Friday Nov. 8, 2013 is the end of term one. It has been a very busy term with lots of activities happening both in and outside of school. The purpose of your term assignment is to reflect upon, and then write about, your last 2 ½ months in Canada at Sa-Hali Secondary. Each of you is expected to complete a minimum of two blog pages that focus on a specific topic associated with term one. Some ideas for your blog pages could be:
You will be able to use the computer in class from Tuesday Nov. 5 to Friday Nov. 8 to work on your blogs. Both entries must then be completed by Tuesday Nov. 12 in order for me to evaluate your work before my marks are due. You will be provided with the criteria that I use for evaluating each blog page.
Remember that this is a major writing assignment. You should edit the pages you have written by yourself and have a friend or two edit them as well.
- · My Trip to Canada
- · My Host Family
- · The First Days at a New School
- My New Friends
- School in Canada
- · The Changing of the Seasons
- · Davison Orchards
- · Thanksgiving
- · Sporting Events in Kamloops
- · A Trip to Vancouver
- · Halloween
- · Remembrance Day in Canada (this will need a bit of research)
- · Other ideas ???
- · have a bold heading
- · be written in paragraph format with a topic sentence, 4-6 supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence
- · demonstrate accurate grammar, spelling and have at least one visual image related to your topic (you can insert either your own photos or images from the web)
You will be able to use the computer in class from Tuesday Nov. 5 to Friday Nov. 8 to work on your blogs. Both entries must then be completed by Tuesday Nov. 12 in order for me to evaluate your work before my marks are due. You will be provided with the criteria that I use for evaluating each blog page.
Remember that this is a major writing assignment. You should edit the pages you have written by yourself and have a friend or two edit them as well.