Tuesday, May 31, 2011

tuesday, may 31

almost june... yikes!

grade 8s your aztec/spanish newspaper articles are due thursday, june 2, and your plot diagrams for slumdog millionaire are due on monday, june 6. we will begin our final projects next week :)

grade 7s the good copies of your stories will be due on monday, june 6. we will also begin working on our final projects on monday, june 6.

;-)

Thursday, May 26, 2011

lead up to the end...

8-04 and 8-hec we will continue to work on our non-linear graphic plot representations of slumdog millionaire this week and for the first bit of next week; at that time, we will finish off our news stories. please have your rough copies ready to type for tuesday, may 31. pretty soon, we will begin working on our final projects :)

7-09 we will continue to work on our short stories into the beginning of next week. if you have not already completed writing your rough copy, you must do so on your own time.

also, good luck to natalia at nationals!!!

:-)

Monday, May 16, 2011

monday, may 16

7-09 please have your "short" stories ready for peer editing tomorrow.

8-04 and 8-hec you will each have one period during which you can work on writing your news article; for the second period, we will begin peer editing.

:)

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

tuesday, may 10

remember that thursday is tabloid day, which means that you will be outside for the WHOLE day. the weather forecast is for sun and 20ish degrees, so make sure to wear and hat and sunscreen, and to bring a water bottle. it will be fun!

7-09 please have the rough copies of your stories ready to peer edit on monday.

8-04 and 8-hec we will continue to work on our cortés and moctezuma news articles on friday; we will see where we are from there...

8-04 please have your favourite haiku ready to hand in on friday :)

:-)

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

tuesday, may 3

it's great to be back from trips week!

7s your poetry café will be moved from wednesday to thursday. feel free to bring a snack to share to class on thursday :)

8s your aztec codices brochures are due tomorrow, may 4. please have them ready to hand in at the start of class.

:-)