Today was a pretty smooth set up for the week.
First I talked about getting the SIS working for students. I'll post the instructions on the right hand side of the blog, in case students forget that timetables will not be printed off for second semester.
We did some poetry, too. I did ask if anyone was ready to go with their poeT presentations or their poeM presentations.
And so, we went right into the "showing students what they need to hand in for the course."
Period One Chesser Grade 10P 16 English
Monday, January 23, 2017
Friday, January 20, 2017
Friday Jan 20
So ... we started poetry today!
We did a number of poems in class, but are responsible for two poems for home work:
The Cow:
and The Termite
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Tuesday, Wed and Thursday
Well, Tuesday was a "snow" day. Without any snow ... it was slippery, so we'll go with that one. The school was open, I was there, but all the students stayed home.
Wednesday I was not feeling well and I left an assignment for the students to do.
Thursday ... we finished Speak with a short quiz and then got going on a Poetry Unit.
I did ask if anyone had a poet from the List of Poets that they wanted to do.
I'll show an example tomorrow.
Wednesday I was not feeling well and I left an assignment for the students to do.
Thursday ... we finished Speak with a short quiz and then got going on a Poetry Unit.
I did ask if anyone had a poet from the List of Poets that they wanted to do.
I'll show an example tomorrow.
Monday, January 16, 2017
Monday Jan 16
Today we started the poetry Unit
we are going to do a quick unit (there are only eight days left in class ... so ... yeah it's going to be quick....)
each student will do the following:
Read two poems in class (or make arrangements with the teacher to get this done another way). (Before the end of the course on Jan 25th)
Do a poet presentation on one of the people from the List of Canadian Poets - we'll do these Jan 23rd and 24th)
Be happy, too.
I did read from Writer's Almanac, and I read Ode to Joy, both in German and English.
we are going to do a quick unit (there are only eight days left in class ... so ... yeah it's going to be quick....)
each student will do the following:
Read two poems in class (or make arrangements with the teacher to get this done another way). (Before the end of the course on Jan 25th)
Do a poet presentation on one of the people from the List of Canadian Poets - we'll do these Jan 23rd and 24th)
Be happy, too.
I did read from Writer's Almanac, and I read Ode to Joy, both in German and English.
What a poet used to look like ... ;) |
Friday Jan 13
Whew! I certainly messed this up.
Today we worked on the character sketches in class and put the finishing touches on our study of the novel Speak.
I gave a brief preview of the Poetry Unit, too
Today we worked on the character sketches in class and put the finishing touches on our study of the novel Speak.
I gave a brief preview of the Poetry Unit, too
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Thursday Jan 12
Today we finished the novel, Speak.
We got three questions from the Unit for homework: 29, 30 and 32.
Tomorrow, we'll finish the novel unofficially and get to Poetry, the last and shortest unit.
Woo!
We got three questions from the Unit for homework: 29, 30 and 32.
Tomorrow, we'll finish the novel unofficially and get to Poetry, the last and shortest unit.
Woo!
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Wednesday Jan 11
So today we set the due date for Speak part 2 as Jan 19th.
It was supposed to be Jan 17, but there is something else on at the school that day and I am trying to avoid adding pressure to my students.
We read from the novel to page 189 and got the questions under the line on this pic assigned for homework for tomorrow:
After that, I tried to give my students a chance to get caught up in English homework. Some did, some did not. Alas, it is the day back after a snow day and I warded off the question "What did we do yesterday" by having a speech about this blog.
It was supposed to be Jan 17, but there is something else on at the school that day and I am trying to avoid adding pressure to my students.
We read from the novel to page 189 and got the questions under the line on this pic assigned for homework for tomorrow:
After that, I tried to give my students a chance to get caught up in English homework. Some did, some did not. Alas, it is the day back after a snow day and I warded off the question "What did we do yesterday" by having a speech about this blog.
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