September 25, 2009@ 1:10 pm
Hello grade 12 students!
Here is your schedule for this week:
Monday: We will be reading our last short story for the unit, “The Shining Houses” and discussing the story. We will also be discussing Friday’s short story, “War”. I will also be checking to make sure that you all have your ISU novel or play.
Tuesday: Today I will introduce you to your final task for this unit - Creative Short Story Seminars. You will have time to organize your group today and brainstorm ideas.
Wednesday: Working in the library on our seminars.
Thursday: Working in the library on our seminars.
SEMINARS WILL BE PRESENTED ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5th!
COMING UP – Short Pieces Unit Test – Wednesday, October 7th.
@ 1:07 pm
Hello grade 9s and welcome to your fourth week of English!
Monday: Working on Personal Essays in room 111. You should be finished the first three steps. If you are having difficulties please ask! Remember: This assignment is due Monday, October 5th. Today I will also be checking to make sure that all of you have chosen an ISU novel.
Tuesday: Working on Personal Essays in room 111.
Wednesday: Reviewing all material for our first unit test.
Thursday: UNIT TEST TODAY!
@ 1:04 pm
Welcome to your fourth week of English!
Here is our schedule for this week:
Monday:
-Working in the library on our athlete profile
Tuesday:
-Mini- Lesson – How to write a paragraph -Terry Fox Run
Wednesday:
- Working in the Library on our athlete profile
Thursday:
-Finishing our athlete profile
Friday:
- P.D. Day
September 21, 2009@ 11:27 am
Project for Friday September 25th:
My Ideal OR Worst Day
8-10 descriptive sentences using at least 5 “verbes pronominaux”.
To be presented orally on Friday with a written copy to be given to Mme. Stock-Fortin
September 20, 2009@ 7:32 pm
Welcome to your 3rd week of English!
Monday:
-Write Me Sometime (37)
- Activity
Tuesday:
-Bambinger (46)
-Character Sketches
Wednesday:
-Symbolism
-The Fly (handout)
-Personal Symbol Activity
Thursday:
Literary Terms
Revenge Gardening (64)
Friday:
Literary Terms
War (120)
Remember: You must have your chosen ISU book/ play in your hands to show me on MONDAY!
@ 7:24 pm
Welcome to another week of English!
Here is your schedule for this week:
Monday:
-Read Canadian Basketball Trivia
-Take up Questions
-How do I Research
-Introduce Assignment – Library for the second half of class
Tuesday:
-Read Who Am I?
-Levels of Language
-Complete the Writing Extension
Wednesday:
- Finish Sports Trivia game in the library
-Self-Evaluation
Thursday:
-Stereotypes
-Advertisements
-Read Don’t I know You From Some Stereotype
-Journal
-Group Activity
Friday:
-Read The Michael Jordan Nobody Knows and complete the activity as a class
- Introduce athlete profule assignment
@ 7:13 pm
Welcome to another week of English,
Here is out schedule for this week:
Monday:
- Jade Peony Activity
- Theme
- The Lottery
- Lottery Activity
Quiz tomorrow!
Tuesday:
-Terminology Quiz
-Finishing Lottery Activity
-Non- Fiction – Newspaper Articles
-Reading “Living Life to the Max” p. 73
Wednesday:
- Finishing up Newspaper Article Activity
- Magazines – Reading “I was a Teenage Ingenue” p. 142
- Magazine Activity
Thursday:
- Finishing Magazine Activity
- Essays – Personal Essays
- Reading “I live in a Language That’s Not Mine” p. 76 and “The Dream” –p.264
- Intro to personal essay assignment
Friday:
Working on Personal Essays!
September 14, 2009@ 7:45 pm
Hello grade 9 students! Welcome to your second week of high school!
Here is our schedule for this week:
Monday:
-Reviewing Friday’s story
-Reading “Gore”
- Character Comparison – class discussion
- Plot line for the story and question #1 – to be handed in
Tuesday:
- Letter of Intent due TODAY! Please hand in your rough draft along with your final draft.
- LIBRARY TRIP – today you will be given your ISU (Independent Study Unit) – You will be learning about how the library at Courtice SS works as well as looking at potential ISU novels. You may not sign out a book from the school library until Friday.
Wednesday:
- Literary terms – irony, narrator, point of view
- Mystery stories -discussion
- “Lamb to the Slaughter”
- Bias and Stereotypes
-Complete question #2 and 4 – class discussion
- Homework: Complete question #1
Thursday:
- More Literary Terms
- Brainstorming! – literal and figurative
- Reading “The Bridge Builder”
- Completing questions 2 and 3
Friday:
-Symbolism
- Family Relationships – discussion
- Circular Plot
-”The Jade Peony”
- Looking at the characters in groups! – Presenting our discussions
-Homework – question #3
@ 7:45 pm
Hello grade 12 students!
Here is your schedule for this week:
Monday:
-Essay Structure Review and Practice
-Reading “Cameleons and Codas” (p. 225) and answering #1
Tuesday:
ISU book talk in the Library – we will be looking at the different novels and plays that are available in the library.
Wednesday:
- QUIZ on Essay structure, Types of Essays, and Miss Matthews’ expectations for essays (refer to the Survival Guide)
- Literary Lenses
-How do you know it’s good?
Thursday:
- Writing Sample #1 Due Today
- “A Girl’s Story”
-Literary Terms
Friday:
- Introduction to Writing Sample #2 (Due: September 30)
- Review of Short Story Structure and MORE literary terms
- “Write Me Sometime” (37)
-Characterization
@ 7:26 pm
Hello ENG 2L1 students!
Welcome to your second week of school and first five day week of English!
Here is our schedule for this week:
Monday:
-The Mystery of the Mary Celeste – completing notes on the theories as we read
- Journal – write a response to the story – What do you think really happened to the Mary Celeste?
-Finishing Personal Symbols
Tuesday:
- Active Listening and Talking Checklist
-Watching some SWORD FIGHTING!
- Class discussion using our listening skills
- Reading “Swashbuckling”
-Completing questions 1-5 and taking them up
- Time permitting: Opinion Piece – using the template students will write an opinion piece based on the story
Wednesday:
- Finishing the opinion piece and handing it in
- Communication and Cereers
- Military Codes
- Completing questions 1-3 as a class
- Completing the writing extension in our journals
- finishing personal symbols (last chance)
Thursday:
- Communication continued
- Hieroglyphs: Say What?
- Going over questions 1-5 as a class
- Hieroglyph messages!
Friday:
- Discussion starters – Language Barriers
-Who Am I?
- Levels of Language
- Completing the Writing exptension in our journals
Looking ahead: Next week we will be learning about how to research properly!
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