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