Christmas Break Reading Assignments

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
In the spirit of giving...

2D1
-read Act III, scenes i, ii and iii and answer the questions in your Macbeth question package

3C1
-finish reading chapter 5 of West Side Story
-answer all the questions up to and including chapter 4 (there are no questions for chapter 5, just read it) 

Check back after New Years for some answers and hints to these questions for both classes!

I'm assuming this is all done for January 6th

Remember (from me, the guy who collected 400 separate assignments in the last two weeks before Christmas), we are all busy!  Get it done!

Monday Dec 16 to Thursday Dec 19

2D1
Monday - culminating #1 - non fiction analysis
Tuesday - culminating #2 - rhetorical devices; Macbeth quiz
Wednesday - culminating #3 - listening quiz
Thursday - overview of Christmas break reading assignment

3C1
-Monday - culminating #1 - short story analysis; finish chapter 3 of West Side Story
-Tuesday - prepare for culminating #2, chapter 4
-Wednesday - culminating #2 - letter analysis
-Thursday - overview of Christmas break reading assignment 

Wed Dec 11

2d1
-soliloquy and aside note (definitions)
-soliloquy analysis of 2 of 3 soliloquies and 1 aside
-dramatic worksheet to review Act I

Homework 
-complete any unfinished work from class

Tomorrow
-finish up Act II

3c1
-finished chapter 1 
-tie up note on chapter 1

Homework
-complete chapter 1 questions

Tomorrow
-chapter 2 

Tuesday Dec 10, 2013

The rest of the year until Christmas Break

2D1
-Wednesday - soliloquy analysis, Act I review
-Thursday - Act II, scenes ii, iii, iv
-Friday - Act II review and quiz outline
-Monday - non fiction analysis culminating activities
-Tuesday - rhetorical devices analysis, Macbeth Act I and II quiz 
-Wednesday - listening quiz     
-Thursday - assembly

3C1
-Wednesday - chapter 1
-Thursday - finish chapter 1
-Friday - chapter 2
-Monday - culminating #1 - short story analysis
-Tuesday - preparation for culminating #2
-Wednesday - culminating #2 - letter
-Thursday - assembly 

Monday December 9, 2013

2D1
-read Act I, scenes iv and v
-homework: complete scene questions for homework 
-essays due tomorrow

3C1 
-took up vocabulary
-began reading West Side Story

Friday December 6

2D1
-peer edited essays - students should be working on their good copy at home and preparing to hand it on Monday or Tuesday

-read up to Act 1, scene 3 of Macbeth 

-for homework: complete essay, and then take some time to read over what we've studied up to this point about Macbeth and see if you can make sense of it on your own

-next week: Macbeth 24/7

3C1
-library research on West Side Story (it is a  minor assignment to be completed in class, if not completed it can be taken home and returned Monday)

-next week: West Side Story 24/7

Thursday Nov 27

Updated three week schedule for 2D1

Friday - Intro to Macbeth - it's a power point presentation, if you are absent be sure to get the notes
Monday - Macbeth Act I
Tuesday - final day to work on body biographies
Wednesday - Presentations
Thursday - Presentations
Friday - Comparison peer editing (rough copy due) and continue with  Macbeth 

Monday Dec 9 - Friday Dec 14 - Macbeth all day, every day (Essays due Monday and Tuesday)

Monday Dec 16- Wednesday Dec 18 - Culminating Activities 

3C1
Thursday - finish the play
Friday - watch Romeo and Juliet
Monday - review the play
Tuesday - more review/trip to see Romeo and Juliet
Wednesday - Romeo and Juliet test
Thursday and Friday - media assignment

Tuesday Nov 26

2D1
Here's what's in store the next two weeks:
-Wednesday - work on body biographies
-Thursday - Essay outline
-Friday - Intro to Macbeth power point
-Monday - Presentations
-Tuesday - Presentations
-Wednesday - peer edit essays, begin movie (TKAM)
-Thursday - movie
-Friday - finish movie, Macbeth vocabulary (essays due)

3C1
-Wednesday - Act IV, scene 1
-Thursday - the rest of Act IV
-Friday - watch Act 3 and 4, review of Act 4

Wed Nov 20

2D1
-tie up overhead note on Mockingbird
-introduction to group work - assignment explained 

Tomorrow, Friday and Monday 
-work on the assignment
-bring materials that you need to class

3C1
-read Act 3, scene 2 together
-students read Act 3, scene 3 on their own
-complete questions for the two scenes for homework

Tomorrow and Friday
-finish Act 3 

Tuesday Nov. 19

2D1

-corrected chapter 30 questions
-read chapter 31
-3 questions were assigned for homework
-assigned groups and group topics for body biography group work

Tomorrow
-tie up note on Mockingbird
-intro to the body biography

3C1

-how to add student information and works cited page
-peer edited essay
-read Act 3, scenes 2

Tomorrow
-continue with the play

Friday Nov. 15

2D1 
-read ch. 28, note on suspense

Weekend Homework
-nothing formal, review Mockingbird

Monday and Tuesday
-finish the novel 

Wednesday - Friday
-introduce comparison and essay and group work

3C1
-buyout period, note on transitions
-work on your essay

Weekend Homework
-work on your essay, rough copy due Thursday

Next Week
-continue with Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet

Thursday Nov 14

I finally figured out the problem with the blog posts, I wasn't on Google Chrome, now look how pretty they are!

2D1 
- took up the reactions to the trial handout, began the study of hypocrisy in chs. 24, 26 and 28 

HOMEWORK - read ch 26 and write out how the character of Miss Gates develops the theme of hypocrisy, then write out the last line of ch 27 and explain what is being referred to (foreshadowed) 

FRIDAY - finish hypocrisy and analysis of ch 28  

3C1
- finished essay instructions, due dates assigned then reviewed Act 3, scene 1

HOMEWORK - begin working on your essay, rough copy is due Monday 

FRIDAY - Act 3, scene 2

Monday November 11

2D1 - overhead note on the aftermath of the trial; analysed the rhetorical devices used in Atticus' summation to the jury - TOMORROW - aftermath of the trial; WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY - final 4 chapters of the novel - NEXT WEEK - Intro to the Comparison Essay and Major Group Work - 3C1 - continued with essay outline - TOMORROW - Act 3, scene 1 - WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY - Act 3 (students should be working on their essay this weeek; the rough copy is due next Monday, the good copy on Wednesday of Thursday

Wednesday November 6

2D1 - finished lesson(s) on homophones (you should have an awesome list of them by the end of today), read Heck Tate's testimony in the trial - homework - read rest of chapter 17 (Bob Ewell's testimony) and fill in the worksheet (so the first two witnesses should be done on the worksheet) - tomorrow and Friday - continue with the trial - for 2D1 we are working toward the end of the novel and will finish with a comparison essay and a major group work - - 3C1 - watched the rest of Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet, worked on review of Act 2, gave quiz outline (for Friday) - tomorrow - essay outline - Friday - quiz on Romeo and Juliet, so you should be studying for it this week (see your notes for the quiz outlinw)

Monday November 4

2D1 - reviewed chapters 11-13; tomorrow - chs 3-16 and intro to the trial - 3C1 - reviewed Act 2, scenes 1-4; began scenes 5-6; tomorrow - review act 2, essay outline

Tuesday Oct 29

2D1 - TODAY - finished ppt on Mockingbird, completed handout on suspense in ch 6, began analysis of ch8 - TOMORROW - chs 8, 9 and 10 - THURSDAY AND FRIDAY - more Mockingbird - REMEMBER - ESSAY IS DUE WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY - 3C1 - TODAY - watched act 1, scene 5, completed quote analysis worksheet and vocabulary worksheet - TOMORROW - act 2, scens 1 and 2 - THURSDAY AND FRIDAY - more Romeo and Juliet

Friday October 25

2D1 - HOMEWORK - work on opinion essay (use your writing toolbox - clear that kitchen table to write the essay properly), the rough copy is due Monday; if you have time this weekend, also reread chapter 8 of Mockingbird and be ready to discuss it on Monday - 3C1 - HOMEWORK - we've finished Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet, be sure all Act 1 questions are completed and the vocabulary sheet is finished for Monday, a good idea is to read over the Act questions on Sunday so you are ready to watch Act 1 on Monday

Tuesday Oct 22

2D1 - finished up info on the opinion piece - rough copy due Oct. 28; Tomorrow - work on chapters 4-7 of Mockingbird - Thursday - quiz on chapters 11-31 of Mockingbird; Friday - analysis of chapters 4-8 of Mockingbird 3C1 - corrected Act 1 scene 1, read Act 1 scenes 2 and 3; Tomorrow - answer questions on scenes 2 and 3 and read and answer questions on scene 4; Thursday - read Act 5

Tuesday Oct 15 - Monday October 21

- 2D1 - worked on reading comprehension and idioms worksheet, also gave test outline (test on Thursday on Non-Fiction unit) - TONIGHT - review for the test and keep reading Mockingbird - TOMORROW - Introduction to Mockingbird - THURSDAY - test - FRIDAY - continue with Mockingbird - MONDAY - final Mockingbird test - 3C1 - returned tests, assignment handed out for the verbal visual essay, planning time given - TOMORROW - intro to Romeo and Juliet - THURSDAY - prologue and vocabulary for Romeo and Juliet - FRIDAY - work period on verbal visual - MONDAY - Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet

Tuesday Oct 8

2D1 - speeches Wednesday and Thursday - Homework - over the Thanksgiving holiday just keep reading Mockingbird - 3C1 - Test Tuesday - Wednesday and Thursday - media assignment

Monday Oct 7

-2D1- worked on and corrected analysing speches for rhetorical devices, introduction note and assignment on graphic text -TONIGHT- continue to work on speech and read Mockingbird -TOMORROW- more graphic text and reading comprehension -REMEMBER- speeches are on Wednesday and Thursday - 3C1- prepared for Tuesday's test - we have spent 2 full days preparing, plus you had the weekend to study so you should be ready -TOMORROW- test

Thursday Oct 3

- 2D1 - took up Mockingbird quiz #1, wrote and edited practice newspaper article - if you have any concerns, see me for further details/help - discussed the good and the what needs improvement of the comparison paragraph - TONIGHT - work on speech, read mockingbird - TOMORROW - rhetorical devices - 3C1 - defined plot, read and completed questions on the short story "Barney" - TONIGHT - make sure all 6 stories and all 10 elements are completed in your notebook - TOMORROW - test outline and test review

Tues Oct 1

- 2D1 - watched video then wrote listening quiz on oral presentation skills - handed back TKAM quiz 1 results and comparison essays - Homework - work on speech and read Mockingbird - Tomorrow - finish newspaper article analysis - 3C1 - elements of fiction foreshadowing and flashback, read "Paid Up Memeber" and answered questions, submitted memo assignment - Tomorrow - correct "Paid Up Member" read "Barney"

Monday Sept 30

-2D1- wrote Mockingbird quiz #1, outline and overview of oral presentations, due dates given and reviewed rubric - For Homework - all week you should be researching and working on the speech - Tomorrow - listening quiz on presentation skills - 3C1 - element of fiction - irony, tied up "One of These Days" with a note, began "Paid Up Member" - memos due today or tomorrow

IMPORTANT INFO FOR 2D1

TOMORROW WE ARE IN THE LIBRARY TO BEGIN RESEARCH FOR OUR SPEECHES. IT IS THE ONLY TIME AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS. SO, OUR CHAPTERS 1-11 MOCKINGBIRD TEST IS POSTPONED TO MONDAY. I AM SURE YOU ARE SAD ABOUT THAT. SEE YOU IN THE LIBRARY TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

Monday Sept 23

2D1 - peer edited paragraphs, learned how to add student information on our good copy, assigned speech topics - HOMEWORK - write good copy of paragraph, read Mockingbird - TOMORROW - newspaper articles - UPCOMING DUE DATES - Wednesday the good copy is due, Thursday Quiz on chapters 1-11 of Mockingbird 3C1 - finished note on business writing, assigned memo - HOMEWORK - complete brainstorming for the memo - TOMORROW - short stories quiz, symbolism, introduce the story "One of These Days"

Friday Sept 20

2D1 -FRIDAY - newspaper scavenger hunt, began note on parts of a news article - FOR HOMEWORK - complete paragraph, keep reading Mockingbird - MONDAY - peer edit paragraph, continue newspaper article 3C1 - FRIDAY - football buyout - FOR HOMEWORK - review for Tuesday's quiz - MONDAY - writing assignment #1

Thursday Sept 18

2D1 - NOTE ON PARTS OF A NEWSPAPER - FOR HOMEWORK - WORK ON PARAGRAPH - ROUGH COPY DUE MONDAY, READ MOCKINGBIRD 3C1 - HANDOUT ON BUSINESS WRITING, COMPLETED HANDOUT - FOR HOMEWORK - BEGIN QUIZ PREPERATION, QUIZ ON TUESDAY

Tuesday Sept 17

2D1 -took up questions to "It's All Downhill From Here" - note on use of transition words - introduced minor writing assignment on Comparison/Contrast - Homework - review Personal Impression, continue to read Mockingbird - Tomorrow - finish up information on writing assignment - introduction to newspapers 3C1 -finished "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" - worked on questions - Tomorrow - introduction to memo writing assignment

Monday Sept 16

2D1 -Introduction to Personal Impression Writing -read "It's All Downhill From Here" -answered questions Homework - finish the 2 additional questions Tomorrow - take up questions; minor writing assignment #1 - Comparison and Contrast Paragraph 3C1 -defined theme -began reading "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" Tomorrow - finish the story Later in the Week - quiz #1

Fri Sept 13

2D1 -continued reading To Kill A Mockingbird - Homework - start reading Mockingbird on your own, answer the corresponding questions and, if so inclined, make brief notes on each chapter based on important events and character actions - First Mockingbird quiz is Sept 26 - it will be on the events of chapters 1-11 Monday - Personal Impression Writing (bring your green book) 3C1 -finished questions and video on DB Cooper -element of dialogue - Homework -be sure to review first 4 elements and the first two stories - Monday - "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"

Thurs Sept 12

2D1 -period 1 - finished chapter 1 - for homework - read chapter 2 and complete question #1 on worksheet; tomorrow - chapter 2 analysis and silent reading period 2 - read first part of chapter ; tomorrow will finish the chapter 3C1 - completed "DB Cooper" questions, watched Unsloved Mysteries; tomorrow will take up DB Cooper and work on some grammar

Wednesday Sept 11

2D1 -period 1 began study of To Kill A Mockingbird -please get english guidelines and blog info signed -period 2 - picture day, will begin Mockingbird tomorrow Thursday - more Mockingbird 3C1 -note on character -read DB Cooper and began questions Tomorrow - DB Cooper - Unsolved Mysteries - and correct questions

Monday Sept 9

2D1 -completed questions on "Eye Spy" Tomorrow -bring magazine for information text assignment tomorrow 3C1 -defined element of fiction - 'nemesis' -worked on questions on "The Interlopers" Tomorrow -define character -the story of "DB Cooper"

Friday Sept 6

**there seems to be a bug in the google blogspot as of now, please bear with the presentation of the posts until it is fixed. Thanks. 2D1 -continued study of information text -read "Eye Spy" from Language and Writing Homework -enjoy the weekend -get signatures -bring in a magazine for Monday Monday and Tuesday -continue information text Wednesday - Friday -introduction to To Kill A Mockingbird 3C1 -read "The Interlopers" -began question sheet Homework -enjoy the weekend -review the story Next week -continue with short stories

Welcome Back!

Welcome back grade 10s and 11s.
On this blog you will find many useful links to help you along throughout the semester.  There are links to STM web pages, grammar rules, online dictionaries, citation rules and many other helpful sites.  As well, most of the books we study this year are available as e-texts, just click on the link.  If you are ever away or forget your books at school, there is no worry of falling behind in your reading.

On the blog, I will post what we did in class that day, what is for homework and what we are doing tomorrow.  This comes in handy if you are away from school and want to know what you missed or you find yourself at home and can't remember what you have for homework.

As well, I will post all assignments overviews and due dates - far in advance - so you can plan out and get things done in a timely fashion.

Explore the blog and use it as a tool to keep yourself current, up-to-date and ready for each and every class.

At the very bottom of the blog, you will find D'Angela's Brushes With Fame.  All pictures were taken by yours truly on my many life adventures.

Homework for 10s this weekend - bring a magazine so you can analyze an information text on Monday.  Get sheets signed for Wednesday.

Homework for 11s - review "Interlopers".

Friday June 14

BE SURE TO KNOW WHEN YOUR EXAM IS

2D1
Monday
-review compare/contrast essay style
-review proper paragraphing
-time to review on own

Tuesday
-review Macbeth
-time to review on own

3C1
Monday
-review literary essay style
-review proper paragraphing
-time to review on own

Tuesday
-review West Side Story
-time to review on own

2D1
-presentations are Thursday and Friday
-presentations should be approx. 15 mins
-exam outline/review - Wednesday

-Next Monday and Tuesday - review

3C1
-Tuesday - read ch 10, note on responsibility, test outline
-Wednesday - movie and review
-Thursday - test
-Friday, Monday and Tuesday - review

  

2D1
-Monday and Tuesday - more group work time
-Wednesday to Friday - presentations (2 per day; after you have time to review for Macbeth)
-Monday and Tuesday - Macbeth review, essay writing review


3C1
-Monday and Tuesday - chs 9,10
-Wednesday - Movie and review
-Thursday - final quiz (more of a qu-est)
-Friday to the end of the term - review

This is it for posts.  Use this blog to plan accordingly.

Thursday May 30

2D1

Here is the rest of the year - day by day:

Friday - Group Work - planning and presentation

Monday - culminating #1 - non fiction analysis
Tuesday - culminating #2 - rhetorical devices
Wednesday - culminating #3 - listening quiz
Thursday and Friday - group work

Monday - group work
Tuesday - presentations 1 and 2
Wednesday - presentations 3 and 4
Thursday - presentations 5 and 6

Friday, Monday and Tuesday - essay review and Macbeth review

And, we're out!

3C1

Thursday and Friday
-chapters 6 and 7

Next Week
Monday - culminating #1 - short story analysis
Tuesday - preperation for culminating #2 
Wednesday - culminating #2 - letter of complaint
Thursday and Friday - continue with the novel

Tuesday May 28

2D1
-quote test tomorrow
-be prepared

Answers to yesterday's quotes:

For the first quote -
Speaker - Macbeth
Context - soliloquy (you must always mention it is a soliloquy in the context - if it is one)
             - at Dunsinane OR
             - just before the murder of Duncan
Dramatic Purpose - (2 possible answers - not to say there are not others)
Foreshadowing
Suspense - Dangerous Situation


Second Quote -
Speaker - Lady Macbeth
Context - is sleepwalking with gentlewoman and doctor listening (I think you need tell me both here)
             - at Dunisinane
Dramatic Purpose (possible answers)
Theme of Internal Conflict-Guilt
Develops Character of Lady Macbeth

Remember - your dramatic purpose MUST reflect the words in the quote, not what is about to happen or just happened, but what THOSE words are developing about the play

More Practice - Try to do these without looking and then check to see if you were right

So fair and foul a day I have not seen. (I,iii,39)

It will have blood; they say blood will have blood. (III,iv,151)



3C1
-read up to 119
-reviewed for quiz on Wednesday (quiz outline given on Monday)

Monday May 27

2D1
-note on dramatic structure of Macbeth
-practice quotes for Wednesday's test

Tonight
-review play
-more practice quotes: try these two:

Hear it not Duncan; for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven, or to hell. (II,i,62-)

Out damn'd spot! out I say! One; two; why, then
'tis time to' do't.  Hell is murky! Fie, my lord - fie!
a soldier, and afread?  (V,i,34-)

Tomorrow
-watch Act V
-more quotes

Wednesday
-test

Thursday
-group work intro

Friday
-group work period

3C1
-note on chapter 4
-outline/review for quiz

Tonight
-read over review sheet for quiz

Tuesday
-quiz
-chapter 6

Wednesday to Friday
-continue with novel

Friday May 24

2D1
-finished the play

Homework
-finish your 'piggie' assignment (remember, this will help you for your quote test)

Monday
-practice quotes

Tuesday
-finish watching Macbeth

Wednesday
-quote test

Thursday
-intro to group work

Friday
-group work period

3C1
-watched West Side Story
-media assignment (in class, based on the movie)

Over the weekend
-read chapter 5 on your own

Monday
-review of chapters 1-5

Tuesday
-quiz (vocabulary and chapters 1-5)

Wednesday to Friday
-continue with the novel

Wed May 22

2D1
-analysis and review of Act IV, iii (let the lesson be to complete assigned homework!)

Homework
-just be sure you are caught up on all questions/notes from Acts I to IV

Tomorrow and Friday
-Act V

3C1
-read chapter 4 of West Side Story

Homework
-just be sure you are caught up on all questions/notes from chapters 1-4

Tuesday May 21

2D1
-watched Macbeth, Acts III and IV
-handed back essays

Homework
-read IV, scene iii and answer the questions (use your note on the act - what's happening in the lines - to help you understand the scene)

Tomorrow
-review IV, iii and begin Act V
-overview of the essay

**Quote test on Macbeth next week

3C1
-read chapter 3
-note on chapter 3

Homework
-make sure you are caught up on all questions from chapters 1-3

Tomorrow
-chapter 4

**quiz after chapter 4 of West Side Story

Thursday May 16

2D1
-note on importance of Act IV, scene i
-corrected quotes form Act II

Homework
-be sure all questions for Act IV, scenes i and ii are complete

Friday
-finish Act IV

**Quote test the week of May 27th

3C1
-vocabulary exercise for West Side Story
-corrected first part of Chapter 2
-read second part of chapter 2

Homework
-all chapter 2 questions should be complete

Tomorrow
-begin chapter 3

**Quiz on chapters 1-3 next week

Tuesday May 14

2D1
-what is suspense?
-how to analyse quotes (dramatic purpose)

Tomorrow
-read Act IV, scene ii
-more practice of analysing quotes

3C1
-research report in library

Tomorrow
-begin chapter 2 of West Side Story

Wed May 8

Eng 2D1

-read Act III, scene ii
-note on Act III, scenes i and ii

On your own:
-read Act III, scene iii and answer the questions

Tomorrow
-read Act III, scene iv
-note on scenes iii and iv

Friday
-note on Themes of Macbeth
-finish Act III and all Act III questions

Eng 3C1

-finished  watching Shakespeare in Love
-class time given to work on media assignment

Tomorrow
-begin West Side Story

Friday
-continue WSS

2D1

Homework
-complete rhetorical devices questions on Act II, scene iii
-read II, iv and answer the question - What 3 things are we told happen offstage in II, iv?

Monday
-watch Act II
-review

Tuesday
-quiz
--study power point notes, any notes we've taken and Acts I and II
--quiz will be matching, fill ins and multiple choice

3C1

-wrote unit test on Romeo and Juliet

Next week
-media (in class) assignment  -- it is important that you are here next week

Thursday May 2

2D1
-note on Shakespearian terms -comedy, tragedy, history, act, scene, comic relief
-read Act II, scene ii and answered questions

Tomorrow
-last day to submit essays
-read act II, scenes iii and iv
-quiz outline

Monday
-watch Act II, review

Tuesday
-quiz

3C1
-watched Acts 4 and 5 of Romeo and Juliet
-review

Friday
-test (bring a pencil)

Monday-Wednesday
-media assignment on Romeo and Juliet

Thursday
-begin West Side Story

Tuesday April 30

2D1
-peer edit compare essays (good copy due Thursday or Friday)
-read Act II, scene i

Tomorrow
-listening test

Thursday and Friday
-continue with Act II

Next Week
-quiz on Acts I, II and the power point
-continue with Act III

3C1
-read Act 5, scenes 1 and 2
-themes of Romeo and Juliet
-final day to submit essay

Tomorrow
-Act 5, scene 3

Thursday
-watch Act 4 and 5
-review

Friday
-test

Next Week
-media assignment on Romeo and Juliet

Thursday April 25

2D1
-read Act I, scenes vi and vii

Homework - Over the Weekend
-be sure all questions for Act 1 are complete
-finish rough copy of To Kill A Mockingbird compare/contrast essay (due Tuesday)

Monday
-listening quiz (can't study for it - pay attention and take good notes)

Tuesday
-peer editing of essay
-Act II, scene i

Wednesday - Friday
-Act II of Macbeth


3C1
-peer editing of literary essay
-analysis of marriage rules of the 17thC

Over the Weekend
-complete good copy of the essay

Monday
-essays due
-Act 4, scenes 3, 4 and 5

Wednesday April 24

2D1
-note on 3 types of irony
-read scene v

Homework
-work on essay
-answer questions 1,4 and 5 for scene v

Tomorrow
-finish Act I

Over the Weekend
-complete essay
-complete questions

3C1
-read Act 4, scene 1 and 2

Homework
-be sure essay is finished for tomorrow (rough copy)

Over the Weekend
-complete unfinished questions for Act 3 or 4

Tuesday April 23

2D1
-note on soliloquy and aside
-review of Act I, scenes i and ii
-acted scenes iii and iv (special attention to stage direction and asides)

Homework
-complete questions on iii and iv

Wednesday
-scenes v,vi and vii

Thursday
-listening quiz, Act I review sheet

Over the Weekend
-complete rough copy of the compare/contrast essay (due Monday)

3C1
-listening quiz on arranged marriages
-watch Act 3 video

Homework
-review sheet on Act 3 should be completed
-work on literary essay (if not finished yet)

Wednesday
-Act 4
-themes of Romeo and Juliet note

Thursday
-peer editing of literary essay (rough copy due)
-continue themes note

Over the Weekend
-prepare good copy of literary essay (due Monday or Tuesday)

Monday April 22

2D1
-drew a map of significant places in Macbeth
-Macbeth vocabulary game - using Act I liner notes
-read Act I, scenes i and ii

Homework
-complete questions on Act I, scenes i and ii (do them as we discussed in class
** remember rough copy of To Kill A Mockingbird essay is due next Monday

Tomorrow
-continue with Act I

3C1
-read Act 3, scenes 4 and 5 of Romeo and Juliet

Homework
-finish any incomplete questions
**work on literary essay of Romeo and Juliet - rough copy due Thursday

Tomorrow
-Act 3 video, worksheet
-note on themes of Romeo and Juliet 

Thursday April 18

2D1
-compare/contrast essay assignment handed out
-lots of discussion on style, structure, and content
-due dates will be posted tomorrow

Friday
-continue with essay - planning and brainstorming period

3C1
-continuing with literary essay information
-due dates will be posted tomorrow

Friday
-finish Act 3

Wednesday April 17

2D1
-power point introduction to Macbeth (if you were away be sure to get the notes from a friend)

Tomorrow and Friday
-compare/contrast essay on To Kill A Mockingbird

On the Weekend
-work on the essay (make sure you clear that kitchen table and get your writing tool box out)

Monday - Friday
-Macbeth (Act 1)

3C1

Wednesday and Thursday
-literary essay on Romeo and Juliet

Friday
-continue Act 3

Tuesday Apr 16

2D1
-final day of To Kill A Mockingbird movie

Tomorrow
-return opinion essays
-introduction to compare/contrast essay

3C1
-Act 3, scene 2 and 3

Tomorrow
-literary essay on Romeo and Juliet

Fri Apr 12

2D1
-watched first part of To Kill A Mockingbird

Homework: Enjoy the Weekend! Hope for some good weather.

Next Week
-finish the movie
-return opinion essays
-hand out compare contrast essay assignment
-begin Macbeth

3C1
-watched Act 3, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet
-summary note (overhead) on 3,1

Homework: Enjoy the Weekend! Hope for some good weather.

Next Week
-continue with Romeo and Juliet
-hand out literary essay assignment

Wed Apr 10

2D1
-our gut wrenching, emotional close to the novel ie analysed chs 28-31
-corrected questions for chs. 28-20

Tomorrow
-good luck on literacy test
-in class, we will be working on. ch 31

**if no literacy test, will begin watching To Kill A Mockingbird

3C1
-watched Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet
-be sure Act 3, scene 1 questions are complete

Tomorrow
-grammar
-good luck those of you writing the literacy test

**if no literacy test, will continue on with Act 3, scenes 1 and 2

Friday April 5

2D1
-completed handout on Aftermath of the Trial
-submitted opinion essay

Homework
-enjoy the weekend

Next Week
-finish the novel
-watch the movie
-compare/contrast essay

3C1
-finished Act 2, scene 4 and 5
-watched modern version of "Monsters are Due on Maple St"

Homework
-enjoy the weekend

Next week
-finish Act 2
-literary essay

Wednesday April 3

2D1
-peer edited opinion piece
-read Mayella's testimony (ch 18)

Homework
-read Tom's testimony (ch 19) and complete trial handout
-work on opinion piece

Thursday
-Atticus' summation to the jury
-trial wrap up (overhead note)

Friday
-opinion essay due
-aftermath of the trial

3C1
-read act 2, scenes 1 and 2 - the balcony scene

Homework
-study for tomorrow's quiz

Thursday
-quiz on Act 1 and the ppt presentation
-read Act 2, scene 3

Friday
-Act , scenes 3, 4 and 5 

Tuesday April 2

2D1
-review of chapter 15-16
-introduction to the trial scene(s)

Homework
-be sure trial handout is completed
-complete opinion essay (rough copy due Wednesday)

3C1
-review of Act 1 (chart, quote analysis)
-quiz is this Thursday

Homework
-finish any verbal-visuals that were not submitted last Thursday
-review Act 1 for the quiz

Wednesday March 27

2D1
-review of chapters 11-16
-complete homework questions on chs 14, 15 and 16; they are due next Tuesday
-returned and corrected Mockingbird quizzes

Thursday
-introduction to the opinion essay
-due dates announced tomorrow

3C1
-read Act 1, scenes 4 and 5
-worked on questions on the scenes

Thursday
-watch Act 1
-verbal visual assignments due on today

**Quiz on Act 1 and power point information next week

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2D1

Some important chapters include:
17-20 - the trial
28-31 - the conclusion

Good luck on Monday! 

Thursday March 21

2D1
-read chapter 10 of To Kill A Mockingbird

Friday
-note on chapter 10
-analysis of chapters 11-13

Monday
-content quiz focussing on chapters 11-31
-overview of comparative paragraph and oral presentation

Tuesday
-power point presentation

Wednesday and Thursday
-opinion piece outline

3C1
-worked on questions for act 1, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet

Friday
-read and analyze Act 1, scenes 2 and 3

Monday
-work period for Verbal Visual Essay (due on Thursday)

Tuesday
-finish power point presentation
-correct scenes 2 and 3

Wednesday and Thursday
-continue with Romeo and Juliet

Tuesday March 19

2D1
-progress reports handed back along with comparative paragraph, oral presentation mark and website evaluation

-analysis of chapter 5 and 6 (I see Mr. Avery in the window, watch out below!)

homework - complete worksheet on chapter 7 and the question for chapter 8 (Show how there is an emphasis on courage and kindness in chapter 8.)

Tomorrow
-overview of oral presentation and comparative paragraph - the good, the bad and the ugly
-analysis of chapter 8, 9 and 10

Wednesday
-chapter 10 and 11

Thursday
-tie up of Part 1 of the novel

Friday
-power point presentation on Mockingbird

Monday
-quiz focussing on chapters11-31

3C1
-progress reports handed out
-power point presentation on Romeo and Juliet

Wedensday and Thursday
-Act 1

Friday
-work period for verbal visual

Wednesday March 6

2D1
-wrote mockingbird quiz

Tomorrow
-non fiction test
-when finished read Mockingbird

Friday
-read Mockingbird

After the Break
-we begin our study of Mockingbird 
-opinion essay

3C1
-most were in literacy test writing period
-those left in class worked on media assignment/short stories review

Tomorrow
-short stories test

Friday
-continue with media assignment

After the Break
-begin Romeo and Juliet

Friday March 1

2D1
-corrected personal impression
-introduction to rhetorical devices
-analysis of devices used in Lou Gehrig's Farewell and President Bush's 9-11 speeches

Homework
1. Practice speech
2. Finish paragraph
3. Review non fiction unit
4. Read TKAM

Next week
Monday - speeches
Tuesday - speeches and test outline
Wednesday - TKAM quiz, unit review and final day to submit paragraph 
Thursday - unit test
Friday - read TKAM period



3C1
-what is symbolism and point of view?
-finished "One of These Days"
-introduction to "Barney"

Homework
-begin preperation for short stories test

Next week
Monday - finish "Barney", test out line
Tuesday - review of short stories
Wednesday - test and last day to hand in memo
Thursday - media assignment (in class)
Friday - media assignment (in class)

Wed Feb 27

2D1
-peer edited paragraph
-info given regarding instructions and expectations for handing in assignments
-what are homophones?

Homework
-work on speeches
-read Mockingbird
-work on paragraph
-define your homophone

Tomorrow
-what is personal impression?

3C1
-took up questions on "Paid Up Member"
-what are flashback and foreshadowing?

Homework
-make sure all "Paid Up Member" questions are complete

Tomorrow
-what is symbolism?
"One of These Days"

Monday Feb 25

Here is your 2 week schedule, before the March Break, for both 2D1 and 3C1

2D1

Tuesday
-video on oral presentation skills (followed by a listening test)
-correct graphic text

Wednesday
-peer edit compare/contrast paragraph
-instructions for handing in formal assignments
-what are homophones?

Thursday
-what is personal impression

Friday
-rhetroical devices
-speech analysis

Monday
-speeches

Tuesday
-speeches

Wednesday
-TKAM quiz - chapters 1-11
-review for non fiction test

Thursday
-non fiction test

Friday
-reading period for TKAM

3C1

Monday
-what is irony?
-"Paid Up Member"

Tuesday
-what are flashback and foreshadowing?
-finish and correct "Paid Up Member"

Wednesday
-what is symbolism?
-"One of These Days"

Thursday
-peer edit Memo assignment-correct "one of These Days"
-what is suspense?
-"Barney"

Friday
-correct "Barney"
-what is "point of view"
-review for test

Monday
-test

Tuesday
-media assignment (in class)

Wednesday
-media assignment (in class)

Thursday
-introduce verbal/visual essay assignment

Friday
-work period on verbal/visual

Friday February 22

2D1
-assigned compare/contrast paragraph
-rough copy due Wednesday Feb 27 for peer editing, good copy due Tuesday March 5 or Wednesday March 6

This Weekend
-brainstorm and begin rough draft for compare/contrast paragraph
-continue to research for you oral presentation

Monday
-research in library (final in class time)

Tuesday
-presentation reminders and rhetorical devices/speeches

Wednesday
-what is personal impression?

Thursday and Friday
-oral presentations

Monday
-chapters 1-11 Mockingbird content quiz

3C1
-correct business writing handout
-introduction to writing assignment #1 - the memo

This Weekend
-work on the memo

Monday
-irony and "Paid Up Member"

Thurs Feb 21

2D1
-had the period to complete their website evaluation sheet and begin preliminary research on their presentation topic

Homework
-website evaluation worksheet is due on Monday
-continue reading To Kill A Mockingbird
-finish up graphic text homework (handout)

Friday
-introduction to comparison/contrast paragraph (rough copy will be due next Wednesday)

Monday
-final research day for presentation or work on paragraph

3C1
-wrote quiz on first 3 short stories and first 6 elements
-introduction to business writing (handout)

Tomorrow
-writing assignment #1 - the memo

Monday
-element of fiction #7 - irony
-the short story "Paid Up Member"

Tuesday Feb 19

Back from Family Day!

2D1
-went over presentation reminders, dates, rubrics and timelines (handout)
-review of What is Graphic Text? (handout)
-began graphic text assignment (Map of a Museum)
**presentation order is listed on the right side of the blog

Homework
-finish graphic text assignment (for Friday)

Wednesday and Thursday
-library work periods for research presentation assignment


3C1
-element of fiction - theme and nemesis (overhead note)
-review and reread and took up "Monsters are due on Maple Street"

Homework
-review for Thursday's quiz - first 3 stories and first 5 elements

Wednesday and Thursday
-introduction to Business Writing

Valentine's Day

2D1
-identified the various parts of a newspaper through a fact finding mission - mission completed (I hope)
-identfied main parts of a news article (overhead note)

Homework
-read Mockingbird

Tomorrow
-closer look at the news article through another fact finding mission and a group work assignment

Next week
-introduction to the oral presentation and comparison/contrast paragraph (both formal assignments)

3C1
-element of fiction - setting (overhead note)
-introduction and begin reading "The Mosters are Due on Maple Street" (page 47)

Tomorrow
-elements of fiction - theme and nemesis
-finish "Monsters"

Next week
-quiz on first 3 stories and elements of fiction
-writing assignment #1  

Tuesday Feb 12

2D1

-notes on chapter 1 and 2 of To Kill A Mockingbird
-began reading chapter 3

For homework

-finish reading chapter 3
-PS if you are bored tonight, as we were discussing in class, scroll down the blog and click on the Monroeville AL picture to learn a little bit more about Harper Lee's hometown upon which she based the fictional town of Maycomb AL on   

Wednesday

-review of chapter 3
-introduction to the newspaper/report

**Content quiz number 1 on To Kill A Mockingbird will be on Monday March 4 (thus, you must have read at least to the end of chapter 11, though I would suggest you plan to be a little farther by that point)

3C1

-watched DB Cooper Unsolved Mystery as a follow up to the short story

Tomorrow

-questions on "DB Cooper"

Monday Feb. 11

2D1

-read chapter 1 of To Kill A Mockingbird in class
-handed out maps and chapter questions

Homework

-answer question for chapter 1
-read chapter 2

Tomorrow
-check for signatures, 9 techniques for article writing, chapter 1 questions
-note on chapter 1, discussion of chapter 2, begin reading chapter 3

Rest of the Week

-the news article

3C1

-note on character
-more "Interlopers" questions
-read "DB Cooper" and answer questions on the story

Tomorrow

-finish "DB Cooper"
-DB as an unsolved mystery?

Friday Feb 8

Snow Day! The two greatest words in the English language.  Well, at least they are if you are a teacher or student.

2D1

-be sure you have finished your feature article chart and have made notes on the 9 techniques of news articles found on page 156 and 157 of Language and Writing 10
-we are now done with the concept of feature article/information text, so take a few minutes this weekend to review your notes on this topic

Next week

-begin To Kill A Mockingbird on Monday and Tuesday, review of the news article (which you studied in grade 9; we do this mostly to prepare you for the literacy test as you usually have to write one on the test) and, by the end of the week, we should be introducing your first minor writing assignment

3C1

-finished the short story "Interlopers"
-question sheet should be completely filled out except for the character chart (we will do that next week)
-take a few minutes this weekend to review the first element of fiction we have studied - conflict

Next week

-more elements of fiction and two short stories
-our first quiz is looking like next Monday (not the Monday coming up, the following Monday) 

Tuesday Feb 5

2D1
-overview of English and course guidelines
-note on information text
-handed out books

Homework
-bring magazine for Thursday
-have 3 guardian signatures for Friday

Wednesday
-more on info text
-read "Eye Spy"

Thursday
-correct "Eye Spy"
-work on magazine feature article

Friday
-intro to To Kill A Mockingbird

3C1
-overview of English and course guidelines
-finished note on conflict
-handed out books

Homework
-review note on conflict
-3 guardian signatures due Friday

Wednesday
-read "Interlopers"

Thursday
-continue with "Interlopers"

Friday
-read "DB Cooper"