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Novel Approach Book Clubs Round 2!

4/30/2018

Today we got new novels for the second round of book clubs. We reviewed the criteria for success, chucked our books into 4 sections, and then got reading. Remember the reading counts for your home reading program. After lunch, we had music and then worked on finishing our raps and animations.

1) Reminders:

Book club meeting date are as follows:
Meeting 1: Wednesday, May 2nd.
Meeting 2: Friday, May 4th
Meeting 3: Tuesday, May 8th
Meeting 4: Thursday, May 10th
Raps will be preformed Friday at 1pm so get memorizing!

2) Post A Response:

Choose 1 gift of words from your novel to share in the PAR tonight
Post the gift of words example word or phrase and then share your thinking around it. Be sure to explain the meaning within the context of the story

Memorize Your Rap This Weekend!

4/26/2018

We had a busy day of video editing and writing. The powerful responses have been handed in and several animations are complete. Great work today!

Reminders:

No school tomorrow: Pro D day
Raps will be presented next week

Post A Response:

Explain in detail what you will wear for you rap presentation
Post another rhyming pair from you rap!
Did you need to look at your rap to write the rhyming pair or do you have it all memorized? Have it memorized by Monday! I will check!
Have a great weekend!

Read It Out Loud! Edit, Revise, Read it again, repeat!

4/25/2018

Today we worked on editing and revising our powerful responses. Make sure you hand in your best work!

1) Reminders:

- Powerful Response, Gift of Words and Thinking and Learning Questions due tomorrow by 3:00pm Some class time will be given tomorrow.

2) No PAR today.

Wolf Pack!

4/24/2018

Today we reviewed the criteria for a powerful response and looked at several examples of quality work, as well as some examples of work that could be improved. Students worked hard on their powerful response for a good chunk of the day. The draft versions are due tomorrow.

1) Reminders & Homework:

Draft version of powerful response due tomorrow!
Grade 7 celebration form and contribution
Division 2: Math: 7 graphs
Division 1: Math: worksheets
Tennis tomorrow. Bring your own racquet if you like

2) Novel Approach:

2) Post A Response:

Read the following expert from Touching Spirt Bear.
Explain how Cole's thoughts about wolves relate to him and his situation. Does he have a pack? If not why? If so, who is in his pack? What do you think he realizes as he dances the wolf dance?

April 23rd, 2018

4/23/2018

Today, we started the day off with tennis lesson by Tennis BC. The head instructor is the coach of the UBC tennis team. You learned some basic tennis skills from balancing a ball, bouncing a ball, and proper forehand and backhand grips. Tennis requires a balance of concentration, strength, and agility. We are looking forward to seeing how you improve over the upcoming weeks. Click here to learn more about the different opportunities Tennis BC can offer you.

IMPORTANT: Return your Gr. 7 celebration forms and money ASAP!

1) Reminders & Homework:

Math: Div 1: Anything form Mr. Hong
Math: Div 2: Worksheet on graphing (click here)
Bring everything from your Novel Approach book club groups tomorrow. We will be staring our powerful responses in the morning.

2) Post A Response:

Post your favourite rhyming pair of lines form your rap!
Watch the video on translating shapes below

Translating Shapes

Happy Yesterday Birthday Kaya!!!!

4/20/2018

Today was another great day of learning! We finished our Spring Break Raps and most groups also finished filming their French animations. Division 1 is now working on transformations in Math with Mr. Hong and Division 2 started graphing linear equations today. Next week division 1 will start editing their animations and adding a sound track, effects and voice overs. They should be ready to watch in a weeks time!

1) Reminders:

PLEASE BRING IN THE GRADE 7 CELEBRATION CONTRIBUTION OF $25!!!

2) Post A Response:

Today in story we found out that Cole was going back to the island. One of the key reasons he got another chance on the island was because of Edwin's demonstration with cole where he walked with him and ended up shoving him to the ground
Explain what Edwin did with Cole.
What point was he trying to get across?
Do you agree or disagree that this was a key event in keeping Cole out of Jail?

No PAR Today

4/19/2018

1) Reminders:

Be ready for your novel group meeting tomorrow!

Badminton

4/18/2018

The Spring Break Raps are coming along great. We will be performing them next Friday! It is going be awesome! Start thinking about what you will wear. Dress up for the performance. It will help you a lot and will really get the audience into it! In PE we reviewed the badminton skill and started our assessments. We still have 1 more week to work on our skills and try to improve. In math, we had a small mid unit assessment on expressions and relations in linear patterns and had a quick intro to solving equations. Mr. Hong and I had a meeting after school and have decided to do a math switch so we will put solving equations on hold for a couple of weeks and Division 1 will do transformations with Mr. Hong and I will be taking Division 2 to do graphing and algebraic expressions. We will start tomorrow! Animations are still coming along and will be due next Friday!

1) Reminders, Homework & Due Dates:

Novel study group meeting changed to this Friday, April 20th
French Animation Due Friday, April 27th
Rap Draft Due this Friday, April 20th

2) Post A Response:

Group Story Time: Here is how it works. Whichever group member posts first starts the story. Each group member adds to the story when they come on, by adding a new part of the story as a REPLY to the person who started it. Remember keep the stories clean and appropriate. ALSO: A story must have a clear beginning, middle and end and. Good LUCK, and have fun! I have given you the tile of your story to help get you started.

Group1: Kobe, Andrew, Hanyi, Camila, (Title: The Disaster)
Group2: Kaya, Daniel, Jordan, (Title: The End Of the Road)
Group3: Eric Z, Eric N, Roshin, Lainey, Queenie (Title: Last Chance)
Group4: Cynthia, Sophia, Cooper, Veer (Title: The Surprise)
Group5: Matt, Miikka, Emily (Title: Maybe Not The Best Idea)
Group6: Coco, Aden, Amairis, Lawrence, Kevin Z (Title: The Brain)
Group7: Tasia, David, Ray, Aaron (Title: OMG! Not again)

Novel Approach Book Club Meeting #3

4/17/2018

We had out third book club meeting and it was very happy to see that most groups were following the criteria we created for a successful book club meeting. We also worked on or raps which are due in draft form by Friday. In math we continued practicing creating expressions that match increasing linear patterns. Tomorrow we will start solving 1 and 2 step equations. The afternoon was spent filmmaking. Some groups are finished filming and are adding sound and voices overs to their films.

ATTENTION: There seems to be some error on the website today and several people cannot post, including me. I'm not sure what is going on, but don't worry about it if you can not post today. You can do this par tomorrow. Hopefully it will be fixed:)

1) Reminders & Homework:

Math Focus: Page 387 - Page 388
RAP: Written part due Friday
BRING IN THE GRADE 7 CELEBRATION $$$$$$

2) Post A Response:

Answer the following questions in full sentences:

#1 In the novel Touching Spirit Bear Cole is told that there are no spirit bears on the island where he was. People question whether Cole was telling the truth. After Cole finds the white hair in his pocket. Cole then throws the hair in the ocean. Explain why he does this? What does this action signify?

#2 Edwin says, " A person is never done with being mad. Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it." Explain what he means by this.

Book Club Meetings

Linear Relationships

4/16/2018

We started off the day with some beats and brainstormed ideas for our Spring Break Raps. We all wrote a rhyming pair and rapped it to the beat before getting into badminton in PE. After story we reviewed writing expressions to represent relations in linear patterns and then worked on an assignment. The afternoon consisted of music and preparing for the 3rd novel club meeting tomorrow.

1. Reminders & Homework:

Math: MATH FOCUS p.380-382
Be ready for your book club meeting tomorrow!
Gade 7 Celebration contribution!

2. Post A Response:

Give an example of a linear relationship in the world. It must be able to be plotted and graphed as a straight line.
Provide feedback on another post. Do you agree or disagree with the example given
If you can't think of an example or do not understand, please ask your classmates and they will help you.

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Novel Approach Book Clubs Round 2!

Memorize Your Rap This Weekend!

Read It Out Loud! Edit, Revise, Read it again, repeat!

Today we worked on editing and revising our powerful responses. Make sure you hand in your best work!

1) Reminders:

- Powerful Response, Gift of Words and Thinking and Learning Questions due tomorrow by 3:00pm Some class time will be given tomorrow.

2) No PAR today.

Wolf Pack!

April 23rd, 2018

Translating Shapes

Happy Yesterday Birthday Kaya!!!!

No PAR Today

Badminton

Novel Approach Book Club Meeting #3

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Linear Relationships

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Today we worked on editing and revising our powerful responses. Make sure you hand in your best work!​1) Reminders:​- Powerful Response, Gift of Words and Thinking and Learning Questions due tomorrow by 3:00pm Some class time will be given tomorrow.2) No PAR today.

Translating Shapes

Book Club Meetings

SOCIAL MEDIA HUB

About Us

Archives

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Today we worked on editing and revising our powerful responses. Make sure you hand in your best work!

1) Reminders:

- Powerful Response, Gift of Words and Thinking and Learning Questions due tomorrow by 3:00pm Some class time will be given tomorrow.

2) No PAR today.