December 8
Canadian History 621
- Groups planned/schemed Heritage Minute videos. During tomorrow’s class, we’ll complete our weekly discussion and time shall be provided for more time on the Heritage Minute.
English 621
- Our final library research day. Students worked well during their library opportunities and should now begin the writing phase in preparation for Monday’s rough copy revision.
- Tomorrow: novel discussions
- Thursday: web quests on the second block of reading
English 521
- Peer revision of expository essays. Good copy packages must be submitted on Thursday.
- Tomorrow: novel discussions and in-class activities.
Students of the Day
December 7
New link in coffinblog research: Page Numbering (for research papers)
Canadian History 621
- Immigration quest assignments will be returned tomorrow.
- Immigration Questions must be returned today.
- Today, we began our unit on Land, Culture & Displacement.
- Tomorrow: Heritage Minute preparation/planning/filming (if it is used wisely).
English 621
- In class activities:
- Three-Step In-Text Activity.
- Role of the Teacher Abstract (from November 23).
- Tomorrow: final research/writing day dedicated to the research paper.
English 521
- Page Numbering using WordPerfect or Microsoft Word.
- Who Killed Benny Paret abstract (from November 24)
- Rough copy rules and good copy rules (ask Coffin tomorrow)
- Tomorrow: rough copy peer revision – all students must have essays printed before coming to class tomorrow.
Student of the Day
December 4
Canadian History 621
- Due today: Canadian Immigration Policies Quest
- We finished up our unit on Canadian Immigration Policies with a reading/responding activity called Immigration Questions.
- Following that, we watched some of our award-winning Heritage Minutes from last season.
- We also set next Tuesday as a date when students could use the class period to film and edit their own Heritage Minutes.
English 621
- Class began with a UNB survey on governmental policies.
- We then took a look at Citing Research in Papers and practiced the three step process of inserting research:
- The Setup
- The Research
- The Analysis/Response
- Tentative essay outlines were due (and returned) today.
English 521
- Independent Novel Activities: characters in bags, book talks, multimedia commercials, novel review forms.
- Tentative essay outlines were returned today.
- Don’t forget that the rough copies of essays are due for peer revision on Tuesday.
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Student of the Day
December 3
Canadian History 621
- Library Day:
- Immigration Quest (due tomorrow)
- Discussion: Heritage Minute Mania
- Other Assignments
English 621
- Library research day
- Tentative Essay Outlines due tomorrow. Students can use the provided template or can make their own outlines.
- Tomorrow: in classroom
English 521
- Due today: tentative essay outlines. Students can use the sheet provided or can make their own outlines. They will be returned tomorrow.
- We then reviewed How to Use In-Text Citations
- Then, we participated in some In-Text Citation Practice
- We also looked at Transitional Devices in writing (important for our final essays)
- The next novel assignment is due on December 15. An assignment sheet was distributed today. See it HERE.
Student of the Day
December 3
Canadian History 621
- Library Research Day
- Discussion Topic: Heritage Minute Mania
- Immigration Policies Quest
- Tomorrow: back to the library for Day 2 of the Quest
English 621
- Novel Quiz #1
- Tomorrow: in the library for research purposes
- Thursday: tentative outlines are due
English 521
- Library research (final research day in the library for the major essay).
- Tomorrow: tentative outline is due
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