We were in the computer lab today. You were to complete a timeline from 1850-1871 of the events and people involved in BC Confederation into Canada. Most of the links used are found at http://bcheritage.ca/helmcken/ and by Googling "BC confederation Canada -labour" (It's important to include the "-labour" part).
Completed timelines should be in .doc format NOT .docx (PLEASE!) and emailed to: dkeng@sd38.bc.ca before class on Thursday, April 29, 2010
FOR NEXT CLASS: Please meet back at the computer lab.
You handed in snack-making instructions. I handed them back randomly and you were to create a graphic representation in EIGHT cells of the instructions you were given (not your own). This was due in at the end of class.
Block A (1-1) English 9
You handed in snack-making instructions. I handed them back randomly and you were to create a graphic representation in EIGHT cells of the instructions you were given (not your own). This was due in at the end of class.
You had time to work on your BC Confederation triple poster and to start your compare and contrast chart of pro-confed, pro-annex, and pro-colony interest groups.
CHALLENGE ISSUED: Learn Yakko's World by heart INCLUDING the inter-verse dance moves. No notes, no prompting, no group presentations. A successful challenger earns a bye on the next test. This has not been accomplished to date.
If your comic strip was done, you had the chance to try out your school instructions. If not, you had time to complete the comic strip.
The new assignment is to write step-by-step instructions, aka "task analysis", of the routine in making a snack in your own kitchen. For example, a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich with a glass of milk and some sliced-up fruit. If you choose to do your own snack, it must be at least as involved as the example. Remember, this is a TASK ANALYSIS. Instructions must be PRECISE. It should begin something like:
1) Begin by facing the refrigerator
2) Open the cupboard immediately to the left of the refrigerator
3) Take out a plate.
4) Put plate on counter
5) Close cupboard.
DO NOT worry about the steps you take within your kitchen (saying "Go to the refrigerator" is fine) but DO include directional instructions like "Turn 90 degrees to your left"
FOR NEXT CLASS: Good copies of school directions, Vampires from Venus comic strip, and sandwich instructions must be handed in.
Block A (1-1) English 9
If your illustrated journal entry was done, you had the chance to try out your school instructions. If not, you had time to complete the illustrated journal entry.
The new assignment is to write step-by-step instructions, aka "task analysis", of the routine in making a snack in your own kitchen. For example, a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich with a glass of milk and some sliced-up fruit. If you choose to do your own snack, it must be at least as involved as the example. Remember, this is a TASK ANALYSIS. Instructions must be PRECISE. It should begin something like:
1) Begin by facing the refrigerator
2) Open the cupboard immediately to the left of the refrigerator
3) Take out a plate.
4) Put plate on counter
5) Close cupboard.
DO NOT worry about the steps you take within your kitchen (saying "Go to the refrigerator" is fine) but DO include directional instructions like "Turn 90 degrees to your left"
FOR NEXT CLASS: Good copies of school directions, Vampires from Venus illustrated journal entry, and sandwich instructions must be handed in.
"Watched" this game on Twitter last night. Actual goal was even more thrilling...
You wrote poetic endings for your epic journey conclusions.
We looked at the written piece,"Vampires from Venus" and you were assigned a 6-cell comic strip adapted from the story.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Hand in comic strip
Block A (1-1) English 9
You wrote poetic endings for your epic journey conclusions.
We looked at the written piece,"Vampires from Venus" and you were assigned a journal entry adapted from ONE major event in the story with a relevant hand-drawn illustration.
You had a TOC Student Teacher in today. Please see Miss Brown's Blog.
Block F (2-2) English 8
Lucky ducks, you got me back as a teacher today. We started our Readers' Theatre unit and discussed and demonstrated the qualities expected in good Readers' Theatre. After our demonstrations, your groups were given one-page stories to adapt into a Readers' Theatre script.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Have your own lines ready for rehearsal.
Block E (2-1) English 8
Lucky ducks, you got me back as a teacher today. We started our Readers' Theatre unit and discussed and demonstrated the qualities expected in good Readers' Theatre. After our demonstrations, your groups were given one-page stories to adapt into a Readers' Theatre script.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Have your own lines ready for rehearsal.
We started with a short map reading/instruction following activity. (It was Matt, by the way.)
You then had the class to create a set of directional instructions for a blindfolded newcomer to find their way through your Day 1 travel routine. Good copies of the directions are due at the beginning of Tuesday's class.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Be prepared to write the central bulk of your Epic Journey story. This will include the trip to your destination and your activities during the journey. In short, FROM the moment you step out the door UNTIL you start home but NOT INCLUDING your journey home.
Block A (1-1) English 9
We started with a short map reading/instruction following activity. (It was Matt, by the way.) You then had the class to create a set of directional instructions for a blindfolded newcomer to find their way through your Day 1 travel routine.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Be prepared to write the central bulk of your Epic Journey story. This will include the trip to your destination and your activities during the journey. In short, FROM the moment you step out the door UNTIL you start home but NOT INCLUDING your journey home.
Today's video is a pretty clear explanation for America's obesity problem...
Completed CPR trains were due today. In addition, you were asked to write a paragraph (half a page, single-spaced) which explains how your caboose car represents the CPR's legacy to Canada.
You had a work period on your CPR trains. There will be time to complete them next class.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Have a completed caboose to attach to the end of your train.
Block A (1-1) English 9
You did some global connection writing today. On a map of the world, you were asked to identify 25 places that you connect to whether through travel, friends/family, television/movies, or the news. For each location, we were to explain your connection in a sentence and then, in 2-4 sentences, explain what you know about the place through that connection.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Work on completing the 25.
Block B (1-2) English 9
You did some global connection writing today. On a map of the world, you were asked to identify 25 places that you connect to whether through travel, friends/family, television/movies, or the news. For each location, we were to explain your connection in a sentence and then, in 2-4 sentences, explain what you know about the place through that connection.
Arts and Crafts Day!! You were given four train cars with which to create a metaphorical representation of the CPR in Canada. You were to decorate and populate the locomotive with the driving forces (people, events, etc) in the creation of the CPR, the fuel(coal) car with the materials and people needed to build it, the passenger car with those who benefitted and the freight car with the individuals/groups/things that suffered in its creation.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Create, decorate and populate a caboose (that's the last car in a train :) which represents the legacy of the CPR. It can be any shape, decorated with words, images, phrases, names, etc of your choice and reasoning. The car should fill half a sheet of letter sized paper. ALSO, please bring your art supplies. Scissors, glue, felts and/or pencil crayons.
Block A (1-1) English 9
We were in the library for a class of "musical books".
FOR NEXT CLASS: Write a one-page (double-spaced) proposal or summary of what your final journey writing piece will be on. This is a trip that you took to a destination outside of British Columbia OR which involved a longer than two week period of time (for example, a month at the cabin). Your summary should include the who, where, when and why as well as several (three or more) activities/adventures/incidents which occurred in the planning, travel or return.
Block B (1-2) English 9
We were in the library for a class of "musical books". You had a chance to read FOUR different travel writers and record your responses to them.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Write a one-page (double-spaced) proposal or summary of what your final journey writing piece will be on. This is a trip that you took to a destination outside of British Columbia OR which involved a longer than two week period of time (for example, a month at the cabin). Your summary should include the who, where, when and why as well as several (three or more) activities/adventures/incidents which occurred in the planning, travel or return.
We marked the CPR quizzes. Vocabulary banks (in the form of 2 word searches) and two scrambled word worksheets were handed out.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Complete vocabulary banks. Bring pencil crayons, felts, scissors and glue.
Block A (1-1) English 9
Those students who completed their homework presented their researched travel stories. All FIVE of them. :( The article "Journey to the World's End" about Tasmania was handed out. You had the class to read it over and compare it to John Mitchell's "Airport Arrivals are Hell" or your researched travel story. These were handed in at the end of class.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Write a 3-5 page, double-spaced and typed (or single-spaced if hand-written) personal BC travel story. This journey must take you out of the Greater Vancouver/Fraser Valley region but NOT out of British Columbia.
Block B (1-2) English 9
Those students who completed their homework presented their researched travel stories. The article "Journey to the World's End" about Tasmania was handed out. You had the class to read it over and compare it to John Mitchell's "Airport Arrivals are Hell" or your researched travel story. These were handed in at the end of class.
FOR NEXT CLASS: Write a 3-5 page, double-spaced and typed (or single-spaced if hand-written) personal BC travel story. This journey must take you out of the Greater Vancouver/Fraser Valley region but NOT out of British Columbia.
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