English+Happenings

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 * English Happenings - **
 * Grad Survey - [[file:GRAD SURVEY 2013.docx]] **

  stand. || - **Writing** - Recognize the writing process, what are the behaviours of effective writers, how to write fluently and confidently for a variety of purposes and audiences. - **Speaking** - Recognize speaking as an effective tool of communication, what are the behaviours of effective speakers, to be able to speak fluently and confidently in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes and audiences. - **Listening** - Recognizing listing as a active constructive process, practice listening, learning to listen in a variety of situations - **Representing and Viewing** - create images to enhance communication, how does visual representation of things help with communicating and learning, practice behaviours of effective viewers || - **Writing** - Recognize the writing process, what are the behaviours of effective writers, how to write fluently and confidently for a variety of purposes and audiences. - **Speaking** - Recognize speaking as an effective tool of communication, what are the behaviours of effective speakers, to be able to speak fluently and confidently in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes and audiences. - **Listening** - Recognizing listing as a active constructive process, practice listening, learning to listen in a variety of situations - **Representing and Viewing** - create images to enhance communication, how does visual representation of things help with communicating and learning, practice behaviours of effective viewers || - **Writing** - Recognize the writing process, what are the behaviours of effective writers, how to write fluently and confidently for a variety of purposes and audiences. - **Speaking** - Recognize speaking as an effective tool of communication, what are the behaviours of effective speakers, to be able to speak fluently and confidently in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes and audiences. - **Listening** - Recognizing listing as a active constructive process, practice listening, learning to listen in a variety of situations - **Representing and Viewing** - create images to enhance communication, how does visual representation of things help with communicating and learning, practice behaviours of effective viewers || I can.... 1) prepare information to share with others 2) participate in a round table discussion on a variety of topics 3) understand cues when reading, speaking and listening 4) write a 5 paragraph essay
 * Welcome to Semester 2 - ELA A11, 21, 18, 28, and 38 **
 * This semesters theme - Let's Getter DONE! **
 * What are we going to work on this semester?**
 * ELA A11**
 * || CC A11.2 || Select and use the appropriate strategies to communicate meaning when speaking, writing, and using other forms of representing including: ||
 * ||  || · Considering a possible message and focus for a topic; generating ideas and information; organizing, with guidance, ideas and information for a specific purpose and audience (before) ||
 * ||  || · Creating more than one draft; checking and modifying for clarity, inclusion of important ideas and information, and organization (during) ||
 * ||  || · Editing and revising drafts using a set of criteria and conferring with teacher (after). ||
 * || CC A11.5 || U se oral language to express a range of information about learning and life experiences in a variety of formal and informal situations including round-table discussion, interviews, introductions, and a prepared argument for or against a particular
 * || CR A113.1 || Understand and apply cures and conventions of communication to construct and confirm meaning when viewing, listening, and reading ||
 * || CR A11.4 || View, interpret, and draw conclusions about information and experiences presented in a variety of visual and multimedia texts such as illustrations, charts, graphics, videos (e.g., current affairs). ||
 * || CC A11.3 || Understand and use the cues and conventions to construct and communicate meaning when speaking, writing, and using other forms of representing including: ||
 * ELA 18, 28, 38**
 * 18 || - **Reading** - Recognize reading as an active constructive process, practice the behaviours of effective, strategic readers, read a variety of texts,
 * 28 || - ** Reading ** - Recognize reading as an active constructive process, practice the behaviours of effective, strategic readers, read a variety of texts,
 * 38 || - **Reading** - Recognize reading as an active constructive process, practice the behaviours of effective, strategic readers, read a variety of texts,
 * Our Student Learning Outcomes **

1) Coffee and current events 2) Learning Garden information posters - make sure information is what Mr. T is asking for - Make sure there isn't a lot of white space - Make sure information is easy to read - Make it look awesome (like I know you can)
 * Our focus this semester is looking upon others. Whether that is helping, listening, sharing, supporting, or just being there. We are going to be discovering about life looking at The Challenges of life and The Mysteries that life holds. **
 * June 4, 2013**
 * What are we doing today?**


 * Tomorrow - I am working with Michael, Nick, David. Mrs. Shaw is in the garden with Daulton, Arden, Ryan and Jennifer ***


 * May 21 to June ?, 2013**
 * Welcome to the land of the "Fairy Tale". You think it is all Disney... but wait until you see what is up. Enjoy the experience.**

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1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Writing Assignments- Check out expository student handout that should be in your network spot! We are going to use this information to tackle... yes I said tackle a Visual Verbal Essay
 * Friday April 12 to Friday April 26, 2013 +more...**


 * Steps to completing Essay.**

1. **Watch Movie** - fill out chart as you are watching movie.



2. **Complete Help Chart** - this is where your visual portion of your essay will be organized. The more you do here the easy your essay part will be. Quotes from Movie - if these do not help you, Google

3. **Ms. Rowe's check** - Get Ms. Rowe to check that you are on track and ready to go.

4. **Visual** - Work on your visual portion using Microsoft Publisher - Ms. Rowe will demonstrate to make sure but your job is to play and explore. visual example -

5. **Essay** - Now it is time to tackle to writing portion of our assignment. Answering fulling in your outline before the writing begins is important. We will help you with this.


 * 5 Paragraph Essay**

1) Coffee and Current Events Cleaning up loose ends....
 * Short Stories.... Work on Comprehension**
 * Thursday April 11, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Finish up iMovie - posting problems please see Ms. Rowe 3) Mrs. Parsons Greetings - Pink Pink Pink Share your thoughts, share your dreams, tell her what is going on in your life, or tell her whatever you want! Make her smile, make her laugh! Ms. Rowe will provide pink paper!!!!!!!
 * Wednesday April 10, 2013**

1)Coffee and Current Events 2) Mac Lab Load up 3) Writing assignment 4) Where do we go from here?
 * Tuesday April 9, 2013**

1) Coffee and iMovie finishing time... 2) Let's have a chance to go to a concert - http://www.discovermoosejaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=47&Itemid=832 __What school, how many kids in your homeroom class, and what grade you are in...MUST be between Grade 9-12). __
 * Monday April 8, 2013 - Happy Spring?**

3) Where are we going from here?

We are going to be working on our iMovie sharing our Life Lessons. 1. Choose your Life Lessons 2. Plan how your iMovie is going to look – are you writing your lessons? Speaking your lessons? Etc… 3. Story map our movie – Ms. Rowe will provide the story boards 4. Start filming – ask a person to help you as filming yourself is sometimes tricky! 5. Upload to make sure you can access your film 6. Start your iMovie – make sure you know what trailer you are using 7. Complete your iMovie – do not state you CAN’T DO IT! That will not fly!
 * Tuesday March 19 to Wednesday March 27**
 * __How to complete the process? __**


 * Monday March 18, 2013 - Getting everything ready. **

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Tuesdays with Morrie Final Project - Our job is to create what our final iMovie project is going to look like. It is YOUR job to create the who, what, when, where, why
 * Friday March 15, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Proofreading - What steps do you need to do? 3) Editing play **- **
 * Thursday March 14, 2013 - Challenges Day - Don't forget we are going to RVCI. Leaving shortly after 12:05pm**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) The journey concluded. We are moving into the lab. We are going to be working on completing our perfect day and Life Lessons assignments. 3) CREATE OUR FINAL PROJECT WITH iMOVIE - It is going to be your job to come up with what you want the project to look like. Your brain's ability to brainstorm is required for this task!
 * T**** uesday and Wednesday with Morrie, March 12 and 13, 2013 **

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Morrie and Mitch's journey concludes.
 * Monday with Morrie March 11, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Your perfect Day - 3) Morrie and Mitch's Journey Continues - Starting on the Twelfth Tuesday
 * Thursday with Morrie, March 7, 2013 - NO CLASSES TOMORROW.... LONG WEEKED FOR YOU!**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Morrie and Mitch's Journey Continutes - Starting on the Tenth Tuesday
 * Wednesday with Morrie March 6, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) iMovie - where are you on your movie? How much longer do you think you will need? 3) Tuesdays - We are on the seventh Tuesday. 4) Something to think about? What lesson have you learned from each Tuesday?
 * Tuesdays with Morrie March 5, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) iMovie - work on your trailer about Peacock
 * Monday March 4, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) We are on the Sixth Tuesday - Page 100 3) Find at least 2 life lessons from Morrie to share with me when I get back Thursday.
 * Thursday February 28, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) SADD presentation
 * Wednesday February 27, 2013 **

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Mitch and Morrie's journey continues - Page 90 The Fifth Tuesday 3) Reflection on Life Lessons - Descriptive paragraph overview -
 * Tuesday February 26, 2013 **

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Mitch and Morrie's journey - page 69
 * Monday February 25, 2013 - Shortened Day today!**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) What are we learning about Mitch and Morrie's relationship? 3) Let' continue on with Mitch and Morrie's journey.
 * Friday February 22, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) iMovie Day...
 * Thursday February 21, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Tuesdays with Morrie - We left off on page 62. We are going to do something different today. You are going to be put into groups and read what Mrs. S is going to assign to you. One group with Mrs. S the other with Mrs. Hart (if Mrs. Shaw is there you will read in 3 groups). Here you will take turns reading and uncovering what happens this Tuesday with Mitch and Morrie. Remember when your group finds a life lesson to put it up on the board. Ms. Rowe has been keeping track of all the life lessons for you. 3) Make a list of 5 things you are learning about Morrie and Mitch's relationship. What are you noticing about their interactions? Why do you think Mitch flies 700 miles to see Morrie every Tuesday?
 * Wednesday February 20, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) What Life Lessons have we learned so far? 3) Continuing with Mitch and Morrie's Journey - page 48
 * Tuesday February 19 2013 -**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Video taping - you are going to be provided 15 minutes to video tape things around Peacock. Not people... Things. I do not want individuals video taped. You can video the hall, doors, objects, desks, etc... 3) Bring Ms. Rowe your device and she will put into the Global drive. 4) Using these videos and these videos only make your iMovie. You will have today and tomorrow to make your movie.
 * Thursday and Friday Feb 14-15, 2013**

1) We are playing with iMovie.
 * Tuesday and Wednesday February 12-13, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Life Lessons - How can we pass on how we feel? 3) Life Lesson 3 with Morrie and Ted 4) Continuing on with Mitch and Morrie's Journey
 * Monday February 11, 2013**

1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Life Lesson 2 with Morrie and Ted 3) Let's continue on with Morrie and Mitch's journey
 * Friday February 8, 2013**

What are we doing today? 1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Chapter 1 - Tuesdays with Morrie 3) Part 2 - Life Lessons with Morrie
 * Thursday February 7, 2013**

What are we doing today? 1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Group - Who is Mitch Albom? Who is Morrie Schwartz? 3) Life Lessons - media type="youtube" key="dcnL2o385Gw?version=3" height="315" width="420"
 * Wednesday February 6, 2013**

What are we doing today? 1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Mad Lib Reflection - 3) Who is Mitch Albom? - Get into teams, a computer, and find out. Make a fact sheet on him. Tell me 10 points about who he is. 4) Who is Morrie Schwartz? - Make a fact sheet on him. Tell me 10 points about who he is.
 * Tuesday February 5, 2013**

What are we doing today? 1) Coffee and Current Events 2) Goals of Semester 2 - This will be our classroom contract. Think about what you want to happen. 3) Mad Libs - Get your teams ready....
 * Monday February 4, 2013**

Semester 1 Information.................. What does this all mean? This is the topics that we are going to cover to make sure we all complete our ELA



__**<span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES - Here you will find the outcome we are working on in our ELA adventure. **__


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Hunger Games __**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">CR A11.2 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Select and use appropriate strategies to meaning when viewing, listening, and reading including: ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">· Building background, drawing on prior knowledge and experiences, and predicting what text might be about (before) ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">· Making connections (text to self, text to world); constructing mental images; asking questions; pausing/thinking/adjusting understanding; detecting opinions and biases; determining purpose for text (during) ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">· Recalling, retelling, and reviewing key understandings; applying what was learned (after). ||


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">CC B11.4 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">View and comprehend the key ideas and information from, and the organizational elements (e.g., layout) of, a range of visual texts including illustrations, maps, charts, graphs, posters, and DVDs. ||


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">CC B11.5 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Listen to and identify key points in a variety of informational and literary texts including group discussion, prepared talks, and a talk-back show about a topic or issue being studied. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">CC B11.6 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Read, comprehend, and summarize key ideas in a variety of informational and literary texts (including magazines, newspapers, on-line information, and novels); select and read informational and literary texts at an individualized reading level independently. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">AR B11.1 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Identify and consider, with assistance and criteria, own work and own strengths. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">AR B11.2 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Consider which communication and learning strategies work best for each task and situation, and set goals for improvement in each of the six communication strands. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">AR B11.1 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Identify and consider, with assistance and criteria, own work and own strengths. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">AR B11.2 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Consider which communication and learning strategies work best for each task and situation, and set goals for improvement in each of the six communication strands. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">AR B11.2 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Consider which communication and learning strategies work best for each task and situation, and set goals for improvement in each of the six communication strands. ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Lab time - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">a) Complete your duotang <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">b) Hunger Games adventure - []
 * Cell Phone Video*
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wednesday and Thursday January 23&24, 2013 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">c) Mrs. Parsons Favorite Quote assignment

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Failed attempt to watch current events but did you drink your coffee? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Lab - complete duotang and hand in. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) [] - you need to think fast! You need to read quick! You need to make decisions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday January 22, 2013 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Character Charts - When completed please hand in. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Mad Libs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Chilly Monday January 21, 2013 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Let's finish it up!!!!! We know they win... but what happens after? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Character Charts - Due the end of class on Monday.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Friday January 18, 2013 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Chapter Chapter 24 (page 326) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Chapter 25.... We are almost there. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) Character Charts - They will be due at the end of the HG
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Thursday January 17, 2013 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) We are almost done 22... Then let's keep truckin' <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Character Charts - They will be due at the end of the HG **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wednesday January 16, 2013 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Chapter 22 and hopefully 23 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Character Chart
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday January 15, 2013 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events - What did you do on Friday? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Good Food Box with Mr. T - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Catch up on life time....
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Monday January 14, 2013 **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Friday January 11, 2013 - SNOW DAY!!!! **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Chapter 21 HG <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Movie till the end of chapter 21 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) Character Chart time - Your job is to fully complete the character chart. I will give you the first 2 columns you are to complete the last 2. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Welcome back! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Chapter 19 and 20 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) Character chart
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Thursday January 10, 2013 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wednesday January 9, 2013 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) HG finish off the movie till the rule change <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Katiness Paragraph for marks - Ms. Rowe will explain what this means. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) If time... Let's start chapter 19
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday January 8, 2013 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee, Current Events, Christmas <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 27px;">Catch-up <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Hunger Games - Katniss entering into the arena to the point of the rules change.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Monday January 7, 2013 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Ms. Parsons - We need to send her some Christmas Cheer - Choose a way you want to send a message. Letter, paragraph, picture, quote, drawing, etc... What ever you think would be nice for her. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Why did you choose the tile you did? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Monday December 17, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Let's read until the start of Part III <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Katniss Sheet - what do you know from the first 2 parts of the story.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Friday December 14, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Katiness Sheet - Get it out! Have it ready to fill in as you listen to Chapter 16 and 17. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Listen to chapter 16 and 17 (iTunes 49:18) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) Fill out your Katiness Sheet
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Thursday December 13, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Assembly
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wednesday December 12, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Katiness Catch up <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Chapter 15 into 16
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday December 11, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Character Catch up <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Katiness - Let's work together on what we know about Katiness. Working together but your words. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) Chapter 14 - Listen till the end of class (we are on page 199)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Monday December 10, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) HG – let’s keep on reading. Chapter 12 and 13 today! Excitement… what will happen next in the games? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Katniss – What do you really know about her? Start to fill out your sheet on Katniss. USE PENCIL (the sheets are on Dec 6 and should already be in your duotang)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Friday December 7, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Chapter 11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Character catch up.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Thursday December 6, 2012 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) Intro to Katniss sheet - [[file:Pages1-3fromKatnissCharacterAnalysis.pdf]][[file:Page8fromKatnissCharacterAnalysis.pdf]] **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Movie - We are going to watch until the games start. <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> 3) Time for character catch up... Who is your favorite character and why?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday and Wednesday December 4 &5 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Current Events and Coffee <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Character catch up <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Chapter 10 - Let the Games begin!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Monday December 3, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Last day... Tile Painting
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Friday November 30, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Painting Tiles
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wednesday November 28 and Thursday November 29, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) The Tributes - Korbo and Arden <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Chapter 9 - Discover what is next <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) Character Chart update
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday November 27, 2012 - The best day ever! **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Your Tile - What is your tile saying about you?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Monday November 26, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) The REAPING <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Finish up Chapter 8 of the HG <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) Ceiling Tile Plan -
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Friday November 23, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> 2) Shoveling or classroom clean up. Your choice. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Priming ceiling tiles <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) HG - review chapter 7
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Thursday November 22 2012 - Wow did it snow! That means shoveling time. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events (Signature time) <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> 2) HG check in.... The Reaping - Who will be chosen in our classroom. We need 2 representatives from our room. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Character Check and HG job check <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) Chapter 7
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wednesday November 21, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Priming the ceiling tiles getting ready to paint.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday November 20, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Character list complete to date <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Chapter 6 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) What is your signature? How do you sign your name?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Monday November19, 2012 **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Sorry Scott - Ms. Rowe is a little behind **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Identity Day! - Who are you? Find a symbol, words, picture, etc... that represents who you are
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Thursday November 15, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">A day to get caught up
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wednesday November 14, 2012 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Hunger Games recap - watch the trailer <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Huger Games Jobs - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) Let's continue on with reading... We are into Chapter 4 and 5 media type="youtube" key="FovFG3N_RSU?version=3" height="315" width="560"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday November 13, 2012 **

media type="youtube" key="AxsjRmN9syc?version=3" height="315" width="560" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Mrs. Parson's greetings - it is time for us to give Mrs. Parson's a smile. Your job - Write her a note on how your day is going or find a quote or draw a pic. Our goal is to make her smile. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Chapter 3 - continue on with reading <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) If time... Up date our character list and Reaping job list
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Thursday November 8, 2012 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">How are we learning it? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Character list - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) The Reaping - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) Chapter 3 - How do we want to read it?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wednesday November 7, 2012 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">How are we learning it? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and current events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Character list - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Chapter 2
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday November 6, 2012 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">How are we learning it? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Chapter 1 - we are 15 min in listening to chapter 1. We will continue on... Then sort out the characters. Did you notice our characters on the board went missing.... Let's start again. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Character Chart
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Monday ****<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">November 5, 2012 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">How are we learning it? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) Hunger Games - Who is the author?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">November 1, 2012 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">How are we learning it? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="youtube" key="XEmJJIl7rp0?version=3" height="315" width="420"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">media type="youtube" key="zUTPQCYVZEQ?version=3" height="315" width="420" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">*** Make sure you watch all 9 videos of Susanne Collin's interview** * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Chapter 1

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Better Together Food Drive
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">October 31, 2012 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">How are we learning it **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">How are we learning it? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) What about the Hunger Games world? - Your job is to discover the world the Hunger Games take place. Where is it? Find a map! Find informaiton in your teams. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) Getting Ready for tomorrow
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">October 30, 2012 **

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**Ghost Stories** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">CR B 10.3 Listen to, comprehend, interpret, and summarize information and ideas presented in a variety of literary and informational texts including group discussion, oral readings, interviews, prepared talks, and a talk-back show about a topic or issue being studied. What does that mean?
 * We can interpret and summarize what we have read
 * We can use a variety of strategies to understand the meaning of the story, interview, book chat, or whatever we are working on
 * We can use a variety of cue (helpful words, phrases, meanings) when uncovering meaning of words or phrases we do not understand
 * We can demonstrate being an active listener by concentrating, paraphrasing, distinguishing fact from opinion, prepare and ask questions, and being able to tell what the message is.
 * We can understand the things that interfere with good listening skills.


 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Mystery at the Moosehead || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 22 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Legend of the Valley || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 50 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Prince Albert’s Cultured Spirits || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 46 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A Warning from Doc’s Wife || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 15 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Yorkton Child || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 120 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Curse of the McKees || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 59 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Holy Ghosts || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 92 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Ghosts in Government House || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 85 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Uncle Ben’s House || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 55 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Legend of the Valley || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 50 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A Phantom at the Fort || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 121 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Toddler Haunts Duplex || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 66 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A Picture Perfect Home || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 53 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A Cold Reception at Belle Plaine || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 38 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Unseen Playmate || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 18 || ü ||
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">St. Louis Ghost Train || <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 81 || ü ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Haunted Hand print || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Page 130 || ü ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Wednesday Oct 24, 2012** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Reaction... __What are your thoughts on the movie //The Sixth Sense//? What have you learned so far about Dr. Crowe's and Cole's relationship? How is Cole's gift also a curse?__

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">How would you get your thoughts across if this was a job interview question? You are going to work __in groups__ and come up with the best possible answer. You need to think of the following
 * Make sure you know the characters (If you need to use Google - go for it)
 * You need to be able to back up your opinion with a minimum of 3 points (again with the 3 points Rowe)
 * Your answer needs to be presented in chronological way. That means you need a beginning, middle, and an end.

3) Present your groups answer. Analyse what worked and what didn't. Remember if this was a job interview you would want to present your best answer. 4) If there is time left.... Mad Libs - Work in your group to answer the Mad Lib you are going to be provided. Use the grammar information on the side board to help you along. If you are stuck.... ASK ASK ASK

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Monday Oct 22 and Tuesday Oct 23** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**How are we learning it?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Movie... Ghost Stories... Suspense....

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Friday Oct 19** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**How are we learning it?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Lab time!!!! 3) We are almost done our ghost story unit.... You will not want to miss Monday and Tuesday.
 * complete the summary of your chosen ghost story on the computer (save it to your wiki and print off) [[file:Response to Ghost Story Example and Outline Blank Form.docx]]
 * complete the summary of your chosen ghost story on the piece of paper
 * complete your summary of your chosen current event
 * work on your wiki. Make sure your home page reflects who you are...

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Wednesday and Thursday Oct 17 - 18** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**How are we learning it?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events / Drivers if needed <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Two stories left... It is now your turn to teach! We are splitting up into two groups. One group will teach "The Legend of the Valley" and the other "Prince Albert's Cultured Spirits" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- How are you going to teach it? It is up to you. Your group firstly needs to learn and know your story. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- How are you going to set up the story? What tale can you tell about ghosts or maybe the area where the story takes place? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- How is your group going to read the story? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- What are you going to do after the story is read? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Teaching each other! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4) Tomorrow you have to work on your summaries.... They are due Friday.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Friday Oct 12, 2012** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**How are we learning it?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events / Drivers if needed <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Ghost stories - Your job is to make sure you have one typed summary and one hand written summary. That means this will be done with 2 stories. You can use the computers in this room to complete the task. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Current Events Summary - We will do this either Monday or Tuesday next week. Don't worry about it. media type="youtube" key="FHRM23Ve12E?version=3" height="315" width="560"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Thursday Oct 11, 2012** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**How are we learning it?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events / Drivers <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Ghost Story groups - Choose one to teach the other group. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Ghost story responses....

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Wednesday Oct 10, 2012** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**How are we learning it?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events / Drivers <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Current Event Responses <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Ghost Story - A Cold Reception at Belle Plaine <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4) Ghost Story Response example/guidelines -

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Tuesday Oct 9, 2012** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**How are we learning it?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events / Drivers <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Current Event response - One response due this week. This is for marks. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Ghost Story - A Phantom at the Fort <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4) Response to Ghost Story __** Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan **__** by Jo-Anne Christensen **
 * Title - "Phantom at the Fort"
 * Author - Jo-Anne Christensen
 * Page Number - page 121
 * Opening sentence - "Phantom at the Fort" is about a ghost who is haunting Fort Battleford.
 * Min 3 points of what the story is about
 * point 1 - "George" was a dental surgeon who was posted at Fort Battleford in the late 1800's.
 * point 2 - "George" shoots himself in the head because he was unhappy and stress.
 * point 3 - Fort Battleford is haunted by "George". He moves furniture, playing cards, and gives people a creepy feeling when they enter into the office (head quarters)
 * point 4 - Tour guides were not allowed to talk to the public about ghost activity.
 * Your opinion of the story - fully explaining what your thoughts are about the story. If it is boring, you need to explain why!!!!
 * opinion - I thought the story was unbelievable because I do not believe in ghost stories. I have been to the Fort and didn't experience anything.
 * Paragraph - **
 * "Phantom at the Fort" page 121 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Phantom at the Fort" is about a ghost who is haunting Fort Battleford. George" was a dental surgeon who was posted at Fort Battleford in the late 1800's. "George" shoots himself in the head because he was unhappy and stress. - Fort Battleford is haunted by "George". He moves furniture, playing cards, and gives people a creepy feeling when they enter into the office (head quarters). Tour guides were not allowed to talk to the public about ghost activity. - I thought the story was unbelievable because I do not believe in ghost stories. I have been to the Fort and didn't experience anything.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Thursday Oct 4, 2012** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**How are we learning it?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events / Drivers <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Current Event Response - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 23px;">3) Ghost Story Response - see example in Warning from Doc's Wife. Choose your ghost story and answer the two questions. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A Warning from Doc's Wife -
 * <span style="color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Name of current event
 * <span style="color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Copy Link of current event
 * <span style="color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tell what the current event is about in your words

<span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events / Drivers <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Reactions... How are we going to get our thoughts down about what we think of the story we read? Video? Blog? Twitter? What is going to work for you? <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) A Warning from Doc's Wife.... Practice our reactions to the way you have chosen. <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4) Plan for Thursday and Friday
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday Oct 3, 2012 **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">How are we learning it? **

<span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events / Driver <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Ghost Stories... Who put their ghost story on their wiki? <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Toddler Haunts Duplex <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4) The Curse of the McKees <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">5) Reactions to the Ghost Stories... Ms. Rowe will explain.
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday Oct 2, 2012 **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">How are we learning it? **

1) Coffee and Current Events/ Driver Time 2) Ghost Stories - Where do we start? How are we going to read these stories? 3) Stories...
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday Oct 1, 2012 - Welcome to October! **
 * How are we learning it? **


 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday Sept 28 - Pumpkin Patch Help **

<span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Wiki Time! <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">. <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) What happening in the //Murder on the Orient Express//? Can you summarize the events that took place? What is important when creating a good mystery? <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Ghost Stories of <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,cursive; line-height: 23px;">Saskatchewan <span style="font-family: comic sans ms,cursive; font-size: 120%;"> -
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday and Thursday 26-27, 2012 **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">How are we learning it? **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">make sure you can get into your wiki or create a new wiki
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">make your wiki look like you want it to. Go to "manage wiki"
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">create a "Ghost Stories" page
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">find a ghost story (school appropriate) and embed it on your wiki page. DO NOT cut and paste the link
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Make sure Ms. Rowe knows your wiki name so she can link up to it.
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">smile and help each other :):)
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday September 25, 2012 **
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Read and interpret critically the main ideas, events, and themes of a variety of literary texts including stories, novels, scripts, poetry, and non-fiction works, and prepare and present critical responses to what was read. <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events - Let's see what is happening in MJ and Saskatchewan <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Murder on the Orient Express Continued!
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday and Monday September 21-24, 2012 - **
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Read and interpret critically the main ideas, events, and themes of a variety of literary texts including stories, novels, scripts, poetry, and non-fiction works, and prepare and present critical responses to what was read. <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Murder on the Orient Express
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday September 20, 2012 **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What are we learning today? **
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Read and interpret critically the main ideas, events, and themes of a variety of literary texts including stories, novels, scripts, poetry, and non-fiction works, and prepare and present critical responses to what was read. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">2) Photo booth - words of encouragement for Mrs. Parsons <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">3) Switching gears... Do we want to continue with Murder on the Orient Express? or do we find a different book? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">4) Book Chat <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">5) Mad Libs.... if time.
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday Sept 19, 2012 **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What are we learning today? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">How are we learning it? **

<span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Read and interpret critically the main ideas, events, and themes of a variety of literary texts including stories, novels, scripts, poetry, and non-fiction works, and prepare and present critical responses to what was read. <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Demographics - Mrs. Barber <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Book Chat - Keeping Track of everything. <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4) Book Club - Chapter 6 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Read, interpret, and draw conclusions about the ideas, information, concepts, and themes presented in a variety of literary (including poems, plays, essays, short stories, novels) and informational (including magazines, newspapers, and on-line information) texts. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">How are we learning it? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">2) Demographic Sheets - Did we get all the missing information? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">3) Murder on the Orient Express - What do we know so far? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">4) Book Club - Chapter 3 and 4 <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Writing... Use of proper punctuation... Use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Demographic Sheets and Permission Forms <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Mad Libs **<span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> - **[] . <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Read, interpret, and draw conclusions about the ideas, information, concepts, and themes presented in a variety of literary (including poems, plays, essays, short stories, novels) and informational (including magazines, newspapers, and on-line information) texts. <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Orient Express - review chapter 1 <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Book Club... Chapter 2 <span style="color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Read, interpret, and draw conclusions about the ideas, information, concepts, and themes presented in a variety of literary (including poems, plays, essays, short stories, novels) and informational (including magazines, newspapers, and on-line information) texts. <span style="color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">How are we learning it? <span style="color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">1) Coffee and Current Events. <span style="color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">2) Orient Express here we come. Let's start our Book talk with the first couple of chapters. <span style="color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">3) Impression and who are the main characters (let's write them on the side board for future reference) <span style="color: #010138; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Read, interpret, and draw conclusions about the ideas, information, concepts, and themes presented in a variety of literary (including poems, plays, essays, short stories, novels) and informational (including magazines, newspapers, and on-line information) texts. <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee and Current Events <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Murder on the Orient Express <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">media type="youtube" key="K89xgioWOWI?version=3" height="315" width="560" <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) What is the Orient Express?Researching to find out what this train is all about. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">When did the first Orient Express run? // //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Where did it go from and to? // //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">What was the train like? // //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">What could you eat? // //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">How is ////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">it different today? // //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">How has the Orient Express been important in books, film and television? // <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee Time and Current Events <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Novel and Short Story choices <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) The Giver or Hunger Games or Into the Wild or... <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee Time <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Library - <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Letters to Mrs. Parsons <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee Time <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Getting organized in our corner...
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday Sept 18, 2012 **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What are we learning today? **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">How are we learning it? **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Characters - [[file:Character List.docx]] **
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 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday Sept 17, 2012 - There is FROST on the ground!!!! YIKES **
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday Sept 14, 2012 - It is hard to believe it is almost the middle of <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 23px;">September <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">! **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What are we learning today? **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What are we learning today? **
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 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday Sept 13, 2012 **
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 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday Sept 12, 2012 **
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 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday Sept 11, 2012 **
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What are we learning today? (aka Student Learning Outcomes) **
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 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday Sept 10, 2012 **
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 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday Sept 6, 2012 **

<span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Coffee Time and Current Events <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) What <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">do you want to do this year? This is the time where we as a class will make our couse outline. What are we going to learn this year? What novels do you want to read? Short stories? Poems? <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">3) Letters - Ms. Rowe will explain
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday Sept 5, 2012 **

<span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) welcome back. <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Coffee time and current events <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Expectations for Rowe's Corner <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4) do you want to do this year? This is the time where we as a class will make our couse outline. What are we going to learn this year? What novels do you want to read? Short stories? Poems? <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">5) Do we want a paperless classroom again this year?
 * <span style="color: #020222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday September 4, 2012 **