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Thursday 31 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. "Gladiator"
*Tomorrow: Finish film, essay outline: "Gladiator vs. Macbeth"

Comm 11

1. Poetry terms
2. Lyric intrepretation
*terms and paragraph due tomorrow*

Eng 10E

1. Current Event #5
2. Provincial practice
3. Terms O-R
*Tomorrow: terms quiz, Current 5 due*

Eng 11L

1. Act III quiz
2. Read Act IV
3. Discussion: ambition, tragic flaws

Wednesday 30 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Macbeth work handed back
2. Start "Gladiator"
(Essay outline June 1st)
(Essay due June 4th)
(Project presentations June 7th/8th)

Comm 11

1. Identify literary terms (definitions, examples)
2. Find terms in poetry, song, film

Eng 10E

1. Current Event 5
2. Terms O-R
3. Prov 08/09 practice

Eng 12L

1. Process essay expectations
2. Finish "You be the shrink" outline
3. Read chapter 23/24
4. Journal prompt for ch. 22
*Homework check for journal entry chapter 22 on Friday*

Tuesday 29 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Unit test
2. Work on project

Comm 11

1. Well-answered paragraphs

Eng 10E

1. Mark info-text questions
2. Hand in 2nd draft of "school issues" paragraph
3. Current Event #5
5. Terms O-R

Eng 11L

1. Act II quiz
2. Read Act III
3. Discussion: ambition, tragic flaw

Monday 28 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Finish film
2. Project check-in
3. Review for Macbeth unit test (tomorrow)

Comm 11

1. Hand in late work/corrections
2. Grammar work
3. Informational text reading comprehension
4. Literary term definitions
Essay feedback

Eng 10E

1. Grammar
2. Paragraph feedback & practice
3. Terms O-R (quiz Friday)
4. Current Event #5 (due Friday)
5. Prov 08/09 practice

Eng 12L

1. Homework check: chapters 13-16
2. CITR timeline so far
3. Work on "You be the Shrink"
4. Read chapter 21-22

Thursday 24 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Act V quiz
2. Begin film
**All Macbeth work due Friday**
**Your group members/project must be decided by Friday**

Comm 11

1. Hand in late work/corrections
2. Essay outline and 3 quotes
**Tomorrow in-class essay**

Eng 10E

1. Prov Aug '08 paragraph work
2. Current Event 4 (due tomorrow)
3. Review terms G-N (quiz tomorrow)

Eng 12L

1. Homework check: Chapters 11-12
2. Time to work on Chapter 13-16 work (40 minutes)
3. Read Chapter 17-18 in class
4. Homework: read Ch. 19 and 20

Wednesday 23 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Finish reading Macbeth
2. Time to work on Act V questions
3. Handout: Macbeth final project (due June 6th) - you must have your project/group members chosen by FRIDAY
*Tomorrow: Act V quiz and film
*Tuesday, May 28th Unit Test*

Comm 11

1. Hand in late work/corrections
2. Crucible Unit test
*Tomorrow: essay planning
*Friday: in-class essay

Eng 10E

1. Grammar quiz - mark and record
2. Prov 2008 reading passage 2 and M.C. questions
3. Begin Current Event 4 (due Friday)
4. Review terms G-N (quiz Friday)

Eng 11L

1. Finish and hand in LOTF essays
2. Hand in LOTF novels
3. Review tests
4. Options for our last 8 classes! (poetry, exam prep, superfastmacbeth?!)

Tuesday 22 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Homework check Act V sc i Q#2
2. Read Act V sc ii-v
3. Time to work on questions
*Tomorrow: Finish Macbeth
*Quiz on Act V: Thursday
*All Macbeth work due Friday
*Macbeth Unit test Tuesday*


Comm 11

1. Hand in late work/corrections
2. Study for "Crucible" unit test tomorrow
3. Thursday: Crucible essay outline
4. Friday: in-class essay

Eng 10E

1. Edit #2/Rewrite (10 minutes)
- hand in
- review possible answers
2. Provincial Aug '08 (multiple choice)
- poem
- reading passages
3. Terms G-N examples
4. Tomorrow: Bring Current Event 4 article, paragraph work, grammar

Eng 12

1. Homework check chapters 8-10
2. Work on chapter 11-12 work (40 mins) --> Homework check for this on Thursday, 24th
3. Read chapter 13-14 in class
4. Homework: read ch 15-16

Thursday 17 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Act IV homework check
2. Act IV quiz (mark and record)
3. Act IV analysis and Act V introduction (notes)
4. Read Act V, sc i
---------
Act V Questions (due sometime next week):
sc i - Q#2
sc ii - Q#1
sc iii - Q#2
sc iv - Q#1
sc v - Rewrite Macbeth's soliloquy in every day English (lines 19-30, p. 103)
sc vi - No questions
sc vii - Q#1
sc viii - No questions

Comm 11

1. Film "The Crucible" (continue/finish)
2. Hand in late/missing work

Eng 10E

1. Quiz terms D-F (mark and record)
2. Hand in Current Event #3
3. Edit re-write (hand in)
4. Poem analysis practice
5. Grammar reminders: homonyms, fragments, capitalization

Eng 11L

1. In class essay LOTF
2. Hand in late work (map, writing activities, chapter 12 questions)
3. Hand in novels

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Finish reading Act IV
2. Time to work on Act IV questions (due tomorrow)
sc i - 1, 2
sc ii - 2
sc iii - 1, 3
**Tomorrow: Quiz, Act IV**

Comm 11

1. Act IV quiz
2. Mark Act IV questions
3. Begin film

Eng 10E

1. Finish working on Current Event 3 (due tomorrow)
2. Examples/studying terms D-F (quiz tomorrow)
3. Paragraph
- peer edit
- rewrite
(Good copy due at the end of tomorrow's class)

Eng 12L

1. Homework check: Chapters 5-7
2. Read chapters 8-10
3. Journal, List 1&2
4. Homework (due Tuesday): Chapter 8-10 work; have chapters 11 and 12 read

Tuesday 15 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Act III quiz
2. Act III homework check (all scenes)
3. Introduction to Act IV
4. Read sc i
Questions for Act IV due Thursday:
sc i - #1, #2
sc ii - #2
sc iii - #1, 3
Act IV quiz Thursday

Comm 11

1. Finish reading Act IV
2. Finish Act IV questions (due tomorrow)

Eng 10E

1. Work on current event #3
2. Examples for D-F (Quiz on Thursday)

Eng 11L

1. Finish film (21 minutes)
2. Hand in late work (map, writing activities, chapter 12 questions)
3. Test (60 minutes)
**Thursday - In Class Essay**

Monday 14 May 2012

Eng 11(S)
1. Homework check (at end of today's class):
Act III
sc ii - Q#1
sc iii - Q#2
sc iv: - Q#1,2
2. Today's assignment (homework check tomorrow)
sc v - no questions
sc vi - Q#2,3
3. Analysis of Act III
4. Study for Act III quiz (tomorrow)

Comm 11
1. Mark Act III questions
2. Act III quiz
3. Notes for Act IV
4. Missing work to be handed in?

Eng10E
1. Homework check: All definitions complete
2. Poem #1 Analysis (Provincial Exam practice)
3. Fiction + comprehension questions (Provincial Exam practice)

Eng 12L
1. Homework check chapters 3 and 4
2. Personality Traits, "You be the Shrink"
3. Read chapter 5-7
4. Journal and Lists, Bonus

Friday 11 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Homework check: Act III, sc i - questions #2,3,5
2. Finish reading Act III (sc ii- sc vi)
3. Questions for Monday's homework check:
sc ii - #1
sc iii - #2
sc iv - #1,2

Comm 11

1. Finish reading Act III
2. Finish Act III questions (due Monday)
**Act III quiz on Monday**

Eng 10E

1. Quiz: Literary terms A-C
2. Hand in/present Current Events #2
3. Finish definitions (all due Monday)

Eng 11L

1. LOTF Map and Writing Activities DUE
2. Begin film
**Tuesday is your LOTF unit test**

Eng 12L (Thursday's class)
1. Homework check chapters 1 and 2
2. "I remember when..." 10 minute free write
3. Read chapter 3 and 4
4. Journal prompt:
How does Holden interact with his peers? What are the parallels between Ackley's and Holden's situations? Describe Holden's hat - why is it important to him? How does it add to our analysis of Holden?
- List 1
- List 2
Bonus: Comment on Holden's confession "I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life."
**Homework check for chapters 3 and 4 Monday**


Wednesday 9 May 2012

Eng 11(S)

1. Time to work on Act II questions
2. Act II analysis notes
3. Quiz vocab: Figure out the meanings of these words: husbandry, candles, largess, incarnadine, equivocator, nose-painted, scruples

Comm 11

1. Journal/Advice letter due at the end of class
2. Corrections (You must re-do Act I and/or Act II questions if you got 50% or less on them)

Eng 10E

1. Continue you working on terms
2. Work on current events (due Friday)

Eng 11(L)

1. Chapter 11 quiz
2. Read chapter 12
3. Notes on chapter 12
*Map due Friday*

Tuesday 8 May 2012

Eng 11(S)

1. Homework check (Act I questions, sc iv-viii)
2. Quiz on Act I (mark and record)
3. Introduction to Act II - Act II videoclip
4. Notes on Act II
5. Read all of Act II
Questions for Act II due THURSDAY:
sc i - 1,3
sc ii - 3,4
sc iii - 2
sc iv - 1, 2
**Tomorrow's class: time to work on Act II questions, Act II analysis**

Comm 11

1. Act II quiz (mark and record)
2. Act II questions (mark and record)
3. Journal Activity: "My favourite sin..." (due at the end of Wednesday's class)
**You MUST re-do your questions/corrections if you got 50% or less on your Act I and/or Act II questions**

Eng 10E

1. Examples for terms A through C
2. Continue with definitions
3. Begin reading articles for Current Events #2 (due Friday)

Eng 12L

1. Sign out Catcher in the Rye novels
2. List 1 Tracking: Empathy, Innocence, Lies/Imagination/Phonies
3. List 1 Tracking: "I'm a..." tracking
4. Begin reading CITR (Chapters 1 and 2)
5. Journal prompt:
What are the basic aspects of Holden's personality evident in the first few chapters? What bothers Holden the most? What "madman stuff" do you think happened to Holden? Do you think Holden agrees with Spencer that "life is a game"?
**Thursday: Homework check for Chapters 1 and 2**

Monday 7 May 2012

Eng 11(S)

1. Homework check for Act I sc ii and iii
2. Finish reading Act I
3. Explanatory notes for Act I sc iv - viii
4. Questions assigned for homework (due tomorrow):
sc iv - question #1
sc v - question #2
sc vi - question #1
sc viii - questions #1-3
**Tomorrow: Quiz on Act I, Intro to Act II**

Comm 11

1. Act II Notes - characters, figurative language
2.Act II questions
**Tomorrow: Act II Quiz**

Eng 10E

1. Continue poetry terms
2. Examples
3. Definitions due: Tuesday

Eng 11L

1. Chapter 10 quiz
2. Read chapter 11
3. Notes for chapter 11
4. Questions

Friday 4 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Act I sc i homework check
2. Read Act I sc ii-iii
3. Assigned: Questions from page 31 (due Monday)
- Act I sc ii:
#2. Character Sketch
#3. Metaphors
- Act I sc iii:
#4
*Late LOTF work, novels?*

Comm 11

1. Act I quiz (mark and record)
2. Read Act II
3. Late work/rewrites to be handed in?

Eng 10E

1. Current events: present, hand in
2. Missing novels, late work?
3. Poetry introduction - Begin terms (definitions due Tuesday)

Eng 12L

1. Dorian essays, novels, late work DUE
2. Outside activity - observation journal
3. Essential questions for CITR:
- How do our observations of the same environment differ? Why do they differ? - How can observing our surroundings help us to understand our place in the world?
- What is truth? How do our truths compare to society's? What rules must people follow? How do our perceptions of ourselves differ from others'? What is an individual's relationship to society? How does our environment (people and places) affect us? How does experience affect one's observations?
*Next class: Sign out novels, "I remember when...", psychoanalysis stuff, bring a notebook for your journal*

Thursday 3 May 2012

Eng 11(S)

1. Iambic pentameter, theme in Macbeth
2. Read Act I sc i
3. Three different interpretations of Act I sc i (video)
4. Question 2 and 3 for Act I Sc i (see page 31 in your book)

Comm 11

1. Mark Act I questions together (record)
2. Characters, themes (notes)
3. Study for Act I quiz (tomorrow)

Eng 10E

1. Spelling quiz #8 (mark and record)
2. Continue working on current events (due tomorrow)
3. Essay feedback

Eng 11L

1. Chapter 9 quiz
2. Time to work on map
3. Read chapter 10

Wednesday 2 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Introduction to M--b---
(notes, powerpoint)
2. Sign-out books
3. Hand back essays
4. Discussion Questions

Comm 11

1. Finish reading Act I
2. Time to finish Act I questions (due tomorrow)

Eng 10E

1. Notes on current events
2. Work on current events
3. Students that did not bring articles practice their spelling words
*Spelling quiz #8 (review words) tomorrow*

Eng 12L

1. In-class essay

Tuesday 1 May 2012

Eng 11S

1. Hand in novels
2. Introduction to Shakespeare (dvd)
3. Points to ponder:
- How does power corrupt people? - How does blind ambition impact political behaviour? - How does superstition affect human behaviour? - How can appearances be different from reality? What influences our perceptions?

Comm 11

1. Continue reading Act I
2. Act I questions

Eng 10E

1. In-class essay

Eng 11(L)

1. LOTF Chapter 8 Notes 'n' Quotes
2. New additions to map
3. Chapter 9...
4. Characterization