Monday February 6

2P1
-worked on diagnostic writing assignment (paragraph writing)
For Homework
-signatures by Friday (3 signatures are needed)
-bring in a magazine for Thursday
Tomorrow
-introduction to the unit and feature articles

4U1
-more information on rhetorical devices (power point lesson)
For Homework
-begin to memorize the definitions of the devices
-on worksheet, take an educated guess at 10 more of them (we did 3 together in class) 
Tomorrow
-get books, introduction to descriptive writing,  read "The Skier"

Semester 2 in the House

Welcome To Semester 2


Period 2 - Portable 12 - 2P1
Period 3 - Room 311 - 4U1
Period 5 - Portable 2 - 4U1

Feel free to browse around and explore the links.  All daily work, homework and assignments will be posted at the end of each day. 

The pictures on the side all lead to websites that will be helpful and informative - including etexts in case you forget your homework, referencing and research guides, dictionaries and other useful information such as links to the public library, STM's website, online dictionaries and other useful tidbits.

Scroll to the bottom of the blog to see Dangela's Brushes with Fame.  All photos taken by Dangela himself. 

Tuesday Jan 10 'till the end of the Semester

4U1
-finish Act V,ii of Hamlet (complete questions for homework)
-Wednesday - peer edit - watch movie
-Thursday - go to lecture hall - work on wiki pages
-Friday - go to lecture hall - work on wiki pages
-Monday - go to lecture hall - work on wiki pages
-Tuesday - exam review/watch movie
-Wednesday - wiki presentations - groups 1 and 2
-Thursday - wiki presentations - groups 3 and 4
-Friday - wiki presentations - group 5 / watch movie in time remaining
-Monday - individual exam review

3C1
-Wednesday - culminating #1 - short story analysis
-Thursday - culminating #2 - letter of complaint
-Friday - finish ch 9 of West Side Story
-Monday - ch 10 of West Side Story//watch movie
-Tuesday - review
-Wednesday - test
-Thursday - watch Romeo and Juliet/exam review
-Friday - watch Romeo and Juliet/exam review
-Monday - exam review

Wednesday Dec 21 - Friday December 23

4U1
Meet in the library
Explanation of wikipages critical appraches assignment

Homework
Finish Act 3, 4 questions

Thursday
Take up Act 3,4
Read beginning of Act 4

Over the Break You Have 3 Jobs
1.  Work on ISU Essay
2.  Read Act 4 - answer 1 question per scene
3.  Work on wikipage (remember - you have contact info for each of your group members

After the Break
Watch Hamlet
Correct Act 4
Read Act 5
ISU Due
Critical Approaches Seminars (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the last week)

3C1
Note on chapter 6
Video of West Side Story up to the fight scene

Thursday
Finish chapter 6 note
Read Chapter 7

Over the Break you have 1 Job
Read chapter 8 and 9 and answer the questions

After the Break
Correct chapters 8 and 9
Read Ch 10
Themes/Responsibility
Quiz on chapters 3-10 of West Side Story
2 Culminating Activities

Monday Dec 19

4U1
Worked on mind map
Read act iii, scene i
Homework
Study for the quiz, read act iii, scene ii and answer the questions

Tuesday
Quiz
ISU Essay info
Correct iii, ii

3C1
Corrected ch 5
Read opening to ch 6

Tuesday
Finish ch 6, video

Thursday Dec 15

Back to the blog after a little hiatus

4U1
-read Act II, scene i and ii of Hamlet
-finish reading up to approx. line 390 (enter Polonius)
-I know, its a gigantic scene - but the last scene of the Act

Friday
-finish Act II
-mindmap

3C1
-read first part of Chapter 5

Friday
-movie

Over the Weekend
-finish chapter 5 and complete the question sheet

Thursday December 1

When the weather outside is frightful...but inside is so delightful.
It's December!

4U1
-Wednesday - read and answer questions for Act 2, scenes 3, 4 and 5

-Thursday - scenes 6,7

-Friday - scenes 8, 9 (on the weekend review questions/notes)

-Monday - review

-Tuesday - in class essay test

3C1
-Wendesday - West Side Story vocabulary and chapter 1

-Thursday - continue with chapter 1

-Friday - finish chapter 1, complete question sheet on Act 1 for homework