Friday, March 30, 2012

Friday March 30

2P1
-review for Monday's quiz
-study chapter 1 and 2 vocabulary and plot

4U1
-finished analysis of "Porphyria's Lover"

Monday
-analyze the poem "puce fairy tale"

Tuesday - Thursday
-in library beginning poetry eras seminar

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Questions for 4U

2P1 - Friday
-watch first part Of Mice and Men
-chapter 2 quote analysis
-for homework: complete chapter review sheets

Monday
-quiz on chapter 1 and 2 and the corresponding vocabulary

4U1
Thursday - have "Porphyris's Lover" questions done
Friday - take up questions and get ready to make some notes!! 

Here are the last few questions for the poem:

3.  How are we introduced to Porphyria at the beginning of the poem?
4.  List 3 characteristics that are revealed about the speaker?
5.  How does Porphyria's lover justify killing her? Offer proof.
6.  Quote 2 lines (1 when she is alive and 1 when she is dead) that indicate or reveal the change in the relationship.  Explain the change and the reason for it.
7.  How is irony used in the poem?


 I forgot to put these questions up last night, so, work on them tonight if you are not in class today (Thursday) and we will take them up Friday.  If you are in class today (Thursday) you can work on them today and get them done.
Peace, I'm outta here.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Monday and Tuesday March 27-28

2P1
-review of themes
-quote analysis for chapter 1
-read 21-27

Tuesday
-finish chapter 2

Looking like a quiz on Friday (on chapters 1 and 2)

4U1
-peer edited editorial essay
-read over psychoanalytical and feminist approaches and applied elements to "My Last Duchess"

Tuesday
-finish "My Last Duchess"

Editorial due Wedensday
-begin "Porphyria's Lover"

Friday, March 23, 2012

Friday March 23

2P1
-chapter 1 review
-chapter 2 vocabulary
-read and answered questions for pages 17-21 of Of Mice and Men

4U1
-corrected homework questions on "My Last Duchess"
-worked on follow up questions on the poem

Over the weekend
-write your editorial (rough copy is due on Monday for peer editing; good copy due on Wednesday)

Next week
-introduction to poetry seminar topics
-continue with poetry and the dramatic monologue

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Thursday March 22

2P1
-collected opinion pieces (they were assigned March 7)
-answered questions on chapter 1 of Of Mice and Men 

4U1
-read and analysed "My Last Duchess"
-answer questions for homework

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Tuesday March 20

2P1
-peer edited opinion piece
-discussed hand in procedures
-essay is due Thursday

-previewed Of Mice and Men vocabulary; introductory questions

Tomorrow
-begin Of Mice and Men

4U1
-completed analysis of "To His Coy Mistress"
-editorial charts due tomorrow (rough copy due Monday, good copy due Wednesday)\

Tomorrow
-dramatic monologue

Monday, March 12, 2012

March Break

2P1
-work on opinion piece, rough copy due Tuesday March 20

After the Break
-will be starting Of Mice and Men

4U1
-find article and complete editorial chart

After the Break
-poetry (the dramatic monologue)
-editorial rough copy

Friday, March 2, 2012

Friday March 2

2P1
-finished overview for opinion piece

Over the Weekend
- begin to write it

Next Week
-hand in the opinion piece
-the leaflet
-quiz on Thursday (feature article, news report, opinion piece, graphic text and leaflet)
-more literacy preperation

4U1
-read and answered "Cellphones" from Echoes (the last of the 8 essays we have studied)

Over the Weekend
-prepare for the Essay Test - it will be on Tuesday

Next Week
-handout editorial assignment (not due until after the break)
-essays test on Tuesday
-introduction to poetry