Mrs Dubé

English 12: 

Final work block for group oral presentations.

Groups presenting Tues AM = A Thousand Splendid Suns, Namesake, Cuckoo’s Nest and Green Grass...

Please bring your novels for collection.

English 8:

Oral presentations.

Groups presenting Tues AM = The Name of the Game…, Giver, Stargirl and The Gospel According...

Please bring your novels for collection.

English 11FP:

Review 21 themes and topics for First Peoples’ Lit:

• Connection of people to the land and environment
• Interdependence and connectedness of everything
• Connection to spirit and spirituality
• Sustainability and continuity
• Responsibility to family and community
• Importance of identity
• The nature of learning and connection to story
• Transformation
• Diversity
• Tradition vs modernity
• Importance of oral tradition
• Relationship between individual, family and community
• Nature of knowledge
• Experience and impacts of colonization
• Decolonization
• Humour and its role in First Peoples’ cultures
• Intergenerational loss
• Loss
• Resilience and healing
• Connection to ancestors
• Importance of balance

Watch Season 1, Episode 1 of “Reservation Dogs” (on Disney Plus). Note taking about aspects of the episode you feel relate to the various themes and topics.

English 8:

Work period for lit circle group oral presentations.

** please note, there is an INDIVIDUAL mark assigned for today’s work block for how well you are (or aren’t) using your time to work on the presentation. Folx who miss class with an unexcused absence will receive a zero.

REMINDER: 

Oral presentations begin next day. Groups presenting: The Hobbit, Forbidden City, Stargirl and Castle.

English 11FP:

Collect “I Lost My Talk” visual representations at the start of class.

Catch up and work block – ensure everyone has completed work that has been assigned when Mr Terpening was cover my classes for me last week while I was home with my daughter as she recovered from her surgery; ensure Creative Writing prompts x 4 done for portfolio.

English 12: 

Work period for lit circle group oral presentations.

** please note, there is an INDIVIDUAL mark assigned for today’s work block, as well as Friday’s, for how well you are (or aren’t) using your time to work on the presentation. Folx who miss class with an unexcused absence will receive a zero for whichever day(s) you miss.

English 12: 

Work period for lit circle group oral presentations.

** please note, there is an INDIVIDUAL mark assigned for today’s work block, as well as Friday’s, for how well you are (or aren’t) using your time to work on the presentation. Folx who miss class with an unexcused absence will receive a zero for whichever day(s) you miss.

English 8:

Work period for lit circle group oral presentations.

** please note, there is an INDIVIDUAL mark assigned for today’s work block for how well you are (or aren’t) using your time to work on the presentation. Folx who miss class with an unexcused absence will receive a zero.

REMINDER: 

Oral presentations begin next day. Groups presenting: The Hobbit, Treasure Island and Speak.

English 11FP:

Collect “I Lost My Talk” visual representations at the start of class.

Catch up and work block – ensure everyone has completed work that has been assigned when Mr Terpening was cover my classes for me last week while I was home with my daughter as she recovered from her surgery; ensure Creative Writing prompts x 4 done for portfolio.

English 8:

Copy spelling words (quiz at the start of class Fri):

1. optimism
2. mischievous
3. nostalgia
4. outrageous
5. pageant
6. parliament
7. personification
8. precocious
9. procrastinate
10. protein

Work block for group oral presentations.

English 11FP:

Creative writing prompts x 4 (for portfolio): http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/04/Eng11FP-CW-Prompts-1-4-Term-3-1.docx

Reminder: visual representation for “I Lost My Talk” due next day.

English 12: 

Lit Circle #8; place final materials into group portfolios.

Self and peer assessment on your and your group mates’ engagement and contribution to all 8 of the lit circles.

Hand out criteria for group oral presentations; if you missed today’s class, use this link to access: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/04/Eng12P3-Group-Presentation-Criteria.docx

Presentation dates: 

Groups presenting on Weds, May 1:

1984

The Handmaid’s…

The Martian

Groups presenting on Fri, May 3:

Obasan

Everything I Never…

All American…

Remaining class time to begin planning presentations.

English 12: 

Lit Circle #8; submit final materials to portfolios.

Self and peer assessment for engagement/work over all 8 of the lit circles.

Criteria for group oral presentations; if you missed today’s class, here’s the link: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/04/Eng12P5-Group-Presentation-Criteria.docx

Presentation schedule:

Groups presenting on Tues, Apr 30:

A Thousand Splendid…

The Namesake

One Flew Over…

Green Grass…

Groups presenting on Thurs, May 2:

Station Eleven

Medicine River

1984

Remaining class time to begin planning presentations.

English 8:

Spelling quiz at the start of class.

Class time to work on group oral presentations.

English 11FP:

Creative writing prompts x 4 for portfolios; if you missed today’s class, use this link to complete the writes and bring with you next day to add to your portfolio: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/04/Eng11FP-CW-Prompts-1-4-Term-3.docx

Reminder: visual representations of “I Lost My Talk” are due at the start of class Tues.

English 8:

Lit Circle #8; add final materials to portfolios.

Self and peer assessment for engagement and work put into all 8 lit circles.

Go over criteria for group oral presentations: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/04/Eng-8-Pd-1-Group-Presentation-Criteria.docx

Presentation dates:

Groups presenting on Fri, Apr 26:

The Hobbit

Forbidden City

Stargirl

Castle

Groups presenting on Weds, May 1:

The Giver

Speak

Scorpions

Remaining class time to begin planning presentations.

English 11FP: 

Read “I Lost My Talk” by Rita Joe; if you missed today’s class, source a copy of this poem online as it’s widely available.

Analysis assignment; if you missed today’s class, use the following link to access the sheet and complete the work: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/04/Eng11FP-Pd-2-I-Lost-My-Talk-Analysis-Assignments.docx

English 12: 

Work block for final lit circle on Mon, Apr 22.

English 12: 

Work block for final lit circle which is Fri, Apr 19th.

English 8:

Lit Circle #8; add last materials to group portfolios.

Self and peer assessment for engagement/work with all 8 lit circles.

Criteria for group oral presentations: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/04/English-8-Group-Presentation-Criteria-Pd-6.docx

Presentation dates:

Groups presenting Thurs, Apr 25:

The Hobbit

Treasure Island

Speak

Groups presenting Tues, Apr 30th:

The Name of the Game…

The Giver

Stargirl

Gospel

Remaining class time to work on oral presentations.

English 11FP:

Read, “I Lost My Talk” by Rita Joe. If you missed today’s class, source a copy of this poem online as it’s widely available.

Analysis assignment; if you missed today’s class, use the following link to access and complete: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/04/Eng11FP-Pd-7-I-Lost-My-Talk-Assignments.docx

English 8:

Apostrophe review lesson (note taking).

Apostrophe booklet.

Remaining time to read/prep for Lit Circle #8 on Thurs (Apr 18).

English 11FP:

Brainstorm and rough draft for essay on “Every Little Hurricane” collected at the end of today’s class.

English 12:

Lit Circle #7.

Non-fiction: info text assignment (in class).

Thank you to Mr. Terpening for covering my classes through until the 23rd of April as I am home with my daughter as she recovers from surgery.

English 12: 

Lit Circle #7.

Non-fiction info text assignment (in class).

Reminder final lit circle is on Fri, Apr 19th.

English 8:

Copy spelling words (quiz on Friday):

• bankruptcy
• acoustics
• capably
• circumference
• contagious
• discernable
• equilibrium
• haphazard
• flamboyant
• inconvenience

Apostrophe review lesson (note taking).

Apostrophe booklet.

Reminder: Lit Circle #8 is on Weds (Apr 17).

English 11FP:

Brainstorm and rough draft of essay collected at the end of today’s class.

English 8:

Spelling quiz at the start of class.

Lit Circle #7.

Poetry analysis assignment on “The Sea” by James Reeves; focus on annotating.

Remaining class time to prepare for Lit Circle #8 which is next Thurs (Apr 18).

English 11FP:

Work period c’ont for essay on “Every Little Hurricane” by Sherman Alexie. Students will also have the full class on Tuesday to finish their work. Complete brainstorm, with quotes and full length draft is due at the end of class Tues. All work will be completed at this time, regardless of whether it is finished or not (to allow me to not only assess your analysis but the amount of work you were able to complete over the 3.5 classes dedicated to this assignment).

English 12:

Lit Circle #6.

Remaining class time to read/prep for Lit Circle #7 which is on Tues (Apr 16).