Friday Oct 29th

Today we finished up the essay unit.  Test /35 Essay /24

Next up:  11s - Fahrenheit 451
              10s - Romeo and Juliet - remember to bring in your Shakespeare factoid and show and tell object for Tuesday.

Have a fun and safe Halloween!

Monday Oct 25th

Reader's Workshop #2  (#3 on November 10th) -  The focus today was on genre and what some different genres are.  Begin to isolate what genres you enjoy and typically read and which you'd like to try out in future.

Wednesday - in class essay for the 11s.  You will be able to use ONLY your sentence outline as you will write this essay in class.
                    - 10s sentence outline and moving into writing your essay

Friday - Essay Unit Test /35, make sure you go over all your notes from this unit and review any information suggested by Ms. Reichert

Up Next....Romeo and Juliet - grade 10, Fahrenheit 451- grade 11

Wed Oct 20th

Today we finished outlines: blue template and sentence outlines.  (15 marks worth)  You will write your essay in class using only your sentence outline next Wed Oct 27th.  Here is what is on for next week.

Monday October 25th - Reader's WS #2 - genre.  You need to have your independent novel with you.

Wednesday Oct 27th - Writing an effective title.  Write your essay in class

Friday Oct 29th - Unit test/finish and peer edit essay.  Good copies of your essay will be due on Tuesday Nov 2nd.

Homework:  READ, collect any statistics/data etc. you'd like to use for your essay.

Monday Oct 18, 2010

Today we reviewed the components of an essay and what needs to be included.  We went through the format of and organization of a five paragraph essay (no, not ALL essays are five paragraphs).  Each student needed to isolate their thesis and get going on an outline (blue sheet).  Topics/thesis statements should be chosen and written at this stage.

We also reviewed the four types of essays and how to order ideas within an essay.

Reader's Workshop #2 is Monday the 25th...make sure you have a book.

Writing Unit test is coming.

Interims are Monday...attendance and missing assignments will be noted.  Not sure if you're missing something?  See Ms. R asap!  Missing something?  Do something about it (hand it in) or suffer the consequences.

Homework:  Read

Thursday Oct, 14th

Today classes read another essay, "A Nice Place to Visit" and looked at how the writer used a story to support his main idea/thesis.  We also talked about the four types of essays and how to organize and order your main points.  In groups students had to put a story that was cut up in order using logical connections.  We also took a second look at our Term 1 Reading Goals. 

Homework: Read

Upcoming:  outlining and writing your first essay. 

LAST CALL: privacy paragraph, portfolio...interims are coming...better get them in asap.

Tues Oct 5th

Reader's Workshop #1 -  (next one Mon Oct 25th)  We started with a few handouts about what Reader's Workshop is and what to expect...and then spent the rest of class reading.

Homework:
1.  Read

Overdue:  (no work submitted = zero)
1.  Portfolio Assignment - quotes/collage/writing
2.  Privacy Paragraph

Friday Oct 1st

Today we compared a science experiment to a piece of writing.  A hypothesis is like a topic sentence/thesis statement, a lab report is like the body of your paragraph/essay, and both need to result in a conclusion.

We had time today to work on our portfolio assignments...that's all the time we have so...

Homework:
1.  Complete portfolio assignment.  You must have 3 quotes, collage, and piece of writing (yes, word processed in good copy format) done at the beginning of class on Tuesday.
2.  Read - reminder that Reader's Workshop #1 is on Tuesday.  Make sure you have an independent novel, and a new one ready to go if you're close to the end of your book.

Have a great weekend!