Tuesday, May 28

English 12C:  Information text strategies were reviewed; practice on info text; work on poem Barn Coat.

English 10D:  Work time for Broken Trail; information text strategies were reviewed; practice info text excercise.

Monday, May 27

English 10 A:  Discussed the government final exam and took notes on writing the government final exam; work on Broken Trail assignments.

English 12C:  Poetry Quiz; discussion of Detroit State Poems: Marking

English 10D:  As above.

Friday, May 24

English 10D:  Class finished sensory poem; then began work on Broken Trail novel study.

English 10A:  As above.

Broken Trail due dates: #1- Tuesday, May 28;  #2 - Thursday, May 30;  #3 - Monday, June 3;  #4 - Wednesday, June 5.

English 12:  Returned the Original Compositions that were written yesterday; discussion of strengths and weaknesses of the papers; then worked on Detroit State Poems: Marking.

English 12C:  Class wrote a practice Original Composition for the government final exam.  Questions on the war poems due tomorrow.

English 10D:

Wednesday, May 22

English 12C:  Class worked on questions for the war poems we read previously in class.  Questions due on Friday.

English 10D:  Class worked on Bird in the Classroom; then read Broken Trail.

English 10A:  As above.

Tuesday, May 21

English 10A:  Reading time for Broken Trail; poem Bird in the Classroom and worksheet.

English 12C: Sonnets and war poems; notes on Original Composition.

English 10D:  Response questions for Broken Trail; Bird in the Classroom and worksheet; reading time for Broken Trail

Thursday, May 16

English 10D:  Reading time for Broken Trail; notes from board on literary terms for poetry; work time to finish questions on Immigrants. 

English 10A:  As above.

English 12C:  In class paragraph on character analysis of either del Sarto or Lucrezia from Andrea del Sarto.

Wednesday, May 15

English 12D:  Class worked on vocabulary for final exam.  Vocabulary due on Tuesday.  In class paragraph on "Andrea del Sarto" poem tomorrow.  Complete questions 1-4 on "Andrea del Sarto" for tomorrow.

English 10D:  Class read "Broken Trail";then answered two questions on Chapters 13-15; read "Immigrants" poem and began work on questions for the poem.  Time will be given to finish questions tomorrow.

English 10A:

Monday, May 13

English 10A:  Class continued reading in their novel - must have read to the end of chapter 12 by Tuesday.  Then finished watching Boy in the Striped PJs.

English 12C:  Class worked in the library researching Andrea del Sarto and his artwork.  Assignment due tomorrow along with "After Apple Picking" sketch.

English 10D:

Friday, May 10

English 10D:  Class read Broken Trail, then continued watching Boy in the Striped PJs.

English 10A:  As above.

English 12C:  Work period for sketch on Apple Picking.  Ode poem due on Monday.  Sketch due on Tuesday.

Thursday, May 9

English 12C:  Reviewed the questions on "Ode to the Apostrophe".  Poem due on Monday.  Took notes on forms of poetry; read "After Apple Picking", p.77; then began sketch of poem.

English 10D:  Class read "Broken Trail" novel; then began watching "Boy in the Striped PJs.

English 10A:  Same as above.

Wednesday, May 8

English 12C:  Class worked on "Ode to an Apostrophe".  Poem due on Monday.

English 10D:  In class essay on "The Metaphor".

English 10A:  As above.


All late assignments must be turned in by Friday, May 10.  After that I will only be marking current assignments.

Tuesday, May 7

English 10A:  Class took notes on poetry literary terms; then began reading the novel "Broken Trail".
In class essay on The Metaphor to be written tomorrow.

Monday, May 6

English 10D:  Class worked on preparing for the in class essay on The Metaphor to be written on Wednesday.

English 10A:  Work time for essay prep; worksheet on Connotation.

English 12B:  notes from board on literary terms for poetry.

Friday, May 3

English 12C:  Class worked on Miss Brill questions.  Assignment due on Wednesday, May 8.  Assignment worth 24 marks.  No lates.

English 10D:  Class finished sketches for The Metaphor.

English 10A:  Class began work on preparing for the in class essay next week.

Tuesday, April 30

English 10D:  Class read to page 223 in The Metaphor, then drew the two metaphors that Charlotte wrote about her mother.
Reminder:  Nadir Ali paragraph and The Cage magazine article are now overdue.  Students who have not handed in these two assignments will have to stay for Connections to work on the assignments.

Reminder to bring $2.00 for the play on Thursday.


English 10A:  Presentations continued today.  As above for English 10D.

English 12C:  In class essay on Hamlet. 

Friday, April 26

English 12C:  Class watched the rest of Hamlet; in class essay topic handed out.  In class essay to be written on Tuesday, April 30.

English 10D:  Class presentations.  Presentations will continue on Monday.

English 10A: Class worked on sketches for The Metaphor.  Presentations will begin on Monday.

Thursday, April 25

English 10 A and D:  Class read the first part of "The Metaphor", then sketched the face of Miss Hancock and the extended metaphor of the mother.

English 12C:  Class read Act 5 of Hamlet. 

Wednesday, April 24

English 10 D and A: 
 The Cage assignments due dates:
Power Point Presentations:  Friday, April 26
Magazine Article:  Thursday, April 25
Riva/Nadir Ali paragraph:  Tuesday, April 30

Today the class worked on the vocabulary for The Metaphor.

English 12C:  Work period for Polonius's obituary and the madness assignment.
Polonius obit due Friday, April 26
Madness assignment due Monday, April 29

Monday, April 22

English 12C:  Class was given time to work on the Polonius obituary; then read Act 4, scenes 1- 4.    Polonius obituary due on Friday, April 26.

Friday, April 19

English 10A:  work period in the library for power point presentations.

English 12C:  work period for memory book.

English 10D:  As above.

Thursday, April 18

English 10D:  Class time in the library for presentations.

English 10A:  Working on the paragraph for Part 1 of The Cage novel study.

English 12C:  Class watched film of Hamlet to end of Act 3; obituary of Polonius assigned.  Class will be given time to work on this assignment on Monday. 

Wednesday, April 17

English 12C:  Class read to the end of Act 3 in Hamlet; then began watching the video.

English 10D:  Class began work on Part 1 of The Cage novel assignment - handout "The Friend I Left Behind" was read in class.

English 10A:  Class worked on power point presentation in the library.

Friday, April 12

English 10A:  Class was given the novel study for The Cage; work period to finish magazine article on chapters 33 to end of the novel.  Partners and topics for power point presentation given out.

English 12C:  In class paragraph in the computer lab for The Lottery; work time for the memory book.  "Decisions, Decisions" worksheet due on Tuesday.

English 10D:  As above.

Tuesday, April 9

English 12D:  Class discussed "The Lottery".  Questions 1, 3, 4 and 6 Plus find 2 examples of symbolism in this story.  Hamlet: Act 2 to begin reading.

Friday, April 5

English 10D:  Reading time for The Cage; completed character trait worksheet; questions on Chapters 10-23.  Open notebook test on Sentences on Monday.  Riva letter due on Monday.

English 10A:  As above.

English 12C:  Viewing of Act one of Hamlet;

Thursday, April 4

English 12C:  Class discussed the questions from yesterday; read to the end of Act 1 of Hamlet; then read and took notes on Symbol and Irony in Story and Structure and began to write down any items/events associated with weddings.

English 10D:  Class read The Cage; completed the worksheet on chapters 5-8; turned in the 60 word response; then began work on Character Trait worksheet for Riva.

English 10A:  As above.

Wednesday, April 3

English 12C:  Class read to the end of scene 3 in Act 1 of Hamlet.  Homework: Questions on page 37:  scene 1 # 1 and 2; scene 2 #2.

English 10D:  Worksheet on sentence id:  Hand in the sentences at the bottom of the worksheet.  Reviewed questions for chapters 1-8 on The Cage; began work on another worksheet for chapters 5-8 for the novel.
Homework: Quiz on Sentences on Monday.  Letter due on Monday.

English 10A:  As above.

Tuesday, April 2

English 10A:  Class worked on questions for Chapters 1-8 for The Cage.  Homework:  Questions to be finished for next class and read to end of Chapter 12.

English 12B:  Class began reading Hamlet - Act 1, scene 1 and part way through scene 2.  Mr. Persad offered the class the opportunity to see Hamlet on June 14 in Vancouver.  Price:  $40 which covers transportation and admission.

English 10D:  As above.

Thursday, March 28

English 10D:  Class worked on Compound Complex Sentences and a Sentence ID worksheet.  Time to read "The Cage".  Homework:  Mystery story due on Tuesday.

English 10A:  As above.

English 12C:  Introduction to Shakespeare and Hamlet.

Wednesday, March 27

English 12C:  Work period for "Finnie Walsh" essay.

English 10D:  Finish introduction to the novel; reading time for "The Cage".

English 10A:  As above.

Tuesday, March 26

English 12C:  Essay topics for Finnie Walsh handed out; time to work on the essay given.  Due: Wednesday, April 3.

English 10D:  Time to work on mystery story.  Introduction to novel "The Cage".

English 10A:  As above.

Monday, March 25

English 10A:  Notes on the formula for writing a mystery story.  Assignment:  Write a 1-2 page word processed mystery story.  One of the clues in the story must be an Ipad.  Due on Tuesday, April 2.

English 12C:  Class finished questions on Finnie Walsh.  Notes taken on writing the literary expository essay.

English 10D:  As above.

Friday, Mar. 15

English 10D:  Class word processed the good copy of the Planning 10 essay, then worked on freerice.com.  The Planning 10 essay must be completed before credit can be given for the course.

English 10A:  As above.

English 12C:  Class worked on their memory books.

Have a great spring break!

Thursday, Mar. 14

English 12C:  Class discussed Second Period questions for "Finnie Walsh", took notes on the use of the comma and completed Exercise 9, p. 161 in Handbook of English.   Comma exercise to be handed in for marks.

English 10D:  Class completed and marked exercise on sentence identification; final work period for Planning 10 essay.

English 10A:  As above.

Wednesday, Mar. 13

English 12C:  Class finished questions on Period 3 and continued reading Finnie Walsh.  The novel must be finished for the first class after spring break.

English 10D:  Class worked on the rough copy of the Planning 10 essay.  This essay must be completed in order to receive credit for English 10.  Computer time will be given on Friday for the class to word process the good copy of the essay.

Monday, Mar. 11

English 10D: Class worked on finishing thesis sentence and introduction/conclusion paragraph exercises, and began work on Planning 10 essay.  No credit will be given for the course until the Planning 10 essay is successfully completed.

English 10A:  As above.

English 12D:  Class reviewed theme; discussed questions on Period 1 for Finnie Walsh; took notes on use of the semicolon.  Assigned Exercise 4, page 145 of Handbook of English.  Exercise to be handed in.

Friday, Mar. 8

English 12C:  Paragraphs on "Tears, Idle Tears" returned.  Alternate assignment must be completed by Monday or no credit for this assignment.  Worksheet on Finnie Walsh - Period 1 handed out and class was given time to answer the questions.  Homework:  Finish questions on Finnie Walsh.  Period 2 to be read by Tuesday.
  
English 10D:  Class worked on finishing the 10 thesis sentences exercise and began to work on writing the Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs for an essay.

English 10A:  Reviewed the Complex sentence and corrected the worksheets on Complex sentences; finished the 10 thesis sentences and began writing the Introduction and Conclusion Sentences for an essay.

Thursday, Mar. 7

English 12C:  Class discussed questions on "The Drunkard"; reading time for novel.  HOMEWORK:  read to the end of Period 1 for tomorrow.  "Tears, Idle Tears" paragraph must be turned in tomorrow at the beginning of the class.  Otherwise an alternate assignment must be completed.

English 10D:  Class worked on and marked worksheet on Sentence ID - Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences.  Then worked on Thesis Sentence exercise.

English 10A:  Class took notes on expository essays and then worked on Thesis Sentence exercise.  Homework:  Complete worksheet on Thesis Sentences.

Wednesday, Mar. 6

English 10A:  The Complex sentence - worksheets on Sentence ID.

English 12C:  Notes on Emotion and Humour; then read The Drunkard.  Questions 1, 2, 4 & 6 assigned.

English 10D:  The Complex Sentence - worksheets on Sentence ID.

Tuesday, Mar. 5

English 10D:  Class reviewed subordinate clause worksheet; took notes on writing the expository essay.  Homework:  Write a thesis sentence for the following topic:  Discuss the advantages of taking PE in school.

English 10A:  Class reviewed the Simple/Compound worksheet; worked on Subordinate Clause worksheets; then began taking notes on the expository essay.

English 12C:  Class read "Finnie Walsh" then went to their last pep rally.

Monday, Mar. 4

English 12C:  Class wrote an in class paragraph on the theme of "Just Lather".

English 10D:  Class worked on Simple and Compound Sentences; then began work on Subordinate clauses.

English 10A:  Class reviewed answers to "Planet of the Condemned"; then began work on Simple and Compound Sentences.

Friday, Mar. 1

English 12C:  Class discussed the questions for "Just Lather".  Novel- Finnie Walsh- handed out and class given time to read.  Homework:  Paragraph for "Tears" due on Monday.  In class paragraph discussing the theme of "Just Lather" to be written on Monday.

English 10D:  Class reviewed the reading comprehension questions for "Planet of the Condemned"; worked on general questions for the story; took notes on Simple and Compound Sentences; completed a worksheet on Simple and Compound Sentences.  Homework:  finish questions on "Planet".

English 10A:  Class worked on "Planet of the Condemned" worksheet; took notes on Simple and Compound Sentences; completed a worksheet on Simple and Compound Sentences.  Homework:  finish questions on "Planet".

Thursday, Feb.28

English 10A:  Class reviewed vocabulary worksheet; then read "Planet of the Condemned".  Assignment: to complete the Plot Diagram for this story.  Homework: Plot Diagram and K2 story due tomorrow.

English 12C:  Class read "Just Lather".  Questions on the story were assigned.  Omit question 7.  Homework:  Complete questions on worksheet.

English 10D:  Class read "Planet of the Condemned"; completed the Plot Diagram and began work on reading comprehension worksheet.
Homework:  Complete plot diagram and reading comprehension worksheet.  K2 story due tomorrow.

Wednesday, Feb. 27

English 10D:  Class worked on "Planet of the Condemned" vocabulary worksheet; then began reading the short story.  Homework:  Question 11 on K2 due on Friday.

English 10A:  Class was assigned Ques. 11 on "K2" essay.  Then began work on the vocabulary for "Planet of the Condemned".  Homework:  Question 11 on K2 due on Friday.

English 12C:  Questions on "Tears" discussed.  Class read and made notes on Theme in Story and Structure.  Homework:  Paragraph on Tears due on Monday.

Tuesday, Feb. 26

English 12C:  Class took notes on writing a comparison/contrast paragraph.  Questions 1,2,4 & 6 on "Tears, Idle Tears" assigned.  Question 3 assigned as a paragraph.  Homework:  Complete the questions - not question 3.

English 10D:  Class discussed questions on "K2 Dreams and Reality"; then watched a video on climbing K2.  Question 11 assigned and time was given to work on this assignment.  Homework: Question 11 due on Friday.

English 10A:  Class completed the health survey, then worked on questions for K2 Dreams and Reality.

Monday, Feb. 25

English 12:  Class wrote the quiz on literary terms, worked on a vocabulary sheet about personalities and discussed the short story "Tears, Idle Tears".
Homework:  Finish the vocabulary sheet.

English 10D:  Class worked on completing sketch for "Test"; read "K2 Dreams and Reality" and began working on questions 2-10.  Homework:  Complete questions.

English 10A:  Class worked on completing sketch for "Test"; took notes on essays; read "K2 Dreams and Reality", and began working on questions 1-11.

A reminder that the important BC health survey will be completed by A block students tomorrow.

Friday, Feb. 22

English 10A:  Class read "Test", then began worksheet on the story.  Homework:  finish the questions.  More time will be given in class on Monday to finish the sketch.

English 12C:  Class was given time to work on memory books.  Reminder of the open note book quiz on literary terms on Monday.

English 10D:  As above.

Wednesday, Feb. 20

English 12C:  "Horses of the Night" paragraphs returned.  Notes on Character p. 75 assigned.  Work time for paragraph on "The Destructors" and rewrites.  Homework:  "The Destructors" paragraph due tomorrow.  Rewrites due on Friday, Feb. 22.

English 10D:  Worksheet on "Hoods I Have Known" handed out.  Homework:  Complete worksheet questions.

English 10A:  Reading "Hoods" completed.  Questions on story handed out.   Reminder to hand in Technology permission forms to me asap.

Tuesday, Feb. 19

English 12C:  Class discussed questions on The Destructors.  Question 6, page 65 to be answered in a paragraph.  Choose any 3 from a-f as the three main ideas for the paragraph.  Homework:  paragraph due on Thursday, Feb. 21.

English 10D:  Class was given time to complete vocabulary worksheet.  Vocab worksheet was reviewed in class.  "Hoods I Have Known" was assigned to read.

English 10A:  Class completed vocabulary worksheet and it was reviewed in class.  Then the class began reading "Hoods I Have Known".  The story will be completed in class tomorrow.

Monday, Feb. 18

English 10A:  Class took notes on point of view from the board; completed a worksheet on point of view; and began vocabulary work for the next short story to be read.
Paragraph on "Denton's Daughter" and un-Valentine story returned to students. 

English 12C: Class discussed "The Destructors".  English 12:  answer questions 1, 4, 5 and 8.  One of these questions will be collected and marked.  Homework:  finish questions.
Comm. 12:  answer questions 1, 4 a-d, and 5.  Homework:  finish questions.

English 10D:  As above.

Thursday, Feb. 14

English 10D:  class worked on completing an Un-Valentine's Day story.  This was handed in at the end of the class.  Homework:  Denton's Daughter paragraph due Monday for students who were given an extension.

English 10A:  As above.

English 12C:  Additional notes on plot were given to the class; "The Destructors" on page 52 to be read for Monday.  Homework:  Paragraph on Horses of the Night due on Monday.

Wednesday, Feb. 13

English 12C:  Class read and took notes on Plot in Story and Structure.  We will continue the review of these notes tomorrow.

English 10D:  Class took notes on Plot from the board, then completed a plot diagram for "Denton's Daughter".  Homework:  paragraph on Denton's Daughter due on Thursday - idea diagram+rough copy+word processed good copy.

English 10A:  As above.

Monday, Feb. 12

English 12C:  Class worked on rough copy of "Horses of the Night" paragraph.  Word processed copy due on Monday, Feb. 18.

English 10D:  Class worked on Idea Diagram and rough copy of question 8 "Denton's Daughter" paragraph.

Friday, Feb. 8

English 10A:  Class discussed "Denton's Daughter" questions; completed a character wheel on either Buck or Kathy; and took notes on writing a paragraph.  No homework assigned.

English 12C:  Class discussed questions on "Horses of the Night"; then took notes on writing a paragraph.  Paragraph on the story assigned.  Class will be given time on Tuesday to work on the paragraph.  No homework assigned.

English 10D:  As above.  Homework:  Character wheel to be completed for Tuesday if not turned in on Friday.

Thursday, Feb. 7

English 10D:  Review of last colloquial language worksheet; read "Denton's Daughter" in Ten Top Stories; answered questions on the story.
Homework:  Finish questions 1-7 on the story for Friday's class.

English 10A:  As above.

Wednesday, Feb. 6

English 12C:  Class review of vocabulary worksheet; "Horses of the Night" assigned to read.  Homework:  Finish reading "Horses of the Night".  Note down any questions you have about the story.

English 10D:  Colloquial language notes and exercise.  Homework:  Complete the final worksheet on colloquial language.  Bio poem poster due tomorrow.

English 10A:  As above.

Tuesday, Feb. 5

English 12C:  Review of notes on Escape and Interpretive Literature.  Vocabulary sheet for "Horses of the Night" handed out.  Homework:  Finish definitions for vocabulary. 

Englishy 10D:  Work period for bio poem.  Homework:  Complete bio poem poster for Thurs., Feb. 7.

English 10A:  As for English 10D.

Monday, Feb. 4

English 10A:  Introduction to the class; bio poem assignment handed out.  Class will have time tomorrow to work on this assignment.  Homework:  have course outline signed and email address for parents/guardians.


English 12C:  Introduction to the class.  Homework:  Complete the notes on Escape and Interpretative pages 3-8 in Story and Structure.  Have the course outline signed and email address for parents/guardians.

English 12D:  As for English 10A.

Thursday, January 17

English 10B:  The class will begin reviewing literary terms on Friday that they will need to know for the final exam.  All students must attend this important class.  All students should have handed in all of their novels and other English texts to the library.

Monday, January 14

English 11C:  Class worked on letter for My Last Duchess - to be completed for homework.  Then read Lady of Shallot.

Thursday, January 10

English 12A:  Class wrote a poetry quiz.

English 10B:  Class wrote a practice short story.

English 11C:  Class reviewed questions on "The Painted Door", then took notes on poetry literary terms.  Assignment:  Write a poem about some aspect of winter using any 4 of the literary terms covered in class.

English 12D:  As above.

Tuesday, January 8

 A reminder that I will not have time to mark late assignments only current work until the end of the semester.  I have three classes to prep for final government exams, so I have a very tight marking schedule.

English 11C:  Class continued reading The Painted Door and then began working on questions for the story.  Questions to be completed for homework.  Be prepared to write the in class paragraph - question 13 - on Tuesday.

English 12D:  Class reviewed poetry quiz test, then took notes on the Original Composition assignment on the government final exam.  Class will write a practice original composition tomorrow.

English 12A:  As above.  Class also given time to work on war poems questions.

English 10B:  Handed back "The Metaphor" essays and the independent novel study.  Handed out student marks.  Class took notes on forms of poetry and read three poems, then began working on questions for the poems.  Time will be given in class to finish the worksheet.