Wed Feb 9th

Looks like the next few weeks are going to be very very busy! 

11s- today we peer edited Lady Macbeth paragraphs and got ready to hand final copies in on Monday Feb 14th.  Please hand in your drafts/outline/peer edit sheets to your good copies.  Good copy format rules apply.

Macbeth Prompt Book (MPB) was assigned today too...each class you will have a specific task that needs to get done during class.  Next day (Mon Feb 14th) you will be responsible for your company report, and your close reading of the scene...make sure that you bring in a clean copy of your script to class so that you can do a close reading with your group/partner.

Letter Essay Due Feb 24th!!!!  Get organized!

10s- "Harrison Bergeron" Day 2 - we finished the story and moved into small groups to do a second reading and help each other work through vocab/literary devices/questions.  Due Monday: "Tell Tale Heart" plotline, story chart, "Harrison Bergeron" worksheet.

Letter Essay Due Feb 24th!!! Get organized!

Tuesday Feb 1, 2011

11s- Today we watched and read parts of 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.  We learned about pathetic fallacy and noted how Shakespeare uses this to add depth and meaning to the play.

You are responsible for bullet point answers for 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3.

Next day you will be writing a paragraph that is based on one of these questions.

10s-  Today we read "The Tell Tale Heart" by E.A.Poe.  The story is a wonderful example of suspense writing!  Next up, you will all write a suspense paragraph based on an everyday occurrence- using the techniques that Poe employs.

Wed Jan 26th

Woops, this posting is a little late...

11s- please graffiti Macbeth's 'dagger speech', it will be stamp checked tomorrow.  Reader's Workshop Friday so make sure you have your independent novel ready to go.

10s -1st draft of your theme paragraph is due at the beginning of class Friday, Readers' Workshop Friday, so make sure you have your independent novel ready to go.

Thursday Jan 20th

11s - Act One test on Monday worth 40 marks.  Part One - Plot Summary, make sure you go over what actually happens during the Act.  Part Two - Quotations, you will be given 10 quotes and asked to choose 6 on which to identify the speaker/audience and write the quote's significance and what it reveals about the speaker.

10s - we will be writing a paragraph on the theme in "To Build a Fire" on Monday.  READ your independent novels over the weekend!  Term 2 independent novel assignment to be revealed next Friday the 28th.

Tuesday Jan 18th

11s- Today we spent time in 1.4 and 1.5, you have all met Lady Macbeth...isn't she fantastic?!?
Please complete the questions (good copy format) for 1.4 and graffiti the text for 1.5.  Next up Lady Macbeth's 'unsex me' speech, 1.6, and 1.7. 

Act One Test Mon Jan 24th.  READ READ READ your independent novel.

10s-READ READ READ...your independent novels...  We'll be finishing "To Build A Fire" on Friday and taking a close look at how to isolate the theme of a short story.

See you Thursday! 

Friday Jan 14th

11s-  For Tuesday complete in good copy format all of the questions assigned so far...so 1.1, 1.2, 1.3.  You all received a completion mark, but will receive a mark for accuracy when you hand them in on Tuesday.

10s-  Please complete the "To Build a Fire" vocabulary chart for Tuesday in preparation for the story.

See you Tuesday!

Wed Jan 12, 2011

Time to start posting again! 

11s - independent novels for term 2 should be chosen, get into your book asap...term 2 independent novel project awaits.

Macbeth, we got into 1.1 today and there are four questions that you need to complete for Friday (I can guarantee a homework check).

Preview 1.2 and 1.3 prior to Friday...particularly the blood/violence references in 1.2 and how Macbeth and Banquo react to the witches.

10s - we read two versions of the same story today, from two different points of view.  Complete the story chart for these two stories. 

Study for the short story elements test on Friday.

Independent novel instructions for the 11s apply to you too...

Keep reading everybody!!!  Ms. Reichert