Feb 1 Welcome and housekeeping
Course Outline, class expectations, safety info
Feb 2 Get silent reading books, go over silent reading sheets
Read, "Should Schools Allow Cell Phone Use During the School Day?
Discuss: 1) phones and texting
2) phones and sleep
3) benefits of phones
4) role of phones in learning
Feb 3 Notes on 4 points
Course Outline, class expectations, safety info
Feb 2 Get silent reading books, go over silent reading sheets
Read, "Should Schools Allow Cell Phone Use During the School Day?
Discuss: 1) phones and texting
2) phones and sleep
3) benefits of phones
4) role of phones in learning
Feb 3 Notes on 4 points
Feb 4 Discuss acronym, PEE+
Discuss transitions
Start and possibly complete the, "Idea Diagram"
Feb 5 Complete 'Idea Diagram'
Begin rough copy of paragraph
Watch, "Austin's Butterfly" and discuss peer editing
Possibly complete rough copy of paragraph
Feb 9 Have classmates peer edit rough copy of paragraph
Feb 11 Good copy of paragraph due
Feb 12-15 Short story and Novel Terms
Feb 16-18 Short Story - "All the Trouble of the World" and questions
Feb 22 "All the Trouble of the World" questions due
Short Story - "Grace Period" and questions
Feb 23 "Grace Period" questions due
Short Story - "Ashes For the Wind" and questions
Feb 24 "Ashes For the Wind" questions due
Grammar - Idioms, Colloquialism and Slang
Feb 25-26 Short Story - "The Possibility of Evil" and questions
Feb 29 "The Possibility of Evil" questions due
Short Story - "The Tell-Tale Heart" and questions
Mar 1 "The Tell-Tale Heart" questions due
Mar 2 Short Story Test
Mar 3 Discussion around the Jewish Holocaust and Canada's Residential schools
Watch the film, The Last Days
Mar 4 Mr. Michel here to speak to the class about his experience as a Residential school survivor
Mar 7 Complete the film, The Last Days
Mar 8 Read, "Why Did Hitler Hate Jews?"
Read, "The Girl" poem
Discuss Rifkele Riva Minska and her life
Mar 9 Discuss terminology: racism, prejudice, genocide, etc. and start a novel terminology sheet
Start reading, The Cage, by Ruth Minsky Sender
Mar 10 - 18 Complete chapters 1 - 21, with corresponding questions
March 21 - April 1 Have a great Spring Break! Complete any work that has not been completed up to this point.
April 5 Complete chapters 1 - 23, with corresponding questions
April 6 Complete chapters 1 - 25, with corresponding questions
Start thinking about what you connect to in the novel
April 7 Complete chapters 1 - 30, with corresponding questions
April 8 Complete chapters 1 - 33 with corresponding questions
April 11 Complete chapters 1 - 37 with corresponding questions
Start thinking about your connection to the book
April 13 Complete chapters 1 - 40 with corresponding questions
Handouts: "Information Search Process & Stages of Inquiry"
" Stages of Inquiry - Assessment"
If novel is complete - have connection and question completed and start online/print research or interview
April 14 Complete chapters 1 - 44 with corresponding questions
If novel is complete - work on online/print research or interview
April 15 Complete chapters 1 - 48 with corresponding questions
If novel is complete - work on online/print research or interview
Think about what you want your final product to be
Discuss transitions
Start and possibly complete the, "Idea Diagram"
Feb 5 Complete 'Idea Diagram'
Begin rough copy of paragraph
Watch, "Austin's Butterfly" and discuss peer editing
Possibly complete rough copy of paragraph
Feb 9 Have classmates peer edit rough copy of paragraph
Feb 11 Good copy of paragraph due
Feb 12-15 Short story and Novel Terms
Feb 16-18 Short Story - "All the Trouble of the World" and questions
Feb 22 "All the Trouble of the World" questions due
Short Story - "Grace Period" and questions
Feb 23 "Grace Period" questions due
Short Story - "Ashes For the Wind" and questions
Feb 24 "Ashes For the Wind" questions due
Grammar - Idioms, Colloquialism and Slang
Feb 25-26 Short Story - "The Possibility of Evil" and questions
Feb 29 "The Possibility of Evil" questions due
Short Story - "The Tell-Tale Heart" and questions
Mar 1 "The Tell-Tale Heart" questions due
Mar 2 Short Story Test
Mar 3 Discussion around the Jewish Holocaust and Canada's Residential schools
Watch the film, The Last Days
Mar 4 Mr. Michel here to speak to the class about his experience as a Residential school survivor
Mar 7 Complete the film, The Last Days
Mar 8 Read, "Why Did Hitler Hate Jews?"
Read, "The Girl" poem
Discuss Rifkele Riva Minska and her life
Mar 9 Discuss terminology: racism, prejudice, genocide, etc. and start a novel terminology sheet
Start reading, The Cage, by Ruth Minsky Sender
Mar 10 - 18 Complete chapters 1 - 21, with corresponding questions
March 21 - April 1 Have a great Spring Break! Complete any work that has not been completed up to this point.
April 5 Complete chapters 1 - 23, with corresponding questions
April 6 Complete chapters 1 - 25, with corresponding questions
Start thinking about what you connect to in the novel
April 7 Complete chapters 1 - 30, with corresponding questions
April 8 Complete chapters 1 - 33 with corresponding questions
April 11 Complete chapters 1 - 37 with corresponding questions
Start thinking about your connection to the book
April 13 Complete chapters 1 - 40 with corresponding questions
Handouts: "Information Search Process & Stages of Inquiry"
" Stages of Inquiry - Assessment"
If novel is complete - have connection and question completed and start online/print research or interview
April 14 Complete chapters 1 - 44 with corresponding questions
If novel is complete - work on online/print research or interview
April 15 Complete chapters 1 - 48 with corresponding questions
If novel is complete - work on online/print research or interview
Think about what you want your final product to be