Wednesday Feb 27 2013

Hello & thank you for taking my classes today.

Please follow the below for an outline of the class agenda for today!

1. Silent Reading of Independent Novels - 20min (Students have these with them or on the designated book shelf at the front of the room)

2. Word of the Day. Click HERE.
Have students copy this and file it in their Word of the Day sections.
For Gummies (one gummie each) they can give you an example sentence using the new word.

Gummies in teacher's desk. Max 5 sample sentences. 

3. Group Presentations on 'Ambush.'

4. Time to finish Green Analyzing a Story Sheet. Students should already have copies of these from last 

day. If not, there should be some extras at the front of the room or alternatively you can look at 

Tuesday's post and download a copy.   

5. This should take you until break. If not, have students write in their Journals until break. These are 

located at the front of the room under the screen in duotangs. 

After Break

1. Read the story 'Catch' from Sightlines 8 Text. 

2. Students will need to complete the associated questions individually. Click HERE for copy. This will 

need to be downloaded and printed prior to class or at break. Alternatively you can ask your EA to 

complete this task for you. 

3. Have students get into 4-5 Groups and complete the Green Analyzing a Story Sheet as a team re: 

Catch. Each team can present their answers afterwards. Or you can do a round robin discussion on the 

group questions.

FOR TOC: Catch Student Answers can be located HERE. Group Work Answers are located HERE.

4. If you need another assignment to take you to the end of class please assign 'Editing Sentences' this is 

one sheet which has already been copied at the front of the room, right hand side under the screen. You 

can also click HERE for copy. This does not need to be assigned for homework. 

Thanks again for taking my classes.

Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions.

Ms. H

Tuesday Feb 26th 2012 - More Short Story Work

Hello everyone!

Please follow the below for an outline of class today!

1. Silent Reading of Independent Novels - 15min (Students have these with them or on the designated book shelf at the front of the room)

2. Word of the Day. Click HERE.
Have students copy this and file it in their Word of the Day sections.
For Gummies (one gummie each) they can give you an example sentence using the new word.

Gummies in teacher's desk. Max 5 sample sentences. 

3. Review of 3 Types of Irony - this was from their notes given on Friday!  

Something that is ironic is unexpected.

If unexpected by a character, it’s dramatic irony.

If unexpected by everyone, it’s situational irony.

If it’s sarcasm, it’s verbal irony.

4. Group Work - on Ambush - pg 61 in Sightlines Text.
Students have already read this short story and answered questions on it.
Divide class into groups of 5-6. Hand each a large sheet of rolled white paper - these are on the ledge by the bay of windows. Hand each group a some markers. These are located near the large rolls of paper. Each group will fill out the answers to the White Sightlines 8 - Story Analysis - Group Assignment. Copies are located at the front of the room under the screen. In their groups students will write down on their large sheet of paper answers to Questions 1 through 6. All Question Terms can be located in their notes handouts from last week.

Give groups about 20 minutes to work. Allow each group 2-3 minutes to present afterwards.

Ensure all group members write their names on their Group Assignment Large Worksheet.

5. Students will then individually complete the Green Analyzing a Story Sheet.
They should check off Ambush at the top. Again all terms and explanations of these terms can be found in their notes from last week. This should take the remainder of class. If not - please have them write in their Freewriting Journals. These are also located under the screen at the front of the room on the left hand side. They can select any topic they wish or you can give one of your choosing.

Thank you.

Ms. H
 

Monday Feb 25 2012 - Social Enterprise

Great class everyone!

Today we completed;

1. Silent Reading - 15 min

2. Word of the Day

3. Presentation from Megan Shandro - Stoke Youth Network re: Youth Grants/Funding & updated Stoke Youth Network website.
You can also find the Stoke Youth Network on FB. Check it out HERE.
You can also email Megan at info@stokeyouthnetwork.ca.  in case you have any more great ideas for Youth in Revy!

See you next class!

Ms. H

Feb 21 2012 - Irony

Great Friday class everyone!

Today we completed the following;

1. Silent Reading

2. Word of the Day

3. Posted Class Marks - reviewed missing assignments for some. Deadline for all assignments is next Wednesday - Feb 27th - as marks are due for interims on Friday, March 1st.

4. Reviewed answers to 'Ambush' Questions and Vocab.

5. Irony Lesson. Click HERE for student version and HERE for teacher version.

Also - pls view the below videos for an Intro to Irony and an example of both Verbal and Dramatic Irony.

6. Journals - Freewriting.

Have a great snowy weekend everyone! No homework.

Ms. H

Feb 20 2013 - More Short Story Info & Social Enterprise Info

Great Double Block All!

Today we completed the following;

1. Silent Reading - 15min

2. Word of the Day

3. Pop Quiz - on Short Story Structure (from your notes last day)

4. We completed additional notes on Short Story Elements. Click HERE for student version and HERE for teacher version.

5. We read our first Sightlines Story, 'Ambush' on Pg 61 & started work on Questions and Vocab. Completed sheets are due on Friday Feb 22. Click HERE for worksheet.

6. I presented a PowerPoint on Social Enterprise. What is it? What do you think are some options for Revelstoke?

See you on Friday!

Remember Binder Checks Friday! & Homework - Ambush Q's 1-7 and Vocab.

Tuesday Feb 19 2013 - Short Story Intro

Today completed the following;

1. Silent Reading - 15 min

2. Word of the Day

3. We reviewed Purpose and Audience from last day. We got back into our groups and reworked our paragraphs regarding the Revelstoke Adventure Park from our varying perspectives and audiences.
*Ski Bums
*Newspaper
*Senior Citizens

Fore more info review Examples 1 through 3 on the Purpose & Audience presentation from last day.

4. Short Story Presentation Notes - Click HERE for student version and HERE for teacher version.

Thanks for the great class today.

Next day will will continue with Short Story notes, complete one short story from Sightlines & also start on our journals.

PS. No homework today.

Writing - Purpose & Audience

Great Monday everyone!

Today we completed the following;

1. Silent Reading - 15 min

2. Word of the Day

3. Binder Check - some of you need to get your tabs created - make sure you do so by end the week :)

4. Lesson - Purpose & Audience. Click HERE for student version and HERE for teacher version.

5. Group Paragraph Development. Using your example assigned you worked in your groups to develop a paragraph utilizing your assigned audience and purpose.

Next day we will present our group work, complete the last example in our notes (missing topic sentence and concluding statement) and work on a short story from our Sightlines Text. Ensure you bring your textbook to tomorrow's class.

Thanks. Ms. H

Feb 14 2013 Prewriting Review & Paragraph Writing

Great double block everyone.

1. Silent Reading 

2. Word of the Day

3. Reviewed Binder Tab Expectations and our first Binder Check.

4.  Review Pre-Writing Lesson Methods – Freewriting, Brainstorming & Webbing. For a review of this lesson check out the PowerPoint on the prior post.

5. Group work using one of the assigned Pre-Writing Methods (see above).

Topic – Proposed Revelstoke Adventure Park

6.  Article – Revelstoke Times Review - Proposed Revelstoke Adventure Park

7.  Paragraph writing. What isa paragraph? Topic/Body/Conclusion.

8. Now that you have some information write me a paragraph on what you believe the Revelstoke Adventure Park Is/Will Be/Should Be.  

No homework :) !!!! 

Feb 12 2013 - Prewriting Lesson

Great class everyone!

1. Today we started with - Word of the Day

2. We then moved to Silent Reading for 15 minutes.  I informed you that by the end of your book you will need to have 9 'new' or 'strange' words added to your Vocab List. You will need the word, the definition and a sample sentence using the word.

3. I reviewed Binder Check expectations with you. Ensure that on Thursday - during our first Binder Check that you have the following Tabs in your binder and all work organized.

Tabs: English, Vocab, Novel, Word of the Day, Assignments/Notes

4. I provided you with a Lesson on Prewriting including descriptive videos.
Please click HERE for the student PowerPoint & HERE for the teacher PowerPoint. Video links are provided within.

See you all for the double block Thursday.

Ms. H

Feb 8 2013 - TOC Notes

1. Check the following students yellow outlines for parent signatures; Jerry, Dawson, Simon, Spencer, Karlee.

2. Take in Letters of Introduction (Drafts and Good Copies). The final due date is today. Some students have already handed these in to the top left hand shelf under the screen at the front of the room.

3. Pop Quiz -  These are on the teacher's desk. 

4. Silent reading of novels students selected yesterday - 15 minutes.

5. Review the Word of the Day by going to this LINK. 

Have students write this info down underneath yesterday's word of the day in their 'Vocab/Word of the Day' tab/section. 

6.  Review The Little Four - Parts of Speech below.
Students already have copies of this information in their binders.

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The Little Four

1.  Pronoun: a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.

Examples: she, we, yourself, nobody, who, everybody

“Just be yourself,” she said. “We want you to feel at home.”

2.  Preposition: a word that shows how a noun or pronoun is related to some other word in the sentence. Many prepositions indicate direction, position, or relation to time.

Examples: across, at, of, until, in, about, from,

Across the creek at the edge of the field stood a deer.

3.  Conjunction: a word that connects words or groups of words.

Examples: and, or, but, so, yet, because, if

People of ancient Egypt, Central America, and South America all built pyramids, but they developed the pyramid idea independently.

4.  Interjection: a word or group of words that show feeling or sudden emotion. An interjection can stand by itself.

Examples: wow, hey, my, word, oh, well

Hey! That was a shooting star!

7. Show students the following videos as review.

Pronouns

Preposition

Conjunction

Interjection 

8. Have students go into their same groups from yesterday & assign each group one of the Little Four Parts of Speech. Each group is to create 3 sentences using their assigned part of speech & underline it.

A group leader will present their sheet to the class once complete. 

*You can use the backsides of the large sheets of paper on the large table at the front of the room as yesterday the groups reviewed the Big Four - Parts of Speech.  Ms. Mackenzie will be in the room to aid you with this as well. 

9. End of class game or short video clip - up to you :)

Thanks again. 

Ms. H  

  

Feb 7 2012 More Grammar Fun!

Great double block today everyone!

1. I checked the remainder of student's outlines for parent signatures. Only a few of you are left so make sure you get your parents to sign your yellow outlines to show tomorrow.

2. Intro - WORD OF THE DAY - for Feb 7. We added this to our Vocab - Word of the Day Section in our binders.

3. I reviewed the tabs that you will require for your binder by Monday.
* If you have one binder for all classes you will require an ENGLISH tab.
* If you have a binder for English you will instead need a NOTES tab

All binders will additionally require a
VOCAB Tab

WORD OF THE DAY Tab

NOVEL Tab

You should also have at least 2 extra tabs for other topics as we progress.

You will be marked on your binder organization each week so be sure to have your tabs ready for Monday and always keep your binder organized. I will always let you know what section to put work in during class.

4. We reviewed the definitions for Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs and Adjectives. Check out the below videos for additional review.

Noun Song


 

Verb Song



 

Adverb Song



 

Adjective Song





5. We then broke into groups to work on definitions of these terms and example sentence creation.

6. We viewed a video rap on Prefixes, Suffixes & Root Words.

Check it out below.




7. After break we all went to the library to select a book for for silent reading time at the start of each class. We returned to class and read and or worked on finishing our Letters of Introduction.

REMEMBER: Your 'Letters of Introduction' are due tomorrow! Friday - Feb 8th!!

Feb 5 2013 Tuesday - Language & Grammar

Great class everyone.

1. We discussed 'Spirit Fest' & all the great Youth Friendly events available to you this weekend.

2. We played an 'Animal Name Game' - great picks of your class animals!

3. I checked off whether or not your Course Outlines were signed. For those of you who have not gotten this done, please ensure you do so for Thursday! For a link to the course outline please view the prior blog post.

4. We broke into groups and discussed - What is language? & What is grammar?
Each group was right on the money with regards to personal definitions of these terms.

5. We reviewed 'Parts of Speech' Notes & filled out an 'Improving Your Writing' worksheet sheet.

6. We learned about 'Nouns' and 'Classes of Nouns.' Check out this video as a review!

Eng 8 - Day 1!

Great work today everyone!

We reviewed classroom expectations first and foremost and the course outline. (See below post).
We also received our text books for the course and started to work on our first assignment - A Letter of Introduction. Final copies are due Friday Feb 9th.

See you all tomorrow first block.

Ms. Hathorn