DAY 73

AGENDA

1. Completing our biography projects!!
2. Finishing up our business letters.

DAY 72

AGENDA

1. working on our business letters.

DAY 71

AGENDA

1. Working on our letters!

DAY 70

AGENDA

1. Read our novels for 15 minutes!
2. Work on our letters: you should have the letter to the editor done by Thursday.

DAY 69

AGENDA

1. Read for 15 minutes - REMEMBER: your biography project is due DECEMBER 18TH!

2. Work on your letters:

By the end of this week, you should have completed:

1. Request letter
2. Complaint letter
3. Professional Email
4. Letter to the Editor
5. Cover letter

DAY 68

AGENDA

1. Read for 15 minutes

2. Work on our business letters!

DAY 67

AGENDA

1. BOOK DAY!

We are working on our biographies today!

You should have FOUR assignments done by the end of this class!

DAY 66

AGENDA

Have you completed the following...?

a) request letter
b) complaint letter
c) professional email

If you have finished all three of these letters (that means having a rough draft edited by a partner, fixing any errors and handing in the whole package to be marked), you can work on your letter to the editor :)

DAY 65

AGENDA

1. Complete rough draft of the professional email.
2. Have it edited.
3. Email your good copy to Ms. McMillan.
4. If you have completed your request letter, complaint letter and professional email, you can move on to work on your letter to the editor.

DAY 64

AGENDA

1. Complete the complaint letter, have it edited, fix any errors on the computer and hand it in.
2. Start your professional email: remember you are pretending that I am a travel agent and asking me for information regarding an upcoming trip!

DAY 63

AGENDA

1. Work on your complaint letter.
2. You should be done your rough copy and typing up your good copy today.

DAY 62

AGENDA

1. BOOK DAY!

You have all period to work on your biography assignment.  Remember: you should be done THREE assignments by the end of this period!

DAY 61

AGENDA

1. Read for 15 minutes!
2. Move to room 309 and type up our complaint letters
3. Print the letters
4. Peer edit.
5. Make changes.
6. Hand it in! :)

DAY 60

AGENDA

1. Today we read/work on our biography assignments for the first 15 minutes.
2. Learning about complaint letters.

DAY 59

AGENDA

1. Read for the first 15 minutes/work on an assignment for your scrapbook.
2. Go to lab 309 and type up your request letter.
3. Print the letter
4. Have a peer edit your letter
5. Make any changes that are necessary.
6. Hand it in with the rubric!

PD DAY

Today is a PD DAY.  Enjoy your long weekend!

DAY 57

AGENDA

1. Book day!  Use your class time to read your novel, ask questions and work on your biography assignments.

DAY 56

AGENDA

We will read for the first 15 minutes of class everyday while we complete our biography unit!

1. Typing up our request letters.
2. Having a peer edit your request letter and make the changes before handing it in.

DAY 55

AGENDA

We will read for the first 15 minutes of class everyday while we complete our biography unit!

1. Typing up our request letters.
2. Having a peer edit your request letter and make the changes before handing it in.

DAY 54

AGENDA

We will read for the first 15 minutes of class everyday while we complete our biography unit!

1. Working on our request letters to the college of our choice.
2. Today you should complete your rough copy of the letter.

DAY 53

AGENDA

1. Working on our biography book activities.

Remember: you should have PART ONE done today.  That means you have read the first part of your book and completed an activity.

DAY 52

AGENDA

1. Field trip!

We are joining the native studies class to watch a First Nations storyteller share his stories.

Come join us in the library!

DAY 51

AGENDA

1. Today we are talking about formal writing and taking up the sheet that we started yesterday.
2. We are looking at college booklets and choosing a program that we can send a request letter to the college.

DAY 50

AGENDA

1. Formal writing style
2. Complete the assignment for practice.
3. Remembrance Day ceremony.

DAY 49

AGENDA

1. What is a biography?
2. Learning about our biography reading project and book talk
3. Go to the library and find a biography that you would like to read.

DAY 48

AGENDA

1.  Continue with the editing process.
2. Revise any issues your partner has pointed out during the editing process.
3. Complete a Works Cited sheet to ensure that you have not plagiarized!

REMEMBER: your documentary report is due TOMORROW!!

DAY 47

AGENDA

1. Today we are editing our projects.
2. If you have some work to catch up on, we will meet in 309 to continue typing.

REMEMBER: your documentary report is DUE BY FRIDAY. 

DAY 46

AGENDA

1. We are completing our conclusion to our documentary today!
2. Meet in room 309 to type up our rough work.

DAY 45

AGENDA

1. Today we are learning about what a recommendation is in a report.
2. We are going to computer lab 309 to type up the recommendation portion of your report.

AT THIS POINT YOU SHOULD HAVE:

1. Three paragraphs about THREE different documentaries (Bowling for Columbine, Blackfish and one of your choosing)
2. An INTRODUCTION
3. A RECOMMENDATION (by the end of this period)

DAY 44

AGENDA

1. Working on our introductions for our documentary reports.

Don't forget to check out the model to make sure you are structuring the report correctly.

DAY 43

AGENDA

1. Working on our introductions.  Check out the model to see what it should look like!
2. Talking about recommendations: what is a recommendation for?

DAY 42

AGENDA

1. You should be finishing up your final body paragraph about the documentary you have chosen.
2. Have someone edit it!
3. Start your introduction: check out the model of an intro so you can see what it looks like and how to set up your paragraphs!

DAY 41

AGENDA

1. We are meeting in the library today.
2. Most of us are finishing up typing our final body paragraph for our reports.

DAY 40

AGENDA

1.  Choose a documentary that you would like to watch independently.
2. Complete the criteria sheet for your documentary.
3. If you have completed watching your doc and filling in the criteria sheet, then you are working on the graphic organizer for your paragraph.

DAY 39

AGENDA

1.  Choose a documentary that you would like to watch independently.
2. Complete the criteria sheet for your documentary.

DAY 38

AGENDA

1. We are in computer lab 309 today.  Make sure you are typing up your Blackfish paragraph.

DAY 37

AGENDA

1. continue to work on your paragraph for the documentary Blackfish.

DAY 36

AGENDA

1. finish typing up our rough copies for our Blackfish paragraphs
2. complete some editing and revision on our own.
3. conference with Ms. McMillan about our rough copy.

REMEMBER: you will have to watch a documentary of your choosing on Thursday!  Come prepared!

DAY 35

AGENDA

1. completing our graphic organizers for Blackfish
2. typing up our rough copies in lab 309.

DAY 34

AGENDA

1. Choose the three criteria that you want to talk about in your paragraph about Blackfish.
2. Fill in the graphic organizer for your paragraph about Blackfish.

DAY 33

AGENDA

1. Finish watching Blackfish and filling in our sheet.

DAY 32

AGENDA

1. Today we are watching Blackfish and filling in our criteria sheets.

DAY 31

AGENDA

We are in the library today to work on our paragraphs!

1. Editing: once your paragraph is typed, print out a copy to show Miss McMillan and conference with her about it.

DAY 30

AGENDA

1. Today we are going to lab 211 to type up our paragraphs about the documentary "Bowling for Columbine"
2. If you have not completed your graphic organizer, grab a seat at one of the tables and finish it up before starting to type.
3. Once it is typed, print out a copy to show Miss McMillan and conference with her about it.

(DAY 29) PD DAY!

If you haven't had a chance to watch the whole documentary, find it on youtube this weekend and get caught up!

DAY 28

AGENDA

1. Complete our graphic organizers so that we are ready to type on Tuesday!

DAY 27

AGENDA


1. Watching the film and completing the criteria sheets.
2. Fill in our graphic organizers after discussing the model for a paragraph.

DAY 26

AGENDA

1. Watching the film and completing the criteria sheets.

DAY 25

AGENDA

1. Watching the film and completing the criteria sheets.

DAY 24

AGENDA

1. Using the co-created criteria for a good documentary, we are going to watch a documentary as a class and see if we can find elements that demonstrate a quality documentary.
2. Watch documentary and record notes.

DAY 23

AGENDA

1. What makes a good documentary?
2. In computer lab 309, go to the NFB website and watch 3 short documentaries of your choosing and decide what is good about them and what needs improvement.
3. As a group: what does a quality documentary need to include?

DAY 22

AGENDA

1. What is a documentary?
2. What makes a good documentary?
3. In computer lab 211, go to the NFB website and watch 3 short documentaries of your choosing and decide what is good about them and what needs improvement.

DAY 21

AGENDA

1. Meet in lab 212: type up our opinion paragraphs to hand in!
2. If you finish, check out the next activity with Ms. McMillan!

DAY 20

AGENDA

1. Taking up our short story quiz.
2. Completing our rough work for our opinion paragraphs.

DAY 19

AGENDA

1. Completing the organizer for our opinion paragraphs
2. Going to lab 212 to type up our paragraphs.

DAY 18

AGENDA

1. We are working on the next step in our opinion paragraphs!  Which means filling in the table with your proof and explanations.

DAY 17

AGENDA

1. Short Story test today!
2. If you finish early, you can work on your opinion paragraph.

DAY 16

AGENDA

1. Test review take up.
2. Working on our opinion paragraphs

DON'T FORGET: SHORT STORY TEST TOMORROW! 

DAY 15

AGENDA

1 The gang life:  some research to help us understand why people join gangs and why it might be hard to escape.  We will read "Why People Join Gangs" and "How I escaped from life in a gang"
2. Brainstorm opinion about Danny and Tigo's situation.

DON'T FORGET: you have a TEST on September 24th!

DAY 14

AGENDA

1. Finish watching "Minority Report": Who is responsible for setting up John?  What is the ultimate message of this film and how does it apply to the stories we've been reading?
2. Hand back marked opinion paragraphs.
3. Talk about transferable skills: what does it mean to be able to improve on your skills from one piece of writing to another?
4. Read: "The Last Spin"

DON'T FORGET: you have a TEST on September 24th!

DAY 13

AGENDA

1. Finish watching "Minority Report"
2. What connections can you see between the movie and the texts?

DAY 12

AGENDA

1. Justice: in the movie "Minority Report", record ideas that you see in the film that are reflected in what we've been discussing in the texts Why?

DAY 11

AGENDA

1. Proofreading: find a partner and have them look over the rough draft of your opinion paragraph

2. How did you develop your ideas?  What steps did you take in the writing process?

LOOK FORS: 

1. grammar and spelling
2. are all the components there?  Is there a topic sentence? Three PPEs? Concluding sentence?
3. do the ideas make sense?
4. Is it double spaced?
5. Does it have an original title? 

3. Fix it up!  In the computer lab, correct all errors and make any changes that are needed.
4. When it's all fixed up, hand it in!
5. Short Story Review sheet: see how many questions you can answer without looking at your notes!

DAY 10

AGENDA

1. Share song lyrics and how they link to the story "The Trial of Mary Dowd"
2. Write an opinion piece that includes quotations.  Question: who is responsible for the death of Mary? (Go to library lab)
3.  Note: Opinion Writing Strategies Review

OUTLINE FOR OPINION PARAGRAPH

1.     TOPIC SENTENCE: “In my opinion...”

2.  Point

3.  Proof (directly from the text)

4.   Explanation (explain how your proof backs up your main idea)

YOU NEED TO INCLUDE THREE PPEs.

5. CONCLUDING SENTENCE “Therefore...”

HOMEWORK: if you did not complete your opinion piece in class, you need to have a rough copy completed for class tomorrow!

DAY 9

AGENDA

1. gender and stereotypes: what's fair?
2. Read the story "The Trial of Mary Dowd" as a class.  Discuss for comprehension.
3. Title: why is this story entitled this?
4. Are the events in the story fair?  Discuss
5. THEME: what is the message of this story?
6. Computer lab: find the lyrics to a song that reminds you of this story in some way: through events, themes, characters.

DAY 8

AGENDA

1. Understanding stereotypes: what do people think of tattoos?
3. Read "Tattoos: Pigments of Imagination"
4. What can you conclude about stereotypes? Opinion writing.

DAY 7

AGENDA

1. Understanding the "Lug Wrench" - question sheet
2. Discussion and take up questions.

DAY 6

AGENDA

1. Hand in your questions from the short story assessment.
2. DISCUSS: who is the antagonist and who is the protagonist? Can one character be both?
b) THEME: what do you think the theme of the story is?
c) CHARACTER: what other character does the pharmacist remind you of from another text?

3. Quick write: is there ever a good reason to kill another person?
4. What is the definition of a stereotype?
5. Read: "The Lug Wrench"

DAY 5

AGENDA

1. As a class, create an expert story line for the short story "The Sniper". Make corrections to your story line if necessary.  Can there be different story lines for the same story?
2. What are the rules of figuring out a theme?
3. Read: "The Hobbyist" and answer the questions provided.  These will be collected by Ms. McMillan for assessment TOMORROW

Remember to finish the questions for homework tonight!

DAY 4

AGENDA

1. Finish watching "Bart the Genius and determine the following:

Who is the protagonist of the story?
Who is the antagonist?
Name one secondary character in the story.  Why were they secondary? How did you know?
What is the setting?
What is the trigger event?
List at least one conflict that you saw in the story.  Who was it between? Was it internal or external?
What was the climax of the story?
Was there a denouement (resolution) to this story or was it a cliffhanger?

2. Take up these questions with the class.

3. Read the story "The Sniper"

4. Create a story line of the story: share your story line with a partner and compare your answers.

5. EXIT PASS: Is justice served in this story?  Why or why not?

DAY 3

AGENDA

1. One last note: TYPES OF CONFLICT
2. Short story elements in action: watch an episode of "The Simpsons" and create a plot graph.

** There is a grade assembly at 10:55 this morning that we all need to attend**

3. Read the story "The Sniper" 
4. With a partner, create a story line that shows all of the major plot developments.

DAY 2

AGENDA

1. Class guidelines: how do we expect our class to operate this semester?
2. Board note: short story elements

WELCOME BACK!

AGENDA:

1. What does justice look like? 

2. Course Overview

3. Top Five Fantastic Facts about you!