HOMEWORK: Due Wed Values pkg – Read & highlights & do Qs #1-2 – “Should you be rewarded for effort?” Journal #4 – in an INformal (double space & use pen, but don’t worry about structure) response consider what you think – do you agree with Confucius that only the end result matters? Or do […]
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Dec 09
ENGLISH 10 -1.3/1.4
HOMEWORK: Due Tues p. 117 – “Choices” – S. Kerslake – Read, fill in the Story Notes sheet, do Qs #1-5, reading quiz Journal #1 – Love, Loyalty & Betrayal – (see Q #9) Reading Goals Sheet
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ENGLISH 9 – 2.4
HOMEWORK: Due Friday LP #10- Review – Unit #1 Test next week on Friday! Reading Goals sheet Journal #1– My Values- 2nd draft -make sure you get your edited Friendship – Check the last post so you answer all the required questions. Journal #2 – What is Friendship – Using your answers, write a multi-paragraph […]
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ENGLISH 9 – 2.4
HOMEWORK: Due Wed LP #7-9 – Unit #1 Test Tuesday next week Journal #1 – My Values – 2nd draft – take what you wrote in your first draft and what you filled in the worksheet, and write a better, clearer, stronger paragraph. Double spaced & in pen. Reading Pkg – Friendship – do Qs. […]
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ENGLISH 11 – 1.2/2.2
HOMEWORK: Due Tues/Wed “The Lady, or the Tiger?” – Story Map, Reading Quiz, Qs – T/F, Talking it over #1-6 & POV – examples of self-conscious narrator & irony. Journal #11 – Which do you think the princess chooses for her lover, the door to the lady or the tiger? Use evidence from the story […]
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ENGLISH 9 – 2.3
HOMEWORK: Due Thurs LP #1-3 Journals– Get a journal notebook! Your journals MUST be at least 1 page page (200-250 words), double spaced and in PEN! You should are writing this journal for class, so you should be writing more formally than how you would write to your friends and more formally than how you […]
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Nov 14
ENGLISH 11 – 1.2/2.2
HOMEWORK: Due Wed/Thurs Journals #1-9 – completion check – 250-500 words, min. 1 page, double spaced, multi-paragraph, good discussion, edited. Story Notes – “Totem” & “Behind the Headlines” In class paragraph writing– Review the basics of writing a good paragraph – Topic: Which is a better system: integration or assimilation? Consider what you think “better” means […]
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ENGLISH 11- 1.2/2.2
HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues Check out this article on Canadian Conservative Kellie Leitch — Read here –> Kellie Leitch on Trump’s victory — Hmm, so what are our Canadian values?? And are they the same as Trump’s??? “Behind the Headlines” p. 137 – Qs #3-9, Story Notes Read p. 107-108 Journals #8 – Traditions – What are some traditions you […]
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ENGLISH 11 – 1.2/2.2
HOMEWORK: Due Tues/Wed SOCRATIC CIRCLE Discussion- the discussion is based on the 4 readings & story “Totem” – all Aboriginal focused readings Narrative Presentations – we’ve finished the next 3 stories, so time for part 2 presentations: Conflict, POV, Other Techniques Pt. 1. Get started, you’ll be going next week on Mon/Tues Block 1.2 – many […]
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