Friday, 27 February 2026

Feb 27, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Silent reading
  • Student presentation
  • Teacher notes
  • Freewrite
  • Time for Assignment 5 - tell me your plan, and get started on it
  • Eng 8 - next reading is Monday
  • Eng 9 - next reading is Tuesday

Thursday, 26 February 2026

Feb 26, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Eng 8: you're with me for FIT
  • Recapping yesterday - how did it go?
  • A note on garbage: it goes in the garbage
  • Silent reading
  • English 9 - In the news: Police inquiry
  • Student presentation
    • A few notes on how this works
  • Teacher notes
  • Freewrite
  • Turning our attention to Assignment 5 - consider a plan
  • Read the next section before tomorrow

Feb 25, 2026

 Hello! Sorry I couldn't be there today!

Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Feb 24, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in (PM - New seating plan)
  • Silent reading
  • Students missing work
  • Reminder of Assignment 4 details
  • Teacher presentation
  • Walk
  • Lesson - tone words x thesaurus
  • Activity
  • Freewrite
  • Turning our attention to Assignment 5 - begin a brainstorm
  • Tomorrow, there will be a TOC

Monday, 23 February 2026

Feb 23, 2026

 Here's what we're up to!

  • Checking in
  • Recapping last week, including upcoming reading schedule and assignments
  • AM: Teacher reads a bit
  • Silent reading
  • Grammar lesson:
    • Commas
    • Periods
    • Semi-colons
  • Activity
  • Freewrite

Friday, 20 February 2026

Feb 20, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Heads up - today is what I call a "pivot" day, so there's lots of information, but not a lot to do
  • People missing A1
  • Hand in A3! Please note: I don't mark assignments that come to my email. Put it on the Teams assignment (Word document - not a PDF or Pages or Image), or hand it in in person.
    • A warning on plagiarism
  • So many assignments! Here's what's coming up on the calendar:
    • Circling back to A2: make sure you're on the same page
    • Recapping A4
    • Introducing A5 (visual), A6 (quiz) and A7 (essay)
    • Eng 8: Introducing A8 (freewrites)
  • Distributing the novel
    • Collecting numbers
  • Introduction to the novel
    • Background on The Hate U Give
      • Angie Thomas and her goals
      • Background


Thursday, 19 February 2026

Feb 19, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Let's take a pause to talk about books!
    • Assignment 2
      • How's the progress? What's your timeline? Checking in with each group.
    • Introducing Assignment 4 - Literature Presentation
      • Describing both books
      • Establishing an order of presentations
  • Working on Assignment 3
    • Your goal today is to finish your rough draft, and show me for feedback. It is due tomorrow.
    • When I check in, I'll be focusing on the Writing Tips, to make sure it's formatted properly
    • Reviewing Writing Tips
    • Reviewing Academic Writing Rubric
  • Tomorrow, we'll start talking about the novel study, and do some reading and writing