85th CLASS - GROUP 01 - FIGURES OF SPEECH LES

Wednesday, April 28, 2010:
You completed a draft of a cartoon representing 5 types of figures of speech.
Please bring it to next class.

85th CLASS - GROUP 03 - READING ES 2

Today:
1) You worked in groups discussing and preparing answers about the story.
2) You presented your answers to the class during the next period in POP.

84th CLASS - GROUP 01 - READING ES 2

Today:
1) You did group discussion work on the story.
2) Most groups presented ideas the next period.

84th CLASS - GROUP 03 - READING ES

Today:
1) We read a story together as a class.
2) You wrote your thoughts in the story.
3) You completed an independent ES that was handed in at the end of class.

83rd CLASS - GROUP 01 - READING ES

Thursday, April 22, 2010:
1) Today we read a story together as a class.
2) You then completed an autonomy test of your knowledge on prior concepts you should know as readers from the previous projects we have done.

83rd CLASS - GROUP 03 - POP/ENGL MOVIE LES III

Today:
1) You wrote a test about the movie so far.
2) We watched the end of the movie.
Missed class? See me tomorrow at lunch!

82nd CLASS - GROUP 03 - POP/ENGL MOVIE LES II

Today:
We continued the Movie LES.
You now should have 20 points capturing parts from the movie.

82nd CLASS - GROUP 01 - QUEBEC ROOTS

Today:
1) Presentations were finished.
2) You received an exerpt from our QHS Section in the 2009 Quebec Roots book.
3) You did an individual activity.
4) You did an investigation activity in pairs.
If you missed class see me for your section and activity questions.

81st CLASS - GROUP 01 - PRESENTATION LES III: PRESENTATIONS

Today:
1) You received evaluation criteria.
2) You practiced your presentations.
3) We got through most presentation.
If you missed class, you can catch up by mainly reading the posters now around the room so don't worry... we'll finish up next class.

81st CLASS - GROUP 03 - POP/ENGL MOVIE LES

Today:
We began a movie LES credited to POP.
Exit slip: You needed to summarize the 10 most important plot elements of the movie so far.
If you missed class, see someone to discuss the movie so far. See me during lunch.

80th CLASS - GROUP 03 - MR. WILSON PRESENTATION II

Today:
Mr. Wilson was back for another great presentation!

80th CLASS - GROUP 01 - PRESENTATION LES II: FINALIZING POSTERS AND ACTIVITIES

Thursday, April 15, 2010:
You shoud be ready to present at the beginning of class on Monday.

79th CLASS - GROUP 01 - PRESENTATION LES I

Tuesday, April 13, 2010:
Assignment:

Congratulations! In groups of 2-3, you are going to teach your peers a concept about language that will help strengthen writing competency.

Once you know your concept, you and your group will need to:
1. Learn as much as you can about that concept
2. Draft a visual idea to teach that concept giving examples
3. Create a poster that shows that concept, the rules, giving examples
4. Create an activity that will test everyone's knowledge about that concept
5. Come up with a presentation that will be given to the class where you will teach your
concept to the class using the poster, and then go through the activity to test their knowledge, and then correct it together.

By the end of class you did 1-4. If you missed class, join any group and catch up on the information. See me if you have any questions.

78th CLASS - GROUP 01 & 79th CLASS - GROUP 03 - SPELLING REMEDIATION

Today:
In both classes we did many spelling activities that targeted areas your writing compencies can improve.
If you missed class:
See me so you can complete the handout.

78th CLASS - GROUP 03 - THANK YOU PARAGRAPHS & ... GAMES??

Today:
1) You wrote thank you paragraphs to our guest speakers in POP today.
2) You challenged yourself to develop your writing competency by choosing what areas you would like to work on using the Game Zone website.

YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THE ABOVE WEBSITE IN YOUR SPARE TIME... IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU WERE INTO THE DIFFERENT GAMES!

77th CLASS - GROUP 01 - ADJECTIVES

Today:
1) You learned and reviewed adjectives.
2) You wrote sentences using them.
3) You found other people who could describe themselves using other adjectives.

77th CLASS - GROUP 03 - ADJECTIVES

Today:
1) You received a self-reflection sheet on adjectives that describe you.
2) We had a whole-class discussion about what each adjective meant as you filled out your sheet.

The ten sentences task needs to be brought to
class Friday, April 9.

76th CLASSES - GROUPS 01 & 03 - SPEAKING EVALUATIONS

Today:
You presented and conferenced about your final products to peers (in paris) and were evaluated on speaking.

75th CLASSES - GROUPS 01 & 03 - BONUS GENRE

Today:
Those of you finished on time were given class to do a bonus genre.
Those of you who needed more time were given class time as well to finish.

ALL GENRE BOOK RESPONSES ARE DUE TUESDAY, APRIL 6.