Monday, December 14, 2015

*Happy Red & Green Day!  Tomorrow is Santa Day so dig out your elf suit or reindeer antlers. * Don't forget to bring $5 on Friday for the TeleMiracle movie!

French 8A

The students practiced for their "er" verbe quiz tomorrow.  They need to be able to conjugate "er" verbs and translate French sentences, we've previously discussed, into English. If you are away tomorrow talk to Miss Riddell about an alternate time to write.

French 7B

Students found the last of their background pictures to use when filming their green screen "Mon Voyage" and some even started filming. Yeah! Please don't wear green for the next few classes or bring a hoodie of a different colour.

ELA 9B

The students finished presenting the persuasive advertisement they found last class.  We reviewed the 7 strategies in persuasive writing:

1. Claim - state a main point or stance
2. Big names - mention experts and important people (sometimes celebrities) to support the argument
3. Logos - use logic, numbers or facts to support the argument
4. Pathos - appeal to the audience's emotions
5. Ethos - try to build trust and credibility
6. Kairos - build a sense of urgency for the cause
7. Research - use studies and information to make the argument more convincing: this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables or illustrations

Together we read an article about Syrian Refugees and found almost all the traits were used.  Students then started work on their own persuasive essay where they are trying to convince someone to either read the book or watch the movie of "The Outsiders", assuming their audience can only do one.  The planning sheet should allow students to plan an introductory paragraph, three paragraphs giving reasons to support their argument, and a concluding paragraph.  This needs to be turned in on Google Classroom by Wednesday, December 15th and one copy printed out for me.

French 7A

Students continued practicing their vocabulary for body parts through a variety of activities.

French 9A

Students started work on their Glogster about a movie in French.  They need to include: a title, the date of release, the genre, the setting, the time period, 2 reasons they like the film, 2 starts from the movie (with descriptions of their hair, eyes, and 3 pieces of clothing/jewelry), and a French movie trailer.  Information should be presented in complete French sentences.
Students who were absent need to see me or check their e-mail for a login and password for Glogster.