March 26, 2017

Week of March 27 – 31, 2017

Monday–Day 2

Progress Reports–> Check your email. Update your tracking sheet. Email me in return.

Book Review 


Tuesday–Day 1

Citing our sources

Research note #1: “A Very Short List of Canadian Values” By N.Macdonald.

Research note #2: “Telling Their Stories or Opting Out: Indigenous Artists on Canada 150

Research note #3: “Canada is hailed for its Tolerance”

Independent Reading Assessment: How to answer a test question.

As a senior student, every time you answer a question when the instructions ask for paragraph format and evidence, it needs to look a lot like this answer. You had five questions to answer. You need to have five answers like this one. 

Also, you must proofread your work. You should no longer be making the types of errors you see below: 

Use the Personal Proofreading Checklist to ensure that you catch all these minor errors. 

Revise your independent novel reading assessment answers and re-submit to the Assignment Submission page. Due Friday, March 31, 2017.


Wednesday–Day 2

Reflect: Writing Revision. What does that mean to you? 

Read: The Climb and answer the questions. Submit the document to me.

Reading like a Writer handout.

Revise your Book Review 

  • Add in a hook
  • Improve your transitions
  • Find a place for the single line
  • Play with punctuation
  • Get creative with your close

Due April 7


VoiceThread Collaborative Analysis

Usernames follow this pattern

Austinb_wbe17@cdncraft.ed.voicethread.com

Sign in and read the activities. Choose one to respond to. 

Have a look at this video.


Thursday- Day 1

Taking Stock of where we are

There are lots of tools to help you stay on track in this course. We are really starting to connect with other students in the province, we are getting ready to conduct our own research, and we are making connections in the literature that we are reading. We do all of these things all the time; weaving them together to make connections between these three areas of exploration and then draw some conclusions near the end of the course when you create a product that ties into our big question:

What does being a great Canadian look like?

Course map link

#CDNcraft Rubric                               Research Wiki page Rubric             Literature Circle Rubric

Today, we will begin our inquiry planner and choose our literature circle groups and books.


Weekly Wrap-up

  1. Choose one of the texts below to read and summarize on this padlet. 
    1. Housing
    2. JTs Broken promises
    3. Intergenerational trauma
    4. Canadian Miltary 
    5. Religious Tolerance
    6. What colour is your beadwork, Joseph Boyden?
    7. Climate change
    8. Water

      2. Collaborative Analysis Choice of text. Read and comment. 

      3. Complete Independent Reading Assessment and submit.