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.