For Friday

English 10
Draft one of your extended metaphor is due tomorrow. 2nd draft is due on Monday and final is due on Tuesday.
Fill in the title and author of short stories on your study sheet

English 12
Finish study sheet
Practice your section of the poem that you chose. Tomorrow we will be working on it in class.

English 11
Fabulous job with the poems today. You are amazing in so, so many ways!
You are fine ambassadors for our school!

Please have your study sheet completed for tomorrow. Don't forget to colour code!

For Thursday

English 12
We wrote a journal about our relationship with our father. You need to read the poem: Letter to father in the little English 12 book.
Fill in study sheet: Cattle Car and Night for tomorrow

English 11
Good copy of poem
Fill in sheet for 2 more stories that are thematically connected
Food on Friday

English 10
Read the metaphor about Miss Hancock. Note messages that the metaphors give.
Read the sheet that I handed out today about extended metaphors/note the messages there as well.
Think about your potential extended metaphor. What message/theme will do you want to convey?
Write notes. We will be writing in class

Have a fine rainy evening.

For WEdnesday

English 10
Journals are due tomorrow
Vocabulary test tomorrow
Make a list of 4 important people
Write metaphors about those people.
My mother is_____________________, why? or when? or how? Look at The Metaphor story for support

English 11
2 thematic connections for the study guide
good copy of poem for Thursday
lit terms to graphic text quiz

English 12
2 thematic connections for the study sheet
lit terms to graphic text quiz

For Tuesday

English 10
Your vocabulary words are overdue. Make sure that you have them typed up and ready to hand in.
Short story vocabulary test will be on Wednesday. There is a planning field trip tomorrow, so we want as many people here as possible.
Your journals are due on Wednesday as well. Good copy of a revised journal: typed and paperclipped with your other journals. You should have 8-10 journals.

English 11
Lit terms quiz on Wednesday
Poems for tomorrow: type them please
Make sure that you have a topic sentence and a thesis statement for you outline ready to go.

English 12
Have a horribowl time tonight! Make sure that you have read the questions for Kugelmass. We are going to have short reading quiz tomorrow.
Here they are:
Write the answers to the following questions:
1. Describe the conflicts in the story.
2. Describe the settings in the story.  How do they impact the reader's experience of "The Kugelmass Episode?"
3. What is the point of view of "The Kugelmass Episode"? Why do you think the author chose to write it that way?
4. Describe the character of Kugelmass as completely as you can. What does he look like? What do his actions and words tell us about him? Draw him here:
5. What do you believe is the theme of the short story? Use evidence from the story to support your answer.
6. Can you identify any literary devices or themes? Which ones? Give 2 examples.
7. Outline the plot structure. What plot twists and turns are particularly effective? Why or why not?
8. Find examples of irony in the story.
9. Was Kugelmass right to try to solve his marital issues by having an affair?

For Monday

Thanks again for excellent poems from the grade 12's! You  did an amazing job!

English 12
Please read the Kugelmass Episode and do the vocabulary words/sentences on the worksheet Here is the story

The vocabulary words:
Before reading:

Define the following words and use them correctly in a sentence. Discreet, quip, lacquered, gentry, jitterbug, blissful, symposium, contemplate, lacklustre, implore, wistfully

Lit terms quiz on Tuesday. I will hand out a crossword on Monday.

English 11

Lit terms on Tuesday
Bring a draft of your poem for Monday
For the outline:
Reword your quote, find 3 stories that match thematically
Write a theme/topic sentence and a thesis statement

English 10
Vocabulary words are due on Monday for your Novel Study assignment
Prepare a short information/promotion for your book
Your journals need to be ready for Wednesday. Good copy on top
There is a test on vocabulary words from your short stories on Tuesday

For Wednesday

Grade 12's
What excellent poems you wrote and presented today! I was so impressed with your fine work. You all did an amazing job! You really explored the themes from the memoir well.

For tomorrow: finish the journal about the piece of music that represents you; that resonates with you at this point in your life.

Lit terms quiz will be on Monday. I will hand out a crossword on Thursday.

English 11
Please bring a draft of your Remembrance Day poem to work on tomorrow.

Remember that we are working on essay outlines as well in class.

Final version of your poem needs to be ready for Monday's class.

English 10

The only homework you have is to read. Bring your book to class tomorrow.
Reminder of our vocabulary test on Wednesday. Speeding booking on Monday. Your vocabulary needs to be typed and ready to hand in on Monday. Your final reflection and the rest of your journals are due on Wednesday.

Have a great evening.

For Tuesday

English 12
Poem presentations for tomorrow

English 10
Review vocabulary/test next Wednesday
Read the Metaphor to p. 223/to "mental hospitals"

English 11
Explore websites that deal with Remembrance Day.
We will discuss the question: How do we get to Peace tomorrow in class. We will be brainstorming and sharing ideas and then we will be writing.

For Monday, October 19th

A reminder that Thursday is Parent Teacher Night.

English 10
Great reading! We need to finish up the reading presentations on Monday. If you haven't done yours, you will need to read on Monday so that you can be assessed for your reading.

Work on the definitions for the story that we will read on Monday. Definitions and sentences. We will have a test at the end of the week on the definitions we have learned. More details on Monday.

Your novel assignment is due on Monday, Oct. 26th. You need to have finished  your book by that day for our speed booking date. You will need to hand in your definitions on Monday. Your journals will be handed in on Wednesday, the 28th. You will need to revise one journal, type it and hand it in with all your journal reflections.

English 11
Wonderful poetry presentation on Friday!
Read: The Charmer and do the accompanying worksheet for Monday's class. We will begin working on our poems on Monday.

We will be writing an outline for a five paragraph essay relating to the theme of identity and the 3 pieces we have read: The Charmer, To this Day and Kimberley's Party on Wednesday. You will be writing an  essay on this topic. We will negotiate the date for writing this essay on Monday.

English 12
Good copy of your Night poem. You must type it & decorate it. Please make 2 copies. One for me and one for you to read from.

4 questions on The Cattle Car Complex. Think about the thematic connection to Night.

For Friday

English 12
Lit terms quiz tomorrow elegy to fable
Draft 2 of your found poem/Type it up!
Final version is due on Monday/read the sheet for details about presentation
You will be practicing oral presentation of your poem on Monday

English 11
To this day presentation tomorrow

English 10
Metaphor sheet

For Thursday

English 12
Draft of found poem. Use the sheet that was handed out in class today as your guide.
Lit terms to fable on Friday

English 11
Practice reading your section of To this Day

English 10
Walter Mitty reading for tomorrow.
Bring your silent reading book every day.

Tuesday

English 10
Read and practice your reading section for Walter Mitty

English 11
Write a refection of the poem To this Day

English 12
5 figurative language questions 1-5 from the sheet handed out in class

Friday, October 9, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all

I am grateful to be teaching such wonderful students. I feel lucky each and every day at Elgin Park. This weekend take time to enjoy yourself and to appreciate all the bounty that you have.

English 12
Finish your outline for Tuesday's essay test.
You can bring it and your book when you write in class.
Make sure that you review how to write a topic sentence and how to write a thesis
This link might help you.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/

English 10
Good copy of your point of view assignment typed and ready to hand in on Tuesday. Good copy on top.
Read the Secret life of Walter Mitty. Make a note in pencil on the page about what happens in each paragraph. Please do this, it will help you!

English 11
You don't have any homework this weekend. Skits, dramatic reading on Tuesday.
Yippee!

Tuesday, October 6th

English 11

Do some editing with your point of view piece. Bring it back to class for tomorrow.
Make a list of points about what makes a bully/identity of a bully

English 10
Highlight the sheet that was handed out today about point of view

English 12
Chapters 7-9 discussion questions
Character sheet
Hope sheet with 2 sides fill in

Monday, October 5th

English 10
Some of you still need to finish the found poem assignment from the weekend.
Make sure that you find a way to get it in tomorrow. It is important to balance school and extracurricular activities. Always check the blog!
Reading: The Pose/Imprints p. 98/think about the colours etc that we talked about when you read the story



English 11
Great, great poems today! You are all simply amazing!
Tonight: look at the writing assignments associated with Identities

English 12

Write a reflection of the discussion questions today. You can talk about what you noticed during discussion, you can extend the discussion to include what you think or feel about the topic, you can write about the question that most impacted you.

Minimum half a page. It is important to develop your ideas and to extend your thinking.

October 2, 2015

English 10

Finish good copy of your poem:
Paper clip together:
Good copy, rubric, rough draft

Finish reading journal

Do definitions and sentences from the list of words for The Pose:

urbane, buoyant, strident, agile, teeming, adulation, gale of laughter, gawk, zesty, stern

English 12

Read chapter 6 and 7 over the weekend.  Develop 2 questions for each chapter for group discussion

Quiz on Monday

Do page 3 of the character sheet

English 11

Do the reading questions for the story Identities/short answers are fine, but be prepared to discuss in class. I asked you to look over the story in detail and to reflect upon your drawings/thoughts during oral reading of the story.

consider the point of view and the detailed description

Wonderful reading today. Simply wonderful! Excellent, thoughtful, insightful feedback. It was amazing!

October 1st

English 11
Lit terms quiz to denouement
Finish good copy of poem for tomorrow. Type it. Practice oral presentation
Reread Identities and look at the transitions, imagery and symbolism in the story. What questions, thoughts, connections come up for you?

English 12
Lit terms quiz for tomorrow
Be on time
Finish second sheet of character profile

English 10
Silent reading tomorrow. Reflection in class.
Think about similarities and differences between the movie and story Harrison Bergeron
Bring a rough draft of your found poem to class for tomorrow.
Remember to relate your poem to a theme of the story. You can use the story line or you can just use thematic idea to direct your poem.