Monday Feb. 28

3U1
-power point on editorial cartoons

Homework
-analyse an editorial cartoon using the 6 questions discussed in class and bring the cartoon and your answers to class

Wednesday
-in class editorial assignement

3C1
-peer edited memo, introduced irony

Tuesday or Wednesday
-memo due

Friday February 25

3U1
-continue to work on research
-on Monday bring in research (postponed until Thurs, Fri)

***Change in plans - Monday go to the seminar room in the library  -   pass the word on to people in class if you can

Next week
-work on essay and political cartoons

3C1
-homework this weekend: finish 4 questions on "Paid up Member" and bring rough copy of memo


Next week
-irony and more short stories
-memo due Tuesday or Wednesday

Wednesday February 23

3U1
-in library for data bases, parenthetical referencing lesson

Tonight
-know your topic
-complete parenthetical referencing homework (due tomorrow)

Tomorrow
-go straight to the library and begin researching your topic
-get quizzes back

3C1
-business writing and intro to the memo assignment
-got quizzes back

Tonight
-get working on the memo

Long Range Forecast
-peer editing date for the memo: Monday February 28
-due: Tuesday March 1 or Wednesday March 2

Monday February 22

Wrote quiz - both 3U and 3C - should get them back Wed, Thurs at the latest.

3U - defined and examples of Chiasmus
- essay topics
- we are in the library for the next 3 days


3C - defined setting
- bring Communicate textbook tomorrow

Thursday and Friday February 17 and 18

3U1
-finish the 3 questions on 'Twins'
-research medias res and The 20 Rules for Writing Detective Stories and apply them to 'Twins'

Quiz Outline
-review all terms, techniques and studied up to date; you are responsible for the definition and applying them to the stories when applicable - sometimes you just need to memorize
-review your answers to the stories studied in class: 'Did I Miss Anything?', 'The Lottery Ticket', 'I Can Speak!' and 'Twins'

-there will be some objective questions (matching, fill ins) and some short answers
-you may write in point form since it is just a quiz


3C1
-finished 'The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street'
-complete the questions on 'The Monsters...'

Quiz Outline
-matching: elements of fiction (Which 5 did we do? Know the defintions - you need to memorize them)
-short answers: (one from each of the stories we read - 'The Interlopers', 'DB Cooper' and 'The Monsters are Due on Maple Street')
-you may write in point form since it is a quiz

Wednesday February 16

3U1
-finished 'I Can Speak' and 'Marge vs. Monorail'
-more on satire; links between 'The Music Man' and how 'Marge vs. Monorail' is a parody of it
-defined flashback and foreshadowing
-characteristics of a detective story

Tomorrow
'Twins' p. 213



3C1
-defined dialogue
-read first act of 'The Monsters are Due on Maple Street'

Tomorrow
-finish the story and the story questions

Tuesday February 15

3U1
Homework
-finish up the new question on 'I Can Speak!' 
-What are three techniques the author uses to create satire and humour in 'I Can Speak!'?

-  hint  -  look at the company's name for one of the ironies in the story, see your previously answered questions for some other hints to the extra question
-also, rewatch and fill in chart for 'Marge vs. the Monorail' if need be

3C1
Homework
-quiz on Tuesday
-begin to read over notes, catch up on missed material
-remember, not being there is not an excuse to not have the work done

Tomorrow - read 'The Monsters are Due on Maple Street?

Monday February 14

3U1

-homework
-reread - it is always a good idea - 'I Can Speak' (p327)
-answer the 4 questions

-hint for question #2 - he is satirizing the stereotypical view of a type(s) of parent - think the 'tennis dad,' and one more type, as for salesman - the stereotypical view of them as well - only interested in.... 

Tomorrow
-finish up 'I Can Speak'
-satire in another genre


3C1

-looked at character and characterization and took up questions on 'DB Cooper' (p120)

Tomorrow
-unsolved mysteries looks at 'DB Cooper'

Remember - quiz on Tuesday

Friday February 11

3U1

-finished analysis of "The Lottery Ticket" (p198)
-techniques of satire
-worksheet on poetic devices

Homework
-review all concepts studied thus far, finish extra questions on "The Lottery" and the poetic devices sheet

-some hints - look at how the dream begins, middles and ends and compare it to Ivan's character during the course of the story; also, money can't buy love, but it can... . 


3C1

-read 'DB Cooper" (p120)
-answered questions based on the story

Homework
-review all concepts studied thus far
-remember, there will be a quiz after we complete the next story

Thursday Feb. 10

Due to some technological issues, the followers link is not available right now.  Don't be sad, we will figure something out. 

3U1
-complete 3 questions on 'The Lottery Ticket'

-some hints for you:
-Chekov is satirizing a belief of what will make us happy
-irony - there is some situational and verbal in there
-exaggeration - at the end of the story, his views on her family... 
-remember there is nothing wrong with giving the story another read; I'm just saying...

-if you are interested, here is a link to Anton Chekov's wikipedia page - yes, I know it is just wikipedia, but it does give a nice biography
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov



Tomorrow
-more analysis of 'The Lottery Ticket'
-techniques of satire
-poetic devices

3C1
-finished up 'The Interlopers'
-it is a morality tale because it tries to teach us a lesson about how we should/should not live
-discussed theme (the lesson of the story) 

Tomorrow
-'DB Cooper' page 120

Wednesday Feb. 9

3U1
-finished analysis of the poem 'Did I Miss Anything?'
-looked at the use of sentence fragments in the poem
-looked at the three types of irony; examples of...
Homework
-memorize your definitions of irony

Tomorrow
-more irony and the story 'The Lottery Ticket'

3C1
-finished the short story 'The Interlopers'
-completed the question sheet on the story
Homework
-review the story/questions if need be

Tomorrow
-anaysis of theme, the story 'DB Cooper'

Semester 2 in the House

Monday Feb 6 - English 3U1 and English 3C1

-completed diagonostic
-handed out books (make sure your name is in it)
-gave unit overview
-checked signatures on two handouts

Tuesday Feb 7

English 3U1
-defined hyperbole and understatement
-poem in Echoes -  "Did I Miss Anything/"
-questions on theme, tone and poem development

English 3C1
-what is conflict?
-began reading of "Interlopers" from Between the Lines