Tuesday Jan 15

We did a couple of things today, then got to work.

We chatted very briefly about Thursday and Friday this week.

We also talked about what the Non-Fiction and CA pieces of writing should look like.

I then turned the students loose and they used class time to work on their CA's.

During this time, I also did one on ones with the students present and showed them updated marks.

Monday Jan 14

Here is the exam review

I will dress this post up after Period Three is over today.

Woo. Go us!

I will remind everyone to check the exam review tonight for tomorrow's class.

Check the exam review!

Fri Jan 11

We worked on our Non-Fiction piece of writing and our CA piece of writing.

It's all good.

I look forward to reading it all.

Thursday Jan 10

We continued today on the writing tasks.

I did also post the due dates for the Culminating Activity.

I will post a document to hlpe you with it and an exam review shortly.

Wed Jan 9

We continued work together using conferenceing on the piece of writing.

And we also started a soft opening to the culminating activity to this course today too.

I will post the due dates shortly.

Tuesday Jan 8

So ... today in class we are working on the other parts of the last unit ... here is the assignment we begin today:

Task Three - Non-Fiction piece of Writing

What is the best way for a person like yourself to learn something that would help them in their chosen career or life path?

APA Style report, due Jan 18 of about 300 words.

Knowledge/ Understanding Topic/Theme	·   demonstrates a limited understanding of topic or theme	·   demonstrates some understanding of topic or theme	·   demonstrates a considerable understanding of topic or theme	·   demonstrates an insightful understanding of topic or theme
Thinking/Inquiry Explaining	·   explains the issues with limited effectiveness	·   explains the issues with moderate effectiveness	·   explains the issues with considerable effectiveness	·   explains the issues with a high degree of effectiveness
Forming Conclusions	·   forms illogical or no conclusions from evidence	·   forms flawed conclusions from evidence	·   forms logical conclusions from evidence	·   forms insightful conclusions from evidence

Monday Jan 7

Happy 2019!

We started with a discussion of what to expect for this course over the next few weeks. The Culminating Activity dates we picked are Jan 17, 18, 21 and 22. I did try and avoid making my students have more than on CA being due with those dates.

We continued on with our unit on Non-Fiction.

Due dates for the Non-Fiction unit assignments were mnetioned and are on the right hand side of this blog. I finished a few presentations today and have a few more to do tomorrow.

I did hand back all material I had marked and recorded for this class. I'll have updated marks by the end of the week.