Sept. 8-12, 2014.



Learning Goals
Learning Tasks
Resources
Monday
Apply Active Reading & Active Listening

(RLV.01 & OCV.01)
DEAR

Minds-on: Active Listening

Goal Setting

Inquiry Topic & Writer's Notebook: Disadvantages and advantages of being young? Are there young people who have real power? How can young people acquire power? What might young people do with their power?

Active Listening & Create a Hypothesis

Hmk: Research & Check your Hypothesis
Read 30 pages
Tuesday
Reading any text so that I get it.
(OCV.02 & RLV.01)
Minds-on: Annotating a text

Speaking and Writing Inquiry

Case Study: Jer’s Vision & Annotate Text

Hmk: How did Jeremy Do It? (assignment)
Read 30 pages
Writer’s Notebook
Wednesday
Recognizing styles of writing.
(RLV.02)
Minds-On: Understanding Tone

Writing & Speaking Inquiry

Case Study: Shannen Koostachin & Annotate Text

How did Shannen Do It? (assignment)

Hmk:  View Attawapiskat Youth Forum Video & further Research
Read 30 pages
Writer’s Notebooks

Thursday
Reading any text so that I get it.
(OCV.02 & RLV.01)
Minds-On: Summarizing

Class Discussion Inquiry

Case Study: Craig Kielburger & Annotate Text

Summary Assignment (assignment)

Hmk: Read 30 pages

Friday
Understanding various media texts & how they are put together
(MSV.01 & MSV.02)
Minds-On: Comparison

It Take a Child: Various Media

Craig’s Journey, Comparing, and Revising the Theory

Hmk: Read 30 pages

It Takes a Child (graphic text)