Today students began with some paragraph practice.
We discussed five ways to organize a paragraph:
chronological
emphatic
cause and effect
spatial
compare and contrast
Students then created their own paragraph using one of these organizational strategies.
When students competed this task, they had a chance to finish their poetry projects.
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
EN 10: Reminders from May 30 2012
Today students had a chance to catch up on incomplete work.
Students need to make sure that they caught up, as final marks will soon be submitted.
Of Mice and Men Essay
McCarthy and The Crucible
Provincial Exam Outline
Students who had up to date files, worked on grammar practice exercises.
Students need to make sure that they caught up, as final marks will soon be submitted.
Of Mice and Men Essay
McCarthy and The Crucible
Provincial Exam Outline
Students who had up to date files, worked on grammar practice exercises.
EN 10: Reminders from May 29 2012
Today students completed a practice grammar exercise.
We then went over the written portion of the provincial exam.
Students were to create an opening paragraph (5-6 sentences) and then a topic sentence for each of the subsequent paragraphs, plus a sentence for which to conclude.
The given topic:
Our toughest struggles in life can be with ourselves.
We then went over the written portion of the provincial exam.
Students were to create an opening paragraph (5-6 sentences) and then a topic sentence for each of the subsequent paragraphs, plus a sentence for which to conclude.
The given topic:
Our toughest struggles in life can be with ourselves.
SS 10: Reminders from May 29 2012
Today students began by taking notes: Colony of Vancouver Island
Students then either completed their newspapers or began the gold rush exercise.
Students then either completed their newspapers or began the gold rush exercise.
Monday, 28 May 2012
EN 10: Reminders from May 28
Today students listened to and read along with the Eagles' song, Hotel California.
Students then wrote a persuasive paragraph outlining what the song means.
Finally, students completed some provincial practice.
Students then wrote a persuasive paragraph outlining what the song means.
Finally, students completed some provincial practice.
EN 9: Reminders from May 28
Students began with a grammar practice quiz.
After marking this together, students read eight paragraphs and decided each paragraph's point of view.
Finally, students completed their poetry projects. If these were not completed in class, they are for homework and due on Wednesday, May 30 2012.
After marking this together, students read eight paragraphs and decided each paragraph's point of view.
Finally, students completed their poetry projects. If these were not completed in class, they are for homework and due on Wednesday, May 30 2012.
Friday, 25 May 2012
Drama Bits
Please download these excerpts to help memorize your lines!
Just click on the link below and then on the title of the section you want.
You will have to click on the little arrow pointing downwards to download the clip.
https://sites.google.com/site/msmacinnessd46/
Just click on the link below and then on the title of the section you want.
You will have to click on the little arrow pointing downwards to download the clip.
https://sites.google.com/site/msmacinnessd46/
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