For Monday, April 20th

Please come prepared to do your SmartReading Log independently. You may bring with you your chapter 8 log.

From Thursday, April 16th.

Brochures/bibs are due tmw. This is the time to begin thinking about your second performance task (PT). Ideas for your second performance task which asks you to show your understanding of Child Labour in a way that is not focused on writing (other than a poem which is fine), but rather shows a strength or passion area of yours, some ideas are: Animoto, PowerPoint, iMovie, a drawing, skit, dance, photo montage, play, TV interview... Really the ideas are limitless- use you imagination! Hope this helps- MM

Your second PT is due Monday, April 27th

From Wednesday, April 15th

Today we worked on our Smart Reading Logs for chapter 8 of Iqbal. Students are responsible for for filing out the top four boxes, chunking their thinking and selecting what they determine to be the most important part of each chunk. We read through 2/3 of page 64 of our 2nd chunk. If you were not in class today, please either pick up chapter 8 or ask a partner to help you out. Please note: chapter 8 is for practice with your new goal area (Determining Importance- DI); chapter 9 will be for a mark.

Consensus is that DI is easier to use as a strategy for deepening our understanding of this text, rather than making connections.

You will have a work period tmw to finish off your brochure/bib.

Tuesday, April 14th

Most people are nearing the completion of their brochures; the deadline has been postponed from tomorrow to Thursday in order to assist those individuals who have computer access problems at home. We will have some work time tomorrow (really short block due to early dismissal and the Milk Run) and will see where things stand. For most of you, you will be handing in both your brochure and your bibliography on Wednesday. It is time to start thinking about your next performance task; you are asked to show your knowledge and understanding of what you have been studying in some medium other than in writing. This can be a poem, dance, script, animoto video, a drawing or anything else you choose that can show what you know/feel about the topic of child labour. Remember this is an opportunity for you to work within your strength area.

For April 9th, 2009

BROCHURES ARE DUE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH.

Wednesday, April 7th, 2009.

It is official- while working on Smart Logs our new focus is Determining Importance. It is no longer necessary to come up with connections!

Continue collecting information for your brochure. Don't forget to keep up with your bibliography. I encourage the use of bibme.org to help you do this for both information and picture sources.

Over the long weekend you may wish to start considering what medium you want to use for your culminating activity: a play, interview, Powerpoint, I-Movie, poem, dance, collage etc. Stick with what you are good at. The point of the culminating activity is to give voice to the message you have learned from UNIT 5. Come see me or Mrs. Watson if you want help figuring this out.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Yesterday we brainstormed how to set up our brochure panels (6 panels). If you do not have your template, please get a copy from someone and I will photocopy it for you.

Today we continued working on our bochures and learned how to ID our sites for information and picture, which you will need to keep separate; we can use the site bibme.org to help do the work for us.

April Fools Day (Wednesday, April 1st)

Today we spent time focusing on our goals for the Smart Log. The goal area is where you focus what it is you want to work on for the current log. Please remember: be specific with your language e.g., "I want to make deeper connections that allow me to show perspective" rather than, "I want to make more connections"; write in the active voice e.g., I will... rather than I will try...; keep in mind that using imaging in your goal and chunks bumps things up a notch; stating how you will do something will be most helpful.