Friday, December 21

Merry Christmas!

English 12A:  Memory book work period.  Reminder that the memory book is due on Friday, Jan. 11.  No Lates.

English 10B:  Finished watching "Finding Forester".

English 11C:  Finished watching "Marathon Man".

English 12D:  As above.

Thursday, December 20

A reminder that tomorrow is the last day to hand in late assignments.  I will be marking current work only in January. 

English 12D:  Class wrote a poetry quiz.

English 12A:  As above.

English 10B:  Class began watching "Finding Forester".

English 11C:  Class began watching "Marathon Man".  Myth due tomorrow.

Thursday, December 19

All missing assignments must be turned in by Friday, Dec. 21.  In Jan. I will only be marking current assignments as I have three classes to prepare for government final exams.

English 11C:  Class completed school survey; then worked on their myths.  Myth due on Friday.

English 12D:  Class worked on completing "After Apple Picking" sketch.  Reminder of poetry literary terms quiz on Thursday.

English 12A:  As above.

English 10B:  Class took notes on literary terms for poetry.

Wednesday, December 19

 ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE TURNED IN BY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 SO THAT I HAVE TIME TO MARK OVER THE HOLIDAYS.  IN JANUARY I WILL ONLY MARK ASSIGNED CURRENT WORK.

English 11C:  Class completed a survey in the computer lab; then worked on their myth.  Myth due on Friday.

Tuesday, December 18

English 10B:  Class wrote an in class essay on "The Metaphor".

English 11C:  Class had class time to work on their myth story:  why the sun is round; why some trees lose their leaves in fall; why the moon shines at night; or why snow falls in winter.

English 12D:  Class read "After Apple Picking", then began sketching the poem.

English 12A:  As above.

Monday, December 17

THIS WEEK IS THE LAST WEEK TO HAND IN MISSING WORK AS I WILL HAVE NO TIME TO MARK LATE WORK IN JANUARY.

English 12A:  Class completed worksheets on Nellie McClung and Dr. Bethune.  Then worked on a literary terms worksheet.

English 10B:  Class worked on essay outline for "The Metaphor".  Essay will be written in class tomorrow.

English 11C:  Class discussed "The Last Husky", then read "Ko-ishin-mit and Paw-quin-mit", answered questions and discussed in class.

English 12D:  As above.

Thursday, December 13

English 11C:  Class worked on vocabulary and then began reading the first half of "The Last Husky" in Tigers of the Snow.

English 12D: Class had time to work on their individual odes.  These odes are due on Friday.  Then class read "Ulysses" poem in the Theme and Image II and prepared notes for the in class paragraph on Friday.  Paragraph Topic:  Discuss the character of Ulysses as revealed in the poem.  Write the paragraph the same way as done for short stories.

English 12A:  As above.

English 10B:  Class time for sketches of the metaphors in "The Metaphor".  See yesterday's posting for information. 

Wednesday, December 12

English 10B:  Class finished reading The Metaphor; then sketched the metaphor of Miss Hancock and any metaphor of the mother.  Time will be given in class tomorrow to finish the sketches.

English 11C:  Class worked on an outline for their paragraph, then wrote the paragraph in class.

English 12D:  Class worked on the worksheet "Ode to the Apostrophe".
More time will be given in class to write an ode.  Ode due on Friday.

English 12A:  As above.

Tuesday, December 11

English 12A:  Class read "Ode to the West Wind", then identified the following figures of speech in the poem:  alliteration, assonance, metaphor, simile, personification, apostrophe, hyperbole, oxymoron, onomatopoeia.

English 10B: Class continued reading "The Metaphor" and then drew the mother in the story.

English 11C:  Class wrote a response to the websites on play; then read "Fall of a City".  Worksheet handed out; the paragraph on about the story will be written tomorrow in class.

English 12D:  As above.

Monday, December 10

English 12D:  Class took notes on poetry literary terms.

English 12A:  As above.

English 10B:  Class read part of "The Metaphor", then drew the face of Miss Hancock.

English 11C:  Class in computer lab to work on a "play" assignment.

Friday, December 7

English 11C:  Class took notes on the elements of a short story.  Students who were absent this class must get the notes from a fellow student.  Vocabulary to look up for Monday:  resplendent, batteries (military meaning), enunciated, disdainful, preposterous, sodden.

English 12D:  Class discussed questions on "English as a Second Language", then worked on a worksheet for "Dressed to Kill".  Worksheet due on Monday.  I will be marking the arguments on the back of the worksheet.

English 12A:  As above.

English 10B:  Last class to work on independent novel study in the computer lab.

Thursday, December 6

English 10B:  Class worked in the computer lab on their independent novel study.

English 11C:  Class worked on a group assignment on surviving a nuclear war.

English 12D:  Class completed worksheet on "English as a Second Language" essay.

English 12A:  As above.

Wednesday, December 5

English 12A:  Class took notes on information text and essays, then read the essay "English As First Language..." and began a worksheet.  Class time will be given to complete worksheet tomorrow.

English 10B:  Class worked in the computer lab on journal responses for their independent novel study.

English 12C:  Class wrote in class essay on Macbeth.



Reminder that all late assignments must be turned in by Friday, Dec. 21 so that they can be marked over the holidays.  I will not have time to mark late assignments in January as I will be prepping classes for government final exams.

Tuesday, December 4

English 12D:  In class essay on Hamlet written.

English 12A:  As above.

English 10B:  Class worked on an exercise on essays, then continued work on their independent novel study.

English 11C:  Class watched the end of Macbeth, then prepped for the in class essay on Macbeth.  The essay will be written tomorrow.  Students may bring in any notes they make, the play, etc. to help them write the essay.  This essay must be written in order to meet several of the essential learning outcomes for the course. 
Topics for essay:  Who is the stronger character, Macbeth or Lady Macbeth?
Is Macbeth or the witches responsible for Macbeth's downfall in the play?