Here’s what happened to Ethan this past week.
This week, I was told by my violin teacher that I can get a full-size violin. I still have violin classes on Monday and Tuesday. I still have symphony on Saturdays, though. I don’t have swimming classes anymore, and I can only do taekwondo in the black belt training on Saturdays, because of the new COVID restrictions.
Hello Natasha!
Here are my answers to your questions:
Did you see the challenge in the Self Design Bulletin offered by skills Canada?
No, I didn’t see this, this is DEFINITELY something I want to do. I’m not interested in animation as of this writing, but I will look at the website often.
Congratulations on getting promoted to the full size violin!
Thank you! I’m really happy about this, the violin sounds really good. (Oops, spoilers for next week…)
How is khan academy for language arts? Do you enjoy it as much as you do for math?
Are there helpful video tutorials as well.
I really like using Khan academy for language arts! It’s pretty fun, and yes, they have video tutorials for all the lessons. They have from 2nd grade to 9th grade reading and language arts, and next to each video, there is a practice quiz!
Do you have a sense of what sort of language arts program you are looking for?
Well, I wouldn’t mind what type of language arts…
Are you looking for grammar?
yes
Writing assignments?
maybe
Cool articles to read and respond to?
YES
Vocabulary development?
Yep!
Do you want something that takes you through grade 7 and grade 8 curriculum for language arts?
Yeah, sure!
I really liked the writing prompts that you gave me… They were very cool! I will try and use these.
Hi Natasha,
Thank you so much for all the thought and all the resources to help Ethan with Language Arts.
We just saw your reply tonight but Ethan will respond tomorrow and check out the resources.
Carl
Did you see the challenge in the Self Design Bulletin offered by skills Canada:
Congratulations on getting promoted to the full size violin!
This week, I was told by my violin teacher that I can get a full-size violin. I still have violin classes on Monday and Tuesday. I still have symphony on Saturdays, though.
blog :
I read about a white dwarf, that was the CLOSEST that we’ve EVER found to a black hole.
The whole week, I did some Language arts, on Khan Academy.
How is khan academy for language arts? Do you enjoy it as much as you do for math?
Are there helpful video tutorials as well.
So Ethan, I am going to ask the larger learning consultant community for language arts ideas specific for you. I have a few questions which will help narrow my search.
Do you have a sense of what sort of language arts program you are looking for?
Are you looking for grammar?
Writing assignments?
Cool articles to read and respond to?
Vocabulary development?
Do you want something that takes you through grade 7 and grade 8 curriculum for language arts?
Have you looked at the BC ministry curriculum for grade 7 English? https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/english-language-arts/7
If you click on the blue highlighted words it gives more examples and ideas. So look through this site and give me a little bit more information.
Maybe if you tell me more about areas you want to develop or know more about, I can help you find a more specific curriculum or resources.
One thing I have suggested before is when you read literature you enjoy, try writing a paragraph or passage in the same style as the author. This can help you develop different genres of writing. You tend to write mostly non-fiction as you write your blogs, it could be a good time to revisit some creative writing as a stretch.
I should too as I mostly write responses and non fiction too, it makes sense when there is so much information to process and write about out there.
I have a grade 7 learner who does a ton of research before she writes a story. For example she is writing one that takes place in Italy in the 1940’s she did research on the Mafia, the effects of world War 2, the geography and climate and food of the place. She even uses Italian words in her dialogue to make it more authentic. She does this in order to make the story really realistic even though it is fictional. I would call this genre historical fiction. It is one of my favorite genres because it uses a historical context to tell a story in. maybe there is a time period which really interests you and you can set a story there, the future works too.
Here are a few prompts you might feel inspired by: What will the world be like in 40 years?
- Describe the technology of today’s world to someone who lived 100 years ago.
Some creative writing prompts—well 100 of them: https://mycuprunsover.ca/100-writing-prompts-story-starters/
These are expository writing prompts: https://education.yourdictionary.com/for-teachers/activities-lesson-plans/100-expository-7th-grade-writing-prompts-for-your-students.html
Once you have written a bit, or a few pieces, pick a favorite piece of writing and go through the editing process with it.
I think you should do this a bit more with the blogs you post too, just to check for errors and fix grammatical mistakes. This checklist can help.
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