le lundi 19 octobre 2015

Preliminary reports were given to students on Friday. Parent-teacher interviews are Thurs. Oct. 22. See Westdale Secondary School website for details. I will not be available for interviews on that day, so please leave contact information at the interview scheduling page if you wish a phone call. 

•  Here is a link to the learning skills/work habits self-assessment tool that we completed last week. The report is based on teacher observation/assessment and student self-assessment. 

Site of the day: Tips from the Romans for learning French
ENG 2D

learning goal: We are learning about Shakespeare.

Comparative Essay checklist

• Comparative Essays 
• Follow steps on page 220 - 221 Writer's Workshop to complete effectively.
• Continue to edit your draft. Share your draft with at least one classmate through Google Drive or a paper copy and help each other to improve the essay. Refer to checklist on  Google Docs open to all at this link: Comparative Essay checklist ENG2D and to rubric.
• good copy due Tues. Oct. 20 - with cover page (Include title, your full name, ENG 2D1, date, submitted to: Ms.Kukhta-Jackson. You may add an image if you wish) and all draft work included. See below for a photo of a summary of the discussion. If not ready for Oct. 20, hand it in on Mon. Oct. 26. It will be late, but there are no marks deducted. After that date, still no deduction of marks, but will be required to hand in a late explanation note signed by parent/guardian.
• Introduction to Shakespeare: Sonnets: 
• Shakespeare snowball activity - What are you afraid of? What do you already know?
• handout package - read the 3 sonnets and discusses questions 1 & 2
• Homework :

• Comparative Essay - Good copy (including cover page and all draft work and ideas) due Tues. Oct. 20. See above for details.
• Bring a book to read quietly in class for any time that you finish your class work early. Read regularly at home.

FIF 1D

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment mieux lire.

• la chanson: Yelle: Que veux-tu?
• Notre-Dame de Paris: chapter 6. Read together and listened to CD and discussed. Read again in groups. Worked on Ex. 1 - 3 (and, if done, 4 - 5) in groups and will continue work tomorrow.
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in:  Home Study extras
• Re-read chapter 6 of Notre-Dame de Paris. Finish questions Ex. 1 - 3 if not already done. 
• blog - this week's suggested topics: Mon bulletin et mes projets – Commencer, Arrêter, Continuer (my preliminary report and my plans – Start, Stop, Continue) ou - Les Blue Jays. See this post: Journal/blog FIF 1D or your assignment paper for details. You may also choose to work on updating your profile with an avatar and by following some of your classmates. We will be in the computer lab on Thurs. Oct. 22.

FSF 1D
le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment présenter les gens.

• la chanson: Yelle: Que veux-tu?
• speaking - presentation - introducing a friend. Tu parles cahier pg. 17 (handout). Presentations today after a chance to rehearse in class. To achieve level 4, students must not use any notes and must sound like a real conversation. 
• Watched Stromae: Carmen
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in:  Home Study extras
• blog - this week's suggested topics: Mon bulletin et mes projets – Commencer, Arrêter, Continuer (my preliminary report and my plans – Start, Stop, Continue) ou - Les Blue Jays. See this post: Journal/blog FSF 1D or your assignment paper for more details. You may also choose to work on updating your profile with an avatar and by following some of your classmates. We will be in the computer lab on Thurs. Oct. 22.