We will have one more block to work on these on Tuesday and they are due at the end of class.

Grammar
You wrote a grammar quiz on Tuesday and we have begun a new booklet. You should be up to lesson 12.

The Ant and the Grasshopper
We looked at an Aesop's Fable and compared it to a satirized version by Mark Twain. You completed and handed in 4 response questions.

Have a great long weekend!