English 12, Period 4

Finish the flip side of the worksheet on "Miss Brill" and continue collecting the next set of ten vocabulary words.

This week's vocabulary words are as follows:

1. mobocracy - noun- lawless rule of public affairs by the mob or populace 
2. glibly - adv - insincerely/shallowly speaking on a subject 
3. elude - verb - to avoid or escape in a cunning way
4. benevolent - adj - well meaning and kindly 
5. haphazard - adj - careless; lacking in organization; unplanned 
6. malevolent - adj - evil 
7. zephyr - noun - a gentle wind 
8. cataclysm - noun - a destructive, large scale--even apocalyptic--violent event 
9. admonish - verb - to reprimand or scold 
10. mundane - adj - bland, boring, monotonous, run of the mill, ordinary 

English 12, Period 7

Read "Miss Brill" and jot down your first impressions of the story, plus any questions that come to mind. Remember to bring your 10 vocabulary words.

Socials 10

If you have not already done so, finish the map of Canada's six economic regions.

English 10, Periods 1 and 2

Reread D.H.Lawrence's "The Snake" and then in 3-5 sentences, explain how the speaker feels about the snake.  Also, underline all references to hell, the Underworld, and Satan.

English 8

Read the rest of "The Old Man" for Wednesday.

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Socials 10

Finish the map on Canada's six economic regions for Monday. You will find the information in your textbooks on pages 313-319. Fill in each region with one colour and label each neatly with a  black  fine  liner. Make sure each region has its own colour and stands out from its neighbour. Each region is shown and described separately in the book, so you need to synthesize the different small maps into one national one. 

English 8

You will have 5-10 minutes on Monday to put the finishing touches on your posters. If you need more time, make sure to take your posters home this weekend.

English 12

Read over the handout distributed in class today.  Continue to collect your vocabulary words.

English 10

Finish the vocabulary at the back of the Greek Gods handout.  Remember to bring headphones to the next class as we will be using the computers in the library.

English 8

If you have not already done so, show me your binder dividers on Thursday.

Socials 10

Please read pages 93-98 in your texts.

English 12

Read the assigned story and note, in a few sentences, your first impressions. Begin collecting your ten vocabulary words and definitions for Tuesday, October 5th.

English 10

Next Wednesday, make sure to bring in an example of a product or company logo with a mythic connection. You can print out the logo or picture of the product, or draw it by hand. 

For those of you in Period 2, be sure to read the handout on the Greek gods.

I'll check your binders for the 5 dividers on Wednesday.

English 8

For those of you still having trouble accessing the blog, the vocabulary word and definition are as follows:
Genial (adjective):  friendly and cheerful

Please email this to me. Don't forget make sure that you have identified yourself clearly in your email.

Next Thursday, October 2, please have five dividers in your binder.  Label them Short Story, Novel, Poetry, Writing and Myth.  You may make the tabs with masking tape.

Social Studies 10

Complete the map of Canada assignment.  It is due next class.

English 12 Periods 4 and 7

Complete the questions on the short story, "Two in One" for next class.

English 10, Periods 1 and 2

 Look at the myth chart we completed in class and highlight the lines where the stories were all similar.  Then, write a reflective paragraph upon the similarities found in the four myths.  That means, I'd like you to reflect upon why four distinct groups--living at four different times in history in four completely separate areas--shared some of the same ideas about the unknown?  What does this tell us about humanity?

Please don't supply a laundry list of all the similarities.  Think about why those similarities exist. Your paragraph is due on Monday, September 29th.

Don't forget about the dividers (due next Wednesday).  Have a great weekend. 

Social Studies 10 Carson Graham

For Friday, please complete the provincial shapes/crossword handout and bring in three facts about Canada.  One must be political, one geographical, and one historical.  Make sure to write down your facts.

English 8 Carson Graham

Hello Grade 8's, your vocabulary word and definition are as follows:
Genial (adjective):  friendly and cheerful

Please fill in the Getting to Know You questionnaire.  It is due on Friday.

Next Thursday, October 2, please have five dividers in your binder.  Label them Short Story, Novel, Poetry, Writing and Myth.  You may make the tabs with masking tape.

Enlish 12 Carson Graham

Please have your Student Information Sheet ready to hand in for the next class.

English 10 Carson Graham

Hello 10's.  Sorry for the late post. I experienced some technical difficulties.  Here is your vocabulary word and definition courtesy of Michael R.:  Irony --a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects; the difference between what one expects and what is actually true.  Please email this word and definition to me.

Please make sure that you have completed the Student Information Sheet. 

I'll check your binders for dividers on Wednesday, October 1.  The divisions should be named as follows:  Myth, Novel, Poetry/Shakespeare, Writing, Short Stories.   It is fine to have handmade tabs.

English 8

Today, we had a comma quiz and looked at some more capitalization rules.  We also talked a little bit about the myth of El Dorado. Then, we read "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert Service and answered some questions.  Students who were at the Children's Festival can collect all these handouts and do the quiz on Monday.

English 12

Complete the questions on Act III of Othello.  If you would like to try your hand at some sample provincial exams, check out the government website at http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/
To access the exams, you will have to agree to the copyright terms.  Once in the system, you can look at the e-exams, too.

English 10

This weekend, complete the questions on Act III of Romeo and Juliet.  Also, if you have not already done so, complete the insulting letter assignment.  It is now late.  Finally, the Acts I-III comic strip can be completed this weekend and submitted on Monday.

English 8

Today, we did superhero skits and students will turn their hero and villain characters into 1-2 page stories for next Friday.  Also, because I overlooked putting last night's question concerning Beowulf on this site, here it is:

"Beowulf is the source of information about early manners, customs, and traditions.  
       a)  Find two examples of each (manners, customs, and traditions) in the story
       b)  What different manners, customs, or traditions do we have today?

We will discuss Beowulf on Monday.  Have a good weekend.

English 10

Today, we went over the questions for Act II and watched that part of the film.  Please work on your insulting letter this weekend.  It is due on Wednesday.

English 12

Today, we reviewed the questions to the end of Act I and read Act II, i and ii.  Please answer the questions on Act II #1-9.  Also, please answer the questions on "Those Winter Sundays".

English 12

Grade 12 Personal Timeline

This assignment is to help you prepare for the final essay on the provincial exam.

Create a timeline of your life:

Be sure to mention...

• a minimum of seven important events in your life
• a minimum of seven important people in your life (different ages, different relationships--friends, boy/girlfriends, parents, siblings, extended family, frenemies, mentors, enemies)

Think about vignettes from your life that deal with independence or dependence,

responsibility or irresponsibility, values,important lessons, compassion,

cooperation/service to others, overcoming adversity, role models, dreams vs. reality

English 12

The final literature circle has been postponed until Tuesday.  Begin working on your poetry project.

English 10

Read Chapters 22 and 23 this weekend.  Also, make sure that your questions are complete up to Chapter 21.  You do not have to do the questions for Chapter 16.

English 8

This weekend, answer the questions for Chapters 9 and 10.  The answers for Chapters 11 and 12 will be due on Tuesday.  Also, complete the worksheet on making inferences that I handed out on Friday.  The worksheet will also be due on Monday.

English 10

Tonight, read Chapter 16 of the novel.  Your reflections on Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes is now considered late.
I've posted the Chapter 16 MP3 file and skipped Chapter 15 as I read that one in class today.

English 8

Students handed in their Facebook projects today.  Study for the spelling test on Friday and read Chapter 8 of The Outsiders tonight for homework.

English 12

Our next lit circle is on Thursday, April 17th.  Make sure you know what your role is, and keep me informed if you are having any difficulty with this at all.

Finish the questions on "To an Athlete Dying Young" and also give a detailed answer as to whether or not you agree with the message of the poem.

Your one-page paragraph responses to one of the prompts from yesterday will be due on Monday.  They all pertain to Chapters 1-5 of the class novel and are as follows:

1. Discuss the three most salient reasons for the men's bitterness
2. Explain how trench warfare has affected the young men's attitudes towards their own lives.
3. Personal dignity and humanity are difficult to maintain while fighting at the front.  Explain how the men try to maintain these two things.

English 10

Study your vocabulary words for the coming test (April 16th), finish reading up to the start of Chapter 10, and write a response to the video we saw today in class.  The paragraph response should include 3 to 5 pieces of information that you found memorable, shocking, or significant.  You can watch the 50 minute video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQAmdZvKf6M#aid=P8NtIoMA9NQ
The response is due on Monday.  Also, cut off for marks is next Thursday, so make sure that you do not have any outstanding assignments for me.

English 8

Your short story projects are due on Monday.  Please also read Chapters 2 and 3 of the novel, and answer the questions for Chapter 2.

English 10

Tonight, read Chapter 6 and answer the questions for Chapters 5 and 6.  Begin reviewing for your vocabulary quiz, which will be on Tuesday, April 15th.  Your words are as follows:

1. newfangled (adj)
2. verve (adj)
3. profusion (n)
4. zeal (n)
5. arsenal (n)
6. hackneyed (adj)
7. acrid (adj)
8. apprehension (n)
9. festooned (adj, v)
10. blase (adj)
11. vigilance (n)
12. gesture (n)
13. vague (adj)
14. wince (v)
15. impediment (n)
16. luminous (adj)
17. calibrate (v)
18. hindrance (n)
19. tremendous (adj)
20. consternation (n)
21. uproot (v)
22. cower (v)
23. caper (v)
24. gambol (v)
25. rivet (n, v)
26. congeal (v)
27. traipsing (v)
28. beam (v)
29. shun (v)
30. flag (v)

English 12

The first lit circle is tomorrow.  Make sure that you come prepared.

English 8

Tonight, answer the questions on Chapter 1 of the class novel.

English 10

Tonight, make sure that you have read up to the beginning of
Chapter 5.  Answer question #6 for Chapter 3 and questions #1-5 on
Chapter 4.

When you are downloading the MP3 files, do not use Internet Explorer.  Use Chrome or Firefox instead. Alternatively, you can save them to your Dropbox account if you have one.

Grade 10

Your short story unit test is on Friday.  Make sure you are reviewing your terms and the short story review sheets.

The MP3 files of the class novel are on the sidebar under "PAGES".  You will have to download them to play them.

Make sure that you have read chapters 2, 3, and 4 for Monday.  Also, answer the questions on the greed study guide for those chapters by Monday.

English 12

Your projects are due on Monday, April 7th.

Grade 8

Your short story test is on Friday.  Make sure you are studying your terms and the yellow story review sheets.  Next Tuesday, we will have another spelling test.  Your short story projects will be due on Monday, April 14th.

English 12

The short story test is tomorrow.  Review your stories and terms.

English 10

Today, we had a presentation on the dangers of bullying.  Tomorrow, we will start a new story.  Students should be reviewing their short story terms.

English 8

Today, we had a presentation on the dangers of bullying.  Tomorrow, we will peer edit the newspaper article on "The Dog of Pompeii" and begin a new story.  Make sure you have your rough drafts of your articles in class tomorrow.

English 12

Your in-class essay topics tomorrow are as follows:

1. Explain how growing up in a violent, combative environment seems to have changed the basic moral and ethical codes of the boys in the Wormsley Common Gang.
2. Explain how wartime destruction can be said to be both intensely personal and totally impersonal at the same time.
3. Explain how Graham Greene uses irony to express his theme in “The Destructors”.
4. A psychopath is a person who manifests amoral and antisocial behaviour.  These behaviours are also marked by egocentricity, irresponsibility, and the inability to establish meaningful relationships.  That said, when they wish to be, psychopaths can be charming.  With this definition in mind, explain how T. fits the definition of a psychopath.

This will be a five-paragraph expository essay. You may bring your text book, and rough notes, but you may not bring in a completed essay. The purpose of this exercise is to have you write in a timed setting.

English 10

Tonight, do questions #1-3 for "The Doll's House".

English 8

Your spelling words for the week are as follows:

1. exhibit
2. evident
3. envelop
4. emergency
5. economy
6. echoes
7. disease
8. discipline
9. dessert
10. despair

Your next spelling quiz will be on Tuesday, March 11.

Tonight, do the third sheet of the verb package.

English 12

Tonight, make sure that you complete the two questions on setting in "The Destructors" on the last page of the short story package.

English 10

Tomorrow, you will have course planning in the library.  Come to class first.  Also, make sure that you complete the worksheet on nouns for Wednesday.
On Wednesday, you will write your in-class essays on "The Metaphor".

English 8

Tonight, study your spelling words and finish reading "G. Trueheart, Man's Best Friend" on page 91.  When you have finished reading, write down at least one example of irony from the story.

On Wednesday, you will have a quiz on the vocabulary words from "Golden Pants".

English 10

Fill in the pink sheets on "Miss Brill" and "The Lottery", finish reading "The Destructors", and complete the irony sheet (find seven examples).  Remember to bring your vocabulary words to class on Monday.

English 10

This weekend, complete the graphic organizers on Miss Hancock and Charlotte's mother.  We will look at them on Monday.  You will write your essay in class on Tuesday.  In addition, study your vocabulary words for the test on Monday. They are as follows:

Vocabulary words

1. refuge (n) - a place of safety

2. obliquely (adverb) - indirectly, evasively, coming at an angle and not straight on

3. divert (v) - to change direction or redirect attention

4. perversion (n) - a change from what is natural and normal to what is unnatural and abnormal

5. indomitable (adj) - unbeatable, cannot be conquered

6. lacerated (v) - savagely cut or sliced, mangled/jagged/torn

7. inimical (adj) - harmful, hostile, unfriendly

8. ochre (noun/adjective) - yellow/orange earth or pigments, yellow/orange colour

9. trussed (v) - tied tightly, bound up to prevent movement

10. foresight (n) - thoughtful regard for the future

11. dissimulation (n) - to disguise under a false appearance

12. vexed (v) - troubled; frustrated

13. acuteness (n) - keenness; sharpness (of intelligence or senses)

14. waned (v) - lessened

15. audacity (n) - forwardness; boldness

16. bade (v) - compelled

17. derision (n) - contempt; ridicule

18. matriarch (noun) - a woman who is the head of a family or tribe; an older woman who is powerful in a family, community or organization

19. appropriation (noun) - a sum of money set aside

20. degraded (verb) - put down; loss of value over time

21. grim (adjective) - looking harsh or stern

22. infatuated (adj) - a foolish attraction

23. indulgently (adverb) - kindly (as in a loving grandparent to a grandchild)

24. mock (verb)  - to imitate or make fun of

25. negotiable (adj) - open for discussion

26. proverbial (adj) - well known (as in a well known proverb, or saying from the Bible)

27. rapt (adj) - completely absorbed

28. reprehensible (adj) - deserving to be criticized

29. self-conscious (adj) - overly aware of self

30. translucent (adj) - lets light through, but is not clear (think frosted glass)

English 8

Finish your paragraph, poem, or illustration of "The Sentry".  Study your spelling words for the quiz on Tuesday, and your vocabulary words from "Golden Pants" for the quiz on Wednesday.

English 12

Your paragraph on "Just Lather, That's All" is due on Friday.  The topic is as follows:
Discuss how point of view supports irony in "Just Lather, That's All".

English 10

Answer questions 1-4, and 7 on "The Metaphor".  Also, look up "foil" in the character section of the Grade 10 terms sheet that I gave you.

English 8

Study for your spelling test tomorrow!

English 12

Your class vocabulary words to date are as follows:

1. sooth
2. retentive
3. depone
4. winge
5. odious
6. implore
7. hapless
8. widdiful
9. articulated
10. myriad
11. chagrin
12. cleave
13. pragmatism
14. banal
15. turmoil
16. nebulous
17. inept
18. fiend
19. enervate
20. temerity

English 10

Please answer questions #3, 4, and 5 on page 81.  Also, collect five more words from "The Metaphor" that are new to you.  You will hand in all ten words tomorrow.

English 8

Today, we make a list of the similarities and differences between "The Sweater" and "Golden Pants".  Tomorrow, we will use this information to write a compare/contrast paragraph.  Also, make sure you have your "Golden Pants" vocabulary sheet with you tomorrow.

English 12

Complete the review sheets for "Identities" and "Two In One".

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English 10

On Friday, we read "The Metaphor" up until page 72. Don't finish reading the story; instead, find five vocabulary words that are new to you. Write these down along with their definitions. We will discuss them in class.

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English 8

Please complete the first three columns of the vocabulary sheet for "Golden Pants".

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English 12

Please make sure that your questions on "Just Lather, That's All" are complete up to #6.

English 10

Tonight, write a theme statement for "The Possibility of Evil", concentrating on evil or deception.
Also, on Friday, February 28th, you will have a test on the following 30 vocabulary words (from the first three stories in this unit):

Vocabulary words

1. refuge (n) - a place of safety

2. obliquely (adverb) - indirectly, evasively, coming at an angle and not straight on

3. divert (v) - to change direction or redirect attention

4. perversion (n) - a change from what is natural and normal to what is unnatural and abnormal

5. indomitable (adj) - unbeatable, cannot be conquered

6. lacerated (v) - savagely cut or sliced, mangled/jagged/torn

7. inimical (adj) - harmful, hostile, unfriendly

8. ochre (noun/adjective) - yellow/orange earth or pigments, yellow/orange colour

9. trussed (v) - tied tightly, bound up to prevent movement

10. foresight (n) - thoughtful regard for the future

11. dissimulation (n) - to disguise under a false appearance

12. vexed (v) - troubled; frustrated

13. acuteness (n) - keenness; sharpness (of intelligence or senses)

14. waned (v) - lessened

15. audacity (n) - forwardness; boldness

16. bade (v) - compelled

17. derision (n) - contempt; ridicule

18. matriarch (noun) - a woman who is the head of a family or tribe; an older woman who is powerful in a family, community or organization

19. appropriation (noun) - a sum of money set aside

20. degraded (verb) - put down; loss of value over time

21. grim (adjective) - looking harsh or stern

22. infatuated (adj) - a foolish attraction

23. indulgently (adverb) - kindly (as in a loving grandparent to a grandchild)

24. mock (verb)  - to imitate or make fun of

25. negotiable (adj) - open for discussion

26. proverbial (adj) - well known (as in a well known proverb, or saying from the Bible)

27. rapt (adj) - completely absorbed

28. reprehensible (adj) - deserving to be criticized

29. self-conscious (adj) - overly aware of self

30. translucent (adj) - lets light through, but is not clear (think frosted glass)

The vocabulary test will include multiple choice questions and a maximum of 10 fill in the blank sentences.  You will not have to write definitions.

English 8

There will be a short quiz on nouns tomorrow.  Review your noun package.  Write a character description paragraph of Roger from "Golden Pants"

English 12

Tonight, please write two theme statements about "The Lottery". Also, be prepared to discuss why the objective point of view works for this story.  Consider why first person, omniscient and limited omniscient points of view would not have been appropriate for this tale.

English 10

Tonight, please answer questions 1 and 2 (page 221) on the short story "The Possibility of Evil".

English 8

Your "Monkey's Paw" fliers are due tomorrow (Wednesday).  Also, your spelling words for the week are as follows:

1. behaviour
2. belief
3. brilliant
4. bruise
5. calculate
6. celebration
7. cereal
8. serial
9. circulation
10. kernel

On Thursday, I will give you a small quiz on nouns, similar to the questions that were on the board today. Then on Friday, I will ask you some questions on the vocabulary for "The Monkey's Paw".  I'll give you synonyms and antonyms and you will have to supply the correct vocabulary words. 

Finally, tonight ask your parents or grandparents to tell you about any incident they know of  where a student received corporal (bodily) punishment from a teacher.  

English 10

Tomorrow, you will have to explain in point form how the point of view in "The Tell-tale Heart" supports the story's creepy mood.

English 8

Tomorrow, we will have our second spelling test.  Keep working on your "Monkey Paw" fliers.

English 12

Please complete questions 7, 8, and 9 on "The Lottery".  Think about rituals and their functions (they help bind societies).  Does this ritual bind the society?  What does this ritual say about this town and its people?  Who wants to keep the lottery?  Who wants to scrap it?  How do people in general feel about it?  You can get a sense of their feelings by looking at how they treat the black box.

English 8

Today, we went over the vocabulary and completed question #8 on the question sheet for "The Monkey's Paw".  Students were then given a crossword for Tuesday's spelling words.  Please complete it for Monday.
Finally, students were also told to create a flyer advertising the monkey's paw.  This flyer needs to include typical messages found in advertisements about why buyers would want this item.  Look at flyers in newspapers this weekend for ideas.  Also, the flyer needs to include a disclaimer about the possible consequences of the paw (Think about ads seen on television advertising different medicines and the warnings tacked on about the meds in the final few seconds). Finally, the flyers also need to be visually pleasing in order to attract prospective buyers.  This ad is due on Wednesday, February 19th.

English 10

Today, we completed question #11 on the "Tell-tale Heart" question sheet.  Then, we discussed how the story had both escapist and interpretive elements.  Finally, we looked at the two most salient symbols: the evil eye (blind, horrible, empty) and the beating heart (loud, insistent, tormenting).  They eye represents the evil "I" of the narrator who is horrible, empty of compassion and blind to the evil within himself.  The heart represents his guilt which is also loud, insistent and tormenting.

The first person point of view is very important to this story.  The narrator's personality is expressed through diction and syntax.  Look up these two words if you do not know them and find an example of each from the story which expresses the narrator's personality.

English 12

Complete your paragraph tonight on "Miss Brill" and hand it in tomorrow.  The topic was as follows:

Explain, in proper paragraph form, how the fox fur is symbolic of Miss Brill.  Use at least one quote in your answer to support your argument.

English 10

Finish your paragraphs tonight and hand them in tomorrow.  The topics were either...

In proper paragraph form, describe the character of the protagonist in Frank Roberts' short story, "The Inheritor".  Use at least one quote to support your answer.

or...

Explain, in proper paragraph form, why Frank Roberts uses allusions in his short story, "The Inheritor".  Use at least one quote to support your answer.

English 8

Tonight, finish the second page of the noun handout.  There is one mistake on the handout. Can you find it?
Also, without reading ahead, make a prediction about what Mr.White will do with the monkey's paw.

English 12

Please finish side one of the sheet on "Miss Brill". Remember to start collecting your vocabulary words for Friday.

English 10

You have no homework tonight.

English 8

Your spelling words for this week are as follows:
1.  although
2. ambitious
3. appearance
4. approach
5. arrival
6. assignment
7. available
8. awkward
9. bankrupt
10. banquet

English 12

Today, we read "Miss Brill" on page 57.  Please answer questions #3, 6 and 7 for homework.  Please make sure your binder has five labelled dividers for Tuesday.  Have a good weekend.

English 10

Today in class, we discussed "The Inheritor" and answered questions #1,2, 3, and 5 on page 41 of the text. Also, students were asked to a) state the conflicts in the story; b) explain and give a quote telling about what influenced the man to protect the ewe; and c) explain why the pilot reacted to the man the way he did.

For homework, students were asked to write down what certain story elements could represent.  For example, the man could be a symbol for all humans who must "come down from the trees and be master on the ground".  What could the sheep, the dingo and the setting represent?  Furthermore, students were asked to explain the significance of an assigned quotation from the book.  Here are the quotations and their corresponding page numbers:

1. "inland life...is a longer war." (page 35) - For people in the row furthest from the windows
2. "...the crows...were restless but not afraid of the dingo.  He was a good provider...[but] when the man appeared...the crows left the tree and wheeled continuously..." (page 36) - For people in the 2nd row
3. "The essential habits of dingos were not in his experience..." (page 36) - 3rd row
4. "Soon their island would be so small that he and the dingo would be at one another's throats. That image needed correcting." (page 37) - 4th row
5. Actually this is quote #6 on the sheet, but my computer will not let me fiddle with the numbers..."Now the man knew where he deserved to be, with the sheep." (page 38) - 5th row, by the windows

Remember to have your five dividers on Tuesday.  Have a good weekend.

English 8

This weekend, you have the choice of doing one of two assignments for the poem "The Griesly Wife".  Either write your own ballad or draw 5-6 scenes from the "The Griesly Wife" with one line from the poem per image.  If you choose to write the ballad, make sure it is a story with a conflict and a climax.  In addition, make sure it has a rhyme to it (aabb ccdd.../ abcb/ abab/ etc.) Also, it should consist of five stanzas that are four lines long.  That means you will write 20 lines of poetry and no less. If you should have any questions about this, feel free to email me (my address is on the yellow course outline sheet which should be at the front of your binder).

On Tuesday, we will have our first spelling test, and I will be checking that your binders have five labelled dividers (Short Story, Novel, Grammar/Writing, Poetry, Myths).  Have a good long weekend.

English 12

Finish reading "Identities".  Consider what elements are interpretive and what are escapist.  Also, be ready to discuss tomorrow what you think the author's purpose was in writing this.

English 10

Tonight, write down your response to whether you agree or disagree with the man's decision to save the ewe in "The Inheritor".

English 8

Tonight, finish the spelling crossword.

English 12

Finish reading "Two In One" tonight.

English 10

We reviewed plot elements today.  Jot down the plot elements in the short video we viewed in class.  In addition, define the following terms:

1. obliquely
2. propinquity
3. inimical
4. indomitable
5. fleece
6. perversion
7. trussed

You should already have definitions for the following:

1. divert (verb) - to change direction
2. refuge (noun) - a place of safety
3. lacerated (verb) - torn to shreds (usually skin)
4. ochre (noun) - a dark, earthy yellow colour (this colour can also tend towards a reddish yellow hue)

English 8

Your word of the day is chortle -- to chuckle and snort at the same time.
Remember to review your spelling words.  We will continue looking at plot elements tomorrow.

English 12

Welcome to English 12!

On Tuesday, February 11, I will give you marks for organizing your binder with the following five labels:

1. Short Stories
2. Novel
3. Writing and Grammar
4. Shakespeare
5. Poetry

Your binders must be properly labeled before class begins to receive full marks.

English 10

Welcome to English 10!

If you have not already completed the journal topic (Tell me about a person who you admire.  Explain why he or she is a role model for you.) or the orange Student Information Sheet, please do so tonight.  I will collect them tomorrow.

On Tuesday, February 11, I will give you marks for organizing your binder with the following five labels:

1. Short Stories
2. Novel
3. Writing and Grammar
4. Shakespeare
5. Poetry

Your binders must be properly labeled before class begins to receive full marks.

English 8

Welcome to English 8!

Your word of the day is "sporange".  Yes, there is a word that rhymes with orange!
Also, you will have a spelling test on Tuesday, February 11 on the following words:

1. absentee
2. absorption
3. accelerate
4. accompanying
5. achievement
6. actually
7. advisable
8. already
9. aloud
10. allowed

In addition, I will assign marks for binder organization on Tuesday, February 11.  Your binder should have 5 dividers with the following labels:

1. Short Stories
2. Novel
3. Writing/Grammar
4. Poetry
5. Myths

To get the full marks, your dividers must be labeled before you come to class.