Block G - Rest of video from last day (5 minutes)
Silent Reading (F and G) - Please make sure you have a book with you for silent reading, or choose one from the classroom shelves. Intro to Greek Mythology - handout (read together and highlight key points) Questions handout - ENG8F: finish Q #1-6 for Friday ENG8G: Finish Q#1-4 for Friday (we'll catch up) **If you weren't here Wednesday but are here Friday, please come see me at the start of Flex to get the reading handout.
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Happy Valentine's Day!
Greek Gods/Goddesses (Olympians) 1. Find the person who was tasked with researching the same Olympian as you. 2. Time to work together to prepare your introduction: a. Figure out important information about your Olympian (creation story, siblings/family, god/goddess of..., symbols, are they famous for anything?) b. Choose what info to share - about a paragraph's worth, aim for 8-10 details, if you can. c. Organize the info so it makes sense. d. Share the info in an "Introduction" of that Olympian to the rest of the class. 3. Watch short video - A Beginner's Guide to Greek Mythology: The Story of Creation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VaO1tx29ek Reminder of Extra Credit Book Reviews & coming back to Silent Reading now that we've finished the novel study.
BLOCK G - received CODES and PASSWORDS for MyED course selection during this block (all students received in Block G, whatever class they're in). They were encouraged to take a photo of the paper, in case it gets lost, and can sign up for FLEX in Room 119 with Mr. Inkster in the next 2 weeks if they have questions or are having issues signing up. (Can also see a counselor with questions.) Visit our school library, where FVRL is visiting - Get a library card, renew a card, get fees waived, play with some hands-on building/coding/robot tools. The Olympians - Each student assigned a partner and an Olympian. For next day, do some research on your Olympian - using resources of your choice, some linked below if you wish - and be ready to talk to your partner about them. 1. Zeus 2. Hera 3. Athena 4. Apollo 5. Poseidon 6. Ares 7. Artemis 8. Demeter 9. Aphrodite 10. Dionysos 11. Hermes 12. Hephaistos Some sample links to check out: https://www.ancient.eu/collection/58/the-12-olympian-gods/ https://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/olympians.html http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html https://www.greek-gods.org/olympian-gods.php In the library with laptops - good copy essays typed out!
(submit to me via Google Doc: [email protected]) If you didn't get finished in class, you must finish for homework and submit BEFORE Wednesday's class in order to have it marked for Term 2 reports! Give back some work. REMINDER this is last-call for "Partridge --> Valentine Heart" questions! Once I hand them back on Monday, it'll be too late to get marks for them.
EDITING: 1. Self-Edit --> Left side of front of Editing Handout. 2. Peer Edit #1 --> Right side of front of Editing Handout (someone from a different table group!) 3. Peer Edit #2 --> Back side of Editing Handout (different questions - don't forget the 2 constructive comments + 2 things they're doing well!) Peer edits MUST be done by people in THIS class. If you don't have your work done today, you'll need to make alternate plans during Flex!! MONDAY - In-Class Good Copy Write BRING YOUR EDITED ROUGH DRAFT AND EDITING SHEET!! Introductions and Conclusions - Rough Draft
Introduction: 1. Hook (quote, question, or simile) --> related to the topic of relationships/connections NOT from the text, but able to connect to the 3-point-thesis. 2. 2-3 sentences more general, getting more specific about the topic --> include Book Title and author; these sentences start to connect the hook to the novel, Junior, etc. 3. 3-point-thesis (this sentence tells your reader what the 3 body paragraphs are about) Conclusion: 1. Restate your 3-point-thesis. 2. 1-3 sentences getting more general (Junior/relationships --> relationships/connections more broadly) 3. Statement about topic (connections/relationships - this isn't the same as a hook, but does a similar job: it's the final thought about the broad subject/topic and shouldn't be about Junior specifically). Introduction and Conclusion should be about 4-5 sentences each (shorter than body paragraphs). Remember the triangles: Intro goes GENERAL ---> SPECIFIC Conclution goes SPECIFIC ---> GENERAL |
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