We made a presentation about a story called “Words on a Page”. We were given questions that we were to answer in a presentation form. I choose to do a PowerPoint. the story was about a teenage Ojibway girl that loved to read and write stories. She got the opportunity to go to Thunder Bay to read in a competition. When she asks her dad if she can go, he says no! That made her really upset. her mother told her to be patient and he will eventually say that you can go. In the end he lets her go and he even goes with her. I have attached my PowerPoint below if you would like to take a look. Words on a page presentaion
My Found Poem!
A few weeks ago we made Found Poems. They were based on the story “And the Lucky Winner Is.” It was about a boy named Nev, who was in a heliolite accident and was paralyzed. His girlfriend Peri, really wanted to help him get better, but his only change was getting his number drawn from the Hi-Med lottery fund. The chances were very slim. Peri’s brother Jon, had the gift of telekinesis. She wanted Jon to use it to move Nev’s number so that it would get drawn. They went to the Hi-Med lottery and Jon used his telekinesis to move the number, but there was another lady that was using telekinesis. Nev’s number never got drawn. After a few months, Jon helped Nev get better by using his telekinesis. We made the Found Poem by taking phrases from the story and making the poem make sense.
Oct. 8: ELA9 A Great Start To Blogging
Welcome to my Blog! 
Welcome to your new blog, Leah!
Hey there!
You might be surprised to learn you have a blog. And you’ll soon have some of your work on it already. That’s how simple it is to blog! Exciting, huh?
You’re starting with me in Grade 9, so over the next four years as you continue to add work and examples of your writing / speaking to this blog, you’ll have quite a collection to reflect back on at the end of Grade 12. That’s how you’ll recognize how much you’ve grown in your communication abilities, by comparing the early work to what you’re capable of before graduation.
I hope you embrace this blogging task and experiment with developing a writer’s voice for yourself and enjoy the feedback you can give and receive from your peers. Who knows where this will take us, right?
Cheers!
Ms. Waldner
A1 CC Descriptive Writing Practice
After reading “Laying on the Sidewalk Bleeding”, we played around with writing our own descriptive passages. We tried to focus on creating vivid phrases to really give the impression for the reader of what they see, hear, smell, taste, and touch.
