Week Beginning August 28th

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Day F

Approaches to Learning Today:
-I can reflect on myself as a reader
-I can think critically about what I learn from a text

Learning Activities:
-We will share what we learned from our homework using Goodreads and what text we brought to read today.

-Next we will read more of The Giver and then collaborate in teams to review what we know about:

-Main Characters (Name, age, connections to others, personalities)
-The Community Rules and Daily Routines 
-Roles/Employment
-Age
-Questions we have (Who is the voice over the speaker?)
-Setting (What does the community look like?)
-New vocabulary we have learned and its meaning
-Author's craft (Quotations we think are important or show skilled writing)

Home Learning:
Read for fun!

Day G

Approaches to Learning Today:
-I can think critically about what I learn from a text
-I can find important information in a text

Learning Activities:


-Begin by reading your personal text for 15 minutes.

-Then, in your class book, write the date and the title Chapter 6 Exploration

Answer the following questions in full sentences:

1. Define 'interdependence'. How does the jacket with buttons down the back encourage this? What is something in your life that requires this skills?
2. If the bicycle is a symbol of Nines being mature and independent, what would be something in your life that has a similar symbolism?
3.With an example from the chapter, explain the statement: "Release was not the same as Loss".
4. We learn that some Nines have broken a rule by riding bikes before the formal ceremony. Is it ever right to break rules? Explain with 2 examples to support your reasoning.
5. We learn that spouses are matched through "disposition, energy level, intelligence and interests". Consider your friends. What characteristics do you gravitate towards? You can generalise or name a few and make a list of their attributes.

Home Learning:
Read for fun! Finish up to Q3.  ONLINE PDF!

Next class you will write about your personal reading this week and finish your work from today.

Week Beginning August 21st

Day A

Approaches to Learning Today:
-I can reflect on facts I learned about the past to plan an engaging narrative about that time period.

Learning Activities:

Lesson 1
-We will begin class by reading some of The Giver!

-Let's review our first project of the year.

-You will share ideas and plan the work in your books.

Lesson 2
-Your plan will be finished, approved by a peer and you will begin drafting in your Google Ensoc7 folder. Title your work Paleolithic or Neolithic narrative.


Home Learning:
Draft as much as you need to in order to finish by Wednesday.

Day B

Approaches to Learning Today:
-I can reflect on facts I learned about the past to plan an engaging narrative about that time period.

Learning Activities:
-We will finish our drafting today.

Home Learning:
Your work will be peer assessed on Friday. You should bring it finished and printed.

Day C

Approaches to Learning Today:
-I can think critically about peers' work and reflect on what feedback would help them improve, using a rubric.

Learning Activities:

-We will begin with a quick self-review:

-paragraphing

-spell-check

-hook, middle plot with climax, end 

-description (senses with adjectives)

-range of punctuation

-highlight all the contextual clues from your time period

-place a hyperlink to your story here

-You will then use a rubric to give feedback to 2 peers.

Home Learning:
Use the feedback from your peer and Ms. Kirsty to improve your work for Friday and print a copy wth your name, date and title. On Friday we will use the Google app. Lucid Press. Add it to your Drive before you come to class.

Take a look at some National Geographic articles also. Page 23 and 31 have good layouts to be inspired by!


Day E

Approaches to Learning Today:
-I can organise writing into an online publication format and include images to support.

Learning Activities:

-We will begin by looking at simple feature of Lucid Press. You will then format and complete your page for the magazine. 

Place the share link on our peer assessment spreadsheet in column 2 just as you did before.

I'll print it in colour for the wall!

Home Learning:
Sign up to Goodreads using your school email. Review a minimum of 15 books you have read in your lifetime. Bring a text to school to read next week- any genre. You may not have a copy on your laptop- a kindle is fine for now, but a hard copy is best!

Week Beginning August 14

Day F

Approaches to Learning Today:
-I can communicate information I gathered about Lucy.
-I can research a topic and find key information.

Learning Activities:
-Let's share what we know about Lucy.
-You'll then read about a recent discovery using a New York Times article.

-Next you'll be learning more about the evolution of early humans!

Home Learning:
If you didn't finish today's task, do it at home.


Day G

Approaches to Learning Today:
-I can reflect on peers' learning and give helpful feedback to improve our work.
- I can transfer what I learned about early humans to a new era.

Learning Activities:
-Next you'll be learning more about the evolution of early humans using the pictures above!

Copy and complete a comparison table:

Home Learning:
None





Day H

Approaches to Learning Today:
-I can communicate information I gathered about the Neolithic era.
-I can reflect on important vocabulary I need to learn.

Learning Activities:
First, let's review our work from last class: differences between the Neolithic and Paleolithic eras.

During which would you choose to live? Use the 3-4 pieces of evidence you gathered to support your opinion in 1 paragraph.

Example wording:
I would have preferred to have lived during the _____________ era for a number of reasons. First____________. Also,____________. Lastly,_____________.

Now write another paragraph like this, thinking about all the advancements that have made from then until now. There are so many, so choose what you think are the most significant!

Since the Neolithic Revolution, so many more advancements have been made by humans. First____________. Also,____________. Lastly,_____________.

Home Learning:Let's practice some important vocab. before we read next class. Don't use a dictionary- we will learn what we don't know together on Friday.



Day J

       

Approaches to Learning Today:
-I can reflect an author's intentions when writing a novel by listening to an interview and taking notes.

Title work: An Interview with Lois Lowry

It's time to learn about other communities by reading The Giver. Let's learn about the author's intentions.