Thursday, 21 August 2014
The new school year...2014-2015
The school year is almost upon us! In the spirit of starting something new, I am going to be moving this blog to the edublog site. I find it a bit more user friendly for some of the plans I have in store for the school year regarding students and blogging. With that in mind, the way to access the regular updates about what is going on in my room, starting on September 2nd, 2014, will be: mrstulp.edublogs.org I hope you'll all continue to check in at the different address!
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
June 30, 2014
We did it! We made it to the end of the year!
Final exams came and went and marks are all in! This blog will be dormant now until next September when the students come back to school.
I am looking at the possibility of switching to Edublogs since it seems more compatible with some of the ideas I have for next year; it allows me to upload handouts for students that miss, and I can enroll them in classrooms for discussions. If that happens, I will post the link here sometime in August or September!
Have a great summer everyone!
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
June 17-20, 2014
There isn't a lot of need to post for this week. We are finishing up units and kids are using the time to make sure their assignments are all finished before final exams which start next week. The ELA 20s have a speech to do starting tomorrow, the AP 30s have a presentation due Friday, the ELA B 30s are finishing up The Great Escape, the AP 10s will do some exam prep, and the AP 20s are finished regular course and write the multiple choice section of their exam tomorrow.
The end is drawing near!
The end is drawing near!
Monday, 16 June 2014
June 16, 2014
Period 1--ELA 20
We continued with our study of Huck Finn. The students were given their assignment to come up with a speech about education (either formal or moral). They will have to present their speeches Thursday and Friday of this week!
Period 2--AP 30
We discussed April Raintree and looked at some of the issues raised in the novel. The students, in partners, have to choose one of the issues and create a multi-media presentation about that issue. They will be presented on Friday.
Period 3--ELA B 30
We began watching The Great Escape to finish up our study of Night. The students will see information about the non-fiction book and video on their final exam.
Period 4--AP 10
The students requested seeing A Midsummer Night's Dream to see some of the comedy that was hard to visualize when reading the play.
Period 5--Mentor period
The grade 12s have a work period.
We continued with our study of Huck Finn. The students were given their assignment to come up with a speech about education (either formal or moral). They will have to present their speeches Thursday and Friday of this week!
Period 2--AP 30
We discussed April Raintree and looked at some of the issues raised in the novel. The students, in partners, have to choose one of the issues and create a multi-media presentation about that issue. They will be presented on Friday.
Period 3--ELA B 30
We began watching The Great Escape to finish up our study of Night. The students will see information about the non-fiction book and video on their final exam.
Period 4--AP 10
The students requested seeing A Midsummer Night's Dream to see some of the comedy that was hard to visualize when reading the play.
Period 5--Mentor period
The grade 12s have a work period.
June 13, 2014
This is grad day and as one of the coordinators, I am off getting things in place for the day. My sub plans for the remaining classes are more or less just work periods as everyone is trying to finish up their work before the end of the year.
Thursday, 12 June 2014
June 12, 2014
Period 1--AP 30/ELA A 30
As much as they can concentrate the day before grad, the students are trying to get a few assignments finished up.
Period 2 & 3--ELA B 30
We finished our virtual tour of Auschwitz and Birkenau and then took the last ten minutes of class to watch the liberation scene from Band of Brothers so the students could get an idea of what it must have been like. It was a very powerful scene. In period 3, the grads had rehearsal, so we zoomed off to the RecPlex to get ready for tomorrow's big day.
Period 4--ELA 20
The grade 11s continued our visual study of Huckleberry Finn. We stopped along the way to look at the moral dilemmas facing both Huck and Jim as the young protagonists learns some hard lessons growing up.
Period 5--AP 10
We finished reading A Midsummer Night's Dream. The students had some time to complete their last assignment on the reading.
As much as they can concentrate the day before grad, the students are trying to get a few assignments finished up.
Period 2 & 3--ELA B 30
We finished our virtual tour of Auschwitz and Birkenau and then took the last ten minutes of class to watch the liberation scene from Band of Brothers so the students could get an idea of what it must have been like. It was a very powerful scene. In period 3, the grads had rehearsal, so we zoomed off to the RecPlex to get ready for tomorrow's big day.
Period 4--ELA 20
The grade 11s continued our visual study of Huckleberry Finn. We stopped along the way to look at the moral dilemmas facing both Huck and Jim as the young protagonists learns some hard lessons growing up.
Period 5--AP 10
We finished reading A Midsummer Night's Dream. The students had some time to complete their last assignment on the reading.
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
June 11, 2014
Period 1 & 2--ELA 20
The students had a bit more time to finish their questions from the radio-play Medicine River. We took them up together and had a good discussion about the play. In the second period of the double, I introduced the last piece of "literature" we'll be studying. We are going to look at the visual representation of Huckleberry Finn. It contains some of the same themes as To Kill A Mockingbird but also looks at the concept of growing up and how events cause children to go through various stages of maturation as their moral compass forms. We barely started looking at Huck Finn, so will continue tomorrow.
Period 3--AP 30/ELA A 30
The students are reading and working on their assignments.
Period 4--ELA B 30
We finished the non-fiction book Night. After this, we read his acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize and then started a virtual tour of Auschwitz and Birkenau. We will carry on with this tomorrow.
Period 5--AP 10
The students had a bit of time to finish finding their most important quotation. Then, we started reading Act V and the students are treated to the real hilarity of the play. We will finish up the play tomorrow.
Period 6--AP 20
This class is for the students to work on their big question, multi-media assignment based on The Crucible.
The students had a bit more time to finish their questions from the radio-play Medicine River. We took them up together and had a good discussion about the play. In the second period of the double, I introduced the last piece of "literature" we'll be studying. We are going to look at the visual representation of Huckleberry Finn. It contains some of the same themes as To Kill A Mockingbird but also looks at the concept of growing up and how events cause children to go through various stages of maturation as their moral compass forms. We barely started looking at Huck Finn, so will continue tomorrow.
Period 3--AP 30/ELA A 30
The students are reading and working on their assignments.
Period 4--ELA B 30
We finished the non-fiction book Night. After this, we read his acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize and then started a virtual tour of Auschwitz and Birkenau. We will carry on with this tomorrow.
Period 5--AP 10
The students had a bit of time to finish finding their most important quotation. Then, we started reading Act V and the students are treated to the real hilarity of the play. We will finish up the play tomorrow.
Period 6--AP 20
This class is for the students to work on their big question, multi-media assignment based on The Crucible.
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