Ms. Lalonde's Website
  • Home
  • Humanities 8
  • Humanities 9
  • New Media/Composition 10

Thursday

10/31/2013

0 Comments

 
Letter Essay and draft of Tech essay due tomorrow!
0 Comments

Friday

10/25/2013

0 Comments

 
Read and made notes on one of four articles discussing communication technology in preparation for the essay on communication technology, which we will draft on Monday.

     1. Are gadgets ruining our kids brains?
     2. The dumbest generation?  No, twitter is making kids smarter
     3. Portrait of an e-family: How they're making their hyper-digital lives work
     4. Twitter's roiling stew of rage and snark is good for society

Make sure you have read at least one of the articles and be prepared to summarize and share its key points on Monday. 
0 Comments

Letter Essay!

10/25/2013

0 Comments

 
Your first letter essay is DUE NEXT WEEK!  Do not leave it until the last minute!  You will find the outline and samples over here ------------>
Use them!
0 Comments

Wednesday

10/23/2013

0 Comments

 
  • Wrote and handed in a personal response to "Liking What You See".  You are encouraged to use the sentence starters if you get stuck for ideas in your writing.
  • Please respond to the question on the edmodo site.


0 Comments

Monday 

10/21/2013

0 Comments

 
Reading "Liking What You See" text.  Make marginal notes relating to how each character perceives or is affected by the changing technology.  Also, note questions or connections you may have while reading the text.  This is an important step in understanding and evaluating a text, so DON'T SKIP IT!!!!
0 Comments

Thursday

10/10/2013

0 Comments

 
Discussed how YouTube has affected the way we communicate and impacted people's behaviour. Posted discussion on edmodo site
0 Comments

Tuesday

10/1/2013

0 Comments

 
Attempted to arrange a list of technologies in chronological order.
0 Comments

    Handouts

    English 11 Course Outline
    Essay Rubric
    Research Paper notes
    Research Paper Guidelines
    MLA Citation
    Letter Essay overview
    Letter Essay steps
    Letter Essay Sample #1
    Letter Essay Sample #2
    Letter Essay Sample #3
    Analysis & Literary Terms
    Examinable Terms
    Justice Project
    Reading Log Samples
    Analysis Criteria
    TEEEL Checklist

    Archives

    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.