ENVIRONMENT

Create two slides of text and a single slide of visuals. Have your info on a flash drive on Friday. Presentation will happen in period 5 and 7 in discussion groups in the ICT room.

Tomorrow, you'll sit in groups to discuss and research together.

READING

Guys, since I found that you are having trouble reading the comic, I will delay this activity until further notice. We will most likely get back to reading for the mont of June, along with more you tube-based listening activities at that time.

For now, let's focus on speaking, vocab and grammar.

YOUR GRAMMAR REFERENCE

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/activepassive.html

Read up to page 60 by Friday-reading quiz is to be expected. Fahrenheit questions are due tomorrow!

Reading and listening for Monday, Feb. 13

Fahrenheit, bottom of page 36. Make sure you know any new vocab in the story.

Questions:

Who is the protagonist?
Antagonist?
What is the theme?
Plot so far about?
Setting?

Use a THESAURUS when looking up new words. See words in context (sentence, paragraph, situation) in the original language, rather than having an approximate Hungarian translation. Keep in mind, translation is NOT a part of your official language exam anymore.

PODCASTS: get ready to compose a short write up on a podcast of your choice. Available listening platforms are:

iTunes
GooglePlay
Stitcher
Soundcloud
YouTube
RSS

Fahrenheit 451 Friday, Feb. 10

Read up to page 30 in the comic (page 32 in the pdf). Check ALL THE NEW VOCAB! Get ready for CLASS DISCUSSION in the second period.

Past Participle "Pop"-ish Quiz Tomorrow

As per the abysmal results of the trial quiz, I'm giving you a MARKED Past Participle (third form of the verb) tmr!

HOMEWORK

READ: Fahrenheit 451- Read up to the middle of page 23, the last panel with Montag and Mildred.

THINK: About the thesis statements you wrote (my handout from early last week). Are they REALLY statements about a certain theme?

DEFINITION: a thesis statement is a short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence.

WRONG EXAMPLE: Don’t write, “Eating fast food is bad and should be avoided.”

GOOD EXAMPLE: Do write, “Americans should eliminate the regular consumption of fast food because the fast food diet leads to preventable and expensive health issues, such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.”

Questions? Ask away here, on my TBG or google plus school email. ALWAYS double clarify, rather than assume something or be lazy to ask!

Pound, a whaaaat?

Some of you were surprised to learn the other day that there is a "pound" in my password, and not the British currency type. But what did I mean by "pound", when I was looking for it feverishly on the Hungarian keyboard.

### Pound, number or hashtag?

It's hashtag when you're on twitter.

The operator would announce it as a "number sign" when you skip automated announcements when you call your--let's say internet--provider.

Pound it is in all other cases.

If you have anything to say--questions or whatnot--write in the comment section. Your engagement is a sign of your seriousness about becoming an English language ninja!

WHAT TO EXPECT?

Letter	Percent
A	86% - 100%
B	73% - 85%
C+	64% - 72%
C	60% - 63%
C-	50% - 59%
I	20% - 49%

Letter Grade Interpretation:

A = The student demonstrates excellent or outstanding performance in relation to expected learning outcomes for the course or subject and grade.

B = The student demonstrates very good performance in relation to expected learning outcomes for the course or subject and grade.

C+ = The student demonstrates good performance in relation to expected learning outcomes for the course or subject and grade.

C = The student demonstrates satisfactory performance in relation to expected learning outcomes for the course or subject and grade.

C- = The student demonstrates minimally acceptable performance in relation to expected learning outcomes for the course or subject and grade.

I = (Incomplete) The student, for a variety of reasons, is not demonstrating minimally acceptable performance in relation to the expected learning outcomes. 

A=5

B=4

C+, C=3

C-=2

I=1

WHAT IS YOUR FAVE WEIRD WORD?

Here's a few fun words. Come up with your own for class tomorrow!

WEIRD WORDS

Mispronounced Words

Check these two dudes out; fun!

Link:

Mispronounced Words Webcast

ASSIGNMENT FOR THE WEEK OF FEB 1-3

Read up to the bottom of page 12 in Fahrenheit 451. Write a summary of the twelve pages in your LITERARY JOURNAL in a paragraph format. Think what happened, why, what is the significance of  things Clarisse mentions to Montag?

Journals might be randomly collected and MARKED this week!

Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451

See the link for the graphic novel version of Bradbury's seminal work, grade 9/10 reading for ELA in both Canadian and American schools. Great theme, clear and simple language, yet a ton to learn for you both in language and content. Companion movie w Christian Bale. Our first novel together? Fahrenheit 451

EVERYTHING ABOUT ESSAY WRITING

DEAR STUDENTS-

Welcome to our virtual learning space! Are you ready to be a notch smarter? First, check out my Vancouver School Board blog for everything about essay writing and more Ms O's Vancity blog.

Cheers,

Ms. O