Consistant Posting!

Umm... guys, as you have noticed, we have a few missing posts (Dec 2, Dec 14) this month and we should keep it consistant. I think that if you cannot post that day, then you should tell someone at school so we can figure things out, also you should check the blog once a day to see if anyone posted and normally we post who will post tommorrow so there is no confusion(do write who is going to post). If you have already missed one then you should make it as this will go into our portfolios. Trevor you were supposed to post on Wednsday.

LEARNING LOG~Dec 13/2011

What we did today

At the beginning of class today we changed our desks in groups. Ms.Lees gave the class a worksheet that we had to self evaluate and 6 books each group. The books were about the middle ages. We had to read the first 3 pages and evaluate what we read on to the sheet. On the sheet it had readability skills which was too easy, ok, somewhat challenging and challenging. Also on the sheet it had interest level which was not at all, somewhat interesting (could read), interesting and OMG have to read! Ms. Lees wanted a educational explanation why we chose what we think are readability was on each book and our interest level. We had to write our reasoning below. After we finished we had to rank the books from 1-6 the top books you would read to the lowest you would read.

Learning Intention

The learning intention was for Ms.Lees to find out what book is suitable for you. She is picking a book for each student to read for the Christmas holidays. We also had to stay focus and on task for the whole entire block in order to finish the sheet that was due in class today.

Reflections/Connections

Today I felt marvy because I really stayed on task today and didn't talk. I enjoyed reading all the books in the middle ages. There was a couple of books that I wanted to keep on reading ;)! I think this a good way for Ms.Lees to determine what book is suitable for each student.

Homework/Tips

- Finish your notes from the Pathway textbook that you have to complete at flex on Thursday at lunch
- Make sure your portfolio is ready for conferencing
- If you haven't finished your notes from the movie "First Knight" I suggest you should finish because it was due today
***CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CANSPELL***

Tomorrow Trevor will have the honour of posting! Good luck!

And I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!:)

learning log dec 12th

what we did today

today we did a group worksheet about the movie king Arthur.We got a piece of paper that had a three questions on it (at least thats how many questions my group had).What you had to do with this was split the paper up on section for each group member and write a response according to the questions and remember you wasn't aloud to talk.Then you had to agree on all the answers together and write it on the back of your sheet.

muddy/marvy

I was clear on what to do but my group and me got off task (you know what i mean fredrick :) )

also my group didn't extend and give reasons and proof

connections/comments

I don't think I have very good speaking skills.

I think this speaking in a group is a good idea because it gets us comfortable with speaking with others in our class that you would otherwise not talk too.It's also great because its lets us be comfortable with public speaking.

Homework

- finish your sheet on the king arthur movie because its due tommorow!

Posting!

Hello fellow bloggers!!!! Hope you all had a great weekend! :) Tomorrow I can not post because I have a special event to go to. I can blog Tuesday! Is their anyone who can replace my spot for this week???? Thanks ;)!

Learning Log Dec 7

Sorry posting this late, I was a little preoccupied with some erm... family matters

What we did
Today, we watched a movie called “First Knight”. It was about the Camelot
and King Arthur. The main plot of the story was that this land beside Camelot
called Lyonnais. They were attacked by Prince Malagant, a former Round Table
Knight who left and wanted King Arthur’s position. The queen there, Lady
Guinevere was arranged to marry King Arthur, who was double her age. On the way
there, she was ambushed by Malagant’s troops. During the mayhem, her carriage
was jacked and she jumped out, only to be followed by some troops and was saved
by Lancelot, another main character. She reached Camelot safely and got
married. But soon Malagant captured Lady Guinevere. And yet again, Lancelot
saved her. King Arthur made Lancelot a Knight of the Round Table. Soon word
came in that Lyonnais was captured and King Arthur went and recaptured Lyonnais.
After the battle, Lancelot and Lady Guinevere kissed in secret as their secret
affection for each other… let’s just say the dam broke for them. Unfortunate
for them, King Arthur caught them in the act and they were trialed for treason.
During trial, Malagant suddenly attacked Camelot and interrupted the court. King
Arthur’s men fought back and defeated Malagant. Malagant was killed by
Lancelot, but King Arthur was killed in the process and he was sailed off to
his special resting place at the end of the movie. We had this worksheet to
fill out while we watched the film. I’ll attach some pictures of the worksheet.

Learning Intentions

This is a film set during the Middle Ages, which is what we are about
to learn about so it is quite useful. Also this is a practice for note-taking
skills as we need to take notes on three general info questions.

Connections/ reflections
I thought it was an interesting movies though there was umm… some
scenes that were not that appropriate… I’ve watched this film before and I knew
what was about to happen. This is a film that really, when you think about it,
does not spread the right message to the viewers. For example, Lancelot once
and once again attempted to make Lady Guinevere to express love for him. That
is a message saying that it is ok for force someone into an relationship.

Homework.
Finish your worksheet
Study for Canspell
Go to flex if you have not finished the Pathway notes

Trevor has the honor to post on Friday

Learning Log for December 6

Hi everyone! As you all probably know, today was supposed to be Trevor’s day, but his internet is down so I’ll be doing the Learning Log today. Sorry for the late post, I had to go to a friend’s house for a French project then go straight to piano. My apologies.

What We Did Today

When we came in today, the tables were all shifted to the sides of the room and so were the chairs. We moved them back, and listened to hear our names called to make sure that we had all handed in our Geography tests and that we hadn’t gotten them mixed up in another pile as some were lost. We then quieted down to watch a documentary titled “History of the Middle Ages” an intro of sorts to the upcoming Middle Ages/History unit that we will soon be covering in Humanities 8. We took notes throughout the 9 minutes and 39 seconds that we watched, pausing all the while through to give us some extra time to write down the important points that we heard. The narrator was a really fast speaker and covered topics so fast that it took me a while to figure out that we had moved on to the time of the High Middle Ages! We learned all about Charles the Great (a.k.a. Charlemagne), his vast empire, and of his stature. We were just starting on The Crusades when Ms. Lees paused the video and told us to get ready for some Canspell spelling bee practice. We went about halfway around the room when (the imaginary bell rang just like it used to for everything in elementary school) and it was time to leave for fourth block .

Learning Intention(s)

Today we had to put to use our note taking and making skills, jotting down notes as fast as we could, it seems we weren’t fast enough to record them without interrupting the flow of the video J. Remember that we are only supposed to take notes 10-20% of the time and the rest of the 80-90% is solely devoted to using only our ears. Spelling is for our own enrichment, mostly depending if you really want to improve and if you’re fine with where your spelling is at now. You can look back at my previous Learning Log (November 30) for other reasons on this topic. We had to stay focused and on topic, too, otherwise we wouldn’t get the vital information down on our papers.

Reflections and Connections

Today I was feeling in the middle of both muddy and marvy because it was really hard to keep up with the pace of the video and I probably muddled up a few dates too. Oh, well... I felt marvy because I felt like I knew how to distinguish the unimportant information from the important information. Overall I’m leaning more to the marvy side of the scale and with a bit more practice that I’m sure we’ll get, I think I should be okay!

Homework and Tips

-Canspell spelling bee is coming up really soon (Friday December 9^th)

-If you haven’t finished your notes from Pathways you have to complete them at FLEX on Thursday at lunch... See you there! ;)

-Make sure that your portfolio is complete with samples of your work and Ms. Lees must-haves

That’s it I think, so I’ll see you all tomorrow at double block if not earlier. Sorry again for the late post.

Fredrick will post for tomorrow's double block... Best of luck Fredrick!

Comments

My comments aren't working!!!:( Is there any solution to this???

LEARNING LOG~ Dec.5/2011

What we did today

For the entire class today we were working on our notes from the Pathway textbook. Pages 9-20 we had to take notes in the outline form. After we finished that we had to take notes in a web/map form from pages 21-29. And lastly we have to do note-taking in a Cornell layout. Since we were just working on Pathway notes we got to listen to music! I believe Ms.Lees only did one portfolio today. She said she would like to start scheduling times for conferencing.

Learning Intentions

The learning intention today was to see how we can be quiet and work on our time wisely instead of talking away to your neighbour beside you. We did the Pathway notes because its good to know the different forms or methods on how to take notes.

Reflections/Connections

I felt pretty marvy today because I really enjoyed some of the text that was in the Pathway textbook. It was interesting. I also liked the different forms/methods of note-taking because it can come in handy someday. I think I am more concentrated in class when I listen to music. I don't know why!?

Homework/Tips

- Canspell
-If you are not finished your geography test ,tomorrow will be your last day to finish at 7:30am in Ms.Lees portable
- Those of you who were away on the day of the test you have to make it up on Thursday at flex
-Review the Cornell clip Ms.Lees has on her blog
- If you have not yet followed Ms.Lees blog

That's it! Tomorrow Trevor will have the honour of doing the Learning log. Good luck!

Missing Post

Hello!!! We don't have a post for friday.Wasn't trevor suppose to post on friday???!