Week at a Glance: Dec 13 - Jan 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. You should finish the book by the end of the first week of January.
• "What stories have shaped me?" Presentations in January = Aidan, Lexus, Shirin
• Spelling Bee on the 2nd Class back! If you want to prepare, check out some of the fun spelling sites in the bar on the right ---->

English 11 AP

Enjoy your break!

Writing 12: Next meeting: January 25th at 7:15am.
To see details regarding the last month's assignments, go to the archives.

• First assignment: Write your earliest memory. Help the reader experience that memory. Email it to a peer for feedback when you're done, then revise and email it to me with a question you'd like me to focus on and give you feedback about.
• 2nd assignment: Get a large piece of paper (or do this on a prezi or whatever suits your fancy) and make a massive web of everyone in your past and present life who you've had a signifiant connection to. From each person on your web make branches which explore the story that lies in that connection to each person. Ask your parents or siblings to fill in the years that you don't remember as well. This is brainstorming. Do not let any idea be censored. Shut up your inner critic and just go nuts with the web.

WRITING CONTESTS

• The Writers' Union has some awesome contests - deadlines range from Feb to the Spring: http://www.writersunion.ca/cn_main.asp

Week at a Glance: Dec 6 - 10

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 7 = Brett, 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.
• 2.1 due dates for your "What stories have shaped me?" Presentations
• Dec 8 = Brandon, Jeffrey, Ethan, Chris, Roy
• Dec 10 = Megan, Jacob, Michelle, Carla
• Dec 14 = Si Yeon, Simone, Maddie, Sienna, Kendall,
• Dec 16 = Frances, Tobias, Brooke, Alix, Lotte, Shirin, Lauren,
• January = Aidan, Lexus
• Written stories for 2.1 are due on Dec 16th

English 11 AP
Due for the 8th: Bring 1 of each type of question (of the 4 types) regarding your novel. Focus only on the pages that everyone in your group has already read.
Due on the 10th: a monster sentence using as many sentence shapes as you can.

Writing 12: Next meeting: January 25th at 7:15am.
To see details regarding the last month's assignments, go to the archives.

• First assignment: Write your earliest memory. Help the reader experience that memory. Email it to a peer for feedback when you're done, then revise and email it to me with a question you'd like me to focus on and give you feedback about.