Language Arts 7

Today students began by reading for 25 minutes.

Students were then told they may use the rest of the class time to work on either my setting assignment or their powerpoint projects from Ms McKnight's class.  If they chose the powerpoint option, students will most likely then have homework over the weekend for Language Arts.

Their setting assignments are due on Monday, December 1, 2014 by the end of class.

After lunch, we read or worked through the music notation booklet (student choice), before moving into working through our band method book.

Everyone was asked to play through #18.

English 8/9 (1)

Today students continued to finish up their project plans, so that they may begin their actual projects. Most students have now completed their rubrics in addition to the rationale and criteria.  We did have a brief reminder about how to generate a rubric:

Students have been working very hard and are showing a strong understanding about how they plan to learn.  I am very pleased with their progress.

Thanks for your hard work, everyone!

English 8/9 (2)

Today students were reminded how to work through a rubric.  As such, we created the model below to remind us:

We also defined the difference between criteria and rubric:

Students then were set off to work on completing their project outlines.  Once the outline is complete, students may begin on their actual project.

Language Arts 7

Today students began by reading for 25 minutes.  Students were asked to choose a passage for which they would read to their peers in a small group.  They were also asked to address why they liked that particular passage, and how they were abler o relate to the passage.

After 25 minutes of reading, students split into two small groups, one group read with me present and the other group read to Mr Bishop.

When students finished this task, they were asked to begin working on their setting assignments from last day.  Mr Bishop also came in to have a short discussion.

After lunch, students continued to work on their setting assignments.  We then took a short clean up break to prepare and set up for band.

Students were asked to work on #18 in their method books for homework.  I will assess them individually on Friday.

English 8/9 (1)

Today students worked to complete their subjects, rationales, PLOs, and criteria.

I will check over these drafts and hand them back for next class.

Students were also reminded the difference between criteria and the rubric:

Overall, these have been very well done.  I look forward to seeing these projects flourish!

English 8/9 (2)

Today students worked to complete the first four aspects of their projects:

Subject
Rationale
PLOs
Criteria

The rubric will be due by the end of next class.  Most students will commence work on their projects!

Can't wait to see the process through!

Language Arts 7

Today students were given the first 25 minutes of class to read their novels.

While reading, students were asked to think about the following:

After students had read, we generated a list of criteria for the upcoming setting assignment:

Finally, students set to work on their assignments using this rubric:

Rubric for Setting Assignment

Criteria	Beginning	Developing	Accomplished	Exceeding
Where ·      draw a city ·      draw culture ·      map ·      environment ·      facts about population	·      draws only one feature	·      draws two features	·      draws three or more	·      draws all features, plus
When ·      date ·      clock/time ·      day/night	·      only one feature	·      more than one feature	·      more than two features	·      all features
Why setting is important ·      environment ·      show part of story ·      show character	·      environment unclear ·      forgets important parts ·      does not show characters	·      environment somewhat clear ·      shows some important parts ·      shows some characters	·      clear environment ·      shows important parts ·      shows characters	·      clear environment with good connections ·      shows many important parts ·      shows main characters and side characters
Your life ·      different ·      same	·      shows no real meaningful aspect of your life	·      shows some aspects that highlight a similarity or difference	·      shows aspects of your life that highlight both similarities and differences	·

Here is a sample so far: