English 11s: Please stop by for your Portfolios tomorrow. I forgot to give them to you!! You are in for lockers tomorrow, so drop by my classroom and get them. I'll leave my door open; they will be on the big table as you walk in.  Anytime tomorrow is OK!

English 10 Homework for Wednesday, June 17:

D and B: Dress for Kick Ball: shoes and other athletic gear.  

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, June 17:

A and C Block: Read, do the multiple choice, and do the S.I.F.T. for you assigned poem.  Bring them tomorrow. 

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, June 16: 

1. Make sure you have collected all the Handouts that I have given you, and they are IN YOUR BINDER, so that tomorrow I can collect them.  We will also update our Portfolios.

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, June 16:

1. A Block: Read "Personal Helicon" and look up words you need to, then do the multiple choice, and then do the S.I.F.T - all for tomorrow's class.

2. C Block: Read "Climbing Lessons" and look up words you need to, then do the multiple choice, and then do the S.I.F.T. - all for tomorrow's class.

English 11 Homework for Monday, June 15:

***Please have ALL of the Handouts I have given you this semester, and put them in your binders so I can collect them on Monday.  Thank you***  Also, please bring return your Frankenstein novel.

1. Poetry: Read your poem, do the multiple choice and do a S.I.F.T. of the poem.  Also, read the question for the paragraph. You will be teaching the poem next week.

English 10 Homework for Monday, June 15:

***Please bring all the Handouts I have given you over the semester, and have them in your binders so I can collect them next week. Look around for any laying about at home. Thanks***

1. Poem Synthesis Paragraph:                     a)Read the two poems                                         b)do the multiple choice for each                c)then write the synthesis paragraph, discussing the common theme of the two poems.

The paragraph should be minimum, two-thirds of a page, to maximum, one page, double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman.

2) Read your Synthesis texts in your Provincial Exam and do the multiple choice.  Monday you will begin the essay.

English 11 Homework for Friday, June 12:

1. Be thinking/working on the ideas for your In-Class Essay. You may come in at 7:30 am, at lunchtime, and of course, your Block. You must be finished tomorrow.

English 10 Homework for Friday, June 12:

1. Complete your section of "Examinable Terms and Devices in Literature." Use 12 point font, Times New Roman. Also, between the Term and the definition, and the 2 examples use 1.5 spacing. (The example below is not 1.5 because this blog won't do it, but you are to use it.)

Example:

Mood:                                                                      

is the feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates.  

                                                                                 -Example: the mood of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is sometimes comic, but also ominous, and ultimately, heart-breaking.  

 

-Example: the mood at the end of the short story, "The Loons," is tragic, as Piquette and her children die, and the loons are forced to  find another home because of development.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

English 10 Homework for Thursday, June 11:

1. Be working on the Prompt: "People's Lives can be enriched through their connection with nature." Do an outline like last time, and you will write it in class on Thursday.

English 11 Homework for, Thursday/Friday: June  11/12

1. Work on your outline/ideas for the in-class essay,  synthesizing "Ode to the West Wind" and Frankenstein (Block A) and "Ode on Melancholy" and Frankenstein (Block C). We will start this essay Thursday. Please use the same outline format as last time (the one will all the 6's)

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, June 9:

1. Be prepared to continue in your LC groups on your poem. It would be wise to reread, do a bit of research on the poem, and know the vocabulary.

English 10 Homework for Mon. to Thurs. -June 8-10:

B Block: You are reading and doing the multiple choice for "The Visitor" and "The Raven's Gift." Please bring everything all of this with you tomorrow.

1. Prompt: People's lives can be enriched through their connection with nature.

Please be working on this essay prompt over the few days, and bring it on Thursday. Like the others, the personal essay should be 4 to 5 paragraphs, including an Introduction with a thesis, Body Paragraphs concrete examples an discussion, and a Conclusion that wraps it up in an important way.

English 11 Homework for Monday, June 8:

1. Get ready for Poet #2: You could all read or reread the poem, make some notes, and/or ask some questions.  You could all start or do a draft. S.I.F.T as well!   

English 10 Homework for Monday, June 8:

1. Write a multi-paragraph essay on the prompt: "Our toughest struggles can be with ourselves." You may word-process it, and you will hand it in on Monday.

English 10 Homework for Friday, June 5:

1. Provincial Synthesis Essay: be thinking about ideas so you can complete this essay tomorrow.

English 11 Homework for Friday, June 5:

1. Frankenstein and Poem: Be thinking and working on your ideas for the Synthesis Essay that you must complete by the end of the block tomorrow. You are welcome to come in at 7:30am and at the lunch break, Thursday and Friday.

English 11 Homework for Thursday, June 4:

1. A and C: Be working on your thesis, ideas and examples for your Synthesis essay.  You should have an Acceptable Outline for tomorrow, that includes the following:

Introduction: 4 bullets of 4 words each, and the Thesis fully written out.

TS #1, 2, (and possibly 3): Topic sentences can be fully written out.

Body Paragraphs: 6 bullets and 6 words each

Conclusion: Thesis reworded in a full sentence, and 4 bullets of 4 words each.

"Direct References": have a list of the "quotes" you will use. These are not integrated until you write them in class.

You may also have your NOVEL, POEM, and SIFT.

English 10 Homework for Thursday, June 4:

1. D and B Block: Reread the Provincial Synthesis texts you were given and review the multiple choice.  Tonight, work on the IDEAS for the synthesis question.  Bring your exam and your ideas tomorrow. You will write the synthesis essay in class.

English 10 Homework for Tues. June 2:

1. D Block: Do the reading and multiple choice for the poem "Where I Come From," and "The Visitor." Please do this on your own paper.  

Tomorrow you will finish your personal essay in the first 20 minutes of the block, then work on the synthesis essay.

2. B Block: Reread the texts and the multiple choice for "What is the SCA?" and "The Street That Got Mislaid."

Tomorrow you will finish your personal essay in the first 20 minutes of the block, then work on the synthesis essay.

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, June 2:

1. Frankenstein - Poetry 1: Be working on your thesis, ideas and examples, for your Synthesis essay. You should be ready, at the latest, by Thursday.