Week at a Glance: Nov 29 - Dec 3

If you missed a class last week, please go to the archives and find out what you missed.

English 8

• Remember to bring The Outsiders  to class EVERY DAY from now on.
• 1.3 due dates for your "What stories have shaped me?" Presentations
• Dec 3 = Brett
• Dec 7 = Jackie, Justin, Mia, Kalayna, Parker, Sean W
• Dec 9 = Melissa, Fin, Kenzie, Hootan, Sam, Chris
• Dec 13 = Sean M, Sacha, Wyatt, Nick, Austin, Sylvie, Jennifer, Phoebe
• Dec 15 = Brandon, Sophia
• WRITTEN STORIES ARE DUE December 15th and 16th. 

English 11 AP

• Socratic Seminars will take place Nov 30, Dec 2 and Dec 6th. Be prepared for any of these dates.

Writing 12: Next meeting: December 7th at 7:15am.
To see details regarding the last month's assignments, go to the archives for last week.

• By mid-month, please email me your edited/revised piece from October on which you would like my feedback. Be sure to include a note to me in the email about what specifically you are trying to improve at or where you'd like me to focus my attention.
• First assignment: Write a children's book. This book will be illustrated by our senior art classes. Aim your book for a grade 1 to 3 audience. Include the following characteristics, which we discovered as pretty typical in class: repetition, sensory imagery, realistic dialgue, and playfulness with words (rhyme, rhythm, made-up words). This story is due on November 15th. A children's writer will be reading your work and offering your feedback. Please email me your draft, in manuscript form, by midnight on the 15th: bmoore@sd45.bc.ca.
• Second assignment: Finish your children's book and edit your piece from October.
• Third assignment: You should have done the following by now:
• Emailed your children's book to me
• Emailed your edited piece from October to me with a note as to what specifically you'd like me to offer you feedback on.
• Revised the grammar edits I've emailed back to you on your Children's Story and sent a clean, grammar perfect version back to me. On Nov 17 and 18 (that's Wednesday and Thursday) I have a children's writer looking at your stories and offering you feedback on them. This will only happen if I get your grammar-mistake free version back from you. By the start of the fourth week you should have reviewed the comments from the children's writer and made any changes you'd like to make and emailed your final draft to me so I can pass it along to the illustrators.
• Fourth assignment: I've sent an email to each of you regarding your Term 1 mark. Please open the email, complete the task I describe within it, and reply to me by the 26th of November. This is the report card timeline - we need to stick to it. Thank you! (ps: if you did not receive an email from you, I do not have your email address or I have mistyped your email address - please email me to notify me of this problem and I'll fix it.)

Writing 12 Contests and Opportunities

• Katherine has brought this to our attention - thank you, Katherine! http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ National Novel Writing Month is coming up in November. The idea goal is to write up to a 175 page (Grade 11 can write anywhere from 17,000 to 35,000 words, and Grade 12 is anywhere from 25,000 to the full 50,00 words) novel in between midnight October 31st and midnight November 30th. I participated last year, and unfortunately didn't make it, but I'm going for the full 50,000 words this time around. I was hoping that some of the other writers in Writing 12 might want to join me, I know it's a huge undertaking but it really is fun to just write and not focus on whether everything is "perfect", and it would be nice to have a group who could support each other.

Week at a Glance: Nov 22 - 26

If you missed a class last week, please go to the archives and find out what you missed.

English 8

• Keep reading - each day at home and each day in class. Remember to bring your book to class!
• Using the words from your spelling test of the Grade 5 list only, write a one page story or describe a scenario. 2.1: due Nov 22
• Spelling Test on the words from the first column of the Grade 6 list on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
• Short Story test on Thursday and Friday this week. If you'd like to prepare, please ensure you know the plot graph terms, how to describe a conflict, how to describe the setting, and how to describe a character.

English 11 AP

• Due Nov 22nd: Divide up the reading of Books 17-20 among your group and prepare notes for members of your group on your portion. Notes should draw connections, explain insights, or ask questions between your socratic seminar topic and your portion.
• Due Nov 24th: Same thing as above for Books 21-24.
• On Nov 26th you will have some time to prepare for your Socratic Seminar.
• Socratic Seminars will take place Nov 29, Dec 1 and Dec 3rd. Be prepared for any of these dates. 

Writing 12: Next meeting: December 7th at 7:15am.

To see details regarding the last month's assignments, go to the archive for last week.

• By mid-month, please email me your edited/revised piece from October on which you would like my feedback. Be sure to include a note to me in the email about what specifically you are trying to improve at or where you'd like me to focus my attention.
• First assignment: Write a children's book. This book will be illustrated by our senior art classes. Aim your book for a grade 1 to 3 audience. Include the following characteristics, which we discovered as pretty typical in class: repetition, sensory imagery, realistic dialgue, and playfulness with words (rhyme, rhythm, made-up words). This story is due on November 15th. A children's writer will be reading your work and offering your feedback. Please email me your draft, in manuscript form, by midnight on the 15th: bmoore@sd45.bc.ca.
• Second assignment: Finish your children's book and edit your piece from October.
• Third assignment: You should have done the following by now:
• Emailed your children's book to me
• Emailed your edited piece from October to me with a note as to what specifically you'd like me to offer you feedback on.
• Revised the grammar edits I've emailed back to you on your Children's Story and sent a clean, grammar perfect version back to me. On Nov 17 and 18 (that's Wednesday and Thursday) I have a children's writer looking at your stories and offering you feedback on them. This will only happen if I get your grammar-mistake free version back from you. By the start of the fourth week you should have reviewed the comments from the children's writer and made any changes you'd like to make and emailed your final draft to me so I can pass it along to the illustrators.
• Fourth assignment: I've sent an email to each of you regarding your Term 1 mark. Please open the email, complete the task I describe within it, and reply to me by the 26th of November. This is the report card timeline - we need to stick to it. Thank you! (ps: if you did not receive an email from you, I do not have your email address or I have mistyped your email address - please email me to notify me of this problem and I'll fix it.)

Writing 12 Contests and Opportunities

• Katherine has brought this to our attention - thank you, Katherine! http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ National Novel Writing Month is coming up in November. The idea goal is to write up to a 175 page (Grade 11 can write anywhere from 17,000 to 35,000 words, and Grade 12 is anywhere from 25,000 to the full 50,00 words) novel in between midnight October 31st and midnight November 30th. I participated last year, and unfortunately didn't make it, but I'm going for the full 50,000 words this time around. I was hoping that some of the other writers in Writing 12 might want to join me, I know it's a huge undertaking but it really is fun to just write and not focus on whether everything is "perfect", and it would be nice to have a group who could support each other.
• http://www.bcyuk.legion.ca/main/youth-leadership-and-development/remembrance-poster-essay-and-literary-contest/remembrance-post

Week at a Glance: Nov 15 - 19

If you missed a class last week, please go to the archives and find out what you missed.


English 8
Keep reading - each day at home and each day in class. Remember to bring your book to class!

• Write about a “social conspiracy”. One page – rough draft is fine.
• For 2.1 this is due on Monday the 15th.
• Finish writing your "The Note" story so that you have a twist ending.
• 2.1: due Nov 18
• 1.3: due Nov 17
• Using the words from your spelling test of the Grade 5 list only, write a one page story or describe a scenario.
• 1.3: due Nov 19
• 2.1: due Nov 22

 
English 11 AP

• Read up to Book 8 inclusive by the 9th.
• Read up to Book 12 inclusive by Friday. Friday you will be divided into study groups - one group per book. You will debrief on the book then present to the rest of the class so everyone goes deeply into one book and gets details on the others
• Due for the 16th, you should have read your article. Make notes re the article and prepare any questions regarding the article or the connections the article makes to The Odyssey.
• Reading of Books 13 – 16 due by the 18th.
• Due Nov 22nd: Divide up the reading of Books 17-20 among your group and prepare notes for members of your group on your portion. Notes should draw connections, explain insights, or ask questions between your socratic seminar topic and your portion.
• Due Nov 24th: Same thing as above for Books 21-24.
• On Nov 26th you will have the day to prepare for your Socratic Seminar.
• Socratic Seminars will take place Nov 29, Dec 1 and Dec 3rd. Be prepared for any of these dates.

Writing 12: Next meeting: December 7th at 7:15am.
To see details regarding the last month's assignments, go to the archive for last week.

• By mid-month, please email me your edited/revised piece from October on which you would like my feedback. Be sure to include a note to me in the email about what specifically you are trying to improve at or where you'd like me to focus my attention.
• First assignment: Write a children's book. This book will be illustrated by our senior art classes. Aim your book for a grade 1 to 3 audience. Include the following characteristics, which we discovered as pretty typical in class: repetition, sensory imagery, realistic dialgue, and playfulness with words (rhyme, rhythm, made-up words). This story is due on November 15th. A children's writer will be reading your work and offering your feedback. Please email me your draft, in manuscript form, by midnight on the 15th: bmoore@sd45.bc.ca.
• Second assignment: Finish your children's book and edit your piece from October.
• Third assignment: You should have done the following by now:
1. Emailed your children's book to me.
2. Emailed your edited piece from October to me with a note as to what specifically you'd like me to offer you feedback on.
3. Revised the grammar edits I've emailed back to you on your Children's Story and sent a clean, grammar perfect version back to me. On Nov 17 and 18 (that's Wednesday and Thursday) I have a children's writer looking at your stories and offering you feedback on them. This will only happen if I get your grammar-mistake free version back from you.
4. by the start of the fourth week you should have reviewed the comments from the children's writer and made any changes you'd like to make and emailed your final draft to me so I can pass it along to the illustrators.
• Fourth assignment: Details will be posted by Nov 22nd. Stay tuned.

Writing 12 Contests and Opportunities

• Katherine has brought this to our attention - thank you, Katherine! http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ National Novel Writing Month is coming up in November. The idea goal is to write up to a 175 page (Grade 11 can write anywhere from 17,000 to 35,000 words, and Grade 12 is anywhere from 25,000 to the full 50,00 words) novel in between midnight October 31st and midnight November 30th. I participated last year, and unfortunately didn't make it, but I'm going for the full 50,000 words this time around. I was hoping that some of the other writers in Writing 12 might want to join me, I know it's a huge undertaking but it really is fun to just write and not focus on whether everything is "perfect", and it would be nice to have a group who could support each other.
• http://www.bcyuk.legion.ca/main/youth-leadership-and-development/remembrance-poster-essay-and-literary-contest/remembrance-post

Week at a Glance: Nov 8-12

If you missed a class last week, please go to the archives and find out what you missed.

English 8
Keep reading - each day at home and each day in class. Remember to bring your book to class!
Prepare for your Silent Reading Book presetation and be ready to go on your assigned date

• Write about a “social conspiracy”.  One page – rough draft is fine.
• For 2.1 this is due on Monday the 15th.
• For 1.3 this is due on Friday the 8th.

English 11 AP

• Read up to Book 8 inclusive by the 9th.
• Read up to Book 12 inclusive by Friday. Friday you will be divided into study groups - one group per book. You will debrief on the book then present to the rest of the class so everyone goes deeply into one book and gets details on the others
• Due for the 16th, you should have read your article. Make notes re the article and prepare any questions regarding the article or the connections the article makes to The Odyssey.
• Reading of Books 13 – 16 due by the 18^th.
• Due Nov 22nd: Divide up the reading of Books 17-20 among your group and prepare notes for members of your group on your portion. Notes should draw connections, explain insights, or ask questions between your socratic seminar topic and your portion.
• Due Nov 24th: Same thing as above for Books 21-24.
• On Nov 26th you will have the day to prepare for your Socratic Seminar.
• Socratic Seminars will take place Nov 29, Dec 1 and Dec 3rd. Be prepared for any of these dates.

Writing 12: Next meeting: December 7th at 7:15am.
To see details regarding the last month's assignments, go to the archive for last week. Between now and mid month, please email me your edited/revised piece from October on which you would like my feedback. Be sure to include a note to me in the email about what specifically you are trying to improve at or where you'd like me to focus my attention.

1. First assignment: Write a children's book. This book will be illustrated by our senior art classes. Aim your book for a grade 1 to 3 audience. Include the following characteristics, which we discovered as pretty typical in class: repetition, sensory imagery, realistic dialgue, and playfulness with words (rhyme, rhythm, made-up words). This story is due on November 15th. A children's writer will be reading your work and offering your feedback. Please email me your draft, in manuscript form, by midnight on the 15th: bmoore@sd45.bc.ca.
2. Second assignment: Finish your children's book and editing your piece from October.
3. Third assignment:
4. Fourth assignment:

Writing 12 Contests and Opportunities

• Katherine has brought this to our attention - thank you, Katherine! http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ National Novel Writing Month is coming up in November. The idea goal is to write up to a 175 page (Grade 11 can write anywhere from 17,000 to 35,000 words, and Grade 12 is anywhere from 25,000 to the full 50,00 words) novel in between midnight October 31st and midnight November 30th. I participated last year, and unfortunately didn't make it, but I'm going for the full 50,000 words this time around. I was hoping that some of the other writers in Writing 12 might want to join me, I know it's a huge undertaking but it really is fun to just write and not focus on whether everything is "perfect", and it would be nice to have a group who could support each other.
• http://www.bcyuk.legion.ca/main/youth-leadership-and-development/remembrance-poster-essay-and-literary-contest/remembrance-post

Week at a Glance: Nov 1 - 5

If you missed a class last week, please go to the archives and find out what you missed.

English 8
Keep reading - each day at home and each day in class. Remember to bring your book to class!

• Prepare for your Silent Reading Book presetation and be ready to go on your assigned date

English 11 AP

• Macbeth Test on November 3rd.
• Macbeth End of Unit Assignment (adapted from Dominic Dedato’s Midsummer Nights’ Dream assignment) Task: For this assignment, you will study one of the main characters in Macbeth. At home, you will work individually on one of the options below. You want to show that you understand this character by revealing his/her thoughts, motives and opinions on the play’s action. If you need to add me as a Friend so I can access your Facebook page for your character, my Facebook name is BMoore IntheLoop.

Remember: No matter what option you choose, you will have to illustrate the character and events in as detailed a way as possible. All four options require you to speak/write/think in the voice of a character. Do not forget to acknowledge the changes that your character(s) experiences through the course of the play. Though properly cited quotations are acceptable, the purpose of the assignment is for you to interpret what happens in the play in your own words. You must submit your work by November 6th. To submit your project, please email me your link. Here are your options:

1. You will create a Blog on www.blogger.com. It will feature five entries (at least two paragraphs each), one for each Act. You will also write a minimum of four comments (minimum two sentences each) from at least three other characters in the play.

2. Your will create a well-developed Facebook profile for a character in Macbeth. It should include at least five status updates (one for each Act), 3 pictures and at least 5 paragraph-long notes (one for each Act). It may also include event invitation and plans and Applications (i.e. take some quizzes as the character). Make sure your profile is kept private and do NOT add any contacts.

3. If you do not have regular computer access, this option is for you. You will write a series of four letters between two characters in the play (from different points in the plot). Each letter should be no shorter than two full paragraphs. You can include creative sketches and/or items that may belong to your character.

4. Create 2 minute audio or video journal entries from a specific character from each of the five Acts in the play. You may use an audio or video cassette, DVD or create a podcast.

Writing 12: Next meeting: December 7th at 7:15am.
To see details regarding the last month's assignments, go to the archive for last week. Between now and mid month, please email me your edited/revised piece from October on which you would like my feedback. Be sure to include a note to me in the email about what specifically you are trying to improve at or where you'd like me to focus my attention.

• First assignment: Write a children's book. This book will be illustrated by our senior art classes. Aim your book for a grade 1 to 3 audience. Include the following characteristics, which we discovered as pretty typical in class: repetition, sensory imagery, realistic dialgue, and playfulness with words (rhyme, rhythm, made-up words). This story is due on November 15th. A children's writer will be reading your work and offering your feedback. Please email me your draft, in manuscript form, by midnight on the 15th: bmoore@sd45.bc.ca.
• Second assignment:
• Third assignment:
• Fourth assignment:

Writing 12 Contests and Opportunities

• Katherine has brought this to our attention - thank you, Katherine! http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ National Novel Writing Month is coming up in November. The idea goal is to write up to a 175 page (Grade 11 can write anywhere from 17,000 to 35,000 words, and Grade 12 is anywhere from 25,000 to the full 50,00 words) novel in between midnight October 31st and midnight November 30th. I participated last year, and unfortunately didn't make it, but I'm going for the full 50,000 words this time around. I was hoping that some of the other writers in Writing 12 might want to join me, I know it's a huge undertaking but it really is fun to just write and not focus on whether everything is "perfect", and it would be nice to have a group who could support each other.
• http://www.bcyuk.legion.ca/main/youth-leadership-and-development/remembrance-poster-essay-and-literary-contest/remembrance-post