Homework:
Finish chapter 3 of "There Will Be Wolves".
Finish questions on chapter 1 and 2 if you have not already.
What We Did:
- The group that read "The Boy And The Samurai" presented their novel webs to the class.
- Our class took a closer look at the "Shopping Cart" video that was on Ms. Lees blog.
Learning Intentions:
- This is to finish up what we started last week."The Boy And The Samurai" talked about a little boy named "Saru" in Medieval Japan, this story can tell you a lot about the history of Japan, it's living conditions back then, and it's religions.
- This video explained how important teamwork and cooperation is. The company "IDEO" was given the task of making affordable, convenient, and safe shopping carts. The members of this task group each made their own shopping carts. In the end, they listened to everyone and took a bit of everyone's work. This way, the shopping cart turned out to have everything it needed. Cooperation is and extremely important skill. You need to cooperate with co-workers or friends all the time, and you need to know how to cooperate in the right way so that you include everyone's ideas. This way, whatever your project may be, it will always have the opinions of more than one person - being accepted by more people.
Muddy or Mary:
Marvy: I have (and most people probably should have) worked with groups in the past and cooperated with peers before. This is not very new to me. I understood it quite well.
Reflections:
I have experienced situations with need of cooperation too. I'm not sure if I cooperated as well though.The shopping cart video was actually quite similar to what we did.
The next person posting is Arthur.
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Monday, 30 January 2012
What we did today:
Today in class we went to the library so we could use the computers. In the library we first sat at a table with our blog groups. Ms.Lees handed all of the groups out a piece of paper for us to fill out as a group and another piece of paper for the whole group to have their own but do it with a partner. When we finished the group sheet we would be aloud to move over to the computers to look at the posts of our fellow group members and critique them with the knowledge we have of a good blogging post.
Learning intention:
The learning intention of this task today was so that we could grasp a better idea of what the expectations of our blogs are and how we can make are blogs better by setting goals so plan out what we need to do. We worked in partners so we could have somebody else's opinion on our because as most people would mark themselves high because they want to get a good mark . If you have a partner they can pin point the areas you need improvement on that you would not have seen and not want to have them pointed out.
Connections beyond english:
When learning the skills to analyze your work and find the things you could fix or make better you can use these skills in many different ways such as if you need to critique anything maybe a paper or your email to a university. You can use these skills of critiquing to make your letter or recommendation even better. And impress the person you want to impress.
Marvy:
I understand how if I read to myself I may not realize things that i have done wrong and skipped over while reading but if my partner reads she/he may be able to find things in my paragraph or letter or writing assignment i may not have seen.
Homework:
If you have not completed the sheets ms.lees handed out to us on critiquing finish them and hand them in tomorrow along with the questions we were assigned on there will be wolves chapter one and two
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Today's Learning Log Jan.18/2012
What we did today:
Today in Humanities class, we worked on our novel webs. We got into our groups and worked on the poster for most of the period. At the end of the block we did something called an “Oral Language Skills: Personal Record”. This is a chart with categories: Tell your idea, Ask questions, Listen respectfully, and Keep the conversation going. These all referred to the webs that we did and we need to answer these questions. Did I listen respectfully?...etc.
Why did we do it?
We worked on our novel webs in groups because we need to develop communication skills. Ms. Lees put us in groups to develop those skills and to connect each others thoughts into one answer. We needed to do the “Oral Language Skills” sheet to think about how we did as a group and if you contributed something to the answer. If you did everything you could in class that day, then the “Oral Language Skills” sheet would be very easy for you. If you did not pay attention and not contribute, then you need to write down how to fix the problem and then do it.
Connections beyond English:
Marvy: I understand how to communicate with others and try to understand their thoughts. I also understand what the criteria are for the project and that we need to finish it on time.
If you get hired for a job and have a meeting, you need to have good communications skills. If you attend a meeting and not say a word or not let anyone else talk, then you have poor communication skills. In order to improve communication skills you need to practice.
Homework:
Finish novel webs this week
Go to flex on Thursday if you need to finish your webs or paragraphs
Make sure to be all caught up in Humanities work
*Hope that this helps*
Next Person posting is Chelsea
Today in Humanities class, we worked on our novel webs. We got into our groups and worked on the poster for most of the period. At the end of the block we did something called an “Oral Language Skills: Personal Record”. This is a chart with categories: Tell your idea, Ask questions, Listen respectfully, and Keep the conversation going. These all referred to the webs that we did and we need to answer these questions. Did I listen respectfully?...etc.
Why did we do it?
We worked on our novel webs in groups because we need to develop communication skills. Ms. Lees put us in groups to develop those skills and to connect each others thoughts into one answer. We needed to do the “Oral Language Skills” sheet to think about how we did as a group and if you contributed something to the answer. If you did everything you could in class that day, then the “Oral Language Skills” sheet would be very easy for you. If you did not pay attention and not contribute, then you need to write down how to fix the problem and then do it.
Connections beyond English:
Marvy: I understand how to communicate with others and try to understand their thoughts. I also understand what the criteria are for the project and that we need to finish it on time.
If you get hired for a job and have a meeting, you need to have good communications skills. If you attend a meeting and not say a word or not let anyone else talk, then you have poor communication skills. In order to improve communication skills you need to practice.
Homework:
Finish novel webs this week
Go to flex on Thursday if you need to finish your webs or paragraphs
Make sure to be all caught up in Humanities work
*Hope that this helps*
Next Person posting is Chelsea
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Tuesday Learning log
What we did today:
For our whole block today, Ms. Lees gave us time to work on our group concept maps. As we were doing that, she went to each group to see how we we’re doing and gave us hints on how to improve our map. Ms. Lees did that because she also wanted to make sure that everyone was doing equal amount of work. We also discussed with our groups on the new information we researched yesterday that can be put on the map. Most of the groups are close to done on doing the good copy in pencil. She will give us another block tomorrow to work on it. We are expected to have not only information on it, but pictures and diagrams to also represent our work. Towards the end of the block, we filled out our group evaluation sheet. This evaluation sheet is separated into four columns and they should be filled in with your own opinions on how you did today. This is the titles for the four columns that you should be filling in about.
-Tell your idea?
-Ask questions?
-Listen respectively?
-Keep the conversation going?
Why we did it:
We did the concept maps in groups and in class because Ms. Lees wants us to work on our communication skills. For example, we worked on our listening skills, our cooperation skills and our questioning skills today. In the future, you will need this skill for many jobs or even interviews. We also did concept maps to learn how to display the information in a neat and effective form. Doing a concept map can also help a visual learner. We did an evaluation sheet today so we would know if we were on track of time and did our part of the work. If you did a good job in class today, filling out the evaluation would be very easy since you would have lots of proof to support yourself.
Connections/ Reflections
Marvy- I understand the criterias needed to get a good grade on this project. I also understand that communication skills are very important in your life.
Learning to do an effective concept map can help you in other projects in life. Also working on communication skills can help you with interviews/ getting jobs or even just in your daily life. Think of this. If you were a manager of a company hiring one person to work for you, would you choose someone that has strong communication skills or one that has a weak one?
Homework/ tips
· Concept map are due this week
· Course selection sheets should be handed in
· Go to flex or make a schedule with Ms. Lees if you haven’t finish your paragraphs yet
· Research for more ideas to add on to you concept map
· Make sure you are caught up with the work in humanities
The next person posting is Arthur
Monday, 16 January 2012
Friday's Learning Logs
I am so sorry guys I am late
What we did on friday:
We had A course selection sheet for nesxt year (grade 9). We talked about how we will pick electives, alternates... and also discussed a little bit about some subjects.
We continued peer checking for our paragraphs (descriptive, persuasive, explanatory, narrative) with partners.
Why we did (Learning intention)
We got our course selection sheet for our next grade (which is grade 9) and to have subjects you want to be in. (execpt regular subjects which is English, Social Studies, Math, Science, P.E)
We continued on our peer checking for our paragraphs to know what mistakes you've made and fixing that error so it never happens again.
Connections/Reflections
The course selection sheet is to organize what students wants to be in some classes. Also it will help us pick what we should do in the future such as jobs, hobbies)
Peer checking helps us to find our error and fix it and also it tells us what other people think about your work and what you have to improve on.
Homework/Tips:
Our homework is to finish your good copy for your paragraphs after finishing all your peer checkings, and get your course selection sheet ready by monday.
My tip is to finish your peer checking in school or on social network with your partner and do your good copies at home.
The next one who will be posting is Emily C.
Thank you~
What we did on friday:
We had A course selection sheet for nesxt year (grade 9). We talked about how we will pick electives, alternates... and also discussed a little bit about some subjects.
We continued peer checking for our paragraphs (descriptive, persuasive, explanatory, narrative) with partners.
Why we did (Learning intention)
We got our course selection sheet for our next grade (which is grade 9) and to have subjects you want to be in. (execpt regular subjects which is English, Social Studies, Math, Science, P.E)
We continued on our peer checking for our paragraphs to know what mistakes you've made and fixing that error so it never happens again.
Connections/Reflections
The course selection sheet is to organize what students wants to be in some classes. Also it will help us pick what we should do in the future such as jobs, hobbies)
Peer checking helps us to find our error and fix it and also it tells us what other people think about your work and what you have to improve on.
Homework/Tips:
Our homework is to finish your good copy for your paragraphs after finishing all your peer checkings, and get your course selection sheet ready by monday.
My tip is to finish your peer checking in school or on social network with your partner and do your good copies at home.
The next one who will be posting is Emily C.
Thank you~
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Today's Learning Log
Homework:
-Finish your book if you have not already done so.
-Try and complete your part in the web of your book.
-Finish the 4 paragraphs (narrative, descriptive, explanatory, persuasive) if you have not already done so.
What We Did:
-We edited and proof-read our partner's 4 paragraphs.
-We filled out a rubric on the criteria of the paragraphs.
-We discussed the main points of our novel with our novel buddies.
-We started the rough draft of our novel web.
Learning Intentions:
-Editing and proof-reading each other's paragraphs is for learning to understand the mistakes in our writing and the places where you can improve. This helps both partners as you have to discuss with your partner as you're editing and proof-reading their work.
-The rubric had the similar purpose of helping us understand the criterias of a paragraph and how to improve on your paragraph.
-Discussing the main points in our novel helps us understand what is a major or important part of a novel and what is a minor part of a novel.
-The draft for the novel web is to gather ideas and thoughts for the actual novel web. The purpose of the actual novel web is to let readers understand what this book is about without having to read the book.
Muddy or Marvy:
Marvy: I found the work today pretty straight-forward and easy to understand. The purpose was clear in today's lesson.
Connections Beyond English:
-This editing and proof-reading skill may help us when we need to look at our-self and find what we lack and what we can do to improve it. It may be when you talk or when you want to interact with somebody.
-All connections I could find as to the novel webs are that this skill may help you understand webs in the future.
The next person posting is David....
-Finish your book if you have not already done so.
-Try and complete your part in the web of your book.
-Finish the 4 paragraphs (narrative, descriptive, explanatory, persuasive) if you have not already done so.
What We Did:
-We edited and proof-read our partner's 4 paragraphs.
-We filled out a rubric on the criteria of the paragraphs.
-We discussed the main points of our novel with our novel buddies.
-We started the rough draft of our novel web.
Learning Intentions:
-Editing and proof-reading each other's paragraphs is for learning to understand the mistakes in our writing and the places where you can improve. This helps both partners as you have to discuss with your partner as you're editing and proof-reading their work.
-The rubric had the similar purpose of helping us understand the criterias of a paragraph and how to improve on your paragraph.
-Discussing the main points in our novel helps us understand what is a major or important part of a novel and what is a minor part of a novel.
-The draft for the novel web is to gather ideas and thoughts for the actual novel web. The purpose of the actual novel web is to let readers understand what this book is about without having to read the book.
Muddy or Marvy:
Marvy: I found the work today pretty straight-forward and easy to understand. The purpose was clear in today's lesson.
Connections Beyond English:
-This editing and proof-reading skill may help us when we need to look at our-self and find what we lack and what we can do to improve it. It may be when you talk or when you want to interact with somebody.
-All connections I could find as to the novel webs are that this skill may help you understand webs in the future.
The next person posting is David....
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Jan 10th/ 2012 Learning Log
What We Did Today:
As a class today, we did geography challenge for the whole block. During geography challenge, Ms. Lees would repeat a question once and give us 15-20 seconds to write the answer down. She said that this year’s challenge was tougher. Our behavior was pretty good since we made it through 9 rounds without going into lunch. At the end of the block, the winner was announced. Congratulations to Xing Lu for scoring 29 points and being the winner of the class. Also, congrats to Mark, Morgan and Monica for having the top scores of the class.
Learning Intention:
Doing the geography challenge gives us an opportunity to learn about the world such as the different cities, countries, transportation and foods. It also helps us to identify what are our strengths and weaknesses in the different subjects. Finally, it helps us improve on our geography skills.
Reflections/ Connections:
Marvy: I understand that doing the geography challenge is a good practice and opportunity to learn about the world for us.
Having some geography knowledge can help you in your future life. For example, if you were to become an English/ history teacher, you would need to have lots of knowledge about geography skills to teach your students. Also, you would be able to know what countries you would want to go to for vacation since you would know what’s unique about that location.
HomeworK/Tips:
There is no homework today but there are many things that you should catch up on if you haven’t yet.
- Finish you novel
- Finish your paragraphs from before (narrative or others)
- Finish notetaking for Pathways
- Finish first knight questions
Make a schedule with Ms. Lees if you haven’t finish the homework from above.
Look through your binder and make sure you are caught up on work.
Go to flex when you need help
Monday, 9 January 2012
What we did today:
We discussed what the outline was going to be this week since we have our course selection to choose what electives to take in grade nine, which would kind of change our regular class schedule . We also took notes on our webbing project and what the expectations were and what were the important aspects that we needed to include to have an awesome project. Ms.lees handed us all out a handout called concept mapping-historical fiction novels. This hand out was showing the expectations in what she expects to be a one a two,three,four. The other handout she gave us was A self evaluating sheet we will complete when our groups have completed the project to our best possible attempt. On this sheet you will evaluate how well your group worked throughout the project process. The next two handouts were a writing process checklist and a transition sheet showing us some helpful transitions to use instead of using the same one over and over again.
Learning intention:
The reason for writing the notes on the concept mapping was so we could really understand what they were used for what there purpose was and how to understand them. WE need to learn these skills before we can make a concept map because if we started to make one without having a clue on what the concept maps were we would all be lost and knowing how to make them gives us ways to display our information in many different ways other than in a essay which is harder to display in than a concept map .
Muddy/Marvy:
This lesson was Marvy for me because i understand now how a concept map works in showing how one main topic branches off into smaller ideas and making these connections can really help you in any way when wanting to display information. I also understood why we use concept maps which is because with pictures and lines and branches showing how topics connect it helps u understand more meaning of the details and the main subject and you can show your information in many different ways such as a venn diagram.
Connections beyond English:
You can use concept mapping when u are trying to show someone at a business meeting to show your ideas combining with the other companies showing how well the two companies will work together seeing as they are connecting to the same idea the two companies want to provoke. The companies can compare what they will give and what they will lose in many different ways through concept mapping.
Tips:
If you still need to finish your first nights questions or your chapter one notes and u cant go to flex than plan with ms.lees through emailing her a time you can work with the textbook in the morning or after school.
Homework:
Finish notes and first night questions and make sure that you are all caught up with work
Posting next:
Emily C.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Jan.5th Learning Logs
What we did today:
Today, we've learned about Learning Logs again but more specificly than before.
After that, we've marked ourselves out of 5 along our groups
Here is an Example of what we did today.
(About Learning blog and comment)
Given- What we did
What we did (today in humanities class)
Learning intentions (skills, and contents). It's like 'Why we did it'
Connections [how are they(↑) useful]/Reflections (personal connections)
Homeworks [tips (advice) + reminder (what is due and when?) ]
Criteria - Explanations and Descriptions
Specific Details - Can someone not in our class understand?
Clear Language - Word choice, and using examples
In Form/Convention - Small paragraphs, and Spelling/Grammar/Punctuation
(tip- use microsoft word to check your spelling, grammar... or let someone else read it over)
Relevent Information - Stay on topic
Appropriate Language - Avoid Slang, use public voice
When we've marked ourselves by blog groups, we have checked if you joined as a follower in ms.Lees' blog and posting dates, only about learning logs, and comments and when you commented on (also name).
After all that we did a critique for each other With a mark out of 5
5-Wow!/Superb
4-Effective/Powerful
3-Capable/Confident
2-Partial/Developing (missing 1)
1-Limited/undeveloped (missing 2 or more)
Why we did it (learning intentions):
We learned more about learning logs to make your learning logs more detailed and to make others impressed and not 'this isn't enough' and to be better at writing. Of course so others can read it more easily and being helped by the post.
Checking over with your friends and correcting your mistakes makes you more stronger and more skilled with organizing your thoughts and writing it.
Connections/Reflections:
The connection behind all these activities are so you can get prepared for anything about writing, such as an essay, paragraphs. If I go farther into the future, I could say this will help you with getting a better job, and of course. these information will help you get smarter, thoughtful, and avoid mistakes. Checking over with your friends could help you get along with them and see how others usually think about your works.
Working on learning logs helped me with my writings and my thinking.
Homeworks:
Pathway Note taking(making) overdue
(tip- You better finish it now ↑↓)
Finish off with your 'First Knight' questions Also overdue
Read book and make web (just up to sub-titles)(the one Ms.Lees gave us) Due monday
The next one that will be posting is Arthur (because he is not available next week)
Today, we've learned about Learning Logs again but more specificly than before.
After that, we've marked ourselves out of 5 along our groups
Here is an Example of what we did today.
(About Learning blog and comment)
Given- What we did
What we did (today in humanities class)
Learning intentions (skills, and contents). It's like 'Why we did it'
Connections [how are they(↑) useful]/Reflections (personal connections)
Homeworks [tips (advice) + reminder (what is due and when?) ]
Criteria - Explanations and Descriptions
Specific Details - Can someone not in our class understand?
Clear Language - Word choice, and using examples
In Form/Convention - Small paragraphs, and Spelling/Grammar/Punctuation
(tip- use microsoft word to check your spelling, grammar... or let someone else read it over)
Relevent Information - Stay on topic
Appropriate Language - Avoid Slang, use public voice
When we've marked ourselves by blog groups, we have checked if you joined as a follower in ms.Lees' blog and posting dates, only about learning logs, and comments and when you commented on (also name).
After all that we did a critique for each other With a mark out of 5
5-Wow!/Superb
4-Effective/Powerful
3-Capable/Confident
2-Partial/Developing (missing 1)
1-Limited/undeveloped (missing 2 or more)
Why we did it (learning intentions):
We learned more about learning logs to make your learning logs more detailed and to make others impressed and not 'this isn't enough' and to be better at writing. Of course so others can read it more easily and being helped by the post.
Checking over with your friends and correcting your mistakes makes you more stronger and more skilled with organizing your thoughts and writing it.
Connections/Reflections:
The connection behind all these activities are so you can get prepared for anything about writing, such as an essay, paragraphs. If I go farther into the future, I could say this will help you with getting a better job, and of course. these information will help you get smarter, thoughtful, and avoid mistakes. Checking over with your friends could help you get along with them and see how others usually think about your works.
Working on learning logs helped me with my writings and my thinking.
Homeworks:
Pathway Note taking(making) overdue
(tip- You better finish it now ↑↓)
Finish off with your 'First Knight' questions Also overdue
Read book and make web (just up to sub-titles)(the one Ms.Lees gave us) Due monday
The next one that will be posting is Arthur (because he is not available next week)
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Today's Learning Log
HOMEWORK:
1.Read your novel.
2.Study for geography challenge.
3.Finish note taking on chapter one of "Pathways" textbook.
4.Finish questions on "The First Knight".
WHAT WE DID:
1.We took a self assessment on our own effort/completion of work, behavior in class, and understanding of our in class work today. We drew a graph on the past few months, if you think you a an "excellent or exceeding" in that category or time period, then you put a coloured dot there, and so on and so forth. You should have 3 categories. There should also be a goal setting place for January. There is also a sentence about what affected the other in the self assessment.
2.We talked a little bit about the novels that we got.
LEARNING INTENTIONS:
1.For the self assessment, we learned to self assess and to compare that somethings may be affecting another. We learned to look at our behavior/effort/understanding of ourselves in a more objective point of view. We learned that behavior may be affecting your understanding of work because you're not paying attention in class. We learned that your effort may be affecting your completion of work. There are a lot of things that can relate to one another. You can try to fix one of the problems and the others will improve too.
2.Reading a novel can plant interest in you on reading. Reading a novel can also increase your level of vocabulary and grammar. We did not do much for novel studies today, but nonetheless you have to read your assigned book because you have to finish it by next week.
MUDDY OR MARVY:
1.Marvy - I found today's lesson quite straightforward and easy to understand. I understood what the intention was behind doing this.
2.Marvy - For those of you who haven't finished your book over the winter break, try to catch up so you can have your book finished by next week. I understood my book quite well.
CONNECTIONS BEYOND ENGLISH:
1.This self assessment skill helps us understand what our mistakes are and what we can do to fix or deal with these mistakes.
2.This can help you with getting more interest on reading so that in the future you can be interested in times you have to read.
THE NEXT PERSON TO BE POSTING IS DAVID....
1.Read your novel.
2.Study for geography challenge.
3.Finish note taking on chapter one of "Pathways" textbook.
4.Finish questions on "The First Knight".
WHAT WE DID:
1.We took a self assessment on our own effort/completion of work, behavior in class, and understanding of our in class work today. We drew a graph on the past few months, if you think you a an "excellent or exceeding" in that category or time period, then you put a coloured dot there, and so on and so forth. You should have 3 categories. There should also be a goal setting place for January. There is also a sentence about what affected the other in the self assessment.
2.We talked a little bit about the novels that we got.
LEARNING INTENTIONS:
1.For the self assessment, we learned to self assess and to compare that somethings may be affecting another. We learned to look at our behavior/effort/understanding of ourselves in a more objective point of view. We learned that behavior may be affecting your understanding of work because you're not paying attention in class. We learned that your effort may be affecting your completion of work. There are a lot of things that can relate to one another. You can try to fix one of the problems and the others will improve too.
2.Reading a novel can plant interest in you on reading. Reading a novel can also increase your level of vocabulary and grammar. We did not do much for novel studies today, but nonetheless you have to read your assigned book because you have to finish it by next week.
MUDDY OR MARVY:
1.Marvy - I found today's lesson quite straightforward and easy to understand. I understood what the intention was behind doing this.
2.Marvy - For those of you who haven't finished your book over the winter break, try to catch up so you can have your book finished by next week. I understood my book quite well.
CONNECTIONS BEYOND ENGLISH:
1.This self assessment skill helps us understand what our mistakes are and what we can do to fix or deal with these mistakes.
2.This can help you with getting more interest on reading so that in the future you can be interested in times you have to read.
THE NEXT PERSON TO BE POSTING IS DAVID....
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