Eng. 9 - Dec. 18

Have all of III questions finished for Wed. Dec. 19

Gave out projects: due Jan. 14

Vocab Test: Jan. 11

Eng. 11 - Dec. 17

All of V questions: Wed. Dec. 19
Scenes: Thurs. Dec. 20

Movie: Mon. Jan. 7
Movie: Tues. Jan. 8
Fishbowl: Wed. Jan. 9
In-Class Essay: Thurs. Jan. 10
Test: Fri. Jan. 11

Eng. 11 - Dec. 14

Have all of IV questions finished for Mon. Dec. 17

Scenes: Thurs. Dec. 20

Fishbowl: Wed. Jan. 9
Essay: Thurs. Jan. 10
Test: Fri. Jan. 11

Eng. 9 - Dec. 14

People who are acting in III ii, please go over your lines.

Eng. 9 - Dec. 11

Finish all of II questions - package (and specific text questions as indicated in package).

Eng. 11- Dec. 11

Have all of III questions finished.

Eng. 11 - Dec. 5

Complete all of II questions for HW.

Scene Day is Friday, Dec. 7


Scene Performance: Thurs. Dec. 20

Eng. 9 - Dec. 4

Have #1,2,4,5,7 on p. 22 completed.

Iii #1,2 from package.

We will be going over Act I tomorrow - acting out II.

literary terms: soliloquy, iambic pentameter, malapropism

Eng. 11- Nov. 29

Make sure all Act I questions are completed.

Eng. 9 - Nov. 27

Test: Wed. Nov. 28
Movie Review: Nov. 29

Start A Midsummer Night's Dream- Nov. 30

Eng. 11 - Nov. 27

Finish questions: I i, ii, iii, iv for Wed. Nov. 28

Lit 12 - Nov. 27

All of Act III.

Eng. 11 - Nov. 22

Make-up for Test or Essay: Tuesday, Nov. 27 after school.

Lit 12 - Nov. 21 - Hamlet Dates

M. 26 - Act out III


T. 27

W.28 - Assign Soliloquies

T. 29 - Discuss III



M. 3 - Act out IV - Scene Assignment?

T. 4 - Act out/Discuss IV

W. 5 - Discuss IV

T. 6 - Discuss IV

F. 7 - Act out V



M. 10 - Discuss V

T. 11 - Soliloquy Presentations

W. 12 - Discuss V- themes

T. 13 - Scenes

F. 14 - movie



M. 17 - movie

T. 18 - fishbowl

W. 19 - In-class essay

T. 20 - Quote Test

F. 21 - Merry Xmas

Eng. 9 - Nov. 19

For Tues. 20: Ch. 11 #1,2/ Ch. 12 # 1,2

For Wed. 21: Ch. 13 #1-4/ read Ch. 14

For Thurs. 22: We'll go over your writing/get Movie Review Criterion

For. Fri. 23: Movie

Eng. 9 - Nov. 15

Have your good copy of your Character Composition ready to hand in, complete with rough copy, peer editing sheets and title page.










Have Ch. 10 # 1, 2, 3, 5 finished.









40 Vocab words

Eng. 11 - Nov. 15

Friday's class: go to room D107 for the movie.










People who missed Thursday's class: final handing in of questions happened today.









Fishbowl topics- freedom, power, society.









Have your topics prepared: notes, quotes, questions, thesis statements for Tuesday, Nov. 20









In-Class Essay: Wednesday, Nov. 21



Test: Thursday, Nov. 22

Lit 12 - Nov. 15

Have all of Act I finished: "Scene Notes" for each scene - make sure you analzye your quotes, answer your questions and quote the lines for your literary devices.

Writing 12 - Nov. 15

Children's Book day: Friday, Nov. 16










Brooksbank: Monday, Nov. 19









Poetry Peer Editing: Wednesday, Nov. 21



Workshop: Thursday, Nov. 22









POETRY NIGHT: Monday, Nov. 26 at 7:00pm

Eng. 9 - Nov. 13

Have Ch. 8 #3,4,5, 8

Ch. 9 #1,2, 3

Lit 12 - Nov. 9

Project Due Date: Tues, Nov. 13

Those who missed the in-class essay: after school Tues. Nov. 13

Those who missed Friday's class - bring a doctor's note or miss the 10 marks.  [Derrick, Laurie, Darby, Frances, Ellie are excused] - rewrite of this quiz - also Tuesday.

Eng. 9 - Nov. 5

Have Ch. 5 #1,2,3,5,7 completed

Read Ch. 6.

Eng. 9 - Nov. 2

For Monday, Nov. 5 - Have #1-7 for Ch. 4 completed

For Tuesday, Nov. 6 - Have #1,2,3,5,7 completed

Eng. 11 - Nov. 1

Have Ch. 16-20 completed for Monday, Nov. 5

Also, have quotes for your character's symptoms ready for library day (Monday).

Eng. 9 - Oct. 30

Vocab Test: Friday, Nov. 2

Eng. 11 - Oct. 30

Have Ch. 10-15 read with the questions completed.

Eng. 9 - Oct. 26

Read and do the questions for IHON: Ch. 1 #1-5, Ch. 2 # 4,5

Vocab Test: Friday, Nov. 2

Eng. 11 - Oct. 26

Have chapters 5-9 completed.  Don't forget to analyze the quotes as well as answer the questions.

Eng. 11 - Oct. 24

Read and complete questions for Ch 1-4 for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Don't forget to analyze the quotes.

Eng. 9 - Oct. 16

Read "The Carved Table" for Wed. Oct. 17

Thurs. Oct. 18 - Have "The Duel" read - half the class will be working on group presentation

Mon. Oct. 22 - Group Presentations on "The Duel"
Tues. Oct. 23 - SS Projects due
Wed. Oct. 24 - SS Final test

Thurs. Oct. 25 - Start In the Heat of the Night

Eng. 9 - Oct. 11

Have questions #1-6 for "The Parsley Garden" completed.

20 vocab. words.

Lit. 12 - Oct. 11

Timeline- 4-5 weeks to read, study, do projects, write essay and watch movie.




There are 61 chapters - 3 parts



SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR PRIDE AND PREJUDICE



Tues. Oct. 9 - Start P&P

Thurs. Oct. 11 - Part I, 1-6

Fri. Oct. 12 - go over Content/ booktalks



Mon. Oct. 15 - Part I, 7-15

Tues. Oct. 16 - movie #1,

Wed. Oct. 17 - Part I, 16-23

Thurs. Oct. 18 - movie #2

Fri. Oct. 19 - WRITERS' FEST



Mon. Oct. 22 - character Part One

Tues. Oct. 23 - Part II, 1-11

Wed. Oct 24 - movie #3

Thurs. Oct. 25 - Part II, 12-19

Fri. Oct. 26 - movie #4


Mon. Oct. 29 - character Part Two

Tues. Oct. 30 - Part III, 1-10

Wed. Oct. 31 - movie #5

Thurs. Nov. 1 - Part III, 11-19

Fri. Nov. 2 - Vocab Festival #2



Mon. Nov. 5- movie #6

Tues. Nov. 6 - Notes on elements

Wed. Nov. 7 - Fishbowl

Thurs. Nov. 8 - In-Class Essay

Fri. Nov. 9 - Hamlet



Tues. Nov. 13 - Project Due

Fri. Nov. 16 - Vocab Test









Groups for treats:



Ii Chandler, Justin, Ali, Mitchell

Iii Ryan, Momo, Michael

IIi Derrick, Tatiana, Julia, Laurie,Ellie

IIii Darby, Katarina, Frances, Marisa

III i Luke, Torah, Anita, Adam

IIIii Hillary, Chrissie, Taryn, Kate

Eng. 11 - Oct. 11 - Due Dates

F. 12 - Have "Blue Bouquet" read

M. 15/ T. 16: Group Presentations
W. 17 - Go over essays
T. 18 - Sight Reading Test

M. 22 - Content Test

Eng. 9 - Oct. 10

Read "The Parsley Garden"

Eng. 11 - Oct. 9

Have conflict paragaph and question and quote for "The Charmer" completed by Wednesday, Oct. 10

Lit 12 - Oct. 9

Have I Ch 1-6 completed for Thursday, Oct. 11

Eng. 9 - Oct. 3

Finish questions #1-7 of "The Witch"

Eng. 11 - Oct. 3

Read your group short story to prepare for GROUP DAY!  Thursday.

Coming soon: Sight Reading Test, Content Test, Presentations, Book Talks, Vocabulary and Irony Contest Day!

"A Serious Talk" essay due: Tuesday, Oct. 9

Eng. 9 - Oct. 2

Read "The Witch"

Eng. 11 - Sept. 28

Have #1-7 finished for Monday, Oct. 1

Group Day is Monday!

Code word: Griffin

Eng. 9 - Sept. 27

Have your good copy of "Technology" completed.  Please also email it to me if you want it to appear in the Sabre Trooth: talexis@nvsd44.bc.ca

10 vocab words total

Eng. 9 - Sept. 25

Complete questions for "The Veldt" #1-6

Have composition for Technology completed for Thurs. Sept. 27

Short Stories Test #1: Mon. Oct. 1

Vocab: 10 words for Fri. Sept. 28

Lit 12 - Sept. 25

Read "Paul's Case" do your question and quote and #2,3,4,5,10  for Thursday, Sept. 27

Fill out your vocabulary sheets!

Bring your Writers' Fest money

Eng. 9 - Sept. 24

Assignment: Write a three paragraph opinion piece about the use of technology.




- in schools

- in our society

- pros and cons



Try to think of how you would organize your composition - it could be 3 paragraphs of pros, or two and one, any combination.

Due: Thursday, Sept. 24

Eng. 11 - Sept. 24

Have all 12 questions for "A Rose for Emily" finished for Wednesday.


Code word: snapdragons.

Eng. 9 - Sept. 20

For people who are away on Monday and Tuesday:

1. How much should technology be part of the classroom?


2. How much is being used? (Think of all your classes.)

3. What is your response to the two videos you saw?

4. What was the message of each?

5. What are some of the pros and cons of technology generally?

6. How much has technology changed in the classroom since you've been going to school?

Lit 12 - Sept. 20

Read "Just Lather, That's All"

Do your question and quote.

Do text #1,2,6,8

Create a debate chart: Is the barber a hero or a coward?  Try to argue both sides.

Eng. 11 - Sept. 20

Read and understand "A Rose for Emily"

Eng. 11 - Sept. 18

Have "We Have to Sit Opposite" questions finished for Wed.

Eng. 9 - Sept. 17

Make sure your "Father" questions are completed.


code word: wooly tomatoes.

Lit 12 - Sept. 17

Read and do question and quote + #1,2,3,6 for "The Lottery"

Choose group story.

Bring $17.00 for Writers' Fest

Eng. 9 - Sept. 13

5 vocab words

Good copy of "Someone Changed"

Lit 12 - Sept. 13

Group Presentation: Oct. 1, 2

Sight Reading Test: Oct. 3

Content Test: Oct. 4

Vocab Fest: 25 words, Oct. 5


Bring $17.00 for Writers' Fest

Eng. 11 - Sept. 13

"A Lady's Beaded Bag" theme essay due: Tuesday, Sept. 18

10 vocab words


code word: Beaker

Lit 12 - Sept. 12

Read "The Destructors" in Story and Structure

Do your question and quote, then #1,4,5,6,8 from text

Choose your story for your presentation (by Friday)

Bring Writers' Fest money $17.



code word: bacon pancakes

Eng. 9 - Sept. 11

Write "Someone Changed" - 3 paragraphs - due Thursday, Sept. 13

5 vocab words

Eng. 11 - Sept. 11

Read "A Lady's Beaded Bag"

Answer the questions in paragraph form.

Fill out debate chart - both sides - answer the question: "Is the trashpicker sane?"


10 vocab words for Friday

Eng. 9 - Sept. 10

Read "Wish You Were Here"


code word: potatoes

Lit 12 - Sept. 7

Read "The Dead Man's Path" p. 920

Complete "the order": question and quote, author notes, reread, text questions, literary devices (in that order)

Review short story elements.

Eng. 9 - Sept. 6

Read "Barney" p. 3

Answer questions #1-6 (in full sentences)

Eng 11 - Sept. 6

Read "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway

Complete all 7 questions in paragraph from for Friday.

Don't talk to anyone about the story - work on your own.

Lit 12 - Sept. 5

Read "The Japanese Quince" p. 1082

Do your question and quote

Agree or disagree with the analysis on p. 1085

Eng. 11 - June 4

Anyone who missed the test or the essay can write it Thursday after school this week.

Eng. 11 - Due Dates

IV questions - Thurs. 24
V questions - Fri. 25

Scenes -Monday,  May 28
Movie -Tus./Wed. May 29/30
Fishbowl - Thurs., May 31
In-Class Essay - Fri., June 1

Test - Mon., June 4

Lit 12 - Due Dates

T. 24 - "Apostrophe to the Ocean"
F. 25 - "Ode to the West Wind"

M. 28 "Wind"/"Nightingale"
T. 29 - "Nightingale"/"Fears"
W. 30 - ROMANTIC POETRY TEST
T. 31 - "Ulysses"
F. 1 - "Ulysses"/"Song"/"Sonnet 43"

M. 4 -- "Dover Beach"/ Victorian Notes Romantic Poetry Essay due
T. 5 - "Darkling Thrush"/"My Last Duchess"
W.6 - "Pretty"/ "Disembarking"
T.7 -  "Gentle"/ Decide on Fishbowl topics/Student Choice Awards
F.8 - Review of 4 Modern Poems

M. 11 - VICTORIAN/MODERN Test
T. 12 - Fishbowl - 3 topics
W. 13 - Games/ Relays
T.14 - Provincials/Studying Cue Cards
F. 15 - Goodbye/ Bard on the Beach

Writing 12 - May 18

Record an "overheard conversation"

Eng. 11 - May 18

Have all of III finished for Tues. May 22

Scenes: May 28

Lit 12 - May 18

Have 2 x QQ for "Rime" as well as the text questions.  Pay attention to the supernatural, colours, theme and symbolism.

Lit 12 - May 14/15

Take notes on the Romantic Period.

Prepare "The World is Too Much with Us" and "The World Leaps Up"

Eng. 11 - May 11

Have all of II questions finished.

Lit 12 - May 10

Have "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" prepared (2XQQ + text + author notes + devices)

We will be working in groups all of Friday in order to prepare for a PRESENTATION on Monday, May 14.

Make sure you have your ESSAY TOPICS for your final essay due May 28

Eng. 11 - May 8

Make sure all questions for Act I are completed for Wednesday.

Lit 12 - May 8

Prepare: "To a Mouse," "The Tyger," and "The Lamb"

Literary Terms: colloquial language, dialect, aphorism, trochee, trochaic tetrameter, rhetorical question

People who were away: "Transitional Poets Notes"

Question: What is positive about the tiger and what is negative about the lamb?

Lit 12 - April 17

Have the following words defined: ZEUGMA


JUXTAPOSITION

APHORISM

SATIRE

METAPHORS FOR SCISSORS

ALLUSIONS

MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES

FUNNY NAMES



Also, give an example of each from Pope's "Rape of the Lock."
 
For those who missed class, we also took notes on Pope and "The Rape of the Lock" and read Canto III.
 
Group mock epic, 2XQQ + text questions due Tuesday, May 1

Lit 12 - April 20

Mon. 23 - Renaissance Test
Tues. 24 - Pepys' Diary - 2XQQ and text, Restoration Notes

Eng. 11 - April 16

Tues. 17 - Have your character quotes ready for Library Day
Wed. 18 - Big discussion
Thurs. 19 - Presentations
Fri. 20 - Vocab (40) have Ch. 21-25 questions finished

Mon. 23 - Ch. 26-29 - Final Discussion (Themes)
Tues. 24 - Movie
Wed. 25 -Movie
Thurs. 26 - Fishbowl
Fri. 27 - In-Class Essay
Mon. 30- Test

Lit 12 - April 12

Have 3 questions, 3 quotes, text questions and notes on whether Satan is a hero or not for Monday, April 16


Debate: Mon. April 16
Inclass Essay (cue cards): April 17

Movie: April 18, 19 (groups 3 and 4 for food)

Renaissance Test: Mon. April 23

Bard on the Beach money

Writing 12/ Lit 12 - April 12

Bring $16.50 for Bard on the Beach

Eng. 11 - April 12

Ch. 16-20 due for Monday, 16

Vocab/booktalks for Friday, 13

Group/Library/Quotes: Tuesday, 17

Group Presentation: Thursday, 19

Eng. 11 - April 11

Have Ch. 10-14 questions completed. We will be reading Ch. 15 aloud tomorrow.

Lit. - April 4

Complete "Virgins," "On His Blindness" and especially notes on MILTON

Eng. 11 - April 4

Have Ch. 5 questions finished for Thurs. April 5

Have Ch. 6-9 finished for Tues. April 10

Eng. 11 - April 3

Read Ch. 4 - have all questions for Chapters One - Four completed. Don't forget to analyze the quotes.

Eng. 11 - April 2

Read up to p. 28 in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

Lit - April 2

Prepare "Valediciton: Forbidding Mourning" and "Death Be Not Proud"

Lit - Mar. 28

Read and prepare Shakespeare's Sonnets 29, 116, 130

PRESENTATIONS: Thurs., Mar. 29

Jane Eyre and The Plague: Friday, Mar. 30

Eng. 11 - Mar. 27

Read "The Blue Bouquet" for Wednesday.

Sight Reading Test: Thursday, Mar. 29
Content Test: Friday, Mar. 30

Wr. 12 - March 2

New due dates: Peer editing day: Mon. March 26

Workshop day: Tues. March 27

Lit. 12 - Mar. 2

Over the next week: Take notes on The Renaissance

do Text, question and quote etc. (author notes, literary terms) for "Whoso List to Hunt"

"The Passionate Shepherd" and "The Nymph's Reply"

We will have the Remains of the Day book discussion on Friday March 9.

Essays for the first two books are due Thurs. March 8

Essays for Remains are due Monday, March 26

PROJECTS due: Thurs. March 9

Eng. 11 - Mar. 2

Dates changed: Group Presentations: Thurs. Mar 8 and Fri. Mar 9

Sight Reading Test: Wed. Mar. 28
Content Test: Thurs. Mar. 29

Eng. 11 - Feb. 28

Group Presentation due: Wed/Thursday March 7/8

Sight Reading Test: Friday, March 9

Lit - Feb. 28

Have Notes for "Scottish Ballads" finished p. 105

Do Q&Q + text for "Bonny Barbara Allan"

Writing 12 - Feb. 27

Have Narrative Package finished.

Lit. 12 - Feb. 27

Have all text questions and question and quote on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight for Tues. Feb.28

Eng. 11 - Feb. 23

"A Serious Talk" symbol essay due: Wed. Feb. 29

Eng. 11 - Feb. 22

"A Serious Talk" questions are for homework.

Essay will be assigned on Thursday, Feb. 23. Due Wednesday, Feb. 29

Lit - Feb. 21

On Wednesday we are having presentations worth 20 marks that are reliant on good notes. The groups will be of your choosing, but both the prepartation and presentation will take place in class.

Lit - Feb. 17

All characters, 11-23 are due for Tuesday, along with the 3 questions and text book questions.

Beowulf/Chaucer project due: March 7

***The Plague and Jane Eyre have been switched

Eng. 11 - Feb. 16

Have 20 vocab words finished

Have "A Rose for Emily" questions completed.

Lit - Feb. 16

4-10 Characters - quote and analysis + satirometer reading

Vocab sheet #1 (grey)

Beowulf/Chaucer projects due: March 7

Eng. 11 - Feb. 15

Have "A Rose for Emily" read for Thursday, Feb. 16

Wear black on Friday.

Lit. 12 - Feb. 13

Have Medieval Notes finished for Tues. Feb. 14

Eng. 11 - Feb. 9

Complete question #1 for "We Have to Sit Opposite"

Point of View Notes

Read "We Have to Sit Opposite"

Vocab - 10 for Friday

Essay on "A Lady's Beaded Bag" for Mon. Feb. 13

Eng. 11 - Feb. 6

Have your debate chart ready for Tuesday.

Wear black on Feb. 17

Lit 12 - Feb. 3

Independent/Group Novels


Your discussion will be on a Friday and your essay will be due on the following Monday. If you miss your discussion you will receive 0.

Books 1 & 2: Discussion: March 2, essay due: March 5
Books 3 & 4: Discussion: March 9, essay due: March 26
Book 5: Discussion: March 30, essay due April 2

Advice from previous students:

Don't leave your essay until the last weekend
Finish the book far ahead of the discussion
Take notes - sticky notes are great
Essay writing: narrow thesis (PLANNING)
Pay attention to the historical era (context)
Write a practice essay right away
Bring a list of discussion questions - don't get bogged down
on plot
Be self disciplined

Book #1: Brave New World - Matt D., Serena, Katelynn, Anika, Jack
Book #2: The Sun Also Rises - Marisa, Alex, Brayden, Erika

Book #3: Jane Eyre- Rae, Harry, Francesca, Alexis
Book #4: Remains of the Day - Nolan, Chris L., Brittany, Laura

Book #5: The Plague- Swanny, Dayna, Helen, Brian, Chris V.

Eng. 11 - Feb. 3

Sheets handed out: Book talk sheets, vocabulary, "A Lady's Beaded Bag" story, questions

Read "A Lady's Beaded Bag" and complete the questions for Monday

Lit. 12 - Feb. 2

Due Monday: All questions for Beowulf on p. 30, question and quote for the last two sections.

Beowulf test on Friday, Feb. 10

Lit. 12 - Feb. 1

Grendel drawings - colour them!

Eng. 11 - Jan. 31

Have the questions for "Hills Like White Elephants" completed.

Lit 12 - Jan. 31

Have the question and quote for the first 3 sections of Beowulf completed.

Lit. 12 - Jan. 12

Have "The Second Coming" prepared

"The Hollow Men" is due for Tuesday.

Eng. 11 - Jan. 11

Have a poem picked out for your poetry presentation - must be from Inside Poetry (due Thursday, Jan. 16)

Group Day: Thursday, Jan. 12

FINAL EXAM:

MONDAY, JANUARY 23 9:00am - small gym

Eng. 9 - Jan. 9

Hunger Games map: due Tuesday, Jan. 17

Your job:

To design your arena to represent the arena in The Hunger Games

Include:

Cornucopia
Lake
Stream
Cave
Trees
Starter platforms
Career camps
Incidents:
} Tracker jackers, characters' deaths, explosion, the feast, parachutes

Eng. 9 - Jan. 6

Have The Hunger Games package finished for Monday, Jan. 9

We will be working on our maps on Monday. Bring your novel, poster paper, pens, pencils etc.

Eng. 11 - Jan.6

Giant Scottish Play test on Monday, Jan. 9 - study hard!

block one - bring your bags of clothes

Make-up time for in-class essays and tests: Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 am

Lit 12 - Jan. 6

Have all three poetry packages finished - we will discuss "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" on Monday.

Have your polished, typed good copy of your personal essay for Monday.

BLOCK 4!

Some say Chandler's portrayal of the witches was better than Polanski's

Eng. 11 - Jan. 5

In-Class Essay - Friday, Jan. 6

MacTest - Monday, Jan. 9

block 1 - Don't forget the clothing drive!

Lit. - Jan. 5

Essay topic: "It is Important to Learn from the Past"

Good copy due: Monday, Jan. 9

Have exam prep for "Channel Firing" completed

Do not forget the Q&Q for "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

Lit. 12 - Jan. 4

Topic from Jan. 3 - "Simple Gifts are the Best"

Topic for Jan. 4 - "Dreams Take us on Journeys"

Complete exam prep for "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

Eng. 11 - Jan. 4

Thursday, Jan. 5 - fishbowl

Friday, Jan. 6 - In-class Essay

Moday, Jan. 9 - Scottish Play Test

Eng. 9 - Jan. 4

For Thursday, Jan. 5 - A Midsummer Night's Dream test

For Friday, Jan. 6 - final 5 vocab words (total of 50)

For Monday, Jan. 9 - package for Hunger Games