Monday, February 8
Frist Day of Classes. Began Assessing Own Textual Habits
Tuesday, February 9
Worked on "What I like" in class.
Wednesday, February 10
"What I Like" Reflections Due. Worked on Goal Setting
Thursday, February 11
Goals Due. Began Hiroshima.
Friday, February 12 - 10% Speech Quiz
Monday, February 15 – Louie Riel Day – No School
Tuesday, February 16 -
Hiroshima Chapter One Due. We began our first discussion and spent some time reading.
Wednesday, February 17 - 30% Speech Quiz
Hiroshima Chapter Two Due
Thursday, February 18
Hometown Bomb Radius
1. Use Google Maps to find your hometown (or home).
2. Adjust the zoom on your map so that your home is in the centre of the page and the image has a minimum of three miles radius on either side of your home.
3. Print off the map.
4. Using your home as the epicentre, draw four concentric circles, one at .5 miles, one at 1 mile, a third at 1.5 miles and the last at 2 miles.
5. Describe what the effect of the hypothetical bomb blast (heat, wind, radiation) had on you and your family. Tell what happened to, the school, home, parents’ workplace, business, buildings etc. What is in store for the survivors in the future?
Resources to gather information on effects of the bomb:
Friday, February 19
Hiroshima Chapter Three Due
Monday, February 22 - 70% Speech Quiz
We began our Found Poem.Hiroshima Chapter Four Due
Tuesday, February 23
Today we had a discussion on Chapter Four. We also worked on our Found Poems. Will complete the visual aspect later.
Hand in Hometown Bomb Raidus Assisgnment.
Hiroshima Chapter Five Due
Wednesday, February 24
Thursday, February 25 - 100% Speech Quiz
Friday, February 26 – No School
Monday, March 1-12 - All Week Work on Speech Choir
Friday, March 12 – Speech Festival
Monday, March 15
Review Speech Choir Performance - Assessments due Tomorrow
Tuesday, March 16
Wednesday, March 17
Began "The Decision to Drop the Bomb" debate assignment. Disucssed idea then choose a perspective to study. Have today and tomorrow and weekend to do research.
Thursday, March 18
Friday, March 19 – No School
Monday, March 22
Tuesday, March 23
Wednesday, March24
Thursday, March 25
Individual report and opinion analysis on Decision to Drop the Bomb due today.
Friday, March 26
Spring Break
Monday, April 5
Encouraged to have section one finished for today.
Tuesday, April 6
Discussed the bizzare characters in the book. Drew a 9 panel cartoon of chapter 4.
Wednesday, April 7
Thursday, April 8 - No Class - at Career Symposium
Friday, April 9
Book I Quiz today.
Monday, April 12
Today we viewed a part of a film version of "Great Expectations" and wrote a "Compare and Contrast" paragraph on the first five chapters of the book. Due tomorrow for hand in.
Tuesday, April 13
Today we did some reading on Section Two.
Wednesday, April 14
Today we did some reading on Section Two.
Thursday, April 15
Today we acted out some of the important plot and humorous moments from chapters 23-32.
Friday, April 16
Section Two Comprehension Quiz
Monday, April 19 – No School
Tuesday, April 20
Today we spent time viewing Section two of the film version of the novel.
Wednesday, April 21
Today we watched part of the film version of the novel. Up to chapter 40
Thursday, April 22
Today we continued to watch part of the film version of the novel. Up to chapter 56. Postpone quiz to tomorrow.
Friday, April 23
Monday, April 26
We watched up to the just before the end of the film. We were given an assignment to give our opinion about which ending of the novel we liked the best. We did some brainstorming in class. See assignment here.
Tuesday, April 27
The Four Questions on the novel were due for homework check. Make sure to hand in with essay. Today we worked on our opinion essays. You were given a persuasion map and began filling it out.
Wednesday, April 28
Today we assesmebled all of our marked assignments in a folder. Please keep folder until the end of the semester.
We also spent the class working on our Opinion essays.
Thursday, April 29
Friday, April 30 – Work Day
Monday, May 3
Great Expectations Prefered Ending Essay Due.
New Unit Today: Thematic Unit - Technology and Science: Changing Worlds
In this unit we will read both pragmatic and aesthetic texts that deal with a similar theme. In the process we will discuss the theme and analyze texts, explore grammar and create new texts. All charts, questions, prompts and handouts will be evaluated. Keep them all secure in your binder. Here is the companion web site for the unit. You may be asked to go here to find more information about he authors, texts and themes we study.
http://english.nelson.com/0771509545/weblinks_02.htmlToday: "John Henry" 1) Reading Strategies and assessment 2) Comprehension Questions
Tuesday, May 4
John Henry Continued: 3) Theme - Two Column Chart 4) Genre Study - Compare "John Henry" to two of the folk tales on this web site http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/folk.html. Determine what a Folk Tale is.
Wednesday, May 5
Today we reviewed assignments given for John Henry. Remember to answer fully, refer to texts and think deeply.
We began working on the Job Ad. Remember, job must require some technological knoweldge. Due tomorrow.
Thursday, May 6
Friday, May 7
Monday, May 10
Tuesday, May 11
Wednesday, May 12
Thursday, May 13
Friday, May 14
Took home "Biting the Hand that Leads Us". Make chart of characters for monday.
Monday, May 17
Reviewed "Biting the Hand that Leads Us". Analyzed for tone.
Tuesday, May 18
Worked on Editorials. Finished and handed in.
Wednesday, May 19
Read "The Computer". Began work on creating a poem.
Thursday, May 20
Worked on poetry all class. Have a typed copy ready for tomorrow.
Friday, May 21
We read our poems in class and peer edited for poetic techniques. Please hand in. We worked on the handout "Colons and Complex Sentences". Please complete and hand in today. Read "Strand of Genius" for tuesday.
Monday, May 24 - Victoria Day
Tuesday, May 25
Today we reviewed Complex sentence. Discussed "Strand of Genius". Discussed resumes. Began brainstorming creative resumes
Wednesday, May 26
Today was a work class to create your creative resume. Due at the end of class. Remember to bring a digital photo (portrait) of yourself for tomorrow.
Thursday, May 27
Read the first few sentences of the intro to the article "Multi-Media Child". Discuss. The before you read the article, visit the web site www.creative-native.com/index.php. Scroll through the site and learn about Buffy Sainte-Marie. Make sure you visit the page "Art Gallary" view the images there. Discuss how Sainte-Marie portrays herself. Focus on mood, what is striking, revealing.
Now read the article "Multi-Media Child:Buffy Saint-Marie"
Friday, May 28
Monday, May 31
Sub today. Dicuss the article "E-mail Internet Opening Doors" Prep for debate
Tuesday, June 1
Finish discussion and discuss how to prepare a debate.
Wednesday, June 2
Prep for debate day!
Thursday, June 3
Debate day!!
Friday, June 4
Catch up day for those not going on the Monestary trip. Everyone remember to bring a text related to women in the field of technology.
Monday, June 7
Today we read the article "Technology's Gender Gap" and discussed the organization and use of information in a newspaper article.
Tuesday, June 8
"The 5 Ws of Cyberspace". Lets do some evaluation of the effectiveness of information on the Internet.
Here is your task: Search online for web sites (not a web page) that deals with the topics of Science and Technology; such as math, engineering, medicine, computers. The purpose of the search is to find information for a newspaper article concerning young people entering the Science and Technology work force. Evaluate the web site, using the information on the handout "The 5 W's (and 1 H) of Cyberspace", and determine the accuracy, credibilty and relvance of this site for your article. Remember the serious job of a journalist! Hand in a min. 200 word report on your findings.
Wednesday, June 9
"Who's Cribbing?". Review reading strategies. Letter formatting. Extending plot.
Thursday, June 10
Review lessons learned in this unit. Organize folders to ensure you have all assignments completed and organized. Next week we will do some analysis of our learning over the year and create a portfolio that reflects our learning.
Friday, June 11 – Wood Tick Olympics - no class
Monday, June 14
Tuesday, June 15
Science and Technology 'Test'
Wednesday, June 16 to the 18th
Exam review, portfolio analysis.
Monday, June 21
Portfolio's due IN CLASS for individual evaluation.
Exam Tuesday June 22nd 9:00 AM
