http://cctinto.edublogs.org Teaching resources and ideas Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:56:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is the link for Batman http://cctinto.edublogs.org/2009/01/26/26/ Grade 6 students, You are going to be retelling a famous myth using a comic strip style. We have read some myths and now we are going to do some research on comic strips. Stage one. What do we want to know? 1. Advice on drawing cartoons 2. Advice on using captions and speech bubbles 3. ... http://cctinto.edublogs.org/2009/01/26/telling-stories-using-comic-strips/ Click here for test http://cctinto.edublogs.org/2009/01/08/test-test/ Click here for the YIS website. http://cctinto.edublogs.org/2008/11/18/practice/ 7C, Do you think that the fact we have a new US president will make a difference? Write a blog post about if you think Barack Obama will make a positive difference to the world or not? Explain your reasons. Click here for some information. Mr C http://cctinto.edublogs.org/2008/11/14/changing-the-lives-of-others/ Good morning grade 7. Today and for HW you are going to create a research entry on your edublog. A research entry will provide some information about a topic, links people can use to find out more and maybe a few of your opinions about why this is an important ... http://cctinto.edublogs.org/2008/11/13/grade-7-researching-difficult-journeys-apartheid-discrimination-and-freedom-fighters/ Hello grade 6, Friday's Menu 1. Finishing off 'Brian's Diary' Your first job today is to make sure that you get your 'Brian's Diary' assessment sheet filled in carefully. Remember to read the sheet carefully to decide what levels you are. You also need to get a peer comment filled in. That ... http://cctinto.edublogs.org/2008/10/16/grade-6-17th-october/ 1. First thing I want you to do is to look at your essays and find all the contractions (underline them or highlight them) e.g. don't --> do not wont --> will not shouldn't --> should not Then I want you to find a way of remembering to avoid using contractions in any formal writing ... http://cctinto.edublogs.org/2008/10/13/grade-8-skellig-creativity-schools-and-contractions/ [gallery] YISers, Your blogs will have different purposes, they will be: a way for you to share your ideas about books you have read and films you have watched a way for you to develop your knowledge and enjoyment of different types of literature, art and films and for your teachers and classmates to ... http://cctinto.edublogs.org/2008/09/30/what-is-your-blog-for/ The more I teach, the less I teach. The longer I want students to remember something the more I really try to let students work things out for themselves. Two of my current classes (hello grades 7 and 8 at Yokohama International School) are working on different writing assignments. One ... http://cctinto.edublogs.org/2008/09/24/writing-essays-magazine-articles-blogs-reports-stories/