Jan. 5 - 9, 2015: October Sky

FINAL MARKING DEADLINE for all Nov. and Dec. work - Fri. Jan. 16  

Thurs. Jan. 8 - Fri. Jan. 9, 2015
- Continue reading October Sky and responding to the chapter questions. Read ch. 1-4 by Friday.
- From Rocket Boys to October Sky is a new book about the journey from book to movie.
 
 
Mon. Jan. 5 - Wed. Jan. 7, 2015 
- Review the Making Literary Character Connections venn diagram.
- We'll be reading the novel October Sky. This memoir, written by Homer Hickam, is the first of Hickam's Coalwood series, which also includes The Coalwood Way , Sky of Stone and We Are Not Afraid.
- October Sky, originally published as Rocket Boys, is set in Coalwood, West Virginia. Watch the video below to learn about this town.

Dec. 15 - 19: Poetry Blog / Book Tour / Movie

Poetry Writing Competition (deadline Jan. 15) This is optional.
Personal Legend Slides DUE Thurs. Dec. 18

Thurs. Dec. 18 - Fri. Dec. 19, 2014 
-  We'll be viewing the movie The Mosquito Coast, which is based on the novel by Paul Theroux.
- while viewing this character-driven adventure story, consider the theme of loyalty and observe the layers of relationships in this drama.
- Is loyalty a positive human trait? Which characters are loyal? When does loyalty become a character flaw?


  
Mon. Dec. 15 - Wed. Dec. 17, 2014
- The lab is booked. Finish poetry and survey work.
- Complete work on the Google Presentation "Personal Legend Book Tour." You have three more classes to create your tour. You are creating a reading journey slide show with 10 destinations and 10 books customized to your own life goals and interests.
- Import and use the Google Presentation template. See the sample slides.

Dec. 8 - 12: Poetry / Survey / Book Tour

Please Participate in the following student surveys:

What's Your Everyday Carry?
Miley Cyrus
Physical Activity 
Taco  

Minor League Hockey Hitting
Movies and TV Shows
Art 
Skiing/Snowboarding 

Subway

Favourite Season
Influence of Social Media 
Sports 
Kamloops 
Olympics  
LGBQT Rights
School  
Asian food 
Racism  

Poetry Writing Competition (deadline Jan. 15) This is optional.
DUE Mon. Dec. 8: The Interview Poem (12 marks)
DUE Wed. Dec. 10: Poetry Blogs (45 marks)
DUE Thurs. Dec. 11: Yellow survey report form and attachments (25)
DUE Fri. Dec. 12: Survey Says poem (15)
 
Thurs. Dec. 11 - Fri. Dec. 12, 2014
- The lab is booked from Thurs. to Wed. next week.
- Finish your overdue work at home.
- Start work on the Google Presentation "Personal Legend Book Tour." You have five classes to create your tour. You are creating a reading journey slide show with 10 destinations and 10 books customized to your own life goals and interests.
- Import and use the Google Presentation template. See the sample slides.



Wed. Dec. 10

Survey Report Criteria (6 marks)

If you have at least 30 responses, you can write your formal style paragraph analysis of your results.

• Include an informative topic sentence/s (who, what, where, when, why, how).
• State your key question of enquiry and prediction percent
• Summarize your results with percent details
• Critique your topic choice, questions / response options quality, and the reliability / validity of your survey
• Conclude with comments on how your next survey attempts could be improved in any way
• How could you seek user feedback within your survey?

Mon. Dec. 8 - Wed. Dec. 10, 2014
- This week, you will be authoring an online survey, participating in surveys produced by others in English 11, writing a report on your results and completing a poem on the topic of surveys.
- Use these classes to finish off your blogs, produce an online survey, respond to student surveys and write a poem about surveys.
 1.- Assignment: Work alone or with one partner to develop a student survey on a topic of interest to you and/or your partner. Consult the Debatabase for topic ideas.
- Once you've decided on a topic and a key question of inquiry, develop eight to ten well-written survey questions.
- You will be in the lab all week to put your survey online, participate in other surveys, and examine and report on your results. You can use the Google Forms application of Google Drive in the lab to create and publish your survey online.
2. - When you have completed your online survey, copy the link to the live survey form.
3. - Click on Student Surveys and add your survey to this editable page. Use the link button to hyperlink your survey title. Check that your hyperlink works.  
- Please complete the Sample Survey