English 9H: 

Board game play day! Students get the whole period to play other groups’ TN board games and offer constructive feedback.

English 11 (Pd 2): 

Short story projects collected at the start of class.

Overview: Vancouver’s Chinatown; head tax and general racist policies directed at Chinese immigrants in late 1800’s and early 1900’s Canada as preview to next unit: Wayson Choy’s novel, The Jade Peony.

Hand out copies of the novel and update book cards.

Read to p. 17 in the novel together as a class.

English 12: 

Library period to type up/polish good copy of chapter extension project. All components of this project collected at the end of today’s class.

English 11 (Pd 4): 

Short story projects collected at the start of class.

Overview: Vancouver’s Chinatown; head tax and general racist policies directed at Chinese immigrants in late 1800’s and early 1900’s Canada as preview to next unit: Wayson Choy’s novel, The Jade Peony.

Hand out copies of the novel and update book cards.

Read to p. 9 (new version)/p. 16 (older version) in the novel together as a class.