I collected the USSR forms and checked post-it notes. You need to be at 175 by Monday. Tuesday: We will start writing the essay.
This weekend: Get the novel read by Jan. 19th which means you need to figure out how much to read. You will have 90 minutes of class time during USSR so balance the rest of the novel out to be read at home.
We start poetry next week and exam preparation.
You will be writing an essay on your independent novel, comparing it to at least one other novel, play, or short story read this year as preparation for the exam.
Be sure to choose strong, evocative passages that demonstrate the appearance versus reality theme and decide what the point of these two different viewpoints is.
Vocab: We added two more words today opiate and pandemic. We had two essays presented today so be sure to get the notes from a friend if you were absent.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Thursday, January 8, 2015
English 11: Great presentations today. Well done!
We had three groups present today. We also added words 63 and 64 to our list. We read for 15 minutes.
Due tomorrow:
150 words of your independent novel read and 10 post-it notes on the appearance versus reality theme.
Due tomorrow:
150 words of your independent novel read and 10 post-it notes on the appearance versus reality theme.
December USSR forms.
I want to hear all about the great books you have read.
WE ❤️ READING!!!
Writing 12: Two new postcards due next Thursday, Jan. 15th
I'm really enjoying today's crop.
You have three weeks to go. What do you want to write? How do you want to write it?
Write it. Go. Hand it in. Let me see it and a few of you need to learn how to punctuate dialogue before Jan. 28th. Make this manuscript your best and your brightest.
The last two days will be busy. We will be sending your stories to the contests and magazines where we have already sent your poems. Yay, world. They get to read you.
Now go have an adventure and write about it.
You have three weeks to go. What do you want to write? How do you want to write it?
Write it. Go. Hand it in. Let me see it and a few of you need to learn how to punctuate dialogue before Jan. 28th. Make this manuscript your best and your brightest.
The last two days will be busy. We will be sending your stories to the contests and magazines where we have already sent your poems. Yay, world. They get to read you.
Now go have an adventure and write about it.
English 10: USSR forms due today . . . Shakespeare Begins . . .
If you were absent today, be sure to get the notes on the Renaissance, Shakespeare's theatre, the sonnet, and Shakespeare's sonnets.
Get the USSR form for Dec. completed and hand in. Check the mark book to ensure that all poetry and Animal Farm assignments are complete and marked.
For the next month, focus on preparing for your provincial exam. You need to be comfortable demonstrating all of the skills you have developed and practised.
Skills
1. Reading comprehension (answering questions, looking for context clues to understand vocabulary or to interpret character motivation).
2. A few literary terms such as point of view (first person, second person, third person, omniscient, objective, limited omniscient), figurative terms: personification, metaphor, simile, allusion, etc
3. Writing a compare / contrast piece. Use your literary must-haves rules, cite correctly, incorporate quotations using number 3 style, strong thesis statements, add insight, answer the question well, focus on sentence variety, strong verbs, use vocabulary from our list
4. Creative Writing: You may use any style you wish: Write a short story, a personal anecodote, a descriptive piece, a literary essay. However, adding unique details and insight to the topic is key as well as strong vocabulary and written expression (focus on style).
5. You need to know the basic conventions of English usage. How to punctuate. How to form sentences. How to spell. How to cite titles etc.
You have all written a mock exam. I suggest you go on-line and do practice exams as well. The exam is worth 20% of your total grade. Here is a link to practice exams:
English 10 Practice Exams
Get the USSR form for Dec. completed and hand in. Check the mark book to ensure that all poetry and Animal Farm assignments are complete and marked.
For the next month, focus on preparing for your provincial exam. You need to be comfortable demonstrating all of the skills you have developed and practised.
Skills
1. Reading comprehension (answering questions, looking for context clues to understand vocabulary or to interpret character motivation).
2. A few literary terms such as point of view (first person, second person, third person, omniscient, objective, limited omniscient), figurative terms: personification, metaphor, simile, allusion, etc
3. Writing a compare / contrast piece. Use your literary must-haves rules, cite correctly, incorporate quotations using number 3 style, strong thesis statements, add insight, answer the question well, focus on sentence variety, strong verbs, use vocabulary from our list
4. Creative Writing: You may use any style you wish: Write a short story, a personal anecodote, a descriptive piece, a literary essay. However, adding unique details and insight to the topic is key as well as strong vocabulary and written expression (focus on style).
5. You need to know the basic conventions of English usage. How to punctuate. How to form sentences. How to spell. How to cite titles etc.
You have all written a mock exam. I suggest you go on-line and do practice exams as well. The exam is worth 20% of your total grade. Here is a link to practice exams:
English 10 Practice Exams
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
English 11: How many of these terms do you know?
1. allusion
2. empathy / sympathy
3. flashback
4. imply / suggest
5. diction
6. hyperbole
7. direct quote
8. irony
9. anecdote
10. non sequitur
11. understatement
12. frame tale
13. appeal to a higher authority
14. alliteration
15. pun
16. repetition, repetition
17. parallelism
18. Narrative Elements: characters, point of view, detail,
19. imagery
20. rhetorical questions
21. incongruity
Tonight: Finalize your presentation. Your job is to teach the essay to the class in an animated and enthusiastic manner by highlighting the essay's components and thesis and by getting the class to try writing a personal essay using your author's style.
2. empathy / sympathy
3. flashback
4. imply / suggest
5. diction
6. hyperbole
7. direct quote
8. irony
9. anecdote
10. non sequitur
11. understatement
12. frame tale
13. appeal to a higher authority
14. alliteration
15. pun
16. repetition, repetition
17. parallelism
18. Narrative Elements: characters, point of view, detail,
19. imagery
20. rhetorical questions
21. incongruity
Tonight: Finalize your presentation. Your job is to teach the essay to the class in an animated and enthusiastic manner by highlighting the essay's components and thesis and by getting the class to try writing a personal essay using your author's style.
Writing 12: Great work today . . .
Tomorrow: Two post card stories due. I'll return your long stories and discuss where to go from here. We will focus on post card stories for two more days and you will have
TWO more post card stories due next Thursday, the 16th.
John Gould is here Friday. Lucky us! Bring questions.
Start thinking of ideas for your next story. Aim for 1500 to 3,000 words.
TWO more post card stories due next Thursday, the 16th.
John Gould is here Friday. Lucky us! Bring questions.
Start thinking of ideas for your next story. Aim for 1500 to 3,000 words.
English 10! Welcome Back. Great work today.
USSR forms for Dec. are due tomorrow. Thanks to those students who have already completed them. All overdue work should be submitted tomorrow unless you have spoken to me and arranged an alternate deadline. If you were absent today, email a friend, and then email me to set up a plan. Thanks.
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