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Attendance.  Notes: Please let Mavis and Keenan know they will need to make up the Short Story Structure 10 Q MC quiz on teams. I will touch base with them on Tuesday re: this. Keenan will complete resource next week Block F - Mavis - in homework club next Tues, Wed or Thurs her choice.  1. Silent Reading Personal Novels 20 min 2. Students to get their Sightlines 8 Texts - Thank you Ma’am – TTOC to Read Aloud. Page 14 Sightlines 8 - I introduced the story yesterday - provided bio on the author and went over the term - dialect re: the narration in the piece. Many students completed a individual silent read of this yesterday - Today is the day the teacher TTOC reads this story aloud :)  3. Independent Work - Hand out Thank You Ma'am worksheets - located at the front of the room - large desk - with post it - Student Review and Complete Questions #1-6 Full sentences. Provide students with 20ish min for completion. Students to complete this work independently. If they finish ...

Attendance. Silent Read 20 min Homework Check - Ambush Worksheet & Review! T-Shirt Form as well!  Class - Quiz -  Short Story Structure Quiz > Teams 10 Q - + Edi - Additional 5 Question Quiz -  Reconciliation After Test: Pre-Reading for our lesson tomorrow - Thank You Ma'am Page 14 Sightlines. About the Author – Langston Hughes (1902–1967) Langston Hughes was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. He was one of the leading voices of the Harlem Renaissance , a movement that celebrated Black culture, art, and music in the 1920s and 1930s. Hughes often wrote about everyday African American life , showing both its struggles and its strengths. His writing is known for its rhythm, honesty, and compassion . He believed that ordinary people and their stories were worth celebrating. Writing with Dialect Langston Hughes often used dialect — the way people actually speak in their own communities — to make his characters sound real and authentic. For example,...

Attendance Silent Read 20 min “Elements of a Short Story” - Presentation Show the below teacher presentation - students will fill in the blanks on their student PowerPoint copies. Teacher PowerPoint - to review with Class Student Hand Outs -  student version  - Again, these are already at the front of the room printed out. Please ensure you’re handing out elements of short stories PowerPoint package. Student fill in the blanks.  Sightlines 8- Ambush - Page 61 Read. Oct 7 -  Silent Read 20 min Worksheet - Ambush Vocab: Ambush Platoon Muzzle Ponder Morality Jerk Sightlines - Continued with Ambush Pair Work Questions!  1. What question was the narrator asked by his daughter? 2. How did he handle it? 3. What and where is ‘My Khe’? 4. Who is Kiowa? 5. In a short paragraph (5 sentences minimum) summarize the experience that haunts him. Develop FULL topic sentence, body - examples, and concluding statement here. Be ready to present! 6. How did Kiowa try and help the na...

Attendance. Oct 2 - got to 1hr:33  Review: Star Wars IV - A New Hope - Video - Via RSS Library Sharepoint  2hrs 4 min - will need to complete on Monday - Oct 6 2025. Identify while viewing - on your large post it - key moments in the film of ALL parts of a short story.  Intro Initial Incident Rising Action Climax Conclusion Answer Key Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope – Short Story Structure  Introduction / Exposition: Luke Skywalker on Tatooine, helping on the farm. Dreams of adventure and longing to leave home. Meets R2-D2 and C-3PO. Initial Incident / Inciting Event: Luke discovers Princess Leia's message hidden in R2-D2. Obi-Wan Kenobi invites Luke to learn about the Force and help rescue Leia. Rising Action: Luke leaves Tatooine with Obi-Wan. Meets Han Solo and Chewbacca on the Millennium Falcon. Encounters dangers on the Death Star. Plans and executes Leia's rescue. Battles Stormtroopers. Climax: Rebel attack on the D...

Only 8 Students In Attendance Due to Grade 8 Volleyball Elements of a Short Story & Paragraph Structure & Transitionary Words Lesson & Canadian Geographic Films presents: Returning Home, a film by Sean Stiller Attendance Silent Read 20 min “Elements of a Short Story” - Presentation Show the below teacher presentation - students will fill in the blanks on their student PowerPoint copies. Teacher PowerPoint - to review with Class Student Hand Outs -  student version  - Again, these are already at the front of the room printed out. Please ensure you’re handing out elements of short stories PowerPoint package. Student fill in the blanks.    Next - Paragraph Structure & Transitionary Words -  Lesson Outline: 1.  Introduction: What is the purpose of a paragraph? Why do we need transition words? Write on the board:  "A paragraph is like a mini-essay. It has a clear beginning, middle, and end." 2.  Mini Lecture & Notes  Students s...