English 11

Tonight,  write a 1-2 sentence summary of each scene we  read in class today.  Also, write down what you think is the most important quote in each scene.  Briefly explain why you have chosen these particular quotations.  Remember to cite them properly:  (Act, scene, line#s).

Graduation Transitions

Monday/Tuesday group:

Today you had time to complete class assignments.  They are as follows:

1.  Career research assignment - due May 13th
2.  Budget sheet and reflection paragraph (see the post for April 22 for information on the paragraph)
3.  Volunteer/work experience form.  Once the form is completed, you must answer the two paragraph    questions at the bottom of the form.  Use the Employability 2000 sheet from earlier in the course to discuss relevant skills that you acquired.

On Monday, you must be in class to complete your graduation speeches with Ms.Clark.

The next portfolio submission will be May 14th.
All portfolio work is due June 3rd.  The exit interviews will be scheduled and will take place between June 4th and June 14th.  If you have any concerns about completing the assignments, see me as soon as possible.

English 11

Your 3 paragraphs on different examples of irony are due on Monday.

English 11

Today we reviewed for tomorrow's vocabulary quiz and watched most of the Ted Talk entitled "The Lucifer Effect" by Phillip Zimbabwe. Students who left class early can Google the 21 minute video.

English 11

Make sure you have your vocabulary words ready to trade with your group members tomorrow.  The quiz is on Thursday.  Also, remember that the three literary paragraphs are due on Monday.

Graduation Transitions

Wednesday's lunchtime speaker will be talking about how former volunteers can still be involved with North Vancouver Outdoor School after graduation.


Both groups:

Once you have finished filling in the first column of the budget sheet, write a paragraph about your financial future over the coming year.  Some questions to consider while writing your paragraph are as follows:
Will you be employed? What kind of employment will you have?  Do you need to work--why or why not?  Will you make enough to live on?  What expenses will you be responsible for? What are your 6-month plus and one-year plus financial goals?  Do you think you have a good plan for achieving them?  Finally, you must answer this final question: How do you feel about your immediate financial future?

English 11

Your final vocabulary quiz will be on Thursday.  Today, we watched part of the movie Lord of the Flies.

For next Monday, you will write three literary paragraphs about irony in Lord of the Flies. The first paragraph will discuss how irony is used in relation to an object in the novel. The second paragraph will be used to discuss how irony is used in relation to a character (his dialogue or actions).  The third paragraph will discuss how irony is used in relation to an event.  In each paragraph, you will used well-integrated quotations that are properly cited.  Each paragraph must be clear, proofread and written in ink (or typed).

Remember, literary compositions are compositions about the literature you have read.  They will be written as follows:

1. in third person (do not use "I", "we", "us", or "you")
2. in present tense 
3. without contractions (use "cannot" not "can't", etc.)
4. with proper formatting
5. in formal language (avoid informal language like "kids" and "freaking out")

Graduation Transitions

Next week's lunchtime speaker will be talking about how former volunteers can still be involved with North Vancouver Outdoor School after graduation.


Thursday/Friday group:

Once you have finished filling in the first column of the budget sheet, write a paragraph about your financial future over the coming year.  Some questions to consider while writing your paragraph are as follows:
Will you be employed? What kind of employment will you have?  Do you need to work--why or why not?  Will you make enough to live on?  What expenses will you be responsible for? What are your 6-month plus and one-year plus financial goals?  Do you think you have a good plan for achieving them?  Finally, you must answer this final question: How do you feel about your immediate financial future?

English 11

Tomorrow, you will write a four - paragraph synthesis essay in class. The topic will be as follows: discuss the nature of fear in Lord of the Flies and Spirit of the Deep. You may bring a page with quotations, your copies of the readings and the handout on the synthesis essay format.

Your homework this weekend is to finish the novel for Monday. I will also assign questions on those chapters tomorrow.

English 11

Read chapter 10 tonight and answer questions 2 and 4. Your next vocabulary quiz will be on Thursday. On Friday, you will write a synthesis essay on the novel and "Spirit of the Deep".

English 11

Tonight, review your vocabulary words for the quiz on Wednesday.  Read Chapter 9 and answer the questions on "Spirit of the Deep".  Begin planning your end of the novel projects, which will be due on Monday, April 29th.

Graduation Transitions

Wednesday's lunchtime speaker will be discussing careers in real estate.

Make sure you have your work/volunteer forms signed and in your binder by the 19th of April.

Monday/Tuesday class
You will have an open-book quiz on the concepts we discussed concerning personal finances.
The quiz will ask you about loans, credit/debit, and renting.

English 11

In addition to your quotation assignment, read chapter 8 of the novel.

English 11

Tonight, complete your journals and make sure that one has been polished for tomorrow.  Also, make sure you have read chapter 7 for tomorrow. Also, start collecting your vocabulary words for chapters 5-8 (second column on the blue package on the novel).

On Monday, you will need to hand in two paragraphs, each highlighting a different quotation.  Make sure you write the quote at the top of your sheet (and provide a page number).  In your paragraph, you can relate the passage to character, theme, symbol, irony, or mood.  For at least one of these quotations, relate it to something that you have noticed about life in 2013.

English 11

Tonight, read Chapter 5 of the novel.  Also, complete the symbolism chart on the back of the blue novel package.
The vocabulary quiz will be on Wednesday.

This weekend, answer the questions to Chapter four in full sentences and on a separate piece of paper.

What's coming up in English:
On Monday, April 8th, you will have a quiz on Chapters 2-4.  You will also have to come with your homework completed up to the end of Chapter Four.
On Wednesday, you will have a vocabulary quiz on the first column of words.
On Friday, April 12, I'll take in your six journals.  I'll give you a mark for completion of all of them (to my satisfaction - ask me if you have questions).  Then, I'll give you a mark for the one journal topic you have chosen to develop into a one-page composition (150-200 words typed or neatly written).  Journals 5 and 6 will be easy to develop.  See me about how to develop the other journal topics into longer compositions.

Again, your journal topics are:

Journal #1 "The Charmer" Feb.12.  

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.

"A Handful of Dates" for your Journal #2 Feb.19:

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.

Journal #3 Feb 22

"The Man Who Finds His Son Is A Thief"

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.

Journal #4 March 1
"Hills Like White Elephants"

1. Answer #9 on the question sheet.
2. Write a theme statement for the story
3. Select one quote from the story and explain why you think it is important.

Journal #5

What makes a good leader?

Journal #6:
What frightened you when you were a child?  Why do you think childhood fears are universal?

English 11

Tonight, answer the questions to Chapter Three in full sentences.  Also, read another 15 pages (that should be your daily task until you finish the book).

Your Journal #6 topic today was...
What frightened you when you were a child?  Why do you think childhood fears are universal?

What's coming up in English:

Tomorrow, you will have 15 minutes to share your vocabulary words with your vocab partners.  You will have time to read and do various assignments in silence as others in your class will be completing work they missed in the last three days of school.

On Monday, April 8th, you will have a quiz on Chapters 2-4.  You will also have to come with your homework completed.
On Wednesday, you will have a vocabulary quiz on the first column of words.
On Friday, April 12, I'll take in your six journals.  I'll give you a mark for completion of all of them (to my satisfaction - ask me if you have questions).  Then, I'll give you a mark for the one journal topic you have chosen to develop into a one-page composition (150-200 words typed or neatly written).  Journals 5 and 6 will be easy to develop.  See me about how to develop the other journal topics into longer compositions.

English 11

Tonight, read Chapter Three and answer Questions #1-4 on Chapter Two.

If you have to complete one of the tests we wrote in the last week before break, the date for rewrites is this Friday.  If you cannot make Friday, you must see me to discuss this.

Journal topics to date:

Journal #1 "The Charmer" Feb.12.  

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.

"A Handful of Dates" for your Journal #2 Feb.19:

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.

Journal #3 Feb 22

"The Man Who Finds His Son Is A Thief"

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.

Journal #4 March 1
"Hills Like White Elephants"

1. Answer #9 on the question sheet.
2. Write a theme statement for the story
3. Select one quote from the story and explain why you think it is important.

Journal #5

What makes a good leader?

English 11

Today, students received a package of vocabulary and questions on Lord of the Flies. For Friday, students will be responsible for knowing their assigned vocabulary words from this list by Friday.  They will share their words with others in their group.  Here are the words for Chapters 1-4:
sombre, enmity, decorous, interminable, hiatus, ebullience, recrimination, tumult, tirade, composite, myriad, torrid, susurration, oppressive, inscrutable, vicissitudes, tacit, blatant, taboo, sinewy, malevolently, dilate.

For tonight, read Chapter Two.  You will have some reading time in BOB tomorrow, plus an extra 10 minutes to read 18 pages.

Students also began work on a chart outlining the various characters in the novel.  They will continue with this chart tomorrow.

Graduation Transitions

Guest speaker:

All Grad Trans students will be required to go to four lunchtime career presentations where professional people from the community come to talk about their respective careers.  Tomorrow's speaker will talk about engineering.  See this speaker at lunch in C202 -- Ms. Ireland's room.  You may eat your lunch in the room, but as it is designated for technology, you must be very careful about not making a mess or leaving any remnants of your lunch. I will be at the presentation with extra copies of the information sheet about the speaker that you need to fill and hand in.


Check out Career Explorations/Career Spotlight to see what speakers are coming to Sutherland at this address:
http://www.sutherlandcareercenter.blogspot.ca/


Grad Trans - Monday/Tuesday group

Today we began discussing personal finances.  Next Monday, each group will present their findings about how to budget for a specific car, college, or cell phone. These presentations will not take very long, but every group member will receive a mark.