Friday 19 December 2014

English 10

Both classes watched "Warm Bodies", a zombie adaptation to "Romeo and Juliet". Blocks 1/2 class wrote our "Romeo and Juliet" test yesterday.

I hope you enjoyed the follies! Have a fantastic holiday!

Wednesday 17 December 2014

English 10: Blocks 5/6

During the first part of class, we watched John Greene's "Crash Course on Romeo and Juliet", we played a Jeopardy review game for R&J, and we went down to the theatre to watch the Drama Department's Christmas performance. During the second part of class, we had our "Romeo and Juliet" final tests and started watching the movie "Warm Bodies" (a zombie interpretation of R&J).

See you on Friday!

Reminders:
  • R&J Creative Projects due!


English 8

I won't see you until after the holidays Grade 8's so have a good time!

Over the past few days, we spent some time working on our creative assignments for The Giver, we read up to Chapter 19, and we started a visual illustration of the Annex Room from the book. You will not have anymore class time to work on your creative assignment for The Giver; make sure to either finish it this week, or you will have to do it over the holidays.

Reminders:
  • The Giver Creative Assignments: due Tuesday, January 6, 2014. 

Tuesday 16 December 2014

Enlgish 10

Final Test for "Romeo and Juliet"!

Blocks 5/6: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014

Blocks 1/2: Thursday, Dec.18, 2014

Things you can us to study:
  • Notes on Shakespeare and Shakespearean Tragedy
  • Review Act/Scene questions

Monday 15 December 2014

English 10

Blocks 1/2

We completed questions for the final scene of R&J and watched the Baz Lurhmann version of the play. I hope you are enjoyong it!!! I am going to be doing an important lesson on Shakespearean tragedy tomorrow, so make sure to get the notes if you're not there.

Reminders:
  • Act Four/Five Quiz: Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014
  • R&J Test: Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014
  • R&J Projects: Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014
Blocks 5/6

We completed questions for the final scene of R&J and watched the Baz Lurhmann version of the play. I hope you are enjoying it!!! I am going to be doing an important lesson on Shakespearean tragedy tomorrow, so make sure to get the notes if you're not there.

Reminders:
  • Act Four/Five Quiz: Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014
  • R&J Test: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014
  • R&J Projects: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014

English 8

Only one more week to go Grade 8's!

Silent Reading
We completed questions for Chapters 13 and 14 from The Giver and then proceeded to read Chapters 15 and 16. At the end of class, we did an activity/worksheet on vocabulary.

Reminders:
  • Chapter 13/14 questions for The Giver: due next class
  • I am still missing some Newsletters! Please check the board for missing assignments

Friday 12 December 2014

English 10

Blocks 1/2

We started off the morning with an open-book grammar quiz and then proceeded to watch Mia, Miranda and Jade's performance of Act One Scene Three. They did a fantastic job! We also went over questions and almost finished the final scene of "Romeo and Juliet".

Reminders:
  • R&J Test: Thursday, Dec.11, 2014
  • R&J Creative Projects: Thursday, Dec.11, 2014
Blocks 5/6

We finished the final scene of "Romeo and Juliet" and continued watching the Leonardo DiCaprio version of the play.

Reminders:
  • R&J Test: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014
  • R&J Creative Projects: Thursday, Dec.10, 2014

English 8

It was an honor to perform the Ceremony of Twelves! Thank you for your Childhood!

Silent Reading and Grammar (commas)
During class, we did a simulation of the Ceremony of Twelves from The Giver. Each student was assigned a random number, and their their job assignment was announced by our voluntary Elders. Some of the job assignments included: Doctor, Instructor of Elevens, Street Cleaner, Food Delivery Worker, ext. Students then had to write a journal response expressing how they would feel if jobs were assigned to them at a young age. Thanks for the wonderful participation! After this activity, we read Chapter 14 in our novels.

Reminders:
  • Please check to board for missing assignments!

Wednesday 10 December 2014

English 8

Thanks for all your hard work today!

Silent Reading
We spent the remainder of the first period in the library working on the creative assignments for The Giver.

During the second period of class, we had a pop-quiz on Chapters 1-11. We also had a grammar lesson on commas. We then read Chapter 12 and started Chapter 13. Furthermore, we worked on questions and went over them as a class.

Reminders:
  • I am only giving one more block to finish the creative assignments

English 10: Blocks 5/6

We are almost at the end of R&J!!! I have been very impressed with the engaging discussions!

We started off class with a quiz for Acts Two and Three, and then spent the rest of the period in the library working on the R&J creative assignments. Most students finished today.

For the second period, we started off with a lesson on semi-colons. We then went over yesterday's scene questions and read R&J up until the very last scene. We watched the movie and completed questions respectively. At the very end of class, I showed a "teaser" of the first scene of the Leonardo DiCaprio version of R&J (just to get the students as excited as I am to watch it!)

Reminders:
  • Questions for Act Four, Scene Five and Act Five, Scenes One and Two: due next class

Tuesday 9 December 2014

English 10

We're seeing the story unfold in R&J (so much suspense)!

Blocks 1/2
We finished Act Three got through Act Four Scene One of "Romeo and Juliet". We also worked on questions and watched the movie.

Blocks 5/6
We started off class with an Open-Book Grammar Quiz. Then, we got through Act Four, Scenes One-Four of "Romeo and Juliet". We also worked on questions and watched the movie.

Reminders:
  • Act Two and Three Quiz : NEXT CLASS!

English 8

I'm loving the progress on The Giver projects!

Today we finished Chapter 11 from The Giver and spent the rest of the block working on our creative projects for the novel (agenda/map/brochure).

Reminders:
  • We will spend another class working on the projects tomorrow.

Monday 8 December 2014

English 8

Silent Reading and Grammar (periods)
We went over some chapter questions for The Giver and completed our Character Webs for Jonas, Lily, Mother and Father. We also read Chapter 10 and worked on corresponding questions. At the end of class, I went over a quiz for The Outsiders and posted your marks.

Reminders:
  • Chapter 9/10 questions due tomorrow!

English 10

Thank you to my wonderful readers for "R&J"! Juliet is now under the gun with a marriage to Paris that is supposed to happen in three days - what will she do?!!!!

Blocks 1/2

We read Act Three (Scenes Three and Four), reviewed questions and watched a bit of the movie. We also did more work with comma usage.

Blocks 5/6

We read Act Three (Scenes Four and Five), reviewed questions and watched a bit of the movie. We also did more work with comma usage.

Reminders:

Comprehension questions due next class.

Thursday 4 December 2014

English 10

Enjoy you're long weekend!

Blocks 1/2
We read through Act Three, Scenes One and Two of "Romeo and Juliet" and caught up watching the movie. We also started a creative project in the library.

Blocks 5/6
We read through Act Three, Scenes Two and Three of "Romeo and Juliet" and caught up with the movie. We also started a creative project in the library; some students even finished!


English 8

We started off class today reading silently Chapter 8 in The Giver. We continued with grammar (periods). We then completed questions, read Chapter 9 aloud and started a Character Web for Jonas, Lily, Mother and Father (we completed this in groups). For the second half of the period, we worked in the library on a creative assignment for The Giver. Students have the choice either to create an agenda, a map of The Community, or a brochure. We will have more library time to work on this.

Have a great weekend!

Reminders
  • Chapter 7/8 questions for The Giver: due Monday, Dec. 8, 2014

Tuesday 2 December 2014

English 8

I'm glad to see the enthusiasm for The Giver's Utopia!

Silent Reading and Grammar (periods)
We worked through some Chapter questions for The Giver, and read and discussed Chapters 6 and 7.

Reminders:
  • Chapters 5/6 questions due: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014
  • Mind Map (Major characters, Minor characters, Background and Setting): due Thursday, Dec.4, 2014

English 10

"A Plague on both your houses!!!!"
Thank you to my wonderful readers during this unit!

Blocks 5/6
We finished Act 2 of "Romeo and Juliet" and read one of my favourite scenes (Act Three Scene One). We also worked on corresponding questions and watched a bit of the movie.

Blocks 1/2
We finished Act Two, worked on corresponding questions, and watched the movie.

Reminders:
  • Act Two, Scene Four-Five-Six Questions: due next class

Monday 1 December 2014

English 8

Your Mind Maps are looking great!

Silent Reading and Grammar (apostrophes)
We spent more time working on our Mind Maps for The Giver (Minor characters, Major characters, Background and Setting). We went over questions for Chapter 2 and worked on questions for Chapters 3 and 4. We also read Chapter 5.

Reminders:
  • Chapter 3/4 questions due tomorrow!
  • Mind Maps for The Giver (Minor characters, Major characters, Background and Setting): due Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014

English 10

I'm glad to see most of you enjoying the latest scenes from "Romeo and Juliet"!

Today we worked on quotations and punctuation. Following this, we went over questions for Act Two, Scene Three and read Scenes Four and Five. We also completed questions for the scenes.

Reminders:
  • Act Two, Scene Four and Five Questions due next class