Week at a Glance: May 10-14

English 11

• PART ONE OF YOUR FINAL EXAM: May 19 and 20th - Impromptu Write. If you are planning to be away during your block (for the Children's Festival or a Dr appointment), plan to write it in one of these blocks:
• with Mr. Elliott during 2.3 and 2.4 on the 18th
• with Ms. Moore during 1.1 or 1.2 or 2.1 or 2.4 on the 19th and 20th
• Your journal portfolio is due Monday (day 2) and Tuesday (day 1).
• We have read the following stories:
• The Black Cat - Edgar Allan Poe, The Terrible Old Man - J.P. Lovecraft
• The Initiation - Sylvia Plath, The Luncheon - Jeffery Archer
• Araby - James Joyce, Birthday Girl - Haruki Murkami
• The Other Side of the Hedge (1.1 & 2.1), The Necklace - Guy De Maupassant
• Cell One - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi, The Chaser - John Collier (1.1 & 2.4)
• An Upheaval - Anton Chekhov
• You may omit 2 of these + The Black Cat (That being noted, I will take further notice of those who submit a response for all of these stories).
• Since it is a portfolio please present it as such: "a portable case for holding material representative of a person's work". Bind it together in some creative or basic way and include a cover page.
• Take pride in your work. This will account for a considerable portion of your term three mark and it should therefore be of considerable quality. You've had more than a month to perfect a final product. The bar is high.

English 11 Pre-AP

• Due on Tuesday: Free-write (10 mins) re the significance of poetry often breaking grammar rules.
• Poems TPCASTTed and discussed: bill bisset's "it used 2 b" and Joy Kogawa's "Rush Hour Tokyo" and Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool"
• Due on Thursday: Free-write (10 mins) in response to the question, "How do poems shape our stories?"
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPz9lL0y8sE&feature=related
• In class essay today.

Writing 12

• NOTE: We are not meeting on Tuesday May 11th. Next In Class Class is on May 19th.
• DUE ON MAY 19th: Your verbal visual.
• Here is the link to Jonathan Harris' Ted Talks: http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_harris_collects_stories.html
• Here is the link to the Wade Davis Ted Talks: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures.html

Grade 8

• Wednesday, May 12th: Your Romeo and Juliet soundtrack is due.
• Your soundtrack will consist of the following: a song for each act, or a major event in each act. Choose a position on the unit theme (Ideal love is unrealistic. To what extent is this true?) and write a paragraph on that position. Write 5 one-pagers, double spaced (for each song) explaining how the song applies to the act/event you have chosen. Burn the song onto a CD. Make a cover for the CD and a track list on the back or inside. Title your CD. If you cannot burn a CD, bring me your track list and I will do it for you. Your songs should reflect the position you've taken on the theme. HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THIS!
• EVERY DAY: Bring your Silent Reading with an adult book.
• On June 15th you will present a visual to the class which defines an aspect of your experience with this assignment. You may ask me to show you some examples of visuals, if you like, as I have some from previous students. You will be assessed, by your peers and I, with the Presentation Rubric.