Stewie's "SMART" Thoughts in the Classroom

Monday, April 7, 2014

School Reminders

St. Francis Community School – Reminders for Monday, April 7th
Tomorrow, Tuesday April 8th

 Grade 8 Farewell photos will be taken in the morning. Students are reminded to bring the class composite order form with $10.00. It is recommended a white blouse for females and a white collared shirt and dark ties for males.
 Spring photos will also be taken all day. Siblings will be photographed individually and as a pair or group. Just indicate siblings and grade on the Lifetouch Portraits flyer, also indicating desired pose. Flyers were sent home last week.
Wednesday, April 9th

 Don’t forget to wear pink today in support of anti‐bullying day.
Thursday, April 10th
 12:45 pm Reconciliation Liturgy and Examination of Conscience for all classes. Families are welcome to join us.
Friday, April 11th
 9:45 am Reconciliation for grades 4 – 8 in the gym with Father John and guest priests. Families are welcome to join us.
Monday, April 14th
 11:00 am Palm Sunday Liturgy. Families are welcome to join us.
Tuesday, April 15th
 7:00 pm – CSCC Meeting (Catholic School Community Council). Parents are invited to attend.
Wednesday, April 16th
 A Lenten Retreat will be held in the morning for the entire school.
Friday, April 18th to Friday, April 25th – No School Classes resume on Monday, April 28th at 9:20 am

The Digital Dystopian Book Club

Video for the Digital Dystopian Book Club

http://youtu.be/DJzHK50kWXY

Day Plan

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fvV2i3j6EbVtqCPSa9VUBL7CHkNJmwtBZcGFA_fIlzQ/edit?usp=sharing

Sunday, April 6, 2014

How to Persuade - Intro to Persuasive Writing

We're winding down our Dystopian Unit, so all end of unit activities are either due or will be due in the next day or two. As part of your final assessment for the unit, you will be writing a persuasive essay on the benefits of reading Dystopian Literature for teens. However to effectively write a persuasive essay you need to review a few techniques. Therefore the objective of this lesson is to explore and analyze those techniques.

1. For this lesson you will need to download the powerpoint from Read Write Think. It is available at the following site. It will just take a moment to download and project on the front board.

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/convince-developing-persuasive-writing-56.html?tab=3#resources

To Access the powerpoint, click on ...

Persuasive Strategy PowerPoint Presentation

You will also need a few handouts which are available via Google Docs, print out the necessary handouts.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UChWtD5F1TAq8Es-oawEdetrh7VN6XfNzmmZf492Whs/edit?usp=sharing

Then complete the handout, "Persuasion is All Around Me". The examples for each definition can be found as you watch the power point. Jot them down on the handout.

2. Read the article, "School Uniforms Should Not Be Required"

from Time for Kids.

Complete the handout, "Check the Strategies"

3. Read the article, "Summer: 15 Days or 2 1/2 Months?"

Complete the handout, "Check the Strategies"

The Art of Persuasion Power point - Reflect on the video and think about how we are convinced daily!

The Art of Persuasive Writing PowerPoint - ReadWriteThink

www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/30950_art.ppt‎

www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/30950_art.ppt‎

Persuasive Writing Map - You can complete on-line then print
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/printouts/persuasion%20map.pdf

Persuasion Interactive Map http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/

Persuasive Writing

PERSUASIVE WRITING LESSONS

Part1 - Introduction to Persuasive Writing

5th Grade Writing Strategies Class--Persuasive Writing from cindytko

Part 2 - Developing the Persuasive Essay

The persuasive essay juniors from Jill McAndrews

More Essay Development

Parts of an Essay from yoyo2012

Dystopian Persuasive Essay Map
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w_5nfukP1DG-GkVJzV3LIokzPA94_JsOskCC87J9IxQ/edit?usp=sharing

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Digital Dystopian Book Club Presentation & Unit

Friday, April 4, 2014

What Faction Are You?

Divergent Aptitude Test

http://divergentthemovie.com/aptitudetest

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Awesome movie

Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend Divergent and meet all the other students from St Gabriel and Deshaye who were in our Dystopian Book Club! What a fantastic day!!

Anyways, as we prep for our last Today's Meet Live Chat... I will be incorporating some of your questions from the survey in what you want to discuss.

Thx for the awesome feedback!

I also want you to think about the general messages or themed from the film...

Is humanity really driven to destruction? Is categorizing people the answer to peace in society?? Why is conformity an easy answer to society's problems? How is it not a solution? Why is being "Divergent" good in any society, dystopian or in our society??

How is this film (and book!) and example of dystopia? What characteristics from our Dystopian References do you have to back up your thoughts? How was Tris a Dystopian Protagonist?

What other questions can we explore? Tweet me your ideas @jstewiestewie... Or just bring them up in the chat!

Lastly, after exploring a few connections between dystopian trends in our society and our novels, do you agree or disagree that our world is becoming dystopian?

What do YOU think we can do in our own lives to ensure that we do not head down one of the many paths of dystopia? What trend in our society is one we must consider the most in preventing dystopia?

Dayplan

Ms. SM's Dayplan
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fvV2i3j6EbVtqCPSa9VUBL7CHkNJmwtBZcGFA_fIlzQ/edit?usp=sharing

Ms. Stewart-Mitchell's Class
ELA
Dystopian Dictionary
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z8hy4stX5K7-YfoN07mZvyyIT-XZfuJHEFK0qqqk7ys/edit?usp=sharing

Fakebook Assignment

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r-qlKUBq2a-h7r9hByCFWey2f2mek8uqofxLKHmYR5w/edit?usp=sharing

Fakebook Rubric

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N6X9nDCV07phCSW69kTbiHrdr1zDRcIaQhc69WVgf3I/edit?usp=sharing

French
Here's a link to most of the Sochi handout https://docs.google.com/document/d/1muRadZgr7QehZSx-WnrVkvbQfsOb2NeQlDY7yf1mUB8/edit?usp=sharing
* The rest is in another Word file

French Mr. Rieger's Class

2. Watch slide shows via link on Faire vs Jouer

A) http://www.slideshare.net/guesta96a73/sports-jouer-or-faire-with-au-and-du-de-la-de-l-presentation

B) http://www.slideshare.net/afternoonmoon/les-sports-jouer-a-vs-faire-de

C) Complete the handout, FAIRE ou JOUER.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Student Nurses Video

Check out The Afters - "Lift Me Up"

Monday, March 31, 2014

Just read... So ridiculous it's funny

Oh Kim Jong Un.. You are so silly...

Read this article!!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/one-direction-kim-jong-un-north-3320077

Dystopian Book Club Survey

We really want to know what you think! Can you please help give us feedback or your thoughts on this project? Your ideas will help to make it better for students in the future. Please complete the survey below and note that it is in 2 parts.

Part 1 of the Dystopian Book Club Survey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JWPPKFR

Part 2 of the Dystopian Book Club Survey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X29LCH9

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Fake Tweets

Today you will be creating some "fake tweets" composed by your novel characters. The purpose of this activity is to get you to imagine how your character would react to different situations or events from the novel.... but going BEYOND what is written on the page.

Great questions to think about as you develop this character's personality....

Create 3-4 Fake tweets written by your character. Use the classtools wiki page, then again use the Snipping Tool and take cropped screen shot.

Add 3-4 of these fake tweets to your Fakebook page. Once again explaining why you included the tweet.

By creating these fake tweets we are exploring the purpose of using one more social media site, Twitter. Twitter is often just to share good websites, videos or communicate in very short manner. Hashtags are used to track and stream conversations. Try to use hashtags to sum up your statement.

Twister (Fake Twitter tool) http://www.classtools.net/twister/

Here are some examples...