Ms. Groeller Grade 9 Humanities

Pre-write - Plan - Write/Draft - Edit Our trip to Fish Creek Provincial Park on Monday was successful. The weather held, and so we were able to do all of our planned activities without rain raining on our parade! (See below for a Twitter story on our activities at the Park!) The time we spent in the Artisan Gardens was a perfect way to re-inforce the steps of the writing/composition process introduced to the students earlier in the year, and we are currently working through a step-by-step process to practice this process as it is a foundation for effective composition and creation.  We are also exploring the concept of the "Goldilocks zone" in composition. Like planets, composition has an (admittedly sometimes subjective) area in which it belongs if it is going to thrive. Successful communication need not only be clear, but also compelling, engaging, concise, and precise. In order to get to the Goldilocks zone, students are encouraged to consider

Students had their first "test" in Humanities this week. We did a lot to prepare for this test last week, and you can ask your child to go through the activities from last week with you if you want, and we will continue to work with these concepts all year. . @connectcharter 9s working on self-empowerment & metacognition by self-correcting yesterday’s “tests” to understand what made them successful, or not, & why. Then they had to explain to me what went well, what went wrong, & what they will do the same or differently next time. pic.twitter.com/ZiBCCPCHlS — Jaime Groeller (@missg_teaches) September 5, 2018 Who am I? What makes me, me? How do individuals express their identity? This week we started on our first large inquiry of the year. We will be exploring the concept of identity, which is connected to the grade 9 social studies curriculum. Students will also be working on a variety of ELA outcomes in the creation of an artifact to demonstrate their t