January 5

English 10

Today we started off with a check in.  Students were asked to hand in their Star Wars assignments if they hadn't already.  Work was returned while students did some silent reading.  We went over the Star Wars assignment and then we looked at an essay example to demo the importance of a thesis and topic sentences.  We also looked at transition words and students were shown a booklet with a list of transition words to refer to.  

Students were asked to focus on the following for their essays:

• structure - thesis and topic sentences
• transitions
• avoiding the use of "I"

The remainder of the class was used for working on their essays in preparation for typing them up on Thursday.

Humanities 8

Today we started with sacred writing time.  Students were asked to write the following:

5 Onomatopoeia
2 similes
2 examples of alliteration.

Next we went over the Religion test and students were notified that Socials marks were posted.

Then we went back to working on poetry and specifically the Anthology assignment.  Students were asked to paraphrase (write their own definitions) of the 5 words they need to include in their glossary. They were asked to leave space for examples.

Students were then directed to add these assignments to their portfolio assessment sheet.

Finally, students were shown examples of Poetry Anthologies in preparation of starting to work on them tomorrow.