English 8

Tonight, read Chapter 11 and do the questions for Chapters 10 and 11.  Begin planning your comic strip project, which is due on March 27th.  Also, find the definitions for the following vocabulary words:

Vocabulary from chapters 9-12

1.    underprivileged (adj)

2.    conformity (noun)

3.    rueful (adj)

4.    leery (adj)

5.    taut (adj)

6.    contract (verb and noun)

7.    stupor (noun)

8.    stricken (adj)

9.    delirious (adj)

10.    clad (adj)

11.    idolized (verb)

12.    hearing (noun) - an appearance in front of a judge before a trial

13.    guardian (noun)

14.    liable (adj)

15.    flinching (adj)

16.    acquittal (noun)

17.    vacuum (noun)

18.    veered (verb)

19.    welled (verb)

20.    vast (adj)

English 8

Read Chapter 10 of the novel, and answer the questions on the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay".

Socials 10

Make sure you complete the handouts that cover pages 130 - 158.  I'll give you a quiz based on these sheets on Wednesday.

English 12, Block 7

Hi class, here is your work from Ms. Lambert:

Read and do the chapter questions for Chapters 13-15 for The Catcher in the Rye. Also, continue to work on your sociogram.

English 10

Your final five visual journals will be due when the classes finish reading the novel.  You can improve your journal marks by making the changes I've given you and by looking carefully at the rubric for the assignment.  Here is a refresher for what is necessary:

1. For every three chapters, select a quotation.
2. Explain where in the novel this quotation appears.
3. Explain why you chose this quotation (This should include what appealed to you personally about it and why this quote is significant to the story.  Does it tell you more about the characters or the themes in the novel? A more detailed response is better )
4. Include an image (or images) in your response and explain why you have included it (them).  If you are not a good artist, use collage or photos from the internet.  Use symbolic images or cartoons based on the same topics; try to be creative in your thought processes.

English 12

If you are missing any assignments, hand them in as soon as possible.  The cut of date for term two looms!!! It would be in your favour to submit any late work as soon as possible.

See me at lunch or after school in Room C203 tomorrow or Thursday.

English 8

Answer the questions for Chapter 7 for homework.  Continue to review the vocabulary words for Chapters 5-8 because  your next vocabulary test will be on Monday.

Socials 10

On Thursday, you will be writing your response to your question on modern conflicts.  If you have any questions about this, you can see me at lunch or after school on Wednesday in Room C203.

I will be collecting a package of your paperwork before you write your response.  Make sure that you have these completed handouts:

1. A Detailed Action Plan
2. Note Sheet 1 (the four W's --who, what, when, and where--of your conflict)
3. Note Sheet 2 (the fifth W--what are the causes and complexities of the conflict)
4. Note Sheet 3 (an alternate perspective on the conflict)
5. OVPL Sheet (the sheet that assesses the value of three of your sources)

To write your response to your research question, you will be able to have the handout on necessary vocabulary on your conflict as well as a concept map made from that vocabulary.  

I will take in the vocabulary sheet, concept map, and response at the end of class.

English 12

Read up to Chapter 6.  People in Block 7 need to answer the questions for Chapters 3-5.  People in Block 4 need to answer questions for Chapters 5 and 6.

During the last class of the week, you will write an in-class narrative essay.  You will have a choice of three writing prompts:

1. A life lesson
2. An important choice
3. A time when you felt an extreme emotion or extreme pain.

You must try to include at least three figurative devices (metaphors, similies, hyperboles, personification and so on) and three different kinds of sense imagery (sight, sound, taste, touch or  smell).

You can bring the following materials to that class:

• handouts on narrative essays to class
• a half page of notes  You may not pre-write the essay.  
• a paper dictionary to class or use the ones provided.

Electronic dictionaries and pre-written rough copies will not be allowed.

English 10

If you are a juror, complete the news article for Tuesday.  You need to write a news article about what has been happening in Maycomb.  This is the first day of the trial, so you cannot write about what happens during the court proceedings.  Your article must be 3/4 of a page long, single spaced and include an image in the remaining 1/4 page.  Remember to include two quotations (that you actually create) from two characters in the novel.

English 8

Finish the sheet on adverbs, complete the reading on Chapter 5 of  The Outsiders, and begin work on your postcard project.

Socials 10

Next class, we will continue with research on modern conflicts.  Feel free to do research at home as well, and remember to keep track of your sources.

English 12, Block 7

Tonight, simply read Chapter 26 of Catcher in the Rye.

English 8

For homework tonight, complete the adverb homework--the first exercise on page 3 of the package.  Also, complete the worksheet on character and conflict in The Outsiders. Finally, study your vocabulary words as there will be a quiz on all twenty words on Thursday.  The vocabulary words are as follows:

Vocabulary from Chapters 1 - 4

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)

11. apprehensive (adj)

12. gingerly (adv)

13. incredulous (adj)

14. nonchalantly (adv)

15. rarities (noun)

16. roguishly (adv)

17. sagely (adv)

18. stocky (adj)

19. unfathomable (adj)

20. gallantly (adv)

Socials 10

You should have a preliminary research question formulated for the class project on modern conflicts.  Also, you should have completed detailed notes on the 4 Ws of a specific conflict (Who is involved? Where is the conflict? When did the conflict happen or if it is ongoing, when did it begin?  What exactly was/is the conflict?).  Do not worry about answering a why question yet.

We will continue with the iPads in class on Thursday.

English 12, Block 4

For homework, make sure that your responses to Chapters 1 and 2 are complete.  Also, read Chapter 26 and come up with three ways the Holden in Chapter 26 is similar to the Holden in Chapter 1, and three ways he has changed.

English 10

For homework, finish the questions on Chapter 15 and make sure that your response to this quick write prompt is complete:

Quick write #5:  February 2 --  If you had one final day left on Earth, what would you want for your last supper?  Explain in detail.  You should respond to this prompt in about half a page minimum.

By the way, the other four quick-write responses from weeks past were the following:

Quick write #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.
Quick write #3:  Jan. 7 -- Tell about a time when you judged someone unfairly or were judged unfairly by someone else.

Quick write #2:  Jan. 5 -- Think back to your elementary school days.  Describe a favourite early memory and your worst early memory.

Quick write #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.

Also, remember that the first five visual journals are due this Friday.