What Happened in Class Today...Make Sure You Get Caught Up!
June 11, 2014
1. Exam --part 2
June 9, 2014
1. Exam -- part 1
1. Exam --part 2
June 9, 2014
1. Exam -- part 1
Next week's schedule CHANGES -- Exam on June 9 and 11th
June 5, 2014
1. Socratic Circle/Fix OC
2. "The School Globe"
-discuss
3. Exam Prep
-OC brainstorm and review
June 3, 2014
1. SSR
2. Info Text Practice # 2
-discuss
3. OC workshop
4. Socratic Circle
May 30, 2014
1. SSR
2. Socratic Circle Prep
3. Terms Quiz
4. FLP Practice
May 28, 2014
1. SSR
2. OC Peer Edit
3. Info Text Practice # 1
4. Terms Review
May 26, 2014
1. SSR
2. Synthesis peer edit and workshop
3. "The Station"
-poem analysis
May 22, 2014
1. SSR
2. OC Exemplars
-read and discuss
3. OC # 3
-Prompt: Our views of the past change as we mature.
May 20, 2014
1. Post Secondary Prep Session -- in library
2. "The Writer" -- poem analysis
May 15, 2014
1. SSR
2. Discuss synthesis intro
3. Synthesis #3
*If you were absent today you will need to complete the synthesis next week during AOS.
May 12, 2014
1. SSR
2. Synecdoche presentation
3. "Dulce et Docorum Est"
-analysis
4. "Rites of Passage"
-analysis
5. Practice Synthesis
-write an introduction
May 7, 2014
1. SSR
2. Second Person Point of View Presentation
3. Tone Analysis
4. Kiss and Tell -- analysis of comedic effect
5. Poems -- analysis
6. "Dulce et Docorum Est"
-start to look at
May 5, 2014
1. SSR
2. Rhetorical Question presentation
3. "Delight in Disorder"
-analysis and discussion
4. Tone Practice
May 1, 2013
1. SSR
2. Purpose Presentatio
3. Poetry Intro
-defining poetry
-poetry terms pre-test
-poetry glossary
-TPCASTT
-poetry analysis practice
April 29, 2014
1. SSR
2. The Value of Literature
3. Presentations
-Octave, Parallelism, Sestet, Quatrain
4. Synthesis Workshop
-peer edit
-quote integration
5. Syntax # 2
April 25, 2014
1. Synthesis # 1
2. SSR (choose novels)
April 23, 2014
1. SSR
2. Metonymy presentation
3. OC #2 Workshop/Peer Edit Feedback
4. Synthesis Planning Workshop
5. Novels -- choose a novel to read from the list
The Lovely Bones
The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Kite Runner
The Road
To Kill a Mockingbird
Animal Farm (must read Of Mice and Men as well)
Of Mice and Men (must read Animal Farm as well)
A Long Way Gone (non-fiction)
Secret Daughter
6. Macbeth --final discussion
April 17, 2014
1. Macbeth Act 5 Presentations
2. SSR
3. Malapropism presentation
4. Synthesis Examples
-discuss
April 15, 2014
1. SSR
2. Idiom Presentation
3. Macbeth Act 4 Presentations
4. Synthesis Practice
-"Falling Song/Returning"
-write introduction and conclusion
-plan out entire essay -- point form
April 11, 2014
1. SSR
2. Epigram presentation
3. Synthesis Intro
-PPT & notes
-5 Types of Questions
4. Macbeth Presentations
-final time to prepare
*Act 4 -- Presents Tuesday (15th)
*Act 5 -- Presents Thursday (17th)
April 9, 2014
1. OC # 2
2. Epic and Epitaph presentations
3. Macbeth presentations -- time to prepare
April 7, 2014
1. SSR
2. Epic Presentation
3. OC # 1 Workshop
4. Macbeth quotes
5. Macbeth presentations
-time to work (1/2 class)
April 3, 2014
1. SSR
2. Elegy Presentation
3. Macbeth
-discuss Acts 1-3
-key points and lines
-quiz Act 1-3
-introduce project
April 1, 2014
1. SSR
2. Macbeth Socratic Circle
March 14, 2014
1. SSR
2. Didactic Presentation
3. Long Sentence written task
-time to complete
-due after break
4. Macbeth
-ambition discussion
-character chart
-drama terms
-Act 1 -- start to read
Homework Over Spring Break:
-Read Act 1-3 of Macbeth
-prepare sheet for Socratic circle -- first class back!
-Start to track Macbeth's character through the play
-Complete single sentence task
March 12, 2014
1. SSR
2. OC Peer Edit
3. Long Sentence Examples
4. Written Task
-give advice to someone about a specific topic using only one sentence
-use "Girl" as a model
5. FLP # 1 Workshop
-see PPT
6. Macbeth Introduction
-Shakespeare language activity
March 10, 2014
1. SSR
2. Dialect presentation
3. Perspective Piece
-feedback
-sentence starters
4. OC Info
-how to take apart the question
-OC format -- example
5. "Girl"
-finish discussion
6. OC # 1
-Each stage of life brings new choices.
March 6, 2014
1. SSR
2. Consonance Presentation
3. Style Analysis -- syntax
4. OC Intro
5. "Girl"
-analysis
March 4, 2014
1. SSR
2. Work Ethic Reflection
3. Assonance and Catastrophe Presentation
4. Style Analysis -- syntax
5. FLP # 1 -- Peer Edit
-hand in
Feb 28, 2014
1. SSR
2. The Quote Sandwich
-PPT and notes
3. How to write a Formal Literary Paragraph (FLP)
-PPT and notes
4. FLP # 1
-time to write
-Prompt: Using one of the articles we have read, discuss the author's use of persuasive techniques.
Feb 26, 2014
1. SSR
2. Informal/Formal/ Argumentative Essay Presentation
3. Style Analysis -- Imagery
-discuss
4. Syntax Intro
5. Elements of Argumentation
-"Local Foreign Policy"
-read and discuss
Feb 24, 2014
1. SSR
2. Apostrophe and Archaic Language Presentation
3. Perspective Write -- peer edit
4. Style Analysis -- Imagery
5. Elements of Argumentation
-review "Talk and Text, Crash and Die"
-"The Finicky Shark" -- discuss persuasive techniques
-review M/C
HW:
-Complete imagery page
Feb 19, 2014
1. SSR
2. Apostrophe Presentation (postponed until next class)
3. Diction/Detail Analysis -- 1980
4. Perspective Writing Task
-choose an event
-describe it from two different perspectives
5. Elements of Argumentation
-review pathos, logos, ethos
-info text terms -- introduce
-"Talk and Text, Crash and Die" -- article
-read and discuss
Feb 17, 2014
1.SSR
2. Anti-climax Presentation
3. Detail Analysis
4. LOTF
-finish discussion -- focus on theme
5. Elements of Argumentation
-introduce pathos, logos, ethos
-info text terms
Feb 13, 2014.
1. SSR
2. Anecdote Presentation
3. Diction/Detail Analysis
4.LOTF
-symbols/allegory discuss
-theme discuss
-mini debate
Feb 11, 2014
1. SSR
2. Terms Presentation
-review expectations -- start next day with Anecdote
-one a class after that
3. Diction Analysis
-discuss
-importance of word choice
4. LOTF Discussion
-"The Sneetches" -- review and discuss
-allegory and symbols
HW: Finish Symbols sheet in for Lord of the Flies
February 6, 2014
1. SSR
2. Socratic Circle
3. Style Analysis Intro
-Diction practice
HW:
-Finish diction practice sheet
February 4, 2014
1. SSR
2. Socratic Circle Intro -- prepare for next class
3. Terms Quiz
4. Mini Terms Presentation Assignment
-intro and example -- allegory
5. Course Selection Assembly
HW:
-prepare for Socratic Circle next class-- fill out preparation sheet
January 31, 2014
1. Introductions
2. Why English 11Honours?
3. Expectations
4. Course Outline
5. Website
6. Writing Goals
HW:
-Finish Pre-reading assignment for Lord of the Flies
-bring a silent reading novel
-check out my website to see what is there