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Learning Log for January the 17th

what we did:

On January 17 we worked on webs with our groups.That was the second day we worked on webs and Ms lees said they were due on Wednesday January 18.

Why we did it:

We were working on the webs because they were due the next day(but the real reason was to get better at group work like getting tasks done when your group needs them,giving people more ideas and to get better at listening to others ideas

Connections/Reflections:

My Reflection is the class worked well in class and most people had good progress on their webs but some people did finish their notes or forgot their book ect.

homework:

>To come to flex on Thursday

>finish notes

>finish any work from term one

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Learning Log January 18th

what we did:

On January 18th we were spose to have a little time to do our webs and then we where spose to hand them in to the teacher. Instead we marked some geography tests from before Christmas (the tests where from our class and the block four class).Then we got like 20 minutes to work on our webs.The webs due date was extended to Friday because we were marking the geography tests

Why we did it:

We marked the tests because the subs who marked them didn't add up the marks so we had to take the marks from each page and write the total down on the bottom corner,Then add up all the marks to make a total.The reason we did the webs was to improve our group working skills

and so we have stuff to do in class.

Connections/Reflections:

The class did well on Wednesday i think most of us where listening to Ms. lees and marking the tests.Then in the group work for twenty minutes we all where working hard and on task.

homework:

>post on blog

>hand in paragraphs if not yet handed in

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Learning Log January 20th

What we did:

On Friday the class finished all the webs in half the class then we watched a video about how a group of people mod a shopping cart to make it easier to shop then we talked about why they did so.

Why we did it:

We watched the video because it show us something cool you can do with a shopping cart.It also showed us that that with team work you can do anything and that the skills that Ms. lees is teaching us right now (which is sharing ideas with others and listen to other peoples ideas)will help us later in life with our jobs

Connections/Reflections:

On Friday the class was on task at the beginning but toward the end some people weren't listening.The reason why we watched the video was basically to show us that what we do in class can relate to people who work and use the same skills as what we are learning

Homework:

>post

>watch the video (link to it is right here>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M66ZU2PCIcM

>finish any term one stuff

NO BLOG POST NEXT WEEK

Learning Log Friday January 16th

What we did today:

Today the class worked on the rough draft of the webs we are doing and some started on there good drafts

Why we did it:

The point of doing the rough draft was to plan out where all the information and pictures will go on the good copy .Also so we can play around with different designs and themes for the web.The point of the good draft is to show how we have improved from the rough draft.\

Connections/Reflections

A connection of how webbing can help us later in life. Example your starting a business and you need to see where your company will have offices and what you company will do and how much it will cost. In that case you could create a web.Then you could think back to grade 8 and say thank Ms lees for webbing skills

Homework:

>finish paragraph editing

>finish good copy of paragraphs

>get lots of notes for your web

*dont forget flex is on thursday*

POSTING NEXT IS MEE YAY

Sorry I wasn't at school I was sick again but I can post on friday and on the double block

on wednesday

Learning Log Friday January 6th

What we did:Today the class was in the library and we had to do reviews of how well other people (in your blog group) do on posting.Then we wrote down all the post we made and all the comments you have posted on other peoples posts.Then we all got in groups (the groups were the people who had the same book as you)and got web of different topic's ,two people got green card and two would get yellow.The people with the green would write down positive things about the web and the yellow would write negative things about the web.

Why we did it:

We did the reviews of the blog posts because,First the teacher needs to mark us and second to see how yourself and other do on the blogs so you can get better at writing the learning logs.The propose of the webbing thing was to get people to share more of there idea's and to get better at group work.

Connections/Reflections(by Fredrick, this is just a sample so you know how to write this, please do write your own Trevor)

I thought that the first part of our class, which was the blog critique, was productive for me and my group. We got through all of our critiques and the quality of the work was quite good. However the second part of class was not quite productive as we got quite off task and we did not get much done. I will leave the connections to you Trevor

homework:

post on your blogs(if it's your day)

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!

learning log november 23 2011

learning log November 23 2011

topics/what we did today

today in the first block we started out looking at our blogs and how to write what I'm doing now which is writing about what we did in class so people that were away can look at this and sill finish the homework so there is no reason to come to class and say "Ms Lees I couldn't do my because i was away."Next we did a "heart map" which was a big heart on your paper that had a list of what was important to you and memories that were in your mind( it didn't have to be in a heart form it could just be a list) .There had to be at least 25 -30 ideas on it more would be recommended because we will use it for reference when are writing stories. In the second block today we went over the definition of paragraphs next we looked at the types of paragraphs.Then looked at Narrative paragraphs how to write one is 1 begin with the incident and avoid a long preamble.Eg if you tell about a boating accident omit other details like getting out the boat and putting it in the water.2 is interesting because it includes significant details rather than general statements.3 moves towards a climax then ends.then we looked at some examples of narrative paragraphs and had to identify what it is really about and some things that made it really detailed example the three-O' clock bell rang.Then we looked at descriptive paragraphs the key things that descriptive have to have are it has to paint a picture. the purpose is to describe in detail and let the reader "see" a particular person or place and use all five senses example hearing, seeing and touching that was what we did in two blocks.

Learning intention

The learning intention was first to show you how the learning logs should look.Next was making the to give us ideas for writing future stories and to give us an idea for the descriptive paragraph and the narrative paragraph instead of have to use the ideas on the page that was handed out.I like that Ms Lees did that because then we can have our own topic so we can have more of our ideas at least that's what i think :).Next we did the narrative and descriptive paragraphs the learning intentions was to learn how to write narrative and descriptive paragraphs and so when we (the students) need to know the difference between narrative and descriptive paragraphs we all do.

Muddy or Marvy?

I was Marvy today about the heart mapping all you did was write down things that you remember well and things that are important to you.The blog i was i little muddy about that because i didn't know what to write but then i looked at sara's learning log/blog and was like OK i get it now!so all you do is really do the same thing as a learning log but on the Internet.

The narrative and descriptive paragraphs i was marvy about it. What you do is just write something that moves toward a climax and then ends and begin with a incident and avoid a long preamble for the narrative paragraph. For the descriptive paragraph your paragraph has to paint a picture,describe in detail and use all the five senses.Mostly i think i was marvy.

Homework

-do a descriptive paragraph but only if you have not do it yet

-do a narrative paragraph which everybody should do

The next flex time for Ms Lees is tomorrow so don't forget because the next time there is flex is next Thursday!!!!