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

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!

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
• The Hate U Give
• Dry
• Walk
• Lesson - tone words x thesaurus
• Activity
• Freewrite
• Turning our attention to Assignment 5 - begin a brainstorm
• Tomorrow, there will be a TOC

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

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

• 1619 Project
• Slavery and racism in Canada
• Emmet Till
• Rodney King
• Ferguson Riots and the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement
• George Floyd Protests
• Background on Dry
• Discussion: where do we get our water?
• Headline: Sunshine Coast reservoirs
• Neal Shusterman
• Reading the novel aloud
• Freewrite
• Looking ahead at next week
• Eng 9, read Chapters 2-3 by Thursday
• Eng 8, read to page 53 by Thursday

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