English 10 Homework for January 5, 2015:

1. Go to the following website: www.booktrust.org.uk/books/teenagers/writing-tips/tips-for-writing-book-reviews

Read this carefully, print it out and keep it beside you as you read the novel. Use it as a guide to write your review. Take down ideas as you read the novel so you have them to refer to when you write your review. Your review will be an organized multi-paragraph assignment where you evaluate the novel.

1. Mister Pip: Read this novel over the winter break. Do not rush this reading, but savour it.

2) After you have finished reading, write a review of the novel, following the website criteria.

3) You can also start thinking about the things you could write about yourself on the Provincial Exam: an event, something you learned that is important to you, adapting to something, an influential person in your life, when something went wrong, an accomplishment, importance of family, someone or something that has helped shape you, creating a better world.....

AND HAVE A GREAT WINTER BREAK!!

 

English 11 Homework due January 5, 2015:

1. Complete your S.I.F.Ts of "The Unknown Citizen," "In Goya's Greatest Scenes," and "Lost Tribe."  

2. Make good notes on a chart showing synthesis for "The Unknown Citizen" and "In Goya's Greatest Scenes."

3. Enjoy reading your novel.

4. Read your purple Values Document again and do some thinking-reflecting for this assignment. Start examining your values and putting ideas down. 

AND - HAVE A WONDERFUL WINTER BREAK !!

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Dec. 18:

D Block- More, more, more cans!!!!!!!!! Thursday is the last day.

1. Feed Essay Revision: Read yesterday's blog very carefully again. Follow all the instructions, including handing it in by 8:20 am, before A Block.

2. Bring your Summary of Great Expectations from Gradesaver.  Read it through thoroughly before you come to class.

English 11 Homework for Thursday, Dec. 18:

1. "In Goya's Greatest Scenes": a) finish your S.I.F.T of this poem.  Develop your answers so they are of use to you when it comes to doing a synthesis of two or more poems. 

b) Look up the "Beatniks": 

Who were they (some names)? What did they believe? What kind of "movement"was it? What did they want to change? How did their movement lead to cultural changes in America (North America)? 

c) Research City Lights Bookstore: its history, its purpose, and go to the website and look around. 

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, Dec. 17:

1. "Unknown Citizen": finish the questions for this poem, and include some integrated quotes from the poem in your answers. Make sure to integrate them well.

2. Prepare for "In Goya's Greatest Scenes", by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. A) Google the author and get a sense of his work and the time period he was writing.  b) Look up Goya, the painter and his time period; and look at his "Disasters of War" series of etchings that he did in 1808 when Napoleon invaded Spain. Pick a website that allows you to click on the etchings to see the details of several of these works. Warning: some are very disturbing.

D block canned goods: everyone brings a can tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

English 10 Homework for Tues.,Wed., due Thursday:

1. "Feed" Essay Revision: 

A) Rewrite your Thesis Statement. It should express, clearly and with strength, the main point of the essay. It is not plot, nor a long list of things, but the central idea of the paper that brings it all together.

Write the original first, then the rewritten  underneath (leave a space between them!) underlining all changes.

B) Rewrite and DEV the weakest body paragraph. Underline all the changes you make. Word-process and hand it in by 8:20 am on Thursday.

2) Before you start reading the novel Mister Pip, print the summary of the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens on GradeSaver. See below for the website.

It is 3.5 pages http://www.gradesaver.com/great-expectations/study-guide/summary

Read it through before you come to class. Bring the summary with you on Thursday.

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, Dec. 16:

1. Look over your F451 essay, and look your writing, your development of ideas, your use Kohlberg's stages, and the ability of a stranger to understand it. Then bring it back to class tomorrow.

2. "Lost Tribe": Finish your work on this poem.

3. "The Unknown Citizen": Read the poem a few more times, then work on questions 1-6. Write fully-developed answers, and include references in the form of integrated quotes where they are helpful for understanding. Remember, you must explain these references; they don't explain themselves. 

Use the "critical reading" method as you go.

 

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Dec. 16:

1. Poetry Package: Read and answer the questions for all the poems in the package. Look up words you do not know. Write your answers on a fresh page in the Poetry section of your Binder.

"Follower," "Water Picture" (do not do the chart), "The Blizzard."

English 11 Homework for Monday, Dec. 15:

1. "Lost Tribe": Read the poem a few more times, and make an excellent Glossary of Words and their definitions.  

2. Use the method of "critical reading" (read pp. 109-121 in Inside Poetry.) This explains the method of "critical reading" of poetry. 1) Analyzing content. 2) Appreciating Form, Technique and Style.  3) Evaluation.  Read it carefully and apply each section to "Lost Tribe."  These will be developed notes/insights that you will need for Monday's class.

 

English 10 Homework for the Weekend:Due Monday, Dec. 15: 

Please do not mark up any of the Handouts. Write your work on your own paper.

1. Read "Whale Poem"by Milton Acorn on page 5 of handout "Poetry 10". Go online and watch a number of videos of whales in the water, listen to them breath, breach and feed. Read the poem several times to let it sink in. A) Do the questions on the handout "Questions to Help You Thoughtfully Discuss Poems." (don't do the chart)  B) Also, do the questions 2-4 underneath the poem. Write in multiple sentences and explain.

2. Read "The Lonely Land", several times, and look up all words you do not know and write them down and their definitions. Then go online and find "The Group of Seven paintings: Tom Thompson."  You should be able to find his paintings of Georgian Bay in Ontario. Then do the questions 1 to 4 in the handout. (you do not need the "Questions to Help..."for this poem).  Use the literary devices document that you printed earlier in the course to help you. Of course, read the poem several times as you make your way through the assignment.

English 11 Homework for Friday, Dec. 12:

1. Create two Documents, each word-processed on separate pages. 

a) The first document is the Seven Types of Images: the five senses, and thermal and kinesthetic. Make sure you include the examples for each. Format it well, Titles, bold with larger fonts, as it will be a full page document.

b) The second document is the Five Types of Poems. List them all and find examples for each. It, too, should be formmated with the type of poem, larger fonts and an example or two of the type of poem (title and pg. you got it from in the text, Inside Poetry).

English 11 Homework for Thursday, Dec. 11:

1. S.I.F.T : Do a SIFT of "Let No Charitable Hope" by Elinor Wylie. Follow the format.

2."Lost Tribe": look up all the words you don't know. Write them down with their definitions and bring them with you.

English 10 Homework for Friday, Dec. 9:

1. Work Cited: revisions of these must be in by 8:20 Friday morning. 

2. D Block: I will meet you at the door of the Theatre tomorrow at the latest by 1:15. I will be taking attendance.

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, Dec. 10:

1. Inside Poetry: Look at yesterday's Blog entry for instructions.  You should have done half of the work already.

English 10 Homework for Wednesday, Dec. 10:

A Block: We will meet at the door of the Theatre at 1:15.  I will take attendance before we go in.    Those of you who should improve your Work Cited page, should do so tonight and hand it in tomorrow morning before you go to your first block.

B Block: You will finish your essay tomorrow. If you get back your Work Cited page today, revise it tonight and bring it to class to hand in.

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, Dec.10:

1. Inside Poetry: Read the poems and explanations of poetic devices on pp. 60-68.

**Have your handout "Poetic Devices and Figurative Language" beside you and use it to help reinforce what you are reading/learning.

How to Read a Poem: Read each poem, several times, and the explanations. Reading poetry requires quiet and concentration. You need to read a poem several times to get the effect the poet wants you to.  Take notes on the poetic devices you are learning and add examples from the poems.

Also read pp. 80/81 and write out on a separate page, large, bold and organized, the seven types of images.  Title the page.

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Dec. 9:

1. Works Cited: 

D Block: Those of you who got your Works Cited back, please revise, and follow the exemplars I gave you. It is due tomorrow. , See below also.

A Block: Rewrite your Works Cited page, being careful to double-space the whole page, indent with the tab key after the first line of an entry, underline what you should etc. following the exemplar.

English 11 Homework for Monday, Dec. 8:

1. Fahrenheit 451 Essay: If you are smart, you will be working on the Thesis, structure, references/examples, expression, Thesis, Kohlberg's Stages etc. You will need show me that you put time, thought, and effort into it. 

Look at the yellow Handout I gave you Friday, and take some time to make this essay more thoughtful, and better written than any of your others.  

2. Personal Values Document:You should also be thinking, gathering, reflecting on your own moral development, as you will be writing a multi-paragraph assignment on your own moral growth in January.  This is a personal, thoughtful, reflective, real examination of yourself as a moral character.  Read the purple handout frequently and start a document and start putting things down.

English 10 Homework for Monday, Dec. 8:

1. Feed Essay: Be working on your ideas, references, research (and research document) and Outline, to be ready to write on Monday. 

Your Research Log should be completed and  well-organized and easy to read.   It should be extremely well-written and, preferably, word-processed.  It should include headings, the notes you took, websites that you have used, and spacing that makes sense!  Do not jamb everything together.

Also, please do a "Works Cited" or "Bibliography" page. This will be a 1st draft. Please follow the Handout and space the same, punctuate the same etc. It is in alphabetical order, according to what it is: written article, website etc. Look carefully on your exemplar. Certain types require the author first, Last Name, First Name. Don't make your "Works Cited" document more than a page and a half.  Put the best ones on the document. 

English 10 Homework due Friday, Dec. 5:

a) D Block Food Drive: Bring your cans/boxes  tomorrow. Let's fill up our box!

b) Be working on your Research log, Works Cited etc. See Dec. 3 entry with all the information.  I know that you will probably not have your Outlines ready for me to see, but I would like you to start one, even if it is not all that accurate or developed right now.  Bring me something to look at tomorrow.  

The full Outline is due on Monday.

D Block will be writing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and A Block Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. If you need to come at 7:30 am I am here. I am also here at lunchtime for you to writie.

English 11 Homework for Friday, Dec. 5:

1. F451: Work on your essay revisions tonight, particularly Introduction, Thesis Statement, and your ideas.  You will write tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday to finish this essay. If you have field trips etc. you need to come at 7:30 am, lunch time and after school to make up some of the time you lose.

The Thesis Statement answers the question: "Why and how does Montag grow as a moral character, and what does he achieve by his metamorphosis?"

Your thesis is your direct answer to the question. Make sure you have answered it.

The rest of the essay develops the answer by gathering strong evidence, and organizing that evidence to persuade the reader of the truth of it.

The topic sentence of your body paragraphs introduces the main idea/topic and the controlling idea. It must be clear and focused. The controlling idea is the writer's attitude or idea about the topic.  It focuses or controls the information in the rest of the paragraph. 

The concluding sentence of your body paragraphs comments on the main idea by repeating a key word or phrase from the topic sentence or by rephrasing the topic sentence. 

English 10 Homework to Friday, Dec. 5: 

See Tuesday's entry for the week's work.

AND, D Block - bring can's for the Food Drive!

 

 

 

 

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, Dec. 3:

1. Kohlberg/F451 Essay: Finish your Acceptable Outline tonight, that includes references for integration, bring your novel, and the Kohlberg handout. Do not mark up the 3 page handout, and do not have F451 notes on any of the Kohlberg materials.

I am here at 7:30 am and at lunchtime. You are welcome to be here, too.

English 10 Homework for Tues-Fri. Dec. 5:

A) Bring $5.00 for "Fawlty Towers" by Friday.

B) D Block Food Drive: Please donate as much as you can- cans of soup, vegetables, meat, baby food or boxed food. Let's fill it up for Thursday!

1. Feed Essay: You are working on the essay daily. This requires research, deciding your examples, and organizing your ideas, to ensure you are ready to write the essay next week. 

You must also keep a research log, showing your daily searches, notes, websites that you use, etc. This can be a word-document or hand-written, but both must be organized and legible. My ability to understand it, the headings, the notes, will require excellent formating. Bring it with you daily, either on paper or on computer. Ultimately, it will be printed and handed in.

You will also do a Bibliography. I will give you the exemplars for the format, and will go over it on Thursday.

ALERT! Watch "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power" on youtube!

Instructions: go to youtube.com and click on it; then in the search screen type in the yellow title above, and the first entry is the one to watch. It is a couple of hours long, but you could do it over a few days. It's great!!

You have this week to get your content and organization together. This is an individual assignment, so you are working, alone, not in groups or in discussions. Use your time well, and review your weaknesses and try to improve upon them.

You have until Friday to get the majority of your planning done and then you must create an outline: this you will use next week when you write it in class.  You will hand in your Research Document before you write on Monday, and I will approve your Outline.

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, Dec. 2:

1. F451: Today, I have all your F451 work organized and ready for you to take home after school if you want to. Drop by after school to pick it up.

2. Montag's Moral Development in F451 using Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development and Essay Organization.  You should have been reading Kohlberg over the last several days and learning Kohlberg's terms/vocabulary and the descriptions of each stage. Tonight, start working on your Outline and finish it in class tomorrow. You will need to know what references you will use from the novel as well, the characters to compare and contrast with Montag, all organized in thoughtful, well-developed paragraphs to show his moral development. You may have more than three body paragraphs!

The Acceptable Outline is the same one as we used previously, but each body paragraph may have 10 x 10 bullets.

English 10 Homework for this week:

1. Please bring $5.00 for "Fawlty Towers" by Friday.

2. Please bring cans, such as soup, vegetables, and baby food, or boxed food, for the Food Drive.

3. Feed Essay:1) Read the Essay Question daily to make sure you are doing what is necessary. 2) Research: You should be working and researching daily, determining your examples and organizing your ideas, to ensure you are ready to write the essay in class next week.  You are to keep a research log, keeping daily searches, notes, websites that you use etc. This can be a Word Document or hand-written but it must be organized and legible. Bring it with you to class daily.

You have this week to get your content and organization together. Next week you will be writing it in class, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (D Block), or Monday, Tuesday, Thursday (A Block) 

 

English 11 Homework for Monday, Dec. 1 and the rest of the week:

1. F451: Clean up/Develop your LC#3 notes so that you can use them next week when you develop your Essay Outline.

2. Kohlberg' Stages of Moral Development: Take some time to study this handout over the next few days, so you can apply it to your essay. You will be applying these stages to Montag, through concrete examples, but also to a few other important characters to show comparison or contrast to his development. Start thinking about it and building ideas and references from the novel.  You will be writing this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

3. F451 and "The Tiger"Paragraph to be written on Monday: Bradbury chose to use William Blake's poem for his title for Part 3 of his novel. How does the imagery, the symbols, and theme of Blake's poem illuminate Part Three of F451? 

The poem explores a spiritual and moral problem: the tiger is both beautiful and destructive, made from the "forges" or fire of the creator, and becomes a symbol for the presence of evil-destruction in the world, but also of purification- fire). Only a powerful being, an artist, could create and destroy so well.  How does the presence of both goodness and evil, and of destruction and purification, help us understand Part Three of Fahrenheit 451? You will not have notes for the in-class writing of the paragraph, so develop your ideas over the weekend.

English 10 Homework for Monday, Dec. 1:

D Block: Canned Food Drive donations Dec. 1-18th. Bring cans!!!!

Please bring $5.00 next week for the "Fawlty Towers" comedy in the SLSS Theatre  

A Block- Dec. 10 at 1:30 

D Block- Dec. 11 at 1:30 

1. Feed: Write up all your notes from your two Literature Circles and bring them with you on Monday.

2. Synthesis Essay Revisions Due Monday: a)These revisions are due between 8:15 and 8:20 on Monday morning from both A and D Blocks. 

b)All of you who scored 15 or less must do these revisions. You are to improve your Introduction, and two Body Paragraphs.  You are to underline ALL the changes you make. You do not have to underline the parts that you did not change -only underline the parts you changed. 

c) if you changed EVERYTHING, write "Complete Rewrite" at the top of the first page of your Revision.

d)staple your original essay underneath your revision.

E) Again: your revision is due at 8:20 Monday morning or you will not get credit. If you are student who is chronically late, you need to change your schedule, or you will not get credit.  Get it all done by Sunday, staple it, put it in your binder so you don't forget it.

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Nov. 27:

1. Feed - LC#3: Write up your notes from today's LC, and be thinking about the "big ideas" in the novel.

2. Synthesis Essay Revision: These are due on Monday. You must improve your Introduction and Thesis Statement, and two Body Paragraphs.  I am not taking any "lates" on this one, as I have given you enough time to work on it.

English 11 Homework for Thursday, Nov. 27:

1. F451-LC#3: Tidy up the notes you took today in you LitCircle. 

2. The Tiger: Read the poem several times first, then start an analysis of the poem. Identify, the stanza form, the rhyme scheme, rhythm, imagery, symbols, questions, vocabulary, ideas and theme. Near the end of the block tomorrow, your group will present one stanza.

3. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development: Please be reading this handout. You need to do this carefully and you need to be taking notes. Do not mark up the handout in any way. Also read "Heinz Dilemma" on the last page - an example of how the stages work.  Try to create an example of your own.

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 26:

1. F451 LC#3: You should finalize your LC Role, developing it well, word-processing it, and printing out two copies.

2. You should also have a good working document of Allusions and References for Part Three to help you through your LitCircle.

3. Please be reading the handout on Kohlberg's Moral Stages. Look up words you don't know to help yourself through it.

English 10 Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 26:

1. Feed LC #3: Complete your LC Role, developing it, organizing it and word-processing it. Please bring 2 copies.

2. Synthesis Essay Revisions Due Monday. See Nov. 25 Blog entry for instructions.

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, Nov. 25:

1. Fahrenheit LC#3: You should be working at home tonight developing your LC Roles, and working to finish tomorrow. You will be doing these roles on Wednesday and Thursday. Please include Bradbury's Afterword and Coda in some way. 

You should all be working on Allusions and References for Part Three. Identify the important ones in this section and do the research on them.  Make good notes. 

You should also be taking some time to read through the Kolhberg handout. 

English 10 Homework for Tuesday. Nov. 25:

1. Feed LC #3: Be working on your Expert Group Roles, to be completed by Wednesday. Work on them in class and at home so you have an excellent roles for Wednesday and Thursday's Literature Circles.  

Now that you have finished the novel your roles should be focusing, for the most part, on the big ideas in the story and how it relates to today and to anything else we have read this term.  There are many important themes in this novel.

2. Synthesis Essay Revisions due Monday, December 1. Be working on these throughout the week.

English 11 Homework for Fri-Monday, Nov. 24:

1. Clean up your notes for "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas.  Organize your notes and word-process them so they are legible and usable. Make sure to include some of the elevated vocabulary that was used, as well as some of my suggestions. Put it in your binder in the Novel Study Section.

2. F451: Same as yesterday. Check it again.

English 10 Homework for Monday, Nov. 24:

1. Feed: Your only homework this weekend is to finish the novel. You should have read 20 pages last night, and 80 pages over the weekend.  Please consider your LC role as you read so that you can come with questions, ideas, insights for your Expert Group.

2. Synthesis Essay Revisions Due Monday, December 1: Revise the Introduction, and two body paragraphs, underline all changes, word process, and double space. Please be working on this throughout the week, so that you are not rushed at the last minute. You will learn little that way.  I expect to see an attempt at improvement in Organization, Writing and Ideas.

English 11 Homework for Fri-Monday, Nov. 24:

1. F451: Finish the novel by Monday, including the Afterword and the Coda.  Have the question package for Part Three beside you as you read, particularly Level 2 questions.  

Monday we will work on the questions for the Afterword and Coda.

2. Personal Values Document: Be working on this assignment steadily over the next two months. Set up a document and start reflecting on your values, yourself in the world...how you were, are...what you are becoming....consider examples in your life,  books you have read, people you have known........

English 10 Homework for Friday, Nov. 21:

1. Feed:Word Process all your notes for all of LC#1 and LC #2 (over the next few days), and start reading the last 100 pages. Try to read 20 pages tonight.

English 11 Homework for Thursday, Nov. 20:

1. "Dover Beach": the revised copy is due tomorrow. Please word-process it  and double-space.

1. F451: Please start reading Part Three: Burning Bright, the first 20 pages.

2. Remember your "Values" assignment due in January. Reread the assignment. Anything you read, learn, experience, ponder, etc. can help you in this personal assignment.  If you haven't already, you need to be thinking, writing things down, imagining etc. yourself and who and how you want to be in the world......be "working" on it.....

English 10 Homework for Thurs. Nov. 20:

1. Feed LC#2: You should be taking good notes in your LitCircles. Please tidy them up and word-process them. 

If one of your LC members is sick, make sure to sit in another group to do the role.

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 19:

1. F451: Organize and develop the notes you took for LC#2.

2. "Dover Beach": Your second draft is due Thursday at the latest. Word-process, double-space, 12 point font, Times New Roman.

3. Research for Wednesday: Faber in F451 describes that "the newspapers (are) dying like moths," and that "(no) one wanted them back. No one missed them"(89). 1) Research the decline of newspapers in North America and Europe and compare and contrast with F451 about why it is happening.  2) The Liberal Arts: What are they? Describe the many disciplines. Why are they important - a very big question!

English 10 Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 19:

1. Feed LC Role: Finalize your LC Role tonight and word-process it. Please print 2 copies and drop one in my basket.

 

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, Nov. 18:

1. F451 LC #2: Tomorrow,  you will finish Part Two. If you have lingering questions or confusion about Part Two, ask them to the whole class, tomorrow.

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Nov. 18:

1. Feed LC #2: You should be creating and developing your LC Role at home. Bring what you have to class tomorrow to develop and finalize your role for Wednesday.  

English 10 Homework for Monday, Nov. 17:

1. Feed: You need to have read to novel to p. 196 by Monday.  You have your exemplar for your LC Role, and should be jotting down ideas for Monday, where you will be with your Expert Group.

English 11 Homework for Monday, Nov. 17:

1. F451 Literature Circle #2: You must have your Lit-Circle role completed. It should be well-developed and have plans for teaching, that include questions, activities that engage your LC group, and inspire thoughtful discussion.  Your role should be word-processed and well-organized.  Bring a 2nd copy for me.

2. "Dover Beach" revised: Please be working on improving this analysis.  I'll check it around mid-week. It will stay in your binder, to be used later.

English 11 Homework for Fri - Mon.: 

1. F451: You are working on your Expert Roles for Part Two-Thursday and Friday.  There are many allusions, mythological and religious references, as well as important history and literature. Make this a rich experience for your LC group on Monday.

2. Revision of "Dover Beach." Please revise/improve this paragraph and put it in your Binder (by Monday or Tuesday).

English 10 Homework Thurs., Fri-Sun:

1. Feed: Be reading to p. 196 for Monday.  Know what role you are doing for this LC and start developing that role - with the appropriate Role Exemplar. You should all have your Exemplar Handouts before you leave tomorrow.  Monday, we will be in Expert Groups.

English 11 Homework for Thurs. Nov. 13:

1. Part Two "The Sieve and the Sand": You should have finished reading this section and be working on your LC Role in your Expert Groups. Work on some ideas tonight and be back in your Expert Groups tomorrow. 

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Nov. 13:

1. Third Draft: You are writing your Third Draft of the "Plato's Allegory of the Cave" and "By the Waters of Babylon." You are to bring all three drafts with you tomorrow.

2. Acceptable Outline: You are creating your Acceptable Outline from the today's Handout. Please follow it carefully, as this is the outline that you will use in class tomorrow to write your essay. Please bring your Personal Edit Checklist as well so you can be conscious of your writing.

Also, you should have the stories with you so you can refer to them if you need to. 

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 12:

1. Be reading "The Sieve and the Sand," Part Two of Fahrenheit 451 for Wednesday.  You have new roles, make sure you are considering those roles as you read. We will be in Expert Groups on Wednesday. See the LC Groups at the end of the blog for your role.

Make up Work: 1) Those of you who were not in class Monday and did not hand in your Part One Work before first block as I asked, your work is overdue.  2) Those who did not write their individual paragraph on "Dover Beach," in class on Monday, must do so on Wednesday morning, lunch and/or afterschool.

LC Groups: 

Minervina - Summary/Questioner: Brady-Literary Luminary: Glenn-Connector: Sherry-Researcher/Investigator

Chris S.- Summanizer/Questioner: Dylan Chew-Literary Luminary: Andrew W. - Researcher: Ankie Wong- Connectro

Mitsu K.-Summarizer: Mike Chu-Discussion Facilitator: Jenny Chow-Researcher-Investigator: Gerry Song-Literary Luminary: Connector: Chris Da

Rebecca- Summarizer,Literary Luminary: Aiden-Discussion-Facilitator: Peter-Connector: Terrina-Researcher: Marcus ? Literary Luminary.

Alisa- Summarizer/Questioner: Jacky-Researcher: Jane- Connector: Lucas - Literary Luminary.

 

English 10 Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 12:

1. Essay Revision: Revise your first draft in all the ways you can. Your editor has given you feedback, but you can do much more than that. Come in Wednesday and we will have one more editing session and write in class on Thursday. 

(If you do not come with your 2nd draft essay I will deduct marks from the assignment.)

2. Feed: Please start reading the next section of the novel: pgs. 96 to 196. We will be in Expert Groups on Monday.

English 11 Homework for Monday, Nov. 10:

1. F451: Part One Work: You are to complete all the assignments listed on the "Part One Work" Handout. Please refer to the Nov. 4 blogspot which gives more details of each assignment and how you are to hand them in. As I have extended the due date on this work once, so I will not take any further lates.

If you are a part of the Remembrance Day Ceremony, please come in before first block with your work.

English 10 Homework for Monday, Nov. 10:

1. First Draft Essay: Please complete a first draft essay of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," and Stephen Vincent Benet's "By the Waters of Babylon."  Do the best job you can.  We will be editing it on Monday.

 

English 11 Homework for Friday, Nov. 7: 

1. "Dover Beach": word-process your notes/questions for the poem, and put them in your binder in the Novel Study section.

2. Monday, Nov. 10: Part One Work is due. Be  working diligently. Organize your work, title it where necessary and word-process it for handing in.

English 10 Homework for Friday, Nov. 7:

Word Process your work, and please double space it.  Do not use the first person pronouns "me" or "I" in this essay.

Plato/Benet Essay:
The Question: Show through detailed examples and discussion, how Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" illuminates your understanding of Stephen Vincent Benet's short story, "By the Waters of Babylon."


The Process: Use my "Peer and Self-Editing Guide" and follow each step for the Introduction and Topic Sentences of Body Paragraphs.

a) Complete your introductory paragraph, following the Handout instructions. (4-5 sentences) 
This paragraph introduces the two stories and authors, and answers the question in the Thesis Statement.  It answers how Plato's allegory illuminates your understanding of Benet's story - by answering the question in a clear and thoughtful way. It show the synthesis you are making. Underline your Thesis Statement.

b) Now that you have set up your Thesis Statement, you can write your Topic Sentences for each of your 3 Body Paragraphs. This will require you to know what area of discussion you have chosen for each body paragraph and in what order you will do them. Each TS should set a clear direction for your discussion.
 

English 11 Homework for Thurs. Nov. 6:

1. Part One Work: You should all be working on "Part One Work" that is due on Friday. If you have any questions, be sure to ask them in class tomorrow.

2. Good LC Notes: Make sure to take good notes in your LC Groups as you may use them later on.

English 10 Homework for Thurs. Nov. 6:

1. Literature Circle Notes for LC1: Word-process and develop your notes on the first LC.  They should be comprehensible and useful.

2. Start Reading the next section of the novel: pages 95 to 196.  Please read carefully and take notes for your LC role as you go.  We will be in Expert Groups next Thursday and Friday.

3. Tomorrow and Friday we are working on Synthesis Essay Structure for the "Allegory of the Cave" and "By the Waters of Babylon".  This essay will be written in class on Monday, Nov. 9 and Wednesday Nov. 12. Please reread both texts and your Questions and Answers you did, for tomorrow's class.

English 10 Homework for Wednesday. Nov. 5:

1. Literature Circles: make sure you are taking good notes in class, and cleaning them up at home after each LC class.

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 5:

1. Literature Circle: You should finish your roles tomorrow.  Make sure you are taking notes in class that you can study later on.

2. Part One Work: you should be working on this over the next few days at home. It is due on Friday.  Please ask any questions you need to at the beginning of the block over the next two days.

English 11 Homework for Tues. Nov. 4:

1. Literature Circle #1: have 2 copies of your well-developed Role for your LC #1 tomorrow.

2. Your Synthesis Essay Revision is also due tomorrow. Please have a) an improved Thesis Statement, and b) two Body Paragraphs improved. Please underline all changes you make in your Revision, and staple your original essay underneath your revision.

3. Be working on Part One Work due Friday.  See the last 2 Blog entries.

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Nov. 4:

1. Literature Circle #1 for Feed: Please bring two copies of your LC Role.  Make sure it is well-developed and full of questions and other activities for discussion.

2. Synthesis Chart: you should have completed this chart. We will be working with it on Thurs. and Fri. this week.

English 10 Homework for Friday and Over the Weekend for Monday, Nov. 3:

1. Feed: You are reading Feed to page 95 by Monday at the latest.  You are to work on your Literature Circle (LC) role and bring what you have to your Expert Group on Monday. Bring your novel and your writing ideas.  You will have Monday's block to help each other finalize your role.  This role will be organized and word-processed for Tuesday.  Print 2 copies. One for you and one for me.

2. Synthesis Chart Friday: You are working to finish the chart, ideally by the end of the day, Friday.  However, if you are not finished you must take it home and complete it, then hand it in on Monday. 

English 11 Homework for Thurs-Tuesday, Nov. 4:

1. Reading F451: Part One: You should be reading every day and gathering ideas for your Literature Circle Role. You should be finished reading to p. 68 by the end of this week.  Read carefully, take notes, etc. 

2. Synthesis Essay Revision: You are to rewrite two Body Paragraphs of your "Destructors" and "Smile" essay.  First, is you need to, revise your Thesis Statement in your Introduction, then you are to improve the structure, content (ideas), integration, citation, TS and CS of these two paragraphs. Please underline all the changes.  Please word-process it. Staple the original essay underneath your Revision.

3. Literature Circle #1: Be working on your LC Role Thursday and Friday in your Expert Groups, and over the weekend at home.  You could also form a group online.  Bring your LC work with you on Monday so your can work and finalize your role in your Expert Groups for Tuesday's class.  

Your LC Role follows the instructions I have written on your LC Role Handout.  Read your role carefully.  **You must have a word-processed, organized document, with fully-fleshed out questions, information and teaching plans - whatever is necessary to encourage discussion, and not just tell your group members your ideas.   Please print 2 copies of your LC Role: one for you and me. 

4. F451: Part One Work to page 68 only: Word-Processed

#1. The Hearth: is a developed paragraph with examples and integration. See Handout.

#2. Character Profile of Montage and his "double-self". This is written in paragraph(s). See Handout for more detail.

#3. Social Criticism: pp. 28-31.  This is in paragraph(s) also.  Read the question carefully.

#4. Poetic Prose: Find 6 -10 powerful descriptions in Part One, and explain the devices used and explain.  See the example below:

Reference: p. 3 : "With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, ... his hands were ... some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies ... to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history." 

Bradbury uses metaphor to describe Montag's burning down of a house. His hose is "A great python" killing its prey -  a house filled with books. Montag is the "amazing conductor" who, with his hose of kerosene, creates this  "symphony" of fire to destroy the books, the history of human thought. Bradbury extends the metaphor, describing how their scorched black pages are "flapping pigeon-winged" in the air, then dying on the lawn.

English 10 Homework for Thurs. Oct. 30:

1. Feed: you are reading to page 95 by the end of the week. Be writing ideas down as you read to get ideas for your LC role.  You will be working on your role over the weekend and coming together in Expert Groups to finalize these roles on Monday.

2. Be working on your Synthesis Chart for the poems and short stories, in class.

3. Please hand in 

English 11 Homework for Wed. and Beyond:

1. Essay Revision Due Tuesday, Nov. 4 : You will be working on your "The Smile" and "The Destructors" synthesis essay. Choose two of your Body Paragraphs for a substantial revision. Word Process your work, double-space, underline your changes and staple the original underneath.

2. Fahrenheit 451: Read to page 31 to "Good-bye..."  by tomorrow.   Stop reading occasionally to take notes or jot down ideas for your Literature Circle Role.

3. Tomorrow you will be in Expert Groups to work on your roles.

English 10 Homework for Wed. October 29:

1. You are reading your novel, Feed, to page 95, by the end of the week - Friday.  You are then working on your Literature Circle role over the weekend.  On Monday you will go into Expert Groups to look over your roles and improve them for Tuesday's Lit Circle.

2. In class you are working on your Synthesis Chart for the poems and Short Stories we have read.

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 28th:

1. For those who did not complete the Homework from Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, due today, please have all of it in order to hand in tomorrow at the beginning of the block.

Make sure that everything is titled and that you start with Wednesday's homework and end with yesterday's. It is neat, organized, developed and thoughtful. 

2. Research: Find 3 books that have been censored in North American (USA and Canada) and Britain and Australia: in other words,  the English speaking world.  Write a short summary of why they were censored.

English 10 Homework for Tuesday to Friday, Oct. 28 to Oct. 31:

1. Reading Feed: You are reading your novel, Feed, to page 95 by Monday, Nov. 3.  While you are reading you should be noting ideas for your Literature Circle Role.

English 11 Homework for Monday, Oct. 27:

1. Review the Connotation work you did yesterday. Then respond to the following prompt: "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way."

Write a 350 word response to this idea in your Reflection Log (you may word-process if you want). Consider, particularly, who "they" could be and the connotation of "ruled paper"  and "writing the other way." What is the author of this sentence encouraging us to do?

2. Look for the connotation of the word "hearth." Bring your notes on this.

3. Look at the myths and legends of "salamanders" and create a set of notes on this as well.

4. Look up the concept "allusion" and write the explanation down.  Find 3 examples of allusion and make notes.  

Now look up and define or explain a) Tower of Babel  b) who are Millay, Whitman, Faulkner, Benjamin Franklin, Dante, Swift, Marcus Aurelius, Little Black Sambo, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Explain the who, what, when, where, why (W5) of this quote: "Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out." Bring your notes.

 

English 10 Homework for Monday, Oct. 27:

1. "By the Waters of Babylon" work: Please finish this work by Monday and bring it with you.

2. Novel Study: Feed :  Read the Epigraph by W. H. Auden a few times to get a sense of it. Then find an analysis online that explains these lines from his poem. Write a proper paragraph on the meaning of this section of the poem.

3. Novel Study: Feed:  Read to the end of page 28.  Write some comments and/or questions that you want to bring up for discussion in class.

 

English 11 Homework to do tonight: Please bring it with you tomorrow and have it neat and organized for handing in.

A. Connotation:  what is this literary concept? Be able to explain connotation by finding and analyzing two or three examples. Use the internet to help you explain the concept and to find examples. Start with the one below.

"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost.  Read it several times, and do the two questions below.

1. The meaning of this poem rests largely on the connotations of the two nouns in the title. What are these connotations?

2. What other words in the poem are associated with fire? Which are associated with ice? What are the associations? 

B. Now find another poem that uses connotation and explain the poem and its  connotations clearly.

English 10 Homework to be completed by the end of the block Thurs. Oct. 23: You may bring your computers, or write by hand. Be working on this tonight.

1. Finish all questions for "By the Waters of Babylon." Remember that you are writing for a stranger who does not know the story. Be sure to use your "Criteria for Evaluating Analytical Paragraphs" in the Writing section of your binder.

Q26: Read your Theme Handout and develop your answer well. This is a developed answer that requires you to refer to the story and explain what truth it tells us about being human, showing it through John. (about half a page, double-spaced)

Q27: The question about the John's character is a developed paragraph that requires strong examples and explanation. 2/3 of a page or a little more, double-spaced.

Q29: Babylon: Use your notes and handout on "What does Babylon represent about mankind?" 3-5 sentences.

Q30: Irony: review irony before you answer this question.  2 - 3 sentences will suffice. 

Q28: Do not do this question. Deleted.

Personal Edit Checklists: please bring your Personal Edit Checklist for my approval if you have not done it yet; and for those who have, print 2 or 3 for your Binder.

English 11 Homework for Wed. October 22:

1. Acceptable Outline for Synthesis essay: finalize your outline following the criteria, and word-process it. Bring it with you.  This is all you will have with you tomorrow and Thursday - so do a great job of it!

English 10 Homework for Wed. October 22:

1. "By the Waters of Babylon": Complete questions 12 to 20 for this short story. Please develop your answers: care about your writing, particularly your vocabulary and your sentence structure. Attempt to integrate "direct references" from the story in some of your answers.

2. Personal Edit Checklist: Please redo your edit checklist if I have indicated. Follow the exemplar, and bring it tomorrow for approval.

 If I have approved your checklist, please print off 2 or 3 copies for your binder (Writing section).

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 21:

1. "Acceptable Outline" for Synthesis Essay of "The Destructors" and "The Smile".  You can be working on your Outline tonight and also in-class tomorrow. You need to have a very clear idea of what you are doing with this essay in order to do the outline.  So, be working on your ideas in the essay, the references you will use, the order you will format it in, etc.  

*Please look at the weaknesses in your other written assignments, and include the relevant Marking Symbols on your outline to remind you to edit for those problems before you hand it in.

I expect you to have your Outline completed by the end of class tomorrow.

I will be at school at 7:30 am tomorrow and an hour after school.

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 21:

1. Personal Edit Checklist: Word-process your personal edit checklist, following the exemplar I showed you in class.  Print it out and bring it to class tomorrow.

2. "By the Waters of Babylon": Revise the first 11 questions, making sure you have answered them well with full sentence answers, as many sentences as the question requires, and integrate a quote if it helps to show something important. Bring these to class tomorrow. I will be checking them.

English 11 Homework for Monday, Oct. 20:

1. Work on your ideas for the Synthesis Essay: "The Smile" and "The Destructors."  Come with your organized notes.

On Monday you will write an outline following my criteria, and write it in-class on Tues. and Wednesday.

Those on the Grade 8 Retreat will write at 7:30 am on Monday and Tuesday, and in class.

English 10 Homework for Mon. Oct. 20:

1. Read "By the Waters of Babylon": Read it twice, carefully.  Look up words that you don't know and write them and a definition in your Glossary.

2. Read "Who is Babylon"? to get a sense of how this ancient Biblical city is perceived by history.  Be prepared to talk about it.

3. Do questions 1-11 as best you can. Write in proper sentences and develop your answers where you need to.

English 11 Homework for Friday, Oct. 17:

1. "The Smile" essay is due.  Please read your essay over several times before you print it. Make sure to double-space it, underline your Thesis (last sentence of your Introduction), and underlines Topic Sentences of your Body Paragraphs and Concluding sentences of your Body Paragraphs, and your Thesis Reworded- the first sentence of your Conclusion. Universalize the rest of your Conclusion.

Please staple your first draft underneath your 2nd.

2. "The Destructors/The Smile" synthesis work: Bring all of this work with you tomorrow.

English 10 Homework for Friday, Oct. 17:

1. "Many Workmen" : Revise this allegorical poem one more time. Word-process it and space it at 1.5 or 2. Underline all your changes. Staple your other two drafts underneath and identify your three drafts as 1, 2 and 3 (the latest). This is due in my basket tomorrow at the beginning of the block.

2. "Allegory of the Cave": Bring your 1st draft and the allegory with you tomorrow so you can revise it in class tomorrow.

English 11 Homework for Thurs. 16th and Fri. 17th:

1. "The Destructors": You should have all the questions completed for this short story.  They should be well-developed ideas. Bring all your work tomorrow on this story and "The Smile."

2. "The Smile" essay is due on Friday, 12pt. ft., double-spaced, and underlined Thesis, Topic and Concluding Sentences of Body Paragraphs and Thesis Reworded.  The Conclusion paragraph has a Thesis Reworded in the first sentence and "universalizes" the theme to the real world.

English 10 Homework for Thurs. Oct. 16:

1. Paragraph or Two: In a proper paragraph structure, explain Plato's "Allegory of the Cave." You should clearly show your understanding of its surface and underlying (or deep) meaning. Therefore, the main characters should be clear to the reader, the plot, and what Plato wants us to understand by it, what truth about human life it teaches us, and how we must live if we are to be truly enlightened.

English 11 Class Work and Homework for Tues. Oct. 14-15:

1. "Jurassic Conservation" precis due: Keep this in your binder for today.

2. "The Smile" Essay: Due tomorrow for editing.

3. Tuesday's Class Work: Read "The Destructors" in Story and Structure. Read it twice as you will understand it better.  Working together at your tables do questions 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.  You may discuss your ideas together, but you must write your own notes in your own binder. I will be looking at these. 

English 10 Work in class Tues. Oct. 14:

1. Homework due today: Keep your four "April 2026" paragraphs and your "Many Workman" paragraph in your binder for now. I will collect them tomorrow.

2. Today's In-Class Work: Plato's "Allegory of the Cave": Read this allegory very carefully 2 or 3 times. At your tables, work with your group carefully to understand and explain the underlying meaning. Use your definition of allegory to help you. Go paragraph by paragraph. Each of you must take your own notes.

Bring all your notes with you tomorrow.

English 10 Work in class on Friday due Tuesday, Oct. 14:

1. Read yesterday's blog also: Today in class you are working on your "Many Workmen" paragraph which you will hand in on Tuesday, word-processed, 12 pt. font, Calibri or TNR. Please staple the original draft underneath.

2. Also due on Tuesday are the four paragraphs for "April 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains."

If you finish your "Many Workmen"draft during the block, tale a copy of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" handout, and carefully read it a few times.  You will find it somewhat difficult, but we will be working with it next week. 

English 11 Homework for Tues. Oct. 14:

1. Friday's Class: Read the short story, "The Smile" carefully a couple of times, then write a short essay, one and a half pages, Times New Roman, 12 point font, discussing the values these characters possess. Include the leaders, the general population (the mob), and Tom. 

Use both direct references in the form of integrated quotes, and indirect references from the story. Cite your references at the end of your sentences, using the paragraph number only.  Example: (17).  

*This essay is due Wednesday, Oct. 15 for editing. 

*Your "Jurassic Conservation" precis is due Tuesday. Oct. 14, with your original stapled underneath.

See you next week!

*Read yesterday's blog carefully and start thinking about it.

English 11 Homework for Fri. Oct. 10:

Values Document: Set up a document on your computer where you can reflect on values as we proceed through the course. 

This reflection-examination is personal, but it is also  worldly, requiring you to look back, look forward, look out at the world and start examining yourself as a moral character in it.  

What values do you possess now: both positive and negative? Why? Give examples. Who do you want to become: not in the sense of your occupation, but as living, feeling, human who is going to develop and change and have an impact on others and yourself?  How are you going to grapple with the world? What values will guide you to become who you become and, therefore, how you treat others.

You may make reference to any of the ideas, texts, discussions we have in class, if it helps you describe, explain etc.

This is a complex and revealing exercise. I will ask you to show it to me on occasion to ensure that you are developing it, and following the criteria, but you will not be sharing it with anyone else.

Get started!  We can talk about it and glean ideas as we proceed through the course.

 

English 10 Homework for Tues. Oct. 14:

1. "April 2026": your 4 paragraphs are due on Tuesday the 14th . Please read yesterday's blog for details. Everything is word-processed, 1.5 spacing, 12 pt. ft. using TNR or Calibri. Leave 3 spaces between paragraphs.

2. The Allegory: your second draft of "Many Workmen" is also due on Tuesday. Please staple your first draft underneath the second. The reason for the change of date is due to the number of students away on a field trip tomorrow. You may work on your second draft in class tomorrow.

English 11 Homework for Thurs. Oct. 9:

1. Reread "The Huxley Satellite Dish" by Brian Fawcett.  Do questions 1, 2 and write up an extended definition of "culture" that includes examples. 

2. Rewrite of "Jurassic Conservation" precis for Tuesday, October 14. Staple the original underneath.

English 10 Homework: Thurs-Fri-Mon. Oct. 9- 14:

1. Due Tuesday: Your"April 2026" 4 paragraphs, need to be improved/developed. Please word-process your work. Use the proper fonts, and you may single space each paragraph, but leave space between each paragraph. Hand them in at the beginning of class Tuesday.

2. Due Tomorrow: First Draft of your analysis of the allegory "Many Workmen." Write a paragraph showing your understanding of the allegory, both the surface narrative, and the underlying or deeper meaning. You must make direct references to the poem, use quotations marks when you do so.  This is due tomorrow.  Please word-process your work, and double-space this draft.

When you integrate a part of the poem into your sentence, it must keep proper sentence structure. 

ie. The "huge ball of masonry" represents... 

 

 

      

English 11 Homework for Wed. Oct. 8:

1. You are working on comparing and contrasting the articles, "Jurassic Conservation," and "Should Science Bring Extinct Creatures Back to Life."

a) Tone: choose 2 or 3 words for the tone in each article.  Explain them.

b) Then find concrete examples in each article to support your choices. 

c) Examine other differences and similaries in these two articles: the ideas, the science, for example.

Bring your work with you tomorrow.

 

English 10 Homework for Wed. Oct. 8th:

1. Questions for "April 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains."  

a) Question 4: Write a paragraph on "What is Bradbury's attitude toward the family and its values?" 4-6 sentences.

b) Question 5: Write a paragraph on "What similarities might our society have with the family's values?" Have at least five examples and explain them.

c) Question 6: Write a short paragraph, 3-5 sentences, discussing the theme of Bradbury's short story.

d) Question 7: Write a paragraph showing two examples of irony in the story.  One is Teasdale's poem in the story.

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 7:

1. Finish your 7 questions for "There Will Come Soft Rains." 

You should be working on a) values of the family  b) similarities to our values  c) Themes   d) two examples of (situational irony in the story.  Look up examples of situational irony on the internet.

Tomorrow you will be presenting your work.

English 11 Homework for Tues. Oct. 7:

1. "Jurassic Conservation" precis is due tomorrow at the beginning of the block.  Always look over your work before you print it out.  

Please have a title, ie. Precis for "Jurassic Conservation."  

Please double-space your work.

English 11 Homework for Monday, Oct. 6:

1. Revision of synthesis essay: "The Horses" and "Vegetable Gardens on Mars." Revise as much as you need to (revisit the Oct. 1st entry).  Also, underline all your changes on your word-processed revision.  Staple your original underneath the Revision.

2. Know that on Tuesday, your precis of "Jurassic Conservation" is due.

English 10 Homework for Monday, Oct. 6:

1. Please print out the document at the following address: http://quizlet.com/15475808/grade-10-english-provincial-examinable-terms-devices

These are Grade 10 Examinable Terms for the Provincial Exam.  It is 7 or 8 pages. Please put it in your Elements of Literature section of your binder.

2. Your "Personal Reflection on the Environment" is due at the beginning of class, Monday. This is a word-processed multi-paragraph assignment. It is your thoughts, ideas, concerns, about the subject, using references/examples from the  readings and visuals we have studied. It is a sincere, thoughtful, personal response to it all.  Please use Times New Roman or Calibri, 12 point font, and use 1.5 to 2 spacing. Please do not add extra spaces between paragraphs, but simply indent when you re-paragraph.

The expression "I think" is overused and should be eliminated or reduced in your writing. Say what you feel and think, of course, but repetitive terms like this one can reduce the effect of your writing.

For Example:

weak: I think that Burtynsky's film, "Manufactured Landscapes,"is a powerful way of showing our rampant consumption and throwaway culture.

stronger: Burtynsky's visuals in "Manufactured Landscapes" are fascinating and disturbing, in showing how our rampant consumption and our throwaway culture, leaves the environment, and those who live in it, poisoned. 

use imagery( vivid description) : I contribute to the mountains of e-waste that is shipped to China and left to leach industrial toxins into the earth. The beaming children who played in these hills of toxic waste, in one scene, made me feel... 

Think about: What do you do with your waste? How do you contribute to all this.  What are doing or not doing in your part of the planet .... make connections with your life, and in other ways.

Please bring all your "April 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains"materials with you, Monday. We will work on them in class.

 

English 10 Homework for Fri. Oct. 3 and beyond:

1. Due Monday: Personal Reflection of Global Warming, the Pacific Garbage Patch, "Manufactured Landscapes," and all other environmental work we have done so far. 

Please look at the last two Blog Entries for instruction.

This is your only homework right now. 

**Our work with "Soft Rains" is being done in class.

English 11 Homework for Thurs. Oct. 2 to Tues. Oct. 7.

1. Due Friday: Final Revision of Precis of "Arks Can't Save Aardvarks."

2. Due Friday: "Jurassic Conservation?" You should have Question 1, "Analyzing the Content" completed.  You must do all 3 bullets. Also complete Questions 4 and 5 under "Structure and Style." You can work on Questions 6 and 7 in-class tomorrow. All work is done in full sentences.

Also get your Glossary going ! Use the format I gave you today. Then keep it up to date.

3. Due Monday: Revision of your synthesis essay: "The Horses" and "Vegetable Gardens on Mars."  Please read the instruction on the Oct. 1 Blog and follow those instructions. Also use 12 pt. ft, Times New Roman, 1.5 spacing.

4. Due Tuesday: Precis of "Jurassic Conservation."

English 11 Homework Oct. 1st and Beyond:

1. Tonight's homework is to write a Precis of "Arks Can't Save Aardvarks."  A Precis is a summary of the main and/or important points. It should not exceed 1 page double-spaced, 12pt font, Times New Roman.This is due tomorrow.

1. Revision of the synthesis essay: "The Horses" and "Vegetable Gardens on Mars." You all need to revise this short essay by improving your Introduction, Thesis, organization of ideas, the use of direct references from the texts - properly integrated into your sentences, citations, and the concluding paragraph that should universalize the ideas, not summarize. 

This is not due until Monday, October 6.  Please word-process, double-space, and underline or highlight your changes.  Please staple your original paragraph behind you revised one.

English 10 Homework Tonight and Thurs:

1. Please look at yesterday's entry for instructions.  Remember, this is a personal (1st Person) piece of writing where you are reflecting on Global Warming, Pacific Garbage Patch, "Manufactured Landscapes" and readings etc.   It should have an Introduction and Conclusion, and well-developed paragraphs of thoughtful content that is your own original response to the research you have been doing, including the discussions we have had, and the visuals you have seen. You are not writing to tell me what you researched, but to respond, personally, to what you are learning. What do you feel, think, hope, wish, what are the possibilities, what else do you know about all this and what will you do in your future?  These are just ideas.  It is your personal response to all of what we have looked at, to date.

 It is due at the end of your block on Friday. 

Each body paragraph requires a Topic Sentence and a Concluding Sentence. A body paragraph should have one central topic with sufficient discussion of the topic.  Eight sentences approximately.  If it goes to long, simply re-paragraph, making it clear that you are continuing the topic you are on.  

Ask questions in class tomorrow if you need to.