English 10 Homework for Monday, Jan. 4:

1. Dialectical Journals: Please follow my instructions on the Handouts you have. Follow the format I gave you, and be thoughtful in your choices and responses. 

You are to complete this assignment by Monday, Jan. 4.  Bring your work with you, as you will be in Groups to discuss the novel.  

Have a wonderful read and a great break!!

English 9 Homework for Monday, Jan. 4:

1. Theories of Relativity: Read the novel with care and complete your BookTalk on it. Follow the instructions carefully, and do your best work.

Have a wonderful break!!

 

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Dec. 17:

1. Dialectical Journals: You should have started reading your novels, and started to begin your Dialectical Journals.  I would like to see one or two tomorrow, just to give you some feedback.

If you have any questions about these, ask for clarity tomorrow.

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Dec. 16:

1. Have your Headlines completed to then end of Act 1, Scene 4. 

2. Have all your Act 1 questions up to date: end of 1, 4.  Write in sentences and develop your answers by using examples and direct quotes.

3. Rewrite the Sonnet in modern English. 

4. Explain in your own words what has happened between Romeo and Juliet.

English 9 Homework for Wednesday, Dec. 16:

1. Revise the Cupid/Romeo paragraph for tomorrow, if you got 4 or less. Follow a proper paragraph structure: a topic sentence, a developed discussion, good examples, good synthesis. Double-space and word process.

2. Headlines: be creative and write the Headlines for the scenes we have completed. Encapsulate the scene in a clever Headline.

3. Questions/Answers: Keep up with the questions. Do them is full sentences and develop them enough that a stranger would understand them.

English 10 Homework for Wednesday, Dec. 16:

1. "Ozymandias" is due tomorrow. Just hand in your best copy. Please include the S.I.F.T. with it, stapled underneath.

2. Please keep 'Poetic Devices and Figurative Language" Handout until after the Winter Break. You will need it for to start your Dialectical Journal.

3. Make sure all of your Handouts are in by tomorrow.

4. Set up your Binder or Notebook to begin the reading and writing of your Dialectical Journal. You will start reading in Wednesday's class.

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Dec. 15:

1. All work that was not handed in Monday, is due tomorrow.

2. Two Poems Synthesis: Please read "Gracious Goodness" and do the MC.  Then read the poem"To Have Succeeded" and do the MC.

3. Write a synthesis paragraph discussing the common theme of these two poems. 

(The Book Thief has 10 Parts or Chapters)

English 9 Homework for Tuesday, Dec. 15:

1.Romeo and Juliet: Those who did not do the paragraph showing similarities between Cupid and Romeo's situations, please do it tonight and hand it in tomorrow: Jordan, Elijah, Ben, Tiffany.

1. Romeo and Juliet: Do all questions from Act 1, i to 1, iii.  

2. Also, write the Paragraph Question: Who do you believe is the better parent, Capulet or his wife? Why do you think so? Do not use the first person "I" or "me."

Do not use first person "I" in this paragraph. This should be a well-developed paragraph that declares clearly who is the better parent, and WHY. Use a 12 pt. ft., Times New Roman, and double-space!  

English 10 Homework for Monday, Dec. 14:

1. S.I.F.T. : Revise your S.I.F.T. of "Ozymandias" after our in-class analysis. Organize it as a developed paragraph, using the analysis we did in class (and more if you want to.) It should be one page, double-spaced at the most, with a few integrated quotes, following the handout on integration I gave you. So, improve your analysis, vocabulary, theme and paragraphing.

2. Revision of Animal Farm Synthesis Essay: follow the handout we went over. Staple your original underneath the Revision.

English 9 Homework for Monday, Dec. 14:

1. Romeo and Juliet: You are to write a proper paragraph on how Lucas Cranach's 1525 painting, "Cupid Complaining to Venus," relates to Romeo and his problem.  

This is a well-developed, organized paragraph, word-processed, double-spaces, 12 point font, Times New Roman.

English 9 Homework for Friday, Dec. 11:

1. Go online and PRINT an excellent overview of Act 1, Scenes 1-5. 

2. Do questions 1-3 in Act 1, scene i. Write in full sentences and develop your answers.  Each answer should be 2 or more sentences. A direct reference is a word-for-word quote from the text.

English 10 Homework for Friday, Dec. 11:

1. S.I.F.T. : Have your "Ozymandias" S.I.F.T. completed to the best of your ability for Friday.  Follow the format, word-process it following the format.  Write in full sentences, and DEVELOP YOUR ANSWERS. 

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Dec. 10:

C Block: Let's start filling the box with food!

1. B and C Blocks: You are doing the S.I.F.T. of the poem "Ozymandias".

a. Read the poem as many times as you need to, to get the meaning of the poem, and the flow of the writing.

b. Look up words that you don't know- and write them down.

c. Use your handout "Poetic Devices and Figurative Language" to help you.

d. What is the "mood" of the poem? Look up mood words and print out a good page of them.

e. Using your handout "Poetic Devices and Figurative Language", decide what type of poem it is.

f. Theme: What truth or insight into life does this poem show us?

*Bring your work for the S.I.F.T., tomorrow, so if you finish early, you can work on the S.I.F.T. We will go over it together on Friday.

For Monday: Sentence-by-sentence revision of your Orwell, Crane, Plato, essay is due.   

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Dec. 10:

1. Complete all the homework you did not do yesterday.

2. Keep good notes in your Binder: put all your work in the Poetry section of your Binder.

3. Characters and Plot of Act I: Identify all the characters in Act 1. Do the following:

a. Write down each character's names and who they are.

b. Identify which family they are aligned with (Montagues or Capulets).

c. Go online to get an excellent overview of Act I, scenes 1 to 5.

English 9 Homework for Wednesday, Dec. 9:

Romeo and Juliet: 

1. Read the Handout "Verona," to give you a sense of its history.         

2. Go online and look at visuals of Verona, particularly the older parts of it. Also get a sense of the tourism there. Have some interesting facts to share with the class.

3. At the top of page 533, is the Prologue to the play. It is written as a sonnet. What is a sonnet? Look it up.  How many lines are there in a sonnet? 

4. Read the sonnet several times, look up words that you do not know: dignity, grudge, mutiny, civil, fatal, loins, piteous, misadventured, star-crossed, toil, naught, strife and doth. 

5. Do the "Romeo and Juliet Prologue Questions" 1-6.

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Dec. 10:

1. B and C Blocks: Do a S.I.F.T. of the poem "Oxymandias" this evening. 1. Read the poem many times to get the flow of the poem and the meaning. 2. Look up words that you don't know. 3. Use your Handout "Poetic Devices and Figurative Language" to help you.  4. What is the "mood" of the poem? Look up mood words. 5. Using your Handout in 3, decide what type of poem it is. 6. Theme: what truth or insight about life does it show us? 

In other words: Do a S.I.F.T. to the best of your ability.

English 10 Homework for Tuesday the 8th:

1. C Block: Read and do the multiple choice for the poem, "The Lanyard." Then do the same with short story, "Winners." Then do the MC on page 20. Do not start writing synthesis; however, you can jot down a few ideas in short bullets (or not).

2. B Block: Read "The Highest Tide" and do the MC. Then read "Junk Journey" and do the MC. Then do the two MC questions on page 20. Do not start writing; however, you can jot down a few ideas in short bullets (or not).

3. C and B: Do a sentence-by-sentence revision of your Synthesis Essay: Orwell, Crane, Plato. Do this by correcting any sentence that has a error in it, and underline the revision. This  is revision is due Friday.

 

English 9 Homework for Tuesday, 8th:

1. Romeo and Juliet: Quiz on Shakespearean Tragedy, Elements of Tragedy, Characteristics of the Tragic Hero, AND the terms on page 525 of the Responding to Literature Text. Read carefully and know your terms. You do not need to write a paragraph on each, but know the basics of each term. 

This Weekend's Work: English 10 Homework for Fri. to Mon: Dec. 4 :

1. Synthesis Essay: Those of you who have not handed in your essay, need to get it in by 8:20 on Monday.

2. Prompt: Over the weekend write a 4-5 paragraph essay on the following: People's understanding of the world changes over time. Remember that is an essay that can be in the first person point of view. This is due Monday at the beginning of class. You should word-process this essay, as you have the ability to change, delete etc.

3. Poetry: Read the poems: "Follower", "The Blizzard", and "The Lonely Land" and do the multiple choice.  Always refer back to the poems when you do the multiple choice. Due Monday.

*Look up words you don't know, and read the poems 3 or 4 times before you do the multiple choice.

*Use the glossary that each text has at the bottom of the page.

English 9 Homework for Monday, Dec. 7th:

1. Shakespeare Quiz: Finish all the research. Write developed answers.

2.  Paragraph Prompt: choose one of the prompts on the pink T/F handout, and write a well-developed, thoughtful paragraph on what you understand and believe about it. Include examples. Double-space your work, and word process it. Care about your written expression by looking it over a several times for sentence structure, vocabulary, and the flow of your ideas. The writing counts.

English 9 Homework for Friday, Dec. 4:

1. Introduction to Shakespeare Quiz: Do questions 1 to the end of 6. Use your Textbook, the Handout, and Research online.  Make sure to write your answers in full sentences, and in more multiple sentences: whatever is required to answer it well.

For Question 6, go online and look at Shakespeare's Theatre in London, that was rebuilt exactly as it was in his time. What was it named and when was it rebuilt?

 

English 10 Homework for Fri. to Mon: Dec. 4 :

1. Synthesis Essay: Tonight and Tomorrow in class, rewrite/revise your synthesis essay by the end of the Block tomorrow.

2. Prompt: Over the weekend write a 4-5 paragraph essay on the following: People's understanding of the world changes over time. Remember that is an essay that can be in the first person point of view. This is due Monday at the beginning of class.

3. Poetry: Read the poems: "Follower", "The Blizzard", and "The Lonely Land" and do the multiple choice.  Always refer back to the poems when you do the multiple choice. Due Monday.

*Look up words you don't know, and read the poems 3 or 4 times before you do the multiple choice.

*Use the glossary that each text has at the bottom of the page.

 

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Dec. 3:

1. Provincial Practice: Blocks B and C: Finish your multiple choice questions and write the Provincial Synthesis Essay you have been assigned.  

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Dec. 3:

1. Romeo and Juliet: Start your "Introduction to Shakespeare" Quiz. You will need to read the "London Life" Handout and pages 526-529 of your Responding to Literature text.  You will also need to do some Research.  You can find some information on line. 

Tonight, you are to do start with question #1 Research: When was the "Elizabethan Era." Why was it named this? Describe the following: the life, religion, the wars, the arts. Write short paragraphs (4-6 sentences each). You can work with a partner online.

Get a good start.

 

English 9 Homework for Wed. December 2:

1. Finalize your Visual and your Oral Presentation. Be ready with your questions and all other activities, so you are prepared and ready to engage the class. I would suggest that you rehearse before tomorrow. 

Please have a copy of your script for me, tomorrow.

English 10 B Block Homework for Wed. 3:

1. Read "Great-Aunt Rebecca" and do the multiple choice.  Then read "Tamar" and do all the multiple choice, to the end of Page 20. 

2. In point form do the synthesis essay Comparing and Contrasting how the speaker in "Great-Aunt Rebecca" and the narrator in "Tamar" are affected by their relationship with an older person. Full essay draft: Introduction, two well-developed Body Paragraphs, and a Conclusion.

English 10 Homework for Tues. December 1:

1. Poetry: Please read the poem"Ballplayer" and "Fast Break".  Read each of them more than once. Read them by following the punctuation.  You will understand the poems better if you read them several times. 

Using your document of literary terms, do the multiple choice. Please do not write on the poems, but use your own paper.

English 9 Homework for Tues. December 1:

1. House of the Scorpion Presentation: You are working on your Visual and your Oral components of this assignment.  You need to be reading first block on Wednesday. Tomorrow would be a good opportunity to practice your presentation.

English 9 Homework for Monday, Nov. 30:

1. House of the Scorpion Symbolic Visual: The finished visual is due Tuesday.  You will have Monday to finalize your work on it. You should also have your Oral Presentation done by Tuesday. The Oral Presentation is to engage the class in your Visual, by asking questions that help them interpret the Visual.  You will have have your own interpretation, but let the class play with it and interpret also.  I expect you to use colour, symbolically as well.

You should also be working on being well-spoken when you present.  Use appropriate diction and comportment (physical presence.) 

English 10 Homework for Monday, Nov. 30:

1. Personal Essay Composition Due Monday: You are to write an essay in the 1st person point of view on the following Ministry of Education prompt:

"Our toughest struggles can be with ourselves"

You are writing about you, so you are in the first person point of view: "I" and "me" "my" etc. 

This is a sincere, personal reflection, of 4 or 5 paragraphs, in an essay format, showing how "the toughest struggles can be with yourself," is true in your life.  You must use personal examples in order to show how this is true in your own life.

Format: As with all essays, you are writing for a complete stranger. The reader does not know you. You begin with an Introductory Paragraph of 3 or 4 sentences to set the essay up,  then you write 2 or more Body Paragraphs, in a sincere, engaging way,  showing examples of how you struggle with yourself.  These are important struggles that lead to understanding, maturity etc.  Show through examples and reflect on what these personal struggles teach you....    

I suggest that you word-process this essay, as it will be much easier to revise as you go.  Do not print it out until you have made it the best you can be.  Have your Personal Edit Checklist with you so you are monitoring for you writing issues.

This is your first practice of this section of the Provincial English 10 Exam. You will also be practicing the Synthesis Essay for the exam.

Have an inspiring write!

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Nov. 26:

1. If you have the time and the inspiration, work on your essay analysis for your essay writing tomorrow.

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Nov. 26:

1.  Be working on ideas for your Visual Representation of Theme, and your Oral Presentation.  

English 9 Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 25:

1. Portfolio Analysis: If I have given you permission to take your work home, please try to catch up enough that you can finish the work tomorrow.

Read the questions for the last part of The House of the Scorpion and try to answer them in your head.  Find a few questions that you consider difficult and try to answer them with your group tomorrow, after we finish the Portfolio Analysis.

English 10 Homework for Wed. Nov. 25:

1. Enjoy the evening without English homework - OR do some thinking in preparation for tomorrow.

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, 24: 

1. Synthesis Essay: 

A) You are handing in your 1st Draft Essay into my In Basket tomorrow at the beginning of the class.

B) You are coming to class with your Acceptable Outline. It is this outline that you will be using to write your essay. You may include in your Acceptable Outline, the "quotes you will integrate", and some vocabulary (single words) that you might want to use.

English 9 Homework for Tuesday, Nov. 24:

1. You should be considering your Portfolio Analysis. I would like you to finish this Self-Reflection by the end of the block tomorrow, so be thinking and writing this evening on what you will be writing tomorrow.

You are considering your 1) strengths, 2) weaknesses, 3) areas you have improve in 4) and areas you need to work on

---in the following areas: 

Technical Skills: grammar, spelling, diction etc.

Paragraph Writing: topic sentence, development of ideas, integration of quotes, development of body paragraphs.

Editing/Revisions: Your willingness and ability to edit/revise your own writing. You are regularly checking your writing before you hand it in for evaluation.

Preparation for in-class writing: this area includes giving your best effort in doing your homework, in-class work, participation, note-taking, questions, oral contributions, Literature Circle roles

English 10 Homework for Monday, Nov. 23:

1. Animal Farm Essay: you are completing your full essay this weekend: your essay should include some integrated quotes - it is a fully developed essay. Write for a stranger: this will help you be thorough, and not assume the reader knows anything. Double space your essay.  On Monday you will create your Acceptable Outline from that draft, and go over any aspects of the essay that you need to.

English 9 Homework for Monday, 23rd:

1. The House of the Scorpion: Finish reading the novel and do the questions for Chapter 26, 27, and 28.

2. If you owe me any work, make sure you hand it in on Monday.

English 10 Homework for Friday, Nov. 20:

C Block: Please bring items for the Operation Christmas Child.  It would be great to send two boxes.

1. Synthesis Essay: You need to be working on your structure and ideas of your three body paragraphs. I will give you time over the weekend also.  Tomorrow I will go over the structure of the Conclusion.

English 9 Homework for FRIDAY, Nov. 20:

1. The House of the Scorpion: ALL DUE FRI.

#1: You are to write up your LC notes from Wednesday's AND Thursday's LC roles that you have finished. Bring them with you, tomorrow, as I will be looking at them. 

#2 Also, tomorrow you will continue and finish the roles that are left.  

#3 Your essay revisions are due tomorrow, also. In the revision, underline all the changes you make, and be thorough. Staple the original essay underneath the revision.  

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Nov. 19:

** Please bring items for Operation Christmas Child.  I'm sure we can fill two small boxes for kids in need.  Thanks!!

1. Animal Farm Synthesis Essay: You should be finished with your Introductory Paragraph, and now working on the contents of your Body Paragraphs: the ideas, the synthesis, the organization, choosing the direct references in the form of  integrated quotes  for each of your Body Paragraphs.  Start with bullet form as you build your ideas/points etc. I want you to have your Body Paragraph bullet points completed by the end of the day Friday.

English 9 Homework for Tues. Nov. 17:

1. House of the Scorpion: Be working on your LC #3.  You should be working with your Expert Group, coming with good ideas for tomorrow, and finalizing it for Wednesday's LC class.  

English 10 Homework for Tues. Nov. 17:

1. Animal Farm Essay Prep: You should be working on Introductory Paragraph. This includes introducing the Author, basic plot, and Thesis Statement. Have a draft by tomorrow.

2. You should also be working on the Body Paragraphs.  Create 3 paragraph pages, and start plugging in ideas, in point form. Bring your work with you, tomorrow.

English 10 Homework for Monday, Nov. 16:

1. Synthesis Essay: You are working on this essay over the weekend. 

You may be working on the Thesis Statement, and/or developing ideas Body Paragraphs, and/or brainstorming on paper for other elements of building your essay. Or you may be doing all three! Make some real progress and bring it with you. Make sure you have all the resources from your portfolio and binder that you need to work on this.

By the end of the day, Tuesday, I want you to have an "approved" thesis statement.

English 9 Homework for Mon. Nov. 16:

1. The House of the Scorpion: Read to page 257 by Monday.

2. Do all the questions for this section by Monday.

3. Monday: come with ideas for your LC Roles.  

4. Essay Revisions due on Wed. the 18th. You are to rewrite the essay on 12 pt. ft. Times New Roman, double spaced.  You are to underline all the changes you make. Staple the original under the revision. 

English 10 Homework for Thurs. Nov. 12:

**ALERT: I HAVE CHANGED THE QUESTION TO: 

WHAT DO PLATO'S, CRANE'S AND ORWELL'S ALLEGORIES SHOW ABOUT HOW SOCIETIES SURVIVE OR FAIL. 

YOU ARE WORKING ON THE ANSWER (THESIS) TO THIS QUESTION, TONIGHT. COME WITH IDEAS TOMORROW.

YOU ARE USING THE HANDOUT, "STEPS TO WRITING A GOOD ESSAY" TO GET STARTED. BRING THIS HANDOUT AND YOUR WORKING THESIS STATEMENT TOMORROW.  

You may use the notes from you Lit-Circles etc.

English 9 Homework for Monday, Nov. 9:

1. The House of the Scorpion: Word-process your well-developed Literature Circle Role, in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, please.  Make two copies, also.

 

English 10 Homework for Monday, Nov. 9:

1. Animal Farm: 

1) Finish your Literature Circle Role and Examinable Term Role.

2) Bring 2 copies of your LC Role.

3) Rewrite the Thesis Statement from your last essay so that it is clear, concise. The Thesis Statement answers the main question of the essay: Why is Old Major's "golden future time" in decline?  Answer it!!

Format:

The original Thesis word-processed.

The revised Thesis word-processed.  

**Also look at Yesterday's blog so you are getting to the BIG IDEAS>

English 10 Homework for Friday-Mon. Nov.9:

1. Animal Farm: Your Literature Circle Roles are due Monday, when you will be in your Lit-Circle groups.  You are focusing on the last part of the novel, BUT you are also looking at the whole novel and the Big Ideas that Orwell wants us to understand about how societies flourish or fail.

English 9 Homework for Thurs/Fri: Nov. 5-6:

1. The House of the Scorpion: You are working in your Expert Groups to create your Literature Circle Roles.  You will be in your Lit-Circle groups on Monday to begin. Make sure to word-process your role for Monday, AND HAVE TWO COPIES: ONE FOR YOU and ONE FOR ME.

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Nov. 5:

1. Animal Farm: You should be working on your LC roles Wed. and Thurs. These roles should cover the last chapters of the novel, but also the whole novel and its ideas.   

You are not to use Sparks Notes and the Russian Revolution. The novel is about much more than one historical event - it is about how societies govern and why they succeed or don't. And at the heart of it all is human nature!

You can certainly look at contemporary examples in the world, but you must use them carefully and synthesize with the novel. 

Have a look at the news on Trudeau's swearing in as the new Prime Minister of Canada.

English 10 Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 4:

1. Animal Farm: Finish reading the novel and do all of the Chapter Questions today.  Tomorrow you will be in your Expert Groups to create a very good Literature Circle Role.

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Nov. 5:

1. The House of the Scorpion:  Have all of this section of the novel read, to page 143 (Chapter 14), and the Chapter Questions completed.

English 9 Homework for Tuesday, Nov. 3:

1. The House of the Scorpion: Finish Chapters 8-10 and all the questions, for tomorrow. 

2. ROS Group: I'll see you tomorrow at 8am.

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Nov. 2:

1. Animal Farm: Please read Chapters 7-10 and do all of the questions in the package.  Please have this all done by the end of the block on Wednesday. You should be working in your Expert Groups discussing the questions and answers, then writing your own original answers. Your answers should be developed. 

English 9 Homework for Tonight and on to Monday, Nov. 2:

1. The House of the Scorpion: Read Chapters 6 and 7 this evening. Tomorrow in class, work in your Expert Groups on the questions for these chapters. Do them well. They should be small paragraphs (2-4 sentences each).  Make sure that you help each other to understand the story.  

Also in your groups, find a simile and a metaphor if you can, and explain them.

Weekend Homework: The House of the Scorpion. You should be reading Chapters 8 and 9 over the weekend and completing the questions by Tuesday.

English 10 Homework for Friday, Oct. 30 to Monday, Nov. 2:

1. Animal Farm: Tonight's homework is to start reading Chapter 6 and 7 of Animal Farm and start the questions. Make sure you are developing your answers and giving supporting examples.

You are to finish reading Chapter 6 and 7  AND to all the questions by Monday. 

**All incomplete work is due on Monday at 8:15.

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Oct. 29:

1. House of the Scorpion Essay: You could be working on your ideas this evening, finding excellent examples and discussion for your essay.

Ms. Henrickson will get you started in the morning.  You are to sit where you were yesterday during the block. You are to work quietly and seriously.  I will be back before you leave. 

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Oct. 29:

1. Animal Farm Essay: You should be re-reading Chapters 1-5 if you need to, so you have more understanding and more ideas for your essay.  **You should also make sure your Thesis Statement is more than my question on the board.  A thesis statement is the ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. It is the "WHY"!! 

I will be NOT be here at 7:30am tomorrow, as I have an appointment at 8am. However, I will be here at lunch time.

***All work that has not been handed in, must come in tomorrow.

English 10 Homework for Wednesday, Oct. 28:

1. In-Class Essay: This will be a 4 or 5 paragraph Essay: not really lengthy, but sufficient. You must read Chapters 1-5.  By reading Chapter Five carefully, you will have more to work with. 

You must also understand the basics of Socialism, as that is what Old Major wanted to create.

Also, look at the types of Propaganda at the bottom of the page in the Handout I gave you at the beginning of all this. They, too, could come in handy.

You will get the question at the beginning of the class, and work on an outline of ideas. Then you will write Wednesday and Thursday.  

English 9 Homework for Wed. Oct. 28:

1. Prepare for writing about Character tomorrow. Review the Handouts and think about the main characters in the story, so far.

English 9 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 27:

1. I must be slipping - there is no homework!! It doesn't happen often. So enjoy it!  

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 27:

1. Animal Farm: Tidy up your notes from your Literature Circle today, and prepare to finish the Lit-Circle tomorrow. I will be giving you an in-class paragraph to write on Wednesday on this section of the novel. 

2. For France-Italy students: you are to hand in your Revised "Plato and Me" essay on Wednesday.

English 10 Homework for Monday, Oct. 26:

1. Revision of "Old Major" Paragraph: Underline all the changes you make.  If you delete something, just put a line through it.

2. Literature Circle Roles are to be word-processed. Please have 2 copies, one for you and one for me.

English 9 Homework for Monday, Oct. 26:

1. House of the Scorpion:Your Literature Circle Role will be well-developed and organized. It is word-processed and there are two copies, one for me and one for you. Also look at Wednesday's blog for more information.

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Oct. 22:

1. House of the Scorpion: You are working on your Expert Roles, in class and at home. Bring all your work tomorrow so you can work with your Expert Group. You are creating thoughtful Literature Circle roles, that will inspire conversation, and a deeper understanding of the text. Your role is to be completed Monday, is to be word-processed, and is to include two copies. 

I'll see all the ROS Group tomorrow morning at 8 am.

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Oct. 22:

1. Animal Farm: You are working in class, and at home, to create thoughtful Literature Circle roles. They need to inspire conversation, and create deeper understanding of the text. These are to be word-processed and formatted according to the exemplars.

Also, each of you must chose a different  Examinable Term, that can be applied to a specific part of this section of novel. You are each teaching a different one, by having your group members identify it, explain it as a term, then apply it to the story.  

English 10 Homework for Wednesday, Oct. 21:

1. Animal Farm: Do all the questions for Chapters 2, 3, and 4. These must be completed before you start your work in your Expert Literature Groups tomorrow.  Everyone in your group must have a complete set of answers by tomorrow - and each of you must understand them. These answers are thoughtful and developed. You should try to integrate direct references into some your answers.  YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THE PARAGRAPH QUESTION FOR CHAPTER 3 (YET).

2. Revision of "Old Major" paragraph is due Monday, the 26th. Please staple the original underneath.  Follow the Criteria Handout.

 

English 9 Homework for Wednesday, Oct. 22:

1. House of the Scorpion: Finish reading the five chapters and completing all of the chapter questions. When you write an answer, incorporate the question into it, so it makes sense to someone who has not read the story. Also, please bring all your work to class, daily.

English 9 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 20:

1. House of the Scorpion:  You are reading Chapters 1-5, pages 2 to 49, by Wednesday. Read carefully. Keep the question package beside you as you read. In class, you can be working on the questions for these chapters.

**Also find a metaphor and a simile for each chapter, if there is one.

 

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 20:

1. Election Coverage: watch the news channels tonight. From 5pm to 7pm we should know how things are going.  Stay tuned and come tomorrow with a clear sense of what has happened and why.

2. Animal Farm: Read Chapters 1-4 and be ready to work in your Expert Groups tomorrow on your Roles.

English 9 Homework for Monday, Oct. 19:

1. Any work that is due must come in on Monday. No later.

2. House of the Scorpion: do a good job of the Pre-research. We will share it on Monday. 

3. Also, come with some good examples of metaphors and similes. Be prepared to explain them - at least 3 for each, and not the examples below.

ie. metaphor 1: The middle of the Pacific Ocean is a dragon that is hard to tame.     

ie. metaphor 2: My English teacher is a dictionary of esoteric words.

ie. simile 1: Your face is like book that reads of strange matters.

ie. simile 2: His words fell soft, like snow on the ground.

 

English 10 Homework for Monday, Oct. 19:

1. Oral Presentations: Declaring Your Candidate. Each of you will declare your favoured candidate and explain why. This will be marked. Practice your speech; but you may have notes to refer to.

2. Revisions of "The Allegory and Me" are also due on Monday. Staple the original underneath the revised essay. Please underline all the changes you made. Word Process.

3.  Themes and Literary Concepts: make sure you have completed the Themes and Literary Concepts on the first page of the Animal Farm Handout. I will check them Monday. C Block is done!

4. Personal Edit Checklist:  re-format your Checklist if you have to, and hand it in on Monday. B Block you need to put it in the basket. 

****For Tuesday: Read Animal Farm, Chapters 1-4. On Tuesday you will be in your expert groups so you may start working on your Literature Circle Roles.

English 10 Homework for Friday, Oct. 16:

  1. The Themes, Literary Concepts, Vocabulary, and Propaganda, were due today. Bring them all tomorrow. Also, Chapter 1 Glossary should be completed. Bring it all tomorrow.

 2. Word process your Personal Editing Checklist: make 2 copies, one for your Binder and one for me. Follow the exemplar copy on the board.  I will approve it or ask you do again.

English 9 Homework for Friday, Oct. 16:

1. Revisions of the Synthesis Essay are due. Some of you have not submitted them: Elijah, Brendon, Caitlin, Kaitlyn, Tiffany, Samantha Yang.

2. You also must hand in the two paragraphs from "A Christmas Memory." Elijah, Brendon, ,Kaitlyn, Tiffany, Christian.

2. Anticipation Guide and Getting the "Lay of the Land" should be finished.

3. Read "Reproductive and Therapeutic Cloning are Fundamentally Different." After reading the article two times, write a paragraph explaining the differences between cloning and stem cell research. This paragraph should be word-processed and double-spaced. Your Introduction should include author, title and the main point. The body of the paragraph explains the differences. The concluding sentence of the paragraph reminds us of the main point.

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Oct. 15:

1. Essay Revisions: These are Word-processed and double spaced. See Oct. 13 blog for my expectations.

2. Finish the two paragraphs for "A Christmas Memory" at the latest Thursday. Preferably tomorrow.

English 10 Homework for Oct. 13 - 19:

1. Animal Farm: Read to the end of Chapter 1. Look up words and terms you do not know. Read carefully and twice. Add vocabulary to a Glossary for Animal Farm.

2. Propaganda Techniques at the bottom of the 1st page of the handout, are due tomorrow. Make sure you have the definition and an example, or two, for each technique.

3. Themes, Literary Concepts (at the top of the 1st page are due on Thursday. These, also need a definition and an example.

4. Personal Editing Checklist: Due Friday, using the format that was shown to you.

5. Revisions of "The Allegory and Me" are due Monday, 19th. Underline all the changes you make. Staple the Original essay underneath your revision.

6. Your Vote: be prepared on Monday the 19th to declare your candidate, in class, giving your reasons as to why you are voting that way. This will be a two minute oral presentation - declaration in front of the class.

English 9 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 13:

1. Any work that you have not handed in is due on Tuesday at the beginning of the block. 

2. Update your Glossary of words and terms. I will have you write a paragraph using some of them, next week.

3. Essay Revisions: Rewrite your essay and improve it in all the ways you need to.  This will come in next Thursday. Underline all the things you changed - and staple the Original essay underneath the revised one.

4. Short Story: "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote:  Read the story carefully and more than once. Find 5 examples of vivid imagery in the story: for each of them, write out the image, identify what kind of imagery is being used, and then explain it. See below.

Example:                                                                 

a. Write out the full image from the text.

b. Identify what kind of image it is: sight, taste, smell, sound or touch.  

c. Explain the image in the context of the story.

 

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 13:

**If you were not here on Friday, I expect you to read the blog, do the work, and hand it in on Tuesday.

1.  All students will hand in a multi-paragraph essay on the following:  Draw generalizations (truths) about what causes a revolution, and the immediate and long range effects of a revolution. Use examples from the notes you made from the revolutions you have studied. 

You should have a Introductory Paragraph that sets up the essay and makes an important general point (thesis) about revolutions. You need a minimum of two body paragraphs, preferably more, and a concluding paragraph that ends on a general note/your understanding of revolutions. You will be marked on the structure of the essay, your understanding of the revolutions, your ability to use this ideas, and your written expression.  NO 1st PERSON. THIS IS ANALYSIS. NO "me" "I" or "you".

This is due on Tuesday: I am not accepting late work on this assignment. If you are sick on Tuesday, email it to me : dtyre@sd38.bc.ca. 

If you were not in class on Friday, you are expected to read this blog and to do the work.

 

English 10 Homework for Friday, Oct. 9:

1. All Four Revolutions, plus Arab Spring, should be fully researched and understood. Have sufficient notes for tomorrow, as you will be writing about them. 

2. Your Vote: you should also be working on the Election Issues, and thinking about how you will vote, and why, on the 19th.

English 9 Homework for Friday, Oct. 9:

1. "Once Upon a Time" by Nadine Gordimer

a) add words and definitions that you don't know, to your Glossary. 

b) Do question 1: give 2 examples        

c) Do question 2: research Apartheid carefully, the time, place, and describe the society - and discuss how this story can be seen as a metaphor for the Apartheid system.

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Oct. 8:

1. Synthesis Essay: Finish your final draft of your essay. Don't print it until you have read it very carefully, a few times.  Use 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, and double-space. Underline your Thesis statement, your Topic Sentences of your Body Paragraphs, and your Thesis Reworded.

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Oct. 8:

1. Any work that was not finished, or was not handed in, it is due tomorrow at 8:20 am in my In Basket.  Just come into the room and put your work in it.

2. In your groups, each person choses a Revolution and researches tonight, the causes and effects, both immediate and long term, of that revolution. 

3. Issues: Climate Change, Refugee Crisis, Bill C-24, Keystone Pipeline, Bill C-51. Be working on these issues over the next several days, so that you are prepared to declare the Candidate you are going to vote for on Oct. 19th. You will stand and declare the Candidate you are voting for and why you voted for them : what issues were important to you and why).

English 9 Homework for Wed. October 7:

1. Synthesis Essay: Revise your Introduction, and Body Paragraph #1 and #2. Please double-space your work, and read it over a few times, very carefully, before you print it out and bring it tomorrow to class. 

Tomorrow, you will be working on your Concluding paragraph. This is four or five sentences that end your essay and leaves the reader understanding the importance of the essay. In other words (without actually saying it), what do these stories teach us and show us about human nature that is important. What do we learn?

English 9 Homework for Tues. October 6:

1. Synthesis Essay: Revise Introduction and Body Paragraph #1 so that it is on the same page; and improve both.

2. Body Paragraph #2: Using the ideas you worked on over the weekend, develop Body Paragraph #2. 

Be sure to underline your Thesis Statement in the Introduction, and the Topic Sentence of your Body Paragraph 2.

English 10 Homework for Tues. Oct. 6:

1. Examinable Terms are due on Wednesday.

2. Election Research is due Thursday.

**Tomorrow in-class you will finish and edit your Allegory Essay.

English 9 Homework for Monday, Oct. 5:

**Elijah and Ben: Your final drafts of "The Sniper" Paragraph are due Monday.

Homework for EVERBODY:

1. Synthesis Essay: 

1) Rewrite and revise your Introductory Paragraph and the Thesis Statement if you need to.  

2) Body Paragraph #2: Write your Topic Sentence and the paragraph. The Topic Sentence should develop a major point in the Thesis Statement. Then, write the full paragraph following instructions on the Handout: major supporting points that include examples. Try integrating a quote in one of your sentences. And then conclude the paragraph.

3) If you want to you can write out some ideas for Body Paragraph #2 in bullet form.

 

English 10 Homework for Monday, Oct. 5:

1. Essay: Plato and Me: You are to have your Introduction, and 2 of 3 Body Paragraphs completed by Monday. This is to be hand written, and double-spaced. Don't hesitate to look back on all I have written on this assignment in my other blogs, particularly, Tues. and Wed (29th and 30th of Sept.)

Use the instructions and guidelines I gave you today, and look at the others.

2. Examinable Terms are still due on Wednesday.

3. Election Research is due Thursday: all of it. 

4. France-Italy students: You have a meeting with me Tuesday at lunch.

English 10 Homework for Friday, Oct. 2:

1. Refer to yesterday's Blog entry for the ongoing work.  

a. Make sure you are working on the Election Issues that are listed on the board. Your are to research and write notes to show your understanding of each issue.

b. Examinable Terms are due next Wednesday. Follow the format I gave you.

English 9 Homework for Friday, Oct. 2:

1. Essay Outline: this evening you are revising your Introductory Paragraph, unless I have already approved it.

2. You are working on Body Paragraph #1 (and maybe Body Paragraph #2 if you get that far.) These BP's should be done in bullet form first: That is, you are thinking of the ideas and examples you are going to write, that will develop your Thesis Statement in the Introduction.

IE: Body Paragraph #1: Topic Sentence: this should develop something important in the Thesis:

Now you start thinking of the ideas and examples you need to put in this paragraph

* idea 1: write it out

* idea 2: write it out

* idea 3: write it out

***If you want to start working on Body Paragraph # 2, you may. But you should be very confident of BP #1 first.

Bring your work with you tomorrow.

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Oct. 1:

1. Introductory Paragraph for the short stories: Revise this paragraph if you can, on a work-processor, 12 pt. ft., in Times New Roman, double spaced, last sentence underlined.

If you are writing my hand, BE NEAT, double space and underline the thesis (the last sentence). All of you should have someone read it, when you are sure you have written it well. Revise if you have too!!   Bring it to class.

2. You may want to think about the ideas and organization of your body paragraphs, for tomorrow, if you have time.

English 10 Homework for the next few days - 1 and 2:

1. Read my Tuesday Blog entry:  The explanation and questions are there to guide you in writing this In Class Personal Reflective essay: Remember, this is a personal essay using the elements of Plato's Allegory to reflect on your own growth as a person who is learning and struggling to make sense of yourself in the world. The premise is that you are a "prisoner in the cave." How will you become someone who can stand in the light of truth (what truth?), and what will enable you to become a thinking, feeling, moral human being, one who is intelligent, and is able to take the steps you have to take. What learning do you need (it is not all schooling), what attitudes, courage etc. will get you into the "light."

2. Your Homework is the Election Work: look at 2 in my Tuesday blog, and learn these issues. They are also on the board. You should have taken a photo of it.

English 10 Homework for Tonight and the next few days:

1. Personal Cave: This will take you a few days. Take the answers for F, G, and H that you wrote about yesterday, and apply them to yourself. I want you to use real personal examples, not vague, half thought-out ideas and examples. This is about you in your cave. Use the imagery and metaphors from the allegory to help you describe your life and your understanding of reality. Each question below needs considerable thought before you write. You are grappling with yourself : and each question requires a well-developed paragraph. Start tonight!!

f. What is the life you are living? Is it a true life? What is a true life? How do you know?

g. How do you confuse "shadows" with "reality"?  Use several personal examples, explaining them well. 

h. What prevents you from seeing the truth, or makes you regard "shadow" as the "truth"?

Remember: These are not one sentence answers, but paragraphs that clearly show you are grappling with the ideas and yourself.

2. Election work: The issues we will talk about in class are on the board and below. You should take a photo of the list on the board, for the ongoing research you will do. Start searching and creating a document you can use.

The Issues are: Climate Change, the Refugee Crisis, Bill C-24, Keystone Pipeline, Bill C-51.

 

English 9 Homework for Wednesday, Sept. 30:

1. Introductory Paragraph for your Synthesis Essay: Improve the draft you did yesterday.  Remember it must make sense to a stranger.  Look at yesterday's blog for the particulars.

**USE YOUR WORD-PROCESSOR SO THAT YOU CAN CONSTANTLY BE IMPROVING YOUR SENTENCE STRUCTURES, YOUR VOCABULARY AND YOUR IDEAS.  PRINT IT OUT AND BRING IT TOMORROW

English 9 Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 29:

1. Synthesis Essay - Introduction:  You are to choose two of the short stories on your chart to start a Synthesis Essay. 

Today you are working on your Introductory Paragraph which will give the following information, in  4-5 sentences.

A. The Introductory paragraph requires the titles of each short story, the author's names, AND you explain the main point of synthesis that you will be discussing in your body paragraphs later on. Approximately 5 sentences for this introduction.

The rest of the discussion is in the body paragraphs, after the Introductory Paragraph.

Do not use the words "I", "me" etc.

**Work on your Word Processor, not on pencil and paper. This will allow you to revise as you write.

This is due tomorrow.

 

English 10 Homework for Tuesday and beyond:

1. Overviews: They must be in by Wednesday at the latest.

2. "Many Workmen": You are to do another revision of this analysis by Wednesday. You are not to have a modern example. Try to improve your analysis of the poem.  Take care to revise your ideas and your writing as you word process this paragraph.  Do not print until you have read it over several times. Staple this last rewrite on top of the other two. 

3. Examinable Terms: These are due NEXT Wednesday.  Follow the format that was on the board:

Word: alliteration                                                 Def: Repetition of the first sound in a group.       Example: The sun sank slowly into the sea.

4. Leader's Debate on Foreign Policy: take some time to find a good overview of what the Leaders discussed in their debate tonight. cbc.ca is a good start. You will discuss this tomorrow in class.

5. Allegory of the Cave: Develop ideas and write answers and for questions f, g, and h.  Each if these answers should be written in paragraph form, and include examples that help understanding. Work on these tonight/tomorrow in class.

English 9 Homework for Monday. Sept. 28:

1. Overviews: Please have your Overviews in my Monday. Make sure your parent photocopies my information for themselves, and that they fill in the information I need.

2. All "The Sniper" revisions should be in by Monday.

3. "The Curio Shop": Read the short story again, or even twice more.  Do question 2. Please write full sentences for each quote. Develop your answer by writing 2 or more sentences for each answer. Try to integrate some of the quotes in your answers. 

4. Add "The Curio Shop" to your chart - in all categories.

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Sept. 24:

1. Overviews are due on Monday. Your parent should photocopy that last section for themselves, and also fill in the information I need.

2. Segregationist: Finish the Chart work on this short for tomorrow.

3. Suffix-Prefix: explain what each of these are, and give two examples for each. 

4. Glossary: Keep it up to date.

 

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Sept. 24:

1. Overviews: please have your parents photocopy the last segment of my Overview, and have them fill in the information I need. Please have these back to me by Monday. 

2. Revise your "Many Workman" analysis. Please read this blog entry carefully. 

A. In this second draft, do not include the modern example. Revise your paragraph so you focus only on the poem and what it teaches us about human nature. 

B. Also, try to integrate a phrase from the poem into one of your sentences: one that is appropriate for what you are saying.  

C. Do not use the pronouns "you" "I" "me".  

D. Also, you are writing this analysis for someone who has not read the poem, so you must write express your ideas in a way that makes sense to them.  

E. Also, your concluding sentence reminds the reader of the main point (what it teaches us about human nature).

Example of integrating a phrase into a sentence:  When the workmen "turned to behold their work," they were thrilled with their accomplishment. 

Please staple your revision (second draft) on top of your first draft. It is due tomorrow.

English 10 Homework for Wed. Sept. 23:

1. Write a proper paragraph describing the surface and underlying meaning of Stephen Crane's allegory, "Many Workmen."

This paragraph must have a Topic Sentence with the Author, "Title," and your main point. The following sentences include the surface story, but more importantly, the underlying meaning. The underlying meaning is very important, so develop this clearly and sufficiently. You must also include one real life example of the underlying meaning. The final sentence is your Concluding Sentence - that reveals an important truth about human nature that the allegory shows us.

This is a paragraph of several sentences, 3/4 to a full page double spaced. Please word-process this paragraph, in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman. And, you should attempt to integrate one or two quotations in your paragraph. See below for an example.

ie. When the workmen set their masonry ball on the mountain top and "behold their work," calling it "grand," they are being arrogant instead of cautious. 

English 9 Homework for Wednesday, Sept. 23:

1. "The Sniper": Revise again if you need to. Have all three stapled together, with the latest revision on top. Due Thursday.

2. "The Segregationist": Read this short story three times, and do the multiple choice. Do not write on the Handout, write your answers in your Binder.  

3. You may also start to work on this story in your chart; but I will give you time tomorrow in class to do this. 

4. Overview: Give the Overview to your parents so they can read it, and have them photocopy the last page at the bottom, so they can have my information, and they can fill in their information for me.  Due at the latest, Monday.

English 9 Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 22:

1. "The Sniper" and "The Weapon" Chart: Finish all the categories but Symbolism.  Make sure that you have done a thorough job of the others.

 

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 22:

1. Any Outstanding Homework is due in my in-basket by 8:15. This includes the homework from the weekend, which some of you did not complete. You were to develop your definitions of Classical Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism, THEN write a paragraph each on ism to show how modern Conservatives, Liberals, and the NDP (Socialists) have modified or changed those Classical ideas.

2. Overview to Parents: Please have your parent or guardian copy the information on the back page of the Overview so they have it, AND have them fill in the information on the last page of the Overview, and return it to me by Thursday. 

3. Allegory Homework: 1) Find a good definition for "Allegory" that you can understand. It should be a concise paragraph. 2) Find two excellent examples of allegories that are well-explained and that you can share with the class tomorrow. 

English 9 Homework for Monday, Sept. 21:

1. Revise your paragraph "The Sniper." Rewrite by following my marking symbols to correct your writing, but also develop your paragraph more so that a stranger would understand it. Make sure that you express the theme of this story so that the reader feels the tragedy of the situation. Staple  your original paragraph UNDERNEATH your revised paragraph.  

Do all the work on "The Weapon."

2. Using the LARGE CHART I gave you, explain the Setting, Conflict, Character(s), and Imagery in "The Sniper" and then in "The Weapon."

You do this by folding the large paper in half. You draw a line down the middle of that half - with a ruler! At the top of this side of the paper, the left side, write the title,"The Sniper"; on the right side of the line at the top, write the title, "The Weapon"

Now write neatly describing the Setting to the Imagery for "The Sniper", and then do the same for "The Weapon." Do not do Point of View.  Bring everything on Monday.

English 10 Homework for Monday, Sept. 21:

1. Develop your Definitions of Classical Liberalism, Socialism and Conservatism. Make a developed paragraph for each.

2. Then you must assess how our Conservatives, Liberals, and NDP reflect those values, or if they have modified/changed them. How have they changed from the classical ones.  Use real life examples. Have all of this written up and in your binder for Monday. You will need to have three developed paragraphs for these, also.

3. Any outstanding work that you have not done must be handed in on Monday.

4. Keep up on the Refugee Crisis by reading materials online and taking some notes. I will be making a quiz on this issue soon. Also stay current on the Federal Election.

 

English 10 Homework for Friday, Sept. 18th:

1. The Candidates Debate: Watch and listen to the Federal Leaders Debate: take notes and be prepared to talk about it tomorrow.  If you are not able to watch it, go online in the morning and get some news analysis, print it out and bring it to class. This is your essential homework tonight.

2. Classical definitions of Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism: Find these basic definitions and write each of them in paragraph form. 

3. Then, over the next few days, show how our Federal Parties - the Conservative, Liberals, and NDP (Socialists) actually reflect the classical definitions of Conservative, Liberal, and Socialist. Write in paragraph form.

 

English 9 Homework for Friday, Sept. 18:

1. Students who need to rewrite their "The Sniper" paragraphs, please submit them to me by 8:20 Friday morning.  Thank You!!

2. Read "The Weapon" and do the questions - in full sentences and good sentence structure. You can be thinking about how "The Sniper" and "The Weapon" have similar elements of literature: Plot, Point of View, Character, Irony Theme, Imagery.  You will be working on this tomorrow.

English 9 Homework for Thursday, Sept. 17:

1. "The Sniper"rewrite due tomorrow: Do a full rewrite on the climax of the short story. This will require you to take time and effort to do well. You need proper structure: a) Introductory sentence with author, title and main point. b) You need to write with enough plot and carefull analysis for a stranger to understand what happened, why it happened, how the sniper feels, and what it teaches us (about war).  Do a good job. Word process your work if you have the tools. And do not print it out without looking through your paragraph very carefully.  If you do not have a word-processor, than write carefully and neatly. Everyone Edits their work!! Please bring your original as well.

Cheers!!

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Sept. 17:

1. Look at yesterday's blog for the full homework and the details you must have in your examination of Democracy.

Tomorrow you are to come with your Extended Definition of Democracy as written in yesterday's blog. Also, as indicated on the board, you must word process these two to three paragraphs using 1.5 spacing, 12 pt. font in Times New Roman, and indenting each paragraph with the TAB key. Please use black ink.  Be sure that you have included all of the information I have asked for in these paragraphs.  Also, cut and paste the websites(urls) that you used to research, in the order you used them, a couple of spaces under the last paragraph. Read yesterday's Blog carefully, so you are clear about the content of the paragraphs.  Please do not use the 1st person point of view in this assignment.

2. If you are finished early, you should be working on your Document of Examinable Terms.

English 10 Homework: #2 due on Thursday, #1 due at the end of the month, and #3 is ongoing daily.

1. Start your Document of Examinable Terms: Do this at home on a word-processor. This is due on the 30th of September. Follow the structure I gave you, and make sure the sentence actually uses the term as an example.

2. Extended Definition of Democracy: Research carefully so you come to an extended definition, of approximately two paragraphs, that defines "democracy, shows how it works, explains what citizens' and leaders' obligations and privileges are, includes democracy's fallibility, and why democracy is considered the better form of governance. This is due Thursday. Please include a Bibliography in the form of the websites you used. (you should look at several).

3. Keep abreast of the Canadian Election: look at decent news sites. Know how the Europeans and the refugees are getting along, how England is dealing with it, and Canada and USA, etc.  Come with notes or a computer so you can talk in your groups. This is ongoing work until you write your Essay and present your Oral Assignment to the class.

English 9 Homework for Wednesday, Sept. 16:

1. Binder: a) Dividers are properly titled and organized  b) Glossary is properly organized with the words that you need to learn.

2. Paragraph on the climax of the short story, "The Sniper."  This paragraph should be double-spaced, neatly written, using capitals where necessary, 2/3rds of a page. It answers the question well. And, it makes sense to the reader who has never read the story.

English 9 Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 15:

1. Binder Dividers: Please have your Binder Dividers set up by tomorrow's class.

2. "The Sniper" Short Story: 1) Do your Glossary work and  2) Do questions 1-7.