Ms. H. Aulakh

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   Nov 14

ENGLISH 9 – 1.3

HOMEWORK: Due Friday

  1. Journal #3 –  Just & Fair:Why is being fair an important value?GOOD COPY!
    1. typed (MLA)
    2. Times New Roman – 12 pt font
    3. Double spaced
    4. Titled 
  2. 3 paragraphs – Intro with thesis, Body with 3 reasons/points and examples, transitions, conclusion.

   Nov 13

ENGLISH 10 – 2.4

HOMEWORK: Due Thurs

  1. TKAM – chp. 10-11
    1. Questions
    2. Vocab #11-20
    3. Chp. 10- Summary & Analysis
    4. Chp. 11 – Summary & Analysis
  2. Quiz #2 – Chp. 4-11 – next week

   Nov 13

ENGLISH 11 -2.1/2.2

HOMEWORK: Due Thurs

  1. NIGHT – chp 9
    1. Read
    2. Complete the Responding Chp. 6-9 chart fully
    3. Journal #8– “Fear & Love”
    4. Chp. 7-9 Quiz – next week
  2. Here are a couple of news items connected to the Holocaust/Genocide
    1. Former Auschwitz Gaurd Charged
    2. Myanmar Formally accused of Genocide
  3. The following students owe me work.  See you tomorrow (Wed) after school -Sam, Joshtyn, Fahim, Ria, Mel, Mary Joyce, Nicole, James – 

   Nov 08

ENGLISH 8 – 1.2/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Tues/Wed

  1. LP – Unit #1 – 2 Review pages & 2 Using What You’ve Learned pages
    1. Step 1: Using one colour, do ALL the questions you KNOW, skip the ones you don’t know
    2. Step 2: Using a second colour, do all the questions you skipped, but LOOK BACK to the lessons for help
    3. After doing the 2 steps for the Review, try your best and finish Using What You’ve Learned pages
  2. LP Unit #1 Test & Workbook check – Thurs/Fri
  3.  Notebook: p. 11  Impact of Setting “Autumntime
    1.  How Setting Impacts a Story – animated example
    2. How does the setting of the story (future, Brooklyn/Boston) influence or create events in the plot, conflicts in the story, and the theme?
    3. Ex. they “dial up” breakfast (plot) which is because in the future they would have this technology.
    4. Ex. The conflict is with nature (illegal yards & no real trees) because they want extreme urbanization in the future and in 2 big cities (setting). 

   Nov 08

ENGLISH 9 – 1.3

HOMEWORK: Due Wed

  1. Notebook: Journal #3 – Why is fairness (being just) an important value? Explain with 3 reasons.
    1. Get someone to look over your outline to make sure your points make sense
    2. p. 22-23Jrnl #3 – Just and Fair – 1st draft
      1. Double spaced
      2. 3 paragraphs: Intro (with thesis), Body (with 3 points and 1 example for each reason), and Conclusion (connects back to intro).
      3. Focus is on the body, so you can use my thesis if you want (see last post), but if you want to practice, try writing your own.

   Nov 08

ENGLISH 10 – 2.4

HOMEWORK: Due Tuesday

  1. TKAM Chp, 8-9
    1. Qs
    2. Chp. 8 Summary & Analysis
    3. Chp 9 – Summary & Analysis
  2. Activity Response Journal: Pen, min. 1/2 page single spaced (if double spaced, then write double!). In paragraph form, discuss the following questions in respose to the first pair-reading activity we did with Mr. Hamar’s class:
    1. What were you thinking and feeling before?
    2. What was it like during? Pros? Cons?
    3. How did you feel after?
    4. What are you thinking and feeling about the next pair-reading day?

   Nov 08

ENGLISH 11 – 2.1/2.2

HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues

  1. FANTASTIC job with the Remembrance Day assembly – from the quotes, to the video, to the poems, the cadets, and the candle holding. It was all great!!
  2. NIGHT – Chp. 8 – 
    1. Chp. 8 Qs 
    2. Vocab
    3. Chp 6-9 chart – you should be able to fill in 2/3 of this chart
    4. Journal #7 – Change
  3. Here are the links I mentioned about Holocaust issues in the news
    1. CBC – “1 in 5 Students… Holocaust”
    2. Rainer Hoesse and Auschwitz
    3. Former Auschwitz guard charged with 300,000 counts of accessory to murder

   Nov 05

ENGLISH 8 – 1.2/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Wed/Thurs

  1. LP #9
    1. start to review for the unit test in about 10 days – end of next week
  2. Plot Graph worksheet – “Zlateh the Goat” –
    1. Use pencil, do your best to fill this in. You should be able to fill in the setting and characters and conclusion, no problem.
    2. Use your FLASHCARDS for plot to figure out what to write for initiating event, rising action, climax, and falling action.
    3. TRY YOUR BEST!!
  3. Here are a couple of videos to help you figure out PLOT
    1. What’s Plot?
    2. Plot Example using Aladdin

   Nov 05

ENGLISH 9 – 1.3

HOMEWORK: Due Thursday

  1. BLT Essay Outline sheet -in NOTE FORM except the THESIS 
    1. Jrnl #3 – Why is being fair an important value? Explain with 3 reasons.
    2. Try to write a hook, but the THESIS is the most important – Example: Being is fair is an important value for three reasons. 
    3. BODY paragraph – each box on the sheet should have a reason in note form AND evidence or examples in note form – Ex. Point 3 – reason #3 – All human life is important – Evidence/example–  Healthcare: so we should be fair to everyone when it comes to health care. Some people are less healthy than others and it’s the fair and just thing to provide them with more help than those who are healthier and don’t need it.
    4. Conclusion – try your best to have note form plan of how you will end. Look back to your intro.
  2. Remember to think back to the discussion/debates we had in class and the examples and reasons people had: people’s needs vs wants, people’s circumstances, necessity vs. luxury, effort, motivation, choices, access to resources, different abilities, value hard work, value education, value human life, etc. 

   Nov 05

ENGLISH 11 -2.1/2.2

HOMEWORK: Due Wed

  1. NIGHT – Chp. 7
    1. Qs 
    2. Vocab
    3. Journal #6 – Animal Imagery
    4. Quiz Chp. 4-6
  2. Remembrance Day rehearsal – Tuesday, 3:15 Auditorium