English 9: February. 23rd, 2010

Today we:
-Grammar: Punctuation
-Portfolio Assignment: Persuasive Letter Writing

English 8: February. 23rd. 2010

Today we:
-Grammar: End punctuation and commas
-Discussed paragraph organization
-Continued working on our "Hold Your Tongue" Assignments (due Friday)

English 10: February. 23rd, 2010

Today we:
-Grammar: Jargon and cliches
-Literary Terms: continuation of short story terms you need to know
-"I'm Not My Brother; I'm Me"- Finished handout and paragraph from yesterday. Due tomorrow!

English 8: February. 22nd, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed short story quizzes
-Took notes on Foreshadowing
-Read "Hold Your Tongue"
-Creating the ending to the story assignment (due this Friday)

English 10: February. 22nd, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed and discussed body image in the media. Who is targeting?
-Read "My Body" and "My Body is My Business"
-Questions handout

English 9: February. 22nd, 2010

Today we:
-Took notes on the apartheid and Nelson Mandella
-Read "Once Upon A Time"
-Handout: Applying Short Story Terms to the story (due tomorrow!)

English 9: February. 16th, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed theme statements and foreshadowing elements for "The Interlopers"
-Practiced Quotation usage in our writing
-Portfolio Assignment: Newsletter

English 10: February. 16th, 2010

Today we:
-Worked on our literary paragraphs. You must have your draft completed for Thursday's class!

English 8: February. 16th, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed marking criteria on writing assignments
-Discussed positive and negative personality traits
-Read "Your Hidden Skills"
-Antonyms, Synonyms, and comprehension questions

English 10: February.15th. 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed theme statements for "The Bicycle"
-Reviewed steps to writing a literary paragraph and example
-Assignment: Discuss the character of Hannah in "The Bicycle"
-Serious, hardcore writing time in tomorrow's class!

English 8: February. 15th, 2010

Today we:
-Wrote a quiz on our short story notes
-Editing Process of "Thank-you Letters" (Self, peer,and Miranda or Miss. Kreiger)
-Good Copy of letters due tomorrow!

English 9: February. 15th, 2010

Today we:
-Wrote journal responses regarding "grudges"
-Listened to "The Interlopers" (pg. 33 in Sightlines)
-Comprehension and Vocabulary
-Portfolio Work

English 10: February. 24th, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed comprehension of "The Bicycle"
-Character Analysis of Tante Rose in "The Bicycle"
-Independent Analysis of Hannah in "The Bicycle"
-Nonconformist Poem: Your stab at poetry writing

English 8: February.12th, 2010

Today we:
-Began our brainstorming and drafts of our Thank-you letters
-Antonyms and Synonyms

English 9: February. 12th, 2010

Today we:
-Wrote a quiz on "Short Story Notes"
-Discussed the purpose and motivations of protest songs
-Read and listened to "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate"
-Portfolio: Protest Song Assignment

English 9: February. 11th, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed prefixes and suffixes
-Discussed images regarding housewives of the 1950s/60s
-Read "Lamb to the Slaughter"
-Vocab and comprehension questions
-Portfolio Work

English 8: February. 10th, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed and practiced suffix use
-Worked on completing our Character Description Paragraphs (good copy, draft, character web, and editing sheet) due on Friday
-Discussed Youth Street Crime
-Read "Thank-you Ma'am"
-Applied the story to a plot diagram
-Character traits that apply to Roger
-Sightlines Question Package

English 10: February. 10th. 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed idioms and euphemisms
-Read "Nonconformist": Analyzed and discussed the use of tone to reflect theme
-Journal Response Criteria
-Pre and post journal responses for "The Bicycle"(read for homework) due on Friday

English 9: February. 9th, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed root words and affixes
-Explanatory Paragraphs: Scary Tricks

English 8: February. 9th, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed prefixes
-Reviewed the editing and revising process
-Self, peer, and Miranda editing of our character description paragraphs

English 10: February. 9th, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms
-Worked on our Poetry Themes Assignment (due tomorrow!)

English 8: February. 8th, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed affixes and root words
-Discussed characteristics of descriptive character paragraphs
-Read student samples
-Began outline and draft copies of character paragraphs
-Drafts due tomorrow!

English 10: February. 8th, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed root words, suffixes, and prefixes
-Listened to "One" and completed handout (for marks)
-Pop Quiz on "I Am A Rock"
-Reminder! Poetry Themes (song) assignment is due on Wednesday

English 9: February. 8th, 2010

Today we:
-Learned new vocabulary for the short story "Gore"
-Read "Gore"
-Completed reader response and comprehension questions (due Tuesday)

English 9: February. 4th, 2010

Today we:
-Worked on Twists and Assumptions assignment (due tomorrow!)
-Took Short Story Notes
-Writing with senses: Animal Transformation

English 10: February. 4th, 2010

Today we:
-Read and discussed "Meditation XVII" and "I Am A Rock"
-Themes of individuality
-Venn diagram
-Individuality Assignment (due Monday)

English 8: February. 4th, 2010

Today we:
-Worked on our introductory letters (due tomorrow!)
-Took short story notes
-Read and discussed "Mountain Anticipation". Compared and contrasted Revelstoke before and after the ski hill development.
-Read "The Mislaid Street"

English 10: February. 3rd, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed course outline and expectations
-Began "Individuality" assignment (Due Monday)

English 8: February. 3rd, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed our course outline and expectations
-Began our Introduction letter assignment (due Friday)

English 9: February. 3rd, 2010

Today we:
-Reviewed course outlines and expectations
-Filled out personal info sheet
-Began our "Assumptions and Twists" Assignment (due Friday)