Tuesday, 31 March 2015

DAY 35

AGENDA

1. Finishing our gingerbreads: what can you add to make it more thorough?

2. Reading chapter 11.

HOMEWORK: FINISH CHAPTER 11!

DAY 34

AGENDA

1. Chapter 8 questions.

HOMEWORK: read chapters 9 and 10 for homework

Monday, 30 March 2015

DAY 35

AGENDA

1. Gingerbread David and Axel!
a) write the thoughts, feelings and actions of both of these characters
b) list the external factors that affect these characters outside of their bodies on the sheet.
c) don't forget to include page numbers and short quotations to back up your dot jots!

Thursday, 26 March 2015

DAY 33

AGENDA

1. What is Satire?

2. Watch an episode of the Simpsons and determine what the show is satirizing.

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

DAY 32

AGENDA

1. Discuss chapter 7 question sheet.

2. What's important in this chapter?

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

DAY 31: PEER TEACHING

AGENDA

1. Find a partner and decide who is going to research post-apocalyptic literature and who will research the Cold War.

2. Depending which topic you are responsible for, click the correct link below:


Post-Apocalyptic powerpoint



Cold War Powerpoint

3. Once you have filled in your question sheet, get back together with your partner and share your answers!  TEACH them about your subject!

Monday, 23 March 2015

DAY 30: WELCOME BACK!

AGENDA

1. Finish the X-Men film
2. Exit pass: what is the author's message?

Friday, 13 March 2015

DAY 27-29: X-MEN

AGENDA

1. Watch the X-Men movie and determine what the main message of the film is
2. Can we make connections to the novel?

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

DAY 26

AGENDA

1. Hand in short stories
2. Discussion groups: can you decide if the evidence in the video we watched is legitimate?
3. Hot seat discussion!

Monday, 9 March 2015

DAY 25: PEER EDITING

AGENDA:

1. Today we are peer editing our short stories - please fill in the peer editing sheet for your partner.
2. If there's time left, take a Chromebook and fix any errors your partner saw.

DON'T FORGET; your short story is due tomorrow!

Friday, 6 March 2015

DAY 24: TELEPATHY VIDEO

AGENDA

1. Watch the video on youtube and consider what information is important.
2. Discussion: do you think it's possible to be telepathic?

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

DAY 21: WORK PERIOD

AGENDA

1. today we will work on our stories to ensure we are progressing in our story telling!

2. Make sure to ask questions and bounce ideas off of me or your peers.

Monday, 2 March 2015

DAY 20: story writing

AGENDA

1. What is a genre?

2. How do we know we are meeting the needs of our audience?

3. Working on developing our stories.