Fallout, for real

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G7 - Travel Ban

This may help one of the teams we made today.

Rupee Gone!

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Mary, Queen of Scots

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G7 - Correction of Erroneous Views HW

3x each of the samples we looked at today. You can see them in the G7 - Thursday Test post.

G7 - Thursday Test

Here is what was on the WB.

G9 Instructions

On GDrive, you will find a folder where you write a 1st-person piece. In three paragraphs, using the MLA Format Template, write a personal piece that explains how a past experience caused you to change your view on the world. I will grade this using the following checklist:

• Opening paragraph gives the context of the tale. It may even then shift to a flashback (but this is very clichéd).
• Middle paragraph needs to be mainly the account of what happened in the past experience. 
• Last paragraph concludes events and shift to explaining what you've learned from the experience. It should tie neatly back to the opening paragraph. 
• You use connotative language to convey your feelings at the moment, rather than simply state your feelings. 
• 500 word maximum.

G10 - Great Leader

Click here.

G9 - Personal Experiences

Click here.

G10 Essay Questions

G7 - Ethos, Pathos, Logos Review

Video 1 & Video 2

G9 - IB Information Evening

Grade 9 students and parents have been invited to an information session about the DP, on February 6th. We will run the session twice - at 3pm and 6pm, hoping that everyone will be able to attend at one of the times. We also said that students must attend, even if their parents can't. They've been asked to sign up for one of the sessions online. It's important that both the students and the parents get an understanding of the DP, and how it will effect their options from next year onwards. 

G6 - Spiders Homework

Qs 2, 4, & 6.

G6 - Post-trip Report

EWL - Cogito Ergo Sum Cantabo

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Podcast - iPhones, Anibiotics, & Bookcases

Click here to find out!

History & Falcons!

Click here for the video we watched today. 

Also, if want to know how falconry changed language, click here.

T'n'E Club - Greece vs Rome

This week's text is here. Enjoy.

G9 - Poem Homework

Write a 28 line that uses some form of rhyming scheme. The stanzas can be of varying length.

You need to use:

• personification
• metaphor & simile
• imagery (at least 2 kinds of imagery)
• Hyperbole (or understatement)
• Enjambement 

For the quote question

 

Cool buildings

How Antarctic bases went from wooden huts to sci-fi chic - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38574003

T'n'E Video

Click here for the video. See you on Tuesday.

For the student with the Neil deGrasse Tyson book

Here are the podcasts I mentioned.

G6 - Persuasive Essay

Click here for the folder.

G6 & G7 - WTG Quiz 15

G6 - Eulogy

 

Is There Anybody Out There?

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G10 - The Crucible Pre-reading HW

Due on Friday.

Proofreading

Click here for some tips.

G10 - Foreshadowing of our next text

Miller would be proud.

G6 - Silversteinesque

Here is a link to some of his poems. Try to emulate his style. The minimum is 8 lines.

G7 - Essay Instructions

Question

Your chosen novel portrays a society where prejudice is deeply engrained. Using examples from the text, discuss how the author shows this. What effect does this have on the reader?

Steps

1. Copy the MLA Format Template found here to this folder.
2. Rename your file as Name.
3. Look carefully at the question. Consider how you can turn it into a strong thesis statement. 
4. Find quotations from the text that can serve as support.
5. Write, paying special attention to capitalisation.
6. Have it completely finished by 07.45, Tuesday, January 17th. I will begin looking at the files then. 

Rubric

• 1 - 3 pts: Introduction has a clear thesis, and draws reader in
• 1 - 3 pts: Correct use of mechanics
• 1 - 3 pts: Uses MLA format correctly
• 1 - 3 pts: Argument is cogent

G7 - MLA for Essay

Click here for the MLA files.