Mr. Johnson ELA: 2017

Thursday 8 June 2017

Hi, it's me

Click here for the folder.

Write a well-written letter to yourself, from yourself.
Have a paragraph focus on the good things from this grade.
Have a paragraph focus on the bad things from this grade.
Have a paragraph focus on your expectations for your next grade.

Wednesday 7 June 2017

G6 - News

Go here and make a file called 'name.news'
Choose either BBC, RTE, CNN, Al Jazeera, China Daily, Newsround, The Guardian or The Times of India
Find two stories that interest you
Write three separate paragraphs that address each of the following:

Write a short summary of the article.
Do you think the journalist has a view on this topic, or are they being objective? Why do you think this?
How do you feel about this topic?

Friday 2 June 2017

G6 & G7 Letter Instructions

Use the letter format found on the blog.
Write a well-written letter to yourself, from yourself.
Have a paragraph focus on the good things from this grade.
Have a paragraph focus on the bad things from this grade.
Have a paragraph focus on your expectations for your next grade.

Thursday 1 June 2017

Wednesday 31 May 2017

America's most misspelled words

Tuesday 30 May 2017

G6 - SL Presentation

Don't forget, I'll be reviewing the presentation tomorrow!

Monday 29 May 2017

Super Words To Go 3 - Friday, June 2nd

Friday 26 May 2017

G10 - Postmodern stories

Click here.

Or, here.

Or even, here.

What about here?

Thursday 25 May 2017

Does Poverty Change The Way We Think?

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Monday 22 May 2017

G7 - Super Words for Monday, June 3rd

G6 - Super Words for Friday, May 26th

Friday 19 May 2017

Wednesday 17 May 2017

Click here to access the shared folder. It also has some resources that will be of aid in the upcoming debate.

The motion for the debate is Odysseus is a positive role model. There will be three groups:

For the motion

Obvious

Against the motion

Obvious

Audience

Not only are you responsible for voting, each member of the audience must prepare two questions to ask the 'For's and 'Against's.

G7 - Super Words for Friday, May 19th

G6 - Super Words for Friday, May 19th

Tuesday 16 May 2017

Speech Spectacular Rubric

The Odyssey

If you'd like to know a bit more about the epic, click here.

Friday 12 May 2017

Celebrate Africa photography competition: from Morocco to Madagascar

Click here for some wonderful pictures.

Archimedes

Click here for the eureka moment, and here for the pump.

Tuesday 9 May 2017

Tomorrow!

Official SAT Practice

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Friday 5 May 2017

The rail line operated by children

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Thursday 4 May 2017

G6 - Service Learning Presentation

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Monday 1 May 2017

How the Metre Changed the World

Click here to find out.
By the way, the introduction is a wonderful example of the art.

Friday 28 April 2017

Don't forget!

Next week, we'll be continuing the art presentations. So, make sure you're ready.

Bull and Girl

For more on what we spoke about in G7, click here.

Thursday 27 April 2017

How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm?

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Tuesday 25 April 2017

Physicists observe 'negative mass'

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Parents' mobile use harms family life, say secondary pupils

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Monday 24 April 2017

G9 - Genre

Group 1 - Science Fiction
Group 이- Fantasy
Group สาม - Fable
Group ٤ - Mystery

In this folder, make a GSlide. It has to do the following:

Define your assigned genre
Discuss its origins
Give at least 3 famous examples, with any good quotes
Tell us, briefly, about 5 of the most famous authors in this genre.
Text on a slide must come in sequentially, not all at once.
Use at least 3 animations
Use at least 3, good-resolution images
Be consistent in font choice and other formatting
Have a class interactive activity

Remember, slides are NOT to be read. They are simply there to act as a guide to your presentation.

Click here to watch a tutorial on how to use animations in Google Slides. This video is a must if you're not a GSlides maestro.