Monday April 4

3U1
-will return essays and quizzes
-updated marks
-Act I, ii and iii of Romeo and Juliet

3C1
-Monday is your last day to hand in your verbal/visual
-finish Chapter 2 of West Side Story
-quiz on vocabulary words and Chapters 1 and 2 of West Side Story on Wednesday or Thursday
-updated marks will be handed out after verbal/visuals have been marked

Tuesday March 29 - Thursday March 31

3U1
-read up to the Prince's speech in Act I, scene i
-worked on the Prologue, liner notes

Wednesday
-quiz on 1-3 of Gatsby, continue Act I of Romeo and Juliet

Thursday
-continue Act I (Act I, scene ii) of Romeo and Juliet

3C1
-finished chapter 1 of West Side Story

Wednesday
-Chapter 2

Thursday
-note on chapter 2
-take up chapter 2 questions

**verbal/visual due by Thursday

Monday March 28

3U1
-review info from power point
-complete Shakespeare sheet
Tomorrow
-bring Romeo and Juliet textbook

3C1
-finish reading up to page 27 in West Side Story and up to question #16
Tomorrow
-finish chapter 1 of West Side Story and chapter 1 questions
-verbal/visuals due Tuesday, Wednesday or Thurasday 

Friday March 25

3U1
Over the weekend:
-continue to read Gatsby, work on your Gatsby questions
-first Gatsby quiz, March 30, chapters 1-3, content only

Monday
-meet in the seminar room, bring Romeo and Juliet textbook and notebook 

3C1
Over the weekend:
-work on verbal/visual; due Tuesday March 26 or Wednesday March 27

 Monday
-bring West Side Story and notebook

Snow Day!

3U1 - quiz is now Thursday, after the quiz, Gatsby

3C1 - begin West Side Story, bring in your West Side Story Research Assignments on Thursday

Tuesday March 22

3U1
-looked at the epigraph and began reading The Great Gatsby
-worked on vocabulary sheet for Gatsby

Quiz on Wednesday - History of the English Language

Rest of the Week
-introduction to Gatsby, quiz dates for chapter tests for Gatsby 

3C1
-library web quest assignment on West Side Story
-meet directly in the library

Rest of the Week
-begin reading West Side Story

Over the Break

3U1
-finish up and fine tune your essay (due the Monday March 21 or Tuesday March 22)
-review the 3 time periods of the History of the English Language
-quiz on Wednesday March 23 on the History of the English Language

3C1
-review your favourite short story (reread it, look back at the questions/notes/elements associated with it)
-on your return you will be working on your verbal/visual essay based on one of the short stories
-you can work individually or in pairs 
-we will be beginning West Side Story the first week back

Tuesday March 8 - After the Break

3U1
-take up satirical piece on hockey
-take up 'Old English ' period
-work on essay

ALLUSION - a reference to someone or something from history, religion or literature.  Authors use allusion to help the reader make a stronger connection to their work. 

For example, if I said, "That student is a real Bart Simpson."  You would identify the allusion from the tv show The Simpsons and the allusion of Bart Simpson helps us to understand that the student is a trouble maker, underachiever, class clown, etc.

Another example would be if a basketball coach said, "Our team's inability to make free throws at the end of the game is our Achilles' heel."  You would identify the reference froim Greek History and it is a reference to the warrior Achilles and his weak point - his heel.  Thus, the coach is saying the team's free throw shooting, at the end of the game, is the team's weakness.


Important Dates
-Wednesday March 9- Satire Piece - analysis of a satirical piece of writing
-Thursday March 10 - Peer Edit Essay, Middle and Modern English

Homework
-for Thursday - finish essay and summarize Middle English


During the Break
-finish essay, due Monday or Tuesday after the break
-review periods of the English Language

3C1
-working on short stories review through Wednesday

Important Dates
-Thursday March 10 - short stories test (see your review and test outline)

After the Break
-verbal/visual essay for short stories unit
-begin West Side Story

Wednesday March 2 - Friday March 4

3U1
-working on essay
-expectations given, how to quote, transition words, thesis, topic and concluding sentences and intro and conclusions
-referencing, works cited covered in the library

Peer editing - Wednesday March 9
Satire test - Thursday March 10

3C1
-finishing the story, "One of these Days"
-finishing the story, "Barney"
-defining symbolism, suspense
-introducing group assignment

Short Stories Test - Thursday March 10

Tuesday March 1

3U1
-review notes for political cartoon, know what a political cartoon is, the tecniques the cartoonists use to create satire and the 6 questions we apply to cartoons

Look at the cartoon on the side and answer the following:

Is it about an issue, event or personality?
What is the cartoonist's opinion (viewpoint) on the issue, personality or event?
Name, define and explain how two satirical techniques are used by the cartoonist to develop the satire. (One hint - look at the words he says)

Good luck

Tomorrow - we will begin essay writing after the assignment

3C1
-hand in memo
-finish "Paid Up Member"
-begin "One of these Days"