Week 5 Stuff

Monday Discussed updates to assignments -- see Journeys Stimulus Texts post & Term 4 Writing Assignments post. Discussed what is meant by the BoS "prescribed text": this is what it means, Ghaysa, the prescribed text is the seven Skryznecki poems. We continued with the prescribed text, doing a brief analysis of Immigrants at Central Station. Activities 2-4, & Activity 11 should be done by Wednesday. Tuesday Going over learning journals. Seems that a few of you are a bit behind. Dudes and dudesses, this is not happening. You must find time to do the work. Wednesday will be a bit of a catch up day before we move forward with The Immigrant Chronicles. Learning journals will be checked and completed and discussed. Wednesday Brief look at journeys in stimulus texts. Time for work in class--ketchup. Tomorrow we continue with Skryznecki. Thursday We continue our trek onwards through The Immigrant Chronicles. Complete the following activities for Monday. Reminder: writing activity 2 is due in a week. A drive in the country Activities 12-13 Leaving home Activity 9 --complete the table only Thursday Wow! You guys blew my mind! I thought we would quickly get through two poems and give you some time in class to work on assignments, but NO! I couldn't shut you up! You guys were firing on all cylinders, making incisive, pithy comment after incisive, pithy comment. We hardly had time enough for one poem, not to mention two! I hardly got a chance to tell you what I thought of the poem. You made me feel honoured to work at WCCS. Well, I guess we will have to look at "Leaving Home" on Monday. I hope one period is time enough....