Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" audio version

Listen to the audio version of the text as you complete your annotation/interaction of it. 



AUDIO Version of "The Black Cat"



How does Poe's use of Elements enhance his narrative?

As you respond to the question, remember to use evidence that you built in your Cornell Notes on the story/text.

Your response should be in paragraph format and it should be edited before you submit it.

Remember to write your first Name and First Initial of your Last name and then submit anonymously to get credit your for work.

Having posted your original response to the question, YOU MUST respond to another peer's posting. When you respond, you must go beyond whether or not you liked what the person said. You must point out one or two places in the writing that speaks to how you saw, or did not see the author's point of view. Your response may be shorter than your original post, but it must be succinct enough to address your peer's response in a meaningful way.

An original post without any response to your peer's work will result in a grade lower than 65%. Please review the blog rubric before you post or respond to your peer's posting. 

Happy Blogging!   

Professional Learning Survey

Dear Colleagues:

Please click on the link below to complete our Professional Learning Survey.

The questions with an * must be completed for the survey to be submitted.

Thank you kindly for your honest feedback so that we can plan more effectively for you and your students' continued growth.

Here is the link for the Professional Learning Survey:

Professional Learning Survey



-Ms. Joseph
Teacher Center Liaison

Instructional SMART goals for Professional Learning Fall 17

Dear Colleagues:

Please click on the link below to access our Padlet to house and evaluate our instuctional SMART goals 2017.

Instructional SMART goals for 2017


Follow the guidelines on the Padlet to write your SMART goal. Do not write on anyone's canvas space. You have enough space on the canvas. If time permits, you may upload an image that reflects your instructional goal. It may be an image that depicts HOW you are feeling as you embark on the goal or an image that is content-related to your SMART goal.

SMART GOALS for Period 2 for FALL 2017

Writing SMART Goals: Academic and Personal Goals


SMART GOAL RESOURCE #1


SMART GOAL RESOURCE #2


Having explored the resources on how to write a SMART goal, use the guided template to craft your Academic/Subject-Specific SMART goal for this semester. If time permits, you will also write a personal goal that addresses an aspect of your life that you want to work on improving (procrastination, attitude toward a particular aspect of life, changing a particular behaviour, etc). 

Having crafted your goal, give your table/class buddy the goal to preview using the SMART Goal rubric. Your buddy would offer you feedback on what else the goal statement needs for it to fit all criteria of the SMART acronym.

Having adjusted your goal statement using the feedback from your peer (s), click on the link below to access our class's padlet for housing your goals. 

Click on the link below and it would take you to our padlet. When you get there, click anywhere on the canvas and write your NAME FIRST, AND THEN WRITE YOUR ELA Academic goal for this semester. 

Click here for the padlet for your SMART goals

Your goals are going to be assessed on the SMART goal rubric so please ensure that it is edited and written correctly. 

DO NOT WRITE ON ANYONE'S TEXT. YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE OF YOUR OWN ON THE CANVAS.

WE WILL COME BACK TO THE GOALS PERIODICALLY TO MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL AND ADJUSTING AND MOVING FORWARD.

TED Talk 1: Understanding and Valuing the "Why" by Simon Sinek

Take a look at this resource and then discuss the major differences between the :"What" and the "Why".

Simon Sinek: Starting with the Why

In your response, discuss:

Why is the "Why" THAT important? How does an understanding of the "Why" really shape the idea of success for us in education? 

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

Blog #3 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Click on the links of THE THREE pictures below. Each presents an image that some people might embrace while others might find controversial OR PROBLEMATIC (SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT). 


Image 1: IMAGE 1: CLICK HERE

Image 2: IMAGE 2: CLICK HERE

Image 3: IMAGE 3: CLICK HERE



After you have examined the images beyond whether you like or dislike them, you will formulate a paragraph in which you:

a. Describe the images in your own words
b. Explain why some people might consider what the images represent to be controversial or a topic of conversation 
c. Describe whether or not you might agree with these people who might find the images something to talk about
d. Which image appears to be most controversial? Least Controversial? Why?
e. Provide your own thoughts about the images. What do they represent in a larger sense about people and how they think?
f. Why are pictures worth a thousand words?

Remember to follow all rules for blogging: Paragraph response using conventions of Standard English, being respective when you reply or comment on another blogger's response, editing your work to ensure that it makes sense, posting using ONLY your first name and First letter of your Last name, posting etc).