It's Friday, Friday!

Okay, all you weekend warriors, here is your homework!
Quiz on lit terms to repetition
Reflective Essay based on the prompt: Life is full of surprises
Begin the conflict sheet (doesn't need to be finished yet)
Quiz on Act 2 on Wednesday
Your next book club meeting is on Wednesday

Thursday, July 28th

Less than 2 weeks to go!
Tonight:
Be ready for book club meeting/fill in your reading sheet. I will collect everyone's if you don't have all of your work done
Quiz on Act 1
Definitions sentences for words in Act 2
Have a good evening!

Wednesday

Lit terms quiz to pastoral
TPCASTT sheet on Swimmer's Moment poem (look it up online)
Book club reading fill in reflection sheet for Friday
Crucible
Character Sheet should be complete
Write a journal reflection about act one from the point of view of one of the characters.
Quiz on Act 1 on Friday. Know the characters......

Tuesday July 26

If you missed today:
You missed a quiz on lit terms
Continue reading act one of the crucible
Read for book club
Write draft of essay: try to use metaphors and unusual language in your writing
Topic: Beauty is found in simple things.
Spend no more than 35 minutes on the topic.
Have a great evening!

Homework for the weekend: sentences and definitions for act 1 of The Crucible. Make up a question from your presentation. Skim read Act 1. Lit terms quiz to metre on  Tuesday. Have a great weekend!

July 21st

Study for the test on Catcher. Make notes and mark off pages that you think might be important.
You will only have up until the break to complete the essay.
During the second half, we will be doing our presentations for the Crucible.
We will begin independent reading on Monday. We will be reading the play in class and we will be working on poetry as well.
Half way there!

July 20th

Quick note:
comma sheet
good copy of paragraph about absent characters
quiz on the last 4 chapters of catcher
essay test on Friday

Monday, July 18th

Just a quick reminder:
my email: pederson_c@sd36.bc.ca
Send in your assignments!
Tonight:
Finish good copy of Holden poem/Criteria for marking:
Connection to Holden
Extended Metaphor
Creativity
Study for quiz chapter 19-21 (review those theme sheets!)
Lit terms test on Wednesday
Finish reading the novel

Friday, July 15th

The end of week 2!
Remember to make up any missed work as soon as possible.
Please try to finish the novel this weekend.  This will leave you more time for preparing for the Unit test on Friday. You will have a choice of essay topics to choose from.
Monday: Lit terms quiz elegy to fable
Finish worksheets chapters 16-18/19-21
Tuesday: quiz on Chapts 19-21
Draft of poem about Holden based on "My Mind"
Have a great weekend.

Wednesday, July 13th

Well, we made it to the middle of the second week!
Good skits today!
Here's what you need to do for tomorrow:
Review lit terms denouement to editorial
Multiparagraph essay:
Compare and contrast Phoebe and Jane's relationship with Holden and their influence on him. Rough draft for tomorrow.
You need to read up to the end of Chapter 15.
There will be a Unit test next week. Be prepared to finish the novel over the weekend so that you are not struggling to catch up.

Monday, July 11th

Week 2
Here are your tasks for tonight:
Character sketch of Holden---use supporting evidence from the text.
Finish the transition words sheet
Write your own reflection sheet for chapters 7-10
Study for lit terms quiz 3
Wednesday there will be a quiz on chapters 7-9 and 10-12 in Catcher.
Keep reading!
Have a good evening.

Friday of week one

Okay, Summer School Students!
We made it to week one and we are still alive.
For this weekend:
Try to finish to the end of Chapter 10 in Catcher (try to be ahead of the class)
There will be a quiz on chapters 1-3 and 4-6
Fill in the reading notes for Chapters 4-6
Diction and Syntax sheet
Remember that there will be a quiz on Lit terms to denotation on Tuesday.
Try to keep up with your reading and read ahead if at all possible. You will be glad that you did.
Have some fun on the weekend.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

We made it to Thursday of week 1!
One more day to go! Hooray for you for sticking with it!
Tonight's work is as follows:
1. Study for the quiz on lit terms to characterization
2. Read Chapters 1-3 and fill in the sheet for Catcher in the Rye
3. Finish your writing assignment on irony in "The Kugelmass Episode"
3. There will be a quiz on Chapters 1-6 on Monday.
4. The next 15 words will be on Tuesday
This is a trailer for the recent Woody Allen movie called "Midnight in Paris"

July 7th

Day 3!
We made it to the middle of the week!
Here's what to do tonight:
1. Correct your draft and have it ready for tomorrow
2. Run on sentences worksheet
3. Read Kugelmass Episode/ Draw Mr. Kugelmass
4. Bring your cheque if you haven't done so already
5. Read to chapter 3 in Catcher in the Rye/for Friday and fill in the Reading Sheet/it will help you remember what happens
6. there will be a quiz on Friday on Lit terms to characterization

Tuesday, July 5th

Day 2 of Summer School
Here's what to remember for tomorrow:
Quiz on lit terms to atmosphere
Rough draft of your Identities story/good copy is due on Thursday
Worksheet on Universal themes.
Remember to bring your cheque by the end of the week.

Summer School

Well, we made it through day 1 of summer school and you are still here!
Remember to bring your cheque for $100.00 made out to the Surrey School District.
Homework for tonight:
Identities by Valgardson
Write about the role of the setting. Discuss irony in the story. Cite example.
Quiz on lit terms to atmosphere is on Wednesday.
Have a great evening!