The Cheat

The Cheat  

Reading Responses 

1. Are you surprised that Rob stood up to his father?  Can you relate to this moment personally when you were finally able to face your fears?

2. Is Dan the Man the type of person you would hang around with at BHJMS? describe why or why you wouldn't hang out with a guy like Dan.  Create an example to highlight your position 

3.  We have finally seen Sarah show signs of cracking as she wonders why her mom cant seem to help her now and make her feel safe.  She has seemed so confident and sure of herself until now.  Can you relate to this moment in any aspects? The idea of appearing confident and sure of yourself all the while you are cracking on the inside.  The outer shell hides the inner feelings.

80AYYY poetry

Here is a sample of the poems and activities we did in preparation for our poetry soirée our class hosted in March. 

Here is a sample of pictures, videos, and poems from our event.

80AYYY students please type out and post your favourite poem in this thread and remember to include your title and name.

As well if you have a video add a link to it so it can be viewd

Visitors please check out the poems and provide and share any comments or insights 

Link to our live performances at our Soiree 

http://youtu.be/5e1sFVcKFzw

Link to poem videos

http://youtu.be/KB1NXFM9B8Y

Poetry Sharing

Poetry Sharing


http://everything81.blogspot.ca/?m=1

This is a web site for a Grade 8 class at Donview MS.  I asked and have initiated a poetry sharing sessions.  They have posted their poems for us to read and respond with meaningful and relevant comments.  So lets visit the site, read, appreciate and respond. 

How to respond:

I liked this because…

This poem reminded me of…

This poem made me feel…

I like how you…

Things to discuss…how it stirred your senses, emotions that were tugged at, rich and powerful vocabulary 

We will organize and post our poems so that they can do the same at a later time. 

This will be a break chance to possible build and interact on a greater level with peers not bound by the geography of our school.  make the best of this and hopefully it blossoms into something more meaningful.

Speech Competition IV "The Phantom Speech"

Post your completed speeches here: 

Speech Competition III "Return of the Speech"

Return of the speech 

https://prezi.com/rxumpvoh--u-/grade-78-speech-writing/#

http://m.wikihow.com/Make-a-Good-Speech-for-School

http://olf.ycdsb.ca/library/speech-writing

Check out this link on making speeches! 

It's time to focus on the body of your speech! Let's work in 3s and consider having 3 key pieces of info you want to share to support your position and convince others. One should be fact and statistics based, another an anecdotal or personal story, the other a hybrid connection to another source of text. 

Each section should be constructed in a similar fashion to how you designed your opening paragraph. I unique opening, clear information, and finish by linking it back to your main point. 

To begin; 

1. List the 3 sources of critial evidence you will use and build with 

2. Begin constructing the three sections (paragraphs) 

3. Read and record and listen ... What do you think!

Post the response to number 1-2 here...

Twitter Challenge

Hey here is the Twitter challenge from yesterday!

Check it out and respond 

Speech Competition II "The Speech Strikes Back"

Your Speech 

A link to Eden's speech from 2 years ago 

http://youtu.be/dilB4244tZA

What to post in this thread;

- Topic

- Opening paragraph 

- Purpose Statement What are you trying to convince the audience to do

- list of 3 previous speech competition topics 

- brief explanation why you selected the topic you did...have a personal connection or keen interest is preferable

 

Speech competition

Speech Competition: Intro 

Let's start getting ready for our speech competition.  We will begin with practicing and constructing an opening sequence.

An opening should; clearly establish your position on a topic, grab the readers attention with a quote, poem, anecdotal story, and finally set up the audience with a brief highlight of evidence you will use.

Let's use this picture as our starting point 

Your topic is wildlife endangerment and the wilful destruction of our forested areas...right your opening 

Poetry Soirée

1. Who wrote your favourite poem of the soirée? Explain why? 

2. What was your favourite poem to write? Explain why? 

3. Do you have a greater appreciation of poetry now? Explain why? 

Have some dialogue with a least 2 others in response to these questions 

Poetry exploration

Hey Team,

Let's look at these four poems and explore what we like, dislike and how our senses are moved by the words on the paper.

A great poem will set off all your senses;  of touch, of smell, of sight & emotion.

Let's look at these four poems: 

A)

B)

C)

D)

Answer the following questions for all four poems 

1. What was your favourite verse/passage/line from each poem?Why?

2. Exploring your senses - what senses were stirred up the most by each poem? What parts of the poem contributed to that?

3. How would you describe your poetry writing experience for the Soirée?