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Friday 14 June 2013

**All Classes: Please return any novels you may still have ASAP!!**

**Take note of the date and time of your final/provincial exam.**

***If you have requested an alternate setting, go to C112 the day and time of your exam, NOT the gym***

Communications 12

Provincial Exam: Thursday, June 20th 1230-330 (Please arrive at school by 12).

English 11

Final Exam: Monday, June 17th 1230-330 (Please arrive at school by 12).

Thanks for a great year everyone!

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Comm 12
1. Lit Device Quiz
2. Macbeth Character Sketch
3. Hand in Character Sketch and Summaries.
*Tomorrow: More review*

Eng 11 - Blocks 2, 3, and 4
1. Lit Device Quiz #2 - Tomorrow
2. Multi-Paragraph Response practice
*Tomorrow Composition (essay)/ Writing Review & Practice*

Monday 10 June 2013

*All Classes: Please return any novels that you haven't handed back yet!*

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. Finish Act V today.
2. 5 Summaries & Character Sketch due tomorrow.
*Tuesday - Friday: Provincial Exam Review*

Eng 11 - Blocks 2, 3, and 4
Review
1. Literary Device Quiz (   /15)
2. Read Synthesis Text 1: "The Most Powerful Question a Parent Can Ask..."
3. Do Multiple Choice for Text 1
4. Read Synthesis Text 2: "Be-ers and Doers"
5. Do Multiple Choice for Text 2
6. Synthesis of Text 1 and 2: Multiple Choice (#21 & 22)
*Tomorrow: Literary Device Quiz #2*

*Reminder: Last Friday (June 7th) was the last day to hand in late work or make-up quizzes for Term 4. No late work will be accepted this week. No quizzes will be made up this week.*

Friday 7 June 2013

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO HAND IN MISSING TERM 4 WORK AND MAKE UP MISSED QUIZZES. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED NEXT WEEK. NO QUIZZES WILL BE MADE UP NEXT WEEK.

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. Act III Summary should be finished today.
2. Act IV Summary should be finished at the end of Monday's class.
3. All Summaries (5) and character sketch are due Tuesday, June 11th.

Eng 11 Block 2
Poetry
1. Hand in poetry projects.
2. Exam format.
2A. Exam Practice - Stand Alone Text: Multiple Choice & Paragraph
3. Homework: Review Lit Terms

Eng 11 Block 3
Review
1. Handout: Theme statements (review)
2. Exam Practice - Stand Alone Text: Multiple Choice & Paragraph
3. Homework: Review Lit Terms

Eng 11 Block 4
Review
1. Hand in F 9/11 Paragraphs
2. Handout: Theme statements (review)
3. Exam Practice - Stand Alone Text: Multiple Choice & Paragraph
4. Homework: Review Lit Terms


Thursday 6 June 2013

REMINDER: TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE TERM 4 WORK!

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. Act II Summary should be finished.
2. Act III Summary should be finished

Eng 11 - Block 2
Poetry
1. Finish 4th poem analysis.

Eng 11 - Block 3
Bias
1. Finish F. 9/11
- Paragraphs due tomorrow.

Eng 11 - Block 3
Bias
1. Finish F. 9/11
- Paragraphs due tomorrow.

PLEASE HAND IN NOVELS ASAP!

Wednesday 5 June 2013

LAST DAY TO HAND IN TERM 4 LATE WORK IS FRIDAY, MAY 7TH.
AFTER FRIDAY, NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. Act II Summary, scene lists - should be finished for tomorrow.
2. Tomorrow: Begin Act III.

Eng 11 - Block 2
Poetry
1. Continue working on poem analyses.
- Poetry Project due Friday

Eng 11 - Block 3
Bias
1. Tomorrow finish F 9/11.
- 3 Paragraphs due Friday
- For homework: Read Handout: "9 Propaganda Techniques in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11" (retrieved from http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/9-propaganda-techniques-in-michael.php)

Eng 11 - Block 4
Bias
1. Continue F 9/11.
- 3 Paragraphs due Friday
- For homework: Read Handout: "9 Propaganda Techniques in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11" (retrieved from http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/9-propaganda-techniques-in-michael.php)

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. Finish Act I Summary and scene lists.
2. Begin Act II.

Eng 11
Poetry
1. Continue working on poetry project, due Friday.

Eng 11 Block 3
Bias in Media
1. Handout: Propaganda techniques, Study Questions for F 9/11.
2. Begin F 9/11.
*Choose a question from each side of your "Film Education" sheet; you will write a paragraph answering each, following the film.
*Your third paragraph will address the following:
- Is Michael Moore biased? Does this documentary qualify as propaganda? Does using propaganda techniques detract from the authenticity of his argument?
**3 Paragraphs will be due Friday**

Eng 11 Block 4
Bias in Media
1. Handout: Propaganda techniques, Study Questions for F 9/11.
2. Begin F 9/11.
*Choose a question from each side of your "Film Education" sheet; you will write a paragraph answering each, following the film.
*Your third paragraph will address the following:
- Is Michael Moore biased? Does this documentary qualify as propaganda? Does using propaganda techniques detract from the authenticity of his argument?
**3 Paragraphs will be due Friday**

Monday 3 June 2013

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. Read Graphic Novel version of Macbeth.
2. For each SCENE, write out the characters and the setting.
3. For each ACT, write a summary of at least 7 sentences.
4. At the end of the play, you will do a character sketch on a character of your choice.
*Act I Summary: due at the end of tomorrow's class*

Eng 11 Block 2
Poetry
1. Poetry project handout - project due Friday.
Analyze 5 poems of your choice (summarize, explain, identify & explain literary devices, etc). *Spelling and grammar count! Pay attention to the length of your analyses. - The more effort you put into your project, the better your mark will be. This is the last major unit of the year; make it count!*

Eng 11 Block 3
Lord of the Flies
1. Finish film.
2. Hand in novels.
3. Students with extensions must hand in their essays/seminar questions TODAY.
*Next, our Bias in Media unit*

Eng 11 Block 4
Macbeth
1. Act V Quiz.
2. Hand in Macbeth books.
*Next, our Bias in Media unit*