English 11

This may be of interest to some of you: the provincial government will fund Grade 11 next year.

Tonight, complete the final role sheets for Life of Pi. Remember that you do not have to do the investigation section. Do, however, make mental note of three reasons why I should select this as a class novel for any future Grade 11 students.

Also, your final vocabulary words for Grade 11 are: dappled, burrow (v), egregious, multitude, vagaries, corrode (v), contradict, euphoria, extrapolate (v), pliable, sinister, ostensibly, botch (v), ramifications, pertaining to, and dearth. The quiz will be next Monday.

Finally, as for the rest of the week...

Tuesday - lit circle #5

Wednesday - you will persuade me in writing to either continue using Life of Pi as a class novel or stop using it in favour of another book. You will have about one hour to write your argument. We will also do a little poetry.

Thursday - poetry and the poetry "quest"

Friday - final exam (one poem & a paragraph plus a story & a multi-paragraph composition...and a few multiple choice questions on each reading)