Hey, Gentlebeings!

Just a quick note to say that I am thinking about you all and wishing you well. I am hard at work adjusting and streamlining our learning for the next few weeks so that you might better be able to learn and thrive in this slightly different model.

I will be contacting your families towards the end of the week to check-in, and make sure you all have my email address. If you HAVE it, can you send me an email with your personal address, so I can include you directly as well? And tell your peers about this post!

In the meanwhile, things that you can be doing, as I've had a couple of emails:

10's: Read your novels. If you neglected to bring it home from school, I know that all three are available through iBooks and I believe Amazon Kindle as well. RPL has both TKAM & The Help as  downloadable audiobooks. This should take you through until next week when things should be getting started.

8's:
L&L: Incentive: Put the finishing touches on your novel project. You can use your smart phone to take pictures of anything that is not text-based next week. If you don't have that capacity, we'll figure something out.

L&L: Mainstream: Finish your Graffiti of your lyric. Write 10 sentences/Lines using any of the devices we've studied so far. If you have an iPhone you can actually scan your work using the "notes" feature. If you don't, clear photos will do for next week.

 I&S: Both: Make sure your notes for your topic are done by the end of the week, getting in touch with each other virtually or over the phone. Don't worry about the presentations. I'm happy to see what you got done but focus on the notes.

Take good care of yourselves.

Less Than Three,
Mrs. K

Weds./Thurs/ Fri

W:
8's: WORK ON PRESENTATIONS DUE MARCH 31st.

10's: Explore the concept of voice and use 'home' by Warsan Shire as an example.

Th:

8I: Novel study due no later than April 1st

8M: Reviewed Graffiti of "Stupidity Street" and worked (mostly finished) graffiti of song lyric. Due March 30th.

Fr:

8's LAST WORK BLOCK FOR YOUR LESSONS.

10's Reviewed how Warsan used poetics to create and share her voice. Chose three short essays to reflect on.


Mrs. K

Monday/Tuesday

Monday:
I8:Work on notes/lesson

10's: Read a novel.

M8: Work on note/lesson.


Tuesday:

I8: Work on novel project
M8: Work on Graffiti of the text.


MLK

Friday

I8: Worked on novel projects.

M8: Worked on how to Graffiti or decode a poem. BRING A SCHOOL APPROPRIATE, PRINTED ON PAPER LYRIC YOU LIKE on Tuesday. Or else have one assigned.

Mrs. K

Thursday

I8's & M8's: Second of three research blocks for Middle Ages topic. First period used time fairly well, third block was a bit of mixed bag. You will need to do homework if you did not meet your goals for the period.

10's: In class Shakespeare essay.

Mrs. K

Wednesday

I8: Worked on novel projects. Reviewed how to record hours for MYP service.

M8: Worked on learning how to break apart a poem. You have to finish going through the Graffiti process for homework.


Mrs. K

Tuesday

I8: Essays in. Work period for medieval presentation.

10's: Survey and time to prep outline for Thursday.

8's: Work period for medieval presentation.

Mrs. K

monday

eights Inc: work period for novel study. sign-up for medieval history groups.

eights Main: chasing down poetic devices for Scooby Snax. your homework: identify all the different poetic devices at work in "The Tale of Custard the Dragon".


Mrs. K

Friday

I8 & M8: You had the period to write the Feudalism essay where you might get assistance. Due M3 for I8 and M5 for M8.

10: You had the period (and half of M3) to write you outline. The essay will be written in class next Thursday. We will start in silent reading so as to give you One hour and forty minutes. Mrs. K

Thursday

I8: We spent some time planning your work schedule to finish the novel project, and then you had work time.

M8: You worked on your poem collages. They are due Monday. Prizes are at stake. Next: Scavenger Hunt!

Mrs. K

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday

M

I8: Peer edit outline, do very rough draft.
M8: Samesies.
10's: Finish text, discuss Katherina's final speech.


T

I8: Work period for novel project.

M8: Finished overviewing terms. Assigned collage.


W

I8 & M8: Self check of draft to see what you understood and where you struggled so you know where/when to ask for help. Time to plan/start writing Feudalism essay.

10's: Set up Shakespeare essay.

MLK

Friday

I8's: Work period. You should be working on the project by the end of next week. Due April 1st. We toured the PP exhibition for twenty minutes or so.

M8's: Handed in novel studies. Began reviewing poetics.

Mrs. K

Thursday

I8: Outline of a topic to practice building an argument.

10: Performances


M8: Outline of a topic to practice building an argument.

Mrs. K

Wednesday! We're half-way there! (oooh oh! Lizard on the stairs!)

8I: You should be transitioning from reading to working this week.

8M: Last work period. Check list to hand in at the start of next block.

Marking/Reflection Rubric
PROJECT
Reading logs & Plot Summaries
Planning/organization sheet


Have a lovely evening!
Mrs. K

Thusday & Tuesday

Thursday:

8I: Novel project

8M: Novel project

Tuesday:

8's: Essay structure rehearsal

10's: PP time as a gift from me to you

8M: Alternate guides to a basic expository essay. Setting topics.


Mrs. K

Wednesday

I8:Reviewed Japanese feudalism, reviewed units of construction.


10's: Rehearsal, some time for 24 Without

M8: Practice outlines.

Mrs. K

Tuesday. Long weekend looming. 24 Without on the horizon...

I8P: Reading block

10's Rehearsal

M8's Project work block. You have Thursday and Tuesday left.

Mrs. K

Monday

I8's: We marked W Feudalism/Started Japanese

10's: Rehearsal

M8's: We marked Japanese Feudalism and went over essay structure


MLK

Fri-YAY?

I8: Reading your novels.

M8: Working on your novel projects. You have TWO weeks until the due date and THREE more work periods.

Mrs. K

Thursday

I8: Worked on Western Feudal package. Complete for homework.

10's: Scene 4.3. Work periods 6, 10, 12. Present 20th. *YOU chose this option out of three.

M8: Worked on Japanese Feudalism package. Complete for homework.

Mrs. K