Lesson 71

 Students received their final assignment, and worked hard on presentations for next week - **Students should be ready to present to their lit circle groups during Monday's class.

Lesson 70

 Students worked hard on a number of things today - tomorrow they will receive their final assignment for the year.

Monday - is the day students should be prepared to present their research to their groups!

Lesson 69

 Today, we briefly discussed the CRAAP test for evaluating sources. There is a link to Purdue's suggestions for evaluation on Teams.

Students had the block (and the next two) to continue reading and research for their lit circle novel work.

Lesson 67 & 68

 Students did their in-class write, and handed in their first set of discussion questions on Friday.

Today, students received the rubrics for both research pieces, and spent the block working on elements of their lit circle unit.

**Any students who have not come up with a working inquiry question should be coming to tutorial with some ideas - we can work on it together.

This week is a working week, in many ways - Tomorrow, we will discuss source materials, and on Thursday, students will receive the final assignment for the course.

Lesson 66

Students met with their lit circle groups, and worked through their first question set.

***NB - A few students were not prepared to today's discussion groups - this lets the group discussion down, but also impacts the learning of those who were not prepared. Staying on top of the reading is critical to this unit. 

****NB - Please stick to the outlined schedule, so that conversations can stay on track (without spoilers or statements of: "Well, if you'd read A/B/C/D, you'd know..." 

Students should add to their answers (as needed) prior to tomorrow's class - they will be permitted to have their question sheets with them during their first timed write tomorrow. At the end of tomorrow's class, they will hand in their question sets, and put their writing in their folders. 

On Monday, we will discuss the core assignments for the unit in greater depth, but lit circle groups may want to set up Teams chats, so that they can connect over the weekend about research topics/inquiry questions etc. 

Lesson 65

 Students got a formal introduction to their annotated bibliography work, as well as citation, and we will continue that work on Monday.

HMWRK - ensure you have the first section of reading complete for tomorrow, so that you are able to fully discuss the text with your group/work through the questions coming your way!

Lesson 64

Today's class was a reading/research block.

Tomorrow, students will get much more clarity on their research presentation and annotated bibliography work - - >  This will include a visit to the library for a conversation about citation and research databases etc. 

Thursday is the first group discussion/question class, which will be followed by an in-class write on Friday.

Lesson 63

 Students worked really hard this block - some wrapping their writing - others getting a jump on the weekend reading.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Lesson 62

 Students received their novels today!

Tomorrow is a writing/reading day - If your essay needs finishing, come to tutorial to get  it out of the way.

**Some students have signed up for a free trial of Audible, to get access to their texts as audio books. Some have found that their books are available to them via Spotify - Many will just read them :)

Lesson 61

 Today's block was focused on selecting novels for lit circles.

Students engaged with 5 texts, ranked their preferences, and will receive their texts tomorrow.

***Those still writing were welcomed to work in a quiet space over today's lunch hour, and have Thursday/Friday tutorials to continue - some will work during Friday's block as well (many missed for AP exams etc.)

Lesson 59

We briefly discussed the remaining assignments/timeline through June.

Students received the rubric for their literary essay, and began writing.

Students will work on their writing today, and during tomorrow's class. Should they need more time, Tuesday/Thursday/Friday tutorial times are also available to them (a few students recognized they needed more planning time, and have already been to multiple tutorials).

By the end of this week, students will have a calendar to chart their way through the end of the semester, and will have chosen the text they would like to work with over the course of the final few weeks.

Lesson 58

 More planning today - writing starts Monday!

Lesson 57

In today's class, we began by looking at a number of possible theses, just to get a little clarity around what they might look like, and at the structure of a partial body paragraph.

 Students then continued work on their Kamloopa essay outlines. 

A number have come to tutorials to discuss their writing plans, and all are welcome to pop in just to write  (any day but Wednesday).

Lesson 56

 Students planned their theses and introductions in earnest today - We talked about the inverted triangle approach to an introduction, and went over some possible ways to approach dividing body paragraphs under a given value.

Students will continue this work tomorrow, and Friday - and are welcome to tutorial on both days.

Lesson 55

Today, we discussed Indigenous Matriarchy - as a value in the text one might write about.

We also talked about the core structure of a literary essay.

Students received their essay outline packages, and may have made a note or two, before putting them into their folders.

We will talk about introduction structure/format tomorrow, and students will have the next three blocks to plan their writing, before we begin the full written work on Monday.

Leson 54

 Students worked in re-combined groups to go over the notes for all 5 values in Kamloopa.

In tomorrow's class, students will receive the personal project for the unit, so that they can think about it/begin work on it in the next couple of weeks

We will look at essay structure, before students begin planning a formal literary essay, focused on the values they have been working with over the last few classes.

There will be some planning/writing time, which we will continue on Wednesday.

Those wishing additional planning/writing time should come to tutorial on Thursday/Friday this week - and tutorials next week, as needed. 

 

Lesson 53

 During today's block, students sat in groups to continue work on the notes for their assigned value.

 On Monday, groups will re-combine, and students will have the opportunity to speak with "experts" on each of the values.

Tuesday, students will begin planning their literary essays on Kamloopa.

 

Haunani Kay Trask addresses Indigenous Hawaiians - January 17th, 1993

Lessons 51-52

 We have finished the reading, and are now building notes on values - to be continued!