English 12, Block 4

Answer the questions for Chapters 1 and 2 for Catcher in the Rye.  Start working on your personal timelines.

English 10

This weekend, read Chapter 15 and answer the questions for Chapter 14.  On Monday, you will have a quiz on Chapters 1-13.  It will not be open book, but you can refer to your question answers which we have completed in class.  The topics on the quiz will concern important lessons and characters' values.  In addition, the quiz will also touch on the judgments people make in the novel.

I will collect the first five visual journals on Friday of next week, so make sure they are complete.

Grade 8

Finish reading Chapter 3 and do the questions for Chapter 2, plus Chapter 3 questions #1-4.

English 12

Make sure that your group is ready to present.  Start reading Catcher in the Rye, as we will begin discussing the book some time this week.

English 10

This weekend, finish reading Chapter 12, and complete the questions for Chapter 11.  You should have four visual journals completed.  I will collect your first five the week of February 2.

Socials 10

On the pink sheet of paper, create a cartoon or brief notes to summarize the information given in class on the reasons for Confederation.  Search "world conflicts" to begin researching the global conflict you want to investigate.

English 8

Answer question numbers 3-6 on Chapter One of The Outsiders.  Also, provide the definitions for the next ten words on your vocabulary list.

English 12, Block 7

Your synthesis essays are due on January 21st.  Begin working on your personal timelines--I will be collecting them in about a week and a half.  You should begin reading Catcher in the Rye.  Aim for about ten pages a day.

Today's journal topic was as follows:

It is three days before Christmas break, and you have just been expelled from your boarding school (again).  Your parents haven't been notified yet, so they are not expecting you home.  You arrive in Vancouver with a credit card and three days to kill before you have to face your family.  Essentially, you are free to do as you wish.  How do you spend your time?

English 8

Make sure you finish the first page of the adverb package.  Also, have definitions for the following vocabulary words for next class:

1. resignedly (adv)
2. acquired (verb)
3. clammy (adj)
4. defiance (noun)
5. contemptuous (adj)
6. glaring (adj)
7. reckless (adj)
8. sheepish (adj)
9. premonition (noun)
10. ember (noun)

English 12

Your synthesis essays are due January 21st.  Group presentations will begin the next class--Thursday or Friday depending upon which day your class falls.

Socials 10

Make sure you read the handout entitled "Victorian Times and the Aboriginal People" and answer the 15 questions on the last page.  You may answer them in point form.

English 8

Here are the questions for "The Sentry".
1.  What do you think the protagonist looks like, based upon the information given in the story.
2.  Fill in the following blanks     
     a.  protagonist:   _____________________________     
     b.  antagonist:    _____________________________     
     c.  conflict:          _____________________________
3.  Who is telling the story? (Do not give the author's name.)
4.  What is the irony in the story?
5.  Why does the author surprise use.  That is, what does this say about humanity?

Grade 10

This weekend, finish reading Chapter 9 and answer the questions for it.  Also, as we have reached this point in the book, you should have finished your first three visual journals for Wednesday.  Remember, each entry should do the following:
1.  contain a quotation from one of the three chapters in the book for that entry
2.  contain a visual for that quote
3.  explain the circumstances around the quote (who is the speaker, what is the subject, why is he/she saying this)
4.  explain why this quote in particular appealed to you
5.  explain why you included the specific image you did

Also, over the past few weeks, we have been doing 10 minute quick response writing exercises in class on various prompts.  Here are the four we have done to date:


1.  Dec. 16 -- Tell what you considered to be an act of bravery when you were a child, and then describe what you consider to be an act of bravery today.
2.  Jan. 5 -- Think back to your elementary school days.  Describe a favourite early memory and your worst early memory.
3.  Jan 7 -- Tell about a time when you judged someone unfairly or were judged unfairly by someone else.
4.  Jan 15 -- Respond to the article "Why I joined the KKK" with any questions, comments or connections you see between this article and the world today.

Please make sure you are up to date with the quick response writing prompts, too.

English 12

Your synthesis essays are due next week (Jan. 21).  Groups will begin their presentations on Thursday or Friday, depending upon which day their class falls.

English 8

Make sure your sheet on adjectives is complete.  Also, create two mind maps for "Leiningen Versus the Ants".  One is entitled "Leiningen is a lucky and reckless man", and the other is entitled "Leiningen is a brave and resourceful man".  Give five good reasons for each map.

Then, once you have completed the maps, give your own assessment of Leiningen in a few sentences. Provide at least three good reasons to explain your opinion of him.

Socials 10

Be ready to write the "quest" on the Upper Canada Rebellion.  Also, make sure that you have read pages 42-45 in your text and answered question 5.  You do not have to write a paragraph, just record the three points that indicate why Britons would not be pleased with Lord Durham's report.

Socials 10

Complete a large concept map for the Upper Canada Rebellions, and be read to write the fist quiz (with your own concept map) on Monday.

Grade 8

For homework, write a text conversation between two ants in different places within the swarm.  Make sure each ant has texted at least three times.  Do not worry if you are unfamiliar with texting slang; you may write in standard English.  If you choose to use texting slang, avoid profanity.

English 12

Make sure that you have chosen a short story to present to the class. You will have library time to work in your groups this week.  Block 7 should finish questions 7 and 8 on the sheet on "The Destructors".

English 10

Read Chapters 4 and 5 of To Kill A Mockingbird and answer the questions on Chapter 4.  Be sure to have your first visual journal entry ready for submission tomorrow.

English 12

Make sure you finish the questions on "The Destructors". Also, begin working on your take-home synthesis essay, which is due on Wednesday, January 21.  Finally, begin scanning your short story text book for a new piece that your group can teach to the class.  Details for that assignment will be distributed on Wednesday.

English 10

Today, we reviewed Chapter One of To Kill A Mockingbird, answered some chapter questions, wrote a journal entry, read Chapter Two, and reviewed the IB project for the novel unit (a visual journal of the book). 

The two quick write journal topics we have done so far are as follows:

Dec. 16 -- Tell what you considered to be an act of bravery when you were a child, and then describe what you consider to be an act of bravery today.

Jan. 5 -- Think back to your elementary school days.  Describe a favourite early memory and your worst early memory.

Your journal entries should be at minimum half a page in length, double spaced.

For homework, make sure your quick write journals are complete and answer the questions on Chapter Two.  If you would like to hear an audio version of the novel, look at the right sidebar of this blog.  Click on "Grade 10 Novel".  Here, you will find MP3 recordings for most of the chapters.  Also, note that your first IB visual response journal entry is due next Tuesday, January 13th.