October 22th's Learning Log !

Hi !

Here is today's learning log ! :

    In class today, we talked about how we are pairing up with the school in Australia and how we are writing letters back to them tomorrow about there problems on their blog. Ms. Lees said to go on their blog and read about their crisis. We also talked about how some people don't know which clubs they want to join and how some people are confused and don't know which clubs to join. Ms. Lees said that she will have flex Tuesday at lunch to help people find a club that they are interested in! Later on, we looked at Ms. Lees' class blog and she reviewed with us the criteria of what we are supposed to do when we are posting on our group blogs at home. Then, 2 people from student council came to talk to us about the five days of fire going on next week and they answered all our questions regarding it. At the end of the class, we were told to hand in our assignments from all the short stories we have done in the past so that Ms. Lees can see how well we have done with them.

    We should read about the class in Australia's blog, Woodleighville so that tomorrow when we are writing the letters back too them, we know what to write! We talked about which clubs people should join because it's really important to find a club that you like going to and that you find really fun to take some stress off of yourself! Reviewing the criteria for the blog posts is really important because we want to know what to write and have it be right instead of completely wrong! It really helps you when you are trying to create a blog post and don't know what to write! If the 2 people from student council didn't come, we would have no idea what to do or wear for the 5 days of fire as it is our very first time experiencing it! Also they told us which colour we are and that's always important so you know which colour to wear! We handed in our assignments to Ms. Lees so that she can track our understanding and our knowledge of short stories!

   I think that the things that Ms. Lees told us about the clubs will really help me in choosing other clubs to join and I'm sure there are a lot of other people wanting to join more clubs so I think flex tomorrow is a great idea! I think the blog that the Australian class has will help me understand some of the problems and conflict going around in other parts of the world! The assignments that we handed in will give us feedback on what we need to improve on and help us in future assignments that we need to do.

 Homework :

Today's homework is to just go on the Australian's class blog, Woodleighville, and read their posts and try to read the newspaper to find articles like the ones in the class blog. Also, think of what you are going to write in the letters we are going to respond to Woodleighville's blog tomorrow. You should think of agreeing, disagreeing and offering suggestions to their blog post.
Read up on these articles :
1. Recovering from Cyclone Mike
2. Rioting recovery
3. Should we install CCTV cameras
4. Do we want a WOULDI superstore

Tips :

You should read Surrey Now, Surrey Leader, The Province, The Vancouver Sun, and any other newspapers you can get a hold of to help you understand and relate to the conflicts they are having. Try to read as many articles regarding the conflicts in the blog as you can as it will help you in writing the letter on Tuesday.
Read the articles on this blog :
http://themorriswardminutes.wordpress.com/2012/10/

Have a great day guys!