HOMEWORK: Due Tues/Wed NIGHT – Chp. 3 Vocab & Qs #9 – 16 Journal #4 – “Work Makes You Free” – Check out this short video —>Auschwitz Entrance Gate Lit Group #2 present Quiz #1 – Chp. 1-3 – Thurs/Fri
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May 09
ENGLISH 11 – 1.2/2.2
HOMEWORK: Due Wed/Thurs Block 2.2 – NIGHT – read chp. 2 & Do Qs #6-8 Journal #2 – Pack up Lit Circle Groups – Chp. 1 group (Haaris, Jordan & Imer) have your sheets filled in for Wed, so I can explain what to do. You’re presenting on FRIDAY BLOCK 1.2 – NIGHT – Read […]
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ENGLISH 10 – 1.3/1.4
HOMEWORK: Due Thurs Social Context Presentations – finish all! TKAM – keep reading, BUT the reading Quiz is going to be postponed to next class (March 6th) because of the presentations News Article – Ontario student targeted for her boyfriend’s race Here’s a student created video on the importance of the Freedom to READ! AND a link to […]
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ENGLISH 9 – 2.4
HOMEWORK: Due Thurs Utopian vs. Dystopian future possibilities – you’ll finish and present your posters. Here are some videos that may help you come up with more ideas —> Utopia vs. Dystopia with Examples AND Movie Examples Keep studying your Narrative Terms, you will need to be able to apply them to the stories we’re starting AND you […]
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ENGLISH 11 – 1.2/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Wed/Thurs Debate Prep (Debates will be on Wed/Thurs next week) Story maps for both stories in the handout Narrative Presentations – Thurs/Friday – Simran, Rose & Nicole! You haven’t come to see me AT ALL about your presentation on THURSDAY! If your group hasn’t come to see me with your handout &/or your […]
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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 11 – 1.2/2.2
HOMEWORK: Due Fri/Mon Story Map – “Just Lather, That’s All” Prep for debate – Is the barber a coward or a hero for not killing Torres when he had the chance? Mark & find evidence for BOTH SIDES because you don’t know what side you’ll be on AND because it will help you to know […]
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ENGLISH 11 – 1.2/2.2
HOMEWORK: Due Friday/Monday Narrative Presentations: Conflict, POV & Other techniques #1 Watch the following videos to help prepare you — CLICK HERE —> Point of View; Dramatic Irony, Situational Irony, Verbal Irony; Conflict #1, Conflict #2 Examples Anyone who missed the in-class write, you MUST WRITE IT ON FRIDAY AT LUNCH! I will be marking them over the weekend. EMAIL […]
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ENGLISH 10 – 1.3/1.4
HOMEWORK: Due Tues IDENTITY PROJECT – DUE! Everyone will hand in their project AND we will begin the presentations. I don’t want posters! If you’ve already done it on a poster (BOOOO!) fine, but as I explained SEVERAL times, I am planning to keep these projects for you until gr. 12. Posters take up awkward […]
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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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