Ms. H. Aulakh

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   Jan 07

ENGLISH 9 – 1.3

HOMEWORK: Due Wed 1. NOTEBOOK: p. 42-43 -Journal #5 Critical Thinking – 2nd draft. This is where you make major changes – add examples, move points, change points, rewrite intro, etc.

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   Dec 20

ENGLISH 9 – 1.3

HOMEWORK: Due Jan. 7th Notebook: Why is critical thinking important- provide 3 reasons and examples. p. 39 – Journal #5- Outline– Critical Thinking p. 40-41 – Journal #5 – 1st Draft – Critical Thinking

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   Dec 11

ENGLISH 11 – 1.1/2.4

HOMEWORK: Due all this week FOOD BANK $6 donation. You MUST all have your $6 in by Thursday/Friday this week if you want to have the essay questions in advance so you can prepare for the essay portion of your NIGHT test. $150/class. Review your essay writing skills and structure to prepare for the in-class essay – Mon/Tues

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   Dec 05

ENGLISH 9 – 1.3

HOMEWORK: Due Thurs LP #23-24 Fake News – BBC Real or Fake Worksheet: Double spaced!! Write a short news type story (15-20 good, varied sentences). Your story should be fiction, but you MUST include 3 actual facts. This story should not be mean or negative towards another student or person in general. The idea is […]

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   Nov 21

ENGLISH 11 – 1.1/2.4

HOMEWORK: Due Wed/Thurs/Fri Journal #9 – Survive (Thurs/Fri) NIGHT – Quiz #3 (Wed/Thurs) Personal Response paragraph – (p.24) – Write a well-organized paragraph. Choose a passage. Discuss how it paints that dark image of human nature. Propaganda Sheets – Block 1.1– they were already collected. If you were absent, you need to get those to me […]

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   Nov 16

ENGLISH 11- 1.1/2.4

HOMEWORK: Due Tues/Wed Mr. Peter Bone sheets – Info on him: read, notes, vocab, Qs & K/W/Q/Learned sheet (due Mon) NIGHT – ALL chapter Qs & charts (due Mon) Chp. #7-9 Quiz – 21st/22nd Personal Response (p.24) – Write a well-organized paragraph. Choose a passage. Discuss how it paints that dark image of human nature.

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   Nov 16

ENGLISH 10 – 1.4/2.2

HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues LP– All 4 Review pages INCLUDING paragraph writing “The Bear That Wasn’t” – Q#7 – Paragraph response “Where I’m From” – watch the following 2 videos & on the poem sheet, list some ideas you could use for your own version of the poem  Video of poem —> “Where I’m From”   Student Example “Where […]

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   Nov 16

ENGLISH 9 – 1.3

HOMEWORK: Due Friday Journal #4 – Should Students be Rewarded for Effort? REWRITE for improved marks. BUT you must have a quick writer’s conference with me first! I’ve seen 13 people so far – yay! I will be in my room at lunch if you want a chance to rewrite, improve, and learn. Must be […]

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   Nov 13

ENGLISH 11- 1.1/2.4

HOMEWORK: Due Thurs/Fri “Pigeon” & Bystander response – What reasons could there be for the increase in hate crimes, specifically anti-Semitic hate crimes in Canada? NIGHT – chp. 7-9 Quiz – 21st/22nd Veteran Mr. Peter Bone worksheets – will be collected Propaganda worksheets  

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   Nov 06

ENGLISH 9 – 1.3

HOMEWORK: Due Thurs LP #10 & Review – do the review in 2 stages LP Unit #1 Test – next week  Journal #4 – FINAL, good copy

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