English 11

There will be a short test on commas tomorrow -- review the handouts.  Also, read "Hills Like White Elephants" for tomorrow.

Graduation Transitions

Monday/Tuesday group:
Make sure all four Career Cruising sheets are completed by Monday.  You will be handing them in with a fifth sheet on Tuesday.  If you have not already done so, secure a person who will write you a letter of reference. This letter will be due the day before March break.  See me if you need any of the handouts.

English 11

Write a theme statement for "The Charmer". Make sure you write it according to the criteria outlined on the handout I gave you today in class.

English 11

Read over the newest yellow sheet "Theme and the Short Story".  Make note of the bolded items.
Also, answer these questions on the poem "The Man Who Finds His Son Is A Thief" for Journal #3...

1. Draw a small cartoon for each stanza (artistic quality is not essential)

2. List the physical descriptions of pain and discomfort.  How do these sensory images add to the poem's overall meaning?

3. Underline the metaphors ( at least four of them)

4. Explain why the poet included the last two lines.

Graduation Transitions

Thursday/Friday group.
Tomorrow we will begin looking at a career site and investigating different career and vocational paths.  Please finish the personality index.  If you still must complete the scholarship and bursary form, make sure you have your PEN (Provincial Education Number), student number and Social Insurance Number.  Know whether you live in the City of North Vancouver or the District of North Vancouver.  Also, have a copy of your resume handy so that you can refer to it.  Then, go to 

sutherlandscholarship.wikispaces.com.

Answer all the questions.  If you have to leave any of the boxes blank, put "n/a" inside them.  If you don't put n/a inside them, you won't be able to submit your information.  At the end of the form, hit "submit" and you will be done.

I'll check with Mrs. Clark to make sure that you have completed this form.  You will receive 5 marks for completing it.  All Grade 12's have to complete this before the end of February.

Monday/Tuesday group.
Ask someone you know for a letter of reference that you will include in your portfolio.  This person can be a family friend (character reference), a teacher or counselor (character/academic reference) or a supervisor/employer (work reference).

Also, please make sure that you have signed up for the Daily Activity Plan (DPA) tracker at www.learnnowbc.ca.  This will make tracking all your activities much easier.  When you sign up, make your start date the first week of February (when the semester began).

English 11

Tonight, review the terms on the yellow short story sheets (Purpose and the Short Story, Character and the Short Story, and Plot and the Short Story).  Also make sure you know allusion, parable, and epiphany.  We will have a short quiz on these terms.

Also, please complete the sheet on commas.  If you were not in class today, here are the comma questions:

COMMAS - PART THREE: REVIEW

Part A:

Are the following three sentences correct or incorrect?  If any are incorrect, please make the necessary amendments:

1. The free swimming lessons, were held at the William Griffin Aquatic Centre.


2. The camp brochure says that kids in the program can canoe on the lake or go sailing\

at a nearby beach or try horseback riding in the adjacent fields.

3. Listen I need that report by Friday.


4. Graham lifted the couch, Stuart grabbed the hamster, and the cat dashed between my

legs, just to get at the fluffy little rodent!

5. Capilano University which used to be a college has a very good reputation for its

talented instructors and small class sizes.

6. You realize, of course, that the tension between you and your parents will only lead to

trouble.

7. I do not like driving in the snow nor do I enjoy walking in the rain.


8. “To err is human,” my mother would say “but to forgive is devine.”


9. When the cat’s away, the mice will play!


10. I will clean the house for you, because you are always so good to me.


Part B:

Please put commas in the following two sentences where needed. .

1. I know you wanted fish for dinner but the price of chicken was too good to pass up.

2. I will however get some salmon for your dinner tomorrow.

Graduation Transitions

Thursday/Friday group:

If you were unable to submit your information you might have to do the entire questionnaire again.  There may be a way for you to merge information given on two separate occasions, but you will have to check this with Mrs. Clark.

If you have extra information to add to you submission, please see Mrs. Clark once, with all the new information you want to add.  This will simplify the process for both you and her.

Two things will be due on Thursday:

1. The Attributes of the Ideal BC Graduate collage will be due at the start of class next Thursday.  
2. Your title pages (Personal Health, Community Connections, Career and Life, Appendix).

Monday/Tuesday group:

Ask someone you know for a letter of reference that you will include in your portfolio.  This person can be a family friend (character reference), a teacher or counselor (character/academic reference) or a supervisor/employer (work reference).

Also, please make sure that you have signed up for the Daily Activity Plan (DPA) tracker at www.learnnowbc.ca.  This will make tracking all your activities much easier.  When you sign up, make your start date the first week of February (when the semester began).

English 11

Tonight, complete these questions on "A Handful of Dates" for your Journal #2:

1. What things or ideas did the grandson value at the start of the story?
2. Which of these values changed after the date harvest?  Explain.
3. Give the quote where the boy's values change (i.e. his epiphany).  Explain why he had his epiphany at this point in the story.

On Thursday, you will write an in-class essay on character in "A Handful of Dates".  I will explain the format and give the question tomorrow in class.  Also, on Friday, you will have a quiz on the terms on the yellow sheets (including epiphany, allusion, and parable).

Graduation Transitions

Monday/Tuesday group

Tomorrow you will fill out the Sutherland Scholarship and Bursary form. Remember to bring the following:

1. your resume 
2. your PEN number 
3. your student number 
4. your Social Insurance Number (if you don't want to provide your SIN, you will have to supply your email address).

Know the courses you took in Grades 11 and 12, your parents' place of employment/union membership or professional association, as well as any service clubs to which they may belong.

Also due tomorrow:

1. The Attributes of the Ideal BC Graduate collage - due at the start of class.  

English 11

Make sure you have read "A Handful of Dates", on page 123 of your text, as we will be working on it tomorrow in class.  On Friday, you will have a quiz on the terms explained in the yellow short story handouts that I have given you so far.  The handouts I will ask you questions on are "Purpose and the Short Story", "Character and the Short Story" and "Plot and the Short Story".

The vocabulary words for "A Handful of Dates" are ewer, ablutions, indolent, lilting, gurgling, dilapidated, jostling, sickle, stance, bray and rasping.  You will have a quiz on these at a later date.

English 11

Please read "A Handful of Dates" on page 123 of your textbook for Monday.

Graduation Transitions

I am sorry that today's class was interrupted by the fire drill.  I did not realize that we would have one until about 20 minutes into the class, and by then everyone had started the Sutherland Scholarship and Bursary questionnaire.

If you were unable to submit your information you might have to do the entire questionnaire again.  There may be a way for you to merge information given on two separate occasions, but you will have to check this with Mrs. Clark.

If you have extra information to add to you submission, please see Mrs. Clark once, with all the new information you want to add.  This will simplify the process for both you and her.

Two things will be due on Thursday:

1. The Attributes of the Ideal BC Graduate collage will be due at the start of class next Thursday.  
2. Your title pages (Personal Health, Community Connections, Career and Life, Appendix).

Monday/Tuesday group:

For next Monday...

1. Hand in your completed collage of the Ideal BC Graduate.
2. Have title pages for your portfolio tabs:  Personal Health, Community Connections, Career and Life, and Appendix.
3. Please bring a copy of your current resume to class.
4. All Wordles must be submitted.
5. Ask someone you know (a teacher/counselor, supervisor or employer) to write you a letter of reference.  This letter will be due in your portfolio just before spring break.

English 11

Today in class, students wrote paragraphs that answered this question:
Given that Winnie is the protagonist and the conflict is internal (character versus self), explain how the resolution of the conflict relates to why Budge Wilson wrote this story.

Some students are finishing this paragraph at home tonight.

We also looked at the parable "The Prodigal Son" and made a list of the similarities and differences between it and "The Charmer".  Students then had to come up with three ways that knowing the parable helped them understand the story better.

Graduation Transitions

Thursday/Friday group:

For tomorrow (Friday)...

1. Bring your labelled binders to class tomorrow. 

Also, tomorrow you will fill out the Sutherland Scholarship and Bursary form. Remember to bring the following:

1. your resume 
2. your PEN number 
3. your student number 
4. your Social Insurance Number (if you don't want to provide your SIN, you will have to supply your email address).

Two things will be due on Thursday:

1. The Attributes of the Ideal BC Graduate collage will be due at the start of class next Thursday.  
2. Your title pages (Personal Health, Community Connections, Career and Life, Appendix).

Monday/Tuesday group:

For next Monday...

1. Hand in your completed collage of the Ideal BC Graduate.
2. Have title pages for your portfolio tabs:  Personal Health, Community Connections, Career and Life, and Appendix.
3. Please bring a copy of your current resume to class.
4. All Wordles must be submitted.
5. Ask someone you know (a teacher/counselor, supervisor or employer) to write you a letter of reference.  This letter will be due in your portfolio just before spring break.

English 11

Tonight, read both sides of the yellow handout "Plot and the Short Story" and "Character and the Short Story".  Make sure that you have definitions for the terms allusion, parable and epiphany as they are words you will need to know for the final.

Tomorrow you will be answering the question: Given that Winnie is the protagonist and the conflict is internal (character versus self), explain how the resolution of the conflict relates to why Budge Wilson wrote this story.

For those of you who will be absent tomorrow, we will look at the story of the prodigal son and then look at how familiarity with this story informs our understanding of the short story "The Charmer".  We will also look at the difference between direct and indirect characterization.

English 11

Tonight, find the definitions for allusion, parable, and epiphany.  Also, complete Journal #1 "The Charmer" Feb.12.  It consists of the following questions:

1. What about this story did you find a) realistic b) unrealistic c)confusing?  Explain.  (Note: if you found nothing confusing or unrealistic, just say so.  As long as you have a thoughtful response for the first option, that will be fine with me.
2. Did this story remind you of any similar story you have heard of or person you have known?  Explain.
3. What do you think is the most important line in this story?  Explain.

Graduation Transitions

Thursday/Friday group (who I will see later this week):

Please bring the following to class...

1. The Wordle (wordle.net) that includes words that pertain to these elements: what things are important to you, the personal traits you have that will serve you well in the future, the things that will occupy your time after graduation.
2. Your 13 sentences about the ideal BC graduate and your evidence (in one or two points) of how you demonstrate this attribute...just the sentences, the collage itself will be due the following week.
3. A new, clean binder with a name label along the spine and four dividers (Personal Health, Community Connections, Life and Career, and Appendix)

Monday/Tuesday group (who I just saw today):

For next Monday...

1. Hand in your completed collage of the Ideal BC Graduate.
2. Have title pages for your portfolio tabs:  Personal Health, Community Connections, Career and Life, and Appendix.
3. Please bring a copy of your current resume to class.
4. All Wordles must be submitted.
5. Ask someone you know (a teacher/counselor, supervisor or employer) to write you a letter of reference.  This letter will be due in your portfolio just before spring break.

Graduation Transitions (Mon/Tues)

For the students who I saw today, you will be my Monday/Tuesday class.  I will see you on Tuesday because Monday is a holiday.  The assignments that are due on Tuesday, February 12th are threefold:

1. The Wordle (wordle.net) that includes words that pertain to these elements: what things are important to you, the personal traits you have that will serve you well in the future, the things that will occupy your time after graduation.
2. Your 13 sentences about the ideal BC graduate and your evidence (in one or two points) of how you demonstrate this attribute...just the sentences, the collage itself will be due the following week.
3. A new, clean binder with a name label along the spine and four dividers (Personal Health, Community Connections, Life and Career, and Appendix)

English 11

Look up the nine vocabulary words for the short story, "Gentlemen, Your Verdict".

Graduation Transitions

For all of the students who were in class today, I will see you on Thursday. The "Attributes of the Ideal BC Graduate" collage is due on Thursday, February 14th.

English 11

Please complete the orange student questionnaire for homework tonight.

Graduation Transitions

For all of the students who were in class today, I will see you on Wednesday.  I look forward to meeting the rest of my Grad Trans students tomorrow (Tuesday).