Driving Question Feedback

Important: Driving Questions Link

Everybody has been given formative feedback on your driving question. Everybody needs to go back and try and improve your first draft. Attempt to highlight the complex words and the focused words in your question. This will help you see how you can become more specific and focused. You need to have redrafted your driving question for Tuesday's class. Feel free to get support from your parents or friends.  See example below

You MUST spend quality time developing this Driving Question. It will make your time spent on this unit so much more productive and enjoyable. We will have the Steve Sheinkin in that class and you will NEED to be clear on the question you want to start researching. BE WARNED - your will be given a 'Responsibility' and 'Guiding Question' SUMMATIVE grade on Tuesday.

Lunch with the visiting author: Winners

All winners must see Mr Buxton before next Wednesday. Lunch will be scheduled in the library, mr Riley's room, Friday 19th of February at 1 PM. 

Ryan Nguyen	Mr.Buxton
Michael White	Mr. Buxton
Michelle Zimmermann	Mr. Buxton
Joshua Ford	Ms. Olsen
Claire Yoder	Karen McDowell
Tyler	MCD
Alexandria Mulqueen	RLA--Mrs.McDowell
Aryan Khattar	Karen McDowell
Coby Tan	Russell Buxton
Noah Loi	Mr. Buxton
Maja Christiansen	Russel Buxton
Maya	Mr.Buxton

BOOK WINNER

We received 266 haikus across the middle school for a chance to win Kwame Alexander's new book,Booked.

Congratulations to Elijah Thomas from Ms. Strydhorst-Piers' class for his haiku which was drawn out of a hat.  It reads:

A big fallen tree

laying on a bed of trees

lonely in the woods.

Driving Question

Link for your DQ

Lunch with Authors

Resources to form a DQ

                                     

Tri Time: Day 2

Beginning of unit Questionnaire: Link here

TriTime Journal

H/W - All classes. Come with one or two strong ideas for your guiding question.
Do not forget to finish your parent interview tonight. (optional -but encouraged) Link

Another video below on possible TriTime examples.

Membean - Biweekly Times

Remember - Your test scores can ONLY  be as high as practice times. See Powerschool for more details.

Tri Time: Session 1

Poetry Interpretation G/H -Drop your work here

 Passion Project Digital Notebook

Link: to questionnaire  

Parent Link (complete interview by Thursday 11th Feb)

Be a WINNER!!!! 
It's coming out in April, but Mr. Riley's got an advanced copy, and yes it's amazing!  Want it for your classroom library?  Write a haiku to  Mr. Riley.  He'll take all submissions (make sure the RLA teacher's name is on it), put them in a hat, draw a winner next and deliver the book to your room. What are you waiting for?