Comm 12

1. Finish Grad Transitions.
2. Begin second documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
3. Questions to consider:
- What types of evidence are used to back up Moore's opinion?
- What is the function of the narratives in the film?
- How and why is humour used in Moore's documentaries?
- Do you think Moore's films are PROPAGANDA?

English 11 Block 2
*Hand in novels!*
1. Define the following terms:
assonance, consonance, didactic, apostrophe, dissonance, euphemism, metonymy, personification
2. Define the following poem types:
lyric, narrative, ballad, sonnet, ode, elegy, free verse, blank verse, pastoral
3. Read "And thou art dead, as young and fair" by Lord Byron
Questions:
- Author, Type of Poem?
- Theme of poem?
- How does this poem relate to A Separate Peace?
- Examples of literary devices utilized in the poem?

English 11 Blocks 3 and 4

1. Film adaptation of The Crucible.
2. Hand in books.

Comm 12

1. Finish Bowling for Columbine.
2. Start brainstorming for violence/media questions.
3. Define bias. What are some personal and general examples of bias? Is Michael Moore biased?

English 11

1. Unit Test
2. Hand in novels

Comm 12

1. Consider the following questions:
- Who should be held responsible for the violent/criminal behaviour of children/minors?
- What degree of influence does the media have on our actions?
- Why do you think violence in the USA is higher than in other countries?
- Should gun-control/gun-possession laws be more strict?
2. Continue watching Bowling for Columbine.

English 11 Block 2

1. Review for A Separate Peace:
- A character sketch on Gene, Finny, or Leper
- Literary Devices: symbolism, irony, flashback, foreshadowing, metaphor, imagery
- Theme: Guilt/Innocence, Atonement, Inner/External War, Innocence/Experience, Identity/Coming-of-Age
*Tomorrow: Test

English 11 Blocks 3 and 4

1. Review for The Crucible:
- A character sketch on Hale, Proctor, or Abigail
- Literary Devices: Allegory, Symbolism, Metaphor
- Theme: Justice/Retribution & Revenge, Individual vs. The Community, Intolerance, Reputation, Godliness vs. Worldliness, The Puritan Myth
*Tomorrow: Test

Comm 12

- "Bowling for Columbine"

English 11 (all blocks)

-Tuesday: review
-Wednesday: test

Comm 12

1. Independent Novel
2. Parts of Speech quiz
3. Hand in Kinney/Kain paragraph
4. Read "My father kept his cats well" and do multiple choice questions

Eng 11 Block 2

1. Hand in chapter 12 questions
2. Read chapter 13
3. Chapter 13 questions due Monday
4. Conclusion of A Separate Peace

Eng 11 Block 3 and 4

1. Hand in Act IV questions
2. Read appendix. Answer the following questions in a paragraph:
Why is this scene left out of productions? What do we learn about John? Abigail? If you were directing this play, would you include this scene, why or why not?
3. Test on Tuesday:
- Theme illumination
- Character Analysis
- Literary Device (Metaphor) explanation

Comm 12

1. Independent novel reading
2. Handout: Book review marking criteria
*Book review DUE Friday, March 15th*
3. Finish Kinney/Kain paragraph (due tomorrow)
*Tomorrow: Parts of Speech quiz, poetry analysis, multiple choice questions for both texts*

English 11 Block 2

1. Hand in chapter 10 and 11 questions.
2. Quiz on Chapter 11 (  /30):
Explore the following ideas in 3 well-developed paragraphs:
A. The significance of the description of the walls in Gene and Finny's room.
B. The significance of Leper's experience to Finny and its affect on Gene.
C. Leper's possible motives for coming back to Devon and speaking at the trial.
Marking criteria:
- Accuracy (/5)
- Quotes (/5)
- Analysis (/15)
- Grammar, Punctuation, structure (/5)
3. Reflect upon the theme of Atonement, Innocence vs. Experience
4. Read chapter 12 (handout; chapter 12 questions and vocabulary)

English 11 Blocks 3 and 4

1. Hand in "Sins" letter
2. Quiz on Act III and Act III Vocabulary
3. Handout: Act 4 questions Due tomorrow
4. Read Act 4

Comm 12

1. Independent novel
2. Read "Mount Robson Mystery"
3. Gather evidence for Kinney vs. Kane.
*Tomorrow: Well-answered paragraphs, Parts of Speech quiz

Eng 11 Block 2

1. Chapter 10 Questions homework check
2. Read Chapter 11
*Tomorrow: Questions for Chapters 10/11 due, chapter 11 quiz

Eng 11 Blocks 3 and 4

1. Mark Act III Questions
2. In-class writing assignment (one-page)
Option A: Write a prayer to God AS A CHARACTER from The Crucible confessing your sin(s)
Option B: Write a letter to a character advising them to confess their sins or giving advice concerning the situation in Salem (you can either be a character from the play or make one up).
*Tomorrow: Sins letter due, Act III and vocab quiz

Comm 12

1. Hand in Business Letter and Visual Design
2. Independent novel - you should be finished reading in about two weeks.
3. Tomorrow: Well-answered questions

Eng 11 Block 2

1. Chapter 7/8 Vocabulary quiz
2. Begin reading chapter 11.
*Homework: Chapter 10 questions due tomorrow*

Eng 11 Blocks 3 and 4

1. Homework check: Act III Q's 1-7
2. Finish reading Act III
*Homework: all Act III questions due tomorrow*
Act III Vocabulary:
1. affidavit
2. auger
3. base
4. callously
5. deferentially
6. deposition
7.effrontery
8. ipso facto
9. manifest
10. plaintiff
11. probity
12. qualm
13. slovenly
14. unperturbed
15. vestry

Comm 12

1. Business Letter
2. Visual Design
3. Prepositions Notes

Eng 11 Block 2

1. Prepositions Notes
2. Chapter 9 quiz
3. Read Chapter 10
4. Chapter 10 questions due tomorrow

Eng 11 Block 3 and 4

1. Preposition Notes
2. Act II and Vocab quiz
3. Mark Act II questions
4. Read Act III to page 98. Questions 1-7 for homework

Comm 12

1. Adjectives and Conjunctions quiz
2. Discuss and hand in "21st Century Learning"
3. Hand in missing work.

Eng 11 Block 2

1. Adjectives and Conjunctions quiz
2. Mark chapter 7 and 8 questions, hand in
3. Chapter 8 Analysis
4. Finish reading chapter 9 for homework
*Quiz Monday*

Eng 11 Blocks 3 and 4

1. Adjectives and Conjunctions quiz
2. Act II analysis
3. Define vocabulary words
Monday: Act II and vocabulary quiz, Act II Questions due

Comm 12

1. "21st Centure Learning" package due tomorrow.
2. All missing work due tomorrow.

English 11 Block 2

1. Chapter 4/5 Vocabulary quiz
2. Read chapter 8.
3. Chapter 7/8 questions due tomorrow.

English 11 Blocks 3 and 4

1. Read Act II.
2. Handout questions for Act II
3. Vocabulary list for Act II:
- falter - magistrate - pallor - compensate - brim - marvel - conviction - traffic - monstrous - daft - reckon - warrant - grapple - pretense - providence

Comm 12

1. Film adaptation of Lamb to the Slaughter
2. Notes: Adjectives and Conjunctions
3. Character Sketch of Mary Maloney

English 11 Block 2

1. Notes: Adjectives and Conjunctions
2. Read Chapter 7 in-class
3. In-class writing assignment: Journal entry.
Topic: Imagine there is a draft in Canada and the country is at war. What would your feelings be? Would you enlist early? Would you wait to be called? Would you "draft-dodge"?
*Should be about one-page long*
4. Handout: Vocabulary and questions for chapters 7 and 8
*Homework: Questions for chapter 7 due
*Tomorrow: Quiz: Chapter 5/6 vocabulary

English 11 Blocks 3 and 4

1. Act I Analysis
2. Finish Act I questions (due at the end of class)
3. Act I Quiz

Comm 12

1. Hand in character sketch.
2. Read "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl
3. Discuss symbolism, irony, characterization, conflict, and plot development.
4. Notes on Mary Maloney.
*Tuesday: Character Sketch on Mary Maloney*

Eng 11 - Block 2

1. Chapter 3/4 vocab quiz.
2. Read chapter 6.
3. Analysis of chapter 5 and 6.
4. Chapter 6 vocab list:
vindicated
idiosyncratic
invoking
sinecure
bantam
automaton
reprimand
stupefaction
5. Verb quiz.

Eng 11 - Block 3 and 4

1. Verb quiz
2. Finish reading Act I.
3. Act I questions due at the end of class on Tuesday.

Comm 12

1. Hand in "Tradition" compositions
2. Take out a novel from the library
3. Character sketch (can be a fictional character or an autobiographical sketch of yourself).

English 11 - Period 2

1. Read chapter 4 and 5 of A Separate Peace.
2. Notes on chapter 2-5. *Egocentrism*
3. Chapter 5 vocab words:
- Cordovan
- decalogue
- ludicrous
- irresolutely
- erratic
4. Study chapter 3/4 vocab (quiz tomorrow)

English 11 - Periods 3 and 4

1. Begin reading Act I of The Crucible (up to page 26)
2. Questions for Act I. (1-12)
*All questions due Tuesday, February 12th*
*Tomorrow: verb quiz*

Comm 12

1. Verbs, compound verbs, adverbs.
2. Define the following terms: allusion, (dark) humour, symbolism, irony.
3. In-class composition - topic: There are pros and cons to tradition.

Eng 11 Block 2

1. Verbs, compound verbs, adverbs.
2. A Separate Peace Chapter 2 quiz.
3. Character study (start a list comparing Gene and Finny) and introductory discussion.
4. Chapter 3 and 4 vocabulary:
venerable
inured
anarchy
fey
insidious
Blitzkrieg
enmity
vulnerable
treachery
candid
jounced
5. Finish reading chapter 3 for homework, study verbs and vocabulary words

Eng 11 Blocks 3 and 4

1. Verbs, compound verbs, adverbs
2. Quiz on pages 3-8 of The Crucible
3. Background notes on Arthur Miller, The Crucible, and McCarthyism

Comm 12

1. Noun and "The Lottery" plot diagram quiz (mark in-class)
2. Discuss "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
3. Brainstorm the pros and cons of tradition
4. Homework: Come up with one more personal and general example for a pro and con to tradition.
*Tomorrow: In-class writing assignment*

English 11 - Period 2

1. Noun + Literary Term + Chapter 1 Vocab quiz - mark in-class
2. Distribute novels (A Separate Peace by John Knowles)
3. Background notes and read chapter 1.
4. Homework: Read chapter 2 and be ready to discuss it in tomorrow's class.

English 11 - Periods 3 and 4

1. Noun + Literary Term + Act I vocab quiz - mark in-class
2. Distribute play books (The Crucible by Arthur Miller)
3. Watched Salem Witch Trial Documentary to 30:00 mins.
4. Homework: Read Overture (p. 3-8)

Comm 12

1. Go over Syllabus (please bring back signed).
2. Parts of Speech review, lesson 1:
- common noun
- concrete noun
- abstract noun
- collective noun
- singular and plural
- proper noun
- pronoun
3. Lit Term review - Define and give examples for the following:
- theme
- metaphor
- allusion
- alliteration
- simile
- satire
- symbolism
- irony
- Types of conflict: Man. vs. Man, Man vs. Himself, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Environment (Nature), Man vs. Supernatural
- Point of View: Objective, Omniscient, Limited Omniscient (Third Person), First Person
4. Homework: Read Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" (page 43 of Inside Stories III).
*Be able to identify key elements of plot, type of conflict, any literary devices that you defined today that apply --> Hint: Symbolism, Metaphor, Irony

English 11 - Period 2

1. Go over Syllabus (please bring back signed).
2. Parts of Speech review. Know the following terms:
Nouns:
- Common
- Pronoun
- Proper
- Concrete
- Abstract
- Collective
3. Lit term review:
- Theme
- Metaphor
- Allusion
- Alliteration
- Simile
- Satire
- Symbolism
- Irony
- Types of conflict: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Himself, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Environment (Nature), Man vs. Supernatural
- Point of View: Objective, Omniscient, Limited Omniscient (Third Person), First Person

4. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Vocab for Chapter 1:
1. Tacit
2. Contentious
3. Irate
4. Inveigle
5. Consternation
6. Rhetorically
7. Seigneurs

*You will have a quiz tomorrow*

English 11 - Periods 3 and 4

1. Go over Syllabus (please bring back signed).
2. Parts of Speech review. Know the following terms:
Nouns:
- Common
- Pronoun
- Proper
- Concrete
- Abstract
- Collective
3. Lit term review:
- Theme
- Metaphor
- Allusion
- Alliteration
- Simile
- Satire
- Symbolism
- Irony
- Types of conflict: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Himself, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Environment (Nature), Man vs. Supernatural
- Point of View: Objective, Omniscient, Limited Omniscient (Third Person), First Person

4. Act I The Crucible Vocabulary:
1. persecute
2. creed
3. somber/sombre
4. ordinance
5. predilection
6. heathen
7. conjure
8. faction
9. conviction
10. partisan
11. calumny
12. pretense
13. prodigious
14. exaltation
15. enrapture

*You will have a quiz tomorrow*