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!