English 9 (Pd 1 & 3):
Interim self-assessments. If you missed today’s class, use the following link to access the document to print out, fill in and return to me on Monday: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2025/10/Eng9-Interim-Master.docx.
Note taking: properly integrating quotes in your writing. Students will be able to use these notes for the in-class writing assessment happening on Monday (Oct 27). If you missed today’s class, ensure you copy the notes below into your book so you have them for your reference.
PROPER QUOTE INTEGRATION
- You want to avoid simply placing a quote into your writing with no set up at all (which leaves your quote as a stand alone sentence unattached to any of your own writing).
EXAMPLE: The dramatic climax of the novel happens when Winston and Julia are caught. “’We are the dead,’ said an iron voice behind them” (188).
2. While not overly sophisticated, introducing your quote using a colon is better than the example from the first slide.
EXAMPLE: The dramatic climax of the novel, when Winston and Julia are caught, can be seen in the following quote: “’We are the dead,’ said an iron voice behind them” (188).
3. This is a slightly more advanced method of quote integration where you smoothly introduce your quote using a comma rather than a colon.
EXAMPLE: The dramatic climax of the novel, when Winston and Julia are caught, happens when the telescreen says, “’We are the dead’” (188).
4. For superstar status, work the quote directly into your sentence in such a way that the quote’s words blend to sound like your own.
EXAMPLE: Winston and Julia are frozen in terror when they hear their words, “’We are the dead’” being echoed back from, ”an iron voice behind them” (188).
TEXT MANIPULATION
Use square brackets [ ]and ellipses … to change verbs or other parts of a quote to fit your essay.
Example: Roch asks God to send him, “a hundred million moths that would eat up [his] Toronto Maple Leafs’ sweater” (50).
[his] replaces “my” in the original text to fit the sentence properly.
ELLIPSES
Use the ellipses (three dots) to shorten or condense long sections of text to avoid over-quoting in a paper.
For example, “The day began like any other…but then things were never the same for Charles” (76).
This demonstrates you have a long quote that you don’t need all of and have cut out a section or sections of the writing.
Remaining class time to finish Poe questions from last day and the capitalization booklet (from last week) if not already complete.
CW 12 (Pd 2):
Interim self-assessments. If you missed today’s class, use the following link to access the document to print out, fill in and return to me on Monday: http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2025/10/CW-12-Interim-Self-Assessment.docx.
** poetry share will be delayed to Monday’s class **
Remaining class time to work on poetry collections.
English 11CW (Pd 4):
Interim self-assessments. If you missed today’s class, use the following link to access the document to print out, fill in and return to me on Monday:http://sd41blogs.ca/dubes/files/2025/10/Eng-11CW-Interim-Master.docx.
Return short story exams and re-collect (I keep them on file).
Hand out novels and update book cards.
Overview: history of Vancouver’s Chinatown. Cooperative learning lesson to summarize history sheets from 1860-1960 and beyond.