Language For Thursday

Please complete this graphic organizer.

Thursday June 14th

Language: Rough copy and illustrations for Cinquain poem and Colour poem

Math: Chapter 9, Lesson Show What You Know - Show What You Know (Pages 374-375)

Homework: Practice Questions 1-12 in Textbook

Test for Chapter 9 – Monday

 

Reminder: Please bring in field trip permission form and money – due Monday

Wednesday June 13th

Language: Alphabet Alliteration poem and illustration

Math: Chapter 9, Lesson 8 - Surface Area of a Triangular Prism (Pages 366-369)

Learning Goals: The surface area of a triangular prism is the sum of the areas of its 5 faces.

Homework Book: Pages 144-145

 

Reminder: Please bring in field trip permission form and money.

Friday May 4th

Language: Tuck Everlasting final project due Tuesday May 8th

Math: Study for unit test on Monday. Do extra practice package for extra help.

Language for Thursday February 2nd

Bell work: Frogs…

Continue to gather information for your narrative piece. Make sure you have narrowed down your paper to one specific event or date…this should help you with a starting point for your paper. Once you have a starting point start to write your paper. Keep in mind that we are writing from the inanimate object/animals perspective. You need to include dialogue between the inanimate object/animal and the famous person throughout your writing. Remember to keep in mind the success criteria we came up with.

- Keep in mind the rubric and success criteria.

Example we read in class: Ben and me

Language for Wednesday February 1st

Bell Work: Golden Retriever…

Continue to gather information for your narrative piece. Make sure you have narrowed down your paper to one specific event or date…this should help you with a starting point for your paper. Once you have a starting point start to write your paper. Keep in mind that we are writing from the inanimate object/animals perspective. You need to include dialogue between the inanimate object/animal and the famous person throughout your writing. Remember to keep in mind the success criteria we came up with.

Example we read in class: Ben and me

Review sheet on quotation mark use.

Language for Tuesday January 31st

Continue working on research for narrative piece.

Remember - Narrative Writing: 

• You must choose an inanimate object (like a pen, pair of shoes, or a hockey stick) or an animal as a main character for your story.
• You must place them in a situation with someone famous who received credit for something (i.e. like Sidney Crosby’s hockey stick or skates)
• You might need to do a little reading on famous people.
  Canada’s Walk of Fame
  Famous Canadians
• Example we read in class: Ben and Me

Start to write draft of paper keeping in mind the success criteria we went over in class and the rubric.

Language for Monday January 30th

Bell Work: I remember….

Narrative Writing: 

• Brainstorm a topic for your next piece of writing.


• You must choose an inanimate object (like a pen, pair of shoes, or a hockey stick) or an animal as a main character for your story.


• You must place them in a situation with someone famous who received credit for something (i.e. like Sidney Crosby’s hockey stick or skates)


• You might need to do a little reading on famous people
  Canada's Walk of Fame
  Famous Canadians


• Example we read in class: Ben and Me

 

Health questionnaire needs to be completed for tomorrow.

 

Language for Thursday, January 26, 2012

Bell Work:  Are you afraid of the dark?

Rules and Examples for Writing Dialogue

• Simple
• Detailed
• Additional Punctuation Review
• Practice worksheet and take it up together.

Upload your photos for media literacy.

• Two pictures – aggressive/confrontational/tough and engaging/conversational
• Two more pictures – cropped and full size
• Drop it to me – http://dropitto.me/monahan_scott  (password – scottsteph)

Reading:  What is true?

• Finish filling out your Web Site Evaluation form for each of the sources about your topic.
• Also fill out one Validity scale for each page explaining whether or not you think the site is useful.
• These are DUE tomorrow (Friday, January 27)

If you are finished…

• Brainstorm a topic for your next piece of writing.
• You must choose an inanimate object (like a pen, pair of shoes, or a Blackberry) or an animal as a main character.
• You must place them in a situation with someone famous who received credit for something (i.e. like Hayley Wickenheiser’s hockey stick or skates)
• You might need to do a little reading on famous people
• Canada’s Walk of Fame
• Famous Canadian Women
• Famous Canadians

Language for Wednesday, January 25, 2012

1. Bell Work
2. Reading
   1. Review of Validity Scale
      1. Ensure everyone has enough copies of validity scale
      2. Review blog postings from Monday and Tuesday if you need to.
   2. Reading and Research time.
      1. Fill out your Evaluating Websites chart for at least 5 sources (as per the rubric).
      2. Fill out a validity scale for each source.
3. Writing
   1. Student Exemplar
   2. How Do We Write Dialogue or Speech?
      1. Detailed rules and examples for quotation marks.
      2. Practice worksheet
   3. Brainstorm
      1. Think of someone famous who got credit for something.  Now imagine an inanimate object or animal that helped get them there.
   4. You will write a story with a focus on including dialogue between characters where punctuation is used correctly.
4. Upload your photos for media literacy (from two weeks ago).
1. Two pictures – aggressive/confrontational/tough and engaging/conversational
2. Drop it to me - http://dropitto.me/monahan_scott  (password – medialit)

Language for Monday, January 23, 2012

Reading:  What is True?

1. How can you share what you learned?
2. What are social media sites?
3. Assessment:  The rubric below is one that I developed with my class last year.  Does it work for us this year?
4. Due Date:  Friday, January 27, 2012
5. Time for Research/Reading

Writing:  Ben and Me

Begin brainstorming ideas for a topic which someone is famous for, but for which an animal or inanimate object might take credit.

Language Part 1 for Thursday, January 19, 2012

Reading: What is True?

Yesterday, you were asked to select a topic that you could investigate or research to determine what was true about the topic. For example, in class we discussed and did a little bit of research about whether or not Fat Free Foods were good for you. This was a good topic to choose because there are multiple points of view and a lot of reading that could be done about it. We also had a significant amount of background knowledge about Fat Free Foods, how they are advertised and how they might be useful to people trying to lose weight, but also might contain some chemicals that may or may not be healthy.

We recorded this information in a mind map and included a couple of questions that we had about the topic as well.

Your task was to choose a topic (links to debate topics were provided) and brainstorm what you knew about the topic. Some of you reached this stage and some of you didn’t. If you didn’t, that is your first task today.

Your Task

Overall

Explain how you know what is true about a certain topic of your choice. The topic should be somewhat controversial so that there are different points of view and different information sources available about it. For example, some might say that mining the oilsands in Alberta doesn’t cause a lot of environmental harm, while some might say that it does. There is a lot of information about health and environmental topics which make them good for this project.

Specifically

Find a minimum of five sources (online or print i.e. books) that discuss your chosen topic. At least one source should be from Social Media (we’ll discuss that more and I’ll share relevant sources with you in class on Monday).

Complete the Web Site Evaluation form (https://docs.google.com/a/collaborativeschools.net/document/d/12zD4wYm24hp3COT3eOh8BsHWuzZ0OybyZMDCLs2MqqQ/edit) for each of your sources ensuring that you answer all of the questions. This will be handed in. Please note that I have added additional tables below the first one so that you can add more sources if you need to.

I will also give you a scale to rate various information sources and you will rate each of your sources on a scale. Not all of your sources have to be excellent sources, it is just as important to be able to identify poor sources.

You will need to share your information with the class in a form of your choice. We will discuss limiting the range of choices when I am back on Monday, but if you feel that you can share what you learned and your evaluation in a certain form, feel free.

Your task for today

Find sources that discuss your topic. Use the tools suggested in class including Google, Wikipedia, and the other Encyclopedia (don’t forget to use the Find It page on the blog and check the username/password for Grolier by hovering over it). Begin filling out the Web Site Evaluation form for the sites you visit. It is better to have too many sources than too few, and you can always eliminate some later.

Language Part 2 for Thursday, January 19, 2012

If you complete your research or are stuck, you can visit Bitstrips for Schools (Class Code: hvmon).  There is a new activity there for you to complete called “What Happens Next?”.

Read this comic and then predict what the characters will say to each other in the last panel based on what has happened so far. You can extend the strip if you need to.

Language for Wednesday, January 18, 2012

1. Bell Work
2. Reading:  What is True?
• Researching Health or Environmental Claims to Find Out What is True
• Are fat free products good for you?
• Mind Map – What do we know about Fat Free Products (Using Prezi) – Background Knowledge
• what would you need to know to understand the topic?
• What do you already know?
• Find 5 sources
• Evaluate using Web Site Evaluation Form
• Share your knowledge
3. Reading Task:  Fencing
4. Choose your own topic to decide what is true.
• You may find looking at debate topics inspires you.  Your topic should be one for which there is two (or more) possible points of view.  Please choose a topic not related to your TED talk!
• Debate Ideas
• Debate Topics
• Even More Debate Topics

Language for Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Reading:  What is True?

Today we are going to look at the differences between Traditional Encyclopedias, Online “Published” Encyclopedias, and Wikipedia.

Traditional Encyclopedias

Entries on Laura Secord from The World Book Encyclopedia (2006) and The Canadian Encyclopedia (1985)

• Online Encyclopedias (Published)
• The Canadian Encyclopedia (Free) – Entry on Laura Secord
• Grolier Online Encyclopedia (Paid by YRDSB) – Entry on Laura Secord
• Wikipedia (User Edited)
• Entry on Laura Secord

A few cartoons to make you think…

Language for Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Reading:  What is True?

Today we are going to look at the differences between Traditional Encyclopedias, Online “Published” Encyclopedias, and Wikipedia.

Traditional Encyclopedias

Entries on Laura Secord from The World Book Encyclopedia (2006) and The Canadian Encyclopedia (1985)

• Online Encyclopedias (Published)
• The Canadian Encyclopedia (Free) – Entry on Laura Secord
• Grolier Online Encyclopedia (Paid by YRDSB) – Entry on Laura Secord
• Wikipedia (User Edited)
• Entry on Laura Secord

A few cartoons to make you think…

Language for Monday, January 16, 2012

1. Bell Work
2. Hand in “Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups” (or email/share with me).
3. Reading:  How Do I Know What’s True
   1. Asking Good Questions

Click here to open a copy of this form on Google Docs.

Sites to Use

• A Student’s Guide to Global Warming
• Global Warming and Climate Change
• Natural Causes of Global Warming

Language for Friday, January 13, 2012

Fast Friday Faceoff

• Typing Test:  10 Fast Fingers
• Typing Practice: Dance Mat Typing

New challenge:  EACH student who manages to match or exceed my typing speed of 64 WPM (with 2 or fewer errors) will get lunch.  If we can get the class average up to 40 WPM, we will have some kind of celebration (not sure what yet – but I’m open to suggestions)

Real or Fake

Visit each of the websites below, then report back using the Google Forms Survey and tell why you think each site is real or fake.

• The fish that can survive for months in a tree
• Dog Island
• The Pacific Tree Octopus

Real or Fake – Survey Response

The Secret Knowledge of Adults

This is the last class period for working on your “Secret Knowledge of Adults” story.

Math and Language for Thursday, January 12

After reviewing yesterdays homework about Mean, Median and Mode, and starting today’s lesson, we didn’t end up with a lot of time to get to work so I didn’t assign any homework.

For language we learned to use Gimp to edit photos for use in our Secret Knowledge of Adults assignment.

Language for Monday, January 9, 2012

1. Bell Work:  Write a recount of your favourite experience over the holiday.
2. Work on your “Secret Knowledge of Adults” story.
3. Due date for “Secret Knowledge of Adults” is Friday, January 13, 2012