Eng. 11 - Oct. 27

Make-up Time for Sight Test or Content Test

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 am

Lit 12 - New Dates

Wed. Oct. 26 - Part II, 12-19
Thurs. Oct. 27 - movie #4
Fri. Oct. 28 - Vocab. Festival #2

Mon. Oct. 31 - character Part Two
Tues. Nov. 1 - Part III, 1-10
Wed. Nov. 2 - movie #5
Thurs. Nov. 3 - Part III, 11-19
Fri. Nov. 4 - movie #6

Mon. Nov. 7 - notes on theme
Tues. Nov. 8 - fishbowl discussion
Wed. Nov. 9 - In-Class Essay
Thurs. Nov. 10 - Hamlet

Mon. Nov.14 Project Due
Fri. Nov. 18 - Vocab Test

Lit - Oct. 24

Have the rest of II (12-19) finished for Wednesday, Oct. 26

Eng. 9 Oct. 24

Have "Barney" questions #1-6 done for Tuesday.

SS. Project due on Friday, Oct. 28

Eng. 9 - Oct. 17

Finish questions for "The Sentimenatlists"

Eng. 11 - Oct. 17

Have "The Pedestrian" questions completed.

Presentations: Mon/Tue. 24, 25

Sight Reading Test - Wed. 26
Content Test - Thurs. 27

Lit. 12 - Oct. 13

Have Ch. 16-23 finished for Monday.

Eng. 9 - Oct. 13

Have 20 vocab words.

Read some of "A Way out of the Forrest" and "The Crooked Man" and see which one you'd like to present.

Eng. 11 - Oct. 13

Have Charmer homework finished.

40 vocab. words

Eng. 11 - Oct. 12

Write a paragraph on the conflict of "The Charmer"

Ask an interpretive question on "The Charmer" - answer it in paragraph form.

Quote a significant sentence from "The Charmer" - discuss its significance in paragraph form.

Eng. 11 - Oct. 11

Read "The Charmer" p.100 in Viewpoints for Wed.

"A Serious Talk" essay due Wed. Oct. 12

Have your group story read for Thursday's class.

Thursday, Oct. 13: group day - whole class is give for group presentations!

GROUP PRESENTATIONS: Mon. Oct. 24/ Tues. Oct. 25

Lit 12 - Oct. 11

Have questions and quotes for I. 1-6

Eng. 9 - Oct. 7

Do questions #1-6 for Tues. Oct. 11

Eng. 9 - Oct. 6

1. Read "The Veldt" p. 101

2. Write a three paragraph composition discussing the pros and cons of technology (don't go too far back in time). Discuss the influence of computers in our society - socially, educationally, physically,
You may write three paragraphs on one side, two or one, it's up to you.

Good arguments
Good grammar, editing, writing
Consult your feedback from your last paper - class, writing improvements and editing
Title, name, double space

Due: Wed. Oct. 12

Eng. 11 - Oct. 6

Write a five paragraph, thesis driven essay on the symbolism in "A Serious Talk" by Raymond Carver

Pay attention to the feedback I gave you from your last essay (Editing Sheets, Writing Improvements, Essay feedback)
Go over Symbolism notes
Make sure you have quotes to support your argument (integrate properly)
Could write about just one symbol or more than one (think about what your points are going to be)

DO NOT LOOK AT THE INTERNET: higher marks go to those who support their original thinking

Eng. 11 - Oct. 5

Do "A Serious Talk" questions for Thurs.

Eng. 9 - Oct. 5

Technology


Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Watch these two videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjJg9NfTXos



How much should technology be part of the classroom?
How much is being used? (Think of all your classes.)
What is your response to the two videos you saw?
What was the message of each?
What are some of the pros and cons of technology generally?
How much has technology changed in the classroom since you've been going to school?

Lit 12 - Oct. 4

Sight Reading Test: Wed. Oct. 5 - study all elements of short fiction.

Content Test: Thurs: Oct. 6 - have a one page sheet with quotes from the 7 stories we have studied - study with ideas on each element and each story

Vocabulary Festival: Oct. 7 - have 25 words defined