I recommend that everyone holds on to assignments and projects when they are handed back so if there is a concern with your mark it can be addressed. A great example of this was one of my Grade 9 students noticed that her D2L mark showed that she was missing an assignment. She showed me …
Monthly Archive: May 2011
Friday May 27
I would like to remind everyone that there is still a month of school left and although you can see the end you are not there yet. Please remember to stay focused and to use your class time wisely so that you do not fall behind. Many teachers will be trying to finish things up …
Wednesday May 25
7-01 & 7-07 Tomorrow will be the last class time given to complete your short stories. Today you should have been finishing typing up your second draft or spending the time self editing or peer editing your short stories. Tomorrow we will continue this step though I would recommend using the time tomorrow to make …
Tuesday May 24
7-01 & 7-07 We spent a portion of today going over how to properly complete a map. I assumed that the students had been taught this in the past, and all of them should have, but based on the quality of the maps handed in we needed to revisit this. We will begin a new …
Monday May 23
Marks have been updated. I will try and finish marking reading response journals for 7-01 in the next few days.
Thursday May 19
Reminder that there is no school tomorrow or Monday so enjoy your four day weekend. 7-01 & 7-07 For Tuesday’s class please come with the second draft of your short story started. At this point you should have already written your rough (first) draft, proofread and edited it, and had at least one other person …
Wednesday May 18
7-01 & 7-07 I hope that all of you have been checking the homework blog so that you are aware of the due date for the next reading response journal. For 7-01 that was today. Two drafts and published copy of short story are all due on Friday May 27. You will be given some …
Tuesday May 17
I hope that everything went well for everyone while I was gone and that all of you are caught up with your work. I have updated the majority of the marks online so I would recommend that you take a look. I will finish marking the Dragons’ Den project in the next few days when …