Wednesday Dec 17-Friday Dec 19 and the Break

EMS 301
-bullying, peer pressure and persistence as found in A Christmas Story
-scene analysis assignment returned

Over the Break
-complete Reality TV and Conflict Assignement Sheet

After the Break
Week 1 - ISU
Week 2 - Exam Review and Exam

ENG 2D1
-Macbeth Act 1 and Act 2 Quiz on Wednesday
-Listening Quiz on Thursday and Dramatic Significance
-Review Friday

Over the Break
-Read Act 3, scene 1 and complete the worksheet and complete quote analysis 

After the Break
-Acts 3, 4 and 5
-Quotes Test on Macbeth
-Exam Review

Thursday Dec 11 - Tuesday Dec 16

EMS 301
-finished The Truman Show
-note on characters

Friday
-movie review analysis

Monday
-Biblical Imagery in The Truman Show

Tuesday
-scene analysis assignment

ENG 2D1
-watched Macbeth Act I
-read Act 2, scene 1 (complete corresponding questions from question package)

Friday
-introduction to quote analysis
-read answer questions for Act 2, scene 2

Monday
-Act 2, scene 2 and 3

Tuesday
-review and tie up of Act I and 2

Wednesday
-quiz on Act 1 and 2 and power point info
-dramatic significance of quotes

Thursday 
-Act 3, scenes 1 and 2

Tuesday Dec 9

EMS 301
-symbols from The Truman Show
-continued viewing, work on worksheet

ENG 2D1
-Macbeth: Act One Review - Group work with Dramatic worksheet
-Soliloquy and Aside - Group Work analaysis

**quiz after Act Two on powerpoint, soliloquy and aside, content from Act One and Two; probably middle of next week

Macbeth

Monday Dec 8

EMS 301
-began analysis of The Truman Show
-completed vocabulary sheet

Tomorrow
-continue analysis, note on character

ENG 2D1
-read Act 1, scenes 6 and 7
-complete scene questions for homework

Tomorrow
-Act 1 scene review and soliloquy analysis

Friday Dec 5

EMS 301

-read 2 articles on Reality TV - one scholarly (MLA style, thesis, support, citations) one entertainment-y - and completed questions (any incomplete are due for homework)
-returned and corrected Advertising test

ENG 2D1

-reviewed soliloquy and aside
-corrected Act 1, scene 3
-read Act 1, scenes 4-5

Homework
-complete the scene questions for 4 and 5

2D1 Culminating #3

Speech

Reality TV Articles

Read the following articles on Reality TV and answer the questions that follow:

Article #1
-identify and explain the author's claim that there are three (3) main reasons why Reality TV is such a popular genre in America

Article 1

Article #2
-read and answer the following:

1.  After reading the article list three (3) things that surprised you about the truth behind Reality TV.  List the fact and explain why you were suprised by it

2.  What is frakenbiting?  Why do they use this technique?  How do you think they came up with this word to describe this action?

3.  Why do you think its improtant to the producers that they get the final say of who is eliminated?

4.  Why should you believe the information found in this article?

Article 2

Wed Dec 3-Fri Dec 5

EMS 301

-intro to reality tv powerpoint (Wednesday and Thursday) and information worksheets (Friday)

ENG 2D1

-Wednesday and Thursday - in class culminating activities

-Friday Macbeth Act 1, scenes 3, 4 and 5

**comparison/contrast essay due Friday

  

Reality Clips

Candid Camera

American Family

That's Incredible

Cops

Real World

Absurd

Complex

Thursday and Friday Nov 26-27

EMS 301
-corrected PSA worksheet
-reviewed commercial ads
-read about Google, Twitter and Youtube and how they sell advertising

Friday
-correct Google, Twitter and Youtube
-review

Over the Weekend
-study for the test
Parts A, B - Matching (terms)
Part C - Short Answers (forcused on ppt presentation)
Part D - print Ad Analysis

Monday
-test

Tuesday - Friday
-intro to reality TV

ENG 2D1
-matching vocabulary (Shakespeare into modern English)
-corrected Act 1, scene2
-read Act 1, scene 3 and completed questions

**essay rough copy due tomorrow

Friday
-take up practice literacy test
-essay peer editing and final reminders

Monday
-note on soliloquy and aside
-read and answer Act 1, scene 4

Tuesday - Thursday 
-culminating activities

**essay due Wednesday

Tuesday Nov 25

EMS 301
-codes and conventions of TV commercials
-analysis of 2 commercials
-another practice for ad analysis

ENG 2D1
-MLA citations and works cited page handout
-writing toolbox reminders
**rough copy due this Friday

-intro to Macbeth powerpoint 

Monday Nov 24

EMS 3O1
-advertising techniques handout
-print ad group analysis

Tomorrow
-TV commercials

ENG 2D1
-how to incorporate quotes using MLA style
-work on essay template

DUE DATES
-rough copy - Friday November 28
-due date - Wednesday Dec 3

Tomorrow
-how to do a works cited MLA page
-introduction to Macbeth

Friday Nov 21

EMS 3O1
-worked on identifying brands, logos and colours in advertising
-no homework this weekend

Next week
-tv commercials, print ads and internet advertising

ENG 2D1
-brainstorming for Mockingbird essay; first and second brainstorming sheets, collected at the end of class and handed back out on Monday
-this weekend - read over notes for compare/contrast paragraph, leads, and opinion essay to refresh yourself on the rules of good writing

Next week
-more on essay writing: MLA referencing, quotations and works cited page
-intro to Macbeth

Wednesday Nov 19 - Friday November 21

EMS 301
Introduction to the World of Advertising

Thursday
Continue with Introduction

Friday
Colours and Brands and Logos,Oh My!

ENG 2D1
Chs 29, 20 and 31

Tomorrow
Tie Up Note and Essay Reminders

Friday 
Work On Essay 

Stars before they were stars

Stars before they were stars

Stars in commercials before they were stars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Nuwo0LLGk

Superbowl commercials

Advertising - Colours, Brands and Logos

The Use of Colours in Advertising

Colours play a large role in advertising.   Whether it is the colour associated with the company, brand or logo, the use of colour symbolism, or the emotions they bring out, advertisers use colour to help persuade you to buy their product.

Complete the work sheet.  The first part is a web quest for you to explore and find the answers.  

Then use these articles to answer the rest of the questions. 

Article #1
http://www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com/color-and-marketing.html

Article #2
http://www.creativebloq.com/branding/amazing-uses-colour-6133196

Article #3
http://www.businessinsider.com/branding-and-the-psychology-of-color-2012-12?op=1

If you are still stuck (for the answers on the back of the page), go to a web quest and search out the answers.

Be sure to keep a list of the advertisements that pop up in your journey.

Once done, you can have some from time on the computers.  

ENG 2D1 - HOMEWORK QUESTIONS DUE WEDNESDAY

Complete these for homework.  They are due Wednesday:

CH 29
How does Scout describe Boo Radley (use specific phrases from the book)?

CH 30
Why do the two men agree to the lie, that "Bob Ewell fell on his knife"?  Why is this a difficult decision for Atticus? 

Wednesday, Thursday and Monday

EMS 301
-listened to first part of the original War of Worlds broadcast followed by a content based listening test

Tomorrow
-listen to second part
-important concept of verisimilitude in creating believable docufictions or mockumentaries

Homework
-be sure reading activity on War of the Worlds is complete

Monday
-The Night America Panicked - docudrama on the night War of the Worlds was broadcast = how they made it and how people reacted to it

ENG 2D1
-corrected individual's reactions to the trial
-hypocrisy in chapters 24 and 26

Tomorrow
-chapter 28 - the climax of the novel

Homework
-complete questions on chapters 29 and 30

Monday
-correct questions, read chapter 31
-return opinion essays

Tuesday
-essay outline

Wednesday
-begin Macbeth
-introduction to Macbeth powerpoint

War of the Worlds Pre Reading Intro Activity

This exercise is to find out about what is considered to be the greatest media hoax ever, Orson Welles radio broadcast adaptation of "The War of the Worlds."  His radio company, the Mercury Theatre, delivered it on October 20, 1938 as part of the Columbia Broadcast Corporation's Halloween Holiday Broadcast.

There are varying reports and beliefs to what the actual panic and hysteria it caused, but it no doubt did fool many, many viewers.  To learn more about it, we will be reading three pieces and answering some questions on it.

First, read the following article (a news article written the next day - October 31, 1938) and answer the first 7 questions on the worksheet

New York Times News Article

Then got the Wiki Entry on "War of the Worlds" and answer questions 1-8 (use the brackets to know where to scroll down to the proper section to find the answer)

Wiki Entry

Last, go to Orson Welles Wiki Entry to find out a little about the man behind the panic.  Then answer questions 1-4.

Orson Welles Wiki

Then you are done.

Pay no attention to the items below.

Thant is all.

1938

1971

The Night America Paniced

Trailer

PBS

Mon Nov 10 - Thurs Nov 13

EMS 301

Monday
-mockumentary, docufiction and docudrama - what are they and what is the dif? (overhead note)
-where are they know assignment corrected and returned

Tuesday
-intro to Orson Welles War of the Worlds
-pre reading internet activity

Wednesday
-listen to part 1 of War of Worlds followed by multiple choice listening test 

Thursday
-part 2 of War of the Worlds
-what is verisimilitude?

ENG 2D1

Monday
-finish the film 

Tuesday
-aftermath of the trial, hypocrisy

Wednesday
-chapter 28

Thursday
-chs 29-31

Thursday and Friday

EMS 301
-documentary #2 - fooled you - hahaha - they were only ACTING!
-next week we explore how the media is able to manipulate and fool us including the first, and most famous, mass media hoax

Next Week
-Radio, trickery and The War of the Worlds

ENG 2D1
-watching To Kill A Mockingbird - I booked the lecture hall for us but when I went to test it a bulb in the projector is out, so just go to our regular classroom - C'est domage, but I tried

Weekend Homework
-complete front page of the 'Aftermath of the Trial" work sheet

Next Week
-complete the movie viewing, then focus on the aftermath of the trial, hypocrisy and the final few chapters

Mon Nov 3 - Fri Nov 7

EMS 3O1
-where are they now? web quest assignment in library

Tomorrow
-written test outline (test on Wed)
-finish web quest (due at the end of the period)
-finish reviews (for a bonus mark on the written assignment)
-prepare for written assignment

Wednesday
-written assignment

Thursday and Friday
-documentary #2

ENG 2D1
-review chs 9, 11, 12, 13
-work on chs 14, 15 questions

Tomorrow and Wednesday
-the trial

Thursday and Friday
-reactions to the trial and hypocrisy of the trial

Next Week
-finish the novel study, introduce group work

Tuesday Oct 28

EMS 3O1
-finished Hoop Dreams
-took up Senior Year worksheet

Tonight
-study for test

Tomorrow
-test on documentary power point and Hoop Dreams content

Thursday
-film reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

Friday
-Where are they now? Webquest (minor in class assignment)

ENG 2D1
-corrected 4-7

Tonight's Homework
-work on opinion piece
-finish suspense worksheet in ch. 6

Tomorrow
-chapter 8 - focus on kindness and courage

Thursday
-chapter 10 

Friday
-chapter 11

Monday Oct 27

ENG 3MS
-still working through Senior Year
-test outline (class voted for test first, then written assignment next week)
-the test is on documentary powerpoint and documentary content (Hoop Dreams)

Tomorrow
-finish it up
-review time

Wednesday
-test (Documentary and Hoop Dreams)

Thursday and Friday
-follow up activities (movie reviews and where are they now?)

Next Week
-writing assignment

ENG 2D1
-peer editing of the opnion essay and final reminders)
-essays due Wednesday or Thursday

Tomoorw 
-chapters 4-7 of Mockingbird

Wednesday
-chapter 8-9
-esaay due

Thursday 
-chapter 10
-essay due

Thursday Oct 23 - Friday Oct 24

EMS 3O1
-watched Junior Year of Hoop Dreams and completed front of Junior Year worksheet

Tomorrow
-Senior Year

Next Week
-finish the documentary, where are they now?
-in class multi paragraph response to the documentary 

ENG 2D1
-opinion piece writing template and reminders 

Homework
-complete chapter 3 of Mockingbird worksheet, work on opinion piece

Tomorrow
-ch 3 worksheet connection, analysis of chapters 4-7

Next Week
-analysis of chapters 4-10
-opinion piece rough copy due Monday
-good copy due Wednesday

Wed Oct 22

EMS 301

-Hoop Dreams Documentary

Tomorrow
-finish Junior Year segment

Friday
-finish Senior Year segment

Next Week
-writing assignment on Hoop Dreams


ENG 2D1

-themes in Mockingbird, chapter 3 worksheet

Homework
-complete chapter 3 worksheet on lessons learned in Mockingbird
-work on brainstorming of opinion piece

Tomorrow
-template, work on opinion piece

Friday
-chapters 4-7 in Mockingbird

Next Week
-opinion piece peer editing and final due date
-continue with Mockingbird

Documentary Clips

Lumiere brothers

Blackfish

the two escobars

the art of rap

grizzly man

my pet goat

March of penguins voice over

stock footage


land of headhunters

Nanook

triumph of the will

newsreels

OJ

supersize me

inconvient truth

project nim

Tuesday Oct 14

EMS 301

-wrote unit test
-tomorrow: powerpoint intro to documentary unit (and Thursday)

Next Week: analysis of a documentary - codes and conventions of the genre, filming and other choices and techniques made by the directors, social issues and Catholic values

ENG 2D1

-wrote Mockingbird quiz
-remaining time used to fine tune speeches

-Wednesday to Friday: speeches, see post below for speech order

Next week: opinion piece, begin our study of Mockingbird

Homework on Thanksgiving? Say What?

Happy Thanksgiving!  Although you have a bit of work to do this weekend, as we learned at mass and on announcements this week, we should be thankful that we have access to education - not everyone does - and they have to fight and risk their lives for it!

EMS 3O1
-study for Tuesday's test (scroll down for test outline if you didn't get it in class)
-finish your article assignment if you didn't hand it on Friday (it is now late)

ENG 2D1
-study for final Mockingbird test on Tuesday
-prepare and practice for presentations - Wednesday to Friday

Speech Order for 2D1

Topics pertain to Mockingbird and Macbeth
DAY 1
1.  Franklin D. Roosevelt
2.  Effects of the Great Depression (US)
3.  Scottsboro Trials
4.  Stonewall Jackson
5.  Martin Luther King
6.  Ivanhoe
7.  Methodist Faith
8.  Alabama (interest)
9.  Dracula (story)
10.  1930s movies - connect 2-3 movies to environment of the 1930s (not Dracula)

DAY 2
11.  Rosetta Stone
12.  Medgar Evers
13.  Rabies
14.  Baptist Faith
15.  Scotland (interest) 
16.  The Black Plague
17.  Guy Fawkes
18.  King James 6
19.  The Globe Theatre
20.  William Wallace

DAY 3
21.  Alnwick Castle
22.  Actors/Acting/Acting Companies in Shakespearean England
23.  The Stone of Scone
24.  Sir Francis Drake
25.  Christopher Marlowe
26.  Tragic Hero
27.  Edinborough Castle
28.  John Donne
29.  Elizabeth 1
30.  Tower of London

3MS and 2D1 Upcoming Due Dates

3MS

-Wednesday - rough copy and peer editing of article assignment
-Friday - assignment due
-Tuesday - Unit Test
Test will be: 
Matching - Film Techniques and Codes and Conventions of Movie Trailers
Multiple Choice and Fill Ins - Green book and powerpoint info
Short Answers - Stand by Me, Codes, Mass Media (green book)

2D1

-Thursday - Unit Test
-Friday - Work period - speeches or read Mockingbird
-Tuesday - Mockingbird Test #2 - matching, t/f and multiple choice
-Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - Speeches

   

Scary vs Animation

Watch these two classic genre trailers Shrek for animated feature and The Conjuring for horror and fill in the chart.

Shrek

The Conjuring

Then, for comparison, watch:

The Shining, Official 1980 trailer

Sleeping Beauty, 1959 Official Trailer

How were the modern ones, the same, different?  Did the older ones follow the set conventions or did they deviate from what we have come to expect?

Movie Trailers

Choose any of these two trailers and fill in the chart.  After watch the other three and hi lite, on the chart, the one that you thought was the best trailer (style wise, content wise, story wise).


Anchorman 2

Wolf of Wall Street

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

Man of Steel

Monday Oct 6 - Friday Oct 10

3C1

Monday - correct Stand By Me, Codes and Conventions of Movie Trailers, analysis of The Social Network trailer

Tuesday - analysis of 2013 and classic trailers, test outline

Wednesday - peer edit of article assignment 

Thursday - Finish movie trailers, correct Green Book questions, test outline

Friday - Pop Culture Closure Activity; Article Assignment due

Tuesday - Mass Media and Pop Culture Test 

Next Week - The Documentary

2D1

Monday - Graphic Text and Reading Comprehension practice for the Literacy Test

Tuesday - research and speech reminders, test outline

Wednesday - correction of graphic text and reading comp, review time

Thursday - Non Fiction Test

Friday - read Mockingbird or work on speech

Next week 

Tuesday - final Mockingbird Quiz on the entire novel

Opinion Essay; Speeches from Wednesday to Friday

Movie Trailers

The Social Network


Dodgeball

ENGLISH 2D1

**Due to the buyout, the English 2D1 test will have to be Thursday October 9th.
**Mockingbird Test 2 is till on Tuesday Oct 14th.

Next research day for your speech is Tuesday October 7th.  

The laptop cart is booked out, but you can bring your own PEDs because they will be much faster. 

So, bring your PED and any notes, info you have uncovered, over the weekend, about your topic.

PS  John...your topic is King James the 6th
Look him up this weekend and find out who he was and what he is famous for.  Make some notes on the brainstorming sheet in your presentation package

Thursday OCT 2 and Friday OCT 3

EMS 3O1
-in library making research notes on data base articles

Friday
-in library, either continuing research or beginning rough copy
**rough copy is due Wednesday Oct 8

Next Week
-finally correct Stand By Me Assignment
-correct book questions
-codes and conventions of movie trailers with analysis of several trailers
-peer editing data base assignment
-review and outline for unit test

Important Dates
Friday Oct 10 - data base assignment due
Tuesday Oct 14 - Unit 1 Test

ENG 2D1
-listening quiz on toastmasters - how to deliver an effective speech

Friday
-in library doing initial speech research

Next Week
-graphic text
-reading comprehension (literacy test preparation)
-speech research (1 period)
-review and outline for unit test
-unit test

Important Dates
-Friday Oct 10 - Unit #1 Test on Non-Fiction Writing
-Tuesday Oct 14 - Quiz #2 on Mockingbird

2D1 Speeches

Lou Gehrig


Bush Speech

Tuesday Sept 30

3C1
-final data base info from Mr. Luvisa
-computer time to search for and bookmark articles

Wednesday
-Stand By Me analysis
-working out of textbook

Thursday
-in library, making research notes on 2 articles on the same topic

Friday
-in library (either research or pop culture closure activity)

2D1
-read over rhetorical devices worksheet
-in small groups, analysed Lou Gehrig's farewell speech

Tomorrow
-final speech reminders
-return Mockingbird quizzes

Thursday
-listening test

Monday Sept 29

EMS 301
-redo day for students who missed their presentation date (only 1 asked to go)
-library presentation on data bases

Tuesday
-research period for article assignment

Wednesday
-Stand By Me scene analysis due

Thursday
-library research and work period

Friday 
-pop culture library assignment - The Times They Are A Changing

ENG 2D1
-quiz on chapters 1-11 of Mockingbird
-speech topics and dates assigned, overview of the assignment

Tuesday
-full speech assignment outline
-introduction to rhetorical devices (handout)

Wednesday
-speech research (bring your own cellular devices if you like - library is not available - I will also have the laptop cart available)

Thursday
-listening quiz (can't study for it, we will watch a video and upon completion ask content questions)  
Friday
-analysis of 2 famous speeches using rhetorical devices

**Test at the end of next week on non fiction

Thursday and Friday

EMS 3O1
-presentations
-read pages 9-10 of Mass Media and Popular Culture and answered 3 questions from question sheet
focusing on "The Medium is the Message"

Friday
-presentations

Next Week
-data base article assignment
-Stand By Me scene analysis due Wednesday

ENG 2D1
-fact finding mission on W's and H of news articles
-group contest - best news article

Tomorrow
-voting on best article


Next Week
-Mockingbird Quiz chapters 1-11 - Monday
-Speech info, speech analysis and rhetorical devices
-Friday - listening quiz (can't study for it - will play a video and ask questions immediately after it on the content of the video)

New Quiz date - Tues Oct 14 - Mockingbird quiz 2 (entire novel)

Wednesday Sept 24

3C1
-first set of presentations
-continued to work on scene analysis - due Friday - go to the blog to get the clip

Tomorrow and Friday
-speeches

Next week
-data base article assignment
-codes and conventions of movie trailers

2D1
-finished note on news articles
-article analysis on the w's and parts of the news article

Tonight
-work on paragraph - due Thursday or Friday
-read Mockingbird

Tomorrow
-news articles
-group writing

Friday
-rhetorical devices and speech analysis

Monday
-quiz - chapters 1-12 of Mockingbird, speech topics, outline

Tuesday Sept 23

EMS 3O1
-presentation reminders
-corrected film techniques chart
-began scene analysis (handout)

Tonight
-practice speech

Tomorrow 
-presentations 1-8
-finish scene analysis

ENG 2D1
-in class peer editing 
-submission instructions
-introduction to parts of the news article (the headline)

Tonight
-work on good copy of paragraph (due Thursday or Friday)
-read Mockingbird

Tomorrow
-finish parts of the news article
-work on the w's of news articles 

ENG 2D1 ORAL PRESENTATION TOPICS

Topics pertain to Mockingbird and Macbeth
DAY 1
1.  Franklin D. Roosevelt
2.  Effects of the Great Depression (US)
3.  Scottsboro Trials
4.  Stonewall Jackson
5.  Martin Luther King
6.  Ivanhoe
7.  Methodist Faith
8.  Alabama (interest)
9.  Dracula (story)
10.  1930s movies - connect 2-3 movies to environment of the 1930s (not Dracula)

DAY 2
11.  Rosetta Stone
12.  Medgar Evers
13.  Rabies
14.  Baptist Faith
15.  Scotland (interest)
16.  The Black Plague
17.  Guy Fawkes
18.  King James 6
19.  The Globe Theatre
20.  William Wallace

DAY 3
21.  Alnwick Castle
22.  Actors/Acting/Acting Companies in Shakespearean England
23.  The Stone of Scone
24.  Sir Francis Drake
25.  Christopher Marlowe
26.  Tragic Hero
27.  Edinborough Castle
28.  John Donne
29.  Elizabeth 1
30.  Tower of London

EMS 301

Assignment

1.  Take out your definitions sheet for Film Techniques.

2.  Watch the clip from Stand by Me and answer the questions using the technical terms we discussed.  You will need to watch the clip several times to answer all of the questions.

Stand By Me

For the first question, here is the full audio for the song, so, listen to the first minute of the song that was playing as the boys were approaching the tracks and then answer that question.  That may make it a bit clearer.

Buddy Holly

Good Luck!

Monday Sept 22

EMS 301
-completed film techniques worksheet in library

Tonight
-make sure worksheet is complete
-work on speech

Tomorrow
-final presentation reminders
-1994 to now fact finding mission

ENG 2D1
-note on parts of a newspaper
-worksheet on identifying the newspaper

Tonight
-make sure paragraph is complete
-read Mockingbird (quiz on chapters 1-11 is next Monday)

Tomorrow
-peer edit paragraph (and submission instructions)
-continue with news articles

Presentation dates - ems 3O1

Wednesday
Alex
Michelle
Silvia
Jacqueline
Kaitlyn
Justin
Andrew
Abgert

Thursday

Fatema
Riley
Jirina
Emily
Alexa
Ryan
Brendan
Bailey
Talin

Friday
Adrianna
Jessica
Jordyn
Calista
Lema
AuCoin
Julia
Shawn
Emma

Monday Library Assignment

English Media Studies

Time to:

1)  Come get a handout from me

2)  Put on your headphones

3)  Click on Lord of the Rings and fill in the sheet.

Lord of the Rings Filming Techniques

This will be the crux of how we decode the technical codes (aspects) of film and television, so it is not only important to get it down, it is also important to start learning the terms, definitions and effect on the viewer.  

If you finish before I call you in, do something useful on the computer or start memorizing the terms.

Friday Sept 19

ENG 3MS
-note on codes and conventions
-watched short video on film techniques

Homework
-work on speech, they start on Wednesday

Monday
-in library

ENG 2D1
-finished compare/contrast paragraph assignment intro

Homework
-work on paragraph (use your writing toolbox)
-continue to read Mockingbird

Upcoming Due Dates
-rough copy of the paragraph - Tues Sept 23
-good copy - Thursday Sept 25 or Friday Sept 26
-first Mockingbird quiz - Mon Sept 29 

lord of the rings

Thurs Sept 18

ENG 3MS

-Media Literacy - what is it and how to question it?
-worked on speeches

Tomorrow 
-final speech reminders
-codes and conventions
-filming techniques

Over the Weekend
-practice your speech, speeches start on Tuesday


ENG 2D1

-finished homophones (got our big, giant list)
-began intro to compare/contrast essay (to be finished on Friday)

Tomorrow
-final thoughts on the paragraph 

Over the Weekend
-work on the paragraph, rough copy due Tuesday (in class peer editing will be done on Tuesday)

Wednesday September 17

EMS 3O1

-read pages 7-8 of textbook and answered questions
-discussion and videos - how images can be manipulated by the producers

Homework 
-work on speeches

Tomorrow
-Media Literacy - Asking Questions
-work on speeches

ENG 2D1

-finished personal impression writing
-grammar - homophones

Homework
-look up your homophone
-read Mockingbird

Tomorrow and Friday
-compare/contrast writing and assignment
-transition words
-paragraph writing

ted talks


ferguson

shining

recut

Tues Sept 16

ENG 3MS

-how to write note cards
-information speech template
-time to work on the speech

Tomorrow
-Media literacy and some time to continue to work on the speech

ENG 2D1

-what is personal impression writing?
-read "It's all Downhill from Here" on p. 125 and answered questions

Tonight
-reading Mockingbird
-complete questions 1-4 on "It's all Downhill from Here"

Tomorrow 
-take up and homonyms

Monday September 15

EMS 301

-watched video, completed handout and discussed the 5 Secrets of Effective Communication

Tomorrow

-how to write note cards and begin writing your speech

Wednesday-Friday

-media concepts and media literacy

Next Week

-oral presentations (ie speeches)

ENG 2D1

-completed note on purposes of chapter 1 and questions of chapter 2
-completed map of Maycomb
-began reading chapter 3

Important Dates

Thursday Sept 25 - quiz on chs 1-11 of Mockingbird
Wednesday Oct 8 - quiz on chs 12-31 of Mockingbird (there will be some questions on the first 11 chapters but the focus is on the second half of the novel)

Tuesday and Wednesday  - Personal Impression Writing

Thursday and Friday - Compare/Contrast Paragraph Assignment 

Thursday Sept 11

EMS 301

-library research on pop icon, and Friday

Monday 
-The 5 Communication Secrets that Swept Obama to the Presidency Video and Handout on how to be an effective public speaker

ENG 2D1
-period 2 - began reading chapter 1 TKAM but were interrupted by picture day, continue tomorrow

-period 5 - began reading chapter 1 TKAM, continue tomorrow  

Weekend homework for both classes is to read chapter 2 and complete questions #1 and 2 from your handout.

Wed Sept 10

3MS
-finished mass media pop culture ppt - be sure your notes are complete
-assigned pop culture icon topics

Thursday and Friday
-research in library

2D1
-finished feature article magazine assignment
-be sure you review the notes and concepts as tomorrow we move on to To Kill A Mockingbird

Thursday and Friday
-reading chapter 1 of Mockingbird

Tuesday September 9

EMS 3O1

Today
-continued power point on Mass Media and Pop Culture (taking notes on teacher provided handout)

Tomorrow
-finish power point
-introduction to assignment #1 - oral presentation on pop culture

Thursday and Friday
-research time in library

ENG 2D1

Period 2 
-answered questions on Eye Spy, more notes on Information Text

Tomorrow
-correct Eye Spy answers, magazine article assignment

Period 5
-corrected last questions on Eye Spy 
-magazine article assignment - in pairs

Tomorrow
-close up activities on Information Text, introduction to Personal Impression Writing

Thursday, Friday and  Monday (both classes)
- Introduction to To Kill A Mockingbird 

Thursday September 4

3MS
-grade level meetings

Tomorrow
-who am I sheet
-English guidelines
-intro to mass media (textbook)

**signatures due on Tuesday

Next Week
-mass media, pop culture and intro to the oral presentation

2D1
Period 2 (one day behind period 5 due to the grade meeting on Wednesday)
-finished introductory game
-course evaluation
-who am I sheet

Tomorrow
-English guidelines
-unit overview
-introduction to information text

**signatures and magazine article due Tuesday


Period 5
-English guidelines
-unit overview
-introduction to information text

Tomorrow

-more 'info' on information text and read "Eye Spy"

**signatures and magazine article due Tuesday

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Welcome back to STM; and welcome to D'Angela Thoughts.  D'Angela Thoughts is the world famous blog for all things English based, that occur at St Thomas More, in periods 1, 2 and 5, in classrooms that feature me.

On the blog, you will find information pertaining to what we did in class today, what we are doing tomorrow and what assignments are upcoming.  It is a great tool to keep current in what is happening in class, especially if you are away, will be away or forgot what we did that day.

On the sides of the blog are some useful links as well - etexts of the books we read, grammar and language sites as well as sites that will enhance your enjoyment of what we are studying.   Also, I will use the blog to post assignments, especially in the Media Studies Class.

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