PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS TONIGHT

English 12
The Great Gatsby
1. Last day to hand in Hamlet work (late).
2. Review Chapter 2 questions.
3. Read Chapter 3, answer questions.
4. Homework: Read p. 60-69 of chapter 4, answer questions #1-3.

Consider possible essay topics:

A. Artificiality, or exploring what is real and what is fake, is one of the major themes of The Great
Gatsby. Give some examples of how the author develops this theme in the novel, and explain why this might be an important theme for Fitzgerald. Is he making a larger statement about his generation?

B. Reinvention and the particularly American preoccupation with reinvention is another recurring
theme of The Great Gatsby. Give some examples of this act of reinvention in the in the novel. What
characters set out to reinvent themselves and how? Do you think the author believes that reinvention
is possible and if so, at what cost?

Socials 10
Confederation
1. 3.0 and 3.5 booklets due.
2. Test: Multiple Choice.
3. Essay: Once multiple choice portion is completed and handed in, you may take out your outlines for your essay. Essay should be five, fully developed paragraphs. You may not take essay home. If you do not finish today, you may hand it back and finish tomorrow.

English 11
The Crucible
1. Last day to hand in ASP work (late). Please return ASP novels.
2. Homework check/review: questions #1-6.
3. Finish reading Act I.
4. Answer questions: #7-21 (due tomorrow).
5. Tomorrow: Quiz (on Hale's description, etc).

English 12
The Great Gatsby
1. Background and themes (notes).
2. Review and re-read Chapter 1 (answer questions).
3. Read Chapter 2, complete questions for homework.
*No Hamlet work will be accepted after Thursday, March 31st (tomorrow)*

Socials 10
Confederation
1. Continue review, prep/finish essay outlines.
2, Tomorrow: 3.0 and 3.5 booklets due, test (continue essay Friday).

English 11
The Crucible
1. Witch Trials Documentary Quiz.
1b. Background and themes, Overture questions (in-class).
2. Begin reading Act I (p. 8-20).
3. Analysis: Complete questions #1-6.
*Return ASP novels ASAP.*

TOMORROW IS PARENT-TEACHER NIGHT

Welcome back! A reminder that Thursday is  parent-teacher night from 6-8pm and Friday is early dismissal.

English 12
The Great Gatsby
1. Hamlet work returned, updated marks.
2. Watch: The Roaring 20s Documentary.
3. Books distributed.
4. Homework: Read chapter 1 (review tomorrow + background + themes, etc).

Socials 10
Confederation
1. Tomorrow: 3.0 and 3.5 booklets due; today: review and complete, essay prep.
2. The Conferences, Key Figures (notes).
3. Finish Confederation documentary (1:15-1:47).
4. Tomorrow: continue review and essay prep (Test/Essay Thursday and Friday this week).

English 11
The Crucible
1. Watch Salem Witch Trials documentary.
2. Distribute books.
3. Homework: Read the Overture and Introduction (p.2-8), quiz/review tomorrow.
4. Tomorrow: More on theme, background, lit devices.

English 12
- Complete and hand in Hamlet essays.

Socials 10
- Booklets due Wednesday, March 30th.
- Continue with 3.5 booklet (colony perspectives, conferences, Irish tensions, political
figures).
--> documentary
*Unit 3 Test and essay: Thursday, March 31st- Friday, April 1st.*

English 11
- Complete ASP essays, hand in.
- Return novels.

**English classes: if you were granted an extension on your essay, it must be emailed to me no later than Sunday, March 13th.**

**Because of yesterday's power surge, SSS's Internet and networks are down. I cannot update or access your marks until after Spring Break; you will have an updated mark once we are back from break.**
**Parent-Teacher Interviews: March 31st, 6-8pm**

HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!

English 12
Hamlet
1. Finish film adaptation.
2. Review Act V questions.
3. Multiple Choice Test.
4. Create outline/prep final assignment/essay (writing in-class tomorrow and Friday, due this Friday).

Socials 10
Confederation
1. Homework check/review questions #1-13 (p. 60-61, 100-105).
2. Continue notes: Threat of Annexation, Corn Laws, Fenian Raids.
3. Homework: Read p. 105-111, complete questions #14-24 (homework check tomorrow).
4. Tomorrow: Irish tensions continued, MacDonald/Papineau/Cartier/Brown/McGee

English 11
A Separate Peace
1. Multiple Choice Test.
2. Create essay outline (writing in-class tomorrow and Friday, due at the end of Friday's class).

English 12
Hamlet
1. Finish reading play (Act V, sc i and ii). Answer questions.
2. Finish film adaptation.
3. Overview (analysis).
4. Tomorrow: Multiple Choice Test, create outline for essay/find quotations for final assignment.
*In-Class essay Thursday and Friday (due Friday, March 11th).

Socials 10
Confederation
1. Quiz (map, p. 84-92).
2. Notes: American Civil War/Slavery
2b. 3.1 fill-in-the-blanks (booklet)
2c. Watch background/review to Confederation (to 00:15).
3. Homework: Complete questions #1-13 (booklet handed out today), read pgs. 60-61, 100-105.
4. Tomorrow: Continue: Threat of Annexation, American Civil War, Corn Laws (notes).

English 11
A Separate Peace
1. Chapter 13: read, answer questions, final analysis, review themes, finish film adaptation.
2. Tomorrow: multiple choice test, create essay outline.
3. Thursday and Friday: In-Class essay (due Friday, March 11th).

MIDTERM GRADES POSTED & SENT HOME

English 12
Hamlet
1. Updated marks, work returned.
2. Finish film adaptation of Act IV sc i-v.
3. Review questions
4. Finish reading Act IV (sc vi-vii), finish questions in-class :D.
5. Tomorrow: Finish Hamlet (read Act V, answer questions).
*Late Hamlet work will not be accepted after Wednesday, March 9th*
*Hamlet test and outline Wednesday, March 9th*
*In-Class Essay/Final Assignment Thursday, March 10th-Friday March 11th (due!)*

Socials 10
Confederation
1. Updated marks, work returned.
2. Review p. 84-87.
3. Notes: Review/Introduction to Confederation/American Civil War.
4. Handouts: Unit 3 Overview --> Unit 3 Test Essay question (keep this question in mind as we go through the unit): "Analyze the social, political, and economic factors that led to Confederation."
5. Complete map on your overview page of Canada in 1866. Carefully label areas and draw borders carefully (p. 106 of textbook): homework check tomorrow.
6. Homework: Finish and memorize map, read p. 88-92, answer question #6A (come up with at least three examples). QUIZ TOMORROW on the map (p. 106) and p. 84-92.

English 11
A Separate Peace
1. Updated marks, work returned.
2. Homework check, discuss chapter 11.
3. Read Chapter 12, finish questions.
*Tomorrow: Read chapter 13 (finish novel) and review/analyze, finish film adaptation.
**Wednesday, March 9th: ASP multiple choice test, essay outline.
*ASP essay due Friday, March 11th - written in-class Thursday, March 10th-Friday March 11th.*

Today: Mark Cutoff for Midterm. Tutorial 130-3pm in B113 for students who are not passing (complete/hand in missing work/tests).

English 12
Hamlet
1. Read Act IV, sc i-v.
2. Film adaptation (continue Monday).
3. Homework complete questions (#1-12) (scenes i-v). Due Monday. Be prepared for homework check and discussion.

Socials 10
Unit 3
1. Complete Indian Residential Schools questions and paragraph. Due at the end of class.
2. Read p. 84-87, answer all of the questions in "An Age of Contradiction" on page 87.

English 11
A Separate Peace
1. Chapter 9/10 quiz.
2. Continue and finish reading chapter 11. Complete chapter 11 questions (discuss Monday).

Have a nice weekend!

ALL CLASSES: TOMORROW IS MIDTERM CUTOFF. IF YOU ARE NOT CURRENTLY PASSING, YOU SHOULD COME TO B113 TOMORROW 130-3PM TO COMPLETE/HAND IN MISSING WORK/TESTS

English 12
Hamlet
1. Notes: psychoanalytic perspective.
2. Film adaptation of Act III.
3. Discuss Act III questions.

Socials 10
Unit 3
1. Work on Residential Schools questions/paragraph (due at the end of tomorrow's shortened class).
2. Questions/discussion.
3. Review (in-class) Parts A-D of Unit 2 Test (you may not take home).

English 11
A Separate Peace
1. Homework check/discuss Chapter 10.
*Tomorrow: Chapter 9/10 quiz*
2. Read chapter 11 to p.150, answer questions #1 and 2. Continue tomorrow in-class.

ALL CLASSES: Friday is the cut-off for midterm marks. If you are not currently passing, it is strongly advised that you come to B113 1250-245pm and finish/hand in missing work instead of watching the Strongman Finale.

English 12
Hamlet
1. Finish watching film adaptation of III.ii.
2. Discuss study guide questions.
3. Read Act III, sc iii and iv.
4. Homework: Read the modern English version of III.iv. and complete questions (including quotations and themes whenever possible).
5. Tomorrow: Finish film adaptation of Act III, review scene iv/questions, feminist and psychoanalytic perspectives.

Socials 10
Residential Schools
1. Finish documentary, discuss.
2. Choose response questions. For homework, complete at least two of the six questions (3-5 complete, thoughtful sentences for each answer).
*Reminder: Both the questions and the extended paragraph are due this Friday, at the end of class.*

English 11
A Separate Peace
1.Film adaptation of Chapters 1-9.
2. Homework: Read chapter 10 and answer questions (be prepared for homework check and discussion tomorrow).
*Chapters 9/10 quiz Friday.*

English 12
Hamlet
1. Read Act III, sc i.
2. Watch Act III, sc i-ii (to line 336).
3. Answer questions (all scene i questions and #1-5 for scene ii), finish for homework, discuss tomorrow.
4. Scene ii considerations: Is Hamlet's "Mouse-Trap" successful in achieving his aims?
What does Hamlet's treatment of Ophelia mean? Is he disillusioned with women? life? Is his cruelty another example of his "antic disposition" or is he actually going mad?
*Themes: deception (falsity to further personal agenda), death, political scheming, madness (feigned or real?), reason vs passion

Socials 10 
Unit 3 - Confederation
1. The History of Residential Schools in Canada:
- discuss: What are efficient ways to destroy culture? What are the benefits of destroying a culture, or forcing its people to assimilate?
- notes
- begin documentary: "We Were Children" (watch to 00:22).
2. Assignment (handout): Answer 6 questions + 1 extended paragraph (due at the end of Friday's class).
3. Further information.
4. Homework: read through the questions on your handout and jot down ideas you had from the first part of the documentary.

English 11
A Separate Peace
1. Chapter 7/8 quiz.
2. Due: Chapter 8 questions.
3. Chapter 9: read, answer questions.