LA 11:251:05

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LA (1125-105)
Thu, Sep 3, 2009 (Regular Day 4 Schedule)

• LA 1ST Period (Sit wherever you want. Its going
  to change anyways.)
• Attendance / Seating Plan / Schedule
• Human Bingo
• Ice breakers
• Questions?
• LA 2ND Period
• Room 304 rules
• Photos
• LA Homework Bring a photograph thats important
  to you tomorrow

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Room 304 Rules
Wed, Sep 2, 2009 (Day 3 modified)

• Active listening
• No put downs / No negative laughing
• You dont have to like everybody, but you must
  treat everyone with respect
• You have the right to pass

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LA (1015-1045)
Fri, Sep 4, 2009 (Day 5 modified)

• Hand out the hand-outs, folders, etc.
• You need 2 sticky white labels, a blue duotang, a
  yellow 2-pocket folder, 7 handouts, yesterdays
  ice-breakers and notebooks.
• Schedule
• Reading Homework
• Scholastic

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LA (1125 - 1215 105)
Tue, Sep 8, 2009 (Day 2)

• We will be starting History and Drama next week
• Set up mailboxes
• Set up mailboxes. Put the red label at the top.
  Write R7C and your name on the label.
• Your 2 pocket folder, reading writing notebooks
  go in your mailbox at the end of class. Put the
  mailboxes away.
• Keep your LA stuff at your desk (i.e. Blue
  Reading duotang, Yellow folder, notebooks)
• Reading Workshop Choosing a good text
• Writing Workshop Prewriting (Photo paragraphs)
• I will come by to collect signatures from the
  Meet the Teacher newsletter and to check your
  photos. Students who are missing items must see
  me at the end of the day.

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Reading Workshop
Tue, Sep 8, 2009 (Day 2)

• Book talk introduction to the class library
• Mini lesson Choosing a good text
• Independent Reading (20 min) 1228-1248
• Group share / Say something

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Talk
Tue, Sep 8, 2009 (Day 2)

• Do you like to read? Why or why not?
• What is your favourite thing youve ever read?
• Where do you get things to read?
• What topics or subjects interest you?
• What are some books that youve read?
• Ways We Choose Books (Shared Writing)

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Writing Workshop
Tue, Sep 8, 2009 (Day 2)

• 1. Prewriting
• Mini lesson mind web / brainstorming
• Independent Writing
• Look at your photograph
• Brainstorm ideas about what you could write about
• 2. Drafting
• Mini lesson What makes this good writing?
• Independent Writing
• Write a paragraph describing the photo you
  brought in.

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LA (1125 - 1215 105)
Wed, Sep 9, 2009 (Day 3)

• Read
• The first 20 minutes of every LA class will start
  with silent reading.
• Bring your own text or borrow a book from the
  class library.
• If youre dying to share something to a friend
  about what youre reading, save it for the end.

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LA (1125 - 1215 105)
Wed, Sep 9, 2009 (Day 3)

• Reading Workshop
• Book talk
• Mini lesson Think about what youre reading.
• Are you reading in the Zone?
• Are you reading for pleasure or information?
• Independent Reading (20 min)
• Group share / Say something
• Finish Mind Map
• Sign Reading Log
• Writing Workshop Drafting (Photo paragraphs)
• Mini Lesson What makes this good writing?
• Independent Writing Write your draft

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LA (1125 - 1215 105)
Wed, Sep 9, 2009 (Day 3)
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CASI fun!
Thu, Sep 10, 2009 (Day 4) Mr Fuchigami, Mrs
Gillanders, (1125-105)

• Hand in your reading duotangs in the bucket by
  the phone.
• Please separate your desks. Please be silent.
• This is a diagnostic comprehension assessment.
• It does not go on your report card, but your
  parents will be informed of the results.
• Grade 7 students read The Visitor (Gr 6) and
  answer the 4 questions.
• If you finish early, read something
  independently.
• Random Scholastic Reading Prizes will be awarded
  today.

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LA (1125 - 1215 105)
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 (Day 5) LA (1125 - 1215
105)

• Read
• The first 20 minutes of every LA class will start
  with silent reading.
• Bring your own text or borrow a book from the
  class library.
• You need a zip lock bag to borrow a book next
  week.
• If youre dying to share something to a friend
  about what youre reading, save it for the end.

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LA (1125 1215 105)
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 (Day 5)

• Reading Workshop
• Mini lesson Reading is Thinking. Say Something
• Independent Reading (20 min)
• Group share / Say something
• Sign Reading Log
• Writing Workshop Drafting (Photo paragraphs)
• Independent Writing Write your draft (20 min)
• Mini Lesson Revising with Red Pens
• Other Stuff Scholastic Orders go in today.

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Reading is Thinking
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 (Day 5) LA (1125 - 1215
105)

• When I read, I am always thinking about what the
  author is saying and how I feel.
• You will be thinking as you read your book today.
  
• What you like or dont like
• Making predictions
• Noticing something about the authors language or
  style.
• How a character reminds you of someone.
• Today while you are reading, mark two places in
  your book where you might share some of what you
  were thinking about as you read.
• Use sticky notes to remember the place so we can
  share our thoughts at the end.

(Creative Commons) Photo Credit Michele Eve
http//www.flickr.com/photos/flasporty/2562149283/
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Writing Workshop (Photo Paragraphs)
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 (Day 5) LA (1125 - 1215
105)

• Independent Writing Write your draft (20 min)
• Mini Lesson Revising with Red Pens
• Organization (Topic sentence, Body sentences,
  Closing sentence)
• Voice (Do you sound natural),
• Word Choice (exciting nouns and verbs),
• Sentence Fluency (a mix of long and short
  sentences)

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LA (1125 - 1215 105)
Mon, Sep 14, 2009 (Day 1) LA (1125 - 1215
105)

• Read
• The first 20 minutes of every LA class will start
  with silent reading.
• Bring your own text or borrow a book from the
  class library.
• Come at 2nd recess with a zip lock bag to borrow
  a book.

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LA (1125 - 1215 105)
Mon, Sep 14, 2009 (Day 1) LA (1125 - 1215
105)

• Reading Workshop
• Mini lesson Are you in the Zone? Are you reading
  for pleasure or information? Say Something
• Independent Reading (20 min)
• Group share / Say something
• Reading Log but I will sign it
• Taking up the CASI
• Modeled / Shared Reading Say Something
• Shared Writing Summarize / Main Idea
• Awesome Examples of Awesomeness
• Other Stuff
• Scholastic Orders went in last Friday.
• Meet the Teacher night is tomorrow night.

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LA (1215 105)
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 (Day 1) LA (1215 105)

• Read
• Mini lesson Say Something
• Look at your purple Say Something handout in your
  reading duotang
• Get 2 post-it notes and write down ideas as your
  read.
• SILENT Independent Reading (20 min)
• Group share / Say something
• Reading Log
• Bring your own text or borrow a book from the
  class library. Come at 2nd recess with a zip lock
  bag to borrow a book.

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LA (1215 105)
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 (Day 1) LA (1215 105)

• Reading Workshop
• Mini lesson Say Something
• Independent Reading (20 min)
• Group share / Say something
• Reading Log but I will sign it
• Writing Workshop (Independent Writing)
• Drafting
• Complete your paragraph if you havent finished
  already.
• Revising with Red Pens
• Complete your paragraph if you havent finished
  already.
• Mini Lesson Editing (CUPS) with Blue Pens
• Good copy due on Friday.

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Mini Lesson Revising with Red Pens
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 (Day 1) LA (1215 105)

• Get a red pen. (You can borrow one from the
  front).
• Take out the Monkey paragraph example of what a
  Level 4 looks like. Review your jot notes.
• Read through your draft four times.
• The first time, focus on fixing your organization
  
• (Topic sentence, Body sentences, Closing
  sentence)
• The second time, focus on improving your voice
• (Do you sound natural),
• The third time, try to improve your word choice
• (use exciting nouns and verbs),
• Finally, read your draft and tweak your Sentence
  Fluency
• (a mix of long and short sentences)

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Editing (CUPS) with Blue Pens
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 (Day 1) LA (1215 105)

• Get a blue pen. (You can borrow one from the
  front).
• Take out the Monkey paragraph example of what a
  Level 4 looks like. Review your jot notes.
• Read through your draft four times.
• The first time, focus on fixing your
  capitalization
• (Start of a sentence, proper nouns, etc)
• The second time, focus on improving your usage
  (grammar)
• (consistent verb tenses)
• The third time, try to improve your punctuation
• (commas, semi colons, periods, exclamation marks,
  etc.)
• Finally, read your draft and tweak your spelling
• (homonyms their, there)

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Good Copy Requirements
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 (Day 1) LA (1215 105)

• Please note that all work must be done in class.
• You may not take your writing notebook home.
• If you need extra time to finish your paragraph,
  please come in during second recess or after
  school.
• Please write neatly using blue or black pen on
  one side of a regular piece of paper (8.5 x 11,
  lined.) The good copy needs to be neat, but it
  does not need to be typed up.
• Please attach the photograph on the same side as
  your paragraph. (It will be photocopied.)
• Please make sure your name and class appear in
  the top right corner
• Please come up with a catchy title that captures
  the big idea for your paragraph and photograph.
• My summer vacation doesn't grab the reader's
  attention.
• Monkey and Macy is a little better.
• Inspiring Macy sums up why I take photos of
  Monkey in different parts of the world.

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Writing Workshop (1215 105)
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 (Day 1) LA (1215 105)

• Drafting
• Mini Lesson Revising with Red Pens
• Organization (Topic sentence, Body sentences,
  Closing sentence)
• Voice (Do you sound natural),
• Word Choice (exciting nouns and verbs),
• Sentence Fluency (a mix of long and short
  sentences)
• Mini Lesson Editing (CUPS) with Blue Pens
• Capitals,
• Usage (Grammar),
• Punctuation,
• Spelling
• Publishing Write your good copy
• Neat, hand-written, in pen (blue or black)
• Attach your photograph
• Name and Class (Top-right corner)
• Catchy Title

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LA
Thu, Sep 17, 2009

• Reading Workshop
• Get the Slam! And Acceptable Use of Computers
  handout and put it in your Reading Duotang.
• Get 1 post it note.
• Read the Acceptable Use of Computers and Internet
  Technology Policy
• Say Something write this on a post it note.
• Independent Reading (20 min)
• Group share / Say something
• Reading Log (I will be checking on Monday)

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LA
Thu, Sep 17, 2009

• What are the elements of a Level 4 Reading
  Response?
• Read the SLAM! Reading Response
• Syntax Surgery
• Modeled Reading, Shared Reading
• Safe / Acceptable Use of Computers
• Student User names and passwords
• Google Docs
• Lab (Room 201)

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Photo Paragraph (due today)
Fri Sep 17

• Drafting
• Mini Lesson Revising with Red Pens
• Organization (Topic sentence, Body sentences,
  Closing sentence)
• Voice (Do you sound natural),
• Word Choice (exciting nouns and verbs),
• Sentence Fluency (a mix of long and short
  sentences)
• Mini Lesson Editing (CUPS) with Blue Pens
• Capitals,
• Usage (Grammar),
• Punctuation,
• Spelling
• Publishing Write your good copy
• Neat, hand-written, in pen (blue or black)
• Attach your photograph
• Write your name and class on the back of the
  photo
• Use masking tape on the back
• Name and Class (Top-right corner)
• Catchy Title
• Put it in a plastic sheet protector and hand it
  in.

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LA
Mon Sep 21

• How was your weekend?
• Photo Paragraphs (Social Networking)
• Two Truths and a Lie
• Read
• DRA Reading Survey handout (if you havent
  finished).
• DRA Assessment Questions

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LA
Wed Sep 23

• Reading Response
• Recipe for your jot notes
• Recipe for your reading response.
• First reading response due on Friday.
• We are in the lab tomorrow.
• Boys, Beer, Barf and Bonding
• Shared Reading
• Shared Writing jot notes and reading response

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R7C LA
Thu Sep 24

• Reading Logs will be checked on Fri Oct 2
• Write this in your agendas.
• History is due tomorrow (Vocabulary, and page
  references on the back.)
• Scholastic Prizes will be given on this day.
• Ballots will be awarded based on how many times
  youve read for 20 minutes.
• No signature detention no ballot
• Shared Writing - Reading Response
• Computer Lab (Google Docs)

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LA
Thu Sep 24

• Shared Writing - Reading Response
• Pick a reading strategy to write about
• Add more ideas to the It Says, I say, And so
  graphic organizer
• Re-read / Make a Mind map / Jot notes
• Focus on the events that are important to your
  reading strategy.
• Write your reading response following the recipe
  for a reading response

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LA
Thu Sep 24

• 2. Computer Lab (Google Docs)
• Create a Google Doc for your reading response.
• E78 Your Full Name Reading Response 1 Title
  of Text
• Share gt Invite people gt Michael.Fuchigami_at_LDHSS.OC
  DSB.ca
• Spend 20 minutes making jot notes (Prewriting or
  Revising)
• Somebody Wanted But So
• It says, I say, And so
• Spend 20 minutes typing your reading response
  (Drafting or Revising)
• Finish at home. Due Monday

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LA (1125-1200)
Fri Sep 25

• Finish the DRA
• Get your DRA Assessment Questions
• Get your DRA story
• Re-read the story
• Finish the questions.
• Finish the DRA Reading Survey handout.
• If you are finished your DRA test then please do
  your silent reading
• Picture Check
• 1200 Called down to gym for Terry Fox
  assembly.

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LA
Mon Sep 28

• Writing / Mark Sheets
• Hand back marked paragraphs
• Mark Sheets
• Photo Paragraph 2 Pre-Writing
• Mind map
• Organizing
• Finish DRA Reading Test or Read Independently
• Get your DRA Assessment Questions
• Get your DRA story
• Finish the DRA Reading Survey handout.

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LA - Writing
Mon Sep 28

• Hand back marked paragraphs
• Look at the 61 writing traits
• 1) ideas, 2) organization, 3) voice, 4) word
  choice, 5) sentence fluency, 6) conventions, and
  7) presentation.
• Make a T-Chart at the back of your writing
  notebook
• What did you do well?
• What do you need to improve?
• Mark sheets
• Questions and Answers.
• Mark sheets and Paragraph rubrics need to be
  signed (by THU)
• Paragraph rubric goes into your two-pocket folder
  
• Bottom of mark sheet gets cut out and returned to
  me.
• Photo Paragraph 2 PRE WRITING
• Mind Map Whats the BIG IDEA?
• Organizing our ideas

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LA - Reading
Mon Sep 28

• Finish the DRA
• Get your DRA Assessment Questions
• Get your DRA story
• Re-read the story
• Finish the questions.
• Finish the DRA Reading Survey handout.
• If you are finished your DRA test then please do
  your silent reading

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LA - Reading
Wed Sep 30

• Finish the DRA
• Get your DRA Assessment Questions
• Get your DRA story
• Re-read the story
• Finish the questions.
• Finish the DRA Reading Survey handout.
• If you are finished your DRA test then please do
  your silent reading
• After 20 minutes of silent reading, put a piece
  of lined paper in your reading duotang and make
  jot notes
• Basic Information
• Somebody Wanted But So
• It Says, I Say, And So
• Jot Notes major events

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LA Writing Work Period
Thu Oct 1

• Writing Workshop - Revising
• Mini Lesson Voice / Word Choice
• Similes,
• Metaphors
• Add similes and metaphors to your draft
• Revising / Peer Revising (TAG)
• LAB
• Rubric / Example of Awesomeness
• 20 min reading
• 30 min Jot notes and writing Reading Response 2

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Welcome to LA
Fri Oct 2

• Administrative Stuff
• Welcome. Say something about this class.
• Collect Mark sheets
• Reading Duotangs / Scholastic Coupon Draw
• One coupon for each day you read 20 min from Mon
  Sep 14 to Thu Oct 1 (should be 14 coupons)
• Bonus coupons (one coupon for every extra 20
  minutes you read)

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Welcome to Room 304. Say Something
Fri Oct 2

• Reading homework
• Reading strategies
• Classroom setup
• Class website 304.LDHSS.ca
• What does a Level 3 or 4 look like in this class?
• Two truths and a Lie
• Classroom library
• Scholastic Coupons
• Parties and Parties
• Rules for 304
• Sign out sheet
• Lost and Found

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LA
Mon Oct 5

• Administrative Stuff
• Collect Mark sheets
• QSP Magazine Fundraiser
• This week
• Writing Workshop
• Grammar Sentence Fragments
• Independent Writing
• Revising Add Similes, Metaphors
• Editing Fix sentence fragments
• Two Truths and a Lie due on Thursday
• Reading Workshop
• READ 20 min scholastic flyer or QSP flyer

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Independent Writing Period
Wed Oct 7

• Pre-writing
• Mind Web / Select and Organize your ideas
• Drafting
• Revising (with red pens)
• Organization (Topic sentence, Body sentences,
  Closing sentence)
• VOICE / WORD CHOICE similes, metaphors
• SENTENCE FLUENCY Try to use a mix of long and
  short sentences.
• Word Choice (exciting nouns and verbs)
• Editing (CUPS) (with blue pens)
• Capitals, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling
• Fix your sentence fragments
• Publishing Write your good copy
• Neat, hand-written, in dark pen (blue or black)
• Attach your photograph with tape on the back
• Write your name and class on the back of the
  photo
• Name and Class (Top-right corner)
• Catchy Title
• Put it in a plastic sheet protector and hand it
  in.

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Dance Schedule (Thursday Oct 8)

• Students are not permitted to leave the school
  unless signed out by a parent.
• Students will not have the opportunity to use
  computers.
• Those who do not pay to go to the dance or to see
  the movie will be working quietly in the library.
  Attendance will be taken.
• 905 - 945 Period 1 (40 min)
• 945 - 1025 Period 2 (40 min)
• 1025 - 1105 Break (40 min)
• 1105 - 1145 Period 3 (40 min)
• 1145 - 1225 Period 4 (40 min)
• 1225 - 100 Period 5 (35 min)
• Dance will start at 105. The movie is the
  Original Star Wars

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LA
Thu Oct 8

• Administrative Stuff
• QSP Magazine / Scholastic orders
• Dance schedule
• Tuesday is Monday. Weird.
• Clarification Can I read textbooks from another
  class for my reading homework?
• Independent Writing Period
• Two good-copy paragraphs are due at the end of
  today.
• You cannot take your writing folders home.
• Come in after school if you need more time.
• Reading Response (Lab)
• Read 20 min
• Jot Notes 20 min (use the template file)

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Dance Schedule (Thursday Oct 8)

• Students are not permitted to leave the school
  unless signed out by a parent.
• Students will not have the opportunity to use
  computers.
• Those who do not pay to go to the dance or to see
  the movie will be working quietly in the library.
  Attendance will be taken.
• 905 - 945 Period 1 (40 min)
• 945 - 1025 Period 2 (40 min)
• 1025 - 1105 Break (40 min)
• 1105 - 1145 Period 3 (40 min)
• 1145 - 1225 Period 4 (40 min)
• 1225 - 100 Period 5 (35 min)
• Dance will start at 105. The movie is the
  Original Star Wars

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Can I read a book in another language for my
reading homework?
Thu Oct 8

• Once a week you can read a Media text (i.e. tv
  show, movie, listen to music)
• We can use the same comprehension strategies
  (i.e. prediction, inferring) whether we are
  reading a novel or watching a movie.
• You can read in a different language once a week
  and count it as a Media text.
• You can read a textbook from another class.
• i.e. If you read your history textbook for 20
  minutes, you can count it for English homework.
  (If you answer homework questions during that 20
  minutes, it doesnt count.)
• See the Questions and Answers page on the class
  website for more information

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Independent Writing Period

• Pre-writing
• Mind Web / Select and Organize your ideas
• Drafting
• Revising (with red pens)
• Organization (Topic sentence, Body sentences,
  Closing sentence)
• VOICE / WORD CHOICE similes, metaphors
• SENTENCE FLUENCY Try to use a mix of long and
  short sentences.
• Word Choice (exciting nouns and verbs)
• Editing (CUPS) (with blue pens)
• Capitals, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling
• Fix your sentence fragments
• Publishing Write your good copy
• Neat, hand-written, in dark pen (blue or black)
• Attach your photograph with tape on the back
• Write your name and class on the back of the
  photo
• Name and Class (Top-right corner)
• Catchy Title
• Put it in a plastic sheet protector and hand it
  in.

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LA
Tue Oct 13

• Two Truths and a Lie Presentations
• Practice reading with dramatic flair (15 min)
• Volume, Speed / Phrasing, Dramatic Flair
• Presentations (digitally recorded)

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LA
Wed Oct 14

• Diversity stuff - Want a timbit?
• Can you speak another language? Are you a native
  speaker? Can you say the following?
• The name of your language (in English) I remember
  (in English), I remember (in your language), I
  remember (in English), Your Name
• Thank You (in English) Thank You (in your
  language)
• Two Truths and a Lie Presentations
• Presentations (digitally recorded)

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LA
Thu Oct 15

• Record Two Truths and a Lie
• Why dont we do it in our sleeves? Media Text
• Say Something
• Somebody Wanted But So
• It Says I Say And So
• Lab Reading Response
• Read the teacher feedback (in red) and revise
  your reading response.
• When you have revised it, please add REVISED in
  the title.
• Work on your next reading response.

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LA
Fri Oct 16

• Read.
• Students are randomly assigned different stories.
• Read the story over the weekend.
• Make jot notes for the story (but you dont have
  to write a reading response)
• Basic Information
• Somebody Wanted But So
• It Says, I Say, And So
• Choose a Reading Strategy
• List events
• I will explain the assignment on Monday

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LA
Mon Oct 19

• Other Stuff
• Scholastic is in.
• Tulips
• Starting after announcements Grade 9, 8, 7...
• Please send the tulip bulbs with your class
  attached to the clipboard
• Each student will be given a bulb and showed
  where to plant it.
• Drop in the bulb and pat the dirt back over it
• Staying off the flower beds so that the bulbs can
  germinate and in the spring we should (fingers
  crossed!) have some beautiful beds of tulips.
• Wrapping up Two Truths and a Lie
• Go get your Two-Pocket Folders and your 3
  paragraphs
• Reading Ravens
• Parent Letter / Electronic Bulletin Board
  Expectations
• LAB time Log into Reading Ravens.ca and answer
  the questions

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Wrapping up Two Truths and a Lie
Mon Oct 19

• Select your best piece of writing for me to mark.
• Answer the following questions in your writing
  notebook
• Explain how you used the writing process to
  improve as a writer.
• Identify a variety of strategies you used (What
  did you do)
• Explain which ones were most helpful (What did
  you learn)
• Suggest future steps you can take to improve as a
  writer. (How can you use the writing process next
  time?)
• Complete the following table
• Hand in your writing notebook and your paragraph.
• Hand out Oral Visual Marks
• If you havent presented yet, you have until
  Friday when we will record in class.

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LA
Wed Oct 21

• Reading Ravens Handout
• Print out your 3 posts. Hand it in on Friday (2
  questions, 1 response to a classmate)
• Lab is available today if you need help
  (1105-1125 and 125-145)
• Narrative Unit kick-off
• Boys, Beer, Barf and Bonding
• Types of Genres
• What makes this a narrative?

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LA
Thu Oct 22

• Other Stuff
• End of year grade 7 trip form
• Class Library Thank You
• Reading Ravens Lab is available today if you need
  help (1105-1125 and 125-145)
• Narrative Unit kick-off
• Boys, Beer, Barf and Bonding - What makes this a
  narrative?
• Mind web characteristics of a narrative.
• Examples / Counter Examples
• Audacity Media project Two Truths and a Lie

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LA
Fri Oct 23

• Reading Ravens (Per 4)
• Caged of damned - Mr. Fuchigami (Rm 304)
• Dangerous Game Mr. King (Rm 302)
• Swan Mrs. Troutman (Rm 311)

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Cage of the Damned
Fri Oct 23

• Say Something
• Use the handout and say something
• Try to support your answer
• It says (Ideas from the Text)
• I say (Your understanding of the world)
• And so (a question, a comment, a clarification)

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Cage of the Damned Question 1
Fri Oct 23

• Find clues are in the text that make us think
  this story is about a person?
• Find clues are in the text that make us wonder if
  its about something else?
• Whats the authors intent in writing this story?

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Cage of the Damned Question 2
Fri Oct 23

• Animals should have the same rights as humans

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Cage of the Damned
Fri Oct 23

• Homework
• What is the main idea? (Why did the author write
  this story?)
• Due on Tuesday
• Example of a level 3 and a level 4.

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LA
Thu Oct 22

• Reading Ravens due tomorrow (hand in Rm 314
  buckets)
• What is the Main Idea handout
• 3 posts if you havent handed it in yet (due last
  Friday)
• Story
• Boys, Beer, Barf and Bonding - What makes this a
  narrative?
• Definition
• Plot Diagram
• Drama / History Acadians

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LA Fill out the plot diagram
Mon Oct 26

• Get 4 post-it notes (cut them in half so each
  part is sticky)
• Put the following items on the sticky notes
• Setting (where / when)
• Introduction
• Rising Action
• Climax (moment of change)
• Falling Action
• Resolution
• Character (before)
• Character (after)

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LA
Wed Oct 28

• DRA
• Finish the Reading Survey handout (both sides)
• Read
• Independent Reading 20 minutes
• Jot Notes (20 minutes)
• On a lined piece of paper
• Background information (Author, Title,
  Genre/Form)
• Somebody Wanted But So
• It Say, I Say, And So
• What Reading Strategy did you use?
• List events that you read today

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Scary Story Quick Write Activity
Thu Oct 29

• Get Ready
• Hand out pictures to students and take out a
  blank piece of paper
• Descriptive Words
• You have one minute to write as many descriptive
  words as you can
• Try adjectives, similes, metaphors,
  personification
• Switch desks (3 times)
• Character Description
• You have two minutes to write a short character
  biography
• Who are they? What do they want? What are their
  dreams?
• Switch desks (3 times)
• Problem / Solution
• You have 3 minutes to make jot notes about a
  problem and a solution
• Switch desks (3 times)
• Return to your original desk and write the story
• (15 minutes non-stop writing)

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Audacity
Thu Oct 29

• Work period in the lab.
• Assignment is due at the end of next lab period.

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LA
Mon Nov 2

• No class. Hockey game.

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Mark Sheets Strand Analysis
Tue Nov 3

• Please cross out MarkSign
• Its the number of marksheets youve signed and
  brought back.
• Please cross out R.Diagno
• This mark doesnt mean anything. Look at the
  remarks in the section above to see what grade
  you are reading at
• DRA Saying the Words (What grade level are you
  reading at when you say the words?)
• DRA Comprehension Score (What grade level do
  you understand the text?)
• Circle O/V/M, Reading, and Writing.
• This gives you an idea of your Term 1 Report Card
  mark.
• PLEASE NOTE The number here is a calculated
  average based on the actual mark. The mark on the
  Report Card is not an average but is based on the
  most recent and consistent work.

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Mark Sheets - Things to Know!
Tue Nov 3

• If you are missing assignments or if there is an
  error, please see me.
• THE ABSOLUTE DEADLINE TO HAND IN WORK IS THU, NOV
  12.
• Please have a parent / guardian sign the form
  below.
• A copy of your marksheet has been emailed to your
  LDHSS google account. Some of your parents will
  have received it by email as well.
• If there are any questions / concerns, please ask
  me when I return.

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LA Reading Response to Mark
Wed Nov 4

• Go to your Google Docs account. Find a second
  Reading Response that you would like me to mark.
  (I will be getting a Reading and a Writing Mark!)
• Revise your work
• Sentence Fluency (Does it flow? Mix of simple and
  complex sentences)
• Edit your work
• Capitals, Usage (Sentence / Grammar),
  Punctuation, Spelling
• When you are ready for me to mark it, do the
  following steps
• Change the Title to say Please Mark Me R7C
  Your Name Reading Response ___ - Title of the
  book
• Make sure you have shared it with me
• Michael.Fuchigami_at_ldhss.ocdsb.ca (Its posted on
  the right side of our class website.)
• 3. Deadline Monday Nov 9
• Reading Duotangs will be checked.
• Hand in your second Reading Response to be marked.

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LA
Thu Nov 5

• Questions and Answers
• Mark Sheets
• Term 1 Dead date Thu Nov 12
• PD Days Fri Nov 13, Mon Nov 16
• Monday Nov 9
• Second Reading Response to Mark is due
• Reading Duotangs will be checked. Please make
  sure your parents or I have signed your reading
  log.
• CASI fun.
• Boys Beer Barf and Bonding
• What is the Main Idea? (Post-it note)
• Thinking about CASI
• Lab Audacity Work Period
• Lab 201 is open second Nutrition Break for extra
  help.
• If you have finished your first reading response
  but it hasnt been marked yet, please see me in
  the lab

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LA
Fri Nov 6

• Give
• Before Reading Strategy
• Make a prediction.
• During Reading Strategy (Modeled Reading / Read
  Aloud)
• Make notes in your Reading Journal

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LA CASI
Mon Nov 9

• Figure out how many coupons you should get.
• Write the number in your reading logs.
• Start the CASI Fun
• Grade 7 Papas Parrot
• The guest teacher will come around, check your
  homework (reading logs) and give out coupons
• Dont fill out the coupons until after you have
  finished the CASI test.
• Put the coupons in the Indiana Jones bucket.
• The draw is tomorrow.
• Silent Reading (Reading Ravens story) if you are
  done.

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LA CASI / Reading
Mon Nov 9

• Reading Duotangs / Scholastic Coupon Draw
• One coupon for each day you read 20 min (From
  Oct 5 to Nov 6 should be 25 coupons)
• Bonus coupons (one coupon for every extra 20
  minutes you read)
• Bonus Bonus coupons(one coupon for the weekly
  reading responses correctly shared using Google
  Docs.)
• Write down the number of coupons you should get
  and write it beside the Fri Nov 6 entry.
• No signature no coupon. No exceptions.
• If the extra time you read isnt written down, no
  coupon.
• Write your name on each coupon and put it into
  the Indiana Jones container. The draw will take
  place tomorrow.

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Classroom Stuff
Wed Nov 11

• Thursday
• Thursday is Friday. Weird.
• Friday and Monday are PD Days.
• I have a workshop tomorrow morning. I will be
  back in the afternoon.
• The lab is open 2nd recess and after school today
  and tomorrow.
• Missing Reading Responses
• 6 shared (4 is good)
• 2 to be marked
• Missing Reading Ravens
• INDEPENDENT READING PERIOD
• 2 truths and a lie, library, or scholastic order
  form
• SCHOLASTIC DRAW / GIFT

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Lab Work Period
Thu Nov 12

• Finish your Audacity Project
• Make sure you have submitted at least 4 Reading
  Responses on Google Docs
• Make sure you have finished your first
  ReadingRavens.ca story
• Responses to questions
• Whats the Main Idea
• Working on your new ReadingRavens.ca story

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Other Stuff
Tue Nov 17

• Help! I need help organizing the class library
• Duties
• making sure all books have my name on the cover
• Coming up with and maintaining an organization
  system
• The job pays 1 coupon per recess (or snacky
  snacks)
• Scholastic orders due on Friday
• Band
• Anyone in band participating in our bottle drive
  this Friday needs to see Mr. Gumaste today at one
  of the nutrition breaks or after school. They
  need to pick up their route packages!
• Diversity Club (Meeting Wed 830 room 109)

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LA
Wed Nov 18

• Give Critical Thinking
• Review the story and your notes in your Reading
  Journal
• After Reading Strategy
• Using a graphic organizer (plot diagram) to
  deconstruct the story.
• Events, Character Change, Main Idea / Big Idea
• (individually) with post-it notes
• (in groups)
• (as a whole class)
• Stereotypes These are boys toys.
• Do you agree or disagree with this sentence?
• Is it appropriate or inappropriate?
• Agenda

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LA
Thu Nov 19

• Taking Up CASI
• LAB Publishing our Reading Responses on
  iRead.LDHSS.ca
• Prewriting
• (Jot Notes Basic Info, Somebody/Wanted/But/So,
  It Says, I Say, And So, List Events)
• Drafting
• 3 Paragraphs
• I mark and provide feedback
• Revising
• Improve your ideas by answering my questions and
  looking at the rubric
• Editing
• Fix Writing Convention Errors
• Publishing
• Copy and Paste work into iRead.LDHSS.ca
• Submit for Review

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LA
Fri Nov 20

• Scholastic Order due today
• Reading Raven Homework Check
• Reading Ravens (postponed til Monday due to
  field trip)
• Give (BIG IDEA debate)
• Independent Reading What is the BIG IDEA of this
  story? (What is the author trying to teach us?)
• Shared Reading As a class, brainstorm 4 BIG
  IDEAS. Which BIG IDEA is best supported by the
  text?
• Debate

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LA Writing Narratives
Mon Nov 23

• Prewriting (Brainstorming Ideas)
• Big Idea Graffiti Activity
• Prewriting (Brainstorming characters and moments
  of change)
• Reading Ravens
• Caged of damned - Mr. Fuchigami (Rm 304)
• Dangerous Game Mr. King (Rm 302)
• Swan Mrs. Troutman / Mrs. Gillanders (Rm 311)

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Prewriting (Brainstorming Characters and Problem
/ Climax)

• Make sure the character starts one way, but ends
  in a different way.
• Come up with a powerful climax (moment of change)
  that explains why the character changed.

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Cage of the Damned
Mon Nov 23

• Fill out the Anticipation Guide
• Debates
• I am in a place called the San Diego Zoo and my
  new name is Lion. This story would have been
  better if the author told us this line at the
  start of the story instead of the end.
• Animals should have the same rights as humans.
• Cage of the Damned should be used again next
  year.
• Whats the Main Idea

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Writing Narratives (Prewriting)
Wed Nov 25

• Which moment of change is the most powerful and
  realistic?
• Independent Writing Prewriting (Brainstorming)
• What is your character like at the start?
• What is your character like at the end?
• What is the moment of change that makes your
  character change?
• Work with a partner to revise your ideas
• Assessment Fill out the handout.
• Is your moment of change realistic and powerful?
• Can you infer the BIG IDEA from the moment of
  change?

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Which moment of change is the most powerful and
realistic?
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Writing Narratives (Prewriting)
Thu Nov 26

• LAB
• Revise your marked Reading Responses
• Post on iRead.LDHSS.ca
• Read and vote on other reading responses

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Things to know(Prewriting)
Fri Nov 27 R7C

• Keep it simple
• Make sure its appropriate for school
• Find a single memorable moment in time

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Keep it Simple
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Prewriting (Brainstorming Characters and Problem
/ Climax)

• Make sure the character starts one way, but ends
  in a different way.
• Come up with a powerful climax (moment of change)
  that explains why the character changed.

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Writing Narratives (Prewriting)
Fri Nov 27

• Get back your IDEAS handout
• Was your moment of change realistic and powerful
  enough?
• Look at my suggestions to make your story
  stronger.
• Character Interview

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Thinking about Character (Prewriting)

• Character Interview
• 1. What are your greatest strengths?
• 2. What is one of your weaknesses?
• 3. What things do you like to do?
• 4. What things really bug you?
• 5. What is one of the highlights of your life?
• 6. What is one of the saddest moments of your
  life?

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Thinking about Inferencing (Show dont Tell)

Mon Nov 30

• Fill out the Inference / Background Knowledge /
  Text diagram for Give
• What is your character like at the start?
• What is the moment of change that makes your
  character change?
• What is your character like at the end?
• Fill out the Inference / Background Knowledge /
  Text diagram for Give
• Independent Reading

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Thinking about Inferencing (Show dont Tell)

Mon Nov 30

• Fill out the Inference / Background Knowledge /
  Text diagram for Give
• What is your character like at the start?
• What is the moment of change that makes your
  character change?
• What is your character like at the end?
• Fill out the Inference / Background Knowledge /
  Text diagram for Give
• Independent Reading

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