Friday, February 28, 2014

Today we:

Newshour: Teens in solitary confinement. Questions are due on   Monday. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Should%20Teen%20Inmates%20Ever%20Be%20Put%20in%20Solitary%20Confinement.docx

Plot Diagrams: for Thank You Ma'am are due on Monday

Maze Assignment: Is due on Monday

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Today we:

Journaling: What would you do if you found a wallet with $100 in it?

Grammar: personification

Short Story Elements: you took notes on the elements of a short story

Plot Diagram: you created a plot line for Thank You Ma'am

Work Period: you had time to work on your Maze assignment which will be due on Monday!

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Today we:

Unjournaling: Describe Skunk to someone who is unable to smell

Grammar: Metaphor and similie

Thank You Ma'am: we read this short story from our Sightlines text. Questions are due tomorrow:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Questions%231-%20thankyou-ma'am.docx

*you will have time to complete your Maze assignment tomorrow. Please bring any extra materials you may want to use*

Monday, February 24th, 2014

Today we:

Journal Topic: What do Canadians do well?

Grammar: Similies

Doing Time: We read the following article http://www.layouth.com/doing-time-2/
                      and answered questions: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Doing%20Time%20questions.docx

*Questions are due tomorrow*

Tuesday, February 18th, 2014

Today we:

Unjournaling : I will be checking for 3 unjournaling/journaling entries tomorrow

Grammar: We completed Antonym and Homonym worksheets. There will be a quiz tomorrow on
                  Root words, prefixes/suffixes, synonyms, antonyms and homonyms

Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/phil_hansen_embrace_the_shake.html Embrace the Shake

Maze Assignment: I introduced this assignment and handed out the rubric.

*OPTRICK questions due tomorrow*
*Grammar quiz tomorrow*

Monday, February 17th, 2014

This morning:

Unjournaling : A Polar Bear Eating Vanilla Icecream in a Blizzard

Grammar: Synonyms worksheet

Sightlines: P. 12 Optrick by Larry Evans
                  We looked at drawings from M.C. Escher
                  We watched a video on artist Bridget Riley
                   You answered the response questions for these artists:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/questions1_optrick.docx

*These questions will be due on Wednesday Feb. 19th*

*Your descriptive paragraphs are due Monday Feb.24th and you will have an hour of class time to complete them this Wednesday*

Friday February 14th, 2014

Today we:

Handed in: The Street That Got Mislaid  questions

Journaling: "Pop goes the verb" handout

Olympic Newshour: we discussed controversies surrounding the 2014 Olympic Games
                                  you answered 2 questions regarding the video clips you watched

Descriptive Paragraph: I showed you some student examples of your paragraphs you are working on: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Street%20Paragraph%20Samples.doc

* Your Paragraph Planners and Rough Drafts should be completed by Monday (and ready for peer editing)*

Thursday February 13th, 2014

What we did today:

Journal: "Alone on a Desert Island"

Grammer: Suffixes and Verbs

Character Description Paragraph: Here is your paragraph planner: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/paragraph%20planner-01282014193412.pdf
Here is your assignment:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/paragraph%20planner-01282014193412.pdf

The Street That Got Mislaid: Tableau in groups

DUE TOMORROW: The Street That Got Mislaid Questions (1-7)
                                    I will also be checking for 3 journal entries!

Tuesday February 11th

Today we:

READ:  The Street That Got Mislaid.
You have response questions to complete and hand in by FRIDAY the 14th
Questions can be found here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Questions%231%20-%20The%20Street%20that%20got%20mislaid.docx

Grammar: We looked at Prefixes.

Character Map:

We began a character map for Marc Girondin - the main character in our short story. Some character traits can be found here:
here:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/character%20traits.jpg

If you lose your character map, you can print off a new one here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/character%20map-01282014193503.pdf

Friday February 7th

Today we did:

Unjournaling: writing

Grammar: we looked at root words and their meanings

Current News: we watched a clip on the Olympics and you answered 3 questions regarding your thoughts on the 2014 Olympic games

Work Completion : you had time to complete your LA timelines

Thursday's Classwork

Letter of Introduction assignment due tomorrow (Good Copy).

Language Arts Personal Timeline will be due tomorrow at the end of class (you will have about 15 minutes of class time to complete this). Remember that you can include movies, webpages etc. - not just books!

We read The Street That Got Mislaid (p.4 Sightlines) in class today. You will have time to complete the response questions tomorrow.

We completed a grammar exercise on Prepositions.

First Assignment: Due Friday February 7th, 2014

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Intro%20Assignment