Oct. 27 (A) and 28 (F/H) Read from 82-100 Read Racist Mascots? article. Respond /5
Oct. 22 (A) and 23 (F/H) Read from 57-81 Started picture assignment: you no/future /10
Oct. 20th (A) and 21 (F/H) Cross-grade assignment: Students are to read a story, then: -answer multiple choice questions -write a character sketch on the main character
Oct. 16th (A) and Oct. 17th (F and H) We read from 48-57 We took the Star Test Assessment in the library
Oct 14th (A) 15th (F and H) We read pages 32-47 We watched a video on native residential schools We wrote a response to the video or a passage from the novel /5
Oct. 9th (A) Oct. 10th (F and H) We read pages 16-31 We read Our Leaking Lifeboat Assignment: journal response to article /5
Oct. 7th (A) Oct. 8th (F and H) We read pages 1-15 of True Diary We read Poverty Index sheet Assignment: journal response to Index /5
Oct 3rd (A block) and 6th (F and H blocks) in-class assignment: Poetry worksheet on songs by Bruce Cockburn and Joni Mitchell Marked/12 Oct. 1st (A block) and 2nd (F and H blocks): Students will be given the block to complete or re-do an assignment of their choice
Sept. 29th (A block) and 30th (F and H blocks) in-class assignment: Write a creative story in response to the question, "Would Ray Bradbury and Edgar Alan Poe be friends if they met?" Students must reference at least one story by each of the authors Marked/15
September 25th (A block) and 26th (F and H blocks) Creative writing assignment Students will write a creative ending to one of the following two stories: Take Over Bos'n or Riot Marked /15
September 23rd (A block) and September 24th (F and H blocks) in-class assignment: Cross-grade assessment: original composition Topic: Each stage of life brings new choices Marked /6
In-class assignment for September 9 (block A) and September 10 (blocks F and H): Link 10 elements of the short story to one of two stories we will read in class: Snake Dance OR The Snob. This assignment will be marked /10
September 11th (block A) and September 12th (blocks F and H) in-class assignment: Using the example we do as a class, write a well-supported paragraph on theme or irony or symbolism in one of two stories: Snake Dance or The Snob. This assignment will be marked /6
September 15th (block A) and September 16th (blocks F and H) in-class assignment: Using the example we do as a class, write a well-supported character sketch on the boy in the story "The Smile." This assignment will be marked /10
September 19th (block A) and September 22nd (F and H blocks) in-class assignment: Using the example we did as a class, write a making connections composition showing how Poe's two stories (The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado) are similar. Marked /6