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December 8

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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.

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December 8, 2009 at 3:23 pm

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December 7

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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.

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December 7, 2009 at 2:20 pm

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December 4

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Canadian History 621

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: 
    1. The Setup
    2. The Research
    3. 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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December 4, 2009 at 1:36 pm

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December 3

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Canadian History 621

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

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December 3, 2009 at 2:47 pm

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December 3

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Canadian History 621

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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December 2, 2009 at 3:08 pm

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