Coursework
January 8 - 11, 2024
December 19 - 20, 2023
December 18, 2023
December 15, 2023
December 14, 2023
December 13, 2023
December 12, 2023
December 11, 2023
December 8, 2023
December 7, 2023
December 6, 2023
December 5, 2023
December 4, 2023
December 1, 2023
November 30, 2023
November 29, 2023
November 28, 2023
November 27, 2023
November 23, 2023
November 22, 2023
November 21, 2023
November 20, 2023
November 16, 2023
November 15, 2023
November 14, 2023
November 10, 2023
November 9, 2023
November 8, 2023
November 7, 2023
November 6, 2023
November 3, 2023
November 2, 2023
November 1, 2023
October 31, 2023
October 30, 2023
October 26, 2023
October 25, 2023
October 24, 2023
October 23, 2023
October 20, 2023
October 19, 2023
October 18, 2023
October 17, 2023
October 16, 2023
October 13, 2023
October 12, 2023
October 11, 2023
October 10, 2023
October 6, 2023
October 5, 2023
October 4, 2023
October 3, 2023
September 29, 2023
September 28, 2023
September 27, 2023
September 26, 2023
September 25, 2023
September 22, 2023
September 21, 2023
September 20, 2023
September 19, 2023
September 18, 2023
September 15, 2023
September 14, 2023
September 13, 2023
September 12, 2023
September 11, 2023
September 8, 2023
September 7, 2023
September 6, 2023
September 5, 2023
September 1, 2023
August 31, 2023
August 30, 2023
August 29, 2023
August 28, 2023
August 25, 2023
August 24, 2023
August 23, 2023
August 22, 2023
- Two Old Women Final Projects: Novel Study Tic Tac Toe
- Choose 1 Creative and 1 Writing Reflection on the novel
December 19 - 20, 2023
- Assignment Catch-Up
December 18, 2023
- Two Old Women Novel Study
- Chapter 8: Lessons and Activities
- Expository Paragraph - Opinion
- Book Evaluation
- Independent Novel Study catch-up
- Chapter 8: Lessons and Activities
December 15, 2023
- Two Old Women Novel Study
- Chapter 7: Lessons and Activities
- Most important quote and why
- Chapters 1 - 7 catch-up
- Independent Novel Study catch-up
- Chapter 7: Lessons and Activities
December 14, 2023
- Two Old Women Novel Study
- Chapter 6: Lessons and Activities
- Internal Conflict Questions and Similes / Metaphors Search
- Chapter 7: Prediction, Questions
- Chapter 6: Lessons and Activities
December 13, 2023
- Two Old Women Novel STudy
- Chapter 5: Lessons and Activities
- Descriptive Paragraph and Homonyms
- Chapter 6: Prediction, Questions
- Chapter 5: Lessons and Activities
December 12, 2023
- Two Old Women Novel STudy
- Chapter 5: Prediction, Questions
- Wrap up Chapter 4 activities together
- Chapter 5: Prediction, Questions
December 11, 2023
- Two Old Women Novel STudy
- Chapter 4: Prediction, Questions, Lessons and Activities
- Character Development, Adjectives
- Chapter 4: Prediction, Questions, Lessons and Activities
December 8, 2023
- Catch-Up Work Day
December 7, 2023
- Two Old Women Novel STudy
- Chapter 3: Prediction, Questions, Lessons and Activities
- Expository Paragraphs
- Chapter 3: Prediction, Questions, Lessons and Activities
December 6, 2023
- Two Old Women Novel STudy
- Chapter 2: Prediction, Questions, Lessons and Activities
December 5, 2023
- Two Old Women Novel STudy
- Chapter 1: Prediction, Questions, Lessons and Activities
December 4, 2023
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study:
- 5 Paragraph Essay: Essay Writing and Editing (incorporate edits from teacher)
December 1, 2023
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study:
- 5 Paragraph Essay: Essay Writing (feedback from teacher)
November 30, 2023
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study:
- 5 Paragraph Essay: Essay Writing (feedback from teacher)
November 29, 2023
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study:
- 5 Paragraph Essay: Detailed Outlines
November 28, 2023
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study:
- 5 Paragraph Essay: APA Referencing and Research
November 27, 2023
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study:
- Editing Essays (Structure, transition words, comma punctuation)
- 5 Paragraph Essay: Develop Thesis and Main Points
November 23, 2023
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study:
- Editing Essays (Structure, transition words, comma punctuation)
November 22, 2023
- Parts of Speech Booklets: Interjections
- Complete Booklets (colouring and final design) (due Nov 23)
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study: Final time to complete all sections (due Nov 27)
November 21, 2023
- Parts of Speech Booklets: Conjunctions
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study: Dank'e and Futurism
November 20, 2023
- Parts of Speech Booklets: Preposition
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study: Climax and Resolution
November 16, 2023
- Field Trip: Yukon Arts Center (Cole Pauls exhibit)
November 15, 2023
- Parts of Speech Booklets: Adjectives
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study: Rising Action (2)
November 14, 2023
- Parts of Speech Booklets: Adverbs
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study: Rising Action (1)
November 10, 2023
- PCSS Remembrance Day Ceremony
November 9, 2023
- Parts of Speech Booklets: Verbs
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study: Inciting Incident
November 8, 2023
- Guest Speaker: Elder Pat Joe
- "Crow Stole the Sun"
November 7, 2023
- Parts of Speech Booklets: Pronouns
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study: Inciting Incident
November 6, 2023
- Parts of Speech Booklets: Nouns
- Dakwakada Warriors Graphic Novel Study: Exposition
November 3, 2023
- OUTSIDE CLASS! Fire Starting
November 2, 2023
- Traditional Stories Unit: Boy in the Moon
- Review Questions due in class
November 1, 2023
- Traditional Stories Unit: Boy in the Moon
- Review Questions
October 31, 2023
- Traditional Stories Unit: How People Got Fire
- Comic and Paragraph due in class
October 30, 2023
- Watching the School Play!
October 26, 2023
- Traditional Stories Unit: How People Got Fire
- Short Story bonus work time
October 25, 2023
- Traditional Stories Unit: How People Got Fire
- Short Story bonus work time
October 24, 2023
- Ms Sands away on a field trip: catch-up day on Short Story or Novel Study
October 23, 2023
- Final Project: Create your Own Short Story (due October 23)
- Organize Green Journals
- Begin Traditional Stories Unit: How People Got Fire
October 20, 2023
- Final Project: Create your Own Short Story
- Edit and Complete Final Draft
October 19, 2023
- Final Project: Create your Own Short Story
- Editting
October 18, 2023
- Final Project: Create your Own Short Story
- Lesson: Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices
October 17, 2023
- Final Project: Create your Own Short Story
- Lesson: Comma Use
October 16, 2023
- Final Project: Create your Own Short Story (Continue Rough Draft)
- Editing Practice
- Short Story Terms Review
October 13, 2023
- Independent Novel Study (Chapter Review and Setting)
- Final Project: Create your Own Short Story (Continue Rough Draft)
October 12, 2023
- Dialogue formatting practice
- Final Project: Create your Own Short Story (Begin Rough Draft)
October 11, 2023
- Final Project: Create your Own Short Story (complete x 3 graphic organizers)
October 10, 2023
- Review Elements and Terms of Short Stories (Card Sort)
- 5 sentence storie
- Final Project: Create your Own Short Story (review instructions and criteria)
October 6, 2023
- Short Story: The Lottery
- Group Discussion
- Post-Reading Response Questions - Point of View (due in class)
- Begin 'Independent Novel Studies'
October 5, 2023
- Short Story: The Lottery
- Pre-Reading Questions
- Read Story Together
October 4, 2023
- Short Story: Lamb to the Slaughter
- Plot and Conflict analysis with evidence (due in class)
- Notes / Slides on Point of View
October 3, 2023
- Short Story: Lamb to the Slaughter
- Plot and Conflict analysis with evidence
September 29, 2023
- Truth and Reconciliation
- News article and online news analysis
- Photo prompt (description of images - truths) and opinion write on what Reconciliation needs to look like
- Time at Firepit
September 28, 2023
- Spoken Word Poet performance in the Library
September 27, 2023
- 4 types of Conflict
- Short Story" Lamb to the Slaughter
September 26, 2023
- Watch video of 'The Interlopers'
- Highlighting text for clues
- Comic Strip assignment: Stages of Plot - due in class
September 25, 2023
- Short Story Analysis: The Interlopers by Saki
- Highlighting text for clues
- Comic Strip assignment: Stages of Plot
September 22, 2023
- Plot: Diagram of a story
- Short Story Analysis: The Interlopers by Saki
September 21, 2023
- Terry Fox Run
September 20, 2023
- Plot: Notes and Diagrams
- Mini-Story Write: Lost in the Woods
- Building Imagery in the Forest
- Developing a Character through Indirect Characterization
- Catch-up on missing work
September 19, 2023
- Silent Reading
- Mini-Story Write: Lost in the Woods
- Building Imagery in the Forest
- Developing a Character through Indirect Characterization
September 18, 2023
- Literary Terms Sort (of elements and terms so far)
- Mini-Story Write: Lost in the Woods
- Building Imagery in the Forest
- Developing a Character through Indirect Characterization
September 15, 2023
- Silent Reading
- Mini-Story Write: Lost in the Woods
- Building Imagery in the Forest
- Developing a Character through Indirect Characterization
- Pre-Planning due in class
September 14, 2023
- Silent Reading
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Written Responses
- Characterization in Traditional Stories (legends from Nunavut)
September 13, 2023
- Silent Reading
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Written Responses
- Characterization - round, flat, static, dynamic
September 12, 2023
- Silent Reading
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Written Responses
- Character Archetypes - film analysis and notes
September 11, 2023
- Silent Reading
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Written Responses
- Character Archetypes - film analysis and notes
September 8, 2023
- Silent Reading
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Written Response - Siblings (Bart and Lisa)
- Short Story: Gore by Sarah Ellis
- Analyzing Setting, and identifying Imagery, Simile, Metaphor
September 7, 2023
- Grade 9 PCSS Assembly
- Silent Reading
- *Coursework check-in Individually for any incomplete work
September 6, 2023
- Silent Reading
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Written Response - Photo Prompt (Describe this Scene)
- Short Story: Gore by Sarah Ellis
- Lesson on Simile v. Metaphor
September 5, 2023
- Silent Reading
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Written Response - Set a Scene using Imagery (5 senses)
- *Coursework check-In: How to prioritize assignments
September 1, 2023
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Written Response - Choose a setting, write a 5 minute story
- Imagery in Setting (lesson)
- Catch up work class
August 31, 2023
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Written Response - Space or Ocean
- Short Story Unit: Setting (The Sentry) (due in class)
August 30, 2023
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Written Response
- Short Story Unit: Setting (The Sentry)
August 29, 2023
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Written Response
- Library visit - book exploration and sign out (in class reading)
August 28, 2023
- Word Puzzles / Riddle
- Photo response
- Editting Practice
- About Me Poster / Paragraph Assignment
August 25, 2023
- About Me Poster / Paragraph Assignment
August 24, 2023
- About Me Poster / Paragraph Assignment
August 23, 2023
- English [Input-Output] Assignment (due in class)
August 22, 2023
- Course Outline
- Class Expectations and setting class culture
- About Me worksheets