Private Peaceful "Last Post"

Answer the following question in a complete sentence answer.  Make sure you add lots of detail and three openers in your answer.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Remember:

Draft your answers in Google Docs. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using Google Read and Write before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only. All answers mus be in CSAs.

1. Is Charlie’s court martial fair or unfair in your opinion? Give evidence or reasons to support your view from the story.

Nearly 4 O'clock

German infantrymen wearing gas masks attack across No Man's Land through a cloud of poison gas. By the end of the war, both sides had employed various kinds of gas.

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Remember:

Draft your answers in GOOGLE DOCS. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using Google Read and Write before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

1. Why does Tommo panic when the Germans attack? Why do you think the German shows mercy to Tommo?

2. Why does Charlie lie and tell the family that he and Tommo are ‘having a fine old time in the trenches?’ Do you agree with his decision?

3. Why doesn’t Tommo desert (leave the army)?  

4. What would you do if you were Tommo?

4. What happened to Anna?

A Minute Past Three

This is a picture of typical trench where soldiers spent their days and nights.

1. Who is Captain Wilkie? How is he different from Sergeant Hanley? (p.120)

2. Is the war going well for the soldiers? How do you know this? 

3. What problems were there in the trenches? 

4. Anna, the girl from the estaminet, reminds Tommo of Molly. Write about a time when you saw someone who reminded you of a person you know.  Tell what it was about that person (not just looks) that reminded you of them.

Draft your answers in Google Docs. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS using Google Read and Write before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember the blog rules.   All answers mus be in CSAs.

Private Peaceful-Post#1

We are currently reading Private Peaceful. 

1. The author bounces between Tommo as a young man and Tommo's memories of growing up.  Why do you think this is?
2. All the chapter titles are times: Nearly Quarter Past Eleven, Ten to Midnight, Twenty-four Minutes Past Twelve.  Why do you think this is?
3. What do you think this book is going to be about?
4. Authors often use many writing "tools" when they write.  One tool that Michael Morpurgo uses is foreshadowing.  IN YOUR OWN WORDS tell what is foreshadowing (use google!).   Big Joe, Tommo and Charlie blew raspberries at the colonel.  What might this foreshadow?

Do all your answers in complete sentence answers  on Google Docs and check it with Google Read and Write.  Use all your COPS skills and include as many dressups as you need to make your answers as interesting to read and as descriptive as possible.   All answers mus be in CSAs.

Markus

Here are some facts we know from When You Reach Me:

• The notes from the Laughing Man suggest Sal will die unless he saves him.
• Markus notices that Laughing Man always avoids him, running away quickly.
• Markus punched Sal because of something his brother said.

In your opinion:

1. How does the Laughing Man know that Sal will die unless he saves him?
2. Why does Markus make the choice to come back and save Sal even though Markus sees the Laughing Man die?
3. Would you change any of the choices that Markus/The Laughing Man made and how would this affect the story?
4. Given that you know Markus comes back to save Sal, how would you describe his personality and character?

Do all questions in Microsoft Word and check it with WORD TALK. Use all your COPS skills and include as many openers as you need to make your answers as interesting to read and as descriptive as possible.

When You Reach Me....Some Questions

1) On pages 95–96, Annemarie admits to having epilepsy and needing a special diet. Why do you think she ignored her special diet while she was with Miranda and Colin?

2) On page 106, the laughing man turns and runs when he sees Marcus. Then Marcus says this has happened before. Why do you think the laughing man runs from Marcus?

3) If you could travel in time, then which time would you travel to.  Explain your choice in at least 3 sentences.  

4) Who would you choose to interview for an hour if you had the opportunity to travel back in time?

Do all your answers in complete sentence answers  on Google Docs and check it with Google Read and Write.  Use all your COPS skills and include as many dressups as you need to make your answers as interesting to read and as descriptive as possible. 

Math Numeration Practise

Review:

• Grade 6's go to this page for Chapter 2 (Numeration) and work through quizzes 1, 3, 4, 6, & 7 that cover all of the main subjects in the recent unit in Math that we are currently working through.

Make a note of any questions you get wrong in Google Docs after each quiz.  Pick one from each quiz and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

When You Reach Me: Things That...

Miranda carries around a battered book that she has probably read a hundred times.

• Do you have books that you like to read over and over?
• What is the best book you have ever read?
• Why has the author included Markus in the plot?  Why do you think he punched Sal?
• We have learned a lot about Miranda’s mother. Would she make a good mother? What little details tell us so much about her?

Do all questions in Google Docs and check it with Google Read and Write.  Use your headphones. Use all your COPS skills and proof read it before you post!

Rules, by Cynthia Lord. No Toys in the Fish Tank!

Answer these questions in CSAs.  Give me YOUR ideas, thoughts and feelings.  Use word talk to proof read your answers before posting. COPS is important...

1. Give two reasons that Catherine enjoys going to occupational therapy with her mother. 
2. Name one person with whom you enjoy spending quality time. Describe your fondest memory. Why is this time alone so special to you? 
3. Who is Jason? Describe him. 
4. In what ways does drawing help Catherine? What activities do you like to do in your spare time? 
5. Catherine’s says, “Mom doesn’t understand how not everyone is on David’s side.” What might it mean to be “on David’s side”? Why wouldn’t people be “on his side”? 
6. On page 43, Catherine wonders how it would feel, “…to have to wait for someone to make a word before I could use it. And to have all my words lying out in the open, complete strangers able to walk by and see everything that mattered to me, without even knowing my name.” Imagine you were Jason. How would you feel? 
7. What fears does Catherine have when she is around Jason? Do you think her fears are reasonable? How might you help her to get over her fears if you were her friend? 

DIVISION 15: READ THE RULES BELOW.  WHEN YOU HAVE READ THEM, COPY THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AND PASTE IT INTO THE "COMMENTS" SECTION BELOW AND SIGN WITH YOUR FIRST NAME AND FIRST INITIAL OF YOUR LAST NAME ONLY.

I agree to follow the Division 15 Blogging Rules and the Etiquette guidelines on this blog whenever I post.

Signed (FIRST NAME & FIRST INITIAL)

BLOGGING RULES

Division 15: A blog is short for web log or online journal. A blog is public domain. What that means is that anyone with an internet connection can read what you write. They can also respond to what you write. Because of this, there are some rules you must obey for safety and for etiquette. I will read this blog daily to check that all rules are being followed.
For Safety:

1. Keep your, and other people's, personal details private. Never offer any personal information including your last name, contact information, home address, phone numbers, school's name, e-mail address, last names of friends or relatives, instant messaging names, age, or birth date.
2. Assume what you publish on the Web is permanent. Anyone on the Internet can easily print out a blog or save it to a computer.
3. No one wants or needs to know private details about your family life.
4. No photographs of yourself or others should be posted unless they are group shot, without names, and you have cleared the photo with me first.

For Etiquette:

1. ALL your posts should be positive, friendly and inoffensive; don't use them for slander or to attack others. That includes gossip. No gossip or negative posts about any other individuals, whether they are in our community or not. Remember, as soon as you post something it's hard to take it back!
2. Avoid trying to "outdo" or compete with other bloggers; concentrate on your own ideas.
3. Don't write in UPPER CASE: it is seen as shouting.
4. No innapropriate words, phrases or pictures are to be posted. Keep your language appropriate, clean and free of any rudeness.
5. Sign all your posts with only your first-name.

Above all: have fun!
Mr. N