Thanks for cleaning the grounds today. Great job!
We chose our debate topics and our teams. If you were absent, please call your homework buddy.
Tonight, start your Fact/React chart Find 3 pieces of evidence (and keep the biblographical info, i.e. author, title, publisher or url if it's a web resource) and write a response for each fact. We practiced creating reactions in class today so be sure to contact your two homework buddies.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Writing 12, Tues. Nov. 2
Thanks to Carli and Kate for the wonderful presentation on bill bisset. Bill will be reading at Serious Coffee, Mon. Nov. 15 at 7:30. See the poster on the Claremont Review Room door.
Chris from U.Vic visited the class and answered your wonderful questions.
We went to the library and exchanged all of our poetry books for fabulous fiction books. You need to read all three books this month. Both fiction books and the literary magazine. I have envelopes for the literary magazine submission if you need them.
Looking forward to your manuscripts Thursday.
Chris from U.Vic visited the class and answered your wonderful questions.
We went to the library and exchanged all of our poetry books for fabulous fiction books. You need to read all three books this month. Both fiction books and the literary magazine. I have envelopes for the literary magazine submission if you need them.
Looking forward to your manuscripts Thursday.
English 11 E, Tues. Nov. 2
We started poetry today and everyone cheered!! If you were absent, please return your Lord of the Flies novel to the library (remove all the post-it notes) and sign out two poetry books-Naming the Baby and in the Clear. Read the poem on page 20 of Naming the Baby.
We are using the acronym TICK to help us focus on how to read poems.
T-Title (brainstorm all the ways you think the title contributes to the poem)
I-Introduction (Re-read the first stanza or two and brainstorm what the tone is, anything significant. We discovered juxtaposition (define) and state its significance
C-Conclusion -re-read the last stanza or two and make connections to early stanzas. Why does the poem end there? What image or images stand out? What is the tone? Has the tone changed?
K-Key points--chose three key points from the poem--a stanza, a symbol, an image, tone, a technique, a question in the poem, a line break and explain why all three are significant.
Bring all the notes to class and we'll devise a thematic statement about the poem.
I collected the quote log and the essay today. If you were absent, you must bring a note and if the absence is reasonable, your work will be accepted.
We also wrote a poem in class today. Write a poem using all of the following items:
a month, a body of water, I, a season, a carname and year, a brand name, you, an animal, a type of tree, a description of light, a name of a place, love, a character from a film book, or history, and a texture (sticky, icy, rough etc) The poem may be any style.
We are using the acronym TICK to help us focus on how to read poems.
T-Title (brainstorm all the ways you think the title contributes to the poem)
I-Introduction (Re-read the first stanza or two and brainstorm what the tone is, anything significant. We discovered juxtaposition (define) and state its significance
C-Conclusion -re-read the last stanza or two and make connections to early stanzas. Why does the poem end there? What image or images stand out? What is the tone? Has the tone changed?
K-Key points--chose three key points from the poem--a stanza, a symbol, an image, tone, a technique, a question in the poem, a line break and explain why all three are significant.
Bring all the notes to class and we'll devise a thematic statement about the poem.
I collected the quote log and the essay today. If you were absent, you must bring a note and if the absence is reasonable, your work will be accepted.
We also wrote a poem in class today. Write a poem using all of the following items:
a month, a body of water, I, a season, a carname and year, a brand name, you, an animal, a type of tree, a description of light, a name of a place, love, a character from a film book, or history, and a texture (sticky, icy, rough etc) The poem may be any style.
English 9, Tues. Nov. 2
Excellent peer editing today. You looked and found (we hope) that WOW factor--enthusiasm, creativity and insight. Thanks to everyone. We had 100% of the essays completed. Well done.
Tonight is your final edit. Use the yellow essay checklist as you do the final edit. Those of you who were away, use the checklist on the green sheets that you have as you do your final revisions.
Tomorrow submit: the good copy, the draft, the checklist and the editors' checklists. Also, submit the completed quote log.
Title page for the essay. Give the essay a title which reflects your overall thesis. For example:
Growing Up In A Corrupt World in Paul Zindel's The Pigman. Italicize the novel title.
In the bottom left hand corner, write your name, English 9, Ms. Stenson, November 2, 2010
Have fun with your revisions.
Tonight is your final edit. Use the yellow essay checklist as you do the final edit. Those of you who were away, use the checklist on the green sheets that you have as you do your final revisions.
Tomorrow submit: the good copy, the draft, the checklist and the editors' checklists. Also, submit the completed quote log.
Title page for the essay. Give the essay a title which reflects your overall thesis. For example:
Growing Up In A Corrupt World in Paul Zindel's The Pigman. Italicize the novel title.
In the bottom left hand corner, write your name, English 9, Ms. Stenson, November 2, 2010
Have fun with your revisions.
Monday, November 1, 2010
English 9, Monday, Nov. 1
Excellent work to complete body paragraph 3 and your conclusion today. If you were absent today, you have a sheet on how to write the conclusion. It's green and attached to your body paragraph sheets. If you can't find it, check the English website www.claremont-school.ca/english
Tonight: type up your draft. Bring the entire essay (double spaced) to class for peer editing. Make sure it is printed and ready to go at the beginning of class.
Final copy plus the quote log are due Wed.
Tonight: type up your draft. Bring the entire essay (double spaced) to class for peer editing. Make sure it is printed and ready to go at the beginning of class.
Final copy plus the quote log are due Wed.
Monday, Nov. 1 English 11E
Excellent work to peer edit today.
Tomorrow--hand in the entire project: good copy, draft, editors' checklist, your checklist and cover page.
Also, submit your quotation log. The coloured one is fine.
Be ready to start poetry Tuesday. Bring back your novels so you can sign out the new books.
Tomorrow--hand in the entire project: good copy, draft, editors' checklist, your checklist and cover page.
Also, submit your quotation log. The coloured one is fine.
Be ready to start poetry Tuesday. Bring back your novels so you can sign out the new books.
Writing 12, Monday, Nov. 1
Welcome to Fiction!!! Great insights into the world of story openings this morning. Thank you for your wise words.
Thurs: Poetry Manuscript plus electronic version due.
Monday: Your submission to a literary magazine is due. If you need envelopes, please ask.
Tuesday: Bring back all library books as we'll be signing out new ones. Re-new any books you need to keep for your author presentation.
Tonight: Sara and Robyn's exercise: Write an intro which focuses in on one trait of the main character. The example was her ordinariness but it could be shyness, pride, greed, aggression, fear etc. Use any combination of techniques to get this trait across: dialogue, description, symbolm, repetition etc.
Thurs: Poetry Manuscript plus electronic version due.
Monday: Your submission to a literary magazine is due. If you need envelopes, please ask.
Tuesday: Bring back all library books as we'll be signing out new ones. Re-new any books you need to keep for your author presentation.
Tonight: Sara and Robyn's exercise: Write an intro which focuses in on one trait of the main character. The example was her ordinariness but it could be shyness, pride, greed, aggression, fear etc. Use any combination of techniques to get this trait across: dialogue, description, symbolm, repetition etc.
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