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Finding the Upside in Falling Down!

10/28/2021

This week, we looked at our learning skills and took some time to be reflective of our own learning so far this semester. For this week I want you to continue to be reflective on your learning, and your personality and to think about failure. Failure isn’t fun, it never feels good, and sometimes it can be downright embarrassing! The crazy thing about it though, is that it’s through failure that we do our biggest amounts of growing as students, as learners, and as people. In your blog post this week, I want you to think back on this past month, week, year, etc. and write down 3 times that you failed or weren’t successful on something you tried. Write down what happened, why you feel that you failed and what you learned from this failure.

My example for this week:
One of the biggest learnings I have ever experienced is when I was in teacher’s college. I had a class of grade 6’s and I was teaching them about finding the volume of a triangular prism. I had the vice principal in the class watching and I TAUGHT IT TO THEM WRONG! I got confused with the numbers and the vice-principal had to come up and help me with the lesson.
What I learned from that failure was that:
1. preparation is key when teaching any lesson
2. Mistakes happen and you have to be able to accept that and grow from them.

Scarily Descriptive!

10/21/2021

As we are coming up to a SCARY event next week, I thought our blog post could help us get into the mindset of this freaky season. This week you have a choice of what to write about.
Using PROPER PARAGRAPH form, you can either write:
From the perspective of a child going through a very scary haunted house for the first time, including everything they would hear, feel, barely see, etc. Can you write the experience so that it feels like we’re in the haunted house with them. What sounds might happen, what thoughts might they have? Let your imagination run wild!
or
You can describe the scariest costume you can imagine. Include clear descriptions of colours, looks, everything. This can be a costume that you've worn, want to wear or just thought of.
The goal for this is for you to practice your descriptive writing and using different, powerful adjectives that will help you TERRIFY your reader. Transport them to the haunted house, or create the costume in the mind so they quake with fear. Good Luck! MWAH-AH-AH!

Writing a SPOOKY Story!

10/14/2021

In the next few weeks, we’re going to be recording our own stories to drop in places around CH Norton as a part of a soundscape project. For this week, you have two choices, you can write a story that uses this photo as a setting for a story. Be sure to use all the descriptive words you can to make the reader feel like they’re in that scary place with you! Your other option is that I’d like you to talk to your family, friends, etc. and see if any of them know a good spooky story. For your blog post, your job is to write it down as they tell it to you and to make sure you’re adding in spots to make your voice be super spooky. This whole assignment is going to be about practicing how we tell stories and how to use our voices to share meaning, so write a good story so you can tell a good story!

Amazing Adjectives: Creating a Paragraph Using Our Senses!

10/7/2021

Watch the above video at LEAST TWICE! Imagine that you needed to describe this scene to someone who was visually impaired. Write a paragraph describing what happens during the pelican’s first flight. Think of the descriptive phrases that would make this come alive to someone who couldn’t see this themselves. Engage all of the five senses: sight, touch, smell, taste, sound. Take your time with your paragraph; it doesn't need to be long but it needs to have an impact. Each word matters and counts, so take your time and do your best work! I'm excited to read them next Friday.
Your focus needs to be on a proper paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting sentences and a concluding sentence.
Your first sentence could start with “The waves lapped against the boat as the birds chirped in the background.”

Finding the Upside in Falling Down!

Scarily Descriptive!

Writing a SPOOKY Story!

Amazing Adjectives: Creating a Paragraph Using Our Senses!

Mr. Steltman's Class

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