English9Hathorn2024S2

Attendance.  What is Happiness? Class Discussion. 5-10 min What does it take to be happy? Brainstorm. The Nordic countries seem to have it all figured out. Finland and Denmark have consistently topped the United Nations’ most prestigious index, The World Happiness Report, in all six areas of life satisfaction: *Income *Healthy life expectancy *Social support *Freedom *Trust *Generosity. Note: Felix's mom - Astrid - from No Fixed Address is from Sweden :) Each year, a group of happiness experts from around the globe rank 156 countries based on how “happy” citizens are, and they publish their findings in the World Happiness Report. Happiness might seem like an elusive concept to quantify, but there is a science to it. When researchers talk about “happiness,” they’re referring to “satisfaction with the way one’s life is going.” “It’s not primarily a measure of whether one laughed or smiled yesterday, but how one feels about the course of one’s life.” Since the report began in 2...

Silent Read 20 min - if you do not have a selected novel as of yet - please head to the library to select - last class time to do so.  Have one student bring back laptop cart 3 for you.  Question of the day:  "How can you determine if a website or source of information is reliable before you use it for a research project or assignment?" Review of RSS website - sample library resources. Note students were provided with this information yesterday by the school librarian. Please click on the following link just for a quick review. https://revelstokesecondary.sd19.bc.ca/digital-resources/#library Next: laptop hand out - Please have students come up by row and sign out a laptop for part three. Please start a new sheet for Hathorn   in the laptop binder. Yesterday students were introduced to office 365 teams in our class team where all assignments are located. The assignment for today is journal entry one which will launch at 9 AM on teams.  Here is an overview of the...

  Attendance. Intro to Office365 Teams > Assign 1 & how to submit. Time to complete & Submit - Cart 2 Library Browse Time - regarding selecting Personal Read Novel - for future Silent Read & Personal Read Marketing Assignment 

Welcome. Seat Assignments. Attendance. Class Routines - Review - Silent Read 20 min. To start - Jan 29/30th. Agenda!!  English 9 Course Outline 1. Teacher Intro 2. Seating Plan - alphabetical - and picture!  3. Classroom Expectations we will review more via the syllabus re: academic & the updated cell phones in school SD19 policy.  Lesson – How we learn? What kind of learner are you? - The 4 different learning styles Introduction to our Class Team - on Office365 Teams. Login. How to access. Chrome via Office365.  How to look at our blog - website and our Team. Assignments.