day to day
Social Media and Formal Writing
March 1 - Half Way Quiz / Emotional Support Animals / Check in
March 2 - Half Way Quiz / Emotional Support Animals / Check in
March 3 - Matrix workbook / Start FireWatch - FireWatch Decisions
March 4 - Matrix workbook / Start FireWatch - FireWatch Decisions
March 8 - Matrix Hero's Journey / FireWatch
March 9 -
March 10 - Matrix the Movie
March 11 -
March 29 - Matrix Plato's Cave / Characters / FireWatch
March 30 -
March 31 - Characters
April 1 - Theme statements / Essay Lesson / FireWatch
April 6 - Conflict - FireWatch Characters / Personal response FireWatch
April 7 - Theme statements / Essay Lesson / FireWatch
April 8 - Matrix Quotes / FireWatch Reply
April 12 - Conflict - FireWatch Characters / Personal response FireWatch
April 13 - Lit Assessment Grades 10s
April 14 - CC Day / Self reflection
April 15 - CC Day / Self reflection
April 19 -
Day 1 - First day sheet - Share a story / My example "Running with backpack" and - Ice Breaker
Day 2 - Support Animal Video - Support Animal Booklet
Day 3 - Support Animal Booklet
Day 4 - Cornell note-taking - Citizen Four
Day 5 - Citizen Four
Day 6 - Bias Exercise - Finish CitizenFour - Snowden Update
Day 7 - Assign Tik Tok Video - Sample "Walk a mile in these Louboutins" - Tik Tok 1 - Sample "WikiHow" Tik Tok 2 - Sample "Apple Toss" Tik Tok 3 - Sample "In Bounds" TikTok 4 - Response Paragraph / Response Paragraph "How is John Biased?" - Good Social Media Video - Review Paragraphing
Day 8 - Paragraph response "How does your bias influence which video appeals to you more?" - SM is Bad Video - Venn Diagram / Pro Con - Cell Phone Rules
Day 9 - SM Log - Integrating Quotations - Young women on Instagram and self-esteem - Instagrammers are sucking the life and soul out of travel
Day 10 - Work on TikToks - Finish quotes
Day 11 - Paragraph response "How does your bias influence which video appeals to you more?" - SM is Bad Video - TikToks Due
Day 12 - Essay Framework or Format - Thesis Statements - Practice
Day 13 - Assign PechaKucha - "What is your personal relationship with Social Media?" - Practice Thesis Statements (How do you get around town? Which high school should a teen go to?) in work book
Day 14 - Essay formatting in booklet - Body paragraphs in booklet
Day 15 - Work on PechaKucha or Paragraph due - What is a PechaKucha
Day 16 - Give Multiple Paragraph Composition - Work on PechaKucha - Winter Soldier
Day 17 - Work on PechaKucha - Winter Soldier
Day 18 - Work on PechaKucha - Winter Soldier
Day 19 - In-Class composition
Day 20 - PechaKucha Day
Day 21 - PechaKuchas
Day 22 - Feb 26 - Intro / Conclusion -
Day 23 - Hero's Journey Video - Hero's Journey - Assign To what extent is our online personality, our personality?
Day 24 - Write intro to MPC
March 2 - Day 25 - Assign Essay -
Day 26 - Essay Thesis Due -
Day 27 - Work block - How is your online identity, your identity AND fill out this sheet for essay
Day 28 - Rough Draft Due -
Day 29 - Matrix Week - Present "To what extent..."
March 9 - Day 30 - Matrix Week - Conflict and Character - Matrix workbook
Day 31 - Matrix Week - Theme Statements - Story Arc
Day 32 - Matrix
Day 33 - TOC - Matrix
Day 34 - TOC - Matrix
Day 35 - TOC - Finish Matrix book - Allegory of the Cave
Photo Reaction? - Initial Video - Interview After - Second Look - Letter from the kid - Trump Tweet - Video of girl -
Work Block - Instagrammers are sucking the life and soul out of travel - Discussion and response
------------------- Lockdown --------------------
List of projects
Research Something
Create Something
Learn Something
Review Something
Connect with Someone
Perform Something
Virtual Trip
Day 1 - First day sheet - Share a story / My example "Running with backpack" and - Ice Breaker
Day 2 - Support Animal Video - Support Animal Booklet
Day 3 - Support Animal Booklet
Day 4 - Bias Exercise
Day 5 - Assign Tik Tok Video - Sample "Walk a mile in these Louboutins" - Tik Tok 1 - Sample "WikiHow" Tik Tok 2 - Sample "Apple Toss" Tik Tok 3 - Sample "In Bounds" TikTok 4 - Response Paragraph / Response Paragraph "How is John Biased?" - Good Social Media Video - Review Paragraphing
Day 6 - Cornell note-taking - Citizen Four
Day 7 - Citizen Four
Day 8 - Citizen Four - TikTok
Day 9 - Finish CitizenFour - Snowden Update
Day 10 - Paragraph response "How does your bias influence which video appeals to you more?" - SM is Bad Video - Venn Diagram / Pro Con - Cell Phone usage rules
Day 11 - Essay Framework or Format - Thesis Statements - Practice
Day 12 - Assign PechaKucha - "What is your personal relationship with Social Media?" - Practice Thesis Statements (How do you get around town? Which high school should a teen go to?) in work book
Day 13 - Work on PechaKucha or Paragraph due
Day 14 - Integrating Quotations - Work on PechaKucha
Day 15 - Essay formatting in booklet - Work on PechaKucha
Day 16 - Body paragraphs in booklet - Winter Soldier
Day 17 - Winter Soldier
Day 18 - Finish Winter Soldier - Talk about assessment and paragraphs - Assign Multiple Paragraph Composition
Day 19 - PechaKucha Due - Finish paragraph
Day 20 - PechaKucha
Day 21 - PechaKuchas - Instagrammers are sucking the life and soul out of travel
Day 22 - Work block
Day 23 - Intro / Conclusion - Young Women on Instagram
Day 24 - Conclusions - Photo Reaction? - Initial Video - Interview After - Second Look - Letter from the kid - Trump Tweet - Video of girl -
Day 25 - Matrix Week - Matrix workbook
Day 26 - Matrix Week
Day 27 - Matrix Week
Day 28 - Matrix Week - Hero's Journey - Hero's Journey
Day 29 - Matrix Week - Conflict and Character
Day 30 - Matrix Week - Theme Statements
Day 31 - Finish Matrix book - Allegory of the Cave
Day 32 - Matrix Workbook Last Page - Assign Essay
Day 33 - What is your history with comic books? - Parts of a comic - Greatest Comics Marvel - Greatest Story Lines Marvel - Greatest Comics -
Day 34 - Report out booklet - Assign To what extent is our online personality, our personality?
Day 35 - Essay Thesis Due - Report card check in
Day 36 - Work block - How is your online identity, your identity AND fill out this sheet for essay
Day 37 - Work on essay - Finish presentations
Day 38 - Present How is your online identity, your identity - Rough Draft Due - Western Genre - Red Wolf
Day 39 - Western Genre - Red Wolf
Day 40 - Nov 1 - Totem Pole Video - Totem History Video
Day 41 - Nov 4 - Red Wolf Booklet
Day 42 - Red Wolf Booklet / Essay check in
Day 43 - Essays Due
Day 44 - Metaphoric story telling - Legend of Weesakayjack - Bojack Horseman - Sir Hiss - Aesop's Fables
Day 45 - TOC - Inverted Feminism Presentations
Day 46 - Peggy Guggenheim - Inverted Feminism Presentations
Day 47 - Assign comic story - Lozen - Annette Kellerman - Temple Grandin - Jesselyn Radack
Day 48 - Time to work
Day 49 - Time to work
Day 50 - Start FireWatch - FireWatch Decisions
Day 51 - FireWatch
Day 52 - FireWatch - FireWatch Characters
Day 53 - FireWatch - Micro-cheating article - Paragraph response "What is your personal 'line' when it comes to micro cheating?"
Day 54 - FireWatch - Does Hank disrespect his marriage? Is his marriage still legitimate?
Day 55 - FW Play
Day 56 - Fill in sheets - Finish game - How should it have ended?
Day 57 - You are Hank's wife. You just woke up from your coma and are lucid for 3 hours. Ned just FedExed you a transcript of all of the radio messages between Henry and Delilah. Write an email as her expressing her thoughts at this time. Send it to my email for marks - Work on ending.
Day 58 -
Day 59 -
Day 60 - PodFEST WEEK - Finish VLOGs - Teach Summary
Day 61 -
Day 62 - Teach Review - Review a podcast - Assign Podcast review
Day 63 -
Day 64 -
Jan 6 - Assign Final Project
Jan 7 -
Jan 8 -
Jan 9 -
Jan 10 -
Jan 13 -
Jan 14 -
Jan 15 -
Jan 16 -
Jan 17 -
Jan 20 - Self Evaluation
Jan 21 - Double block -
Day 1 - First day sheet - Cell Phone Ban Work Book - Ice Breaker
Day 2 - Cornell note-taking / Good Social Media Video - Review Paragraphing / Response Paragraph - Bias is disproportionate weight in favour of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Day 3 - Good Social Media Video - Review Paragraphing / Response Paragraph "How is John Biased?"
Day 4 - Catfish - Notes - Assign Introduction Video
Day 5 - Introduction Video
Day 6 - Watch Videos - Hand back paragraphs - Finish Catfish and questions
Day 7 - SM is Bad Video - Venn Diagram / Pro Con - Paragraph response "How does your bias influence which video appeals to you more?"
Day 8 - Time to work - Essay Framework or Format - Thesis Statements
Day 9 - TOC - Cell Phone usage rules
Day 10 - CC - Finish essay lecture - Assign PechaKucha - "What is your personal relationship with Social Media?" - What is a PechaKucha
Day 11 - Snow Day
Day 12 - Snow Day
Day 13 - CC - Snow Day
Day 14 - CC - PG13WU - Practice Thesis Statements (How do you get around town? Which high school should a teen go to?) in work book - Work on PechaKucha - Paragraph due
Day 15 - Integrating Quotations - Work on PechaKucha
Day 16 - Work on PechaKucha
Day 17 - PechaKucha Due - Nerve
Day 18 - Essay formatting in booklet - Nerve - Marks
Day 19 - PechaKucha - Nerve - Assign Multiple Paragraph Composition
Day 20 - Pink Shirt Assembly -
Day 21 - TOC - Pink Shirt Day - Time to work on Multiple Paragraph Composition
Day 22 - PechaKuchas - Instagram ruining travel
Day 23 - Bullying and Cyberbullying - Go to SM tab
Day 24 - Introductions / SM Post of the day - Find one
Day 25 - Photo Reaction? - Initial Video - Interview After - Second Look - Letter from the kid - Trump Tweet - Video of girl
Day 26 - Hero's Journey - Make new one - Finish transition worksheet
Day 27 - Parts of a story - Conflicts - Characters Types - Assign Essays
Day 28 - Essay Assignment - Essay Rubric - PechaKucha
Day 29 - Matrix Week - Matrix workbook
Day 30 - Matrix Week - Matrix workbook
Day 31 - Matrix Week - Matrix workbook
Day 32 - PechaKucha Catchup
Day 33 - Matrix Week - Matrix workbook
Day 34 - What is your history with comic books? - Parts of a comic - Greatest Comics Marvel - Greatest Story Lines Marvel - Greatest Comics -
Day 35 - Western Genre - Red Wolf - Questions
Day 36 - Finish reading Red Wolf - Two Wolves - First People's Research
Day 37 - Totem Pole Video - Totem History Video
Day 38 - Pair with First Nations Legends - "Which legends are Red Wolf obviously inspired by, and how does Red Wolf deviate from traditional stories?"
Day 39 - First half of class to work on Wolf Legends / Go over Red Wolf WS / FireWatch starts / FireWatch Decisions
Day 40 - FireWatch Cont...
Day 41 - Report Card Form - FireWatch Characters - Moral Quandary -
Day 42 - Micro-cheating article - Paragraph response "What is your personal 'line' when it comes to micro cheating?"
April 12 - Pro -D
Day 43 - PG13WU - FireWatch - Character and Agreement forms -
Day 44 - Does Hank disrespect his marriage? Is his marriage still legitimate? - Text debate
Day 45 - Micro-cheating response - 2 v 2 Fake groupchat with assigned positions - Screenshots due 8 replies each minimum
Day 46 - VLOG - Do what you can't - What is the value in watching someone play games? - Share debates
Easter
Day 47 - Burger Rubric - How to write a letter lecture - Rubric making exercise for letter -
Day 48 - Rubric making exercise for letter - How to write a letter
Day 49 - You are Hank's wife. You just woke up from your coma and are lucid. Ned just emailed you a transcript of all of the radio messages between Hank and Delilah. Write an email as her expressing her thoughts at this time. Send it to my email for marks
Day 50 - Evaluate work during unit - Go over essay format - VLOG fest
April 29 - Day 51 - Work on Project - Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - VLOG fest
April 30 - Day 52 - Work day
May 1 - Day 53 - Work day
May 2 - Day 54 - Podcast Appreciation - What makes a good podcast - Top 10 Podcast - Teach Summary
May 3 - Day 55 - Summarize a podcast - Work block
May 6 - Teach Review - Review a podcast
May 7 - TOC - Assign Podcast review - Time to work
May 8 - Podcast
May 9 - Reading Strategies - Article
May 10 - The Pedestrian Story and Questions
May 13 - Student Pick
May 14 -
May 15 - CSE Away - Work on grid
May 16 - VLOG Fest
May 17 - Pro - D
May 20 - Victoria Day
May 21 - Student check in and goal setting - Top 10 Criteria
May 22 - Top 10
May 23 - Top 10
May 24 - Film Study - Parts of a story``
May 27 - Film Study
May 28 - Film Study
May 29 - Film Study
May 30 - Film Study
May 31 - Film Study
June 3 - Final Project
June 4 - Work
June 5 - Work
June 6 - Work
June 7 - Work - Hand in deadline
June 10 - Work
June 11 - Work
June 12 - Work
June 13 - Work
June 14 - Due
June 17 - Gallery Walk A
June 18 - Gallery Walk B
June 19 - Exam prep
June 20/21 - Final Exam
Essay Planner
Day 1 - Intro / Ice Breaker / - Cell Phone Usage Video - Cell Phone Ban Work Book
Day 2 - Course Outline - Introduction Video
Day 3 - Watch Videos
Day 4 - PG13WU - Finish Videos - Finish Booklet - Assign log - Moment
Day 5 - Cornell note-taking / Good Social Media Video - Review Paragraphing / Response Paragraph - Bias is disproportionate weight in favour of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Day 6 - Catfish
Day 7 - Hand back paragraphs - Catfish - SM is Bad Video - "Which video appeals to you the most and why? How are you biased on this topic?"
Day 8 - Young women on Instagram and self-esteem / Finish paragraph - Instagrammers are sucking the life and soul out of travel
Day 9 - Essay Framework - Thesis Statements
Day 10 - Practice Thesis Statements - Nerve
Day 11 - Nerve
Sept 21 - Day 12 - Nerve - Hand back work
Day 13 - CC - Multiple Paragraph Composition - "How is Social Media influencing society?" / Marking Sheet - Integrating Quotations - Instafamous
Day 14 - Introductions
Day 15 - CC - Assign PechaKucha - "What is your personal relationship with Social Media?" - What is a PechaKucha -
Day 16 - The rules for phone usage for kids
Sept 28 - Orange shirt day - Day 17 - CC - Time to work on PechaKucha
Oct 1 - Day 18 - Assign Essay on Social Media - Watch PechaKuchas - Instructions for Sildes to work
Oct 2 - Day 19 - Show thesis and topic sentences - Watch PechaKuchas
Oct 3 - Day 20 - Work Block
Oct 4 - Day 21 - Peer edit day
Oct 5 - Tour de Rock - Day 22 - Essays Due
Oct 9 - Hero's Journey - Make new one
Oct 10 - Parts of a story - What is your history with comic books? - Parts of a comic -
Oct 11 - Characters Types - Greatest Comics Marvel - Greatest Story Lines Marvel - Greatest Comics
Oct 12 - Conflicts -
Oct 15 - Red Wolf - Questions
Oct 16 -
Oct 17 -
Oct 18 -
Oct 19 -
Oct 22 - CC202 - Pair with First Nations Legends - "Which legends are Red Wolf obviously inspired by, and how does Red Wolf deviate from traditional stories?"
Oct 23 - Kahoot! on Devices terms - Time to work - Go over short story review sheet
Oct 24 - Work block - Go over plot chart
Oct 25 - Work block - Report card write ups
Oct 26 - CC36 -
Oct 29 - Student / teacher conferences about assessment - Graphic Novels due - Story arc handout
Oct 30 - Finish Graphic Novels - Pre-reading assignment Video Games - What is your history with video games? Do you play? What is your interest level? How do you think they are impacting us? What do your parents think? Do you see yourself playing games as an adult? What is the status of the art form?
Oct 31 -FireWatch starts
Nov 1 - FireWatch characterization
Nov 2 - FireWatch
Nov 5 - Moral Quandary - Micro-cheating article - Paragraph response "What is your personal 'line' when it comes to micro-cheating?"
Nov 6 - Does Hank disrespect his marriage? Is his marriage still legitimate? -
Nov 7 - 2 v 2 Fake groupchat with assigned positions - Screenshots due 8 replies each minimum
Nov 8 - Share debates - Rubric making exercise for letter - Micro-cheating response
Nov 9 - Friday response - You are Hank's wife. You just woke up from your coma and are lucid. Ned just emailed you a transcript of all of the radio messages between Hank and Delilah. Write an email as her expressing her thoughts at this time. Send it to my email for marks. -
Nov 13 - Write Letter
Nov 14 - Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
Nov 15 - Time to work on project
Nov 16 - Time to work on project - Project plan
Nov 19 - Time to work on project
Nov 20 - Time to work on project
Nov 21 - Podcast Appreciation - What makes a good podcast - Top 10 Podcast - Teach Summary
Nov 22 - Summarize a podcast
Nov 23 - Pro - D
Nov 26 - Teach Review - Review a podcast
Nov 27 - Review a podcast - Assign Podcast review
Nov 28 - Early Dismissal - Assign Podcast interview
Nov 29 -
Nov 30 -
Dec 3 - Film Study Begins - / Coming of age / Doc - Romantic Comedy / Doc - Rags to Riches / Doc / Pre-reading assignment Video Games - What is your history with video games? Do you play? What is your interest level? How do you think they are impacting us? What do your parents think? Do you see yourself playing games as an adult? What is the status of the art form?
Dec 4 - Breakfast Club / Bridget Jones / Rocky / FireWatch starts
Dec 5 - In what way does the movie hit the prescribed plot points? / FireWatch Decisions
Dec 6 - 10 Things I Hate About You / Groundhog Day / Ever After / FireWatch Characters
/ Moral Quandary - Micro-cheating article - Paragraph response "What is your personal 'line' when it comes to micro cheating
Dec 7 - In what way could you change movie #2 to better fit the genre? / Does Hank disrespect his marriage? Is his marriage still legitimate? -
Dec 10 - Pro - D
Dec 11 - Finish 10 Things - In what way could you change movie #2 to better fit the genre? / VLOG - Do what you can't - What is the value in watching someone play games? Do you have to be the player to be invested? Is it just bad TV? What are your experiences with watching?
In what way could you change movie #2 to better fit the genre?
Dec 12 - Ladybird / VLOG - What is the value in watching someone play games? Do you have to be the player to be invested? Is it just bad TV? What are your experiences with watching?
CC - Dec 13 - Assign presentations on genre / Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
CC - Dec 14 - Time to work / Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
CC - Dec 17 - Time to work / Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
CC - Dec 18 - Time to work / Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
CC - Dec 19 - Time to work / Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
Dec 20 - Present their genres / Present How FireWatch should have ended - Reflection Sheet
Dec 21 - Present their genres / Share
Jan 7 - Reading strategies - Article
Jan 8 - Reading strategies - Story
Jan 9 - CofA Questions
Jan 10 - Reading strategies - Your own article or story
Jan 11 - Create Questions - Like the ones for CofA - Report card write up
Jan 14 - Assign Criteria Top 10 Assignment - Time to work
Jan 15 - CC -
Jan 16 - CC
Jan 17 - CC
Jan 18 - CC - Criteria Due
Jan 21 - Review for Final / Essay Format
22/23 - In Class Essay / Final
VLOG - What is the value in watching someone play games? Do you have to be the player to be invested? Is it just bad TV? What are your experiences with watching? - Show script - Time to work
March 1 - Half Way Quiz / Emotional Support Animals / Check in
March 2 - Half Way Quiz / Emotional Support Animals / Check in
March 3 - Matrix workbook / Start FireWatch - FireWatch Decisions
March 4 - Matrix workbook / Start FireWatch - FireWatch Decisions
March 8 - Matrix Hero's Journey / FireWatch
March 9 -
March 10 - Matrix the Movie
March 11 -
March 29 - Matrix Plato's Cave / Characters / FireWatch
March 30 -
March 31 - Characters
April 1 - Theme statements / Essay Lesson / FireWatch
April 6 - Conflict - FireWatch Characters / Personal response FireWatch
April 7 - Theme statements / Essay Lesson / FireWatch
April 8 - Matrix Quotes / FireWatch Reply
April 12 - Conflict - FireWatch Characters / Personal response FireWatch
April 13 - Lit Assessment Grades 10s
April 14 - CC Day / Self reflection
April 15 - CC Day / Self reflection
April 19 -
Day 1 - First day sheet - Share a story / My example "Running with backpack" and - Ice Breaker
Day 2 - Support Animal Video - Support Animal Booklet
Day 3 - Support Animal Booklet
Day 4 - Cornell note-taking - Citizen Four
Day 5 - Citizen Four
Day 6 - Bias Exercise - Finish CitizenFour - Snowden Update
Day 7 - Assign Tik Tok Video - Sample "Walk a mile in these Louboutins" - Tik Tok 1 - Sample "WikiHow" Tik Tok 2 - Sample "Apple Toss" Tik Tok 3 - Sample "In Bounds" TikTok 4 - Response Paragraph / Response Paragraph "How is John Biased?" - Good Social Media Video - Review Paragraphing
Day 8 - Paragraph response "How does your bias influence which video appeals to you more?" - SM is Bad Video - Venn Diagram / Pro Con - Cell Phone Rules
Day 9 - SM Log - Integrating Quotations - Young women on Instagram and self-esteem - Instagrammers are sucking the life and soul out of travel
Day 10 - Work on TikToks - Finish quotes
Day 11 - Paragraph response "How does your bias influence which video appeals to you more?" - SM is Bad Video - TikToks Due
Day 12 - Essay Framework or Format - Thesis Statements - Practice
Day 13 - Assign PechaKucha - "What is your personal relationship with Social Media?" - Practice Thesis Statements (How do you get around town? Which high school should a teen go to?) in work book
Day 14 - Essay formatting in booklet - Body paragraphs in booklet
Day 15 - Work on PechaKucha or Paragraph due - What is a PechaKucha
Day 16 - Give Multiple Paragraph Composition - Work on PechaKucha - Winter Soldier
Day 17 - Work on PechaKucha - Winter Soldier
Day 18 - Work on PechaKucha - Winter Soldier
Day 19 - In-Class composition
Day 20 - PechaKucha Day
Day 21 - PechaKuchas
Day 22 - Feb 26 - Intro / Conclusion -
Day 23 - Hero's Journey Video - Hero's Journey - Assign To what extent is our online personality, our personality?
Day 24 - Write intro to MPC
March 2 - Day 25 - Assign Essay -
Day 26 - Essay Thesis Due -
Day 27 - Work block - How is your online identity, your identity AND fill out this sheet for essay
Day 28 - Rough Draft Due -
Day 29 - Matrix Week - Present "To what extent..."
March 9 - Day 30 - Matrix Week - Conflict and Character - Matrix workbook
Day 31 - Matrix Week - Theme Statements - Story Arc
Day 32 - Matrix
Day 33 - TOC - Matrix
Day 34 - TOC - Matrix
Day 35 - TOC - Finish Matrix book - Allegory of the Cave
Photo Reaction? - Initial Video - Interview After - Second Look - Letter from the kid - Trump Tweet - Video of girl -
Work Block - Instagrammers are sucking the life and soul out of travel - Discussion and response
------------------- Lockdown --------------------
List of projects
Research Something
Create Something
Learn Something
Review Something
Connect with Someone
Perform Something
Virtual Trip
Day 1 - First day sheet - Share a story / My example "Running with backpack" and - Ice Breaker
Day 2 - Support Animal Video - Support Animal Booklet
Day 3 - Support Animal Booklet
Day 4 - Bias Exercise
Day 5 - Assign Tik Tok Video - Sample "Walk a mile in these Louboutins" - Tik Tok 1 - Sample "WikiHow" Tik Tok 2 - Sample "Apple Toss" Tik Tok 3 - Sample "In Bounds" TikTok 4 - Response Paragraph / Response Paragraph "How is John Biased?" - Good Social Media Video - Review Paragraphing
Day 6 - Cornell note-taking - Citizen Four
Day 7 - Citizen Four
Day 8 - Citizen Four - TikTok
Day 9 - Finish CitizenFour - Snowden Update
Day 10 - Paragraph response "How does your bias influence which video appeals to you more?" - SM is Bad Video - Venn Diagram / Pro Con - Cell Phone usage rules
Day 11 - Essay Framework or Format - Thesis Statements - Practice
Day 12 - Assign PechaKucha - "What is your personal relationship with Social Media?" - Practice Thesis Statements (How do you get around town? Which high school should a teen go to?) in work book
Day 13 - Work on PechaKucha or Paragraph due
Day 14 - Integrating Quotations - Work on PechaKucha
Day 15 - Essay formatting in booklet - Work on PechaKucha
Day 16 - Body paragraphs in booklet - Winter Soldier
Day 17 - Winter Soldier
Day 18 - Finish Winter Soldier - Talk about assessment and paragraphs - Assign Multiple Paragraph Composition
Day 19 - PechaKucha Due - Finish paragraph
Day 20 - PechaKucha
Day 21 - PechaKuchas - Instagrammers are sucking the life and soul out of travel
Day 22 - Work block
Day 23 - Intro / Conclusion - Young Women on Instagram
Day 24 - Conclusions - Photo Reaction? - Initial Video - Interview After - Second Look - Letter from the kid - Trump Tweet - Video of girl -
Day 25 - Matrix Week - Matrix workbook
Day 26 - Matrix Week
Day 27 - Matrix Week
Day 28 - Matrix Week - Hero's Journey - Hero's Journey
Day 29 - Matrix Week - Conflict and Character
Day 30 - Matrix Week - Theme Statements
Day 31 - Finish Matrix book - Allegory of the Cave
Day 32 - Matrix Workbook Last Page - Assign Essay
Day 33 - What is your history with comic books? - Parts of a comic - Greatest Comics Marvel - Greatest Story Lines Marvel - Greatest Comics -
Day 34 - Report out booklet - Assign To what extent is our online personality, our personality?
Day 35 - Essay Thesis Due - Report card check in
Day 36 - Work block - How is your online identity, your identity AND fill out this sheet for essay
Day 37 - Work on essay - Finish presentations
Day 38 - Present How is your online identity, your identity - Rough Draft Due - Western Genre - Red Wolf
Day 39 - Western Genre - Red Wolf
Day 40 - Nov 1 - Totem Pole Video - Totem History Video
Day 41 - Nov 4 - Red Wolf Booklet
Day 42 - Red Wolf Booklet / Essay check in
Day 43 - Essays Due
Day 44 - Metaphoric story telling - Legend of Weesakayjack - Bojack Horseman - Sir Hiss - Aesop's Fables
Day 45 - TOC - Inverted Feminism Presentations
Day 46 - Peggy Guggenheim - Inverted Feminism Presentations
Day 47 - Assign comic story - Lozen - Annette Kellerman - Temple Grandin - Jesselyn Radack
Day 48 - Time to work
Day 49 - Time to work
Day 50 - Start FireWatch - FireWatch Decisions
Day 51 - FireWatch
Day 52 - FireWatch - FireWatch Characters
Day 53 - FireWatch - Micro-cheating article - Paragraph response "What is your personal 'line' when it comes to micro cheating?"
Day 54 - FireWatch - Does Hank disrespect his marriage? Is his marriage still legitimate?
Day 55 - FW Play
Day 56 - Fill in sheets - Finish game - How should it have ended?
Day 57 - You are Hank's wife. You just woke up from your coma and are lucid for 3 hours. Ned just FedExed you a transcript of all of the radio messages between Henry and Delilah. Write an email as her expressing her thoughts at this time. Send it to my email for marks - Work on ending.
Day 58 -
Day 59 -
Day 60 - PodFEST WEEK - Finish VLOGs - Teach Summary
Day 61 -
Day 62 - Teach Review - Review a podcast - Assign Podcast review
Day 63 -
Day 64 -
Jan 6 - Assign Final Project
Jan 7 -
Jan 8 -
Jan 9 -
Jan 10 -
Jan 13 -
Jan 14 -
Jan 15 -
Jan 16 -
Jan 17 -
Jan 20 - Self Evaluation
Jan 21 - Double block -
Day 1 - First day sheet - Cell Phone Ban Work Book - Ice Breaker
Day 2 - Cornell note-taking / Good Social Media Video - Review Paragraphing / Response Paragraph - Bias is disproportionate weight in favour of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Day 3 - Good Social Media Video - Review Paragraphing / Response Paragraph "How is John Biased?"
Day 4 - Catfish - Notes - Assign Introduction Video
Day 5 - Introduction Video
Day 6 - Watch Videos - Hand back paragraphs - Finish Catfish and questions
Day 7 - SM is Bad Video - Venn Diagram / Pro Con - Paragraph response "How does your bias influence which video appeals to you more?"
Day 8 - Time to work - Essay Framework or Format - Thesis Statements
Day 9 - TOC - Cell Phone usage rules
Day 10 - CC - Finish essay lecture - Assign PechaKucha - "What is your personal relationship with Social Media?" - What is a PechaKucha
Day 11 - Snow Day
Day 12 - Snow Day
Day 13 - CC - Snow Day
Day 14 - CC - PG13WU - Practice Thesis Statements (How do you get around town? Which high school should a teen go to?) in work book - Work on PechaKucha - Paragraph due
Day 15 - Integrating Quotations - Work on PechaKucha
Day 16 - Work on PechaKucha
Day 17 - PechaKucha Due - Nerve
Day 18 - Essay formatting in booklet - Nerve - Marks
Day 19 - PechaKucha - Nerve - Assign Multiple Paragraph Composition
Day 20 - Pink Shirt Assembly -
Day 21 - TOC - Pink Shirt Day - Time to work on Multiple Paragraph Composition
Day 22 - PechaKuchas - Instagram ruining travel
Day 23 - Bullying and Cyberbullying - Go to SM tab
Day 24 - Introductions / SM Post of the day - Find one
Day 25 - Photo Reaction? - Initial Video - Interview After - Second Look - Letter from the kid - Trump Tweet - Video of girl
Day 26 - Hero's Journey - Make new one - Finish transition worksheet
Day 27 - Parts of a story - Conflicts - Characters Types - Assign Essays
Day 28 - Essay Assignment - Essay Rubric - PechaKucha
Day 29 - Matrix Week - Matrix workbook
Day 30 - Matrix Week - Matrix workbook
Day 31 - Matrix Week - Matrix workbook
Day 32 - PechaKucha Catchup
Day 33 - Matrix Week - Matrix workbook
Day 34 - What is your history with comic books? - Parts of a comic - Greatest Comics Marvel - Greatest Story Lines Marvel - Greatest Comics -
Day 35 - Western Genre - Red Wolf - Questions
Day 36 - Finish reading Red Wolf - Two Wolves - First People's Research
Day 37 - Totem Pole Video - Totem History Video
Day 38 - Pair with First Nations Legends - "Which legends are Red Wolf obviously inspired by, and how does Red Wolf deviate from traditional stories?"
Day 39 - First half of class to work on Wolf Legends / Go over Red Wolf WS / FireWatch starts / FireWatch Decisions
Day 40 - FireWatch Cont...
Day 41 - Report Card Form - FireWatch Characters - Moral Quandary -
Day 42 - Micro-cheating article - Paragraph response "What is your personal 'line' when it comes to micro cheating?"
April 12 - Pro -D
Day 43 - PG13WU - FireWatch - Character and Agreement forms -
Day 44 - Does Hank disrespect his marriage? Is his marriage still legitimate? - Text debate
Day 45 - Micro-cheating response - 2 v 2 Fake groupchat with assigned positions - Screenshots due 8 replies each minimum
Day 46 - VLOG - Do what you can't - What is the value in watching someone play games? - Share debates
Easter
Day 47 - Burger Rubric - How to write a letter lecture - Rubric making exercise for letter -
Day 48 - Rubric making exercise for letter - How to write a letter
Day 49 - You are Hank's wife. You just woke up from your coma and are lucid. Ned just emailed you a transcript of all of the radio messages between Hank and Delilah. Write an email as her expressing her thoughts at this time. Send it to my email for marks
Day 50 - Evaluate work during unit - Go over essay format - VLOG fest
April 29 - Day 51 - Work on Project - Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - VLOG fest
April 30 - Day 52 - Work day
May 1 - Day 53 - Work day
May 2 - Day 54 - Podcast Appreciation - What makes a good podcast - Top 10 Podcast - Teach Summary
May 3 - Day 55 - Summarize a podcast - Work block
May 6 - Teach Review - Review a podcast
May 7 - TOC - Assign Podcast review - Time to work
May 8 - Podcast
May 9 - Reading Strategies - Article
May 10 - The Pedestrian Story and Questions
May 13 - Student Pick
May 14 -
May 15 - CSE Away - Work on grid
May 16 - VLOG Fest
May 17 - Pro - D
May 20 - Victoria Day
May 21 - Student check in and goal setting - Top 10 Criteria
May 22 - Top 10
May 23 - Top 10
May 24 - Film Study - Parts of a story``
May 27 - Film Study
May 28 - Film Study
May 29 - Film Study
May 30 - Film Study
May 31 - Film Study
June 3 - Final Project
June 4 - Work
June 5 - Work
June 6 - Work
June 7 - Work - Hand in deadline
June 10 - Work
June 11 - Work
June 12 - Work
June 13 - Work
June 14 - Due
June 17 - Gallery Walk A
June 18 - Gallery Walk B
June 19 - Exam prep
June 20/21 - Final Exam
Essay Planner
Day 1 - Intro / Ice Breaker / - Cell Phone Usage Video - Cell Phone Ban Work Book
Day 2 - Course Outline - Introduction Video
Day 3 - Watch Videos
Day 4 - PG13WU - Finish Videos - Finish Booklet - Assign log - Moment
Day 5 - Cornell note-taking / Good Social Media Video - Review Paragraphing / Response Paragraph - Bias is disproportionate weight in favour of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Day 6 - Catfish
Day 7 - Hand back paragraphs - Catfish - SM is Bad Video - "Which video appeals to you the most and why? How are you biased on this topic?"
Day 8 - Young women on Instagram and self-esteem / Finish paragraph - Instagrammers are sucking the life and soul out of travel
Day 9 - Essay Framework - Thesis Statements
Day 10 - Practice Thesis Statements - Nerve
Day 11 - Nerve
Sept 21 - Day 12 - Nerve - Hand back work
Day 13 - CC - Multiple Paragraph Composition - "How is Social Media influencing society?" / Marking Sheet - Integrating Quotations - Instafamous
Day 14 - Introductions
Day 15 - CC - Assign PechaKucha - "What is your personal relationship with Social Media?" - What is a PechaKucha -
Day 16 - The rules for phone usage for kids
Sept 28 - Orange shirt day - Day 17 - CC - Time to work on PechaKucha
Oct 1 - Day 18 - Assign Essay on Social Media - Watch PechaKuchas - Instructions for Sildes to work
Oct 2 - Day 19 - Show thesis and topic sentences - Watch PechaKuchas
Oct 3 - Day 20 - Work Block
Oct 4 - Day 21 - Peer edit day
Oct 5 - Tour de Rock - Day 22 - Essays Due
Oct 9 - Hero's Journey - Make new one
Oct 10 - Parts of a story - What is your history with comic books? - Parts of a comic -
Oct 11 - Characters Types - Greatest Comics Marvel - Greatest Story Lines Marvel - Greatest Comics
Oct 12 - Conflicts -
Oct 15 - Red Wolf - Questions
Oct 16 -
Oct 17 -
Oct 18 -
Oct 19 -
Oct 22 - CC202 - Pair with First Nations Legends - "Which legends are Red Wolf obviously inspired by, and how does Red Wolf deviate from traditional stories?"
Oct 23 - Kahoot! on Devices terms - Time to work - Go over short story review sheet
Oct 24 - Work block - Go over plot chart
Oct 25 - Work block - Report card write ups
Oct 26 - CC36 -
Oct 29 - Student / teacher conferences about assessment - Graphic Novels due - Story arc handout
Oct 30 - Finish Graphic Novels - Pre-reading assignment Video Games - What is your history with video games? Do you play? What is your interest level? How do you think they are impacting us? What do your parents think? Do you see yourself playing games as an adult? What is the status of the art form?
Oct 31 -FireWatch starts
Nov 1 - FireWatch characterization
Nov 2 - FireWatch
Nov 5 - Moral Quandary - Micro-cheating article - Paragraph response "What is your personal 'line' when it comes to micro-cheating?"
Nov 6 - Does Hank disrespect his marriage? Is his marriage still legitimate? -
Nov 7 - 2 v 2 Fake groupchat with assigned positions - Screenshots due 8 replies each minimum
Nov 8 - Share debates - Rubric making exercise for letter - Micro-cheating response
Nov 9 - Friday response - You are Hank's wife. You just woke up from your coma and are lucid. Ned just emailed you a transcript of all of the radio messages between Hank and Delilah. Write an email as her expressing her thoughts at this time. Send it to my email for marks. -
Nov 13 - Write Letter
Nov 14 - Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
Nov 15 - Time to work on project
Nov 16 - Time to work on project - Project plan
Nov 19 - Time to work on project
Nov 20 - Time to work on project
Nov 21 - Podcast Appreciation - What makes a good podcast - Top 10 Podcast - Teach Summary
Nov 22 - Summarize a podcast
Nov 23 - Pro - D
Nov 26 - Teach Review - Review a podcast
Nov 27 - Review a podcast - Assign Podcast review
Nov 28 - Early Dismissal - Assign Podcast interview
Nov 29 -
Nov 30 -
Dec 3 - Film Study Begins - / Coming of age / Doc - Romantic Comedy / Doc - Rags to Riches / Doc / Pre-reading assignment Video Games - What is your history with video games? Do you play? What is your interest level? How do you think they are impacting us? What do your parents think? Do you see yourself playing games as an adult? What is the status of the art form?
Dec 4 - Breakfast Club / Bridget Jones / Rocky / FireWatch starts
Dec 5 - In what way does the movie hit the prescribed plot points? / FireWatch Decisions
Dec 6 - 10 Things I Hate About You / Groundhog Day / Ever After / FireWatch Characters
/ Moral Quandary - Micro-cheating article - Paragraph response "What is your personal 'line' when it comes to micro cheating
Dec 7 - In what way could you change movie #2 to better fit the genre? / Does Hank disrespect his marriage? Is his marriage still legitimate? -
Dec 10 - Pro - D
Dec 11 - Finish 10 Things - In what way could you change movie #2 to better fit the genre? / VLOG - Do what you can't - What is the value in watching someone play games? Do you have to be the player to be invested? Is it just bad TV? What are your experiences with watching?
In what way could you change movie #2 to better fit the genre?
Dec 12 - Ladybird / VLOG - What is the value in watching someone play games? Do you have to be the player to be invested? Is it just bad TV? What are your experiences with watching?
CC - Dec 13 - Assign presentations on genre / Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
CC - Dec 14 - Time to work / Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
CC - Dec 17 - Time to work / Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
CC - Dec 18 - Time to work / Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
CC - Dec 19 - Time to work / Assignment - How FireWatch should have ended - Evaluate work during unit
Dec 20 - Present their genres / Present How FireWatch should have ended - Reflection Sheet
Dec 21 - Present their genres / Share
Jan 7 - Reading strategies - Article
Jan 8 - Reading strategies - Story
Jan 9 - CofA Questions
Jan 10 - Reading strategies - Your own article or story
Jan 11 - Create Questions - Like the ones for CofA - Report card write up
Jan 14 - Assign Criteria Top 10 Assignment - Time to work
Jan 15 - CC -
Jan 16 - CC
Jan 17 - CC
Jan 18 - CC - Criteria Due
Jan 21 - Review for Final / Essay Format
22/23 - In Class Essay / Final
VLOG - What is the value in watching someone play games? Do you have to be the player to be invested? Is it just bad TV? What are your experiences with watching? - Show script - Time to work