September 22, 2025 – Mrs Dubé

English 9 (Pd 1):

Catch up time to finish/proofread Miss Tretheway speech from “Long, Long After School” (from Sept 15). Students who are finished get to silent read.
Analysis sheet for “Lamb…” (from Sept 17).
Group discussion: the importance of the truth and reconciliation movement in Canada. Reminder it’s Orange Shirt Day at South on Sept 29th.
Note taking: properly punctuating dialogue in your writing. We will be doing an in-class piece of writing Weds and you can have both your notes and your textbook to support you. If you missed today’s class, you will need to copy these into your binder:PUNCTUATING DIALOGUE IN YOUR WRITING
1. 1. Use quotation marks to show the exact words of a speaker: “I love you.”
  2. Use a comma to separate the quotation from the rest of the sentence: “I love you,” he whispered.
  3. The previous examples showed a quotation at the beginning of a sentence; however, it may also be placed at the end of a sentence: He leaned in toward me and whispered, “I love you.”
  4. A quotation may also be placed in the middle of a sentence:“I love you,” he whispered, “even though you killed my hamster.”
    “Even though you aren’t very nice,” he muttered, “I still love you.”
    
    “Hey, dude?” he asked. “Can you get off my foot?”
Go Card distribution.

CW 12 (Pd 2):

Watch snippet of “An Unintended Memoir” by Amy Tan.
Group discussion: the importance of the truth and reconciliation movement in Canada. Reminder it’s Orange Shirt Day at South on Sept 29th.
REMINDER: memoir check Fri (Sept 26): you need to have at least half of your memoir in full draft to show me.
Note taking: properly punctuating dialogue in your writing. If you missed today’s class, you will need to copy these into your binder:PUNCTUATING DIALOGUE IN YOUR WRITING
1. 1. Use quotation marks to show the exact words of a speaker: “I love you.”
  2. Use a comma to separate the quotation from the rest of the sentence: “I love you,” he whispered.
  3. The previous examples showed a quotation at the beginning of a sentence; however, it may also be placed at the end of a sentence: He leaned in toward me and whispered, “I love you.”
  4. A quotation may also be placed in the middle of a sentence:“I love you,” he whispered, “even though you killed my hamster.”
    “Even though you aren’t very nice,” he muttered, “I still love you.”
    
    “Hey, dude?” he asked. “Can you get off my foot?”
Memoir work space.

English 9 (Pd 3):

Catch up time to finish/proofread Miss Tretheway speech from “Long, Long After School” (from Sept 15). Students who are finished get to silent read.
Analysis sheet for “Lamb…” (from Sept 17).
Group discussion: the importance of the truth and reconciliation movement in Canada. Reminder it’s Orange Shirt Day at South on Sept 29th.
Note taking: properly punctuating dialogue in your writing. We will be doing an in-class piece of writing Weds and you can have both your notes and your textbook to support you. If you missed today’s class, you will need to copy these into your binder:PUNCTUATING DIALOGUE IN YOUR WRITING
1. 1. Use quotation marks to show the exact words of a speaker: “I love you.”
  2. Use a comma to separate the quotation from the rest of the sentence: “I love you,” he whispered.
  3. The previous examples showed a quotation at the beginning of a sentence; however, it may also be placed at the end of a sentence: He leaned in toward me and whispered, “I love you.”
  4. A quotation may also be placed in the middle of a sentence:“I love you,” he whispered, “even though you killed my hamster.”
    “Even though you aren’t very nice,” he muttered, “I still love you.”
    
    “Hey, dude?” he asked. “Can you get off my foot?”

English 11CW (Pd 4):

Silent reading.
Analysis sheet for “Two Fishermen.”
Group discussion: the importance of the truth and reconciliation movement in Canada. Reminder it’s Orange Shirt Day at South on Sept 29th.
Note taking: properly punctuating dialogue in your writing. We will be doing an in-class piece of writing Fri and you can have both your notes and your textbook to support you.If you missed today’s class, copy the notes below into your binder:

PUNCTUATING DIALOGUE IN YOUR WRITING

Grammar booklet: periods and commas. I only have this booklet on paper; if you missed today’s class, you will need to get it from me Weds to complete.