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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. 

A reminder that this week is I week. Any student who is not currently passing the term will receive an I report (which will also be sent home and to your counsellor).

English 9H: 

Autumn shaped poems collected at the start of class.

Silent reading.

Creative writing prompts x 3 (for portfolio): if you missed today’s class, please ensure you complete these at home and bring to add to your portfolio; don’t forget to update your Table of Contents!

4) Write about the object that means the most to you in your life right now.

5) Write about the object that you think will mean the most to you at the end of your days.

6) Is there a next life? Write a scene in which you and at least one other person have strong and differing opinions on the matter. Don’t just write a conversation/argument, everyone in the scene must need and want and act.

English 11 CW (Pd 2 and 4):

Hand back short story assessments.

Read Ch 2 in The Jade Peony. If you missed today’s class, it’s essential you read this before class on Thursday as students will be writing an in-class composition referring to Ch 1 & 2 from the novel.

Grammar worksheets. If you missed today’s class, please get these from me next day as I only have them as a hard copy.

English 12: 

Read Act I, sc i and ii in Othello.

Post-secondary fair in the caf.

English 9H: 

Silent reading.

Self and peer assessments for board game project.

FALL SHAPED POETRY ASSIGNMENT: (if you missed today’s class, please ensure you complete the notes and poem for homework)

´We will head outside for a 15-minute wander to soak in the inspiration all around us to create fall themed shaped poems.

´You will take notes on things you SEE, things you SMELL, and things you FEEL (it’s key to ensure you are observing all these senses and including them in your finished poem)

´Your notes will be submitted along with your final good copy of your fall poem (which should be coloured) and collected at the start of class on Tues, Nov 12th.

English 11CW (Pd 2):

Finish reading Ch 1 in The Jade Peony (TJP). If you missed today’s class, you must complete this reading for homework to be prepared for the next class.

Read non-fiction article about Wayson Choy, author of the novel, and complete analysis assignment; analysis assignment due at the start of class Tues. If you missed today’s class, you need to get this from me on Tues to complete as I only have it as a hard copy.

English 12: 

Hand out senior superlatives sheets for yearbook.

Intro to Shakespeare.

Hand out texts and update book cards.

Group discussion – power.

English 11CW (Pd 4):

Finish reading Ch 1 in The Jade Peony (TJP). If you missed today’s class, you must complete this reading for homework to be prepared for the next class.

Read non-fiction article about Wayson Choy, author of the novel, and complete analysis assignment; analysis assignment due at the start of class Tues. If you missed today’s class, you need to get this from me on Tues to complete as I only have it as a hard copy.

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.

English 9H:

Board games and manuals collected at the start of class.

Silent reading.

Remaining class time to work on creative writing prompts #1 and #2 (for portfolio project). You can write in poetry, prose or a combination of both for your creative pieces. If you missed today’s class, please complete these at home and bring them to add to your portfolio so you don’t fall behind.

1) Describe one of your hidden talents and what it says about you.

2) What are your personal superstitions? How did they come to be?

Collect TN texts and update book cards.

English 11CW (Pd 2 & 4): 

Return short story exams for students to see their mark; exams are recollected and kept by me.

Students have remaining class time to work on their short, short story assessment piece:

Additional criteria added for short, short story assessments:

1. Students are to choose the ONE story they think is their strongest to develop.
2. Students must add to their story: two examples of figurative language, one properly used semi-colon and two advanced vocabulary words. THESE MUST BE HIGHLIGHTED ON YOUR GOOD COPY.  You must include your word count on the final page of your story, in the bottom right hand corner.
3. Students must give their story a creative title.
4. Students are encouraged to exchange their paper with another student to do peer editing to catch mistakes and make suggestions for improvements.

Your short, short story project is due at the start of class on Tues, Nov 5th. You must submit your full evidence of drafting as well as the good copy or your mark will be compromised.

English 12: 

Hand our peer editing check lists.

Students have remaining class time to peer edit a classmate’s paper – this is a graded component that counts towards your final mark. Please ensure you have added your name to the copy that you edit or you will not receive marks for this section.

REMINDER: please go directly to the LIBRARY for class on Tues (Nov 5). Students have the entire period to use the computers and printer there to produce the final copy for this assessment. ALL components will be collected at the end of class on Nov 5th. 

Thank you again to Ms Vesik for being the TTOC for me this week while I’m at home, supporting my daughter as she’s recovering from her surgery. She’s doing really well so far – YAY! – and I’ll be back at South on Fri (Nov 1). See you all then!

English 9H: 

Final work block for TN board games.

Finished board games and printed manuals due at the start of class Fri.

English 11CW (Pd 2 & 4): 

Work block to complete short, short story composition assessments.

English 12: 

Work block for MW draft. Please ensure you have a completed draft either hand written (legibly) or printed to complete the peer editing component of this project in class on Fri.