Monday 20 June 2016

English 9

Make sure to get all of your assignments in this week Grade 9's!

Crazy Man Test: Thursday, June 23, 2016
English 9 Final Exam: Friday, June 24, 2016

English 8

Hey English 8's - make sure to hand in missing assignments this week!

English 8 Final Exam: Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Thursday 16 June 2016

English 10

Over the past week, we've been doing a lot of Provincial Exam Prep. Students wrote a practice exam yesterday, and we looked at more examples of compositions today. Today, we also reviewed more terms and analyzed poems by looking at poetic devices.

Reminders:
  • "Meditation"/"I am a Rock"/"For Whom the Bell Tolls"/"The Man Who Sold the World" questions due next class
  • Provincial Exam: Thursday, June 23, 2016
  • Marks are posted! Make sure to check for missing assignments!

English 9

Students have been very hard-working this week! We've been finishing up the Crazy Man journals, and the founds poems. Students also wrote an expository paragraph. Today I handed out a package of terms, which we'll review tomorrow.

Reminders:
  • I'm still missing Creative Components for Independent Novel Studies!
  • Found Poems: due Friday, June 17, 2016
  • CC Words Quiz (open-book): Friday, June 17, 2016
  • Crazy Man Journals due!

English 8

It's been a while since I've written on here!

This week we've been working on myth projects, poetry, and reviewing terms for the exam. Don't forget that the myth projects are due tomorrow! Also, if you were absent today, make sure to get the review package and the notes we did as a class today.

Reminders:
  • I'm still missing some descriptive paragraphs!
  • Myth projects: due Friday, June 17, 2016

Monday 13 June 2016

English 9

Today we worked on our journals for The Crazy Man and the Found Poems.

Reminders:
  • Independent Novel Study Project : due tomorrow, June 14, 2016

English 8

Today we did some practice with commonly confused words. We then read and analyzed the poems "My Guilt" and "It's Different Now". After that, students wrote a descriptive paragraph.

Reminders:
  • Commonly Confused Words Quiz: Wedensday, June 15, 2016
  • "My Guilt"/"It's Different Now" questions: due tomorrow
  • Descriptive paragraph (plan, rough copy, good copy): due tomorrow

English 10

Today we looked at the structure of the English Provincial Exams, and at a couple of examples. We completed a multiple choice test together as a class, and looked at good and bad examples of the mini essay synthesis portion of the exam.

Reminders:
  • The Chrysalids In-Class Essay: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
  • All questions for The Chrysalids: due Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Thursday 9 June 2016

English 8

The projects are coming along nicely!

We spent the first half of the day in the IT Lab working on Greek Mythology projects. After the break, we discussed descrition and imagery. We then read and analyzed the poems "My Mother, Who Came From China, Who Never Saw Snow" and "When I was a Little Girl". We finished by starting a plan for a descriptive paragraph.

Reminders:
  • Poem questions: due next class
  • Make sure you have finished an acrostic poem, a, limerick, and a haiku

English 10

Thanks for working so well today Grade 10's!

Today we went through characteristics of a Dystopian society and how they apply to The Chrysalids. This will be a question on your test tomorrow. After that, we watched an example of telepathy in Simpson's "The Shinning". I then went over the structure of a five-paragraph literary essay and assigned an in-class essay on The Chrysalids for Tuesday next week. We spent most of the class filling out a planning sheet, creating thesis statements, and picking quotations.

After the break, I went throguth poetic device terms you will need to know for the Provincial Exam. We also analyzed the song "Testify" and the poem "Letter to the Media". We finished the class by starting a 'Black-out' poem.

Reminders:
  • The Chrysalids Test: Friday, June 10, 2016
  • The Chrysalids In-Class Essay: Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Tuesday 7 June 2016

English 10

Today we finished discussing the last chapters of The Chrysalids- yay! The last novel study in English 10 is done!

Reminders:
  • Chapter 16-17 questions: due next class
  • The Chrysalids Test: Friday, June 10, 2016

English 9

We spent the day working in the library on the Independent Novel Study creative component. The 3D models are looking great!

Reminders:
  • Crazy Man Quiz (up to page 150): Wednesday, June 8, 2016

English 8

Thanks for working so well today! Today students wrote a limerick and a haiku (rough copies only). I then introduced the Myth project. Each student picked their own Myth to research in their books. They started writing a summary and drawing an illustration for the project.

Reminders:
  • Haiku and Limerick poems: due next class!

Monday 6 June 2016

English 10

Today we read an article about a disorder causing abnormal toes. This relates to the character Sophie in The Chrysalids. We also discussed the events in Chapter 15.

Reminders:
  • Comparison paragraph on The Village: due today!
  • Chapter 15/ Article questions: due next class
  • Finish reading The Chrysalids
  • The Chrysalids Test: Friday, June 10, 2016

English 8

Today we read the myth of "Heracles" (Hercules) and watched a couple videos of the "12 Labours of Heracles". There were questions to follow. After that, students wrote an Acrostic poem.

Reminders:
  • "Heracles" Questions due next class
  • Acrostic poem (rough copy only) due next class

English 9

Today we finished reading the section "Dad" in Crazy Man. There were some questions to follow. After that, we started a journal response project for Crazy Man.

Reminders:
  • Sections 1-5 for your Independent Novel Study should be complete and handed in!
  • "Dad" questions due next class

Friday 3 June 2016

English 8

Today we had Ms. Moore come in and share an Indigenous story with us, originating from the Shuswap area. Thank you for being attentive and participating in the discussion! We then did some practise with commonly confused words, and students took notes on poetic devices. If you were not here, it's very important that you get the notes - they will be on the final exam.

Reminders:
  • "Coyote and the Sky" One-Pager: due today!

English 9

Today we worked on out Independent Novel Study projects in the library. The last bit of the portfolio part was supposed to be done today - I gathered all of the duotangs.

Have a great weekend!

Reminders:
Independent Novel Study Porfolios: due today!

English 10

I gave some time to silent read Chapter 16 in The Chrysalids. We'll be finishing the novel next week:)

After that, we finished watching The Village and I assigned a paragraph to complete. You must compare three themes from The Village and The Chrysalids. Here is a copy of the assignment:

Choose THREE of the following themes to compare :
  • Fear of the Unknown
  • Xenophobia
  • Rigid Beliefs
  • Enforcement of tradition
  • Control of knowledge
  • Fear-Mongering
  • Conformity
  • Isolation
Here is the structure for the paragraph:
1) Topic Sentence: (Include titles/authors, and purpose of your paragraph)
Ex: John Wyndham’s novel The Chrysalids and the movie The Village  have similar themes that can be compared.


2)Topic sentence: Mention Theme 1

a) How does The Chrysalids address this theme?
b) How does The Village address this theme?


3) Topic Sentence: Mention Theme 2
a) How does The Chrysalids address this theme?
b) How does The Village address this theme?


4) Mention Theme 3
a) How does The Chrysalids address this theme?
b) How does The Village address this theme?

5) Concluding Sentence


*The paragraph is due next class 

Reminders:
  • Read Chapter 16
  • Paragraph comparison - The Village to The Chrysalids: Monday June 6, 2016
  • The Chrysalids Test: Friday June 10, 2016

Wednesday 1 June 2016

English 10

We started off the day with quiet reading (read Chapter 15 for homework). Students then wrote a quiz, and we discussed the events in Chapter 14 in The Chrysalids.

After the break, we started watching the film The Village. Students will have to write a written comparison on common themes  the film and The Chrysalids (fear of the unknown, xenophobia, rigid beliefs). We'll continue it next class.

Reminders:
  • Read Chapter 15
  • Chapter 14 questions: Friday June 3, 2016
  • Chrysalids Test: Friday June 10, 2016

English 8

Very impressive presentations today!

We started off the day with practice on commonly confused words. We then went to the library to take out copies of the book Myth. After that, students presented their independent novel study PowerPoints.

In the second half of the class, students took notes on characteristics of mythology, and we watched a re-cap of famous Greek gods and goddesses. We also watched a clip of the story of "Pandora's Box". After that we read the story "The Flood" in our Myth books and completed a booklet about the story. We went over the answers as a class.

Reminders:
  • "Coyote and the Sky" One-Pager: Friday, June 3, 2016