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English 7

ENG: Being Ready for Monday

10 October, 2015 by tbui Leave a Comment

A reminder of what we did last week: Mrs. Bond came in to teach us about interviewing, and then we went to the library to learn about researching (which applies to both English and Humanities). We researched about our topic, using the sites Mrs. Bond shared with us on the strip of paper. (The week before, we read … [Read more…]

Tagged: EasyBib, English 7, Google Hangouts, Grandfather's Journey, historical narrative, interviews, Mrs. Bond, recording interviews, research, Skype, The Bracelet

Eng: Choosing Your Seed, Then Nurturing the Idea (REVISED)

1 September, 2015 by tbui Leave a Comment

*This blog post has been revised with more information about Nurturing Your Seed.* Nurturing Your Seed After choosing your seed for your Personal Narrative, nurturing it– creating a blueprint for your story– can be messy. Take a look at this famous author’s process of nurturing her seed. Can you guess whose notes these are? That’s right– … [Read more…]

Tagged: blueprint, choosing seed, English 7, JK Rowling, nurturing seed, organizing ideas, planning, Writing Process

Eng: Starting the Writing Process

31 August, 2015 by tbui Leave a Comment

  Grade 7, Today, you received your Writer’s Notebooks (take home with you) and Reader’s Notebooks (leave in locker). Tonight for homework, decorate your Writer’s Notebook with images and words that symbolize and represent YOU. This may take time. (You are not expected to finish it by the next class.) In addition, in your Writer’s … [Read more…]

Tagged: English 7, gathering seed, personal narrative, the writing process, Writing Process