English 8

Today was the last day to work on your PowerPoint presentations for Independent Novel Studies. Presentations are on Thursday!

Reminders:

• Presentations for Independent Novel Studies: Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015

English 9

Today we finished watching Big Fish; we will complete activities for this tomorrow.

Reminders:

• Story Presentations: tomorrow, Dec. 16, 2015

English 10

Today we looked over our grammar worksheets on homophones and spelling because you will have an open-book grammar quiz tomorrow. We also watched a plot synopsis of The Scarlet Letter, since it is referenced in Speak. We also read up to page 137 and completed questions.

Reminders:

• Speak questions (116-137): tomorrow, Dec. 16, 2015
• Open-book grammar quiz: tomorrow, Dec. 16, 2015

English 8

Last week, students worked on presentations for their Independent Novel Studies; the last class allotted for this will be tomorrow. Today, we worked on subjects and predicates, poetic terms (notes), and sudents wrote an acrostic poem. If you didn't finish it in class, it is due tomorrow.

Reminders:

• Acrostic poem: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015
• Independent Novel Study Presentations: Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015

English 9

I'm sorry I was away last week; here is an update for English 9.

We've been working on commonly confused words in grammar; we have also been working on an oral story mini-unit. Students spent last week and today finishing up their project on First Nation oral stories. Students submitted their Powerpoints to my dropbox already. If you want to add on to your project, you can submit a second version to me before Thursday.

Reminders:

• First Nation Story Project: Thursday, Dec. 16, 2015

English 10

I'm sorry I haven't been updating the blog as often as normal; here is an update as to where we are in English 10.

We've been working on suffixes/prefixes and spelling in grammar. We've read up to page 116 in Speak and have been working on questions as we go. We also tried our first practice Provincial Exam last week (just the reading comprehension part), and went over the answers as a class. Last week, I also assigned a free verse poem, that needs to be a minimum of 20 lines. This is due Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015.

Reminders:

• Speak questions (p. 96-116):due tomorrow
• Poem: due tomorrow

English 10

Today we worked on homophones and reviewed the introduction to Speak. We then read up to page 46 and completed study questions.

Reminders:

• Speak Study questions (p.24-46): due next class

English 8

Students were given time to continue working on their literary paragraphs. We then did a cut&paste activity with the vocabulary from The Giver. Don't forget to review your chapter questions for the test tomorrow!

Reminders:

• The Giver Test: Tomorrow, Dec. 9, 2015
• The Giver literary paragraphs: Friday, Dec. 11, 2015

English 9

Today we talked about characteristics of First Nation myths and legends, and watched a couple video examples of 'Creation' myths. Then students started working on an assignment in which they have to analyze a First Nation Myth and present it to the class.

Reminders:

• Create your own myth: OVERDUE
• "AMSND" Caption booklets: due Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015

English 10

Today we worked on suffixes and prefixes, and started our new novel unit. Students filled out pre-reading questions for the novel Speak, we read up to page 24, and completed study questions.

Reminders:

• Speak Study Questions (p.2-24): due tomorrow

English 9

Today we started a mini-unit on myths and folklore. Students took notes on the main characteristics of myths and we read the Greek myth "The Flood"; students answered corresponding questions for this. At the end of class, students were assigned to write their own short myth, explaining a phenomenon of their choosing.

Reminders:

• Create your own Myth (one paragraph minimum): due Tuesday, December 8, 2015

English 8

Silent Reading and grammar.
Today we started writing a literary paragraph for The Giver. We brainstormed ideas on the board and students filled out a plan before getting started on their rough copies. We will continue this tomorrow. We also went over a Crossword we started last class.

Reminders:

• The Giver Test: Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015

English 10

We started off class with some notes on Shakespearean tragedy. If you were not here, please get the notes off someone - it will appear on Friday's test. Students also wrote a quiz on Acts 4-5 of "Romeo an Juliet", and we watched the Baz Lurhman version of the play as a final review.

Reminders:

• "Romeo and Juliet" projects due today
• "Romeo and Juliet" Test: Friday, Deceber 4, 2015

English 9

Today we spent the first half of the period working on caption booklets in the library (I'll give one more class to work on this), and students wrote a final test on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" during the second half of class.

English 8

Today we finished reading and discussing the Novel The Giver, and then proceeded to watch the movie. We will continue it next class. Don't forget that The Giver projects are due Friday!You can use the library at lunch or during homework club.

Reminders:

• The Giver projects: due Friday, Dec. 4, 2015

English 9

We spent the entire block in the library working on Caption Booklets for "A Midsummer Night's Dream". We will continue this next class.

Reminders:

• "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Test: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2015

English 8

Today students silent read Chapter 20 in The Giver and we spent the rest of the block in the library working on our projects for The Giver. 

Reminders:

• Projects for The Giver: Friday, Dec. 5, 2015
• Finish Chapter 20 if you didn't in class

English 10

Today we finished watching the movie "Romeo and Juliet" and did some Provincial Exam Practice. I handed students back their compositions they did a few weeks ago, and we looked at ways to improve our writing (description, vocabulary, considering our audience, etc). I then allotted time for the rest of class to write a composition with the topic: "The toughest struggle in life is with ourselves".

Reminders:

• Acts 4/5 Quiz: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2015
• "Romeo and Juliet" project: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2015
• "Romeo and Juliet" Test: Friday, Dec. 5, 2015