#ENG2D

Aleda Klassen

@aledaklassen.bsky.social

9 months ago

Thanks @rgrondin.bsky.social for spending time with my classes last week! Students enjoyed learning with Ms G!

I am grateful for your friendship, feedback, and collaboration!

#destreaming
#onted
#mth1w #eng2d
#thinkingclassroom

Aleda Klassen

@aledaklassen.bsky.social

10 months ago

This was an encouraging email to receive this weekend!

#btcthinks
#onted
#ENG2D

Aleda Klassen

@aledaklassen.bsky.social

10 months ago

Taking a Sorting and Mentor Text Approach to Opening Essays For our personal essay writing part of the Grade 10 English course, we introduced openings to different essays to help inspire different kinds of writing. In the fall of 2024, Casey Hackett shared …

Thank you @mrshackett305.bsky.social for inspiring this @btcthinks.bsky.social lesson for #ENG2D.

I think exploring others' essay openings for how they engage readers helped inspire Ss' creative & personal writing.

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#onted
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social

Aleda Klassen

@aledaklassen.bsky.social

10 months ago

Thinking about the Thinking behind Informal Essay Writing I recently learned about the New York Times’ series, “Annotated by the Author,” from a colleague at another school. In the series, writers share the thinking and approaches they t…

I've been taking a @btcthinks.bsky.social approach to teaching English this year.

Here's a task we did to uncover informal essay writing processes and thinking:

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#btcthinks
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social

#onted #ENG2D

Aleda Klassen

@aledaklassen.bsky.social

11 months ago

Prepping for the OSSLT: BTC Style For some reason, this year, a year when I’m back in the classroom after a two year stint as a consultant with the WRDSB, I’ve elected to teach the two grades that also have EQAO testing…

Here's an activity we did to prep for the #OSSLT's series of opinion paragraphs. The same activity could be used for any writing task.

#ENG2D
#onted
#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#assessmentandevaluation

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