English 9

Today we finished our chart on literary devices in The Crazy Man's "Emaline" section. Then our peer tutor did a lesson on the poem "Pangaea" in Sightlines 9. After that, we read the section "Angus" in The Crazy Man as students completed an active listening sheet. We then watched a clip of a BBC documentary about mental health treatments in the 1960's.

Reminders:

• Seepeetza Test: Thursday, June 2, 2016
• One-Pager: still waiting for copies
• "Angus" worksheet: due Thursday, June 2, 2016

English 8

Today we looked at First People Principles of Learning and First People stories. I read "The Coyote and the Sky" and students started a 'One-Pager' activity. This is due Friday (today was the only class time given for it). 

Remember your presenting you Independent Novel Stories tomorrow!

Reminders:

• Independent Novel Study PowerPoint Presentations: tomorrow, June 1, 2016
• "Coyote and the Sky" One pager: Friday, June 3, 2016 (include a graphic representation, an explanation, and a personal response)

English 10

Don't forget about your quiz tomorrow!

We started off with quiet reading today. We then looked at state murder and torture as a theme in The Chrysalids, and I showed an example of torture with the CIA post 911. We has 2 students also present their case studies. We then discussed important events from Chapter 13.

Reminders:

• The Chrysalids Chapter 5-10 Quiz: Tomorrow, June 1, 2016
• The Chrysalids Chapter 13 questions: tomorrow, June 1, 2016

English 10

Today I gave students quiet reading time to read Chapter 12. We then presented the 'Case Study' worksheets and discussed Chapter 10 in The Chrysalids.

Reminders:

• Hand in your Case Study worksheets!
• Read Chapter 12 for Monday
• The Chrysalids Quiz: Wednesday, June 1, 2016

English 9

Today we worked on the last set of questions for My Name is Seepeetza and analyzed the poem "In the Walls of His Mind". We also did a comparison between the poem and Seepeetza. At the end of class, I gave students time to work on the 'One-Pager' assignment and their Independent Novel Study Portfolios.

Reminders:

• Finish 'One-Pager' for homework
• Seepeetza Questions: Monday
• My Name is Seepeetza Test: Tuesday, May 31, 2016

English 8

Today we had an open-book grammar quiz and finished watching Big Fish (minus the last minute of the movie). Finish the worksheet for Monday if you haven't turned it in.

Reminders:

• Independent Novel Study PowerPoints: due today!
• Big Fish worksheet: due Monday, May 30, 2016

English 9

Thanks for working hard in the second block today!
To start off today, we did a bit of grammar editing and I gave students quiet reading time to finish My Name is Seepeetza. After that, we discussed suicides resulting from Residential Schools and different forms of discipline.

We watched a couple videos on discipline - one about forms of punishment in the 1950's, and one clip on types of  negative teaching practises in Japan.

After the break, students worked on a hand-out and a journal response on 'Crime and Punishment' in My Name is Seepeetza.

Reminders:

• Questions and Journal response: due tomorrow!
• Finish reading My Name is Seepeetza
• My Name is Seepeetza Test: Tuesday, May 31, 2016