Welcome back from March Break! I hope everyone had time to do some things that make them smile. Below is the calendar for MARCH, 2020. As always, it has to remain flexible in case of weather issues. 

 

NEW CALENDAR BELOW as of March 12-

 

All handouts will be provided in class, and are linked here (not all at once so stay tuned for more!) for you to look at in case you are absent. The actual Romeo and Juliet playbook remains in the classroom as we have a class set only.  Please remember that attendance is important- this is not an online course! When you are absent, please check this wiki and with your teacher upon your return. 

 

RJ Unit Handouts-Lynch.pdf

Scavenger hunt and Anicipation guide.docx

 

HANDOUT 1- GROUP ACTIVITY- FACTS CLASSES CAME UP WITH TODAY (MARCH 12):

IntroGroupActAnswers.docx

 

UPDATED CALENDAR!! as of March 12-

 

 

 

WELCOME BACK! Here's our schedule for the next four weeks.

IN THE EVENT OF ANY WEATHER ISSUES, please move everything ahead (to the next school day).

 

Please note that not all ELA 10 fees of $15 have been paid. Please do so at the office in cash or online. We need to pay for the books we purchased for your book club

 

FEBRUARY 7- SNOW DAY- this means your first piece should be completed on February 10, as explained in class on February 6. Be ready to get approval and begin your second piece.

 

The calendar is posted in the class- feel free to take a picture or copy it down. Links to handouts and samples of specific writing pieces will follow. Samples are also available in our room. 

 

Remember to keep to the schedule timeline. You may require more time on your own to complete the 3 writing pieces. Also, please show me your progress regularly- I want to give on-going feedback so that you can have the best possible writing pieces! I am available for a prearranged before school, lunch, or after school feedback session- just talk with me so we can get together at a mutually convenient time. I am looking forward to reading/viewing your work!! I am also prepared to print any work you need to have printed. You can email your work (mary.grierson@nbed.nb.ca) or bring it on a USB stick. You must have a hard copy to hand in.

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

PPT for Multi-Genre Unit: Multi-Genre Unit INTRO-Lynch.pptx

Handout Planning Page: MultiGenrePlanningPage-2020.docx

METACOGNITION HANDOUTS:

WriteTraitsRubric-MultiGenre.docx WriteTraitsRubric-MultiGenreBLANK.docx

PoemSample-Me-Annotated.docx

SAMPLES of POSSIBLE WRITING PIECES:

Multi-Genre Playlist.docx Memory Box.docx JournalSample-Me.docx FLashFictionSample.docx FlashFictionInfo.docx ComicStrip-BookINFO-Me.docx StoryBoardInfo-Me.docx Obituary and Eulogy Samples.docx ObituaryInformation-Me.docx PoemSample-Me.docx BlogInformation-Me.docx  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE OF CONFERENCES:

Please check regularly to ensure you have the right date and time.

Please come a couple of minutes before your time.

Bring your evidence folder.

 

 

 

MONTH OF JANUARY

Please refer to the calendar below for each day’s activity. IF weather causes a problem (snow day), please consult this site for updates. Most things will move ahead one day, but it is a good idea to CHECK HERE TO CONFIRM.

NOTE: Journal #3 is the exception to the above. If there is a snow day on Wednesday, Journal #3 will be done on your time and handed in on January 13 at the latest. We will resume with activity for Thursday. Be sure to consult the benchmark poster below to ensure you are meeting your reading requirements.

PS- I know it is upside down...I CANNOT get it to turn no matter what I do or how I save it!!! It shows it right side up on my iPad, but not my laptop!!! ARGGGG!

 

 

 

 

 

WEEKS OF Dec. 5-20- see calendar below

CALENDAR & BENCHMARK DATES- these are important items that you should have handy in order to be at the right place for the right date. Your group is depending on you to come to discussion days with information to share.

The topics for discussions days are as follows (in order): SETTING, CHARACTERIZATION, SYMBOLISM, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, and THEME. Be sure to annotate evidence in your novel on a regular basis. You will be VERY happy you did for the activities we have to do with your novel! IF there is a snow day, push everything ahead one day. Be sure to read OUTSIDE of school time in order to be up to date.

 

 

WEEK OF DECEMBER 2-6- Please remember to pay your ELA 10 Fee of $15 online or with cash at the office. Thank you in advance!

Monday- WOW! December already! We will complete our viewing of TKAM if necessary. We will be doing an online survey for the school. I also plan to return your persuasive essays to you as well.

Tuesday-  SNOW DAY!! I have moved our agenda for today to Wednesday.

Wednesday-I will be presenting the expectations of book club: journals (3), benchmarks, discussion days, signposts, annotation while reading, and schoology (audio books). I hope to distribute your novels as well.

Thursday-Friday- You will commence reading your novels!!! 

+Hoop Classic on Friday December 6 which will change the morning schedule a bit. Stay tuned.

 

 

 

Week of November 25-29

ELA FEE OF $15 DUE-CASH AT OFFICE OR ONLINE

MONDAY- Controversy surrounding TKAM- article activity

TUESDAY- THURSDAY- we will be watching To Kill A Mockingbird

Friday- To be decided 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18-22

All persuasive essays were due Friday. If you have yet to give that to me, please make arrangements to do so. I am happy to print for you if needed.

Also, ELA FEE of $15 is due- our novels are in for book club! Pay online or cash at the office asap. Many thanks!

 

Nov. 19- Monday- Reading and Introduction of Mentor Text- To Kill A Mockingbird (TKAM)

Nov. 20- Tuesday- Reading and KWL re: setting of TKAM- The Great Depression and The Civil Rights Movement

Nov. 21- Wednesday- Reading, Setting and Plot Summary of TKAM

Nov. 22- Thursday- Assembly Day- Reading and Controversy about TKAM- Lawrence Hill Article

Nov. 23- No School for Students- PL Day... ENJOY!!

 

 

 

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 11-15

 

November 11- No School- Take time to be thankful for what we have. Lest we forget.

November 12-15 See the TWO images below for the week:

 

This is what we will be doing this week. Your essays are Due FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 at the end of the day (3:30) at the latest.

 

 

WEEK of NOVEMBER 4-8

Book orders of Book Club Novel have been done. Please pay your ELA 10 fee of $15 online asap. Thank you!

 

November 4- Monday- Continue writing first draft of persuasive essay-Six Traits Handout will help you avoid pitfalls when writing

SixTraitsHandout.docx  

November 5- Tuesday- Finish writing first draft of persuasive essay- see handouts above

November 6- Wednesday- Proofing and Editing Activity on First Draft and make corrections- 

November 7- Thursday- Finish writing second draft with changes- explanation of Metacognition for persuasive essay PersuEssayEx-Mockingbird-Metacogn.docx Metacognition-Me.docx

November 8- Friday- No school for students

 

WEEK OF OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 1

Book Club Choices have been made by now and orders put in- Please pay your ELA 10 fee of $15 online or with cash at the office asap. Many thanks!

 

MONDAY- Finish mid-term self-assessment to hand in at end of class.

 

TUESDAY- Introduction of Persuasive Essay Assignment. I will be using this PPT and giving out these handouts to explain the expectations and the process to you.  Persuasive Writing Presentation-Steps to Follow.pptx   PersuasionMap-Fall2018-Blank.docx   PersuasionMap-Fall2018.docx   Persuasive Essay Example-Mockingbird.docx  

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY- You will be working on your persuasive piece in class this week using the handouts provided. You will also be doing a metacognition exercise for this writing piece- likely Monday and Tuesday of the following week.   Metacognition-Me.docx   PersuEssayEx-Mockingbird-Metacogn.docx

 

 

WEEK OF OCTOBER 21-25 PLEASE PAY THE ELA $15 FEE ONLINE ASAP! Thank you:) We will be ordering your novels at the end of the week!!!

MONDAY- Begin Reading Reviews of novels on our Book Club List. Here are some of the reviews: Goodreads Reviews- OneofUsisLying-me.docx SymptomsBeing Human Reviews-Me.docx  Hat Trick Reviews-Me.docx CuriousIncidentReviews.docx 19MinutesReviews.docx  REview-SoldierBoy.docx REviews-Wolves.docx

TUESDAY- Finish Reviews and Begin First Reads of novels on our Book Club List (we are reading the first chapters of the novels on the list) Must be in class to read first chapters as I can't copy/link them here (copyright issues).

WEDNESDAY- Finish First Reads. Handout and discuss MID-TERM SELF-ASSESSMENT sheet.  MidSemSelfAssELA10-Me2019-NEWEST.docx

THURSDAY- Make decision about which novel is your first choice! Continue working on Mid-Term Self Assessment. SelfAssessSAmple-Mid-Semester (Fall 2019).pptx

FRIDAY-  I need to have book choices in to SPR to order correct number of copies for titles, so decision on your choice has to be made by TODAY!! Continue working on Mid-Tem- Self-Assessment. Complete by the end of class today.

 

 

WEEK OF OCTOBER 14-18- 

MONDAY- No school- Happy Thanksgiving!

TUESDAY- Second and last day of First Look Carousel. We have 6 books to look at during this period today. The list of book choices is below. You will complete STEP 1: Book Carousel Notes as you work around the room judging the books by their covers and synopsis.

BOOK CHOICES for 2019:

A Hate List- Jennifer Brown

B Hat Trick- Tom Earle

C Tell the Wolves I'm Home- Carol Rifka Brunt

D Soldier Boy- Keely Hutton

E 19 Minutes- Jodi Picoult

F Symptoms of Being Human- Jeff Garvin

G The House of the Scorpion- Nancy Farmer

H We Were Liars- E. Lockhart

I One of Us Is Lying- Karen McManus

J Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time- Mark Haddon

 

WEDNESDAY- THURSDAY- We will be watching book talks by various staff and students for the 10 choices.  I am having technical difficulties as the file I want to upload for the book talks is very large. There are ten videos in a PowerPoint!! You may have to come watch the ones you miss before school or at lunch or after school. You will need to complete a book talk sheet for each novel choice. These have been handed out. It is the BACK SIDE of the FIRST PAGE- entitled STEP 2- "BOOK TALK NOTES". Each student was given ten of these on Friday. BookClubChoiceNotes-20192020.docx

 

FRIDAY- TBD based on how far we get on Thursday. Stay tuned!

 

WEEK OF OCTOBER 7-11. Reminder to pay ELA fee of $15 online! Thank you 😊 

Don't forget to fundraise for Trojan Trek!

Monday- intro to Still I Rise poem by Maya Angelou Annotating-20192020.pptx, discussion of self-assessment for this piece and metacognition

Tuesday- time to annotate Still I Rise, do self-assessment

Wednesday- Finish annotation, self-assessment, metacognition. Also Trek Day!

Thursday- 15 minutes to finish any part of Annotation Assignment (poem annotations, self-assessment, metacognition) if needed. Introduction to book club.

Friday- Assembly Day- First Look Carousel- we will be taking the class to look at the book choices for this year's book club. We will continue this on Tuesday.

 

 

 

 

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 30- OCTOBER 4

Don't forget ELA 10 Fee of $15 due by October 15- Pay online! Thank you:)

This week we will be learning the art of ANNOTATION!

Monday- Introduction to ANNOTATION using the following PPT and Handout Annotate That.docx  Refer to this PPT ALL WEEK as we will progress through it. Annotating-20192020.pptx

We will be looking at 3-4 different texts to annotate, including song lyrics, a poem, and an article, throughout the week. Depending upon how long each takes us, the following will be our schedule

Tuesday- Annotation of "Dear Momma" by Tupac + discussion TupacSongtoAnnotate.docx

Wednesday- Annotation of an article + discussion CellPhoneArticelBias2.docx

Thursday- Continue with Cell Phone Article annotation

Friday- Assembly Day- Annotation of Harry Potter excerpt. HP Paragraph to Annotate.docx

 

 

WEEK OF SEPT 23-27

ELA 10 letter should be in to me now.

Don't forget ELA 10 Fee of $15 due by October 15- Pay online! Thank you:)

 

Monday- finish character trait sheet (Watched Season 1, Episode 9 of Friends), Introduce Point of View

Tuesday- Point of View Sheet  IdentifyingPointOfViewHandout.docx

Wednesday- Descriptive paragraph

Thursday- finish descriptive paragraph

Friday- Peter edit and final copy of descriptive paragraph

 

 

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16-20

ELA 10 LETTER TO BE SIGNED AND RETURNED. COPIES GIVEN, but here is the letter: Letter YAL and Fee.docx

Remember: parents/guardians should pay the $15 online by October 15! Many thanks:)

 

Monday- Reading, Time to finish Self-Assessment for Speaking & Listening (using Tower, Bingo, Signpost, and/or Kahoot activity)- this PPT will help as there is an exemplar of a reflection so you can see what the expectation is for complete your self-assessments SpeakListenExplanation-Fall 2019.pptx

Give LETTER HOME re ELA fee and Young Adult Literature- letter link above

Begin Elements of Plot (PPT- ShortStoryNotes [Autosaved].pptx ) This is the PowerPoint we will be using for the next while. Refer to it often!

 

Tuesday- Elements of Plot- plot line activity together using a children's story called "Elmer the Patchwork Elephant" (on YouTube)

 

Wednesday- Mood/Atmosphere- using part of short story "The Sniper"- descriptive words!

 

Thursday- Discussion of Character- watch episode of Big Bang Theory or Friends (class chooses)

 

Friday- To Be Decided based on how we do earlier in the week. Spirit Game ($2) during Period 4 & 5- starts at (1:30).

 

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9-13

Monday- Bring your independent read! We will be looking at our SELF and organizing our materials. Important documents for your SELF: SCO-GCO Table ELA 10-Fall2019.docx , Grade 10 Writing Achievement Standards .docx , Grade 10 Reading and Viewing Achievement Standards.docx , SELF Process - Growth through Learning.docx , GradeRanges-6points.docx , Universal Writing Rubric 2019-2020.docx

 

Tuesday- Notice and Note review- 6 signposts

Wednesday- Finish Signpost Activity.

Thursday- PICTURE DAY!! Kahoot to review Elements of Short Stories. (Sorry I can't link that here:()

Friday- Discussion of Self-assessment for Speaking & Listening using one or two of the following small groups activities in which you participated: Tower Building, Meet and Greet Bingo, Signpost Review, Kahoot!. This PowerPoint will be used to introduce self-assessment and there is an exemplar at the end of it. SpeakListenExplanation-Fall 2019.pptx

 

 

 

ELA10 First Day PowerPoint (Fall 2019).pptx WEEK OF AUGUST 26-30- Teachers only! Have a great last week of summer vaycay!!

 

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2-6

Monday (2)- Labour Day- No school!

Tuesday (3)- Grades 10-12 only- first rotation through your schedule. We will be getting acquainted, reviewing expectations, etc. Please note that you are required to have a novel to read independently at the beginning of each ELA period. I will explain in more detail! ELA10 First Day PowerPoint (Fall 2019).pptx

Wednesday (4)- Grade 9 only- Enjoy your day!

Thursday (5)- All grades- first "real" day of school for 2019-2020. Admin Assembly. We will be continuing to get to know each other through a couple of activities. Please note that you are required to have an independent reading novel by Friday, September 6

Friday (6)- SC (Student Council) Assembly. Reading time- 15 minutes. We will be continuing with an ice breaker activity. Taking a look at next week. All profile sheets should be in today!