#23 The Book Thief...a first , final thought

gut reaction? was it good?, bad? average?..too hard? too easy? appropriate for gr 9 academic English?...and for all, what one thing will you remember from it?

Dec 10...what's what...

1. The Book Thief for today 430....for tomorrow: 451.............2. The Report: due tomorrow (but "shooting for Monday").................IN that report: a. title page b. table of contents c. the report which includes the information (not plagiarized), subheadings (as indicated in table of contents), images/graphs/maps etc and d. a bibliography.

Dec 3 class in library

1. Reminder: shared news story for tomorrow (see yesterday's instructions)............2. The Book Thief: read to the end of 293 - quiz to that point tomorrow............3. The research report...continue researching....outline due Monday (see example...from pgs 49-50 of on your own))...finished copy must include a title page, a table of contents, headings and subheadings, hopefully images, graphs, charts etc and a bibliography. The actual report itself 1-5 pages....and avoid plagiarism!

Dec 2 update

today: 1. The Book Thief..read from pages 238-266 (book will be finished within two weeks)......2. Reminder: find a news story that you can connect with the novel. copy the url of the story into a google document and share it with me (tv30266)......3. Begin researching for your research report which will be due next week ( a helpful resource is On Your Own at: http://www.tvdsb.ca/students.cfm?subpage=29 ..............password: onyourown .....esp pgs 51 and 52 to begin and pgs 56-59 for plagiarism and citations)

Fri Nov 27

1. Plays and Much Ado stuff....prepare, watch and then complete a paragraph on one of the following: a). What does your character want in the scene chosen by your group? or b). What is standing in his or her way?.................paragraph form ( a minimum of five sentences with an introduction and and a conclusion.).....printed out and stapled to other "presentation" page, shared on google docs and a copy placed in appropriate hand-in folder.......................then...your research topic....on the index card, 10 different facts about the topic..handed in (name on back of card).....then blogfs or read (128-170 for Monday)

Thur Nov 26

In order: 1. yesterday's quizzes: put your name on ! 2. Much Ado...Presentations/Acting Company Self-Evaluation thing today (and be an audience when required).... 3. Update blogs and put research topic on post-it note..... 4. Read to 128 for tomorrow....5. If given the "ok", begin researching your assigned topic (info on research report tomorrow)

#22 a research report topic

one of the things we will be doing from The Book Thief will be to produce a research report on one interesting topic arising from the events of the book. You will researching and finding out more information about the particular topic and organizing that info in report form. Obviously more info on that to follow. Examples of suitable topics might be book burning or The Battle of Stalingrad or Dachau. Identify one topic of your own which might be suitable for a research report and explain in three sentences which you chose that one.