October 29th's Learning Log!

        Today in class, we had laptops that we used to share and reply to the Morris Ward blog. We replied our letters as a comment on one of their posts. We learned how to share our letters and how to post them as a comment onto their blog. In class, we also finished up our book passes if anyone didn't finish them on Friday. There were also a few people away on Friday, so this block gave them an opportunity to catch up on the work they missed when they weren't here.

        We wrote letters and replied them as a comment so that the class in Australia would get some feedback on their issues and conflicts. It also helps with our writing skills to be able to write more and in a more formal kind of way. We finished up our book passes so that no one would be far behind and not catch up to what we are doing as a class. It also lets Ms. Lees know which book each student would be more suited to read for our novel study later on in the year.

      Writing letters is useful because it helps our writing skills and it also lets us know what we need to work on in terms of writing essays, letters, etc. It is useful for the class in Australia because it lets them know what we think of the issues going on in Woodleighville and what our opinions are regarding it. Book passes are useful so that you don't get stuck with a book you have no interest in and a book that you don't like reading for your novel study. An interesting book really helps because you would want to read it and you would remember all the events really clearly.

       Our homework for today is to finish with the editing of your letter and post it as a comment on any of the posts regarding what you wrote about if you haven't already done so in class.

    Tips:

    Go to this page to read about the issues going on in Woodleighville if you are having trouble or if you haven't finished your letter.