Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homwork for Thursday, May 1:

1. The House of the Scorpion:  Finish and word-process your Literature Circle Role for tomorrow. 

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Thursday, May:

1. The Jade Peony: Finish and word-process your Literature Circle Role for tomorrow's LitCircle.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Wednesday:

1. The Jade Peony:  

a) You are working on finishing your LC role for your Literature Circle starting Thursday. Make sure you are using your understanding of the Research you did in parts of your LC role.  

b) You need to collect 15 references and explain how each of them has effect on character, and/or conflict and/or theme. Follow my format on last Thursday's blog spot.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Wednesday, April 30:

1. Work on your LC Roles this evening, so that you can finish your LC role tomorrow night. Make sure your roles/questions/activities are getting to the "big ideas" of the story: resolution of conflicts, character, themes. Vocabulary Enrichers should also be choosing words that allow your group to discuss the important elements of the story.  

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Tuesday, April 29:

1. House of the Scorpion: You should have all the *Questions finished and in your Expert Groups tomorrow. 

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Tuesday, April 29:

1. The Jade Peony: You are working on your 15 References and their Effects on character, conflict and theme. Follow the format on my April 24 Blog entry:

2. Literature Circle Roles: you can be working on your LC role at the same time if you wish.  You should be in Expert Groups over the next few days to get all of it done.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Monday, April 28:

1. Your Portfolio Assignment : the reflection of your homework-writing-participation - and goal(s), are due Monday.  The first three are developed paragraphs, with some concrete examples of what you are saying about each area. The goals are a separate forth paragraph. Please underline your goal(s). You also need a short introductory paragraph and a short concluding paragraph for the assignment.

2. Finish reading The House of the Scorpion by Monday; and have the *questions finished by Tuesday.

3. Expert Groups start Tuesday.

4. 2 Copies of Personal Edit Checklist due Monday: one is another copy for your Binder, and one for me.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Weekend and Beyond...

1. Personal Edit Checklist: Please photocopy 2 more Checklists, with the stars next to your two goals, and bring them to class on Monday. One will be for me, and the other two will go into your Binder's "Writing" section, to be used in the next two writing assignments.

2. See the previous Blog Entry below, for all the work due over the week.  Stay on top of it.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework - Thursday, April 24 to Thursday, May 1:

1. Finish Reading The Jade Peony:Part Three

2. Review your Research Notes on the Invasion of China, the Fall of Hong Kong, and the attitudes toward Japanese-Canadians.

3. Collect "direct references" to the war in the novel; and for each reference explain the effect on the story, particularly character, conflict and theme. (one reference may have an effect one or two or all of these elements). Have at least 15 of these references. The format for each is as follows:

Chapter 8: Reference p. 130: In this reference, Suling, Sekky's stepmother's best friend, sent a letter to her from China.  She wrote, "Today, the farmers tell us landlords and Christians are being arrested in the Outer Districts near Tsingyuan. Some are beheaded. It is defficult to write. Pray for us."

This is the first passage that shows the invasion of China by the Japanese. It takes place in Canton, China, where the Japanese are bombing villages and killing civilians in horrific ways.  Since Suling, Stepmother's best friend lives there, and she wants her friend to eventually come to Canada, Stepmother is very worried about her friend's survival.

4. Create your Literature Circle Role for Thursday, May 1.

 

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Friday, April 25:

1. Reading The House of the Scorpion: Start reading the last section of the novel and doing the *questions.  I would like you to have finished reading the novel by Monday.

 All portfolio work is done in class, but if you want to think about this and jot down some notes, you certainly may.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Thursday, April 24:

1. Update and Word-Process your Notes from LC #2 and bring them with you tomorrow to hand in.

2. Start reading the last section of the novel to the end.  You may start tonight or tomorrow in class.  Make sure you are reading with care and collecting ideas for your Literature Circle roles.   

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework or Thursday, April 24:

1. Historical Research on the 3 areas is done.

2. Reading The Jade Peony: Part Three: Keep reading Part Three.  Make sure you are reading for understanding (and enjoyment!), but that you are also doing the following after you read a chunk of text: 

a) Write notes that will be useful and insightful for your Literature Circle Role. 

b) Notice references to the war in China and the effect it is having on the characters, plot (conflict), and themes in the novel.  There are many references, from the second page of Part Three to a few pages to the end.  **If you are finished reading this section of the novel, you should start working on this: collecting each reference to the war in "quotation marks" then explaining the effect it is having on characters, and/or conflict, and/or theme  in a short paragraph. Those of you who are still reading, know that you will be collecting these references now or when you finish.

Tomorrow, keep working on all these aspects of the novel. If you want to work in your expert groups, if there are enough of you finished reading to do that - you may.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Class Work for Tuesday, April 22 and Homework for Tuesday, April 23:

1. Portfolio Work was due today. All of the Reflection of your work, Summation Paragraph(s) and Personal Edit Checklist should be finished and in your Portfolio. If you haven't quite finished, make sure it is done by tomorrow, in your portfolio file  and put in the Portfolio crate.

2. Literature Circle #3 Setup and Reading: Please determine your roles for Part Three of The Jade Peony and start reading this section. Also, you should have done the historical research I asked you to do.  If you haven't got clear, developed notes on these 3 areas, make sure you have in the next couple of days.

Remember to take notes for your LC Role as you read.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Wednesday, April 23/24:

1. Literature Circle #2 for The House of the Scorpion: You should have finished two roles and a half today (Tuesday), and also have been taking good, organized notes.  For homework you can start word-processing them.

2. In-Class Work and Homework for Wednesday and evening: Please finish your LitCircle#2 tomorrow and hand in your LC Roles (word-processed, of course) into my IN Basket when you have finished all the roles. Tonight, word-process the excellent notes you took throughout the two days. Bring thise note-taking document to class on Thursday.  

3. Also on Wednesday:After finishing the Second LitCircle on Wednesday, assign your new roles for the last section of the novel, put it on paper and hand in to my IN Basket.  Then, start reading and note-taking for LC#3.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Tuesday, April 22:

1. Evaluate Your First Term Writing: Self-Assessment/Reflection

a) Work Habits: a mark and a paragraph explaining the mark.

b) Portfolio Analysis - End of Term 1. Look through all your assignments in your portfolio assessing your strengths, weaknesses, areas to improve upon and work on - a to f.

c) Summation: write a clear, developed paragraph discussing your work this term (see b above).  You may word process this and staple it to the back of the Work Habits Handout.

d) Personal Edit Checklist: create this last. These are your personal weaknesses in your writing from the 3 areas on my Marking Symbol Handout.  Follow the format on the board.

e)The Jade Peony: Research.  1) The Japanese Invasion of China 2) The Fall of Hong Kong 1941  3) Japanese-Canadian Internment, including attitudes toward Japanese-Canadians, and Chinese-Canadian fears of them.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Tuesday, April 22:

1. Finalize and Word-process your LC Role.

 And have a great Easter break!!

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Thursday, April 17:

1. The Jade Peony: You can be working on your Research for Part Three of the novel. The research areas are on the back of the Part Three Question Handout. Take good notes. These are due on Tuesday, April 22.

Tomorrow you will be updating our Portfolios and reflecting on your Work Habits and Writing.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Thursday, April 17th:

1. Work on your ideas for your LC#2: you will have tomorrow to work on it, and the long weekend to finalize and word-process (or draw and colour) it.

 We will also update our Portfolios tomorrow.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Wednesday,  April 16:

1. Revise your in-class notes from your Literature Circle today so they are in full sentences, with well-developed ideas, and have concrete examples/references from the text. 

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Wednesday, April 17: 

1. Tonight you should be finished reading to p. 227 and finish all the * questions in the question package.

2. Tomorrow and Thursday you will be in your Literature Circle Expert Groups to set up your LC Roles.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Tues. April 15:

1. The Jade Peony:Part Two: You should finalize your LC Role tonight.  Make sure you have a Teaching Plan for each of your roles, and perhaps a variety of Teaching Plans within your role.

 

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Tues. April 15:

1. Literature Circle #2: 1) you need to finish reading pp. 122-227 by the end of Tuesday.         2) You should be doing all the questions for these pages. 3) You should be jotting down ideas as you read to get ideas for your LC roles.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework due Monday, April 14:

A) Literature Circles Notes: All the note-taking you did during each of your Literature Circle Role discussions in class, should be cleaned-up, organized and word-processed.  Please have the title of the role identified. Follow the format below for each of the roles. See below for format. You do not need to do your own role again.

ie. Discussion Director:(use bullets for each of the 5 roles)

- in bullet form, and in full sentences, word process your in-class notes from your discussions.  Each role will have a few to several bullets.

B) LC Role Activities Due Monday:          

1. Discussion Director: In full sentences, in bullet form, write up all the most interesting insights you shared in your discussions.

2.Vocabulary Enricher: Write an original sentence for each new words you learned that shows you clearly understand each of them.

3. Connector: Create an interesting connection of your own and explain it in a short paragraph, double-spaced.  

4. Illustrator: What ideas do you have as symbol for this section of the novel?  You do not need to draw it, just describe and explain it in a  short paragraph.

5. Passage Master:What other passage would you have included in this role, if you were Passage Master? Why? Include the passage, the page number, and discuss it briefly.

C) Start reading the novel from page 122-227.  You should have this finished by Wednesday do you can go into your Expert Groups.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Monday, April 14:

1. Monday is our Block Order Change: D C B A.

2. The Jade Peony: Part Two: Be ready to work in your Expert Groups on Monday. This means you must read all of Part Two, with your new LC role in mind.  Please look up words you don't know and come prepared with ideas, questions etc. to start fleshing out your roles for LC #2.  You will have Monday, only for Expert Groups.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Thurs. April 10:

1. Prepare to finish your Jade Peony essay tomorrow. Think carefully about your Concluding Paragraph: universalize in a thoughtful way.  4-5 sentences.

Entry 1 for Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Thurs. April 10:

1. Each of you is to write an original sentence for each new word you learned today.  Your sentence has the word in it and it is used properly.

2. You will be writing a reflection of what you learned, or better understand, about the novel after you finish your Literature Circle tomorrow.  You could be thinking about it tonight, or even get it started.

Blog Entry 2 for Homework for Thurs. is below.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Thurs. April 10:

1. Personal Edit Checklist: Please have your Checklist done so I can look at it and approve it. I'll collect them at the beginning of the block.

2. The House of the Scorpion: Make a good copy of your notes from today's Literature Circle.  You should have found more insights/understanding in the novel from your discussions,  and learned new words, or understand them better, from your Vocabulary Enricher.  Word Process these notes and title them:

The House of the Scorpion: Literature Circle 1

1. Discussion Director:   your notes (Developed)

2. Vocabulary Enricher: your notes (Developed)

 

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Wed. April 9:

1. Literature Circle #1: Your thoughtful, developed, word-processed Literature Circle roles are due tomorrow.  Be prepared, not only in the content of your role, but your attitude as a questioner, teacher, and facilitator. You are in charge when you are conducting your role.  Remember to make your LC members do the thinking and talking.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Wed. April 9:

1. In-Class Essay - The Jade Peony: Part One: Work on ideas, vocabulary, history etc. so that you can continue your in-class writing of the essay tomorrow.  Take advantage of these evenings you have to improve your essay.

I will be in-class at 7:30 am tomorrow morning, so if you want to come in to get ahead, you are welcome to do so.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Tues. April 8:

1. The Jade Peony: Part One : You should be reading your notes, rereading Part One where you feel you need to, and thinking about your content, etc., so that you are ready to put in a good block's worth of writing tomorrow in class.  You may also come at lunchtime over the next 3 days if you so wish.  I will be in my classroom for you.  Prepare for tomorrow!!

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Tues. April 8:

1. Literature Circles Roles: You should be working on ideas for these roles tonight, so you can share with others in your Expert Groups tomorrow.

2. Personal Edit Checklist: Try to have these approved by me by Thursday.  Follow the Exemplar I gave you.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Monday, April 7:

1. Read both handouts: "West Coast Navvies" and the more developed, multi- page "Chinese Canadians."  

1) Take good notes 

2) look up words you do not understand 

3) know terms and their meanings, ie. Gold Mountain - and others 

4) condense the extended article into the important points that show the progression of the history of the Chinese in Vancouver (and other Asian groups mentioned.)

You will be writing a multi-paragraph response for The Jade Peony:Part One and your understanding of the history will help you.

 

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Monday, April 7:

1. Finish reading to page 121 in The House of the Scorpion and finish all the *Questions on the Question Handout.  Make sure they are thorough so you can use them for review.

We will be in Expert Groups Monday.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Fri. Apr. 4:

1. Come prepared to finish Literature Circle #1: Make sure you taking good notes, reviewing the vocabulary you printed out, and attempting to use some of these words tomorrow. Any questions that you may want to ask the class, is a good idea as well.  Make sure you leave tomorrow feeling well-prepared to write about this section of the novel.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework or Fri. Apr. 4:

1. Booktalk #2: Please come with your fully-developed, word-processed Booktalk Writeup. Please follow my Yellow Sheet instructions and the Exemplar I gave you. 

We will try this with 3 people tomorrow. 

2. Also, if you have time, you can be working on The House of the Scorpion work.

Ms. Tyre's Homework for English 11 for Apr. 3:

1. See yesterday's April 2 entry for Revisions due on Monday, April 7.

2. Write up your Literature Notes from today. Improve them and organize them.

3. Tonight, search and print some excellent vocabulary lists for: Character, Mood/Tone, human feelings, and words that can help you describe human relationships (not marriage or brother, sister etc.) but that describe what a relationship is like.

eg. Liang and Wong-Suk respect each other and are dedicated friends. They both felt lonely before they met, but become friends because they appreciate each other, enjoy spending time together and talking freely about their hopes and dreams. 

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Thurs. and Friday, April 2 - 8:

See Tuesday's Blog Entry for details: 1) Reading and *Questions for House of the Scorpion and 2) Booktalk #2 (Please word-process)

Your Personal Edit Checklist will be due at the end of next week. Show me a word-processed copy, first. Then I will ask you to photocopy a few for editing purposes.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Wed. April 2:

1. The House of the Scorpion: 1) You are to read to P. 121 by next Tuesday. Please read with care. 2) Make sure you are also taking notes, jotting down ideas etc. for your Literature Circle Role. Next Tuesday you will be in your Expert Groups to share ideas for your LC roles. 3) Please do all the *starred questions in the Questions Handout.  Write thoughtful answers, incorporating the questions, so you can review before a test.

2. Booktalk #2: You will be doing this on Friday. Please follow the Booktalk Handout and Exemplar very carefully.  You must do all categories. Try to improve on your previous one.

 

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Wed. April 2:

1. Please print another copy of you "Jade Peony" Literature Circle role for tomorrow.

2. "The Jade Peony" and "A Christmas Memory" Synthesis Essay Revision: This revision is due Monday, April 7. 1) Thesis: rewrite it if necessary. 2)Sentence by Sentence Revision: do the improved on only and underline your changes.  3) BP Revision: Develop/Improve your weakest body paragraph. Underline all changes. They should be substantial.  4) Concluding Paragraph: many of these were weak. Please try to make this a meaningful paragraph that "universalizes" the ideas for the reader, making it relevant to all of us.

All outstanding work is due.