Ricketts Language - Spelling list # 21 - THE END

This is the last spelling list for the year!  Thank you to Fadi, Ourania, Paige, Soran and David for these technology related words:

aeronautical engineering, targeting system, satellite guidance, unmanned airborne, vehicle, electronic, emotionless robot, computer program, mechanically, watts, performance and California

Ricketts Language - Spelling list # 20

Thank you Fotini, Michelle and Sarah for providing these words that relate to global issues:

severe, extreme poverty, malnutrition, contamination, environmental circumstances, transmitted, symptoms, establishing  necessity, potential, foundation and raise awareness

Ricketts Language - Infographic descriptive feedback for SMART ideas planning of supporting details

Please be prepared on Monday, June 16th to do a peer edit of your 6 - 10 supporting details for each sub-topic.  We need to make sure your information is relevant to the topic before you create your infographic.

Ricketts Language - Pictochart for Infographic Assignment

INFOGRAPHIC LEARNING GOAL:  Create an inforgraphic text based on a topic of your interest that will provide detailed information to inform the reader about your topic.

We are in the planning phase currently for our infographic.  We are using the SMART idea program to organize our topic into 3 subtopics of researched information.

You will need to have your planning on SMART idea approved by using the descriptive feedback given BEFORE you start the infographic.

When using the pictochart software to create your infographic the login is

lina.el-khoury@tdsb.on.ca

The success criteria we have developed so far for the infographic is as follows:

• balanced layout of text and illustrations
• one topic, 3 sub-topics, 6 - 10 supporting details for each sub-topic
• display information in at least 5 various formats Examples: graph, chart, jot notes, short paragraph, photos, illustrations, diagram etc.
• information is accessible / easy to navigate and understand for reader

Ricketts Language - Spelling List # 19

We are creating inforgraphic texts based on a topic of our interest.  These spelling list words were chosen by students and are related to our infographic assignment:

informative, balanced layout, appealing, comprehension, diagram, authentic, relevant, illustrations, captivating, accessible, theme specific and deceptive

Ricketts Language - Novel Study Board Games and Box DUE DATE CHANGE MONDAY, MAY 26TH

We have been working on board games and boxes that are based on themes, characters and events that relate to our novel study books. Our board games and boxes are due Monday, May 26th.  To allow proper assembly from the various group members, we can play the games on Tues. May 27th.

Spelling List # 18 - Freak the Mighty

Thank you to Anna, Fotini, Sadiq, David and Nived for the spelling list words for this week.  The practice test will be on Friday, May 2nd and the final will be on Mon. May, 5th.

ornithopter, Excalibur, unvanquished, colossal, algorithm, midget, dictionary, learning disability, confidence, technical, kidnapped and knowledgeable

Ricketts Language - Reading response final draft Due Friday, May 2nd

We have chosen the best 1 out of our 4 reading responses.  We have been given time to peer edit and also descriptive feedback was provided by Ms. Ricketts.  Based on the success criteria and feedback we have been instructed to revise our work and submit the final published draft on Friday, May 2nd.
* Remember to include a title and your name on your final draft.

Ricketts Language - Reading Response of your choice edited based on first round of descriptive feedback

Choose your best reading response out of the 4 we have completed.  Edit it based on the success criteria and the descriptive feedback you received in class.  Please print your response if possible OR have it readable on the computer for Monday, April 28th.

Success Criteria

Use the writing process to help you develop and expand on your ideas

Use examples from the text to support your answers

Make inferences by combining clues from the text with your own knowledge

Use strategies like referring to details from specific pages in the text, adding quotations from text and making comparisons to support your answers 

Use descriptive vocabulary that demonstrates a gr. 6 - 7 level

Organize your ideas (main idea, supporting details and conclusion) when answering a question

Stay on topic for concise answers

Proofread your work for spelling, grammar and punctuation

Spelling List # 17 - Sunita's Secret

Thank you Ines, Elini, Ourania and Russell for this week's spelling list.

conceited, vengeful, impertinently, exhausted, gargantuan, reluctant, optimistic, melodramatic, criminal, irritated, energetic and devious

The final for this test will be on Monday, April 28th.

Spelling List # 16 - "The Skin I'm In" Novel

Thank you Michelle. Amanda, Paige and Anthony for the following spelling list related to your novel.  The final test will be on Tues. April 22nd.

deodorant, cigarette, verbal abuse, racist comments, harassment, bullying, dignity, librarian, scholarship, representative, neighbourhood / neighborhood and curriculum

Literature Circle Books - Read by Wed. Apr. 16th

Students need to have finished reading their novels by Wed. Apr. 16th.  Class time is given and time at home will be required.
Students also need to be prepared to RE-READ some sections of the book on their own and with their group in order to complete tasks.  Examples: Re-read to identify a quote to explain their reading response answer.  Re-read to help summarize an event in the plot for a group task etc.

Literature Circle Reading Responses - Success Criteria and due date - Mon. Apr. 28th

Freak the Mighty

Sunita's Secret

The Skin I'm In

Touching Spirit Bear

Our class have determined the success criteria for the reading responses to the 4 questions that appear on Padlet to be as follows:

• Use the writing process to help you develop and expand on your ideas
• Use examples from the text to support your answers
• Make inferences by combining clues from the text with your own knowledge
• Use strategies like referring to details from specific pages in the text, adding quotations from text and making comparisons to support your answers 
• Use descriptive vocabulary that demonstrates a gr. 6 - 7 level
• Organize your ideas (main idea, supporting details and conclusion) when answering a question
• Stay on topic for concise answers
• Proofread your work for spelling, grammar and punctuation

The completion of the 4 reading response questions will be on Monday, April 28th.  We will make sure to help one another by providing descriptive feedback based on the success criteria before the due date.  

Spelling List #15 - Novel Study "Touching Spirit Bear"

Thank you Sarah, Danny, Fadi and Soran for being the facilitators for this week's spelling:

vigorous, Minneapolis, inferno, consequences, silhouette, spiritual, trauma, detention centre, scavengers, abdicated, accomplished, sarcastically

Spelling list words from members of each novel group - DUE: Tues. Apr. 8th

• Each group member is responsible for 6 spelling words that relate to the novel they are reading  
• Each word must be used in a sentence that relates to the novel
• Groups will present spelling list words over the next 4 weeks so that it will help us understand the various books that are being read by each group

Spelling Test # 14 - Polar Bears Grrrr...

We will be working on our editing this week for our Toronto Zoo polar bear naming expositions.  The spelling list is inspired by our new furry friend...

habitat, carnivorous, Arctic Circle, vulnerable species, indigenous people, insulated, buoyancy, physical power, starvation, hibernate and Nunavut

Exposition Text - Rough draft for peer editing due: Friday, Mar. 21st

Success Criteria for Exposition Text – Naming of Polar Bear Cub

• Your opinion is stated clearly in introduction
• Includes an introduction, body and conclusion
• 3 reasons are provided to prove your point and at least 2 supporting details for reason are included
• Supporting details are effective to prove your opinion
• Higher level vocabulary is included
• Paragraphs are organized – sentences are in the right paragraph
•  Unnecessary sentences and details are eliminated (they don’t support your opinion) 
• Grammar, spelling and punctuation have been edited for accuracy
• Make sure to use the same tense and stick with it (past, present, future)

Spelling List #13 - Transformational Geometry

This week's spelling list is associated with our new unit it in math.

transformation, translation, rotation, reflection, image, vertices, clockwise, diagram, corresponding side, corresponding angle, similar, rotational symmetry

Ricketts Language - SMART idea graphic organizer for naming of polar bear cub Due: Thursday, March 6th

The graphic organizer is due:  Thursday, March 6th
If you need to work at home on this assignment, you can put your ideas on a WORD document and then e-mail or use a USB to then paste your ideas into the SMART ideas program at school.

Success Criteria for planning web for naming the polar bear

Our class has started to use the SMART idea software program.  Students are to create a graphic organizer (web) to prove their opinion about the name given to a polar bear cub at the zoo.  This is the success criteria for the web so far. Students are encouraged to be thinking of additions to this list as we will be adding to it in the near future. 

• Shape with specific colour in the middle for name you choose
• Different shape and colour to list reasons ( 3 reasons provided)
• Different shape and colour for details ( at least 2 important details)
• Name must make sense and be appropriate for an animal in a publicly funded zoo
• Provide 3 sensible reasons why you choose the name
• Provide at least 2 important details for each reason 

***Students need to have read in detail about the life of the polar bear cub.  Check below for the link to the Toronto Zoo if necessary.

Ricketts Language - Name the Polar Bear

Toronto Zoo name baby polar bear link