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 * **__Student Due Date Information__ **


 * You are going to be responsible for handing in two paragraphs.

One paragraph is on Edgar Allan Poe The other is on one short story selection from this week.

Both paragraphs are due on Friday Jan 15, 2010 If you are not done, Ms. Rowe is HIPing you. ** || **Final Information**

Period 1 - Monday am January 25 Period 5 - Monday pm January 25 Period 2 - Tuesday am January 26 Period 3 - Wednesday pm January 27 Period 4 - Thursday am January 28

**Monday January 18, 2010** __What are we learning today?__ 1) What is the writing process? - We need to use pre-writing, develop ideas, REVISE and POLISH, and then present.
 * Friday January 29 - No school due to teacher Prep day** ||
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__How are we learning it?__ 1) Silent Reading 2) Continue to peer edit - using the peer editing sheets that was given to you on Friday 3) Time to complete your finished product 4) Ghost Stories - Intro to your "Final Project"

1) silent Reading 2) Day of Editing -
 * Friday January 15, 2010**

Your Poe and Stowaway Paragraphs are due on Tuesday.


 * Thursday January 14, 2010**

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 * Wednesday January 13, 2010

Tuesday January 12, 2010**

__What are we learning today? __  1) Listening effectively for a variety of situations for a variety of purposes. – What does that mean? You are listening to understand and learn.

__How are we learning it? __  1) We are starting today listening to Poe’s famous poem “The Raven”. What is the Raven about?  **Theme** The death of a beautiful woman, as lamented by her bereaved lover.


 * Summary** It is midnight on a cold evening in December in the 1840s. In a dark and shadowy bedroom, wood burns in the fireplace as a man laments the death of Lenore, a woman he deeply loved. To occupy his mind, he reads a book of ancient stories. But a tapping noise disturbs him. When he opens the door to the bedroom, he sees nothing–only darkness. When the tapping persists, he opens the shutter of the window and discovers a raven, which flies into the room and lands above the door on a bust of Athena (Pallas in the poem), the goddess of wisdom and war in Greek mythology. It says “Nevermore” to all his thoughts and longings. The raven, a symbol of death, tells the man he will never again ("nevermore") see his beloved, never again hold her–even in heaven.

Seraphim," in the fourteenth verse, "perfumed by an unseen censer / Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled..." is used to illustrate the swift, invisible way a scent spreads in a room. A seraphim is one of the six-winged angels standing in the presence of God.  2) In your Freedom Book – write your impression about “The Raven” What do you think about this poem that made Edgar Allan Poe famous? Did you know that the NFL team the Baltimore Ravens are named after Poe’s poem? Did you also know their mascots are named Edgar, Allan, and Poe?
 * Vocabulary that will help you out with "The Raven"**
 * "Nepenthe," from the same verse, is a potion, used by ancients to induce forgetfullnes of pain or sorrow.
 * "Balm in Gilead," from the following verse, is a soothing ointment made in Gilead, a mountainous region of Palestine east of the Jordan river.
 * "Aidenn," from the sixteenth verse, is an Arabic word for Eden or paradise.
 * "Plutonian," characteristic of Pluto, the god of the underworld in Roman mythology.

3) In your Freedom Book – What is a stowaway?

4) Begin reading the story “The Stowaway”. You need to find it by yourself in the Lit and Lang book. Ms. Rowe’s replacement teacher will read this out loud to you. Your job is to follow and take those mental pictures. This maybe a story which you will be assigned to summarize.

Monday January 11, 2010 What are we learning? 1) Reading a variety of texts for different purposes - What does that mean? We read for a variety of reasons. One could because your teacher told you. The other could be because you chose to.

How are we learning it? 1) Silent reading - choose your own book of choice and read to read. 2) "The Tell-Tale Heart" summary discussion. Watch the video. 3) Editing - Reading each others Poe summaries and saying what is good about the paragraph and what you think needs to improve. 4) Tomorrows class - highlights of what is expected.


 * Poe Paragraphs Due Friday January 8 at the beginning of class.

Friday, Thusday, and Wednesday January 6,7,8 2010 -** Is that "twenty-ten" or "two thousand and ten"? What are we learning? 1) 1) Recognize reading as an active, constructive process - What does this mean? We make connections, find meaning, make and confirm predictions, and reflect and evaluate.

__How are we learning it?__ 1) What is one thing you got for Christmas or one thing you did over break (school appropriate) that you would like to share. 2) Edgar Allan Poe - who is this man we speak of? Let's find out. 3) "The Tell-Tale Heart" by E. Poe - as you are reading refer to the vocabulary sheet if you get stumped on a word. 4) Prediciton sheet - As you are reading please fill out the prediction sheet. Stop at each paragraph it asks you to. Make sure you answer in complete sentences. Use detail when appropriate. Challenge your self. You have had a long break it is time to wake your mind:).

Sit tight... Hang on... See how one gentleman has difficulty understanding the unknown.
 * Wednesday December 16, 2009 - Up, Up, Up, and Away Day!

Tuesday December 15, 2009 - WELCOME TO CUP DAY!!!!!** 1) Make sure you have your Freedom book, grab the supplies you need. ONLY TAKE WHAT YOU NEED. DO NOT BE WASTEFUL. 3) Create your masterpiece of your opinion cup. 4) Clean up your mess :) 5) Hand in your cup on the back window with your rubric underneath it. Cups Rubric.docx 6) Enjoy your day. Be prepared for mystery assignment #3.

__What are we learning today?__ 1) **Practice the behaviours of effective, strategic readers -** This is where we discuss our post-its
 * Monday December 14, 2009**

__How are we going to learn it?__ 1) Freedom books - What is your wish for today? for the rest of the week? Make sure you use descriptors. 2) Freedom books - Opinons - work on your opinions for your cups. Make sure your opinion is one that is school appropiate and that can go on a Startbucks cup. We are going to choose some to submit to Starbucks. 3) "The Fan Club" - Get your post-its out. Put them on the story where they belong. 4) Reading strategy discussion. - did you find this hard? Was it simple? Did you just avoid it? 5) Discussion on how to summarize - what are key points? 6) Summarize "The Fan Club" in 5 to 10 sentences.

Today was a discussion day. Learning about how we learn and read.
 * Friday December 11, 2009**

__What are we learning today?__ 1) **Practise the behaviours of effectvie, strategic readers** - What does this mean? We are working on our reading strategies. Questioning, Predicting, Clarifying, Evalulating, and Connecting.
 * Thursday December 10, 2009**

__How are we going to learn it?__ 1) Page 20 - The Fan Club - Do you have your post-it's? Your job is to keep track of your reading strategies by using your post-its. Write down what the strategy you used is, why and were it is located. Often we just read and don't pay attention to what strategies you are using. This exercise breaks it down for you and forces you to identify what is going on when you read. 3) Page 26 Questions 1 to 7 (checking comprehension) 4) Group Discussion about reading strategies.

__What are we learning today?__ 1) Practise the behaviours of effectvie, strategic readers - What does this mean? We are working on our reading strategies. Questioning, Predicting, Clarifying, Evalulating, and Connecting. __How are we going to learn it?__ 1) Reading in the library to start off the morning - Library Tuesday! 2) Talk about the Open Window - What strategies were used? See the examples on the right hand side of the story. 3) Page 20 - The Fan Club - Do you have your post-it's? Your job is to keep track of your reading strategies by using your post-its. Write down what the strategy you used is, why and were it is located. Often we just read and don't pay attention to what strategies you are using. This exercise breaks it down for you and forces you to identify what is going on when you read. 4) We will continue this tomorrow
 * Tuesday December 8, 2009**

__What are we learning today?__ 1) **Read a variety of texts for a variety of purposes** What does that mean? We are beginning to look at the short story and the purposes of a short story. You will be looking at the structure of the short story to be able to understand the text.
 * Monday December 7, 2009**

__How are we learning it?__ 1) Reading - get your books out and enjoy what the story your chosen arthor is telling you. 2) Review - Reading strategies Page 8 3) "Open Window" - as you are reading take note of the reading strategies that are being used.


 * Monday November 30, 2009**

__What are we learning today?__ 1) **Practice the behaviours of effective speakers** What does that mean? Making sure when you are reading your part in Arsenic and Old Lace you read with expression (pronunciation, volume, and tempo). Make sure you remember why you are reading and the characters you are protraying)

__How are we learning it?__ 1) Get into your groups. The groups are posted under the Arsenic and Old Lace section. Using the space in the room (no hallway) your group needs to decide who is reading what part. Think of the characters voices as you practice. 2) Use your time WISELY!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN DO IT!

Today is all about birthdays and happy memories** __What are we learning today?__ 1) **Recognize that talk is an important tool for communication** What does that mean? We are working on speaking to share thoughts, opinions, and feelings
 * Friday November 27, 2009

__How are we learning it?__ 1) Pretend that I am a person interviewing you for a job, scholarship, placement in a program, or whatever think that might come your way. What is your favorite birthday or chirstmas memory? I am giving you 12 min to prepare your answer. You are then going to get infront of the class (with the birthday hat) and share your answer.

 __What are we learning today?__ 1) **Practice the behaviours of effective speakers** What does that mean? Making sure when you are reading your part in Arsenic and Old Lace you read with expression (pronunciation, volume, and tempo). Make sure you remember why you are reading and the characters you are protraying)
 * Thursday November 26, 2009**

__How are we learning it?__ - If you are not done watching the movie, do that first. 1) Read - Silent read for 10 to 15 minutes. That is reading for purpose not nap time :).

2) Get into your groups. Yes you get to choose your groups!!! - 3 people per group. - Using the space in the room (no hallway) your group needs to decide what scene you are going to perform for Readers Theatre. - Find 6 pages to read as a group. - Please give the replacement teacher your group names and pages you are reading.

3) You have the whole class to prepare for Monday - yes Monday. Refer to the evaluation (under the A and OL section) so you know what you are being marked on.

4) Use your time WISELY!!!!!!!!! I will know if you did. You might get more time as a group on Friday. HMMMMMMMM that might help you practice more and complete the task asked of you with more success. YOU CAN DO IT!

__What are we learning today?__ 1) **Recognizing viewing as an active process**. What does that mean? While watching Arsenic and Old Lace, make sure you are paying attention to the characters. Watch their mannerisms, how they interact with each other, and what they are like. Follow the story line so when we get to part 2 of this week, you are prepared.
 * Wednesday November 25, 2009**

__How are we learning it?__ We are continuing to watch Arsenic and Old Lace. Make sure you are keeping track of the characters. Write as much as you can about each character. It will make your brochure assignment a lot easier next week.

__What are we learning today?__ 1) **Recognizing viewing as an active process**. What does that mean? While watching Arsenic and Old Lace, make sure you are paying attention to the characters. Watch their mannerisms, how they interact with each other, and what they are like. Follow the story line so when we get to part 2 of this week, you are prepared.
 * Tuesday November 24, 2009**

__How are we learning it?__ We are watching the movie Arsenic and Old Lace [|Intro Information Arsenic and Old Lace.docx] 1) Using your casting call handout, keep track of each character as they reveal themselves in the play. Think of what character you would be best suited for. [|Casting Call.doc]

__What are we learning today?__ 1) **Recognizing viewing as an active process**. What does that mean? While watching Arsenic and Old Lace, make sure you are paying attention to the characters. Watch their mannerisms, how they interact with each other, and what they are like. Follow the story line so when we get to part 2 of this week, you are prepared.
 * Monday November 23, 2009**

__How are we learning it?__ We are watching the movie Arsenic and Old Lace 1) Using your casting call handout, keep track of each character as they reveal themselves in the play. Think of what character you would be best suited for. [|Casting Call.doc] 

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__What are we learning today?__ 1) **Write fluently and confidently for a variety of purposes and audiences.** What does that mean? You are to create your resume for your intended reader. You want to make sure you are employable.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Thursday November 19, 2009 **

__How are we doing it?__ 1) using your resume handout from yesterday and the exemplary resume example **resumes.wikispaces.com/SAMPLE+RESUME** type out your resume to make sure it is the best possible resume. Editing it going to happen. Do not be offended by someone offering to make your resume better.

__What are we learning today?__ 1) experimenting with a variety of forms of writing - resume
 * Wednesday November 18, 2009**

__How are we doing it?__ 1) Reading - enjoy your novel 2) Today you will be focusing in on yourself. What about yourself? What strengths do you have? What weaknesses do you have? What makes you a good employee? Why should someone higher you? Think about this when you are filling out your resume worksheet. Tomorrow I have the lab booked for you to start typing out your resume.

__What are we learning today?__ 1) **Practice the behaviours of effective viewers**. What does that mean? When you are watching Oprah today **critically think** about what you are watching. Be able to **personally** respond to what you see.
 * Tuesday November 17, 2009**

__How are we doing it?__ 1) Get out your Freedom book. As you are watching Oprah and Elie Wiesel at the Auschwitz Death Camp write down your reaction to what you see. Write down those feelings you are experiencing. Is this what you thought of the Nazi party? []

__What are we learning today?__ 1) Testing ideas that are presented in the novel //The Wave//. How is your comprehension? What do you remember? 2) **Practice the behaviours of effective viewers**. (Oprah video) What does that mean? When you are watching Oprah today **critically think** about what you are watching. Be able to **personally** respond to what you see.
 * Monday November 16, 2009** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 138.24%;">

__How are we doing it?__ 1) Quiz time - When you hand in your quiz make sure you include the 4 quesitons on theme. If you don't hand it in you will be asked to sit down and complete it. 2) When you are done - Read quietly. DO NOT TALK! 3) When everyone has completed their quizzes you are going to watch 4) Get out your Freedom book. As you are watching Oprah and Elie Wiesel at the Auschwitz Death Camp write down your reaction to what you see. Write down those feelings you are experiencing. Is this what you thought of the Nazi party? []

**Thursday November 12, 2009** I hope you had a great day yesterday. Did you take two minutes of your time to remember those who fight for your country? __What we are learning today ?__ a) Recognize reading as an **active**, **constructive process**. What does that mean? It means;
 * connections** - themes - How are we making connections to main ideas running throughout the novel.
 * make and confirm predictions** - Before reading and after reading activity
 * reflect and evaluate** - During reading activity.

__How are we going to learn it?__ Power reading are us!!! Let's get ping pong reading and get The Wave completed. No silent reading today.

__What we are learning today -__ a) Recognize reading as an **active**, **constructive process**. What does that mean? It means;
 * Tuesday November 10, 2009**
 * connections** - themes - How are we making connections to main ideas running throughout the novel.
 * make and confirm predictions** - Before reading and after reading activity
 * reflect and evaluate** - During reading activity.

__How are we learning it?__ 1) Reading - If you need a library book now is the time to do it. 2) We have chapter 16 to 17 to read, then we are done the novel. Make sure you predict what you think will happen next. 3) Since the assembly is today, I am not sure how long our class will be. Let's try our best to use the time wisely.

__What we are learning today -__ a) Recognize reading as an **active**, **constructive process**. What does that mean? It means;
 * Monday November 9, 2009**
 * connections** - themes - How are we making connections to main ideas running throughout the novel.
 * make and confirm predictions** - Before reading and after reading activity
 * reflect and evaluate** - During reading activity.

__What are we doing today?__ 1) Reading - If you need a library book now is the time to do it. 2) Let's try to get this done. Read, read, read... Make the prediction of what is happening. Reflect and evaluate through your questions. How do you do this? Make sure you are backing up your answers when it calls for your opinion. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115.2%;">

__What we are learning today -__ a) Recognize reading as an active, constructive process. What does that mean? It means you need to make connections, find meaning, make and confirm predictions and reflect and evaluate
 * Friday November 6, 2009 **

__How are we doing it?__ 1) Reading - feel confident with your novel that you are reading as you will be given an assignment next week that has to do with your personal reading 2) Let see how much of The Wave we can get done today. As you are reading make sure you think about your before reading activity. Did you make your connection? Reflect during your after reading process. What is going to happen next. 3) Questions...

Good Morning 1) Reading - 10 minutes 2) You were to have completed chapter 9, 10, 11 completed for today. Hey, it is your lucky break. When I am back tomorrow we are going to take up chapters 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. It is going to be a big day of correcting, correcting, correcting. 3) Your job today - To read chapter 12 and 13. My replacement teacher is going to read to you as well you are going to read to them. Use the rest of the class to make sure you are going to get a signature on your chapter. HIP is going in on Thursday.
 * Wednesday November 4, 2009**

Have a great day!

1) Go to the library if you need to. Be back by 11:05. 2) Continue to read chapter 10 in your groups. - work on your questions 3) Class discussion chapter 9 and 10. 4) Let's move onto chapter 11. As you are reading think of reading with expression. While you are reading pay attention to punctuation. Punctuation is the rules to reading out loud.
 * Tuesday November 3, 2009**

1) We are moving on to the wave. Reading chapter 9 and 10 is where we are going. Make sure questions are done
 * Monday November 2, 2009**


 * Remember snacks for Carmyn and Jackson.

Friday Octover 30, 2009** Great costumes today!!!!! We continued to work on your outline. It is hard! Some of you have to work through the frustration and work together as a group. That is why you are in groups... to help yourselves!!

1) Work on your outline 2) Quiz, Quiz, Quiz - 5 paragraph essay. How did you do?

Today was all about essay writing.
 * Thursday October 29, 2009**

You were given an outline yesterday. You chose what you are writing about, either Mrs. Gruwell or her students. You put yourselves into groups to work on your outline. Your job was to begin to come up with a thesis statement and three sub topics.

Let's check your list. Who has the most accurate jot notes? The winner gets to come with me to the concession tomorrow for their prize.
 * Wednesday October 28, 2009**

1) Reading 2) Writing, writing, writing - What is this 5 paragraph essay all about? 3) Brainpop - 5 paragraph essay and because Tim and Moby ROCK! 4) Vocabulary and language of an essay 5) Visual Verbal Essay assignment -

We are going to finish up Freedom Writers today. Make sure your notes a good ones. This will make your writing assignment so much easier.
 * Tuesday October 27, 2009**

We continued to watch the movie Freedom Writers. Your job is to keep track of the challenges that are facing Mrs. Grewil, her students, and their lives in general. We also are making a connection to the students in The Wave. How is Nazi Germany a connection?
 * Monday October 26, 2009**

We are watching Freedom Writers.
 * Thursday October 22, 2009**

We move right into The Wave. We read and discussed chapter 8. What was important about this chapter? What is significant about Rober Billings? Is he a part of the group? Wow! How one movement can change the life of a person on the outside.
 * Tuesday October 20, 2009**

Your job for tomorrow 1) Complete chapters 5 to 8. 2) Come prepared with your Wave Salute. 3) Come prepared to work. Too much time is spent on discipline. Why is that? Are you not ready to learn? Think about that question and come with an answer.

1) Reading - Tomorrow you will have a chance to go to the library 2) Character Web Check - 26 marks to you. Some of you didn't do very well and we given an opprotunity for a Do Over. Are you going to take advantage of it? 3) The Wave - Before Reading - Chapter 8.
 * Monday October 19th**

Tomorrow we are going to read chapter 8 and hand in the chapters 5 to 8 questions.

Enjoy the laughter!
 * Friday October 16, 2009

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Thursday October 15, 2009** 1) Reading - enjoy your book because you will have to choose an assignment on it next week. 2) Reading comprehension activity. 3) Chapter 5 and 6 checks - Have your chapter questions out when you are reading and Ms. Rowe is coming around to talk to you. 4) Correcting chapter questions 5) Chapter 7 - Before reading - answer this section then we are ping pong reading today.

1) Partner reading activity from yesterday. Chapters 5 and 6 due tomorrow. Are you read? 2) Reading comprehension activity - See Ms. Rowe
 * Wednesday October 14, 2009**

I hope you had a relaxing weekend. I hope you got to sleep in at least once. I hope you were safe. 1) Reading 2) Report Card talk 3) Chapter 5 and 6 - //The Wave// Your job is to read out loud to your partner. Wow! It was work to do this. Ask yourself why? Just do your job and life is easier.
 * Tuesday October 13, 2009**

We spent the period in the library working on typing up our good copies of 156 Seconds. If you are not done... it is your job on your time to complete this task. No more computer time will be given.
 * Friday October 9, 2009**

1) Reading 2) 6+1 Traits(R) - Organization - What is organization? How do you know? 3) Let's work on editing - COPS and your rubric for organization. You are not to rewrite the drivers ed piece. Your job is to edit but crossing out, replacing, adding arrows, moving sentences, etc... Whateve you need to do to this piece of writing to make it better. 4) 156 Seconds - Now it is your job to edit your 156 second piece of writing. You will be given lab time tomorrow to type up your good copy.
 * Thursday October 8, 2009**

1/2 way through the week... When did that happen? 1) Reading - Take the time to enjoy your novel. 2) 156 second writing piece. You are to write about the question "What would happen if everyone in the world blacked out for 156 seconds?"
 * Wednesday October 7, 2009**
 * Step 1 - Prewriting** - write down as much details as you can about this question. Think outside the red room. Think outside Moose Jaw. Are you a reporter? Are you a story writer? Are you telling about how it happened? The sky is the limit.
 * Step 2 - Rough Draft** - This is where you start to write. Are you going to write a poem? Are you going to write a newspaper article? Are you going to write a fictional story? You just need to write. Remember to look at your rubric. We are working on Content/Ideas. Make sure you have a common idea running through out your piece of writing. Look at your handout if you have any questions.
 * Step 3** - We are not even close to being there... Hang on it is coming tomorrow.

1) Reading - don't fake it! get a book that you are interested in 2) Afternoon writing piece - get into your partners and let's finish your writing piece. 3) 156 second writing assignment - due Next Tuesday (notice you are given a week to hand it in) You will be HIPed and your report card mark will be affected if it is not handed in.
 * Tuesday October 6, 2009**

Happy Monday!!! I hope you had a good weekend. 1) Reading - make sure you think about what you are reading. Make a mental movie in your head while you are reading. Visualize the characters in your novel.
 * Monday October 5, 2009**

Change of plans... 1) Go to your 6+1 Traits 2) Get out your freedom book and your 6+1 book. - Let's work on Ideas today. How can we get our idea to come through our whole paper? 3) Afternoon writing piece - Your job is to take this piece of writing and make it a 5 on your rubic (6+1 Traits handout). This is your practice for your 156 second piece of writing. 4) 156 Second Assignment - You are to write about this concept. I am not giving your guidelines as to what type of writing you are going to do. Use your imagination, your creativity, your brain to complete this assignment. Look at the rubric on how you are being marked. Make sure you try to make your piece of writing a 5!

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If you are reading this you are sitting in the library lab or you are at home checking in on your homework. Today we are in the computer lab completing our vocabulary dictionary. See yesterday's information to get your template and dictionary site.
 * Friday October 2, 2009**

Happy weekend!!! Make someone smile this weekend. Take the time to say "thank you" to someone this weekend. Get sleep this weekend. Sleep is so important to growing teenagers!!! Oh yeah... Have fun

1) Reading 2) Library - create your vocabluary word dictonary for //The Wave// 3) Go to [|www.dictionary.com] to find your definitions. Make sure your sentence is YOUR SENTENCE not some one elses.
 * Thursday October 1, 2009**

Wow, it is the last day of September. When did that happen? 1) Reading 2) Chapter Check for //The Wave// - Be prepared to hand in your first four chapters 3) Character Chart - Complete the assignment between chapter 4 and 5 5) Reading Chapter 5 - Complete your before reading activity
 * Wednesday September 30, 2009**

1) Reading - What strategies are you using??? 2) The Wave - We are going to get through chapter 4 today. Make sure you are doing your before writing activity before we group read today. 3) The Wave questions. 4) Signing up for my wiki. - I am going to show you how to sign up for [|www.roweschalkboard.wikispaces.com] so you can create your own page for your digital portfolio.
 * Tuesday September 29, 2009**

What are we up to today? 1) Reading - Look at the reading strategies. What strategies do you use? Be prepared to discuss them. 2) Freedom writing - What would happen if EVERYONE in the world blacked out at the same time for 156 seconds? 3) Chapter Check - lets check that you are keeping up with your work. I will book at lab to complete our vocabulary words. 4) 6+1 Traits(r)- 5) Content - What does that mean when we are looking at our writing?
 * Monday September 28, 2009**

Happy Thursday... Some how I think I would rather be at school than feeling the way I do right now. But hey... let's continue on with The Wave. 1) __Reading__ - remember the difference between reading and faking reading. Do your job! 2) Depending on what you completed yesterday - If you finished __chapter 3__ then you need to move onto __chapter 4.__ So where ever you left off is where you start. DO NOT start reading a chapter before you've completed the before reading activity. 3) You will __take turns reading aloud__ today. Remember the minimum is a paragraph. Don't get mad if you are asked to read... Just try! Give it your best. That is all we can ask for!!!! 4) __Complete__ during and after reading activity. 5) Hopefully you are __ready to hand in chapters 1 to 4__. It is 20 marks for you. Is it in order? Is it neat? Is it labelled correctly? 6) __Have a super long weekend__.
 * Thursday September 24, 2009**

**Wednesday September 23, 2009** Hello lovely students... Do you miss me yet? I am home with a fever so I didn't think it would be of the best interest to come into my classroom today. This is what needs to get done.

1) Reading - 10 to 15 min 2) Freedom book - 5 to 10 min "With 99 days left in this decade... What are you going to do?" 3) I hear you haven't completed watching Freedom Writers... Now is your chance. 4) If there is time... Start to read chapter 3. Make sure you do your before reading activity!!!! 5) If you have any questions... email me rowe.tana@prairiesouth.ca 6) Have a great day!!! Enjoy the warmth.

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Happy first offical day of Fall. Wow! When did that happen? The last two days have been spent watching the movie //Freedom Writers//. Tomorrow we are going to use the Freedom Writer's experience and start to reflect on our own writing. We will also be reintroduced to the 6+1 Writing Traits. You've seen it before but do you remember what this is? We are also... going to be getting ready to hand in our first set of chapter questions.
 * Tuesday September 22, 2009**

1) Reading 2) Finish watching the movie Freedom Writers.


 * Monday September 21, 2009**

You will be completing a special task for the next two days.... Are you up for the challenge? Sit comfortably and pay attention. You will receive your task when you are ready.

Happy Thursday! Wow and it is the end of the week. How cool is that! 1) Reading 2) The Wave - Chapters 2 and 3 3) Complete chapter Questions.
 * Thursday September 17, 2009**

Happy Wednesday!!! Aren't you loving the weather????? 1) Reading 2) Kayne and Taylor Swift 3) Chapter 1 Questions 4) Chapter 2
 * Wednesday September 16, 2009**

Reading? You get reading time? How cool is that? Enjoy the time you are spending with your book. You will realise that books are better than movies. Let your mind escape into your book! 1) Reading 2) Surprislingly Unexpected - Freedom Writing 3) Reading Strategies 4) The Wave - Chapter 1 and 2 5) The Wave introduction - media type="youtube" key="dkYZ6rbPU2M" height="344" width="425"
 * Tuesday September 15, 2009**

Happy Monday!!!!! Hope you had a great weekend. 1) Reading - If you still don't have a book... Ask yourself WHY? Do you still have fines from last year? or are you advoiding the "reading" thing? Try and find something that interests you. 2) Introduction to //The Wave 3)// Reading out loud 4) Reading strategies 5) Chapter 1 - //The Wave.//
 * Monday September 14, 2009**

What are we up to today??? 1) Reading 2) Introductions of something in your binder presentations 3) Self reflection of how you did 4) Messages to Mr. Young and his quest to get completed his marathon in 4 hours.
 * Friday September 11, 2009**

We learned a lesson today about being prepared. A lot of you were NOT ready for your presentation today and winged it. Lesson learned - Don't try and achieve a low standard. Shoot for that GREAT mark!

Below is a quick outline of our morning... We are moving on. Don't forget to have your quotes and your challenges sheet (in your freedom book) completed. You will be needing these two things in the very near future.
 * Thursday September 10, 2009**

1) Reading 2) [] 3) Reading Strategies 4) The Wave 5) What are we doing with this unit?

Happy 09 09 09. We spent the first part of class reading our novels/books/Readers Digest or whatever you are choosing to read. You had some time to write in your freedom book today. What did you say about 09 09 09? What are you going to remember about this day when you read it 10 years from now? What is happening in your world?
 * Wednesday September 9, 2009**

We then moved on to our target. Everyone will be getting a target. The target is for you to keep track of you mark in A 10. How will you do???

You were given a task today. Introduce an object from your binder. You were given time to write as much about that object. Make sure you remember to use descriptive words. Using more descriptors will help you get through this assignment with ease. Taking short cuts and not knowing your object will hurt your presentation. I've included the rubric for this presentation. All presentations will be done on Friday. Make sure you are ready!!!

We spent the morning having our library orientation. You are now responsible to have some sort of reading material for the first part of class. After awhile we will have a project that will go with your choice of reading. Enjoy the time. Choose something that you are interested in reading. With 25 000 library books in AEP's library, you should be able to find something.
 * Tuesday September 8, 2009**

We spent the morning looking at the words of Helen Keller. In your freedom book you were to choose a min of 4 quotes that struck a cord with you. These quotes will be used for a future writing assignment.
 * Friday September 4, 2009**

Happy Thursday... We finished watching //The Miracle Worker.// We then spent the rest of the class looking at the mind of Helen Keller. How can her words still impact us today? How can one individual thought to be an "invalid", be wise and have so much insight? You will explore the mind of Helen Keller through her ideals of life. It will be your job to examine 1-4 quotes from Helen. Try to uncover why the quote is so significant. Why is she remembered?
 * Thursday September 3, 2009**

Life of Helen Keller - []

You were given your "freedom" book. This notebook is your link to your writing. You are responsible for not losing this book. You should after today have at least 4 quotes from Helen Keller wrote down in your book. This will be helpful in the weeks to come for your first writing assignment.

Today we finished our introductions... What a great job you guys did. We spent the class talking, watching and discovering the world of Helen Keller.
 * Wednesday September 2, 2009**

The power to be able to learn was demonstrated in the movie about Helen Keller. Everyone has the ability to learn, everyone has challenges, and everyone needs love. Challenges are there for use to learn from. We don't always understand why things happen but it is how we embrace the challenge that makes the difference.

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Happy first day of September... thank goodness the weather feels like July. Today we spent the first part practicing our introductions of our partner. The last half we had the pleasure listening to the introductions. What a **GREAT job** you guys did. We have two more groups to go first thing in the morning. After that we are going to finish watching __The Miracle Worker.__ Start thinking about "what is a challenge?". Have your purple sheets filled out by the end of the movie.
 * Tuesday September 1, 2009**

Today was getting ready for tomorrow. You will be introducing your partner tomorrow. Are you prepared? I gave you approx 20 min to talk to your partner to make sure you are ready. The rest of the class was spent watching __The Miracle Worker.__ We talked about challenges. What are the challenges that face Anne and Helen?
 * Monday August 31, 2009**

The first thing you did when you entered the room was introduce yourself to Miss. Tysdal. Way to go!!! You did an awesome job. The rest of the class was being introduced to "challenges". You watched __The Miracle Worker__ and you had an assignment to reflect on what is a challenge.
 * Friday August 28, 2009**

This morning was all about introductions. We learned the importance of making a first impression when meeting someone new. Whether it be a teacher, student or future employer. Dropping off a resume is another skill we talked about. Making sure you introduce yourself with a proper hand shake, ask for the manager, and say that you are interested in working at the place of business. How you dress when dropping off a resume is also important. First impressions happen in the first 30 seconds of meeting someone new.
 * Thursday August 27, 2009**

The rest of the morning was getting ready to introduce your new partner. You were given the student information sheet yesterday. From the information on that sheet you were to create a biography on the person you are introducing. These are due on Tuesday.

Tomorrow we are going to watch //The Miracle Worker// and discuss what does "challenges" mean.

We spent the morning going through the course outline. I wanted to make sure that there were no questions of what you were heading into this year.
 * Wednesday August 26, 2009**

The rest of the morning was spent completing the student information sheet. You will be REQUIRED to make introductions tomorrow.