HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues Test prep – review each of the stories we read to prep for the test & start to prep for the written response based on the movie Get your Journals #10-11 edited Canned Food Drive – 1000 points gets BOTH classes out of homework for ALL OF WHOLE WINTER BREAK! Get your […]
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Dec 08
ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues LP – Extra Practice #17, 18, 20 Character Pkg – “A Dream” Lyrics & Qs — Click here for video—>“A Dream” by Will.I.Am & Common Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” Speech —Click here to watch the speech —> I HAVE A DREAM Note the “I have a dream” Part […]
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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 8 – 1.1/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues LP #14-15 (nothing new) “Geraldine Moore the Poet” – Qs #6-11 & Building your Skills #1-3 Story map for “Geraldine Moore…” Study & review your narrative (blue sheet) terms- terms quiz Thurs/Fri Here’s a link to the song/video — click here —>“A Dream” by Will.I.Am & Common
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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 8 – 1.1/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Thurs/Fri LP #14- 15 “Geraldine Moore the Poet” – read, highlight, Qs #1-5
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ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Tues/Wed LP #12-13 “Southpaw” Qs – Building Skills #4-5 (Theme & Narrator) Prep for your oral reading! I will be looking for – loudness, clarity, pacing/speed, understanding of the characters & conflict, expression of this understanding/expressing emotion using your voice.
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ENGLISH 8 – 1.2/1.1
HOMEWORK: Due Friday/Monday LP #24, 41, 29 (Nouns, pronouns, verbs) “Southpaw” Qs – Interpreting #3-8; Critical Thinking #10; Building Skills #1-3 (FYI-#3 goes onto the back of the page) -all questions should be answered on a separate piece of paper that is titled with your name/date/block AND make sure you leave 1-2 lines blank after each […]
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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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