http://mccyeareight.learnerblogs.org Just another Learnerblogs.org weblog Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:19:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At the start of this year you had just come out of Year Seven and you know how much you've changed since then. And now you're looking forwatd to being in Year Nine. What do you hope year nine will be like? Will you take with you the learning that ... http://mccyeareight.learnerblogs.org/2006/12/03/thinking-about-year-nine/ What Have You Learned Through Blogging? What Would You Say To Other Year 8’s About the Possibility of Blogging in Year 8 English Next Year? Some people say that blogging is just a different way of learning. What do you say about the possibility of using blogs to learn? http://mccyeareight.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/19/learning-and-blogging/ Now we're reading The Dons by Archie Fusillo. And you're doing some thinking about the themes, doing an assignment of your choice. What did you get out of reading the novel? Have you had experiences with grandparents similar to Paul's experiences? Have you learnt anything about Italian marriage customs in ... http://mccyeareight.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/22/the-dons-and-other-books/ Some people have asked for ways to help them learn about "nouns and adjectives and stuff". And it is true that we as students often want to know why a teacher will say that something is "correct" or "incorrect" in our writing. Will this knowledge help us be better communicators?  What did you learn ... http://mccyeareight.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/08/knowledge-about-how-language-works/ Our class blog has been linked to a school in Oklahoma in the USA. Maybe it would be good to go on over and have a look and leave some comments. It is time to start recognising some good blog posts written by bloggers in our very own class. Claire ... http://mccyeareight.learnerblogs.org/2006/09/09/some-impressive-blog-posts/ What are good teachers like? What qualities do they have? What does it mean to be a good learner? What are qualities of good students? What expectations do you have of this class? What expectations do you have of me as your teacher? What does it mean to have a good ... http://mccyeareight.learnerblogs.org/2006/08/25/why-are-we-here/ It has been a long time since we have all met together as a class. Today I would like you to think back to what you have done for the last two weeks on eight alive and all the other things that have been happening instead of class. Reflect a ... http://mccyeareight.learnerblogs.org/2006/07/29/catch-up-with-year-eight-english/ Think about these rules for blogging. Do they make sense? Can you think of others we need? 1. Please, no last names, addresses, IM screen names etc. Never EVER EVER give out or record personal information on your blog. Your blog exists as a public space on the Internet. Don’t share ... http://mccyeareight.learnerblogs.org/2006/05/01/rules-for-blogging/ Year 8 Activity on People’s Lives during World War 2 Use this computer lesson to find out about the following topics. You must use your findings to present a paragraph or two on each topic. To find relevant information use the BBC "children at war" website, Google and the website on ... http://mccyeareight.learnerblogs.org/2006/05/01/research-for-goodnight-mr-tom/ Today I would like you to have a look at some other student blogs and comment on them if you feel you want to. Please include the address of your blog in the URL space of the comment. This means that the person you are commenting to can click onto ... http://mccyeareight.learnerblogs.org/2006/04/02/commenting-on-students-blogs-from-other-countries/