English 9

Tomorrow, you will have a quiz on the 8 vocabulary words. Also, finish the sheet on apostrophes.

Communications 12

The business letter concerning travel and volunteer activities is due on Friday.

English 9

Finish reading "Wish You Were Here".  Answer questions #1, 3, 4, and 5 at the end of the story.  Also, answer the following two questions:
1. What is the significance of Dorothy's bad dream?
2. Which postcard do you think she destroyed.  To answer this question, look at page 19 where the story reads, "It was an older officer who came this time.  She told him her story and showed him the postcards, except for the one she burned..."

If you do not have a copy of the story, you can find it on the web by googling "wish you were here story gnome".  The story will be the fourth search result from top entitled [DOCFrank Jones - normela7. My apologies for not being able to 
link it directly to this blog.


You will also have a spelling quiz on Monday.  Look at the words on Wednesday, Sept. 25's post.  You will have the vocabulary quiz on Tuesday (there are eight words this week).

English 10

Have your good copy of the character analysis writing assignment ready to be handed in on Monday.

Communications 12

Have your Visual Design posters ready to hand in on Monday.  I will mark them according to the rubric I gave you in class.

English 10

Take the information you collected last night (or the information on the chart we filled in today in class) and use it to write three paragraphs.For example, for Charlotte's mother, you will write one paragraph on how s he is condescending (using an example, a quote and an explanation), another paragraph on how she is efficient, and a final paragraph on how she is cold-hearted. These three paragraphs will be the body paragraphs of your five-paragraph character analysis.

English 9

Tonight, write a paragraph that answers this question:

Do you think that 10-year old Peter and Wendy truly know what they have done to their parents?  Explain your answer.

Try to give at least three reasons to support your opinion.
Also, choose two quotes from the story that support your opinion.  These quotations might be things characters do or things characters say about each other.

Your spelling words for next week are as follows:

1. Altercation

2. Blasphemous
3. Bravado
4. Chastise
5. Concurrent

6. Deprivation

7. Distinction

8. Derelict

9. Drudgery

10. Escapade

11. Flourescent

12. Gruesome
13. Handkerchief
14. Retrieve
15. Reek

The bolded words are your vocabulary words.

English 10

Tonight, complete the writing assignment begun in class.  You need to discuss the character of either Miss Hancock or Charlotte's mother by following this plan:

Point 1:         Charlotte's mother is condescending
Example:       provide an example with a quote from the story supporting Point 1
Explanation:  tell how your example shows that the man is compassionate

Point 2:         efficient
Example:      provide and example with a quote from the story supporting Point 2
Explanation: tell how your example shows the man's intelligence

Point 3:        cold
Example:      provide and example with a quote from the story supporting Point 3
Explanation:  tell how your example shows the man's overconfidence

English 9

Today, we read "The Veldt" on page 115 or 100 (new edition or old edition).  Please answer questions 3, 4, and 5 from the new edition of the text.  The questions are as follows:
3. Reread the story locating three details that suggest a futuristic setting.  How does this setting influence the characters' lives?
4.  Describe the goals and motivations of Peter and Wendy.  What will they likely do with David McClean?  Why?
5.  What foreshadowing is there of George and Lydia's fate?  Give examples of ways in which they raise their children badly.

Tomorrow, you will have a small quiz on using apostrophes and recognizing nouns.  Also, you will have the small quiz on vocabulary that we did not have on Monday.  Here are the words:
finesse, fictitious, ambiguous, animosity, hideous, elicit, chagrin.

Communications 12

Tomorrow is the final day to hand in your business letter, extended metaphor, and the seven questions on the article on water shortages.

Communications 12

Today, students wrote the good copies of their business letters (from the story "Charles") and the good copies of their extended metaphors.  These must be handed in no later than Wednesday.

There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday.  The words are as follows:

1. deficits
2. scarcity
3. derive
4. staples
5. dire
6. constraints
7. erratic
8. suplus
9. yields
10. livelihoods

English 10

Today in class, we read "The Metaphor" on p.65.  Tonight, answer the following questions:

1. Who is the protagonist?  Who or what is the antagonist?  Explain your reasoning. 
2. What are the conflicts in the story?  Are they internal or external?
3. What story is the plot and what story is the subplot? 
4.  What is the purpose of the subplot?
5. Are Miss Hancock and Charlotte's mother stereotyped characters or are they realistic ones?  Explain your answer.
6. Did Miss Hancock have to die for the story to work?  How would the story have changed if something less drastic had happened to this teacher?

English 9

On Wednesday, you will have a little vocabulary quiz on the following words:

1. ambiguous
2. animosity
3. chagrin
4. elicit
5. fictitious
6. finesse
7. hideous

Tonight, I will post the spelling words for next Monday's spelling quiz.

Communications 12

Polish your rough business letters so that they are ready to hand in on Monday.  Type your letter if you have access to a computer.  The marking rubric I will use is the one I handed you when I introduced the project.

Also, be sure to have the rough copies of your extended metaphors ready to be typed on Monday.

English 10

Read a few chapters into the novel you selected for your Independent Novel Study to see whether or not you want to stick with it.  You have a week to decide what novel you will read.

English 9

Study for your spelling quiz on Monday.  We will do the vocabulary part of the quiz on Tuesday.
Read a few chapters into the novel you selected for your Independent Novel Study to see whether or not you want to stick with it.  You have a week to decide what novel you will read.

Communications 12

Today, we wrote extended metaphors.  Be sure to bring the rough copies of your metaphors to class on Monday, when you will have computer time to type them up and put an image on them.  Make sure that the metaphor you bring has at least three points of comparison between your animal and your emotion.

English 10

Your vocabulary words for the next short story are as follows:

1. flamboyant
2. zeal
3. fluke
4. bewitched
5. arsenal
6. verbatim
7. hygienic
8. fetid
9. sacrilegious
10. blase
11. unequivocal
12. acrid
13. blatant
14. hysterical
15. modicum
16. amass

Find the definitions for your assigned words.

Communications 12

If you have not already done so, please make sure that the rough copy of your business letter is ready to be handed in tomorrow.

English 9

Tonight, complete the writing assignment begun in class.  You need to discuss the character of the protagonist in "The Sea Devil" by following this plan:

Point 1:         The protagonist in "The Sea Devil" is compassionate.
Example:       provide an example with a quote from the story supporting Point 1
Explanation:  tell how your example shows that the man is compassionate

Point 2:         intelligent
Example:      provide and example with a quote from the story supporting Point 2
Explanation: tell how your example shows the man's intelligence

Point 3:        overconfident (you could also use a risk taker or oblivious)
Example:      provide and example with a quote from the story supporting Point 3
Explanation:  tell how your example shows the man's overconfidence

Also, your new spelling words for the week are as follows:

1. accompany
2. accomplice
3. ambiguous
4. animosity
5. celestial
6. cerebral
7. chagrin
8. disastrous
9. elicit
10. etiquette
11. fictitious
12. finesse
13. hideous
14. independence
15. nauseated

The words in bold will be the vocabulary words for this week.  The spelling/vocab quiz will be next Monday, Sept. 23.

English 9

For Monday, answer questions 1, 2, 4, and 6 on the short story hand out.  Also, put the first five vocabulary words in sentences that communicate their meaning.  The five words are weltering, equilibrium, mullet, pliant, and atavistic.

Also, make sure that you study your spelling words.  Know the meanings of the words that are bolded because you will have to insert five of these words into some sentences as part of your spelling test.

Approximately

Auxiliary

Benevolent

Chaotic

Chasm

Chronic

Clique

Conscience

Conscientious

dominant

dependence

exaggeration

embarrass

fulfill

promise

English 10

Finish the back of the worksheet on sentences and sentence fragments.  Also, complete questions #1, 2, and 4 for the short story, "The Telltale Heart".

Communications 12

Have the rough copies of your business letters ready to hand in on Monday.  Also, give some thought as to why Captain Torres would ask his enemy to give him a shave?

English 9

Tomorrow, you will have your grammar quiz.  Tonight, think about the man's predicament.  How do you think he tries to escape from the sea devil?

Communications 12

The rough copy of your business letter will be due on Monday.
The assignment was stated as follows:

Using the correct format, write a business letter of request.  You are the mother or  father of Laurie (from the short story "Charles".  Make a request for information about your son's behaviour and also request an interview.  You may send this letter to Laurie's teacher or principal.


Tomorrow, you will have your grammar quiz.

English 10

Tonight, complete question #3 of "The Inheritor" and read the entry on "allusion" at the back of the text (p.312).

To answer question #3, remember that to discuss the purpose, central idea or theme of a piece of writing, you must first complete the following sentence in a word or two:

This book/story/poem is about _________________________.

In class, we said that the story could be about compassion, morals, priorities, and survival.  We could have come up with even more words; however, from this list of four, choose one word and answer the following prompt in a sentence or two:

This story is saying what  about ______(compassion or morals or priorities or survival)?

English 9

Tonight, using the sheet we filled out in class today, compose a brief description of the narrator in the short story, "Barney".  We did the first one in class.  Remember to write your descriptions according to the PEE method--make your POINT, then give an EXAMPLE that supports your point, finally EXPLAIN how your example supports the point.

My example looked like this:

ACTION:  The narrator plans to kill Barney when the experiment is over. (EXAMPLE)

TRAIT:  This shows that he is cruel. (POINT)

QUOTE:  "I am afraid that when my experiments are completed I shall have to do away 
with Barney." (p.4) (AGAIN, PART OF THE EXAMPLE)

Once you have put the above items together, you just have to EXPLAIN (in a sentence or two) how your example supports your point. Your final product should  look something like this:

The narrator is a cruel man.  He says that when his experiments are over he will have to "do away with Barney" (p.4). He thinks it is perfectly acceptable to use an animal for his own purposes, and then casually kill it.  He could easily put Barney into "retirement" and give him a good life, but instead, he shows no compassion for this animal that is allowing him to do the work that is so important to him. 

Remember to try to weave the quote from the book into your example.  That is, try not to give the entire quote from the book--just use the underlined parts.

The quotes for the other two points we discussed in class were:

"We are alone" (p.4) and "...obtaining the keys will not be an insurmountable obstacle" (p.4)

IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY DOING THIS, DO NOT WORRY -- REALLY TRYING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SUCCEEDING.

Also, on Friday, you a grammar quiz on what we have been doing in class, so review your handouts. 

Communications 12

On Friday, you a grammar quiz on what we have been doing in class, so review your handouts.  Also tomorrow, students will have class time to compose their business letters.

English 9

Tonight, record three actions performed by the narrator in "Barney" that show his personality.  Then, give each action an adjective that describes the man's character.  Finally, write down one short (maximum one sentence long) quotation as evidence of this action.

For example (do not use this example yourself):

Action:
The narrator says that he will kill Barney as soon as he finishes running his experiments on the rat.
Adjective describing the narrator:
Cruel
Quotation that is evidence of this action:
"I am afraid that when my experiments are completed, I shall have to do away with Barney." (p. 4 or p.212)

Communications 12

Tomorrow, we will continue working on the rough draft of the business letter related to "Charles".  Remember, you will write from one of Laurie's parent's point of view requesting information about his behaviour and requesting an interview with his teacher or principal.

English 10

Tonight, answer questions #1,2, and 4 on the short story, "The Inheritor".

English 10

Review your notes on genre, escapist and interpretive literature.  Answer questions #1,2, and 4 on page 41 (short story:  "The Inheritor").

Communications 12

If you did not complete the work on "The Lie" in class, please do so tonight.

English 9

Tonight, begin studying for the spelling test next Monday.  Make sure you know the meanings of the bolded words.

1. Approximately
2. Auxiliary
3. Benevolent
4. Chaotic
5. Chasm
6. Chronic
7. Clique
8. Conscience
9. Conscientious
10. dominant
11. dependence
12. exaggeration
13. embarrass
14. fulfill
15. promise

Communications 12

Answer questions #1,2, and 3 on the short story "Charles" on page 200

Also, I will give you a mark for having four dividers in your binder labelled "Short Stories", "Novel", "Writing and Grammar", and "Poetry".

English 10

These are your vocabulary words: desolation (noun), refuge (n), vernacular (n), rear (verb), obliquely (adverb), divert (v), perversion (n), exquisite (adjective), indomitable (adj), lacerated (v), propinquity(n), inimical, ochre (noun/adjective - some dictionaries might have "ocher"), trussed (v), and fleece (noun).

Make sure you have your five definitions and be prepared to share them on Monday with your group.

Also, the two volunteers need to be ready to tell the class about "Jason and the Golden Fleece" (Chantal) and what exactly is "A Lone Pine" (Alec).

Also, I will give you a mark for having five dividers in your binder labelled "Short Stories", "Novel", "Writing and Grammar", "Shakespeare" and "Poetry".

English 9

This weekend, read "Barney" in your texts (either pg.3 or pg.211 depending on the addition you have).  If you have a newer text, do questions #3, 4, and 5 on pg.6; and if you have an older book, do questions #2,4 and 6 on pg.214.  Make sure that you write your answers in complete sentences.

Also, I will give you a mark for having five dividers in your binder labelled "Short Stories", "Novel", "Writing and Grammar", "Shakespeare" and "Poetry".

Communications 12

Hello and welcome to class.  Please make sure that you have four dividers in your binder by Monday, September 9.  They should be labelled "Short Stories", "Novel", "Writing and Grammar", and "Poetry".  You will receive a mark for doing this.  In addition, the "Two Truths and a Lie" sentences will be due on Monday, too.

English 10

Hello and welcome to class.  Please make sure that you have five dividers in your binder by Monday, September 9.  They should be labelled "Short Stories", "Novel", "Writing and Grammar", "Shakespeare" and "Poetry".  You will receive a mark for doing this.  In addition, the "Two Truths and a Lie" sentences will be due on Monday, too.

English 9

Hello and welcome to class.  Please make sure that you have five dividers in your binder by Monday, September 9.  They should be labelled "Short Stories", "Novel", "Writing and Grammar", "Shakespeare" and "Poetry".  You will receive a mark for doing this.