Week at a Glance: Feb 1-5

English 11

• If you missed last class, or have yet to send your 4 letters to bmoore@sd45.bc.ca, go to the Blog Archive for last week and check it out.

English 8

• Bring The Outsiders to class on Tuesday - it's our last day with the novel...
• A few people (you know who you are) have a letter to write for Tuesday.

Writing 12

• Work on your memoirs! AND, email me a brief note about what you work on during your online classes.

English 11 Pre-AP

• Choose three tasks from numbers 3-7 on the task list that you will have brought to final draft and those will be due on March 9th.
• Everything else is due by March 30th.
• When making your schedule of due dates, which you will hand in to me on Wednesday, be sure to include time for you to go through 2 rough drafts at least and then one final draft for each of the tasks.
• For Term 2, your mark will be based on the 3 items you hand in on the 9th.
• Term's 3 mark will have much to do with the rest of the unit and you will not accept anything beneath an Accomplished or Exemplary level, so you'll need to leave time for you to check your final drafts with me before you consider an item completed.
• In the meantime, get started! March 9th will come MUCH FASTER than you think.

Week at a Glance: Jan 25-29

English 8

• We'll be working in the library on Monday and Wednesday in order to answer the following questions which you will need to fully understand in order to move forward in your science class:
• What is an encyclopaedia and is it important to recognize outside sources when writing an encyclopaedia article?
• On Friday guest speakers for your Health and Career Education class will be using our English block to work with you.
• Next week we'll finish our study of Outsiders with a final presentation.

English 11

• Monday, Day 2: Macebth projects are due. Literary Devices Test. Essay outlines are due.
• Tuesday, Day 1: Macbeth projects are due. Essay Outlines are due.
• Wednesday: Visit: http://www.similarminds.com/
• Select the "Personality Tests" option. On the right hand column you will see "Jung Test I-E-S-N-F-T-J-P".
• Select the first option below, which is: "Short Test (53 questions)". 
• Once you have completed the test you will receive a four letter "score". Write down the four letters and bring them to class, or email them to Ms. Moore.
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  Thursday: Visit: www.similarminds.com and email your letters to bmoore@sd45.bc.ca or bring them to class with you on Monday. See above for instructions.
  
• Looking Ahead: Compare and Contrast essay due February 11th for Day 1 and February 12th for Day 2.
• Length=2 pages double spaced.
• Written either in "Block Style" or "Point-By-Point" style.
• In this essay you will use a selection of your Meyers Briggs (MBTI) type characteristics as points of comparison. Though your MBTI type is generated based on your own responses, you will likely disagree with some of the characteristics attributed to your type - and you will base your essay on these variables.

English 11 Pre-AP

• Tuesday: Finish watching Macbeth film and start organizing presentation.
• Thursday: present reading to class and begin Writing unit.

Writing 12

• Tuesday: Bring what you've got so far of your memoir to class.
• Thursday: Bring what you've got so far of your memoir to class.

Week at a Glance: Jan 18-21

English 11

• Monday Day 2: Work on Project, consultations re essay outlines, and literary devices checkpoint
• Tuesday Day 1: Work on Project, consultations re essay outlines, and literary devices checkpoint
• Wednesday Day 2: Work on Project, consultations re essay outlines, and literary devices checkpoint
• Thursday Day 1: consultations re essay outlines, and literary devices test

English 11 Pre-AP

• Think about Macbeth through your chosen lens... gather your thoughts, take notes, draw pictures, whatever - just do what you need to do to get thinking about it.
• Also, find out what you can about lyrical poetry in preparation of Tuesday's Guest Lecturer from Quest University.

English 8
Monday: Guest Speaker

 

Writing 12
Please get busy writing your memoir!

 

Week at a Glance: Jan 11-15

English 11

• Monday Day 1: Work on Project
• Tuesday Day 2: Work on Project and consultations re essay outlines
• Wednesday: Work on Project and consultations re essay outlines
• Thursday: same as Tuesday with a literary devices checkpoint
• Friday: same as Wednesday with a literary devices checkpoint

English 11 Pre-AP

• Due on Wednesday: T-Chart with 6 quotations denoting significant events or bits of text on one side and explanations as to why they are significant on the other side. One of them must be the climax - which is a turning point and not necessarily the most exciting part of the play.
• Due on Friday: Prepare your thoughts on paper as to the concept of manliness as shown in the conversation about the killing of Macduff's family in Act 4 Scene 3 of Macbeth. Consider your reaction, your own analysis, any outside reading you've done, and the attachment that I've emailed to you. (NOTE: I have only emailed Elinor, Kelly, Lauren T, Lauren N, Laura, Stephie, Stef, Nell, Mariam, Charlie and Jake as I have their email addresses on file. Please email them and/or me for the attachment.) In addition, consider the pacing of the dialogue between Ross, Malcolm and Macduff regarding the slaughter of Macduff's family.

English 8

• Finish reading The Outsiders for Thursday.

Writing 12
Monday: for a change in pace, check this link out... send me an email in which you tell me about how you think Bolz' choice to begin her memoir with a scene of death rather than birth might change your response to it. Email me with a list of scenes like this (not necessarily about death but about big significant moments in your life) that you think might be a good starting place for your memoir. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/river_teeth/v005/5.1bolz.pdf

Week at a Glance: Jan 4 - 8

Happy New Year!

English 11

• Monday/Tuesday: We'll be choosing books from the library for silent reading - which we'll have at the start of every class from now on. We'll also start your Macbeth essay outline.
• Wednesday / Thursday: Your essay outline is due today. Please hand in by the end of class. During the last ten minutes of class, you'll be getting into your production companies for the Macbeth Production Project!
• Friday: Today 2.1 and 2.4 classes will be working on the casting and doing some read throughs.

English 8

• Monday: We'll be discussing the Frost poem and starting letters from Ponyboy to one of his brothers. Due next class.
• Wednesday: Today you'll have time to finish your letters from Ponyboy.
• Friday: Reminder of the quiz today on everything up until Chapter 9. You should be ready to discuss some of the events, their importance, characters' relationships, and the characters themselves.

English 11AP

• Tuesday: Today we'll get into Macbeth. Ms. Smith is in for you today as I am at home working on getting healthy.
• Wednesday: Guest Lecturer from Quest University! We'll be looking at lyrical poetry in this seminar style lesson.

Writing 12

• Tuesday: Ms. Smith is in for you today and you'll be writing about memories, brainstorming memories like crazy.
• Thursday: Go to the following link and read Chapter One of Frederick Douglass' famous memoir. Mr. Douglass, as you'll find out, was a slave in the US and he used his life to work for freedom for himself and others like him. As you read it, consider how he shapes his story. At what point in his life does he begin his story? Would it be better if he started with a flashback, withs ome action, or do you enjoy the way it feels like he's talking right to you? After you've read it, I'd like you to email me your thoughts as to why or why not you think your memoir would be good to start at the very beginning as well. http://books.google.com/books?id=3dqI0o5PyToC&dq=Frederick+Douglass&printsec=frontcover&source=an&hl=en&ei=QpdDS73kEYLcsgP37MTwBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CCoQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
• Monday: for a change in pace, check this link out... send me an email in which you tell me about how you think Bolz' choice to begin her memoir with a scene of death rather than birth might change your response to it. Email me with a list of scenes like this (not necessarily about death but about big significant moments in your life) that you think might be a good starting place for your memoir. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/river_teeth/v005/5.1bolz.pdf