Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Grade 8 Farewell Photos
Mark your calendar and get ready for the grade 8 Farewell photos on Tuesday, April 8th am!
Friday, February 14, 2014
Homework Reminders
There are a few things that grade 8's need to ensure that they have completed prior to (or even over the holidays)... Individuals were given reminders either on a list posted or spoken to, and students were to write these overdues in their agenda.
1. Kidblog Section 1 - making predictions
2. Kidblog Section 2 - deep thinking questions (4-5 questions/responses,with 2-3 being paragraph answers). Paragraphs are to be written with a topic sentence, 3 supporting sentences with examples and explanation, and one closing sentence.
3. Edmodo - week 1 responses to a current events video and questions that connect and relate to the dystopian lit circle novel.
4. Start reading section 3 over the holidays.
5. Work on dystopian Character Fakebook and post a link to your blog. The character Fakebook allows you the chance to write from the perspective of a character and develop a "Facebook" profile/ account recounting and expanding events from the novel.
6. Word sorts for power or "dystopian related" language. In each section, students should find at least 10-15 words to add to the dystopian language already explored pre section 1.
7. Golden lines - students will be locating "Golden Lines" or key lines from the novel and explore pivotal moments in their book.
It sounds like a lot, but this is a summary of lessons over the past 2 1/2 weeks.
French
1. Adjectives translation of images (see handout)
2. Le jeux des Olympiques Sochi - medal count assign. Record all our medals for the Olympics - athlete and sport (in French). For sport in French use handouts or translate via google translate if challenging.
3. Find a news story of the week for the Olympics and translate important details in French
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Week 2 Today's Meet
Today’s Meet - The Greatest Dystopian Society
9:45 Watch video...10:00 Live Discussion
Questions You Will Explore – Review the
questions before watching the video, jot note reactions right after watching
the video. Then get ready to discuss!
1. How would it feel to be sold to someone else?
2. What would be some negative things associated with the
idea of China monitoring everything that you do? What if that happened here in
Canada?
idea of China monitoring everything that you do? What if that happened here in
Canada?
3. What if you were treated differently because of your
gender?
gender?
4. What if citizens were constantly under surveillance?
5. What if you were under constantly being guarded by
military? Are you being guarded or being watched?
military? Are you being guarded or being watched?
6. What if the government or military acted like they were
above the law?
above the law?
7. What connections do you see with this video and your
novel? (With speaking out the government, surveillance of the people etc). Do
you agree with the narrator that this could be happening here in Canada? Do you
ever wonder if your phone is a tracking device?
novel? (With speaking out the government, surveillance of the people etc). Do
you agree with the narrator that this could be happening here in Canada? Do you
ever wonder if your phone is a tracking device?
8. What questions or comments do you have about your novel?
What connections can you make between your novel and the video? Are people
guarded or monitored in your novel? How does this impact how they live? Their
rights? Their freedoms? Their freedom to express themselves? Can you make a
connection to any videos you watched on Edmodo this week?
What connections can you make between your novel and the video? Are people
guarded or monitored in your novel? How does this impact how they live? Their
rights? Their freedoms? Their freedom to express themselves? Can you make a
connection to any videos you watched on Edmodo this week?
10:45 Post Chat –
Quickly blog your reactions to the discussion on Today’s Meet Chat in Kidblog.
Quickly blog your reactions to the discussion on Today’s Meet Chat in Kidblog.
Novels
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Teacher Leader
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Today’s Meet Link
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Edmodo Code
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Divergent
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Mr. Bresiciani (Deshaye)
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Legend
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Ms. Stewart-Mitchell/Ms. Treptau
(St. Gabriel)
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City of Ember
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Ms. Stewart-Mitchell
(St. Francis)
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Hunger Games
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Mr. Rieger
(St. Francis)
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Among the Hidden
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Mrs. Nicolson
(St. Gabriel)
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Eleventh Plague
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Mrs. Folk
(Deshaye)
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Matched
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Mr. Redler
(St. Gabriel)
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Maze Runner
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Ms. Treptau
(St. Gabriel)
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Homework
ELA -
Be sure to finish reading section 3 over the break for your Dystopian novel.
Ensure that you are also finished...
Section 2 Blog Post and Comments (for group members) for your Dystopian Novel Groups (This was the Section 2, Deep Thinking Questions assignment).
Dystopian Word Sort - Section 2. Add 10-15 words to the word sort. Include page numbers.
Compose Responses to the Interschool Blogging Questions on Edmodo.
French -
Medal count information for Week One; Story of the week that captured your attention. Some of the assignment is in french. See handout. Come prepared to respond to those questions on the handout tomorrow.
Get research on an Olympic Athlete past or present (any sport, must be an Olympian) from any country. The research can be in English. Bring to French class after the break. This will be for our project, "Olympic Athlete in a Box"... Be sure to also bring an EMPTY cereal box to recreate...
NOTE... OVERDUES AND 'REDOES' HAVE BEEN POSTED IN THE CLASSROOM. Students were expected to write their overdues/redoes in their Agenda. These must be completed before February 24th.
Be sure to finish reading section 3 over the break for your Dystopian novel.
Ensure that you are also finished...
Section 2 Blog Post and Comments (for group members) for your Dystopian Novel Groups (This was the Section 2, Deep Thinking Questions assignment).
Dystopian Word Sort - Section 2. Add 10-15 words to the word sort. Include page numbers.
Compose Responses to the Interschool Blogging Questions on Edmodo.
French -
Medal count information for Week One; Story of the week that captured your attention. Some of the assignment is in french. See handout. Come prepared to respond to those questions on the handout tomorrow.
Get research on an Olympic Athlete past or present (any sport, must be an Olympian) from any country. The research can be in English. Bring to French class after the break. This will be for our project, "Olympic Athlete in a Box"... Be sure to also bring an EMPTY cereal box to recreate...
NOTE... OVERDUES AND 'REDOES' HAVE BEEN POSTED IN THE CLASSROOM. Students were expected to write their overdues/redoes in their Agenda. These must be completed before February 24th.
Week One Interschool Edmodo Chat
The purpose of the Interschool Edmodo Chat is to explore news stories, articles or aspects of our current culture which connect to our Dystopian Novels. You are expected to watch the videos or read the articles, then respond to the questions. You are also encouraged to write responses to the posts of others.
When you write a post, be sure to compose a new post and not a reply to a post (even if it is the teacher's post), as this site will not allow others to "reply to a reply". Make sense?? I will assist you further in class if you need it.
If you were in the City of Ember Chat, I created a new code so that you could access the chat group in Edmodo.
Here is the link to the videos and the questions for all the books in the Edmodo Interschool Chat.
When you write a post, be sure to compose a new post and not a reply to a post (even if it is the teacher's post), as this site will not allow others to "reply to a reply". Make sense?? I will assist you further in class if you need it.
If you were in the City of Ember Chat, I created a new code so that you could access the chat group in Edmodo.
Here is the link to the videos and the questions for all the books in the Edmodo Interschool Chat.
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