Wednesday 27 January 2016
Thursday 21 January 2016
Thursday 14 January 2016
Homework: Thursday January 15, 2016
Monologue and Report Presentations Monday
***Health tasks (Health Menu, RAFT & First Aid Kit), Animal Reports, Balloon and Parachute explanations, previous reading journals, paper clip summary and Math Journals are overdue check to make sure you handed them in. ***
Final explanation will be presented as both a report and brochure
Wednesday 13 January 2016
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Monday 11 January 2016
Friday 8 January 2016
Thursday 7 January 2016
Community Past and Present Inquiry Project
You will be conducting research to learn about the history of your community.
5 Components of Inquiry:
1. Formulating questions
2. Gathering and organizing information, evidence/ or data
3. Interpreting and analyzing information, evidence and/or data
4. Evaluating information, and drawing conclusions
5. Communicating findings
Various questions that might help you investigate your community:
What do you want to understand more deeply?
What big questions will you explore?
What is important to know about this?
I want you to move beyond simple fact-based questions and to questions that encourage critical thinking. I also want you to rank your questions based on how "thick" or "deep" each one is. Give each question a score of 1-3, with 1 being an information generating question, 2 being a question that requires more analysis of information, and 3 being a true critical-thinking question.
Good inquiry questions:
Do not just encourage yes-no answers
Encourage more than simple factual answers
Answer why, how, or what if
Encourage analysis of information
Encourage critical thinking
Use Activitiy Sheet: Inquiry Jot Notes (A9.1) to organize your research.
Summative task (brochure):
You are to communicate and expand your research of your inquiry findings in a brochure.
You are write an introductory paragraph (outlining the topics that will be presented)
You are to write a paragraph answering each inquiry question
Concluding paragraph (summarizing the information presented and identifying overall significance of the local community)
Human Rights: G20 Summit
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/police-violated-civil-rights-acted-illegally-says-scathing-report-on-g20-summit
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/03/06/toronto_police_settle_g20_human_rights_case_against_paraplegic_man.html
Wednesday 6 January 2016
Monday 4 January 2016
Non Fiction Text Features
http://www.azed.gov/english-language-learners/files/2014/03/examples-of-text-features.pdf
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