Anti Bullying

Hello parents and grade 10 students. Because of the PARTY program today we did not cover much.

1.) Journal- Topic: satisfaction comes from helping others
2.) Edited our Sniper 2 short stories

Please have a final copy, rough draft and plot diagram completed for Friday.

Thanks and have a great afternoon!

Mr.T

Monday and Tuesday

Monday Feb 27

On Monday we completed the following:
1.) Journal- sometimes our toughest struggles in life are with ourselves
2.) Read "Man You're A Great Player"
3.) Discussed Satire and Jargon
4.) Wrote a literary response. Q: Is the hockey player in the story a hero?

Tuesday Feb 28
Today in class we worked on the following:
1. Silent reading- Stains
2. Discussed how to integrate quotes into our writing- lead in, "quote" (pg#) and explanation.
3. Stain Quote Activity- used quotes from the short story Stains to support a point.

Reminder- Please come to class with your rough draft of Sniper 2 because we will be editing them. Thank you and have a wonderful evening!

Mr.T

Happy Friday

Hello parents and grade 10 students. In English today we covered the following topics:
1.) Silent Reading
2.) Reviewed Sentence Starters
4.) Planned Sniper 2- plot diagram, rough draft due on Monday

Thanks for a wonderful week. Have a safe an enjoyable weekend. Please come to class with your rough draft of Sniper 2 on Monday.

Mr.T

Wed

In English 10 today we covered the following:
1.) Silent Reading
2.) Responded to the Sniper
3.) Discussed Theme, Character and Conflict
4.) Discussed what makes an interesting story

Tomorrow we will re-write the story in a first person point of view.

Thanks for a great day see you all tomorrow.

Tuesday

Hello parents and students. English was a jam packed today. We covered the following:
1.) Literary response to Superman's Song
2.) Background information of the short story "The Sniper"
3.) Read The Sniper

Thanks for a great class. See you all tomorrow!

Mr.Tobacca

Welcome back from your weekend. This week we will continue to focus on our short story unit and literary terms. Each student will be responsible for presenting one literary term to class over the next 3 weeks. In today's class we covered the following.

1.) Silent Reading
2.) How to correct run on sentences
3.) Superman's Song
4.) Literary Response

Thanks for a great day and I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Mr.T

Thursday

Hello parents and students. In English 10 we covered the following:
1.) Journal Reflection- goal setting
2.) When and when not to use capital letters
3.) Media Quiz
4.) Plot Diagram
5.) Self Evaluation- Action Hero Paragraph

Have a great evening!

Mr.T

The Michelle I Know

Hello parents and students. In English 10 today we covered the following:

1.) Silent Reading
2.) Discussed literary terms for the course
3.) Plot diagram for the short story "The Michelle I Know"

Just a reminder that we have a media quiz tomorrow. Action Hero paragraph needs to be handed in tomorrow.

Please study.

Have a wonderful night.

Action Hero

Good morning! In class today we discussed the following topics:
1.) Avoiding Colloquial Writing
2.) Read- Action Hero
3.) Literature Response

Thanks for a great Monday. I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Mr.T

Reading Power

In class today we discussed the following topics:

1.) Mass Media
2.) Reading Power
3.) How Media influences people
4.) Advertising strategies

Thanks for a great class!

Media

Hello parents and grade 10 students. I had a wonderful day yesterday learning about reading strategies that I really look forward to using in our classroom. I hope you all enjoyed your day off. In English today we discussed the following:

1.) Journal Reflection
2.) Introduction to media
3.) Bus Stop Activity

Thanks for a great class and have a wonderful evening.

Mr.Tobacca

Awesome Grammar Support Link

http://www.kidinfo.com/language_arts/grammar_helper.html

Happy Friday!

Hello students and parents. In English 10 today we covered the following.

1.) Paragraph Structure
2.) Review
3.) Discussed Voice
4.) Editing Conference

Thanks for a great week. Please have your final copy of your paragraph for hand in on Tuesday Feb 7th.

Reminder to have a novel to read and your journal for Tuesday (I will be giving you a mark for bringing your journal)

Mr. T

Today and Yesterday

Today in class we continued to focus on paragraph writing. We discussed the following topics:

1.) Topic Sentence, Supporting Details, Concluding Sentence
2.) Editing Conference
3.) Riddles

Yesterday
1.) Sentence Structure
2.) Sentence Openers
3.) Riddles

I look forward to starting our Media unit. Please remember to get a journal by tomorrow and have a novel for silent reading.

See you all tomorrow!

Mr.T