Hi Guys,
Check out the Announcement that I've made on the VLe Homepage for our Eng4U class. This is the announcement --- but please make sure you can access the VLe ! Hi Everyone, I hope you are all doing as well as can be expected and staying safe and healthy. I’m thinking about you all. We are going to start again with the course but before we do, there are a few important things that we all need to understand. First of all, your number 1 priority right now and moving forward is keeping yourself safe and healthy and taking care of your family. I want to make this abundantly clear! So, lock that in your brains! ;) Secondly, I want to draw your attention to a note from Ms. Tang that was posted on our GHSS website: “Every student who was passing a course on March 13, will earn that credit in June. However, we hope that your family circumstance will allow students to participate in on-line learning. We know that it can be challenging to encourage teenagers to get work done but hope if parents and teachers work together, we can make it happen! It is important for students to continue learning for several reasons. -A sense of normal routine and expectations as well as the opportunity to be part of a larger community, albeit an on-line community, helps all of us stay mentally well during this stressful and unusual time. -Students have an opportunity to improve their achievement and, if they were not passing on March 13, to earn the credit. -Students will need to learn as much as they can to be prepared for the course that comes after the ones they are in this semester. For example, learning to write an essay this spring in grade 9 English will lead to better essays in grade 10 English. This is also critical for students heading to post-secondary destinations.” This means that if your family circumstances are such that you cannot complete the tasks, that is just fine. Any work that you complete from here on out will ONLY improve your mark and skills moving forward. If you were passing the class as of March 13th, you will not fail the course regardless of the work that is completed during the school closure. Okay, now that we have all of that out of the way, we can look at some of the work that I’ve laid out for you. The unit that we will be looking at is Unit 4. In order to complete this unit, simply move through the lessons and activities, submitting work to the drop box as necessary. Refer to the instructional video that I’ve included if you’re unfamiliar with this platform. As always, please email me with any questions or concerns that you have! You will be receiving an updated “as of March 13th” mark from me shortly. Stay safe and healthy everyone!
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Hi everyone!!! The following email was sent to each and every one of your through your OFFICE365 account.
If you cannot access your office account and need your password reset email me (from whatever email you can) at [email protected] and I will reset it for you. Hi everyone! Welcome to continuous learning! I am so happy to be connecting with all of you again. I know this has been a stressful and confusing time for many of us. I’m hoping that we can reconnect and work together to get through the rest of the semester. Moving forward, we will be using the VLe (Virtual Learning Environment) to complete work for this class. Of course, this is not what I had planned, but is what we will have to do given the new nature of our learning circumstances. I have taught classes on the VLe before and will be able to help guide you through the interface even though we won’t be together. At this point, I have been directed to only focus on making contact with each and every one of you. We will not be starting any curriculum YET. Please send me an email ASAP directly to [email protected] letting me know that you’ve read this. If I do not hear from you soon, I will be calling you. In your response email, please let me know how you are doing through all of this. Please also let me know if you have reliable access to a computer and to internet. You can access the VLe through the following link: http://www.ghsslibrary.ca/resources.html Click on BWDSB E-Learning (in bottom right corner) You should watch this demonstration video to assist in this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiDkgiVwnUE&t=2s You will login using your username and password – same as your Office365 login (email and school computer login). Once in, look under “my classes” and you should see our course code – ENG4UI-02. At this point, your only job is to email me back answering those questions and letting me know how you’re doing AND to explore the VLe site to make yourself familiar with the interface. I will be making contact again shortly with more curriculum related details. Thank you for your patience during all of this! I hope you are all staying healthy. Ms. Ferguson Hi Everyone,
Another update. We've been given further information regarding the current situation with school closures. You and your families will be getting a letter home from the Bluewater District School Board. BWDSB Letter to Parents This letter contains the most up to date information regarding the closures. Worrying about any future work for this class is premature at this time. Please focus on taking care of yourselves and your family. Stay safe and healthy everyone! Hi guys!
Just checking in to see how everyone is doing! I see a lot of you are still working away on content here. I've also heard from a few of that you're busy working or babysitting and haven't had time to complete some assignments. Well that sucks, but you fail. NOTTTTTT!!!!!! I completely understand that you are busy working or taking care of siblings or doing things to support your family during this crazy, wild, unpredictable time. It warms my heart that this is your priority. Keep it up! I encourage you all to do work if that suits you and you're looking to fill your time. Especially the reading as it can be a great distraction from our stressful reality. But, if worrying about completing assignments is causing you added stress, then do not do the work. We will figure this out once this is all over. I will not punish any of you for not being able to get all of the work complete. When/If I get an update from the Province and our School Board about how the rest of the semester will look, I will update here. I know that many of you are worried about how this will impact University acceptances etc and all that I can offer is that I really doubt that Universities will hold any of this against you. The Province cancelled the OSSLT and waved it as a graduation requirement for students graduating this year. I would assume something similar will happen with University acceptances. Again, these are uncertain times and all I really know is from what I read in the same news articles you're reading. My advice? Stay calm and try to only manage the issues of today. I have to keep reminding myself of this as well (especially as I try to teach my 4 and 6 year old their French Immersion curriculum? Je suis whhhhaaaatttttt???) !! This is a very challenging and uncertain time. My hope for you is that you are doing everything you can to care for yourself and for your family. If I can support you or you have questions or concerns, please send me an email at [email protected]. Stay healthy! Hi everyone!
I'm sure you're all following the news and know what's going as much as I do. This is obviously very new for everyone it's impossible to predict what the future will hold. With that being said, just continue to do your reading as you putter away at home. Finish the Lit Theory assignment and email it in when you do so. Hopefully things will be back to our new normal soon enough. Stay safe everyone! And remember to be kind and take care of those around you. This is new and stressful for all of us. #lifelessonswithferg This Week in ENG4U:
Monday: Starting Hamlet!!! Yahooooo!!!! and time to work with your Lit Theory groups Tuesday: Essay Unit Test! Wednesday: continuing with Hamlet Thursday: Hamlet Friday: ???? Maybe watch the first Act of Hamlet This week in Eng4U:
Monday: Reading the Grimm version of "Cinderella", watching Cinderella (Disney version) Tuesday: SNOW DAY! wait... what? So weird! Wednesday: Finish Cinderella - Style Analysis DUE! (it was yesterday... but alas, the snow!) Thursday: Lesson on Literary Theory - powerpoint and handout Friday: Applying Literary theory to "Snow White" SNOW DAY!!!
This has been a WEIRD week! With me being away Tuesday for Hockey, today's Snow Day and Friday's Strike Day, I've decided to push the Style Analysis due date to TUESDAY March 3rd. I will be sending the rest of the essay edits back by the end of the day today. Please remember that I am not allowed to communicate with students or offer any help via email tomorrow during the strike day. I hope you are all warm and toasty somewhere! 'Tis a blustery day! This week in ENG4U:
Monday: PEER EDIT for Style Analysis Tuesday: I'm away at hockey - see note below! Wednesday: Discussion of Layton and King essays, grammar, activity on the difference between Uni and High School, how to integrate quotations lesson Thursday: Work period for Style Analysis Friday: Strike Day TUESDAY: I'm away at Hockey. I would like you to complete all the assigned questions for the King essay and for the Layton essay. I would also like to you complete a chart in your notebooks in the same format as you did for the Llosa and Atwood essays comparing the King and Layton essays. Just copy the format from that chart and complete it in your notebooks - style, rhetorical devices, tone, anything else - similarities and differences. We will discuss tomorrow. This week in ENG4U
Monday: Family Day Tuesday: Style Analysis Assigned Wednesday: Discuss Grimm essay and read "Why We Crave Horror Movies" Thursday: Library for Style Analysis work period Friday: Strike Day |