For Monday

Okay, so I have been a little behind in writing on the blog, but that doesn't mean I don't want to.
Good work finishing the novels, Grade 11's, nice job on the essays today, Grade 12's and wonderful memoirs Writing People!

Creative Writing
choose your poem for Monday. We will be putting them in cupcakes and we will also be painting.

English 12
Enjoy the weekend. We are starting The Crucible on Monday as well as working on other things.

English 11
Final journal reflection on the novel is due for Monday. Type it. I will collect it.
Journal assignment and final assignment will be discussed on Monday.

Enjoy your time. Read a book, write a story, send a letter, read a blog.......learn a new word

For the weekend

Thanks for a great week. English 12: you have some great ideas for your Night Project! English 11 created some fine poems and tweets about their novel. Creative Writing memoirs are going to be a fantastic read!

Creative Writing
Memoir reading will continue on Monday. We are going to decide what to do with our poems and we are looking at what we want to do next.

English 12
Use the quote: "We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell" Oscar Wilde
Choose 3 pieces of literature and the connections between the stories.
Write 3 different thesis statements  Go to this link for help: developing a thesis
Essay test on Night and other literature: Thursday, April 30
Project on Night due: May 11th
Project time on Monday and Tuesday

English 11
Journal #4 due for Monday
Keep reading!
Last book club meeting on Thursday

Happy Birthday Will

English 11
Book Club Meeting tomorrow. Be ready to meet with your group.

Creative Writing
Your memoir is due. Typed and ready to go please

English 12
Work on Night Assignment
Quiz on lit terms to narrator for tomorrow
Project due on May 11th
Cross grade on May 13th

For the weekend

English 11
Read your section for book club on Monday. Create 4-6 questions for each chapter

English 12
Night chapters 6-9
Discussion questions
Worksheet/fill in hopelessness sheet

Creative Writing
Second Draft for Tuesday
Extended work time on Monday

Have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for another fine week. Good discussion in all class.
Practice a new word today. Find one that you don't know very well and use it whenever you get the opportunity.

For Friday

Creative Writing
A poem a day for the next week.
Your second draft is due Monday.
Final version is due on Friday/reading in small groups.

English 11
Write a journal and reflect on the theme statement/quote that you wrote today in class. It should be a substantial journal: 3/4 of a page or so.

English 12
We wrote a journal on hopelessness today. Read the "Before you Read" Sheet:

FOCUS ACTIVITY
What does it mean to feel hopeless? How do you think hopelessness affects people’s lives?
Journal
Describe on paper a time when you or a friend felt hopeless. What circumstances caused this feeling?
How did you or your friend respond to the situation?
Setting a Purpose
Read to find out how Wiesel confronts and responds to the increasing hopelessness of his situation.

BACKGROUND
Time and Place
The Allies invaded Europe on D-Day, June 6, 1944. At the time of Wiesel’s imprisonment in 1944,
Germany was already losing the war. This reality only inflamed Hitler’s desire to exterminate the Jews. Gassings and mass shootings escalated despite calls from the German army for more war production laborers.Many camps were closed in the spring of 1944, not long after Wiesel had reached Auschwitz. While many non-Jews were sent to labor camps, many Jews were sent to the Auschwitz gas chambers.

Did You Know?
Psychologists who study Holocaust survivors have recognized a pattern of reaction to the concentration camp experience. At first, prisoners were stunned and paralyzed by the horror. Many did not survive this early shock, in fact, the highest death toll was among new prisoners. Even if they weren’t selected for death, they fell ill, were grief-stricken by the loss of family members, became exhausted, or simply gave up hope in the face of evil. Those who survived these early experiences recovered some sense of balance.
Many have reported that they separated themselves from their surroundings and even their bodies. They focused on surviving one day at a time. With each new onslaught of horror or loss, prisoners repeated this process. Some people became what prisoners called muselmänner or “walking dead.” If a prisoner fell into this state for too long, death was probably imminent. Viktor E. Frankl’s book, Man’s Search for Meaning, offers insightful clues as to why some people survived the psychological horror of concentration camps and others did not.

VOCABULARY PREVIEW
contagion [k@n ta$5j@n] n. an influence that spreads rapidly
embarkation [em2ba#r ka$5sh@n] n. beginning of a journey
encumbrance [en kum5br@ns] n. burden
indeterminate [in2di tur5mi nit] adj. vague, not fixed in advance
rivet [riv5it] v. to hold attention tightly, as if physically attached
semblance [sem5bl@ns] n. outward appearance, but with a sense of falsity
vigilance [vij5l@ns] n. state of extreme watchfulness

For Tuesday

English 11
This is for homework for tomorrow. Follow the directions.

Short Story Essay Practice

Choose 2 quotes. Brainstorm a list of stories that will match the quote. Write a theme statement. Write a potential thesis statement

1. 1.     Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
2. John F. Kennedy

2.Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.”

Peter F. Drucker

3."For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.”

Lao Tzu

4.“Those things which are precious are saved only by sacrifice.”

David Kenyon Webste

5. "Winning is nice if you don't lose your integrity in the process." 

Arnold Horshak

 Bring your reading book to class. We will be reading in class tomorrow and preparing our questions for Book Club on Thursday. Snacks for book club meeting!

English 12

Make sure that you are looking for these images and note the impact of the images:

Throughout this section, Wiesel uses language related to death, darkness, night, and decay to

convey the horrors around him. In your groups, divide up the section’s text. Reread to identify

examples of this recurring language. Then discuss the images this language evokes

Discussion groups for class tomorrow. We will be working on the persuasive essay question tomorrow in class and we will be writing it in class

Creative Writing

First Draft is due on Wednesday.

We will be writing a poem a day for the next week starting tomorrow.

 

For the Weekend

Next week:

Parent Teacher Interviews on Thursday, April 16th


Creative Writing:
A link for you:
Some hints:memoir writing 
Looking forward to reading your memoirs!
Proposal for Monday
Draft 1 for Wednesday
Draft  2 for Monday the 20th
Final version for Friday the 24th

English 12
Great work on the poetry presentations. Good discussion on Night

Do the web: 

Create a cluster web, with danger written in the center circle. In circles radiating from the center, list possible reactions to dangerous situations. In other circles coming off of the reaction circles, brainstorm possible consequences of those reactions.

Setting a Purpose

Read to find out how Wiesel responds to many dangerous situations.

Read Chapters 3 and 4 for Monday
Fill in the sheet that I gave out in class today
Formulate 4 questions for each of the 2 chapters
Chapter 5 for Tuesday
Discussion time Tuesday
Journal for these chapters will be due on Wednesday

English 11
Have a great weekend!
This link might help a little. Essay
Write the 2 body paragraphs for your essay
The essay test on Short Stories will be on Wednesday. It will be based on a quote
The quote for this week: “If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die.”  Maya Angelou. By Monday you should have an introduction and 2 body paragraphs done.
We will be reading our books in class. If you were absent, you will have to choose a book to read in your group.

Gifted: Please have your permission forms ready for the field trip on Tuesday, April 28th.
You will need to arrange your own transportation.

For Friday

Tomorrow: 2143

English 12
Lit terms to graphic text.
Perfect your journal from today
Look online for information to continue today's discussion

Social Studies Connection
Learn more about the laws Hitler created to persecute Jews. How did Hitler persuade the
German people and government to construct a legal system for mass murder? On what elements
of human nature did he capitalize? How were terror tactics involved? Then examine the
text in chapters 1 and 2 to identify those laws which affected Wiesel’s life directly.

English 11
Finish your own outline for the essay topic that we have been covering in class
Here is a link for you to look at about thesis statements ,Thesis statement
We will work on the outline tomorrow and then we will write the introduction in class.
Realistically, I we will not be ready to write until Tuesday.

Creative Writing
Proposal for tomorrow/Writing time tomorrow and selection of due date.
We are also going to do some poetry stuff tomorrow as well.

For the long weekend

Thanks for a great week! There was lots of fine discussion going on. Fantastic presentations by English 11 students, great work on the Memoir assignment preparation in Creative Writing. I am impressed by the hard work the grade 12's are doing on the poetry assignment and I am excited to see what creative things you will do with this project. Have a great long weekend; enjoy your time with friends and family.

English 12
Read Chapter 1 of Night. Formulate 6 questions for the chapter. They should be questions of various levels. (See the sheet handed out on Thursday). We will verify the questions on Tuesday. Chapter 2 and questions will be due for discussion time on Wednesday. You will be in groups of no more than 6 for the book discussion.
Reminder that your presentations are due on Tuesday. Four people will present each day. Make sure that you have a back up system just in case something goes wrong.

English 11
Finish the study guide sheet. Work on theme statements for the study guide. We did 3 in class on Thursday. Make sure your statements are broad and relate to humanity in general. Do not make them morals. Remember that a moral tells you what or what not to do. We are going to review essay writing and there will be an in class essay test on Friday. You will be able to use your notes etc. in class. We will be choosing our group novels on Tuesday.

Creative Writing
Proposal for your memoir assignment is due on Tuesday. Writing time on Tuesday and Wednesday. Editing and reading time on Thursday. We will negotiate a due date when we see how well we are doing.
Remember to bring your reading books to class every day.

For Thursday

English 11
Fabulous readers theatre today.
Fill in study sheet for 3 stories/be sure to work on theme statements

English 12
Information about Eli Weisel
Work on your poetry presentation/All due Tuesday

Creative Writing
Memoir proposals will begin tomorrow

Gifted
SFU Surrey Challenge at the end of the month
Meet in Room 202 tomorrow during period 4
First 10 people can go
Teams will be different this year; you will be working with other schools.
Grade 11 students are welcome this time.