3 Word Challenge

Hi, my name is David, and here are my 3 words that I chose for next year (2015):
Persevere, Creative, and Bold.

1. Persevere
I chose the word persevere because I decided that I want to persevere, or try my best to get straight A's at school. Also, I want to work very hard when doing projects, assignments, and studying for a test.

2. Creative
I chose the word creative because this year, I want to be more creative, and also think of many good ideas in projects, and assignments in school.

3. Bold
I chose the word bold because this year, I want to be more bold, but not just in class. I want to be more firm about talking in front of other people.

Learning Logs for December 11

What did we do?
Today, we had a substitute teacher and had time to work on our paragraph writing booklets.

Why (Learning Intention) did we do it?
We did this because some of us were behind, and they didn't finish their outlines, and paragraphs. We were asked to work on it for the rest of the block.

Reflections and Connections
Today, we worked on our paragraph writing booklets, and it could help us on our writing skills. For example, it could help you know how  to write a paragraph, and the different types of paragraphs. Also, it could help us have more time to finish the booklet early so that you wouldn't have a lot of homework.

Homework Reminders
Today for homework, remember to work on the rest of your writing booklets. Also, remember to finish reading your novel, and finish your Dialectical Journal for Monday, December 15.

Homework Tips/Hints
If you're in trouble, remember that you can e-mail our teacher, or contact your study buddies. Also, check the class blog and ask your questions there!
Finally, you can go to your "Parts of a Short Story- Study Guide" booklet for words.

3 word and sentence

Lucas                            3 word and sentence               Dec.11/14

Hi my name is Lucas, grade 8.

My 3 words are active, better runner, read.

         Active because I want to be a bit more active. I go outside quite a bit but sometimes I stay inside. Sometimes I can be a bit lazy.

        Better runner  because i’m not the best or fastest runner. I wanna work on distance running because i die out a little fast.

       Read more because I never read, only when I have to I dont really like reading and i can’t picture books well when i’m reading them.

Learning blogs

Lucas                                 Learning blogs                     Dec.11/14

What did we do?

       Today for the second block of humanities we did the 3 word and sentence challenges. First the teacher showed us an example, then we watched some videos of kids and teenagers that did it.

Why did we do it (learning intentions)

      We did it so we could get an example of what to do. Our teacher wanted us to set resolutions for the new year.

Reflections and connections-

       It’s important because for resolutions if we’re not good at something we set goals and we try to achieve them. We can try getting better at something we’re not the best at.

Homework reminders-

      For homework today we have to do the 3 word and sentence challenge for tomorrow. And learning blogs.

Homework tips-

     Tips for homework, you can do the 3 before me rule and then you can e-mail our teachers or you could watch those videos on the class blog.

Learning Logs for December 4

What did we do?
Today, we handed in our self-evaluations and went over our learning blogs. Also, we talked a little bit about Innovation Fair.

Why (Learning Intension) did we do it?
We went over our learning logs because we could find out what we did wrong, and how we could improve next time. Also, we discussed about Innovation Fair because many people were having trouble coming up with ideas.

Reflections and connections
We talked a little bit about Innovation Fair because it could help us learn more about it and we would know what we would have to do for next year.

Homework Reminders
For December 5th, have the 5 paragraph outlines done from the new booklet. Also, the Innovation Fair proposal is due next Tuesday, December 9th. Remember that your Dialectical Journal for LIT is due next Monday, December 8th.

 

Homework Tips/Hints
Remember that if you are stuck, you can e-mail our teacher or come to Flex Time! If you want ideas for Innovation Fair, you can watch videos, TED Talks or go to the class blog and come to Flex Time!

 Lucas.S                                             Learning blogs for Dec.4/14

What did we do?

     

      Today for the second block of humanities we got a booklet. Our teacher discussed what we need to do with it (highlighting, outlines, developing paragraph etc.) We got to work on those type of things for half of the second block.

Why did we do it (learning intention)

     Whey did we do it? because our teacher wants us to learn more about writing skills. She wants to learn more about writing for our stories we write. Also there's this thing she put in our booklet 

TOWER t-think  o-organize  w-write  e-edit  r-rewrite.

Reflections and connections-

     It's important to know this stuff because when we write stories, so we can meet expectations (length of story, punctuation/grammar) stuff like that. Why is it important? so we can write stories better, it would be useful when we write our stories and blog posts. It can help us with those types of things.

Homework reminders-

    We have 5 outlines do tomorrow. The 4 developing paragraph ones, and one other of our topic choice. And the whole booklet is due in 2 weeks.

Homework tips-

    Tips for homework, you can watch videos or you can e-mail our teacher if your stuck on something you can ask her for help.

In Class

     Today in class we discussed with our group about the blog and decided when and who will post on the blog. Part of discussing this wiht our group was to talk to each other and actually "communicate" so that we'll get more comfortable with each other. This is useful to do, because if someone couldn't post on the blog, because there was an "unexpected" event then that person would have to talk to our group members so that they can "swap" days. Today we also had to fill our a "Teacher and/or Self Assessment" which is due on Thur. When you are doing this and you are not sure what to put for your "evidence" you can look back on the work you have done and maybe you'll find something there!.