January 9th, 2012

What we did today:
Today, we did some geography challenges. Also, we reviewed the expectations and criteria for our group webs for our novels. In our webs, we can use graphic organizers such as Venn Diagrams, charts, etc. We must remember to draw the web about the time periods, NOT the plot of the story, or fictional characters in the story. So if Bob was going on an adventure, we'd write about what he was wearing, his methods of transportation, what he ate, etc. NOT about who Bob is and why he's going where he's going.

Three key things to remember are:
1.) Organization (colour, fonts, neatness, etc.)
2.) Information
3.) Co-operation (sharing work equally, listening to other people's opinions, TEAMWORK!)

Also, we talked a bit about how to proofread other people's work.
We reviewed things such as:
1.) No casual/conversational tones
2.) .... darn, i don't have my binder here, people who weren't here today can go to flex on Thursday to find out.

Why we did it:

We did the geography challenge because we're going to have the challenge tomorrow and we needed more reviewing. Tomorrow's challenge is not going to count for marks, but it's important to take it seriously because it's good enrichment for geography skills.
We did the review for the webs because we're going to have to start them soon and we're going to need to know what to do for them or else we might do badly.
We did the proofreading reviews to review, or learn how to proofread and peer-edit other people's works. We need to learn this to... proofread people's works and improve each other.

Connections:

Some people may be interested in using geography in careers, for being maybe a meteorologist.
We need to learn how to work with graphic organizers because they can all be used in other classes, university, and future work. Maybe when you're presenting something.

Homework tips & reminders:

No homework, but if you have incomplete work, be sure to go to flex on Thursday at lunch, or see Ms. Lees for another time.