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*