Friday 28 April 2017

SS 8

On Thursday's class, students worked on a booklet on 'guilds' and we discussed life in town in the Middle Ages. We also started a 'Historical Comic Strip' project.

Today, we discussed women of the Middle Ages, and students worked on questions.

Reminders:
  • Worksheet (p.149-157) - due Monday, May 1, 2017

English 10: Blocks 1/2 and 5/6

Have a great weekend and enjoy the sunshine!

For the remainder of this week, students wrote a test on Speak, and also an in-class essay. We also did an introduction to Shakespeare and "Romeo and Juliet".

Reminders:
  • Speak Journals: due today!

Tuesday 25 April 2017

SS 8

Last Friday, we finished watching "A Knight's Tale"  and students completed the viewing sheet. This week, we've discussed the Hundred Years war, Joan of Arc, Medieval trade and guilds. Students were assigned some textbook questions. Today, students worked in groups on a chart comparing medieval fairs, the Revelstoke farmer's market, and shopping malls.

Reminders:
  • Heraldry Coat of Arms: due Thursday, April 27, 2017
  • Textbook Q's, p.149, #1, 2, 3a, and 5: due Thursday, April 27, 2017

English 10: Blocks 5/6

Last Friday, students completed study notes for Speak, and played some language board games. This week, we've been focusing on essay prep for the upcoming in-class essay on Friday. Today we also played a review game for the novel, and started watching a documentary about the Jian Ghomeshi assault trial, as a parallel to themes in Speak. 

Reminders:
  • Speak Project: due Today!
  • Speak Test: Thursday, April 27, 2017
  • Speak Journals: Friday, April 28, 2017
  • Speak In -class Essay: Friday, April 28, 2017

English 10: Blocks 1/2

Last Friday, students had another period to work on their Speak projects. This week, we've been focusing on essay prep for the upcoming in-class essay on Friday. Today we also played a review game, and started watching a documentary about the Jian Ghomeshi assault trial, as a parallel to themes in Speak. 

Reminders:

  • Speak Project: due Today!
  • Speak Test: Wednesday, April 26, 2017
  • Speak Journals: Friday, April 28, 2017
  • Speak In -class Essay: Friday, April 28, 2017

Thursday 20 April 2017

English 10: Blocks 5/6

This week, students were assigned to finish reading Speak. We discussed the end of the novel and finished the movie. Students also worked on their final project  (today was the last class given for this), and took notes on symbols.

Reminders:
  • Speak Project: due Tuesday, April April 25, 2017
  • Speak Test: Thursday, April 27, 2017
  • Speak Journals: Friday, April 28, 2017

English 10: Blocks 1/2

This week, students were assigned to finish reading Speak. We discussed the end of the novel and finished the movie. Students also started a final project (which we'll continue Friday), and took notes on symbols and themes.

Reminders:
  • Speak Project: due Tuesday, April April 25, 2017
  • Speak Test: Wednesday, April 26, 2017
  • Speak Journals: Friday, April 28, 2017

SS 8

This week, we started learning about chivalry in the High Middle Ages. We discussed the stages of becoming a knight and looked at different parts of armour. Students also completed questions from the textbook.

Today, we talked about heraldry and students started making their own coat of arms. We'll continue this next class. We also started watching the film A Knight's Tale.

Reminders:
  • Term ends today!
  • Questions from textbook were due today! (p.145, #1a, 2, 3, 4a)

Thursday 13 April 2017

English 10: Blocks 1/2

This week, students have been continuing to read Speak, work through booklets and work on their journals.

Today, we wrote a quiz, did some song analysis, and started watching the movie.

Reminders:
  • Finish reading Speak: Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Wednesday 12 April 2017

English 10: Blocks 5/6

This week, students have been continuing to read Speak, work through booklets and work on questions.

Today, we wrote a quiz, started a final assignment and started watching the movie.

Reminders:
  • Finish reading Speak: Thursday, April 20, 2017


SS 8

This week, we've been focusing mainly on review for Unit 2 (The High Middle Ages). Early this week, we finished going through the review booklet and played some review games. Students also started a persuasive paragraph, which we've been working on continually this week.

Today, we read the story of "Sir Percival" in out textbooks and students completed questions. We also watched a video on "Life in the Middle Ages (The Merchant)". We spent the whole second period writing a final test on Unit 2.

Reminders:
  • Persuasive paragraphs (plan, rough copy and good copy): due Tuesday, April 18, 2017
  • Check your marks for missing work! There is only one more week until the end of term!

Thursday 6 April 2017

English 10: Blocks 1/2

Thanks for the song analysis participation today!

We started off the first period with a quotation exercise and students were introduced to a reading response assignment for the novel Speak. They had time to work on a journal response and silent read. We then discussed some important themes in the novel.

In the second half, we did some song analysis and students participated in a storytelling activity.

Reminders:
  • Marks are posted! Term End is April 20, 2017!
  • Read up to p. 68 in Speak for next class

Wednesday 5 April 2017

SS 8

Great Pictionary participation today!

We spent the majority of class working on a couple of world political maps. Students then had time to work through their Unit 2 review booklets and we played a game of Pictionary. 

Reminders:
  • Unit Review: Due Friday, April 7, 2017
  • Unit 2 Test: Wednesday, April 12, 2017

English 10: Blocks 5/6

Your stories are very entertaining Grade 10's!

We started off the first period working through the novel Speak. We discussed some of the events, students had time to silent read, work on questions, and we started a reading-response assignment.

In the second period, we did some practice with quotations and analyzed a couple of songs. Students then broke into groups and participated in a storytelling activity.

Reminders:
  • Read up to page 68 in Speak
  • Questions  for page 24-46 - due next class 

Tuesday 4 April 2017

SS 8

Welcome back Grade 8's!

Yesterday, we pent most of class going over Royal Power and Democracy in the Middle Ages. If you did not complete the notes, make sure to copy off someone. Students then worked on questions.

Today, students started a review booklet for Unit 2. There will be a test next week.

Reminders:
  • Questions due today! (p.67 #1, 2, 3a & c, 4)
  • Unit 2 Test (The Middle Ages): Wednesday, April 12, 2017

English 10: Blocks 5/6

Welcome back!

We started a novel study this week on Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak. On Monday, we did a pre-reading survey as a class and had some discussion around topics of bullying, and school cliques. We then read the first section.

Today, we completed a package on the first section, including vocabulary and a plot analysis chart. Students then completed questions for the first 24 pages.

Reminders:
  • Read up to p.46
  • !st marking period booklet : Finish for Wednesday, April 5, 2017

English 10: Blocks 1/2

Welcome back!

We started a novel study this week on Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak. On Monday, we did a pre-reading survey as a class and had some discussion around topics of bullying, and school cliques. We then read the first section.

Today, we completed a package on the first section, including vocabulary and a plot analysis chart. Students then completed questions for pages 24-46.

Reminders:
  • Read up to p.46
  • Questions  for 24-46: Finish for Thursday, April 6, 2017