Mrs Dubé

English 9H: 

Finish reading Stave Three in ACC.

Remaining class time to update character and vocab lists.

English 11CW (Pd 2 & 4):

Lesson on proper essay structure with focus on how to write functional intro and concluding paragraphs; students were encouraged to take notes during this section of the lesson to keep for future reference. If you missed today’s class, you would benefit from copying notes from someone in the class.

Hand back outlines from Monday; students can update/finish/polish and outlines re-collected at the end of today’s class.

*** students will be writing in-class essays Fri, Dec 13th. You can have your outline and novel to support you while writing. Please bring a blue or black ink pen to write with for this composition.

English 12: 

Read Act 5, sc i & ii in Othello. Discuss over view of structure and outcome of the play.

*** there will be a final exam on Othello in class on Tues, Dec 17th. I will do a review class on Fri, Dec 13th. Exam will be closed book so reviewing this weekend will be beneficial. ****

English 9H: 

Story board assignments collected at the start of class.

Silent reading.

Read p. 39-54 in Stave Three in ACC whilst updating character and vocab lists.

English 11CW (Pd 2 & 4): 

Silent reading.

Overview how to fill in an essay outline correctly; remember, overwritten essay outlines will be confiscated and you will have to write the essay without the benefit of your planning.

Hand back brainstorms and transfer information succinctly to outlines. If you missed today’s class, you must come see me in flex Weds AM to get this step done as it is another graded component. 

Finish one-on-one conferences.

English 12: 

Read Act 4, sc 2-3 in Othello.

Act 4 review sheet – due at the end of the period. If you missed today’s class, come to flex Weds AM to get this sheet done, please. You will need 25 mins (or so) to get it done (and make sure you’ve completed reading Act 4!). 

English 9H: 

Silent reading.

Finish reading Stave Two of ACC.

Graphics analysis assignment (due Mon, Dec 9). If you missed today’s class, see criteria below to complete this assignment at home. Use the following link to access a blank story board you can print off: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/12/Story-board-template-Eng-9H.docx

• Using the blank story board sheet that has been handed out, choose what you feel are the MAIN points in Stave Two and draw them as scenes. This is much like creating a mini-graphic novel for Stave Two. You can add writing if you feel it’s necessary or helps your storyboard to be better understood.
• You must use at least 6 boxes of the storyboard, but you are welcome to use both sides up to 12 boxes in total (but be sure you’re focusing on MAIN points)

Grading will be based on the following criteria:

1. The scenes chosen, as they reflect your ability to analyze the main points that drive the plot forward.
2. Neatness of your storyboard.
3. Extra effort devoted to detail including colours.

English 11 CW (Pds 2 & 4): 

Extra class time given to continue working on brainstorms started on Tues. Students must now also add THREE sub-points to each of the three main points for why they’ve chosen their specific character as most intriguing.  Brainstorms collected at the end of the period.

Begin one-on-one conferencing to review Term 1 with me individually and set a goal together for your learning for Term 2.

English 12: 

Read Act IV, sc i in Othello.

Welcome to the start of Term 2! 🙂

English 9H: 

Silent reading.

Note taking: properly integrating and citing quotes in your writing; text manipulation and correctly using the ellipses. If you missed today’s class, please get these notes from a classmate to add to your book. You will need them for future reference on compositions.

Remaining class time to update character and vocab lists for portfolios.

English 11CW (Pd 2 & 4):

Silent reading.

In class brainstorming/analysis assignment; collected at the end of the period. If you missed today’s class, you must email ASAP to arrange to make this up in flex Thurs (Dec 5).

English 12: 

Silent reading.

Othello: mid-unit in class assessment.

The end of Term 1 is at 3:03pm today; all work must be submitted by this time and folx with I reports need to have resolved them by this time or an IE (insufficient evidence) will be on the Term 1 report card. Term 2 begins Tues, Dec 3rd!

English 9H:

Silent reading.

Organize portfolios for grading at end of term.

Begin reading Stave Two in ACC (p. 21-30).

English 11CW (Pd 2 & 4): 

Reading quiz at the start of class.

End of term self-assessments. If you missed today’s class, please use the following link to complete and either print off or email me ASAP so I can factor this in to your report card comments: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/11/Eng-11CW-End-of-Term-ONE-Self-Assessment-.docx

Read p. 129-151/p. 145-172 in TJP. There is an in-class analysis assignment on Tuesday that will include the entire novel up to this point so you must ensure you have this read before next day.

English 12: 

Read Act III, sc iii and iv in Othello. If you missed today’s class, please ensure you read these two scenes by next day. You will be completing an in-class assignment next day that will relate to the play covering Act 1-3, inclusive.

Reminder to all students:

• The Term 1 cut off is Friday (Nov 29) at 3:03pm. No work will be accepted for grading for the Term 1 report card after this time. 
• Students who have an I report and have not resolved it by the date and time above will earn “IE” (insufficient evidence) for the Term 1 report card.

English 9H: 

In class paragraph re: Stave One of ACC (30 mins max). If you missed today’s class, you need to email me ASAP to arrange a time to make this up in flex.

Silent reading.

End of Term 1 self-assessments. If you missed today’s class, please use the following link to access the document to fill in and either print to bring to me or email to me: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/11/Eng-9H-End-of-Term-Self-Assessment.docx

English 11CW (Pd 2 & 4):

In class analysis assignment for Ch 1-5 in TJP. Students had all class to complete this analysis and it was collected at the end of the period. If you missed today’s class, you need to email me to make this analysis up in flex.

HOMEWORK: read p. 104-125 (larger book)/p. 115-141 (smaller book). There will be a READING QUIZ at the start of class Fri (Nov 29) on these pages ONLY. It is a closed book quiz so you must ensure you have done the reading. If you miss class Friday and your absence is unexcused, you will earn a zero for this assessment.

English 12: 

Lock down drill (15 mins).

Act I & II Othello quiz at the start of class (20 mins max). If you missed today’s class and your absence is excused in MyEd by a parent or guardian, come to flex Friday at 8:40am to make this assessment up. If you missed class and your absence is not excused, you will earn a zero for this quiz.

End of Term 1 self-assessment. If you missed today’s class, please use the following link to access the document to fill in and either print to bring me on Friday or email to me: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2024/11/Eng-12-End-of-Term-Self-Assessment.docx

REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS: THE TERM I CUT OFF IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH AT 3:03PM. Work submitted after this deadline will NOT be considered in the grading of your Term 1 report card.

English 9H: 

Finish reading Stave 1 in ACC. If you missed today’s class, you must finish reading Stave 1 to be prepared for an in-class composition at the start of class Weds.  You can use the following link to access an audio file of the text if you find this helpful in understanding the novella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe0jzsj_Kpc

Time remaining to work on character and vocab lists for portfolio.

English 11CW (Pd 2 & 4):

Overview the principles of yin and yang; if you missed today’s class, you can click this link to watch the short doc-film we watched in class today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezmR9Attpyc

Read p. 80-103/86-114 (Ch 5) in TJP. Students who did not complete this reading in class must have it read before class Weds as there is an in-class assignment that relates to material covered in chapters 1-5.

English 12: 

Return grammar worksheets and review corrections for study purposes.

Read Act II, sc iii in Othello.

Act 1 & 2 QUIZ  Weds; it’s closed book so ensure you review before next day.

Remaining class time to study for quiz.

English 9H: 

Silent reading.

Read p. 5-9 in ACC.

Class time provided to work on Character/Vocab lists for the novella and/or creative writing prompts in portfolios.

English 11 (Pd 2 & 4):

In-class paragraph (30 mins) – if you missed today’s class, you need to email me to arrange a time to make this up ASAP in flex next week.

Silent reading.

Read p. 69-79 (older text)/p. 75-85 (smaller, new text) in TJP.

English 12: 

Note taking: properly quoting and citing Shakespeare (if you missed today’s class, copy notes below so you can have access to them in your binder during in class writes)

1. Always try to be as specific as possible in your references to the play you are arguing about. When appropriate, quote directly from the play to support your point.

The quotation itself is identified by act, scene, and line, not by page number. Do not quote huge passages; these take up too much space in a short essay and are better summarized.

EXAMPLE: Hamlet contemplates the implications of suicide in the “to or not to be” soliloquy (3.1.56-87).

2) If the quotation is more than one line long, but less than four, and it is in verse, then you must show the line divisions.

Here’s an example of how this is done in an essay:

When Talbot enters in the next scene, dying from a wound, his thoughts are on John, from whom he became separated in the battle: “Into the clustering battle of the French, / And in that sea of blood my boy did drench / His overmounting spirit; and there died” (4.7.13-15).

3) A quotation that is four lines or longer should be offset. Offset quotations do not use quotation marks.

EXAMPLE:

Richard’s reaction to the desertion of his supporters is melodramatic:

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground

And tell sad stories of the death of kings:

How some have been depos’d, some slain in war,

Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,

Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping kill’d,

All murdered—  (3.2.155-60)

In class journal writing assignment on JEALOUSY (p. 87 #6); min 2 paragraphs. If you were away today, please complete this at home and hand in on Monday.

Silent reading if finished composition before the end of the period.

English 9H: 

Silent reading.

Continue with intro to Dickens and his lit we began on Thurs.

Create Character and Vocab sheets for portfolios. These are to be added to on an ongoing basis as we read through the novella together.

Begin reading A Christmas Carol (ACC) p. 1-5.

English 11 (Pd 2 & 4): 

Mark grammar worksheets from last week together as a class.

Class time provided to read Ch 3 in TJP; if students didn’t finish in class, it must be read before class on Weds.

English 12: 

Grammar sheet (if you missed today’s class, you’ll need to make this up next day).

Read Act II, sc i-ii in Othello.

Note taking: quoting and citing Shakespeare:

1. Always try to be as specific as possible in your references to the play you are arguing about. When appropriate, quote directly from the play to support your point.

The quotation itself is identified by act, scene, and line, not by page number. Do not quote huge passages; these take up too much space in a short essay and are better summarized.

EXAMPLE: Hamlet contemplates the implications of suicide in the “to or not to be” soliloquy (3.1.56-87).

2) If the quotation is more than one line long, but less than four, and it is in verse, then you must show the line divisions.

Here’s an example of how this is done in an essay:

When Talbot enters in the next scene, dying from a wound, his thoughts are on John, from whom he became separated in the battle: “Into the clustering battle of the French, / And in that sea of blood my boy did drench / His overmounting spirit; and there died” (4.7.13-15).

3) A quotation that is four lines or longer should be offset. Offset quotations do not use quotation marks.

EXAMPLE:

Richard’s reaction to the desertion of his supporters is melodramatic:

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground

And tell sad stories of the death of kings:

How some have been depos’d, some slain in war,

Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,

Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping kill’d,

All murdered—  (3.2.155-60)

English 9H: 

Creative writing prompt #7 (handed in after 40 mins of writing).

Hand out A Christmas Carol novellas and update book cards.

Overview Dickens and his literature (to be c’ont Monday).

English 11CW (Pd 2 and 4):

Hand back short story assessments.

In-class writing assignment relating to Ch 1 & 2 of TJP; if you missed today’s class, you need to email me arrange to come to flex and write this prompt ASAP.

English 12: 

Hand back Medicine Walk extension projects.

Read Act I, sc iii in Othello. If you missed today’s class, please ensure you are up to date with the readings (including from today) as there will be two in class assignments on Monday about the whole of Act I.