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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
-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)
-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
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
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
-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
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