Comm 12
Poetry
1. Finish Poetry Project (due tomorrow)

Eng 11 Block 2
Bias
1. Finish Bowling for Columbine.
2. Homework: Begin research for your research essay.
3. Remember to write down ALL your sources of evidence/statistics. Failure to cite your evidence in your paper will result in "0" due to plagiarism.
*Research paper due Tuesday*

Eng 11 Block 3
Lord of the Flies
1. Chapter 7 and 8 Socratic Seminar.
2. Homework: Finish any chapters for which you don't have questions yet (you get a seminar participation mark as well as a mark based on your completion of question formulation).
**Daniel: Research the different symbolic interpretations of pigs.
*Tomorrow: Read Chapter 9 in-class.*

Eng 11 Block 4
Macbeth
1. Act II Quiz.
2. Read Act III, sc i.
3. Film adaptation (Act II)

Comm 12
Poetry
1. Continue working on Poetry Project (due Friday).

Eng 11 Block 2
Bias
1. Hand in F 9/11 paragraphs.
2. Begin Bowling for Columbine.
3. Handout: Essay topics - read over and jot down ideas for possible compositions.

Eng 11 Block 3
Lord of the Flies
1. Chapter 5 Discussion.
2. Read Chapter 6 in-class.
3. Homework: Read Chapter 7 and 8; formulate questions (8 in total) for tomorrow's seminar.
Things to look for....
Ch. 7: - Simon's prophecy, Ralph's daydreams (hint: adventure vs. reality), Ralph tapping into savagery, Foreshadowing (fake hunts... why?), The Beast!
Ch 8: - Jack's exit, inclusion vs. exclusion, the hunt (rape?) of the boar, What is the Lord of the Flies? - Fear, evil - Foreshadowing

Eng 11 Block 4
Macbeth
1. Act I Quiz.
2. Read Act II (sc i - iv)
*Study for Act II Quiz - tomorrow*

Comm 12
Poetry
1. Continue working on Poetry Project (due Friday).

Eng 11 Block 2
Bias
1. Finish Fahrenheit 9/11.
2. Handout: Film Education - Fahrenheit 9/11:
A. Choose 1 questions from each side of the handout to answer
= 2 paragraph answers
B. Answer the question: Is Michael Moore biased? If so, how? Do you think his bias detracts from his message?

• You should have three (3) paragraphs for Fahrenheit 9/11 completed for Wednesday.
• Paragraph criteria will be used for marking.

Eng 11 Block 3
Lord of the Flies
1. Discussion
*Tomorrow: Chapter 5 Socratic Seminar*

Eng 11 Block 4
Macbeth
1. Discussion
*Tomorrow: Act I Quiz*

Thursday's Agenda

Comm 12
Poetry
1. Poetry Term Quiz
2. Continue working on Poetry Project (due Friday, May 24th)

Eng 11 Block 2
Bias
1. Continue Fahrenheit 9/11.
2. Handouts: "Psychological Techniques" (Read for Tuesday)

Eng 11 Block 3
Lord of the Flies
1. Chapter 4 Socratic Seminar
2. Read Chapter 5

Comm 12
Poetry
1. Hand in "Rolling Stone" work.
2. Poetry notes (sound play).
3. Begin working on poetry project. (Due: Friday, May 24th)

Eng 11 Block 2
Bias
1. Hand in Article Analyses.
2. Notes on bias.
3. Begin Fahrenheit 9/11.

Eng 11 Block 3
Lord of the Flies
1. Chapter 3 Discussion
2. Read Chapter 4 in-class.
3. Develop discussion questions for Chapter 4 Seminar TOMORROW.

Eng 11 Block 4
Macbeth
1. Finish reading Act I.
2. Film adaptation for the rest of Act I.
3. Define and find examples of the following in Act I (use quotes):
- Paradox
- Dichotomy
- Equivocation
- Pathetic Fallacy
- Dramatic Irony
- Imagery
- Soliloquy
**Quiz tomorrow**

Comm 12
Poetry
1. Continue working on "Like a Rolling Stone" work (due tomorrow).
*Poetry Term Quiz is now Thursday*
*Tomorrow: More terms, project handout*

Eng 11 Block 2
Bias
1. Hand in Stanford Prison Experiment paragraphs.
2. Work on Bias in Newspaper Articles analyses (due tomorrow)

Eng 11 Block 3
Lord of the Flies
1. Socratic Seminar on Chapters 1 and 2
*Homework: Read Chapter 3, develop questions*

Eng 11 Block 4
Macbeth
1. Hand in "And Thou Art Dead" analysis
2. Begin reading Act I (sc i-iii)
3. Watch film adaptation Act I, sc i-iii
*Introduction on Theme*

Comm 12
Poetry
1. Analysis of "Death, be not proud"
2. Read "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan (p.149-150)
--> Identify Theme(s)
--> Find 2 examples of internal rhyme
--> Find an example of metaphor
--> Find an example of alliteration
--> Summarize each stanza (what is the poet trying to say?)
--> Do questions #2 and 3 on p. 151

Eng 11 Block 2
Bias
1. Finish Stanford Prison Experiment questions (3 paragraphs): due tomorrow
2. Read two newspaper articles that cover the same assault. Answer the following questions for each article:
A. Summarize the article in 5 sentences (don't write "same as the first article" when analyzing the second article).
B. Identify the type of bias(es) present in each article.
C. How is the victim portrayed? D. How are those that committed the crime portrayed?
E. If you were reporting the incident, would you have written the article differently? Why or why not?

Eng 11 Block 3
Lord of the Flies
1. Novels.
2. Review Socratic Seminar guidelines.
3. Introduction on theme.
4. Chapter 1 and 2 SS on Tuesday.
- Have 4 questions per chapter prepared (one of each in terms of question types)
-- Things to keep in mind when creating your questions:
- Impact of external war on the boys
- Symbolism of the shell, fire, glasses, an island, snakes, pushing the rock, snakes, butterflies, hunting
- Utopia vs. Dystopia
- Characterization (so far) of Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon
- Examples of religious and political allegory
- Evidence of theme (civilization vs. savagery, loss of innocence/innocence vs. experience, man's inherent evil)
- Use of motif (ex. lightness vs. darkness)
- Any other literary devices or ideas that you think would be relevant to discussion.

Eng 11 Block 4
A Separate Peace
1. Read and Analyze the poem "And Thou Art Dead, As Young And Fair"
A. Identify theme(s)
B. Identify poem type
C. Find examples of assonance, apostrophe, alliteration, consonance, metaphor.
D. Write a paragraph on how the poem relates to A Separate Peace (ensure you use quotes in your argument)
*Tomorrow: Go over poem analysis, begin Macbeth*