Friday, 28 November 2014

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!

Thursday, 27 November 2014

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! :)

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

DAY 60

AGENDA

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

Monday, 24 November 2014

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!

Friday, 21 November 2014

Thursday, 20 November 2014

DAY 57

AGENDA

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

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

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.

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

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.

Monday, 17 November 2014

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.

Friday, 14 November 2014

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.

Thursday, 13 November 2014

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!

Wednesday, 12 November 2014

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.

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

DAY 50

AGENDA

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

Monday, 10 November 2014

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.

Thursday, 6 November 2014

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!!

Wednesday, 5 November 2014

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. 

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

DAY 46

AGENDA

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

Monday, 3 November 2014

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)