Friday, 27 March 2015

7B Media Assignment - Summarizing and Making Connections

Students will be given this assignment on Tuesday, March 31, AFTER they have received both peer and Teacher feedback on a summarizing activity this week in class.

Due Date: Friday, April 10, 2015 AT THE END OF CLASS

Materials: Student copy of The Mirror, YouTube video for Dove Evolution:

Task:
1. Write a paragraph for each Media Text, summarizing the main idea for each. (What are they about?)
2. Write a paragraph to make connections between the Media Texts. Refer to: morals, characteristics or other features (main "character", etc.).
3. A statement is made at the end of the story and the end of the commercial.
a) Identify the statements.

b) Write a paragraph to identify the connection between the two statements you identified in part a). 

Co-Created Success Criteria:

I can…
- clearly summarize the main idea in each Media Text
- use the Somebody Wanted But So Then model to help me summarize
- make clear connections to each Media Text and give examples to show those connections
- identify and explain the statement made on each Media Text
- make clear connections to each statement and give examples to show those connections
- write 5-8 sentence paragraphs for each answer
- make notes for each Media Text to help me write my rough draft
- write a rough draft
- edit my work (showing all of my changes and improvements)
- write a second draft (good copy)
- hand in my notes, edited rough draft (showing all of my changes and improvements) and my good copy
- hand my work in on time
- demonstrate a positive mindset towards my work
- show good work habits
- use my time wisely in class

Marking Scheme: 

Media Summary / Connection Rubric


Criteria
Level 1

Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Media Text Analysis
Student has difficulty identifying and summarizing information from both texts. Little to no explanation included.
Student identifies some of the information included in the text, and experiences some difficulty summarizing text. There is very little explanation.
Student identifies information included in the texts, and summarizes texts with adequate explanation.
Student clearly identifies information from both texts. Student clearly explains both media texts.
Personal Connection
Student attempts to make a personal connection. Example (i.e. moral, characteristic, etc) is attempted, but incomplete.
Student makes one personal connection.  Student identifies one example (i.e. moral, characteristic, etc.) Example is related to one media texts.
Student makes personal connections. Student identifies a few examples (i.e. morals, characteristics, etc.) Examples are related to both media texts.
Student has clearly made several personal connections. Student clearly identifies several examples (i.e. morals, characteristics, etc.). Student can clearly explain their connection to Media, with examples.
Moral / Statement
Student attempts to identify a moral related to the statement.
Student identifies one moral related to the statement.
Student identifies each moral related to the statement.
Student clearly identifies each moral related statement, with textual evidence
Media Connection
Student attempts to make a connection. Example is attempted, but incomplete.
Student makes one personal connection. Example is related to  one media texts.
Student makes personal connections. Examples are related to both media texts.
Student has clearly made several personal connections. Examples are clearly related to both media texts. Student can clearly explain their connection to Media, using examples.

Students are required to hand in: notes, rough draft that SHOWS ALL EDITING and good copy. All components are due at the same time on the due date. LATE ASSIGNMENTS will be marked at 85%. 

Monday, 23 March 2015

6/7/8 HSP Monday, March 23, 2015

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing March Break!

Here is our week:

ENGLISH:

1. "Pink Shirt Protest" - we will be reading an article about why the Day of Pink was initiated.

Tasks:

 - using note-taking strategies to help identify important information and begin to take notes in order to write independent Summaries of the article
- t-charts of what we can do to stop someone who is bullying and help someone who is being bullied
- MEDIA posters / announcements / advertisements to create and share a message about anti-bullying

2. Guided Reading - We are beginning new Guided  Reading groups this week

Group 1 - MN, NB, EK, NN, SK

Group 2 - YG, BL, SP, RJ

Groups will be working on vocabulary building, comprehension, making connections and extending their thinking.

MATH:

Students still needing to do their test: YG, MN, NB, BL, SK, RJ and SP

OPEN BOOK TEST WILL TAKE PLACE Wednesday, March 25th

Groups:

NN, EK - 7.3, 7.4, 7.5  - text and workbook (Nelson)

MN, NB, SK - Cartesian Coordinates, Flips, Slides and Turns

SP - Tranformational Geometry work

YG, BL, RJ - Flips, Slides, Turns and Symmetry


GEOGRAPHY - All students working on tasks using an Atlas

Friday, 20 February 2015

7B Movie Review - Terms

1. Movie Review Terms (There will be a test at the end of the unit!!)

Blurbs - when a quote from a review is used in an advertisement for the movie

Critic - a professional who publishes his opinion on a particular movie/play/book

Mediocre - ordinary but not especially outstanding

Clichè - something that's been used so many times that it no longer surprises or interests the audience; overexposure; stereotyped

Character driven - when the characters in  a fictional work develop over the course of the story into people you care about

High Concept - when the idea behind the story is interesting enough to get people to see the movie without knowing anything else about it

Plot - what the story is about; the pattern of events

Hype - using different techniques to get the audience excited about the story

Out of Context - when quotes are mixed up and changed around to give the words a different meaning

Puns - a clever play on words

Editorial Rights - when handing over a review to a publication, the editor has the power to create a title and cut things out of the review

Syndication - when the same article is published in more than one newspaper or publication

Ratings System - when the critic uses a scale to show the degree of how much they recommend the movie

Audience demographics - when the critic recommends that only a certain group of people should see, or not see, the film

Critical Bias - when the critic cannot review the film fairly due to a personal problem with something in the film

Spoilers - when a critic reveals secrets and plot points that could ruin the surprise for the audience and lessen their enjoyment of the movie

HSP 6/7/8 - Week of February 17-20

We are using the Novel The Breadwinner to connect with both English and Geography.

English / Geography:

- Vocabulary building
- Summarizing skills (please see post from last week for homework ideas)
- making connections (text to text, text to self, text to world, text to media...) to the story to increase understanding
- connecting to Drama (small groups) to demonstrate connections between characters in the story
- using Atlas to locate Afghanistan, the countries surrounding, the climate, etc.

Math:

Finishing up data managment

Students should be prepared to take an open book test next Tuesday. They are reviewing in class to help prepare. Students are encouraged to complete work from older blog posts, showing their work for each step.

NN and EK have already done their test. They will be preparing to start the next unit.


Thursday, 12 February 2015

7B Summarizing - for February 17, 2015

Summarizing effectively and concisely is an important skill. Here is what we are working on in class next week:

This is How to Summarize

SOMEBODY - tell who the main characters in the story are and describe them

WANTED - what was the main character trying to accomplish or achieve in the story? What was the goal?

BUT - what or who was standing in the way of the main character's goal? What was the problem?

SO - what major events happened after the problem arose?

THEN - how did the story end? How did the problem get resolved? Tell the conclusion.

This week....the students in 7B will be applying this to the Fractured Fairytale that they have chosen in class. They will be applying this to an upcoming Media / Fable assignment (to be posted at a later date).

HOMEWORK - please have your son/daughter read an article in the newspaper / online newspaper and use these categories to begin to identify the important information. Then, using only that information, write a detailed paragraph summarizing the original article.

7B The Creation Of Man - Focussing on Elements of a Narrative

The students read the Native American Legend, The Creation of Man to investigate and analyze the characteristics of a Narrative. Here are the questions presented in class:

PLEASE REMEMBER: Answer each question in complete paragraph form. Please refer to blog post from November on "How to Answer Questions"

1. Describe 2 character traits about Coyote's personality. Use examples from the text in your answer.

2. When and where do you think the story takes place. Explain.

3. What is the main conflict in the story? What type of conflict is this? How is the conflict resolved?

4. What is the climax of the story? Why do you think so?

5. Identify 2 morals from the story. Explain why you think these are the morals.

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Updated Math Homework for HSP 6/7/8

Math Homework: Tuesday, February 10, 2015


JK, BL, SP, RJ, YG:

Questions about Pictographs

Questions about Pictographs 2


EK, NN, MN, NB, SK:


MEAN, MEDIAN and MODE

Mean: the average

To calculate the mean, add the numbers together, then divide by the number of numbers

3+7+11+9 = 30      30 divided by 4 = 7.5


Median: putting the numbers in order from smallest to largest and finding the middle number

3, 7, 9, 11 middle number is between 7 and 9 is 8

Mode: the number that occurs most often

60  73  80  73  51        73 is the mode

Mean, Median and Mode 1

Mean, Median and Mode 2