English 8

I would love it if you could hand in your scary stories tomorrow so that we can begin to read some of them.  If you don't hand yours in tomorrow, you should know that the due date is Wednesday at the start of class.  Make sure that you have finished your work on The Outsiders.

English 12

Keep reading All Quiet on the Western Front and working on your lit circle sheet.  We will answer the questions to Chapter One tomorrow.

Journalism

The photo assignment which was due on Wednesday is now due next Monday, November 5th.  You will hand in four photos - one on each of the following three topics:  Sutherland people, Sutherland events, and common Sutherland sights.  The fourth photo will be of anything you wish (so long as it concerns the Sutherland community or your life as an adolescent).

Continue working on your stories.
Ellie - shoe drive
Julian - music performance/a small blurb about Bantam soccer/changes to curling story
Natasha - know your slang/Mr. N interview/advice column with Delainie
Delainie - best winter/comfort foods/advice with Natasha
Isaac - horoscope
Lydia - announcements/family story
Katie - updates to swim team story/driving adventures/modern war/photos of Halloween events
Kyle - driving adventures/Nutella??

Everyone should have their second story filed by Friday, November 2nd.

If you have not yet filed something, you are behind.

Journalism

All students must post a story by the end of today.  Also, all students must take 2-3 pictures of school life and post them to the blog by Wednesday.  This is a workbook exercise that may end up in material for our next issue.  Remember, the photos must be of people being active (not sitting, standing, or simply smiling).  When you post the pictures, you must give the verb that names that action your subject is performing.  Good photos should tell a story.
In addition, your pictures of people should be relatively close up (unless you are submitting a sports photo where more action needs to be shown).  Think of the photos we looked at today in class.  Very few pictures showed people from head to foot.

English 8

Short story projects and poems are due on Monday.  The scary stories are due on Wednesday (so that we can read them aloud in class.  However, you may hand your stories in early so that we can read some of them on Tuesday as well.  Finally, please complete Chapter One of The Outsiders.

English 12

You should be working on you synthesis essay, which is due on Monday. Please also answer the questions on Chapter One of All Quiet on the Western Front.  Remember, you should be reading 20 pages a day.  Our first literature circle will be next Friday.  You will have to have read pages 19 -99 and have completed the role sheets by then.

English 12

You should be working on you synthesis essay, which is due on Monday.  Tonight, make sure you read "In the Trenches".  We will discuss the questions that follow the reading tomorrow in class.

English 8

Tomorrow, the compare/contrast paragraphs are due.  You should also be working on you short story project, which is due on Monday.  Remember there are two parts - the poem and the larger project.
Finally, read the three short story excerpts in the handout you received on Monday.  Answer question #1 after the story "A Light in the Black".  Also, be prepared to explain which of the three excerpts you found to be the most horrifying.

On Thursday, you will begin writing your scary story in class.  Come prepared to write!

Journalism

Everyone has an assignment for this week.  Everyone should have at least one story filed by Friday.

English 8

For homework tonight, read over the first page of the handout on horror stories.
Also, polish your compare/contrast paragraphs on "The Sweater" and "The Golden Pants".  The good copies are due this Thursday.
Finally, you should be steadily working on your projects that are due on Monday, October 29. Remember, you must write a poem about one of the stories we read.  Be sure that your large project (the cake/video/poster/story rewrite) is under control before the end of the week.

English 12

Complete the 8 sentences on semicolons.  Also, begin working on your take-home synthesis essay.  It is due first thing on Monday, October 29th.

English 12

Today in class, students were given a story they'd never seen before.  They had to answer some questions and then write a multi-paragraph composition on it.

Tomorrow, please have your Venn diagram completed listing the similarities and differences in the role of optimism in "Circus in Town" and "Happyness for Sale".  We will use this to begin discussion on how to write a syntheses essay (which you will need to do for the provincial exam).

English 8

We'll have a spelling test tomorrow on the words we discussed last week.  The words are gnawed, gorgeous, governor, guarantee, hurriedly, hygiene, hysterical, illegal, immediately, and  implement.

Please bring your compare/contrast paragraphs to school tomorrow for peer editing.

Finally, please make sure you have made notes on the two stories you read in class today ("The Spider Shouter" and "The Ghost in the Well").  The notes were to write down all the elements that make these tales horror stories.

English 8

Tonight, complete the rough copy of the compare/contrast paragraph on "The Golden Pants" and "The Sweater".
The unit test on short stories will be on Monday.  We will actually have our next spelling test on Tuesday (only on the ten words we discussed today in class).

English 12

The Short Story Unit Test is tomorrow.  Good luck to you.  Remember to complete the Venn Diagram on "Circus in Town" and "Happyness for Sale" for homework this weekend.

English 8

I will not be able to post marks tomorrow as the provincial computer system for marks is being glitchy and will not let me enter certain marks.  I will have someone fix this at the school tomorrow or Thursday (depending on our computer-whiz's availability) so that I can give you your marks to date as soon as possible.

Remember to study you spelling words for Friday.

Finally, the short story unit test will be on Monday.  Know your short story terms (see your notes and today's handout).  The only terms on the list that I will not require you to know for the test are mood and tone.  The stories we studied were "The Monkey's Paw", "A Secret for Two", "Leiningen and the Ants", "The Dog of Pompeii", "The Golden Pants", and "The Sweater".  We will have one more story tomorrow.

Make sure you know the characters, the plot outline, the conflicts, and the settings of each of the stories.

English 12

Finish your Short Story Review Sheet for tomorrow.  Also, Wednesday is your last chance to ask anything about short stories before the test.  If you have questions, ask them tomorrow.

Journalism

Natasha is this issue's formatter.  She needs your news articles as soon as possible.  The articles on the Terry  Fox Run, Pitch In Sutherland, Best Buddies Program, the sports teams/profiles, and the school announcements are particularly pressing.

Journalism

Everyone knows what he or she has to do.  We are in good shape so far, but  please post your articles as soon as possible to expedite next week's publishing process.

English 8

We will have a spelling test on Thursday, so learn these words: gnawed, gorgeous, governor, guarantee, hurriedly, hygiene, hysterical, illegal, immediately, implement, incident, incredible, influential, inoculated, and inseparable. 

 If you want to get one bonus mark, choose any five of the 15 words and look up their origins on www.etymonline.com.  Write those words and their origins on a piece of paper and then write one more sentence explaining which word origin you find the most interesting (ex. "I find ___________ to have the most interesting origin because __________.").

Tonight, write down the moral of both "The Golden Pants" and "The Sweater".  Then, try to write down one theme statement for each story.  You might say that "The Golden Pants" is about forgiveness or confidence, so choose one of those terms to build your theme statement.  You will begin the theme statement by saying something like this: "Sometimes people..." or "Children often...".  The could be said to be "Sweater" about keeping one's temper or gratitude or fitting in with the group.  Take one of these three concepts and try to write a theme statement that begins with "Sometimes (or often or frequently) people (or children)...."  Theme statements are hard, but try your best.

English 12

Complete the Short Story Review sheets by Wednesday.
Remember, we will have a quiz on commas tomorrow (so review those rules).

Also, we will have a unit test on short stories on Thursday.  On the test, there will be 25 questions about the terms you need to know.  There will also be a short answer section on quotations from the various stories.  You will have to give the significance within the story of each quote.  Don't worry, the quotes will all be important ones that we have discussed in class.  Finally, the last section will require that you provide SHORT paragraph answers to certain questions (these will be questions on the big ideas in the unit: plot, character, symbol, irony, point of view, and theme).

Wear pink on Monday

To take a stand against bullying and remember Amanda Todd, wear something pink to school on Monday. One of my students emailed me and asked me to spread the word. I'll be in pink. Will you?

Journalism

Everyone knows what he or she needs to complete this weekend.  On Monday, Julian will use my computer and the class projector to show you how to use the formatting program.  Remember, the more we complete now, the faster we can assemble the paper. So keep writing and posting!

English 12

This weekend, complete the Comma Review Sheet, and fill in the first two or three rows of the Short Story Review Sheet.
Also, read "Happyness for Sale" (the misspelling is intentional) and complete the questions that follow the story.

English 8

Please complete this journal assignment for homework:

Tell me about your favourite article of clothing and about the least favourite thing you have ever been forced to wear.

 Remember to start reviewing your short story terms as we are nearing the end of this unit.

Next week's spelling words (for Thursday) are gnawed, gorgeous, governor, guarantee, hurriedly, hygiene, hysterical, illegal, immediately, implement, incident, incredible, influential, inoculated, inseparable.

This week's spelling bonus mark assignment will not be to put all these words into a story.  The assignment will be different.  Ask me about it in class.

Journalism

Everyone should file something by the end of tomorrow.

English 8

Polish your good copy of the news article tonight, and study for the spelling test tomorrow.

Also, write your three sentences about our short stories' themes tonight.

English 12

As we will be having a short story unit test next week, keep studying your terms.

Tonight, finish reading "Circus in Town" and answer the questions.  Then, write down three of Jenny's personality traits which allow her to cope with her difficult life circumstances.  For each trait, provide one example AND one quotation from the text.

Finally, this is just a reminder of the quiz on commas on Monday.

English 8

Write your rough copies of your Pompeii news articles tonight.  We will peer edit them tomorrow.  Keep studying for your spelling quiz on Friday.

Journalism

Here are the assignments that you have said you will complete by Friday:

Hengameh - create two pie charts from the answers of our technology poll.  Find three interview subjects for Hallowe'en memories.
Katie - article on the swim club and create a poll (with Lydia)  to distribute to the class.
Julian - Terry Fox Run story.  Possible story on the curling team.
Natasha - Photos for photo essay of the SJ hike (plus a sentence or two introducing the photo essay).  Post the Grade 8 story.
Kyle - interview with Brodie by the end of the week.
Isaac - opinion article.
Harrison - Pitch In Sutherland article.
Lydia - type out and post short story.  Work with Katie to develop the survey
Delainie - BBs program.
Ellie - spookify your horrorscope.
 
Next week the following articles will be filed:
Hengameh - 3 interviews about Hallowe'en memories
Katie - Hallowe'en-like traditions from around the world (with Natasha??).  Article (with Lydia) based on the poll
Julian - curling team story
Natasha -costumes and advice column
Kyle - the history of Hallowe'en/possible Ft Night reveiw??
Isaac - Hallowe'en recipes
Harrison - lockout story, Hallowe'en recipes??
Lydia - Article with Katie based on the poll
Delainie - Sports overview/ Ft Night reveiw??
Ellie - article on the visiting writer

If you think that you will be unable to file a particular story in time for the deadline, please see me ASAP.

English 12

Work on the questions on "The Destructors".  You will have 20 minutes of class time to complete this tomorrow.

English 8

Tonight, complete the news article planning sheet.  You will be writing the rough copy of your story tomorrow.
Your 15 spelling words for the test on Friday are echoes, economy, emergency, envelop, evident, exhibit, facilities, familiar, February, formally, formerly, futile, gauge, generation, and genuine.

Journalism

Keep working on your first stories of the next issue.  Try to have at least one item posted by the end of Tuesday.  Have a happy Thanksgiving!

English 12

Finish reading "The Destructors" in your short story textbooks.  When you are finished, complete questions #3 and #6 for homework.  Make your answers as complete as you can.  Have a happy Thanksgiving!

English 8

Finish reading "The Dog of Pompeii" in your Focus textbooks.  Then complete questions #1-7 for Tuesday. Remember to write in clear, complete sentences.
Have a happy Thanksgiving!

English 12

Tomorrow, I will be collecting your journal entries from the past month.  They are:
1.  Write about a time you misjudged someone based upon appearances, or when someone misjudged you.
2.  Write down your first impressions of the short story "Miss Brill".  What did you find thought-provoking, strange or confusing about it?
3.   Does evil exist?  Explain why you think it does or does not.  If you believe it does exist, explain what makes some people evil.
4.  What was your reaction to the story "The Lottery"?  What did you find thought-provoking, strange or confusing about it?
5.  Explain what similarities there are between Philip Zimbardo's TEDTalk on the Lucifer Effect and Shirley Jackson's story "The Lottery".  The handout that I gave you in class should be a help in remembering Zimbardo's main points.

Also, remember to study for the vocabulary quiz tomorrow. Your vocabulary words (from "The Lottery") for the quiz are profuse, a scold (the noun), interminable, boisterous, recital, petulantly, reprimand, perfunctory, jovial, civic, craned, and lapse.  

Journalism

Your workbook exercises are due in tomorrow.  Please make sure that your reviews have been polished.  Also, remember that the polls are due tomorrow for Hengameh.

English 8

Review the spelling words for tomorrow's test.

English 8

Please come to class with your Leiningen work ready to be handed in (the five questions on the plot, the sketch of the farm and the brainstorming for the paragraphs we wrote).  We will then proceed to the library for your final day of orientation there.

English 12

Continue reviewing the short story handouts in preparation for our unit final.  This final will take place within the next two weeks.  Remember to review your vocabulary words for Friday.

English 12

Complete the sheet on symbolism in "The Lottery" for homework tonight.  Remember to review for the vocabulary quiz on Friday.

English 8

Tomorrow before having our library orientation, we will meet in our classroom and you will hand in the good copy of your "Leiningen is a brave and resourceful man" paragraphs.  You will actually hand in THREE pieces of paper:  the GOOD COPY of your paragraph, the ROUGH COPY that we peer edited today, as well as your PEER EDITING sheet.  I will mark these paragraphs on how well you argue that Leiningen is brave and resourceful. Remember to use specific details from the story, include an engaging first sentence (see the sheet on opening "hook" sentences"), and proofread your work.

Journalism

Ensure your workbook exercises are in order. You will submit them on Friday.

English 8

Remember to bring your Focus texts to class tomorrow. Keep studying for your spelling test on Friday.

English 12

Answer questions #1-6 on "The Lottery" for homework tonight. 
Today in class, students completed Journal #4: What was your reaction to the story "The Lottery"?  What did you find thought-provoking, strange or confusing about it? I will take in your journals on Friday of this week, so ensure that they are all complete.
Your vocabulary words (from "The Lottery") for the quiz on Friday are profuse, a scold (the noun), interminable, boisterous, recital, petulantly, reprimand, perfunctory, jovial, civic, craned, and lapse.