Week at a Glance: Dec 14-18

I'll be leaving this last "Week at a Glance" up for the holidays so you can check it before you come back and refresh your memory as to where we left off in December.

English 11

• Monday: 1.1 must be ready to perform their roles if signed up for ACT 5 in Readers' Theatre. LIT and RHETORICAL DEVICES COMPREHENSION CHECKPOINT TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Know all your terms! (All the ones on the poster in our classroom.)
• Tuesday - Friday: We'll be watching a Macbeth film in class and comparing it to the script.
• FRIDAY: Screenwriters must hand in the script today.
• NOTE
• http://nfs.sparknotes.com/macbeth/ has a modern English and a Shakesprean English text. Check it out!
• The words you need to know for our checkpoints are as follows: Ethos, Logos, Pathos, anaphora, allusion, simile, metaphor, imagery, rhetorical question, active voice, alliteration, antithesis, contrast, diction, historical reference, paradox, parallelism, repetition, resolution, tone, voice, pathetic fallacy, character foil, aside, soliloquy, dramatic irony
• ****First week back in January: in-class essay. You can use you quotation chart, but not the text. So please be sure you've filled it out compeltely.****

English 8

• Tuesday: Here is the assignment that we started in class on Friday and that is due today
• Choose a paragraph from Chapter One in which Ponyboy introduces a member of his gang to the reader. Then, introduce someone you know using the same sentence structure that Ponyboy uses in the paragraph.
  
  
  
  
  Here is an example that I started to write about my husband, Al. I use the sentence structure from the paragraph about Dallas Winston on page 10.
  

  If I had to pick the real rock in my life, it would be Alexander Moore – my husband. I always look forward to getting home after work, for then I can sit down to enjoy the dinners he always prepares. He has a love for cooking, with fresh ingredients and his best pots and sometimes adventurous recipes. His hair is blond, almost touches his ears..,
  

  
  
• Thursday: Today you will finish the draft of your person introduction.
  
• ****end of the first week in January:
  The Outsiders comprehension test on Chapters 1-8.****

 English 11 Pre-AP

• Monday: Posters are due.
• Wednesday: OPEN HOUSE TODAY! And revised Integrated Papers are due - attach it to your rough copy.
• ****Special Guest Lecturer will be here on January 7th to give a seminar on Lyrical Poetry.****

Writing 12

• MONDAY/WEDNESDAY online classes: Today you should prepare your gifts of writing. Give someone a gift of your writing (like the one I made for Al and which I showed you in class or something you think of all on your own) and give it to someone over the holidays. Bring a copy of it or a photo of it to class on January 5th.

Week at a Glance: Dec 7-11

English 11
Before you come to class, you'd be smart to pre-read the Act at http://nfs.sparknotes.com/macbeth/ as this site has the Shakspearean English and the Modern English side-by-side. You'll get MUCH more out of class if you do this. Also, if you forget your text at school you can always use the site to practice for your Readers' Theatre.

• Monday: 2.1 and 2.4 must be ready to perform their roles if signed up for ACT 3 in Readers' Theatre. We'll start AT THE BELL as the Act is a big one and we'll need to use every second of the block.
• Tuesday: 1.1 must be ready to perform their roles if signed up for ACT 3 in Readers' Theatre.
• Wednesday: 2.1 and 2.4 must be ready to perform their roles if signed up for ACT 4 in Readers' Theatre.
• Thursday: 1.1 must be ready to perform their roles if signed up for ACT 4 in Readers' Theatre.
• Friday: 2.1 and 2.4 must be ready to perform their roles if signed up for ACT 5 in Readers' Theatre. COMPREHENSION TEST TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

English 8

• Monday: Today I will give you a situation and you and your group will discuss how you would handle it if the situation were real. Why are we doing this? To get you in the right mindset for our novel study!
• Wednesday: Today we'll start reading The Outsiders. If you miss class today, be sure to read Chapter One of the novel so you're ready for next day. Homework assigned today: Character Chart.
• Friday: DUE: Character chart. Today you will write about someone in your life in the same style as S.E. Hinton does when she has Ponyboy introduce all the important people in his life.

English 11 Pre-AP
This week is all about communicating what you learned in your inquiry in a visual way. While you are working on the poster, I will be meeting with you as individuals to discuss your writing so that we both know specifically what you need to work on throughout Term 2.

• Tuesday: Bring everything you need to work on your poster.
• Thursday: Peer evaluations of posters today. Then further work on the poster.
• Note: Posters are due on Monday the 14th.

Writing 12

• Tuesday: Today you should bring your earliest memory piece to class. We'll workshop it.
• Thursday: Due - your polished Earliest Memory Piece.
  

Week at a Glance: Nov 30 - Dec 4

English 11

• This week we will be getting into our Macbeth unit.
• Thursday: blocks 2.1 and 2.4 must hand in the Macebth Quote Analysis sheet with the backside completed. Also, those who have roles in Act 2 must be ready to read.
• Friday: blocks 2.1 and 2.4 must hand in the Macebth Quote Analysis sheet with the backside completed. Also, those who have roles in Act 2 must be ready to read.
• Check this out for modern English version side-by-side with the old stuff: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/macbeth/

English 8

• This week we'll be engaging in a film study and thinking about the power of language.
• Please complete at least 2 rows on the Character Chart for the film.

English 11 Pre-AP

• Your integrated papers are due on Monday the 30th.
• During the rest of the week we'll be working on your posters - which are due on Dec 14th.
• Please come to school on FRIDAY with your draft rubric for the poster criteria. You'll be using them in class on FRIDAY. Use the poster websites (links are in the sidebar on the right of this blog) to gather ideas for criteria.

Writing 12

• Bring your lit riff drafts with revisions to school on Monday; we'll also finalize your term reflections and marks on Monday. If you miss Monday, be prepared to write a poem based on the following poem and formula at the start of class next day.

Lucas

Whenever I see

toy alligators or infants

it is Vancouver, 1981

and I am buying an

alligator, with goofy

and googly eyes.

I am hearing the organized

confusion of the nurses

shoes.

But that is not my story.

My story is my brother,

on his third and last day

of life, and I sit here,

holding his goofy little

alligator.

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  FORMULA FOR ABOVE POEM (please write it about an instant from your own past.)
  
  
  

(Title)

Whenever I (see,hear,taste,feel,smell)

(noun) or (noun)

it is (place), (time/year)

and I am (verb phrase)

I am (hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing, feeling) (noun)

But that is not my story.

My story is (anything you want).

• For the next two online classes, here is your assignment: write your earliest memory. Make sure to use fat-free writing. Fat free writing means peeling back every sentence so that each word is necessary and concise. Include all the senses. Take the reader back in time – place them inside your memory and let them experience it too.  This piece will be workshopped, so please ensure that you are comfortable with the group reading your work. Length: Short enough so as not to drag on and long enough so as to accurately and succinctly recreate the scene. Due Dec 8.
  
  

Week at a Glance: Nov 23 - 27

Writing 12

• Please email your Term Reflection to me by midnight on the 22nd.
• Please bring a draft of your Lit Riff to class on the 26th.

English 8

• In class on Monday you will reflect on your progress during the term and compose a reflection to accompany your report card for Term 1.

English 11

• This week we'll be getting into a film study of "Thank you for smoking."
• We'll be using the film to finish our study of rhetoric - but for those of you who have loved thinking about the art of persuasion, do not despair. Rhetoric is a thread that we'll weave into our studies throughout the entire year.
• On Friday (for 2.1 and 2.4) and next Monday (for 1.1) we'll begin our investigation into Macbeth, Shakespeare's shortest and bloodiest play.

English 11 Pre-AP

• Due on November 30: Integrated paper. We'll workshop a draft - so please bring one - on the 26th.

Week at a Glance: Nov 16 - 20

English 11

• Monday: 1.1 will write the Rhetoric Test: it will have one section in which you must identify the rhetorical device used in an excerpt from something and another section in which you will read a speech then write one paragraph in which you explain the authour's use of rhetoric.
• Tuesday: 2.1 and 2.4: Term Reflections - we will do them in class - and we'll begin our film study.
• Wednesday 1.1: Term Reflections - we will do them in class - and we'll begin our film study.
• Thursday 2.1 and 2.4: Finish Term Reflections and finish film study
• Friday 1.1: Finish Term Reflections and finish film study

English 11 Pre-AP

• Need to finish reading the book asap.
• Here are the items we discussed in class on Wednesday:
• The two poems (http://margaretatwood.ca/poetry1.php) and the Rick Mercer clip ( http://margaretatwood.ca/mediaclips.php ) came from Margaret Atwood's website.
• The article by Joyce Carol Oates is called "The Human Idea" and it was published in Atlantic Monthly (Nov2007, Vol. 300, Issue 4). You can access it through the Rockridge Library site or at http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200711/oates-human.

English 8

• Tuesday: Hand in and present your personal tile.
• Wednesday: If you want to try out for the Canwest Spelling Bee, go to Ms. Kump's room at lunch today and be prepared to spell these words: Pigeon Competitive Scholarship Apprentice Exhaust Monopolize Scruple Agricultural Encore Suburban Quarantine Oblige Hysterical Miraculous Affiliation Subterranean Luxury Indelible Rutabaga supplement Patience centennial Financier larynx accomplice
• Thursday: Finish Tile Presentations.
  

 

Writing 12

• Monday: Hand in your song story ideas.
• Wednesday: Workshop outline for song story.
• Friday: Online class: Finish song story outline and Draft Writing 12 Term Reflection.

Week at a Glance: November 9-13

English 11

• Monday: 1.1 will present their speeches and hand in their notecards and final copies of their speech.
• Tuesday: 2.1 and 2.4 will write an in-class essay about rhetoric.
• Thursday: 1.1 will write an in-class essay about rhetoric.
• Friday: 2.1 and 2.4 will write the Rhetoric Test: it will have one section in which you must identify the rhetorical device used in an excerpt from something and another section in which you will read a speech then write one paragraph in which you explain the authour's use of rhetoric. To help with the vocab, check this out: http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm or http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/jtomlins/rhetorical_devices.htm

English 8

• Tuesday: Draft of Chapter 14 is due.
• Friday: Final Draft of Chapter 14 is due. Also, please answer the 3 questions you wrote in your notes.
• Next Tuesday (the 17th): Personal Tile Presentations begin

English 11 Pre-AP

• Monday: You should have read at least 1/2 the book by now.
• Thursday: Please jot down your response to the Atwood interview (below or at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMrz_ivl8jo). Also, I'd like you to jot notes down as to how you see the 3 concepts (Status of the individual, nature of power, and communication) manifest throughout THT. I will come read your notes during silent reading today.

Writing 12

Email your Children Story - in the outline I emailed to you - by me before midnight on November 9th.

For the next in-class class (on November 16th) we will be meeting to share our pre-writing brainstorm, which look like this:

• Title of a song (a real song and it does not have to be one you have written)

1. Story idea inspired by that song

2. Story idea inspired by that song

3. Story idea inspired by that song

I'd like you to do this for 7 songs. It's quite a feat. It will take some time. You'll need to put thought into this. It will be difficult. Trying. Arduous. You get the idea. Have fun with it and good luck.

Week at a Glance: Nov 2-6

English 11

• Monday or Tuesday: Speech Draft Due
• Wednesday or Thursday: Final Draft of Speech Due
• Friday or next Monday: Speech Presentation to the class. In order to prepare for this day, you should PRACTICE your speech OUT LOUD. Practice in front of your family. Bring the presentation rubric to an adult you know. Go through the criteria with them so that they understand what they are looking for. Then, stand in front of them and go for it. Ask them to highlight the criteria that best matches your speech. I will ask for their highlighted rubric on the day of your speech (i.e. you must hand in a rubric that an adult has used to give you feedback in your practice for this day). Have fun!
• UPCOMING: Rhetoric Test for Day 2 on Nov 10th and for Day 1 on Nov 12th.

English 8

• Monday: Presentations
• Wednesday: Rest of the Presentations
• Friday: outline of Chapter 14 due

Writing 12

• Tuesday: Draft of Children's story due
• Thursday: Final Draft of Children's story due
• Email Final Draft with correct formatting to me before the end of the day on Monday, Nov 9th.

English 11 Pre-AP

• Read The Handmaid's Tale - about 2 cm worth by Tuesday and about 3 cm done by Thursday

Week at a Glance: Oct 26 - 30

English 11 Pre-AP
Monday and Wednesday: Socratic Seminars
Concept Paper #2 Due on Friday

English 11
Monday: Speech outline due for 1.1
Thursday: for block 2.1 and 2.4 Paragraph analysing one of the following for the article we read in class called "Why I Want a Wife": ethos, logos, pathos, tone, or anaphora.
REMINDER RE DUE DATES:

• Speech Draft: Nov 2/3
• Speech Presentation: Nov 4/5
• Reader Response Letter #1: sometime soon so I have time to give you feedback before you write your second letter.
• Reader Response Letter #2: Emailed to me by midnight November 15th.

English 8
Silent Reading Oral Presentations: October 29th

Writing 12
Due in class on November 3rd, draft of children's book.
Remember to use vivid language, centre your story around a conflict or issue, use repetition, and to think about your audience - they're a discerning group of readers!
Length: 16-32 pages, but have an idea how many words you'd like on the page.
DRAFT SHOULD BE: SIZE 12. TIMES NEW ROMAN. DOUBLE SPACED.

Week at a Glance: Oct 19-22

English 11
Tuesday and Wednesday: Paragraph in which you answer the question, "What is the most effective rhetorical device in one of the speeches Ms. Moore emailed to you?"
next Tuesday and next Thursday : Speech outline Due

English 11 Pre-AP
Wednesday: Socratic Seminars will occur

English 8
Your silent reading project is due on Oct 29th. Finish your character chart and your Journal notes (the one where you copy out a significant snippet and connect it to the text and to yourself) up to Nora.

Writing 12
You should have emailed your polished morning pages piece and a list outlining your writing process for this assingment by Tuesday night.

Week at a Glance: Oct 13-16

Grade 11
Tuesday and Wednesday: Bring your Peer Assessment, your first draft and your FINAL DRAFT to school. Please ensure your Final Draft is double spaced and has your student number not your name on it.
Keep reading your library book. I will be emailing an assignment to you for it.

Grade 11Pre-AP
Have finished reading the Odyssey for Tuesday.
Prepare for your Socratic Seminar; each group will lead their seminar on October 19th.

Grade 8
Finish taking the notes on a significant snippet from your library book.
Keep reading your library book - and as soon as you've finished it you should prepare your Library Book Presentation.

Writing 12
Go through your journal and all those Morning Pages you've written to date. Now, choose one piece to rework and polish. Please email me your polished piece before our next in-class session next week. In the body of your email, list the steps you go through during your average "polishing" session.

Week at a Glance: October 5-9

English 11

• Monday and Tuesday:       Note and understand the meaning of the following words: Ethos, Logos, Pathos, anaphora, allusion, simile, metaphor, imagery, rhetorical question, active voice, alliteration, antithesis, contrast, diction, historical reference, paradox, parallelism, repetition, resolution, tone, voice
• Wednesday and Thursday:    Comb through MLK's speech and note each instance of your assigned expert group's device (imagery, allusion, contrast, diction, metaphor). Create a chart with 2 columns. In one column note the instance of your device. In the other note its significance. You may spolit up this work between you, but be sure to come to class WITH YOUR OWN copy of your notes. IF YOU MISSED CLASS TODAY you will find the speech in text and audio at http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm.
• Friday and Monday (the 12th): In a well-written paragraph explain the effectiveness of one of the following rhetorical devices (but not the one you were an expert in the other day): allusion, imagery, metaphor, contrast, diction. Make sure you have a thesis, evidence, and a strong concluding statement.
• Always continue to read your library book. You should read everyday for 30+ minutes.

English 11 Pre-AP

• Tuesday: Have read Books 13-16 inclusively.
• Thursday: Have read Books 17 - 20 inclusively.

English 8

• Always continue to read your library book. You should read everyday for 20+ minutes.
• Monday: Please complete the T-Chart in your "Seedfolks Section" of your notebook. One column is for Connections to Novel and the other column is for Connections to Self.
• Wednesday: Look over your Silent Reading Oral Presentation Assignment. Please come to class with questions about this assignment. I will answer the questions first thing next day.
• Friday: Come to class with your Good Copy of your Writing Practice sentences.
• FUTURE DATES TO NOTE:
• October 29/30: Silent Reading Presentation Draft Due
• November 2/3: Silent Reading Presentations
• November 4/5: Rough Draft of Chapter 14 Due
• November 9/10: Tile Presentations Rough Draft Due
• November 12/13: Final Draft of Chapter 14 Due
• November  17/18: Tile Presentations
  
  
  
  
  

Week at a Glance: Sept 28 - Oct 2

English 11

• Wed / Thurs: Bring an example of rhetoric from your lives and be prepared to present which of the appeals it uses. Please email (bmoore is the first part of the email address and @sd45.bc.ca is the second part) it to me if possible. Otherwise, please bring it in. All links should be emailed to me BEFORE class.
• Monday the 5th and Tuesday the 6th: Define these words and KNOW them by heart.
• Ethos, Logos, Pathos, anaphora, allusion, simile, metaphor, imagery, rhetorical question, active voice, alliteration, antithesis, contrast, diction, historical reference, paradox, parallelism, repetition, resolution, tone, voice

English 11 Pre-AP

• Wednesday, September 30th: Concept Paper #1 Due (for Works Cited information go to http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/06/ or http://myrin.ursinus.edu/help/resrch_guides/cit_style_mla.htm FOR A SAMPLE WORKS CITED PAGE, GO TO http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Daly-MLA-WC.pdf )
• Friday, October 30th: Concept Paper #2 Due
• Monday, November 30th: Integrated Paper Due
• Monday, December 14th: Presentation or Poster Board Due

English 8
Please read your library book every day for at least 20-30 minutes.

Week at a Glance: Sept 21-25

ENGLISH 8
Please read your library book every day for at least 20-30 minutes.

ENGLISH 11:

• Please read your library book every day for at least 30-40 minutes.
• Due on Thursday or Friday (depending on when yor class falls): Using your Plan for Improvement from your Assignment Log, write a composition in which you describe your library book's protagonist. Next class we will be looking specifically at how much you were able to improve that one aspect, your Area of Focus.

ENGLISH 11 PRE-AP
Monday the 21st

• Please finish reading Books 1, 2, 3, and 4 of The Odyssey for Monday the 21st. Remember: reading out loud will most likely be of GREAT HELP to you. Get together with classmembers and read aloud together. BONUS: If you do this in public, passers-by will think you're super duper smart. Also due on Monday is the chart of characters (if you weren't in class on the 17th, please call someone for the chart headings; you can access an online text at http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html until you see me for your book copy).
• If you want to play a fun game and learn about the Odyssey, check this out: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odchoice.htm

Thursday the 24th:

• 50 minute in-class write (YOU WILL NEED YOUR NOTES ABOUT STORY OF AN HOUR FOR THIS!)

Inquiry:
Please ask me any questions you have about your inquiry. Related and important dates:

• Thursday, September 24th: 25 minutes to gather evidence for your inquiry - with consideration given to Slaughter House Five, The Good Earth, The Odyssey, Story of an Hour
• Wednesday, September 30th: Concept Paper #1 Due (for Works Cited information go to http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/06/)
• Friday, October 30th: Concept Paper #2 Due
• Monday, November 30th: Integrated Paper Due
• Monday, December 14th: Presentation or Poster Board Due

Week at a Glance: Sept 14-18

English 8
We'll be reading in class from now on (so be sure to bring your library book!); you should also be reading for about 20-40 minutes a day at home. If you don't like the book you chose, please let me know and we'll find you a new one.

• Due Friday the 18: Your "Memories" poem and your finished rubric.

English 11
This week we'll continue our quest to answer the question, "What makes good writing good?", by creating a Writing Rubric and by the end of the week I will return your in-class write to you. Please BRING YOUR LIBRARY BOOK to class from now on as we'll have silent reading most days. you should also be reading for about 30-40 minutes a day at home. If you don't like the book you chose, please let me know and we'll find you a new one.



English 11 Pre-AP
If you're going on the Loon Lake Trip, please read "The Story of an Hour" and make notes as to your thoughts on the story. What is your interpretation? What do you think of the characters? What about their motivations?

Then, after you've got your interpretations down on paper (in note form) ask 3 people in your life  - not students at Rockridge - about their thoughts on the story. Take notes as to their interpretations (don't lead their thinking!).

Bring all sets of notes to class on Thursday.

If you're NOT going to Loon Lake, relax this weekend. We'll be doing this in class on Tuesday.

Now You're Moore in the Loop!

Hello Students!


Good news! You don't have to run around the school like a lunatic looking for me between classes or after 3pm - just get online to stay Moore in the Loop.

I'll do my best to post a Week at a Glance (See Archives in the bar at the right of this page) so you can stay in tune with what's going on in the room. (Did you notice the internal rhyme of that line? Oh my gosh! I just did it again in that line!)

You can also come here for helpful links and assignment tips... all good stuff.
I hope you find this a helpful way to stay connected and informed.

Take care,
Ms. Moore

Week at a Glance: Sept 8-11

Grade 8
Due Thursday: A letter of around 300 words in which you describe yourself as an entity (season, colour, etc), outline your goals for the year and explain how I can help you achieve them, and explain your interests.

Grade 11
Due Tuesday (or last Friday): A letter to yourself or to me which introduces yourself as a metaphor, explains your top 5 interests, and details advice you need to give yourself. One page. Single spaced. Times New Roman, Size 12.