English 12 Homework for Wednesday to Friday and Monday: 

*Please have your Binder Dividers by Monday so we can set up our Portfolios. See below.

*Also, by Monday, bring your Overviews back with your Parents signatures on the last page.

Homework: Read the poem "Working in the Rain," and do the multiple choice. Always read a poem several times to fully understand it. Look up words you don't know.

Then read the second text: "Escape: In Search of the Natural Soul of Canada." Read it a few times to get the sense of it.  Then do the multiple choice. Come with ideas of synthesis.

**In your groups on Monday you will share your ideas of synthesis with the class.

1. Portfolio Set up: I would like you to have 8 Binder Dividers by Monday, so we can set up your Portfolios. Go to Staples and get a set of 8 Dividers that have 8 tabs that you can write on.

2. Your Personal Essay should be completed by the end of the day Monday, at the latest. 

You are to reflect and examine yourself and the person you want to be in this world and this century.  This is an essay about oneself - YOU - and what kind of human you want to be. This is not about jobs, but about your moral center and how it will take you through life.

You will have a few days to work on it. 

3. Keep abreast of current events, and be able to update, daily.

English 10 Homework for Wednesday to Friday and Monday:

1. If you are making any changes in your courses, make sure to give back Overviews or other resources I have given you. Thanks!

2. Binder Dividers 8 : please bring these on Monday, so we can set up our Portfolios.

3. Please let your parents know that if you are not coming to school, I need a phone call from your parent or guardian by 8am directly to me to my phone, 604-668-6668,  extension 8044. I will be here to pick it up. 

I will send out this information next week when we are settled.

4. Tomorrow you will continue to develop your Personal Essay.  This is an essay where you describe/reflect on your moral self, and how you want to develop as a moral person. 

You should be developing your ideas tonight to help you write tomorrow: however, you may not have notes in class. You need to consider what attitudes and qualities are  important to you that could enhance your life. What to you hope to achieve as a moral person?  Look towards the next 3 or 4 or years.

**This essay is diagnostic - this will help me I assess your writing skills and your ability to reflect. You need to do your best.

I would like it to be finished at the end of your block, Monday.

I will be giving you homework over the weekend.

English 12 Homework for Tuesday, Jan. 31st:

If you are making any changes in your courses, make sure to give back Overviews or other resources I have given you. Thanks! 

Please have a set of 8 Binder Dividers by next Monday, so we can set up our portfolios. 

Also, make sure your parents have my information so they can call me directly by 8am if you are not coming to school. They are to call me at 604-668-6668, extension 8044. I will be there to pick up the phone.

1. Current Events: Research and prepare thorough notes that describe the what, where and why and who, of Donald Trump's Refugee Ban. Consider who it affects and how Canada and the world is responding to it. Go online or watch the news (ie. CBC) to get more analysis. Also, check on Trudeau's response to this, also.

Be prepared to share your own thoughts and opinions on this important issue, in class tomorrow. Brings notes with you. 

 English 10 Homework for Tuesday,  Jan 24:

 1. You should be finished your "Whale Poem" and "The Lonely Land," by the end of tomorrow. I will give you some time at the end of the day to finish.

Make sure you have all your work in your Portfolio by Wednesday. 

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, 23rd:

1. Juxtaposition of two elements: True love celebrated by goddesses, nymphs, and reapers vs. Foolish ambition pursued by three drunks.

In your group, and as homework, discuss these contrasting elements.  Select key lines and events that illustrate these contradictory elements of this act. 

Examine the lines of the text that bridge the two sections. Do the two episodes have any common features?  Explain your ideas, bring your notes to share tomorrow.

Try a T-chart.

English 10 Homework due Friday: 

If you were away Friday, you must put your Essay Revision in my basket by 8:20 am, Monday.

1. "Whale Poem" and "The Lonely Land" poems. In class, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, you are to do the S.I.F.T for each poem. Then you are to do the questions for "Whale Poem" and "The Lonely Land" on the Weekend - Hand written.  

**You should be finished the Synthesis Essay by end of the day Tuesday, preferably. I will give you a bit of extra time on Wednesday. 

The Essay structure has a Introductory Paragraph, 2 paragraphs of analysis/synthesis, and an excellent conclusion. You should know what is required in all paragraphs.

 

 

English 11: There is no Homework this weekend.  Enjoy! 

If you have not done your Tempest performance, you will do Monday, first thing.

1. Marriage Ceremony: from Act 4, Scene 1, line 60 - 117 rewrite and present the Wedding Masque in our modern English making sure that you are in the tone and the spirit of the original script. 

Take photos of the glossary to understand  Shakespeare's script, then start working to update it into modern English; but you could also use Shakespeare Navigator to help you rewrite the script, but not word for word. Make sure you are developing the script yourself, and keeping the meaning. 

You will need to practice your script and then present it to the class.  You must be one of the characters: Iris, Juno or Ceres. 

You must have some props to indicate each goddess: Iris has a rainbow; Ceres has wheat; and Juno has a crown. 

English 11 Homework for Monday, Jan. 16:

1. The Tempest: Do Activity #5 on page 131. Research the characteristics and the role of the harpy in Greek mythology. Give an example of a Greek myth, (not Jason) and be prepared to explain the part of the harpy and the appropriateness of Shakespeare's choosing the harpy image for the banquet scene. 

English 10 Homework for Monday, Jan. 16:

1. Poetry: Read "Whale Poem" by Milton Acorn, as many times as you need to. Do all 4 questions. Look up words and terms that you need to in order to do the questions, such as Metaphor. Develop your answers so that a stranger would understand them. 

Be thorough, be neat, and be prepared to share your work with the class. 

2. Do the same with "The Lonely Land."

English 10 Homework for Friday, Jan. 13:

1. Essay: Be thinking about your essay: ideas, Concluding Paragraph, etc. You are to finish by the end of the block tomorrow.

English 11 Homework for Friday, 13:

1. In a developed paragraph write about Prospero's Books. What are they? What do they contain: give examples! How does Prospero use them...how do they help him...Be clever... imaginative... interesting....

2. And please read Caliban's lines near the end of Act 3, Scene 2, and explain how Caliban feels about his Island. He is truly eloquent in these lines.

"Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises.    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not."

Sometimes a thousands twangling instruments will hum about mine ears; and sometimes voices, 

That, if I then had waked after a long sleep, Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches, Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.

 

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Jan. 12: 

1. Be thinking about ideas for your essay. You can probably find the two poems online if you try, then you can get some ideas for your synthesis.

English 11 Homework for Thursday, Jan. 12:

Please donate some items for the Clothing Drive.

1. Write two reasonably developed paragraphs analyzing Caliban's feelings for his island. Reread Act 1, Scene 2, lines 331 to 344, and lines 163 to 168, in Act 2, Scene 2. These must be a part of your analysis.  They belong together. Identify the real feelings Caliban has for his island, giving strong examples, explanations, and incorporating integrated quotes. Show Caliban's true spirit as an Islander. 

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, Jan. 11:

D Block: Please donate to Covenant House over this and next week.

No homework: though you might pre-read the next few scenes, on line, for tomorrow's class.

English 10 Homework for Wednesday, Jan. 11:

1. ESSAY: Think about ideas, words etc. for your in-class essay "Panthers" and "Tracks."

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Jan. 10:

1. Synthesis Essay: you should be developing ideas for your "Tracks" and "Panthers" synthesis essay that you will begin to write tomorrow in class.

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, January 10:

1. The Tempest: Write a well-developed and thoughtful paragraph explaining and analyzing both Gonzalo's ideas of a perfect society, with Antonio's and Sebastion's notions of a perfect society. Then explain what you believe is the best kind of society and why, compared to theirs. 

English 10 Homework for Monday, Jan. 9:

1. Feed Synthesis Essay: Finish your Revision of Two Body Paragraphs by Monday, January 9. Show the revisions by underlining the changes you make. Staple the original essay underneath the Revisions.

2. Read the poems "Do the Panthers Play the Blues for Stephanie" and "Tracks." Do a thorough S.I.F.T. for each poem. 

*On Monday, using your S.I.F.Ts, you will work on a In-Class synthesis of these two poems. 

 

English 11 Homework for Monday, Jan. 9.

1. The Tempest: Read to the end of Act 1, Scene Two. 

2. Write a well-developed paragraph,  incorporating 2 or 3 integrated quotes, discussing and analyzing the relationship between Prospero and Caliban in Act 1, Scene 2.  Word Process your work. Remember you are writing to a stranger.

3. Write a well-developed paragraph on two of the main themes in Act 1, Scene 2.  Remember, you are writing for someone who has not read the play. Integrate some quotes in your paragraph.

Use your Handout "What is The Tempest About?" There are several themes identified. Two to three may apply. This is due at the beginning of the Block, Monday.

English 10 Homework for Friday, Jan. 6:

1. Poetry: Finish your S. I. F. T. analysis for Sonnet 18. Now write a paragraph, of 6-8 sentences, explaining the Sonnet. 

English 11 Homework for Friday, Jan. 6:

1. The Tempest: 

a) Start keeping good notes as we go through each Act and Scene.

b) Tonight read Act 1, Scene 2, to line 186 (in our text) or to "I know thou canst not choose." [Miranda sleeps.] In your words describe how Prospero and Miranda came to be on the Island. Be thorough.

English 11 Homework for Thursday, Jan. 5:

1. The Tempest: Take notes from today's class. 

2. Read "What is The Tempest about?" pages 148 -150-51 to acquaint yourself with the themes in the play.

3. The Chain of Being: look this up and understand how it works.

English 10: Do "Ozymandias" homework for tomorrow.

1. "Ozymandias": Do the S.I.F.T. and Questions for this poem. Due tomorrow, Thurs.

2. Work on your Revision of Two Body Paragraphs for Monday, January 9. Show your revisions by underlining the changes you make. Staple the original essay underneath the Revisions.

If you are changing the paragraphs completely, underline the whole paragraph(s). 

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, 4th:

1. Islands: Come up with 10 aspects of islands.

Develop each one, by giving well developed examples.