Weekend Homework - Fri Sept 30

3C1

-work on rough copy of memo, rough copy is due Tuesday

4U1

-work on narrative, good copy due Monday or Tuesday

"The Death Penalty: Justice for None"

Follow up questions

1.  Find an example of a short sentence.  Is it used to create suspense or deliver a truth about life?  How does it support the thesis?

2.  Find an example of parallelism and an oxymoron.  How do they help support the thesis?

3.  Think of one more argument that could be used to support the author's contention?

Thurs Sept 29

3C1

-introduction to business writing and writing assignment #1

4U1

wheat kings

-return rhetorical devices quiz
-review of persuasive techniques
-"The Death Penalty: Justice for None" 

Style

1.  Does the title give the author's topic or the author's topic and stance? Explain.

2.  In what paragraph is the thesis located? Write it down.  Since it is a direct sentence from the essay does this make it an explicit or implicit thesis?

Evidence

3.  List, define and explain how the following are used to support the thesis: anecdote, antithesis and parallel structure (what I begin with I end with).

4.  Paragraph 5, 6, and 7 uses the persuasive technique of counter argument.  What counter argument is stated and how does the author refute the claim?  What style are these paragraphs written in—deductive or inductive? Explain your choice.

5.  List each support, in order, the author uses to prove the thesis.  What do we call this type of order?

The Week of Monday Sept 26

3C1
-finished "The Monsters are due on Maple Street: and answered questions.  Anything not completed in class should be finished for homework

Tuesday
-take up questions
-watch "Monsters"
-quiet review for quiz

Wednesday
-quiz
-watch modern "Monsters"

Thursday and Friday
-writing assignment #1 - business writing 

4U1
-what is an argumentative essay?
-"Forget Prince Charming"

Tuesday
-rhetorical devices quiz
-"Death Penalty"

Wednesday
-peer edit narrative

Thursday and Friday
-finish "Death Penalty"
-what is an editorial ?
-"Medical Care that's Fit for a Horse"

Where will you meet your soul mate?

Upcoming Due Dates

3C1
-quiz on 3 short stories and 5 elements on Wednesday Sept 27
-quiz outline given on Thursday September 22
-minor writing assignment to follow on Wednesday 

4U1
-rhetorical devices quiz Tuesday Sept 27
-narrative assignment:
assigned Wed Sept 21
rough copy Wed Sept 28
good copy Mon Oct 3 and Tues Oct 4

"Snapshot: The Lost Lives of Women"

Monday Sept 19 - Thursday Sept 22

3C1
-completed web quest (for marks!) on DB Cooper - if unfinished it is to be taken home, completed and handed in tomorrow

Tuesday
-the unsolved mystery and new developments of DB Cooper

Wednesday and Thursday

-Element of Fiction #4 and 5 - theme and dialogue
-"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"

Next week
-quiz on first 3 short stories and first 6 elements
-introduction of writing assignment #1

4U1
-types of sentences
-critical approaches to literature - the feminist approach
-"Snapshots"

Tuesday
-"Snapshots"

Wednesday and Thursday
-writing assignment #1 - the narrative/descriptive

Next Week
-quiz #1 on rhetorical devices
-the argumentative essay

GWEN

“I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.”


“When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary.” 


“He was a real Romeo with the ladies.” 


“He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car.”


"The team's Achilles Heal was it's inability to score in crunch time" 

Friday Sept 16

3C1
-finished up "DB Cooper"
-note on character

Monday
-media, in class assignment

Tuesday
-DB Cooper

Next Monday (Sept 26) or Tuesday (Sept 27) - quiz on first 3 stories and first 6 elements of fiction


4U1

-critical approaches handout - reader response, formalistic—this is another cornerstone of this course!

-finished analysis of narrative essay "Growing Up Native"

Monday and Tuesday
-"Snapshots;  Bring your Echoes book!

90s Alanis

Wednesday Sept 14

3C1
-reminder of media assignment that will be done in class on Friday
-signatures checked on Thursday

4U1
-the wonderful world of the—EM dash (and the - EN dash as well)
-what is narrative? (note)
-began a group reading "Growing Up Native"   

Midnight Oil

Sydney Olympics

tragically hip

Monday Sept 12

3C1

-read "The Interlopers" p. 41

tomorrow
-questions on "The Interlopers"

-signatures are due Thursday

4U1

-what's the diff between rhetorical and poetic devices note
-read "The Skier"
-worked on quadrant question chart (due tomorrow); complete for homework if not finished in class

Tomorrow
-more on "The Skier"
-introduction to narrative essays

-signatures due Wednesday

Friday Sept 9

3C1

Over the Weekend
-get signatures (due Wednesday)

Monday
-"The Interlopers"

The first unit is short stories—there will be a quiz and minor writing assignment after 3 stories and a test and major assignment after 6 stories


4U1

Friday
-note on essay types
-read and made notes on page 4 of Reading and Writing on Descriptive Essays
-looked up 8 poetic devices: alliteration, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, understatement, personification, onomatopoeia, allusion 

Over the Weekend
-get signatures (due Tuesday)

Monday
-"The Skier"

The first unit is essays—there will be a quiz, a test and a minor and major writing assignment.


winter

word game

logo quiz

spelling

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Welcome to Semester 1 of 2016.

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