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.