English 9, Thursday, Sept. 30

Today, short story comprehension test. You will be reading a new short story, creating a chart and writing a formal, literary paragraph. You are prepared. You will do well.

Friday--study words 1-13, be ready for the test.

We'll be starting a novel soon. Monday, we have an event in the theatre.

USSR forms for Sept. are due today.

Thanks.

English 11E, Thursday, Sept. 30

Yesterday, we worked with more ways to get you going with fiction writing. Get the notes from a friend and try the exercises. Today, you may have the entire class minus USSR to work on crafting your stories which are due Monday.

Hopefully, you have edited your essays by now. Due Friday. Also, complete the green sheets.

Vocabulary test--Friday, words 1-13.

Writing 12 Thursday, Sept. 30

Thank you for submitting such fabulous poems. I'm so impressed and this is only week 3!!! Wow.

Imagine the quality of your manuscripts by the end of October. You will make money with these poems and change the world and not necessarily in that order, right?

Today, we focused on using our imagination by developing extended metaphors. Try imitating the samples.
See if you can go over some previously-edited poems and add more extended metaphors. They really work and they are fun to write.

Next week, we have two writers coming to class, one from Iceland and one from Ireland--Monday and Tuesday. You will not want to miss these classes BUT if you have to, remember, you must make up the time by attending an extra literary event outside of school.

If you have already attended an event, please submit your response forms, asap.

Thanks.

English 9, Tues. Sept. 28

Friday, we read Morley Callaghan's story, "All The Years Of Her Life" and created a what/so what? chart to answer the question: Discuss what Alfred learns about his mother the day he is caught shoplifting.

Today, we wrote a 250-350 word, formal, literary paragraph. We used all of our handouts: literary must-haves sheet, the transitions sheet, hook sheet, how to cite sheet, how to incorporate quotations sheet, our corrected paragraphs from last week, and a thesaurus. Next, we edited the paragraph to catch any errors.

Writing formal paragraphs takes practice. This paragraph is number 3. If you feel lost, please make an appointment to see me. I am available before or after school.

THURSDAY:
USSR FORMS DUE FOR SEPTEMBER. THANK YOU. YOU'VE READ A LOT OF BOOKS.

FINAL SHORT STORY TEST, THURSDAY. YOU WILL BE READING A SHORT STORY, CREATING A WHAT/SO WHAT CHART AND WRITING A FORMAL PARAGRAPH. STUDY YOUR EDITED PARAGRAPHS. YOU MAY USE YOUR HANDOUTS DURING THE TEST, A DICTIONARY AND A THESAURUS.

PRACTICE AT HOME.

Friday--Vocab. quiz on the words 1-13.

English 11 E, Tues. Sept. 28

Congratulations on your successful in-class essays. You now have the essays returned and you need to edit them. Submit the corrections and the completed green sheets by Friday.

Short Story Assignment. Today we started writing fiction. There are several strict guidelines for these stories. Be sure to follow them.

Our lesson focused on how to "show and not tell". We did three writing exercises today. If you missed them, borrow another student's notes and be sure to do them as you need this practice. We focused on using descriptions of objects to "show" and dialogue with interjections to reveal character.

Thursday: LAST DAY FOR USSR FORMS FOR SEPTEMBER.

This week we will focus on how to write fiction.

Friday: VOCAB. TEST WORDS 1 -13.

Writing 12, Tuesday, Sept. 28

Thanks to Claire and Hanna for their incredible presentation on Patricia Young's work.

Several students neglected to bring poems for workshop today.

Here's a review of our weekly routine. Please get involved asap as each week you are losing marks due to your lack of preparation.

Every Monday (or Tues. in the case of a holiday) bring enough copies of a new poem (which you have written) to give to your workshop group. Give one to each member of your group.

Take home the poems you receive and edit them using our criteria sheet and our "how to edit" handout.
Practice makes perfect.

For Wed. Bring a poem that uses detail in a unique way. Be prepared to share it with the class.

Thursday: Two poems are due. Also, it's Sept. 30th which means all USSR forms for books read in Sept. are due.

Literary Events: Last day for these events is the end of October. Today, all event responses from last week are due.

English 9, Friday, Sept. 24

Don't be discouraged if you are not yet achieving your goals on your literary paragraphs.
However, be sure to review all of the handouts, your notes, your editing feedback and be ready to explain to me what you need to do to improve.

Extra help is available if you need it. Please, ask.

This weekend, USSR is our theme. Three days to read. Yay.

Make sure you finish the What/So What? chart for the Morley Callaghan story,"All the Years of Her Life".