Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Annotating
Annotating simply means to take notes within a text. An interaction if you will with the text.
This is an important skill that students can utilize as they move forward with this year as well as English, Social, Science and Math classes moving forward in their schooling careers.
Here is a video with different annotating techniques:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Mz4nwciWc&t=273s
Remember that you do not need to use these exact ways of annotating, but you are required to annotate! So find a way that works best for you and practice it as we move forward with our short stories and beyond!
This is an important skill that students can utilize as they move forward with this year as well as English, Social, Science and Math classes moving forward in their schooling careers.
Here is a video with different annotating techniques:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Mz4nwciWc&t=273s
Remember that you do not need to use these exact ways of annotating, but you are required to annotate! So find a way that works best for you and practice it as we move forward with our short stories and beyond!
Plot Diagrams
We have been working on Plot Diagrams in class already!
Collectively we looked at For the Birds - a short Pixar film and filled out a plot diagram together.
Collectively we looked at For the Birds - a short Pixar film and filled out a plot diagram together.
Short Stories
In wrapping up our Political Party unit with the student vote, we are moving into our next unit- one for which I am very excited!
We will be working on Short Stories!
What is a short story you ask? Is it more that just a story that is short? That is one of the questions we will be asking and many more as we explore the wonderful world of story.
We will be looking into why story is important, who can tell stories, who is responsible for telling stories, why stories are told, their value and what we can learn from them.
As one of my favorite actors once quoted: “It’s a human need to be told stories. The more [we] have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.”
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We will be working on comprehending, examining, questioning and annotating as we read through short stories.
Plot diagrams will be used in order to understand the structure of short stories- we will be using this organization method to understand the stories we read and organize the stories we will write.
Happy reading and writing!
We will be working on Short Stories!
What is a short story you ask? Is it more that just a story that is short? That is one of the questions we will be asking and many more as we explore the wonderful world of story.
We will be looking into why story is important, who can tell stories, who is responsible for telling stories, why stories are told, their value and what we can learn from them.
As one of my favorite actors once quoted: “It’s a human need to be told stories. The more [we] have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.”
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We will be working on comprehending, examining, questioning and annotating as we read through short stories.
Plot diagrams will be used in order to understand the structure of short stories- we will be using this organization method to understand the stories we read and organize the stories we will write.
Happy reading and writing!
Welcome Back
WELCOME BACK!
I hope you all had a marvelous Fall Break and that you got some much needed rest!
I hope you all had a marvelous Fall Break and that you got some much needed rest!
Student Election Vote
The votes are in! The student voices of Ernest Morrow have been cast- and the winner is:
The NDP party!
Congratulations to all of the grade 9 political parties- you worked and campaigned hard and you took on such a challenging project right from the get go! Your hard work does not go unnoticed.
This was an intensive project and looked at multiple stems including:
Develops processes for inquiry and research
Manages and evaluates ideas and information
Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of citizenship and identity
Represents ideas and creates understanding through a variety of media
Communicates ideas ain an informed and persuasive manner
The NDP party!
Congratulations to all of the grade 9 political parties- you worked and campaigned hard and you took on such a challenging project right from the get go! Your hard work does not go unnoticed.
This was an intensive project and looked at multiple stems including:
Develops processes for inquiry and research
Manages and evaluates ideas and information
Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of citizenship and identity
Represents ideas and creates understanding through a variety of media
Communicates ideas ain an informed and persuasive manner
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Fall Break
Good morning!
Today is the last day of classes before Fall Break. It is a half day, so students are finished at 12:15.
Thursday:
1-4 and 5-8
Friday:
10-2
We come back from Fall Break on Monday Oct 21, 2019- regular school times.
I hope you all have a marvelous Thanksgiving and Fall Break and I look forward to seeing you when we return.
Thank you,
Friday, October 4, 2019
Book Talk Assignment
Here is the Book Talk Assignment:
Book Talk
Remember, the first round of Book Talks will be held in November.
A calendar will be printed and sign up will begin when we get back from break on Oct 21, 2019.
Book Talk
Remember, the first round of Book Talks will be held in November.
A calendar will be printed and sign up will begin when we get back from break on Oct 21, 2019.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Truth and Reconciliation
With September 30th being Orange Shirt Day, we have been looking into Truth and Reconciliation and what that means.
The writing prompt for the week combines a mix of our political unit and a reflection on what Truth and Reconciliation is and what it could be:
If you and your political party won the Canadian election, how would you move forward with Truth and Reconciliation?
Write a minimum 2 paragraph reflection.
The writing prompt for the week combines a mix of our political unit and a reflection on what Truth and Reconciliation is and what it could be:
If you and your political party won the Canadian election, how would you move forward with Truth and Reconciliation?
Write a minimum 2 paragraph reflection.
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