Welcome!

Article posted November 15, 2006 at 08:06 PM GMT • Reads 825

Welcome to the "Reading Room" an online blog about reading. This will be a place for us to write reading reflections and to talk about some of the things we do in our Reading Group. Have fun!

Favorites

Article posted November 15, 2006 at 08:08 PM GMT • Reads 39

What kinds of books do you enjoy reading? Why?

If you could write a book on any topic, what topic would you write about?

Playing Chicken

Article posted November 17, 2006 at 07:56 PM GMT • Reads 40

The novel that we are reading is Playing Chicken by Paul Kropp.

Sometimes teenagers are not very responsible drivers and can cause driving accidents. Some people believe that the driving age should be raised from 16 to an older age like 18 or 21. What do you think?

Playing Chicken - Response 2

Article posted November 22, 2006 at 07:52 PM GMT • Reads 41

In the first three chapters of Playing Chicken by Paul Kropp, the main character Josh starts to hang out with a new group of people. What kind of trouble do you think he will get into?



Have you ever been with a group of people that were doing something that made you feel uncomfortable? What did you do?

Welcome Reading Buddies!

Article posted January 24, 2008 at 10:41 PM GMT • Reads 47

Welcome Grade 1/2 and Grade 7/8. We hope you have fun blogging about the books you are reading together.



Today we would like you to try out blogging with your buddies by answering this question:



What do you like best about reading?



Click on the "comment" button below and follow the instructions.



Have fun!

Friendship

Article posted February 21, 2008 at 09:22 PM GMT • Reads 45

Your job today is to read a book about friendship and then answer this question:



What did you learn about friendship after reading this book?

Hop in and Read!

Article posted April 16, 2008 at 09:00 PM GMT • Reads 48

Today we are sitting in the open area with our "big books". Please comment on these questions:



1. Which "big book" is your favourite? Explain why?



2. What does reading have to do with hip hop and rap music?

Pictures from the Reading Challenge

Article posted May 15, 2008 at 11:13 PM GMT • Reads 52

BubbleShare: Share photos - Play some Online Games.

Hip Hop Presentation

Article posted May 20, 2008 at 07:36 PM GMT • Reads 49

Thanks to Chris Merk for coming to our school to talk about the history of hip hop. We learned that the four elements of hip hop are mc'ing, dj'ing, graffiti and breaking.

What is my theme?

Article posted May 28, 2008 at 06:06 AM GMT • Reads 49

Take a look at the pictures and pick out the theme. All photos have been selected from this copyright free photo web site www.FreeFoto.com

Welcome to 2009

Article posted January 5, 2009 at 06:39 PM GMT • Reads 50

Happy New Year! We are going to start blogging together and to start I would like to you to comment on this question...



What do you think was the biggest story of 2008?



Think news, pop culture (music, movies, video games, celebs, etc.), sports, weather, etc.

You Be the Expert!

Article posted January 14, 2009 at 06:21 PM GMT • Reads 49

Now is your chance to share your expertise with the world!



A

-more than 8 articles are posted

-articles show deep expertise and provide reader with a new perspective

-extra research has been done and is sourced properly

-articles are well written with very few grammar and spelling mistakes

-readers are encouraged to interact with the blog (comments, opinions, feedback)

-proper “netiquette” is used (no personal information, sourcing information, respect for others, appropriate content, etc.)

-videos, pictures, images, audio, related to expert topic are embedded into blog as well as extra items

-expertise shown in embedding content into blog



B

-between 4 – 8 articles are posted

-articles show expertise and provide new and interesting information

-articles are researched and sourced

-articles are well written and easy to follow

-ability for readers to interact with blog (comments, opinions, feedback)

-proper “netiquette” is used (no personal information, sourcing information, respect for others, appropriate content, etc.)

-videos, pictures, images, audio, related to expert topic are embedded into blog



C

-less than 4 articles are posted

-articles are basic and little expertise is shown

-little to no evidence of research or research is not sourced

-articles are poorly written and difficult to understand

-little chance for readers to interact with blog

-improper “netiquette” (personal information included, no credit given to sources, inappropriate or disrespectful content, etc.)

-few videos, pictures, images, audio embedded or they are not related to topic

-little to no independence in creation of blog



D

-articles are not posted or are incomplete

-articles are plagiarized

-expert area is not focused on

-little to no evidence of knowledge in blog creation

-improper or disrespectful “netiquette”

Ad Savy!

Article posted March 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM GMT • Reads 52

How much does advertising affect you? Take a look at these websites and answer the questions. Please post your responses as a comment. I expect to see comments from all of you. Get as many questions answered in these two classes as you can.



Start here and learn what advertisers do. The activities on this website will help you answer the questions.

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1. Have you ever eaten food at a restaurant that looks like the food in the ad? (see food advertising tricks)



2. How do advertisers target teenagers? (see what's in an ad)



3. What are the hot trends right now? Do you like the trend? (see hot or snot)



4. How do things get popular? How does advertising help make things popular? (see hot or snot)



5. What brand names do you like? Do you think brand names should be worth more than other clothes? (see the cost of cool)



6. How is T.V. life different than real life? (Take the quiz to find out)



7. How do musicians get popular? (see create a pop star)



8. Do you think musicians should sell their music for commercials? (see money and music)



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1. What ad was your favourite? Why?



2. What kinds of advertising techniques did the ads use?

How I See North Central

Article posted November 4, 2010 at 05:43 PM GMT • Reads 618

The Grade 9 Students at Scott Collegiate have been exploring their community and created Animoto videos to showcase North Central.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.