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