Today we listened to book reports - videos and all. We experienced some technical difficulties but by the end of the day everyone had finished.
Tomorrow the students are assigned a script to write - from any story in the Crossroads anthology.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Today
Today we had muffins, had a guest reader for two poems and a play and then did an in-motion Santa dance:)
Students will present book projects tomorrow - 2 classes. Then the students have to write a script - either individually or with a partner using any story from the Crossroads book.
We tried searching the youtube video... for Social script:
Students will present book projects tomorrow - 2 classes. Then the students have to write a script - either individually or with a partner using any story from the Crossroads book.
We tried searching the youtube video... for Social script:
Miss Rachul's Grade 9 Social Studies class created, wrote, directed and performed the following play to teach the Grade ½ class about Treaties. The play can be seen at the following link:
Friday, December 16, 2011
Test Outline
Conflicts, Challenges and Choices
Selections:
- “And the Lucky Winner Is”
- “Signposts on the Journey”
- “In the Silence”
- We Are All One Poems – “my father hurting”, “If You Think”, “Tires Stacked in the Hallways of Civilization, “how do I feel”
- “The Long Journey”
- Listening – “Native Residential Schooling in Canada” and Stephen Harper’s speech to apologize to the country
- “Halting Hatred”
- “The Highwayman”
- “David”
- “Consorting with Frogs”
- “Shoes”
- “Birdfoot’s Grandpa
- “The Last Leaf”
Other items:
Literary Devices: simile, personification, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, irony, idiom
Grammar: run-ons, fragments, compound sentences, simple sentences, complex sentences
Basic Structure of an Essay and Paragraph
Book Report
BOOK REPORTS ARE DUE ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20.
THEY MUST BE GIVEN THIS DAY; WE HAVE TWO CLASSES TO COMPLETE PRESENTATIONS.
THEY MUST BE GIVEN THIS DAY; WE HAVE TWO CLASSES TO COMPLETE PRESENTATIONS.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
English Test
We will have a test on Thursday, January 5 on all of the selections from our Unit: Conflicts, Challenges and Issues: Doing the Right Thing. We will go over and list all of the selections before the break.
January Reader Response letter is also due Thursday, January 5th.
We are working on our videos and book projects this week. These are due on Monday.
We have a couple more selections to read from the unit in the next week.
January Reader Response letter is also due Thursday, January 5th.
We are working on our videos and book projects this week. These are due on Monday.
We have a couple more selections to read from the unit in the next week.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Choices, Challengees and Conflicts: Doing the Right Thing
How do the following video stories fit into our unit?
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bskw0fLqYyM
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2mf8DtWWd8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb0q8SL_kLY&feature=related
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QKxsiRYC9Q
How does the picture book: Have You Filled a Bucket Today? fit into our unit?
How does the following picture fit into our unit of study?
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bskw0fLqYyM
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2mf8DtWWd8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb0q8SL_kLY&feature=related
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QKxsiRYC9Q
How does the picture book: Have You Filled a Bucket Today? fit into our unit?
How does the following picture fit into our unit of study?
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Book Report
Grade 9 Book Report
Name: __________________
Components: You may choose how to present your report: orally, Power Point, poster
/10 Video (10-15 pictures)
/2 Setting
/3 Characters
/5 Plot (including conclusion)
/2 Persuasiveness or how it fits into the theme
/2 Choice – length of book – 150 pages
/5 Volume
/5 Fluency and eye contact
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