Christmas Break - Merry Christmas!

Have a safe, relaxing and happy Christmas!

And...over the break...don't forget to...

3C1
-read chapters 5 and 6 of West Side Story
-complete question sheet on the two chapters

4U1
-read Act 4 of Hamlet
-complete question sheets
-begin to brainstorm, make notes on your critical approaches seminar

See you next year!

Wed Dec 19

3C1
-finished  reading chapter 4 of West Side Story

For homework
-make sure all questions are complete for chapter 4

4U1
-finished Act III of Hamlet

For homework
-complete questions
-finish ISU (due by this Friday)

Tues Dec 18

3C1
-read up to p. 71 in west Side Story

For Homework
-read 71-80 and do the questions

4U1
-read III, ii

For Homework
-ISU due tomorrow
-read III,iii
-continue with mind map 

Thursday Dec 13

3C1
-finished chapter 2 of West Side Story

Homework
-finish questions
-review for chapter 1 and 2 quiz on Monday

Friday
-chapter 3

Over the Weekend
-review for quiz

Monday
-quiz, watch movie

4U1
-watched Hamlet up to Act 3
-read first 55 lines of Act 3, scene 1
-began analysis of "to be or not to be" soliloquy

Friday
-peer edit (1/2 the period), continue with Act 3, scene 1

Over the weekend
-finish ISU (due Monday ot Tuesday)
-prepare for Act 1 and 2 quiz (plus ppt info and soliloquy/aside note)

Monday
-continue with Act 3 

Mon Dec 10

3C1
Monday
-period 3 - note on setting on WSS, read chapter 1 
-period 5 - research on WSS

Tuesday
-continue with novel

Wednesday
-period 3 - research on WSS
-period 5 - continue reading WSS

4U1
-note on soliloquy and aside
-read  Act 2, scene 1; started scene 2

Homework
-read up to line 170 in scene 2, fill in any secret plots and desired outcomes

Tuesday
-finish Act 2, scene 2

**reminder that rough copy of ISU is due on Thursday for peer editing; good copy is due Monday or Tuesday 

Thursday Dec 6

3C1
-note on  the setting of West Side Story

Friday
-read chapter 1 up to page 14 and answered questions 1-9 in class

Homework
-read West Side Story up to page 27 and answer questions 1-16

Monday
-in library, research report

4U1
-correct Act 1, scene 2; read act 1 scene 3 of Hamlet

Homework
-read and answer act 1, scene 4

Friday
-act 1, scene 5 and mindmap

Weekend Homework
-ISU
-finish mindmap for Hamlet Act 1

Monday
-Act 2

Monday Dec 2

3C1
-continued with Shakespeare in Love
-assignment is due on Wednesday

4U1
-finished up A Man For All Seasons
-began ppt introduction to Hamlet

Homework
-continue read your ISU - rough copy and notes due Dec 11

Tuesday Nov 27

3C1
-finished reading Act 5, 3

Homework
-complete scene questions
-begin to review (Act questions, themes, notes, dramatic worksheets)

Wednesday
-review worksheets
-watch Act 5, scene 3

Thursday
-test

Friday, Monday, Tuesday
-media assignment (completed in class)

4U1
-read Act 1, scene 6
-brief note on Henry's role

Homework
-read Act 1, scene 7 and answer the 4 questions

Tomorrow
-note on Act 1, scene 6
-correct questions on scene 7
-continue reading Act 2

 Thursday
-continue reading Act 2
-essays due

Friday
-test on AMFAS (Act 1)
-note

Thursday Nov 22

3C1
-note on Act 4, scenes 2 - 5
-watched Act 4

Homework
-begin reviewing for R and J test - test will be next Thursday

Monday
-Act 5, scenes 1 and 2

4U1
-read Act 1, scenes 1 - 3 of AMFAS

Homework
-finish poetry essay (with all the extensions it should be done already!)
-read scenes 4-5 on your own and complete the fill in the blank question sheet on scenes 1 - 5

Monday
-peer edit poetry essay
-read scene 6 and 7

Tuesday Nov 21

3C1
-finished note on themes of Romeo and Juliet
-read Act 4, scenes 1 and 2

For Homework
-essays are now late so get them in tomorrow
-complete questions on Act 4, scenes 1 and 2

Tomorrow
-review of the importances of Act 4, scene 1
-read scenes 3, 4 and 5

Thursday
-watch Act 4 and complete Act 4 review worksheet

4U1
-almost finished watching A Man For All Seasons

Homework
-work on poetry essay
-read ISU novel

Tomorrow
-essay reminders
-finish movie
-begin reading A Man For All Seasons

Mon Nov 19

3C1
-listening quiz
-themes of Romeo and Juliet

Tomorrow
-finish themes
-read Act 4, scene 1

For Homework
-be sure all Act 3 questions and review sheets are completed

4U1
-finished watching Act 1 of AMFAS

Tomorrow
-finish Act 2

For Homework
-continue working on your poetry essay

Thursday Nov 15

3C1
-worked on essay (peer editing)
-reminders of all the "handing in" expectations for the essay ie works cited page, page #ing, student info, order of the assignment, what goes in the final assignment package, etc.

-essay is due Monday or Tuesday

Tomorrow
-tie up Act 3

Monday
-Act 4

4U1
-finished ppt on A Man For All Seasons

Tomorrrow
-quiz tomorrow (part true/false part multiple choice; its on scantron)
-watch the play (and Monday)

Tuesday Nov 13

3C1
-(due to football buyout) work period on R and J essay
-rough copy due Thursday

Tomorrow
-Act 3, scenes 4 and 5

4U1
-continuation of ppt on Thomas More

Tomorrow
-work period - isu reading or poetry essay

Friday
-quiz on Thomas More ppt (scantron)

Friday Nov 9

3C1
-final day of essay outline, guidelines and reminders 

Rough Copy is due on Tuesday, so your homework is to work on it over the weekend.  Follow the steps in the package in order to create a four paragraph rough copy

Monday
-correct Act 3, scenes 2 and 3; watch video

Tuesday
-peer editing of the rough copy

Wednesday to Friday
-continue with Romeo and Juliet
-essay is due on Friday

4U1 
-poetry quiz
-poetry essay reminders
-how and why we analyse from the historigraphical/biographical approach

Over the weekend
-pick your poem and begin analysing it
-continue to read ISU novel and make notes

Monday
-introduction to Tudor years

Tuesday
-continue Tudor years

Wednesday
-ISU/Poetry Essay work period

Thursday
-A Man For All Seasons Video

Friday
-poetry essay peer editing; video

Wednesday Nov 7

3C1
-finished questions on Act 3, 1
-note on Act 3, 1
-introduction to essay writing (essay package handed out)

Thursday
-work on your essay (I'm at a meeting)

4U1
-finished "Porphyria's Lover"
-ISU reading period (football buyout)

Thursday
-poetry essay or ISU work period (I'm at a meeting)

Friday
-what is the historical/biographical approach
-introduction to A Man For All Seasons (maybe)
-poetry quiz

Friday Nov 2

3C1

**if you have not handed in your major assignment in (the verbal visual) it must be handed in on Monday or it will be a zero on your midterm report - it will be 7 days late on Monday

-finished Act 2
-review sheets for Act 1 and Act 2 (dramatic worksheets)
-gave outline for quiz

Homework
-study for the quiz

Monday
-quiz

4U1
-finished "puce fairy book" analysis
-analysed it by stanza, from feminist critical approach, summary sentence and lesson to be learned
-returned editorials (will discuss them on Monday)

Homework
-get your ISU novel and start reading

Monday
-"Porphryia's Lover"

Tuesday Oct 30

3C1
-reviewed Act 2, scenes 1 and 2 (focus on irony)
-read scene 3 together and 4 on our own

Homework
-be sure scene questions 3 and 4 are complete

4U1
-poetry seminar #3
-began analysis of 'puce fairy book;" remember "The Paper Bag Princess":
"Ronald, you look like a real prince, but you are a bum."  This pretty much summarizes this poem

Tomorrow
-presentations #4 and 5
-finish "puce fairy book"

Monday Oct 29

3C1
-Why study Shakespeare? overhead note
-read through/reviewed Act 2, scenes 1 and 2

Homework
-be sure scene questions are complete for Act 2, scenes 1 and 2

Tomorrow
-Act 2, scenes 3 and 4

4U1
-first two poetry seminars
-introduced ISU 

Homework
-pick a book this week for your ISU, go get it and start reading

Tomorrow 
-poetry seminar #3
-"puce fairy book" analysis

Friday Oct 26

**Victorian Era Group - George Eliot is a better fit, though she's not really a George

3C1
-completed Act 1 review for Romeo and Juliet

-homework is to make sure your review is complete and that your understanding of the Act 1

4U1
-why we study poetry and how to study poetry note (this will be important for your analytical essay)

-used the rest of the period to prepare for the poetry seminars

Homework
-presentations start Monday, so be prepared

Monday Oct 22

3C1
-read Act 1, scene 4 and 5

Homework
-be sure Act questions are all completed

Tomorrow
-Act 1 review, watch Act 1

4U1
-corrected follow up questions on "My Last Duchess"
-only half the class completed them, come on 4Us, we need to be better than this

-began power point on Archetypes

Homework
-review the two completed poems and poetic devices
-continue to gather information on poetry eras for the seminars

Friday Oct. 19

3C1
-read Act 1, scenes 2 and 3

Homework
-finish scene questions and review what has happened so far in the play
-finish your verbal/visual essay (it is due Monday or Tuesday)

Monday
-read scenes 4 and 5

*remember, there will be a quiz after Act 2, and you will write your literary essay on Acts 1 and 2

4U1
-analyzed the poem "My Last Duchess," boy, he is one possessive dude!
-make sure all class questions are completed

Homework
complete the follow up questions for homework (they are listed below)

Monday
-correct questions, final analysis of "My Last Duchess;" introduction to archetypes 

“My Last Duchess” - Follow Up Questions

1.                 What are three qualities of the Duke?  Use a quote to support each answer

Point – trait; Proof – Quote; Explain – How it reveals it

2.                 Look up the definition of Enjambment. Write it down.  Write two lines where it is seen in the poem.  Give one reason you think the poet may have chosen to write in this style.

3.                 Read the Psychoanalytical Approach.  Which of the three psychic zones seems to guide the speaker’s behaviour?  Explain your choice.

4.                 Read the Feminist Approach.  Which of the sub points of the ‘approach’s beliefs’ are seen in the poem?  Explain.

Thursday Oct 18

3C1
-work period for verbal/visual assignment (due Monday or Tuesday)

Friday
-will read Act 1, scenes 2,3,4

Over the Weekend
-complete assignment

Monday and Tuesday
-verbal/visual essay due
-continue with Romeo and Juliet

4U1
-introduction to the poem "My Last Duchess"
-**if you were away today, read the poem over a couple of times tonight; look up the words: trifle, munificent, dowry, stoop, mantle (each will have several definitions, one will apply to the story)

Friday
-finish up the poem
-hand in editorials

Over the Weekend
-review the 2 poems we have studies - "To His Coy Mistress" and "My Last Duchess" - as well as the list of poetic devices (the handout)

Monday and Tuesday
-archetypes and continue with poetry

Monday October 15

Please hand back signed progress reports this week (by Thursday)

3C1
-get books for R and J and West Side Story
-the prologue and cast of characters for Romeo and Juliet

Tomorrow
-work period for verbal visual

Wednesday
-Act I of R and J

4U1
-in library Monday and Wednesday to research for poetry seminars

Groups
#2 - Anthony, Susanne, Jessica, Antoinetta
#3 - Abby, Elena, Ali, Rebecca
#4 - Whitney, Querine, Collin, Angela
#5 - Sam, Carlie, Nicole, Lauren
#6 - Rochelle, Dave, Hayley, Ryan
#8 - Shauntee, Sara, Victor, Tyana
#9 - Josh, Tuong, Marcus, Matt

Tuesday
-rough copy is due for editorial; peer edit in class
-correct "To His Coy Mistress"

Thursday Oct 11

Progress Reports Handed Out To All Classes On Wed Oct 11

3C1
-finished in class review assignment
-given time to plan out verbal/visual (the next in class time will be next Tuesday)

Homework
-continue to plan out verbal/visual assignment

Friday
-power point introduction to Romeo and Juliet

4U1
-introduction to the Dramatic Monologue
-analysis of poem "To His Coy Mistress"

Homework
-review poetic devices and critical approaches

Friday
-continue poem analysis, introduction to the Poetry Eras Seminars

Over the Weekend
-work on editorial

Tuesday October 9

Welcome back from T-Day!
Progress Reports will be handed out to students on Wednesday October 10

3C1
Tuesday and Wednesday
-in class assignment to review all elements of the short story unit, making connextions to the stories studied
-assignment will be due at the end of class on Wednesday
-also, the verbal/visual assignment will be handed out on Wednesday (you may work on your own or in pairs)

Thursday and Friday
-introduction to Romeo and Juliet (power point presentation and handouts)

Next Monday we begin the play.  In this unit there will be a quiz, test, essay and media assignment.

4U1
Tuesday
-test (4 questions, 2 will be quotes and 2 will be questions)

Wednesday to Friday
-introduction to poetry/the dramatic monologue

In this unit there will be a quiz, an essay and a presentation.
 

Tuesday Oct 2

3C1
-took up questions on "Paid Up Member"
-defined the elements of flashback and foreshadowing
-answered questions on irony and foreshadowing in "Paid Up Member"
-introduced "Barney," completed the pre reading assignment

Homework
-start reviewing for the test

Tomorrow
-read and answer questions on "Barney"
-element of suspense (final element #11)
-test outline

Thursday
-review for test

Friday
-test

4U1
-corrected "Medical Care That's Fit for a Horse"
-introduced editorial assignment (handout)
-read "Cellphones" from Echoes

Homework
-answer 6 questions on "Cellphones" for Thursday

Tomorrow
-in the library researching for editorial

Thursday
-take up "Cellphones"
-more practice editorials
-test outline

Friday
-library research

Tuesday
-test

Fri Sept 28

3C1
-make sure you are up-to-date with the 4 stories we have completed
-2 more stories then the test (test should be next week)
-peer-edited memo

Homework
-complete memo assignment, package it properly and submit it on Monday or Tuesday

4U1
-corrected the persuasive essay on the death penalty
-made notes on the editorial

Homework
-read pages 196,197 and 201,202 of Reading and Writing Strategies and make notes on the editorial as a writing genre

Monday and Tuesday
-editorials

Wed Sept 26

3C1
-worked on the short story "One of These Days"
-looking at next Thursday as a potential test day for our short stories unit

Period 2 - rough copy of memo due Friday
Period 5 - rough copy of memo due Thursday (because of football buyout)

4U1
-looked more at the rhetorical device of the short sentence
-practice test on rhetorical devices
-read "the Death Penalty: Justice For None"

Tomorrow
-quiz on rhetorical devices (15 or so fill in the blank questions)
-finish the essay "Death Penalty" 

Friday
-introduction to the editorial

Monday Sept 24

3C1
-overview of the memo assignment

Rough Copy due Friday September 28
Good Copy due Monday Oct 1

Homework
-work on the memo assignment

Tomorrow
-read "One of These Days"
-element of setting

4U1
-given the period to peer edit narrative/descriptive essay
-reviewed essay guidelines for packaging, good copy, page numbering, etc

Homework
-be sure "Forget Prince Charming" questions are complete
-fix up and prepare to hand in narrative for Wednesday
-skim through the wiki page on the story of David Milgaard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Milgaard

Tomorrow
-bring both Echoes and Reading and Writing Strategies
-correct "Forget Prince Charming"
-begin the essay "The Death Penalty: Justice for None"

Samantha, we can come up with due dates when you get back to school.  Just be sure to keep up with the essays we are reading in class from Echoes and Reading and Writing Strategies.

Fri Sept 19

3C1
-returned quizzes on short stories
-introduction to business writing (fact finding mission in Communicate book, pages 183-207)

Homework
-if you struggled on the first quiz, review material (either your elements of fiction or your homework questions on the stories - or both - and see where you went wrong)

Monday
-writing assignment #1 - the memo

4U1
-introduction to persuasive writing (handout)
-read "Forget Prince Charming" from Echoes and worked on the questions - there should have been enough time to complete them in class

For Homework
-complete rough copy for narrative assignment (remember to clear that kitchen table and use your writing toolbox)
-finish questions for "Forget Prince Charming" if need be

Monday
-peer edit narrative essay (2 marks will be lost off the application of the writing process if it is not completed for Monday)
-correct and complete "Forget Prince Charming"

Wed Sept 18

3C1
-corrected questions on "The Monsters Are Due..."
-quiz outline given - part a is matching, part b is short answer
-watched original Twilight Zone version of "The Monsters..."

Tomorrow
-quiz
-DB Cooper

4U1
-final analysis of "Snapshot: The Lost Lives of Women"
-introduced narrative/descriptive assignment (rough copy due on Monday, good copy due on Wednesday)

Tomorrow
-finish essay outline (rubric, ttolbox, brainstorm)
-introduction to persuasive writing

Tuesday Sept 18

3C1
-finished "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street"
-answered questions on the story

Tomorrow
-correct questions
-watch the Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters..."
-define and apply setting to the story
-quiz outline and prep

Thursday
-quiz
-DB Cooper bio

Friday
-minor writing assignment

4U1
-defined paradox and oxymoron
-read "Snapshots"
-worked on questions (for homework)

Tomorrow
-finish and correct questions
-introduction to narrative/descriptive assignment

Thursday and Friday
-persuasive/argumentative essays

Monday Sept 17

3C1
-note on dialogue
-checked and corrected "DB Cooper" questions
-pre-reading vocabulary on the next story
-began group reading on "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"

Tomorrow
-finish the story

Later in the Week
-quiz on first 3 stories and first 6 elements
-writing assignment #1


4U1
-corrected rhetorical devices practice #2
-checked questions on "Growing Up Native"
-corrected questions and worked on identyifing rhetorical devices for the essay

Tomorrow
-"Snapshot: The Lost Lives of Woman" from Echoes

Later in the Week
-narrative assignment

Thursday September 13

3C1
-read and finished questions on "DB Cooper"
-worked on notetaking assignment

Homework
-finish article assignment (to be handed in tomorrow)

Tomorrow
-finish DB Cooper (bring a snack)

4U1
-note on irony (memorize the definitions)
-what is narration?
-read "Growing Up Native"

Homework
-answer 6 questions on "Growing Up Native"

Tomorrow
-more on irony
-take up questions, analyze rhetorical devices
-more practice on rhetorical devices 

Wed Sept 12

3C1
Period 3
-corrected brain questions
-note on character - protagonist, antagonist
-read "DB Cooper"

Period 5
-note on theme and nemesis
-answered brain questions
-read "DB Cooper"

Tomorrow
-questions on "DB Cooper"
-some time to work on library assignment (it is due Friday)

4U1
-what is allusion?
-corrected "Sojourners"
-final note on descriptive writing

Homework
-complete chart on "The Skier" and "Sojourners"

Tomorrow
-bring Reading and Writing textbook
-narrative writing

Tuesday Sept 11

3C1
-library presentation on databases
*remember you have to submit an article, citation and notes to me for Friday (to be marked by teacher/librarian)

Homework
-work on your database assignment

Tomorrow
-finish Brain Questions on "The Interlopers"
-read "DB Cooper"


4U1
-handout on how and when to properly use a semicolon and dash (talk about excitement)
-vocabulary balderdash - the lesson here is use your phone as a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words as you are reading something for the first time
-read "Sojourners"

Homework
-answer 4 questions on "Sojourners"  

Tomorrow
-what is an allusion?
-take up questions
-final note on descriptive writing
-what is narrative writing?

Monday Sept 10

3C1
-corrected questions on the "The Interlopers"
-note on theme and nemesis (from overhead)
-began working on the Brain Questions for "The Interlopers"

Homework
-it is in your best interest to reread "The Interlopers" with your 'new glasses' - remember - that means with what you know now, how does it help your interest and understanding of the story 

Tomorrow
-finish Brain Questions
-work on DB Cooper story


4U1
-overhead note on types of essay
-final class reminders - Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of English
-finished group work on "The Skier"
-corrected homework questions

Homework
1.  Final question on "The Skier" (find sight, sound and touch image on the skiing and find an example of a dash and semi colon and discuss why they are used
2.  Read "The Sojourners" p. 353 in Echoes


Tomorrow
-I'm finally going to check signatures and get book numbers
-read and analyze "The Sojourners"
-more rhetorical device practice

Friday September 7

3C1
-read "The Interlopers" p. 41 in Between the Lines
-worked on questions #1-8 (from the question sheet) in class

For Homework
-finish any incomplete questions
-answer the question on conflict from the question sheet

Monday
*remember, the first person to tell me the date of Sylvester Night gets a bonus mark on the first quiz  
-take up questions
-further analysis of theme

4U1
-corrected rhetorical questions sheet
-made notes on What is Description? (page 4 and 5 of Reading and Writing  Strategies)
-read "The Skier" (page 6)
-in groups, analysed for rhetorical and poetic devices, imagery and diction

*Anthony - I accidently gave you the wrong text book, so you can't complete the homework

For Homework
3 questions
1. In what way is the essay organized? Explain your choice.
2. From what point of view is the essay told? Why do you think she chose this pov?
3. What is the dominant impression? (Hint - its in 2 parts - look to the beginning and end of the essay to formulate the impression)

Monday
-complete group work, take up questions, more on descriptive writing - Bring Reading and Writing Strategies

Thursday September 6

3C1
-note on conflict (overhead)
-handed out two text books - Between the Lines 11 and Communicate
-note on what is pseudonym?
-played name that celebrity - prizes to be awarded tomorrow

Tomorrow
-read "The Interlopers" and follow up questions
-3 parent/guardian signatures are due

4U1
-reviewed English Department Guidelines - 3 signatures are due on Mondays
-completed a who am I sheet?
-finished powerpoint on Rhetorical Devices

Homework
-complete practice sheet on Rhetorical Devices Practice 2

Tomorrow
-hand out textbooks
-read and analyze "The Skier"

Wednesday September 6

3C1
-reviewed English rules and guidelines
-course content and learning skills overview
-created dividers
-introduced to the blog
-introduction to short stories (note)

Homework
-get signatures on the 3 sheets

Tomorrow
-conflict note
-read "Interlopers"

4U1
-course outline and learning skills overview
-created dividers
-introduction to rhetorical devices (powerpoint presentation and note)

Homework
-start memorizing those devices

Tomorrow
-What is descriptive writing?
-read "The Skier"

Tuesday September 4

Welcome back and welcome to my blog!  Two months has a strange way of flying by, doesn't it?

This will be the third year of the blog, Dangelathoughts - the often imitated, but never duplicated finest STM English based blog on the world wibe web.  In fact, we've had hits from over 80 different countries in the world.

This semester, I will again try to update the blog every day.  I will include information about each class - what we did that day, what is for homework and what is coming up in yout class.

Along the sides of the blog you will find many helpful links to e-versions of the texts we study (in the very unlikely chance that you forget your books at school) and sites that will improve your writing skills - dictionaries, grammar skills, how to write a works cited, how to document sources, etc.  Please use them to your advantage.

The blog is a great resource to access if you have been away from school and want to know what you have missed, you were in class, but can't quite remember what we did in class, need to doublecheck upcoming assignment or test days or need some guidance while working through your essay.

 Add this blog to your favorites list and use it to keep connected to the class. 

Wednesday June 6

2P1
-completed cuminating activity #2 (remember, if you took it home it is due tomorrow)

Thursday
-culminating #3 - on poetry

Friday
-finish Macbeth 

Next week - review and test on Macbeth; watch Of Mice and Men, review for exam

4U1

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
-prepare for critical approaches to Hamlet seminar

Monday, Tuesday
-watch Hamlet

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
-seminars (as per the English Department Guideline and considering the timelines, there are no do-overs, you must make every atttempt to be here on your seminar date)

Monday, Tuesday
-Hamlet and course review

Friday June 1

2P1
-read Act 4, scenes 2-3

Monday
-Act 5 of Macbeth

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
-culminating activities

Friday
-finish Act 5 (hopefully)

Final Week
-Macbeth tie ups, Macbeth test, Of Mice and Men movie (review)

4U1
-corrected and reviewed Act IV, scene vii
-note on Act III and IV
-began Act V, scene i

Here is how the rest of the semester will unfold

Monday, Tuesday
-finish Hamlet

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
-work on critical appraches seminar presentations

Monday, Tuesday
-watch Hamlet

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
-presentations (20-30 mins each)

Monday, Tuesday
-review for exam

Thursday May 31

One more day to June!

2P1
-note on themes of Macbeth - appearance vs. reality, the supernatural, ambition and internal conflict/guilt
-read act 3,6 - what new info are we given about Scotland under Macbeth?
-read Act 4,1 the 3 prophecies and Macbeth's future actions

Friday
-continue with Act 4

4U1
-corrected Act 4, scenes 1-6 of Hamlet
-watched Act 4 on video

Tomorrow
-ISU essay and source notes package due
-correct Act 4, scene 7
-note on Act 3 and 4
-begin Act 5, scene 1 

Wednesday May 30

I'm back!  Thanks for all your good wishes and kind thoughts.  The road to recovery can be a slow and arduous one, but I am up to the challenge.  I will survive. 

The word 'hero' is tossed around all too often today, but sometimes it is apt. 

Thanks, 'gnation' - the gbump goes a long way.  Be sure to read gnation's safety reminders - it could save your life.

2P1
-quiz on Macbeth
-review of Act 3, scenes 1-5

Tomorrow
-finish Act 3, begin Act 4

4U1
-peer edited ISU essay - finally!
-its due on Friday (2 packages - one with rough work and source notes and one with good copy, works cited, peer editing and rubric)
-watched Act 3, scene 4 of Hamlet

Tomorrow
-note on Act 3 and 4
-watch Act 4

Wednesday May 23

2P1
-powerpoint on Macbeth - if you were away be sure to get the notes (this info will be on the quiz after Act 2)

Tomorrow and Friday
-finish Act 2 - this means a quiz early next week

THURSDAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR YOU TO HAND IN AN ESSAY  -  THEY ARE NOW 10 DAYS LATE


4U1
-finished Act II, scene ii of Hamlet

Tomorrow and Friday
-"O what a rogue and peasent slave am I" soliliquy analysis
-start Act III

-Tuesday quiz on Acts I and II as well as powerpoint information 

-ISU essay - rough copy on Monday; good copy on Wednesday

Gatsby Trailer Released

Dangelathoughts is one of the first Canadian websites to bring you the Gatsby trailer. Movie set to be released this year at Christmas. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARN6agiW7o

Tuesday May 15 - Friday May 18

2P1
-completed written portion of poetry test
-overhead note on the elements of a graphic novel

Tomorrow
-complete note on dramatis personae, prologue to the play, act 1, scene 1 and 2 of Macbeth

Thursday and Friday
-continue with Macbeth   

4U1
-completed Hamlet PPT

Tomorrow through Friday
-read Act I of Hamlet

Monday May 14

2P1
-wrote part 1 of poetry test

Tomorrow
-part 2 of test
-introduction to Macbeth

4U1
-wrote in class essay test on AMFAS

Tonight
-read ISU novel

Tomorrow
-finish Hamlet ppt
-read Act I, scene i

Friday May 11

2P1
-analysis of the song "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"
-test outline (part 1 of the poetry test on Monday - scantron - part 2 on Tuesday - poem analysis)
-for the test, know all poetic devices and the 4 poems we studied in class
-Shakesperian pictionary - a dominant win for team #1
-essays collected - any not submitted are now late

4U1
-corrected Act 2, scene 9 of A Man For All Seasons
-test outline - essay test on AMFAS on Monday - just bring a pen or pencil
-test question will be a connecting one - theme to character, character to theme, theme to symbol, etc.
--began ppt on Introduction to Hamlet (will finish it on Tuesday)

Wednesday May 9

2P1
-note on 3 types of irony
-funny ironic pictures (wasn't it fun!)
-read and answered questions on the poem "Laura Secord" from Crossroads 10

Tomorrow
-more poetic devices, practice identifying poetic decvices
-final poem analysis

Friday
-review poetry
-essay on Of Mice and Men is due

Monday
-poetry test (bring a pencil)

4U1
-read Act 2, scene 8 (the trial) and finished question sheet (fill ins and short answers)

Tomorrow
-read and 2,9 tie up the play
-review for the test

Friday
-introduction to Hamlet (another power point, yippee)

Monday
-in class essay test

Monday May 7

2P1
-new poetic devices - allusion, hyperbole, rhyme
-read the poem, "Goliath"
-answer questions

Tomorrow
-finish up questions
-irony and the 3 types

Poetry test, most likely, on Friday

4U1
-corrected Act 2,1 and 2
-silently read Act 2 scenes 3,4
-began to read 2, 5 into Destephanis ruined the vibe in period 3

Tomorrow
-read 2, 5,6 and 7 

In class essay test on Thursday and Friday

Friday May 4

2P1
-peer edited essay - only 6 essays completed (you are responsible to have a classmate edit your paper)
-essays due on Monday or Tuesday next week
-today was also the last day to submot movie poster assignment

Next week
-finish up poetry unit and poetry test

4U1
-note on how to develop theme and themes of A Man For All Seasons
-read most of Act 2, scene 1

For homework
-finish reading Act 2, scene 1 and answer question #4 from question sheet
-read Act 2, scene 2 and answer the 3 questions for the question sheet

Next week
-finish off the play

Looking at next Thursday or Friday for the in class essay test

Thursday May 3

2P1
-attended a presentation

Tomorrow
-rough copy of essay is due-allusion, hyperbole, rhyme
-read and analyse the poem "Goliath"

Tomorrow is also the last day to hand in movie media poster. 

4U1
-review of scenes 1-6 in A Man of All Seasons
-note on scene 6
-read scene 7

For Homework
-complete quote sheet on Act 1

Tomorrow
-correct quotes
-begin Act 2

Thursday May 3

2P1
-presentation in gym
-don't forget tomorrow your rough copy of your Of Mice and Men essay is due
-also, it is the last day to hand in your media poster on Of Mice and Men

Friday
-we will continue with poetry tomorrow (focus on allusion, metaphor)

4U1
-finished Act I of A Man For All Seasons
-completed summary of Act 1 and worked on quote sheet 

Friday
-start Act 2

Tuesday May 1

2P1
-poetry: overhead on how to read poetry
-paraphrasing practice on proverbs 
-began analysis of "Superman's Song," page 10 in Crossroads 10

Tomorrow
-more poetic devices
-finish "Superman's Song"

4U1
-read Act 1, scenes 1-3 of A Man For All Seasons

For homework:
-get your ISU novel and start reading!
-read scene 4 (up to page 20)
-answer Act 1, scene 4 questions
-complete Common Man chart (Common Man, Steward, Boatman - you may want to make a new chart to fit in all the information)

Tomorrow
-finish Act 1

Thursday April 26

2P1
-essay assignment handed out
-rough copy due next Friday
-good copy due next Monday or Tuesday

-movie poster due Tuesday

Next Week
-poetry

4U1
-finished watching A Man For All Seasons

Homework
-write the poetry essay
-rough copy due Monday

Next Week
-bring A Man For All Seasons text, we start to read

Hints for the Essay

Introduction
-open with a general lead (rhetorical question, anecdote, startling statement, famous quote) that grabs our attention and hints at the topic/thesis of the essay

-transition that links the lead with the thesis and mentions the poet and the "title of poem"

-thesis - your argument broken down into one sentence that connects the poem to the theme to the approach you've chosen

Body Paragraphs

-use transition phrases (especially when linking your points in the body paragraphs and in your concluding sentences

-for a good list go to: http://www.smart-words.org/transition-words.html

-must have 3 PPEs (3 supports, explained) in each body paragraph

-body paragraph #1 is a formalistic approach (your interpretation of the theme, based on a careful analysis of the poem)

-body paragraph #2 is another approach (feminist/archetyp/hist.bio/moral); hopefully this approach  supports/connects to the claim made in the first paragraph (ie what you though the theme to be)

Conclusion

-begin with a tranisition, restate the thesis, add a so what? and, to create parallel structure, return to the idea used in the lead


FYI
-use Echoes as your MLA entry (its an anthology)
-remember to try and blend your words with the lines from the poem (a quote should never be its own sentence)
-never, ever refer to the essay as something that is ALIVE ie in this essay... or this quote proves... or this point shows

GOOD LUCK!

Wed April 25

2P1
-test on Of Mice and Men


Thursday
-essay outline for Of Mice and Men


Next Week
-Poetry
*there will be a test and an assignment

4U1
-watch A Man For All Seasons


Thursday
-finish the movie


Next Week
-read A Man For All Seasons
*there will be an in class essay test

Monday April 23

2P1
-go to room 315 to finish off Of Mice and Men movie

Tuesday
-review

Wednesday
-Test

Thursday
-media assignment

Friday
-essay outline on Of Mice and Men

4U1
-annotated bibliographies due on Friday
-poetry essay assigned on Friday April 20
-rough draft due Monday April 30
-good copy due Wednesday May 2

Monday
-finish STM ppt/listening quiz on ppt information (on scantron)

Tuesday and Wednesday
-watch A Man For All Seasons

Thursday and Friday
-read play