Knowing Yourself and Orientation to School

UNIT 1 WORK DUE Monday, March 2nd, 2020

 The rubric for the unit work is in blue font and underlined below. Please look at the rubric before you start your unit work so you know how you will be evaluated. Make sure that you complete and hand in all work listed below.

Rubric for Assignments

Print off the Orientation assignment below. You will have to use your agenda, the school website https://oths.ocdsb.ca/ and a walk around the school. Once you complete the assignment, hand it in.

Orientation Assignment

The next worksheets deal with getting to know yourself and helping you succeed in the classroom.

The first file below called "my brand instructions" gives you instructions on how to create a title page for this course. The second worksheet called "My Brand Worksheet" organizes the information before you actually create the title page. You will have to complete the brand worksheet and the title page and hand both into your teacher.

Brand Instructions

My Brand Worksheet

Open the Interests inventory file below. You must fill in the worksheet with interests that you have at school and interests that you have outside of school. Hand in to your teacher.

Interests Inventory

The following 2 quizzes to complete helps you figure out if you are a left brain or right brain thinker as well as give you tips on how you learn and if you learn by seeing, hearing or doing or a combination of the three. These two quizzes will also give you tips on how you learn in classes. Once you complete the two quizzes and have analyzed the results, hand in to your teacher.

http://homeworktips.about.com/library/brainquiz/bl_leftrightbrain_quiz.htm

Seeing, Hearing, Doing Quiz

Self Advocacy Reading and Questions. Please open and read the pages. It is NOT necessary to print off the pages. There are questions that must be answered and handed in. The questions are: Jump-In questions 1, 2, and 3. "Why Self-Advocacy" Jump-in questions 1 and 2. "Strategies" Jump-in questions 1 and 2. Once all of these questions are finished, hand them into your teacher.

Self Advocacy pg1.pdf

Self Advocacy pg2.pdf

Self Advocacy pg3.pdf

self advocacy pg4.pdf

self advocacy pg 5.pdf

S-A 2a).pdf (table to be used for Jump in Question 2a) pg 2.

The last requirement in Unit one is for you, a Learning Strategies student, to write your classroom teachers a letter telling them a bit about yourself and how you can succeed in the classroom with help from them. The Self Advocacy Letter Grade 9 file is an outline for you to follow to prepare a rough copy of your letter. Once you are finished the rough copy, show it to your teacher for some feedback and then you will prepare a good copy, word-processed. A sample of proper letter format is on the bulletin board in the classroom.

Self Advocacy Letter Rubric (This is the rubric for the letter of self advocacy, grade 9 and 10.)

Sample letter

Learning Skills Checklist use this checklist at the end of each unit to indicate how you are working in Learning Strategies. Hand the checklist in when you are finished each unit.

UNIT 2 WORK DUE: Tuesday, March 31st

Tips: 

Reading and Writing Tips: Print this and discuss the tips with your teacher.  The teacher will initial your sheet for you.

Reading and Writing Tips.pdf

Activity 1:

The Mystery of Easter Island: 

Read pages 8-10 "The Mystery of Easter Island." Click the title on the left or this file: The Mystery of Easter Island (Activity 1).pdf

Complete the following sections and put answers in your GLE binder:

1.  Complete Section A (multiple choice) on page 11 after reading the tips on how to answer multiple choice questions on the bottom of page 11. 
2. Complete section B on page 12: "Reading a Map/Making Calculations."  You will have to use the map on page 9 to help you complete this. 
3. Complete Section E on page 13.  This is about using the context to help you predict or figure out what a word might mean by using the sentence around it to help you.  Try not to look these up in a dictionary, but instead use clues in the sentences to help you. 

Activity 2: Scientists Try to Clone Tasmanian Tiger

Click on this file to read the next article and see the questions:

Scientists try to clone extinct tasmanian tiger (Activity 2).pdf  

Completion Checklist (To be printed out and put in GLE binder, and submitted to teacher.):

1. Complete the KWL chart on page 103.  Note that you have to complete the K and W columns BEFORE you read, and you complete the L column AFTER your read.  What do you know already about cloning or Tasmanian Tigers? What do you want to know?
2. Read the short article, Scientists Try to Clone Extinct Tasmanian Tiger." on pages 104-105. 
3. Complete section A: Understanding the Selection on page 106. 
4. Complete Section B, Number 2 (Write at least one paragraph explaining your response to the news article AND the questions noted in #1 of Section B.  If writing one paragraph, choose ONE of the questions and keep the focus on that topic.  If writing two, use a different question for each paragraph.  Remember good paragraph writing structure: Topic sentence, Point, example, explanation, Point, example, explanation, point, example, explanation, and finally, your conclusion sentence. USE THIS PLANNER TO HELP YOU WITH STRUCTURE: 11-Part Para Organizer.pdf
5. Finish the KWL chart on Page 103, and then research the topic further on the Internet.  LIST YOUR WEBSITE SOURCE ON THE PAGE and then complete the small KWL chart on page 107 about your new research on this animal.
6. Complete Section D: Vocabulary.  Look up the abbreviations in a dictionary and record their meanings, and then find others in the article and underline then, and note their meaning IN THE MARGIN OF THE PAGE.  (This means write the meaning on the side of the page.)  There are good dictionaries in class, and the best online dictionary is http://www.onelook.com    

Activity 3: "Against the Jungle"

Click on the file below to begin reading the short comic "Against the Jungle" which is based on a true story.  

Against the Jungle (Activity 3).pdf

Completion Checklist:

1. Read the short comic on pages 19-21.
2. Read "Drawing Conclusions" on the bottom of page 22.  This will explain an important reading and thinking strategy to you.  Ask your teacher for more explanation if unclear about this. 
3. Complete Section B: Critical Thinking.  Use the tips you read about in drawing conclusions to help you.  Answer the questions in full sentences. 
4. Complete Section C: Writing (Message in a Bottle) on page 23.  Pretend to be the main character or protagonist in the comic, Juliane.  Use details from the comic to complete the message in a bottle.  Complete #1,2, and 3 in this section.  Remember that a message in a bottle is the idea that someone stranded on an island might put a message in a bottle, and then throw it into the ocean and hope that the ocean will carry it to someone who can then come and help that person.  
5. Complete section E (Language Conventions) on End Punctuation on page 24.  Review the uses of the period, question mark, and exclamation mark.  Complete #1-9 in this section.   

Activity 4: "The Canoe"

Click on the file below and read the short reading on the canoe.  Answer the questions that follow on the sheet.  Use full sentences and use details from the reading to answer the questions.  

Short Reading The Canoe.pdf

Activity 5: "Short Opinion Essay Assignment"

Click on the file below and print it.  Read over the tips to writing a series of paragraphs carefully.  Choose one of the essay topics.  Look at the sample essay, and please note the use of MLA formatting.  Write your essay on your chosen topic.  Complete a draft, and have the teacher initial that it is done.  Then, type up a good copy and proofread it and submit it to the teacher.  

Short Essay Tips and Assignment.pdf

Our former unit for literacy, and its materials, can be found at: 

http://othsliteracytest.pbworks.com/FrontPage This wiki is to help students prepare for the OSSLT by simulating questions typical of those that will appear on the test.  For now, these materials are provided for reference only and not for evaluation in our GLE courses.  

Communication

A Community of Character

UNIT 3 WORK DUE December 11th

 The word search below introduces you to the character initative that the school board is promoting in each school.

Character word search

Watch the DVD "Radio" and answer the questions on the handout and the Radio Worksheet.

Radio questions

Radio Worksheet

Take a look at the OCDSB character education wheel.  Character_Education_poster_11x17_Eng.pdf This shows the characteristics we hope all students will display in person and online with others.  Your assignment is to make your own poster on ONE of those character education characteristics.  Students are required to complete a poster showing that they understand the character trait they select. Normally, this is a poster on paper.  For April/May 2020, this will be done digitally.  [The poster is to be completed on poster size paper and will be given to the students by the teacher.] The specific details of the assignment are listed below as well as the marking rubric.

Character Poster Assignment

Character Assignment Rubric

Multitasking

Are you a multitasker? The introductory activity for this part of the unit is a card game experiment. Ask your teacher to go through the experiment with you and they will discuss the results of the game with you.

Game instructions

The last assignment in this unit requires that you research the advantages and disadvantages of multitasking. You must use a valid search engine and websites because you have to write down the websites where you found the information. Open the link below for complete instructions.

Multitasking report

Managing You (organization, time management, goal setting, study skills, test taking)

UNIT 4 WORK DUE Tuesday, January 7th  

The link below is the rubric for the assignments you have completed and handed in for marking. Please attach this rubric to your assignments.

Rubric for assignments

Create a Kahoot for the grade 8 visit day.  Include 5 original questions about OTHS that will help orient a student to the school.

Please use this link to get started.

The Kahoot will be presented to the class and evaluated based on this rubric.

Organization and Time Management

Read the Case entitled Tara's Vanishing Day . When you finish reading the case, open the worksheet below. You will have to go back to the case and find things where Tara let her day slip away and list them, then suggest why it happened and how she could fix the problem.

Tara's Vanishing Day Worksheet

After you complete the worksheet, you are required to write an email to Tara. She has applied for a job where you work and based on what you saw happen in the case study, you must tell her whether she has a job at your business or not.

Email to Tara Worksheet

Sometimes you need to organize your days so that you can get the most done in a short period of time. Organizing your day also lets look at how many thing you have to do. The link to the worksheet below requires you to look at your priorities and fill in a chart with your commitments to see how much free time you have.

How I Spend my Time Worksheet

Goal Setting

Read the note on Smart Goals before completing the goal setting worksheet.

SMART goals note

Goal Setting worksheet. Complete the worksheet using the SMART goals format in the note above.

Note-taking

Open the file below called Ineffective notetaking. With a partner, answer the questions.

Ineffective note making.doc

Open the Effective note making file. Compare the changes that were recommended. Did you list any of the changes that were presented in the file below.

Effective note making.doc

Extreme Locker Makeover

Does your locker look like your bedroom? Now is your chance to organize your locker so that it can function properly and you can find what you need from it. Open the link below and follow the instructions on the handout.

Extreme Locker Makeove2019r.docx  

Notebooks Check

Notebook Check (Look at this evaluation sheet, organize your notebooks for Learning Strategies, and 2 other classes. Your teacher will evaluate your notebooks.)

Procrastination

Are you a procrastinator? Take the quiz below to see if you are or aren't.

Procrastination Quiz     Print the quiz and put it in your binder.  Show your teacher your results.  

Study Skills and Test Taking

Study Skillsstudy skills unit 4 GLE1O.pdf

Read pages 20-22 in the handout package (PDF file) and highlight the important points on studying. NOTE: Do not print out all of the pages as it is a complete chapter and you only need 3 pages. Then open the last file and follow the instructions to complete the worksheet.

Study skills worksheet

Study skills rubric

Summative   Due by Friday, January 17th

The summative consists of two parts: a critical thinking assignment worth 10% of the final mark and a brochure worth 20%. This marks 30% of the final mark in total.  The brochure instruction sheet tells you what information you are to place in the brochure.

PartA: (10% of final grade)

PDFSummative Part A_ TED Talks response.pdf

Part B: (20% of final grade)

GLE1ONbrochure2019.doc

Brochure RUBRIC2019.doc

UNIT 5 WORK DUE by Friday, January 17th