8F- Finish the reading letter that you worked on in class.  Follow the guidelines on the handout. Remember that you should answer two prompts and have a conclusion.  Evaluation: Ideas (5), Organization (5), and Conventions (5).    Read for 30 minutes and record.  8M- You should do at least ½ of the assignment. You will have tomorrow’s class to finish as you missed 20 minutes due to picture taking. Read for 30 minutes and record. Drama exploratory- The large groups are presenting tomorrow their silly poems! 8R- Finish the reading letter that you worked on in class.  Follow the guidelines on the handout. Remember that you should answer two prompts and have a conclusion.  Evaluation: Ideas (5), Organization (5), and Conventions (5).    Read for 30 minutes and record.

Remember that tomorrow is our annual Terry Fox Run.  Please bring in $2 to support the cancer research. There will also be a bake sale next Monday to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation.  L.A. - Students need to read for 30 minutes and record in their journals. They are expected to do this five nights a week.  Students are encouraged to read on the weekend, too.  They should aim to finish a book approximately every 2 weeks. By mid- October, our class reading blogs!  It will be awesome!

I'm sorry that I  forgot to indicate where we were at in the book! We have read up to the  morning of the science fair on page 69, Katie's perspective. I hope that this helps! Do what you can.

  In Language Arts’ class, we are enjoying the book, Egghead.  Great  discussion this past week!     “Will Reid is a gawky kid who wears fake turtlenecks, is obsessed by his ant farm project, and is lousy at gym.  In other words, he's the perfect target for Shane, the Grade 9 bully. Katie has been Will's friend in  elementary school, but defending him in the high school environment comes at an unforeseen  cost - she dreads the rumours that link them in a boyfriend/girlfriend way she's never considered.  Devan has been part of Shane's bullyboy team until now, when he comes to realize that it's not so smart to mindlessly back up each nasty attack of Shane's. Together the three young teens are struggling  to find their way out of one of the classic dilemmas of life: how not to be a bystander to bullying, how  to stand up for your friends, and how to deal with consuming rage.” - Egghead by Caroline Pignat; Red Deer Press   I am reading Egghead aloud in class while modeling good reading strategies. The students have recorded the strategy in their scribblers. So far, we have used visualization, “somebody wanted but so”, and  connections. Most of the work has been completed in class. The book is authentic; it has hard-hitting issues.   Students’ scribblers will be returned to them next Tuesday.