Communications 12

Hello, Comm 12!  Your final (course) mark is posted outside B113.
- Provincial scores will be added to your mark in March/April.

Good luck in the future!

English 11

Hello English 11! Thanks for a great semester. I hope you learned as much from me as I learned from you. Good luck in the future!

1. Exam marks posted outside B113.

2. Your final mark in English 11:

701629 - 65%
646886 - 63%
646845 - 87%
701344 - 77%
739574 - 95%
739434 - 60%
814866 - 53%
665458 - 67%
739221 - 60%
739244 - 73%
696033 - 73%
783040 - 63%
783041 - 74%
761115 - 67%
1256613 - 57%
613064 - 57%
701307 - 74%
739503 - 78%
782718 - 91%
612971 - 50%
604216 - 60%
739569 - 73%
665454 - 60%
525739 - 87%
739585 - 73%
666479 - 67%
739587 - 93%
241899 - 77%

3. Please return textbooks!

Good luck on exams!

Please return any missing textbooks to the office.

Comm 12
Provincial Prep
1. Hand in descriptive/narrative paragraph/outline.
2. Editing exercise (grammar practice).
3. GT completion.
4. Review exam format, marking criteria.
Tomorrow:
- Essay feedback
- Exam strategies
- Survey
- "Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head"

English 11
Final Exam Prep
1. Hand in descriptive/narrative paragraphs.
2. Synthesis paragraph (point form OK; due tomorrow).
Tomorrow:
- Essay feedback
- Editing Practice
- Explication: "Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head"
- Survey

Comm 12
Provincial Exam Prep
1. Hand in expository/persuasive intro/outline (see yesterday's post for a complete breakdown).
2. Work on intro/outline for narrative or descriptive essay.
--> due: Tomorrow.
*Thursday: Process essays.
*Friday: Synthesis, GTs completion, Alt. setting reminder, exam reminders.

English 11
Final Exam Prep
1. Hand in expository/persuasive intro/outline (see yesterday's post for a complete breakdown).
2. Work on intro/outline for narrative or descriptive essay.
--> due: Tomorrow.
*Thursday: Process essays.
*Friday: Synthesis, Alt. setting reminder, exam reminders.

Comm 12
Provincial Exam Prep
1. Hand in missing/late assignments (today is the cut-off for term 2 work).
2. Essay Writing Review:
You will be writing three different essays on the SAME topic this week (People can be affected by their environment). You will be trying out different TYPES of essays (expository/persuasive, narrative/descriptive, and process). By practicing these different types of essays, you will be able to determine (with my feedback) which type of essay format you are strongest in...a.k.a., which type you should write next week on your exam.
Today: write an expository or persuasive essay (introduction and outline for the rest of the paragraphs due tomorrow at 12:30pm)
A. Full, COMPLETE introduction.
(- topic sentence - thesis - transitions - succinct summary/hint of supporting points - concluding sentence)
*Try opening with a quotation!*
B. Succinct outline (for all body paragraphs --2 or 3--, and conclusion).
**Your essay should revolve mostly around global/universal application (choose this FIRST) with a brief personal experience/relation/anecdote to begin and/or end your essay. **You may also choose to include a reference to literature, but only if you know it very well.
Reminders:
- ONLY WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW (WELL). That means, don't write about politics or wars that you don't know specifically (names, dates, locations, outcomes).
- ONLY USE WORDS YOU KNOW, AND DON'T BE TOO VERBOSE! - Quality is better than quantity. That means, don't use big words just to sound smarter or fill up space.
- DON'T MAKE SILLY MISTAKES (STRUCTURE, SPELLING, GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION). That means, don't use the wrong there/their/they're or its/it's. It also means ensuring you have the correct sequence of tenses; "After he broke his arm, he was home for two weeks." NOT, "After he broke his arm, he is home for two weeks."
- AVOID RUN-ON SENTENCES/SENTENCE FRAGMENTS
- EDIT FOR PUNCTUATION AS YOU GO
- PLAN OUT YOUR ESSAY BEFORE YOU BEGIN WRITING IT!!!

English 11
Final Exam Prep
1. Hand in missing/late assignments (today is the cut-off for term 2 work).
2. Essay Writing Review:
You will be writing three different essays on the SAME topic this week (People can be affected by their environment). You will be trying out different TYPES of essays (expository/persuasive, narrative/descriptive, and process). By practicing these different types of essays, you will be able to determine (with my feedback) which type of essay format you are strongest in...a.k.a., which type you should write next week on your exam.
Today: write an expository or persuasive essay (introduction and outline for the rest of the paragraphs due tomorrow at 1:35 pm)
A. Full, COMPLETE introduction.
(- topic sentence - thesis - transitions - succinct summary/hint of supporting points - concluding sentence)
*Try opening with a quotation!*
B. Succinct outline (for all body paragraphs --2 or 3--, and conclusion).
**Your essay should revolve mostly around global/universal application (choose this FIRST) with a brief personal experience/relation/anecdote to begin and/or end your essay. **You may also choose to include a reference to literature, but only if you know it very well.
Reminders:
- ONLY WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW (WELL). That means, don't write about politics or wars that you don't know specifically (names, dates, locations, outcomes).
- ONLY USE WORDS YOU KNOW, AND DON'T BE TOO VERBOSE! - Quality is better than quantity. That means, don't use big words just to sound smarter or fill up space.
- DON'T MAKE SILLY MISTAKES (STRUCTURE, SPELLING, GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION). That means, don't use the wrong there/their/they're or its/it's. It also means ensuring you have the correct sequence of tenses; "After he broke his arm, he was home for two weeks." NOT, "After he broke his arm, he is home for two weeks."
- AVOID RUN-ON SENTENCES/SENTENCE FRAGMENTS
- EDIT FOR PUNCTUATION AS YOU GO
- PLAN OUT YOUR ESSAY BEFORE YOU BEGIN WRITING IT!!!

Comm 12
Provincial Exam Prep
1. Prefix/Suffix recognition
2. Reading passage/comprehension
3. Editing/Common Grammatical mistakes.
4. GT binders.
**Marks posted**

English 11
Final Exam Prep
1. Prefix/Suffix recognition
2. Reading passage/comprehension
3. Editing/Common Grammatical mistakes.
**Marks posted**

DEADLINE TO HAND IN WORK FOR TERM 2 IS TOMORROW, JANUARY 21st (ARRANGED WITH ME AHEAD OF TIME)!!!

*TOC day: I'm home sick today but will be coming into Sardis this weekend so if you have assignments that are due, HAND THEM IN! - I'll mark them this weekend.*

Comm 12
1. Finish paragraph you began yesterday. Due TODAY. (Hand in).
2. Grad Transitions.
3. Hand in late/missing work.
4. Study lit terms.

English 11
1. Finish "Gladiator".
2. Hand in late/missing work.
3. Study lit devices.

- bring back novels!

**This weekend you may want to try one or two practice exams. If you do the written portion and bring it in, I'll give you feedback (the computer marks the Multiple Choice).

Have a good weekend! (Pro-D Day tomorrow)

Comm 12
Provincial Prep
1. Info-text paragraphs due.
2. Visual Design/Business Letters returned.
3. Poetry practice - multiple choice, paragraph (due tomorrow).

English 11
Final Exam Prep
1. Paragraphs returned.
2. Poetry practice - multiple choice, paragraph.

Comm 12
Provincial Prep
1. Hand in Visual Design.
2. Finish Info-Text Multiple Choice (mark in-class).
3. Finish Info-Text Paragraph (due tomorrow).
4. Complete Grad Transitions.
*Tomorrow: Poetry Quiz*

English 11
Final Exam Prep
1. Review 6 pt. scale.
2. Poetry response paragraph (due at the end of class).
*Tomorrow: Poetry Quiz*

Comm 12
Provincial Prep
1. Finish visual design; hand in.
2. GT binder completion check
3. Begin info-text (multiple choice, paragraph). Finish for homework (we will review this tomorrow).

English 11
Macbeth (tests returned, feedback)
Final Exam Prep
1. Poetry terms, poetry interpretation, classification.
2. Poem - multiple choice, discuss.

Comm 12
Provincial Prep
1. Business Letter (due at the end of class).
2. Visual Design.
3. GT Completion Check.
*Monday: Complete Visual Design, complete GTs ((bring your binder!)).*

Missing Books: Curtis

English 11
Macbeth
1. Multiple Choice test.
2. Paragraph.

Missing Books: Ashleigh, Brienna, Kassi

Have a great weekend!

Comm 12
Provincial Prep
*For extra practice, do the e-exams of Past Provincials (click me) - the computer marks the MC; I can grade the written if you bring it in.*
1. Paragraphs from yesterday handed back (chance to re-write today; due at the end of today's class).
2. Review:
- paragraph structure
- topic/concluding sentences (commenting on theme)
- integrating/explaining quotations
- citing quotations
- theme
- transitions

English 11
Macbeth
1. Finish film adaptation.
2. *Tonight you should study/review plot, characterization, and literary device in preparation for your test tomorrow (25 M/C, and paragraph)
**Possible paragraph topics:**
- What role does gender (traditional ideas of masculinity/femininity) play in Macbeth?
- Who is (most) responsible for the evil in Macbeth?
- How does Macbeth qualify as a tragedy?
- Discuss fate and free-will in Macbeth.

Return novels!

Comm 12
Provincial Prep
1. Review poetic devices - examples/definitions (marks for participation).
2. Paragraph response to "Quarter-Horse Colts" due @ 1:09.
- proper structure - 150-200 words double-spaced - properly integrated and cited quotations
- "title" and author's name - vocabulary/diction
--> 60 marks (6 pt. scale x 10)

English 11
Macbeth
1. Continue film adaptation.
2. Test on Friday (25 multiple choice)
- plot - characterization - literary devices (dramatic irony, parable, aside, dramatic monologue, simile, tone, metaphor, soliloquy)

*Please return novels!*

Comm 12
1. Yesterday: We began our Provincial Prep by reviewing literary terms; students handed in missing/late work.
2. Today: Continue reviewing literary terms.
3. Practice Poem/Multiple Choice; review answers.
4. Handout: Interpreting Poetry: page 50-53.
5. Complete Grad Transitions (I will do your exit interview if you need).

English 11
1. Yesterday: We reviewed most of the Act V questions.
2. Today: Complete Act V review.
3. Begin film adaptation of Macbeth.
*Friday: Multiple Choice Test on Macbeth.
*Next week: Poetry/Review for Final Exam.

**Please return novels!!**

Exam Schedule:
Monday, January 27th - (AM) --> Plan to arrive at SSS 8:00 am. Go to the gym (unless you've requested an alt. setting, go to Van Winkle's room)
- English 12
- English 11
- Communications 11

Tuesday, January 28th - (AM) --> Plan to arrive at SSS 8:00 am. Go to the gym (unless you've requested an alt. setting, go to Van Winkle's room)
- English 10
- Communications 12