January 8-12

Thursday

What is you name in morse code???

1. Pre-quiz on drama terms & devices.
2. Write your mini-inquiry proposal. This proposal is to be presented in class tomorrow to a small group including me.. It is worth part of the grade for the project.




Wednesday

1. We will go over the tiny exam today.
2. How to do pitch for your mini-inquiry. Your mini-inquiry proposal is due on Thursday: Proposal

Mini-Inquiry proposal

What is your essential question?

Please share why it is meaningful to you?

What is your “authentic performance piece” going to be?

You are responsible for finding one quality example of the type of work you want to do and showing it to Ms. Adams 

You are responsible for finding a rubric to evaluate your performance task and going over it with Ms. Adams 

How will you make your learning public?

What will you need to read, research, and study to help explore your essential question?

What are your goals for your free inquiry?

What learning evidence (for your One Note page) will you gather to capture everything you are learning about your essential questions?

What is your plan? Create a calendar and day-to-day plan to help your free inquiry unit be a successful learning experience. Put this calendar in your OneNote page.

Tuesday

1. Pre-quiz: drama terms.

2. Tiny exam is due tomorrow. Where to go online to find more exam examples: https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/

Monday

1. Welcome back.
2. Plan for the next few weeks: drama terms & devices; exam prep; mini inquiry.
3. Info on mini-inquiry
4. Exam is Thursday, Jan. 25 - Tiny exam in One Note

composition - written communication

For this inquiry, you would read and study compositions by other writers and consider a variety of styles as models for the development of your writing. You could write a narrative, expository, descriptive, persuasive, or an opinion piece. You would be using the planning, drafting, and editing processes. You would be writing for a specific audience.  If you choose to do a research report, you would investigate how to cite sources, consider the credibility of evidence, and evaluate the quality and reliability of the source

creative writing

This inquiry will give you an opportunity to build your writing skills through the exploration of your inquiry question in a range of genres such as slam poetry, oratory, rap, drama, song, graphic novels • creative non-fiction, historical fiction • poetry, song lyrics • multimodal creative forms that combine visual, written, and oral texts

focused literary study

This option encourages you to delve more deeply into literature where you can explore specific themes, periods, authors, or areas of the world through literary works. For example: poetry, short stories, novels, drama, graphic novels, children’s literature • Canadian literature • First Peoples’ texts • thematic studies • specific author studies

new media

If you choose to focus your inquiry on media and film studies, some possible inquiry areas might be the influence of the media on you; a documentary you are interested in, the influence social media has on you. 

You could do an inquiry about journalism and publishing —how could you become a professional journalist; what does it look like to be a journalist in the age of social media? what is citizen journalism? Is local journalism important? Is school-based journalism relevant? 

Or, you might decide to explore digital communication — your question might relate to blogging, writing for the web, writing for social media, gaming, podcasting

spoken language

This choice of inquiry will  provide you with an opportunity for performance, storytelling, or public speaking.

PROPOSAL

Tuesday
1. Where to find practice exams