Grade 9's - Students in grade 9 are in the process of writing a personal narrative. This piece of writing started as a 5 minute quick write and will evolve into a story about an experience(a snapshot moment) students have experienced. During this process we're studying internal and external dialogue, leads or hooks in writing and descriptive language. Ask your child what they are writing about:)
Grade 8's - Students in grade 8 are working on the reading strategy summarizing. This will lead into summarizing a documentary about the Halifax Explosion. In the end students will write a historical narrative that details the explosion.
Reminder - students are expected to read 5 books this term(mid November). It is expected all students read on a nightly basis.