Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Tuesday Sept 29

3C1

-continued to introduce writing assignment #1 - the memo
-style notes, structure notes, exemplar and brainstorming

**rough copy due Oct 3, good copy due Oct 5 or 6th

Wednesday
-element of fiction #6 - irony
-read "Paid up Member"
-return DB Cooper web quest

4U1

-finished essay "Death Penalty: Justice for None"
-read over critical approaches
-returned quizzes

Homework
-continue to work on narrative

Wednesday-Friday
-introduction to A Man for All Seasons

**narrative due Thursday
**quiz on introductory ppt of A Man for All Seasons on Friday

Friday, September 25, 2015

Friday Sept 25

3C1

-wrote quiz
-watched "Monsters"

Weekend Homework
-enjoy!

Monday
-writing assignment #1

4U1

-last practice quiz
-worked on "Death Penalty"
-in class correction of questions

Weekend Homework
-complete narrative draft
-review for rhetorical devices quiz

Monday
-rhetorical devices quiz
-peer editing of narrative (you only get to peer edit if you have a rough draft to share)

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Thursday Sept 24 and Friday Sept 25

3C1

Thursday

-finished "Monsters"
-element of fiction #5 - dialogue
-review of test outline

Homework
-study for quiz!

Friday

-quiz
-watch "Monsters"

Over the Weekend!
-enjoy

4U1

Thursday

-practice quiz 
-"Wheat Kings" - and all their treasure's buried
-read "Death Penalty"

Homework
-reread "Death Penalty"
-continue to memorize  your devices

Friday

-last chance practice quiz
-finish "Death Penalty"

Over the Weekend
-finish your narrative, it's due Monday
-study your devices, quiz Monday

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

From Tues Sept 22 to Friday Sept 25 (4Us notice no dash bc of the word from)

3C1

Tuesday
-element of fiction #4 - Theme
-pre-reading activities for "Monsters"

Homework
-quiz on Friday, so review stories, elements and definitions

Wednesday
-reading "Monsters"
-quiz outline given

Thursday
-element of fiction #5 - dialogue
-complete "Monsters"
-continue to review for Friday's quiz

Friday
-quiz
-watch "Monsters"

4U1

Tuesday
-what are loose, periodic and short sentences?
-complete questions on "Snapshot"
-introduction to narrative/descriptive assignment

Homework
-find your photo and bring it in

Wednesday
-more info on writing assignment (rough copy due Monday)
-how to use a dash, try alt 0151
-work on brainstorming for essay

Thursday
-intro to expository/persuasive
-"Death Penalty"

Friday
-continue with and finish "Death Penalty"

**there has been a stay of execution on rhetorical devices quiz - it is moved to Monday


Monday, September 21, 2015

Mon Sept 21

3C1
-watched unsolved mysteries as a finale to the DB Cooper saga

Tomorrow
- element of fiction #4 - Theme
-"Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"

After this story there will be a quiz in the first three stories and the first 5 elements followed by a writing assignment.

4U1
-homework check
-more literary devices - paradox, oxymoron and allusion
-practice rhetorical devices
-correction of assigned "Snapshot" questions

Homework
-continue to review the 3 essays we have studied as well as the old and new devices

Tomorrow
-finish "Snapshots" and intro to writing assignment

**Minor writing assignment will be handed out tomorrow

**Rhetorical devices quiz at the end of the week - most likely Thursday

**Final test on essays and devices will be after the sixth essay studied