Happy Holidays!

Blocks A&D: There is no homework over the break! Have a wonderful holiday and see you in the new year!

Block B: If you have finished the notes on theme - there is no homework for the break! Enjoy your time off and see you in the new year!

Thoroughly Thursday!

Blocks A&D: Congratulations to all of my spoken word poets today! Your performances were inspiring. Thank you for your courage to stand up on the stage and speak so strongly about the things you feel most passionate about. There is no homework tonight!

Block B: Your re-written lyrics were so fun and clever today! Finish up the notes on theme!

Wonderland Wednesday!

Blocks A&D: Practice, Practice, PRACTICE!!! Your spoken word performances are tomorrow! I am so excited to see you perform your pieces. Take the feedback you were given from your peers today and use it to make your performance the best you can.

Block B: Homework tonight is to finish the characterization poem of the grandmother from "A Good Man is Hard to Find" incorporate words and/or phrases to demonstrate your understanding of direct and indirect characterization.

Tangential Tuesday

Blocks A&D: I loved the creative energy buzzing around our classroom as you workshopped your poems! Try your best to memorize your poem and work on the performance aspects - body language and movement. We will workshop our performances (rehearsals) tomorrow!

Block B: If you didn't finish questions 1-8 for "A Good Man is Hard to Find" please do so tonight - we'll discuss tomorrow.

Masterful Monday!

Blocks A&D: I hope you are making some good progress on the drafts of your Spoken Word Poems!!! The rough draft is due tomorrow for workshopping.

Block B: Please complete the 5 questions posted below!

Thoughts on Thursday!

Blocks A&D: Today we started to look at our final assignment for this creative writing poetry unit - the spoken word performance! Due tomorrow is your top 10 list of Things You Know To Be True. Your draft is due Tuesday and the performance is Thursday!

Block B: Tomorrow we will be going to the music concert. Please come to class first to have attendance taken. The notes on Characterization and the Literary Analysis form are both due on Monday!

Wandering Wednesday!

Blocks A&D: Phew! Done and done. Great work to push yourselves to finish those essays today! You have no homework tonight!

Block B: If you did not complete the questions for "Barbie-Q" in class - please do so for homework tonight!

Tempermental Tuesday

Blocks A&D: You've had your time to complete your outline - now it will be time to show me what you know! You will have one block tomorrow to write your essay. Use your time wisely!

Block B: Good work today on the synthesis paragraphs! Looking forward to seeing how you interpret the setting of these stories. Homework tonight to complete the assisted notes for point of view.

Mannerly Monday!

Blocks A&D: Today we started our journey towards literary analysis essay writing. You chose your poem last week and annotated it over the weekend. Now we are working on our outlines in class. This is an in class assignment - no parts of this go home. You will have one more block tomorrow to complete your outline and then we write our essay on Wednesday. There is no homework tonight!

Block B: Please finish the work from today's class for homework tonight, I'll be collecting:

1. The chart exploring the narrator's treatment by those around her
2. The questions after "Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper"

Thornless Thursday!

Blocks A&D: Thank you for handing in the good copies of your free verse poems today. Your homework over the weekend is to FULLY annotate one of the Shane Koyczan poems that we watched/listened to in class. I'll be checking your thoughtful annotations on Monday!

Block B: Please finish the questions for "The Yellow Wallpaper" this weekend. We'll discuss 10 and 11 on Monday.

Willful Wednesday!

Blocks A&D: Tonight you are going to turn your draft into your good copy. The good copy should be typed or written in pen, please clearly label the poetic, figurative, and sound devices you've incorporated. You also need to hand in the peer feedback form, the reflection (that you'll complete in class) and the pink criteria sheet.

Block B: Mull over the story tonight - I know that there is a lot to digest. We'll start the real work tomorrow!

Take on Tuesday!

Blocks A&D: The rough draft of your Coming of Age poem is due tomorrow for workshopping! Bring a hard copy of your poem to class to get valuable feedback from peer editors. The good copy with evidence of revision is due on Thursday.

Block B: Homework tonight is the assisted notes on Setting - just the first page of the handout from class today.

Multicolour Monday

Blocks A&D: If you did not finish your childhood memories web, with sensory details - please do so for homework tonight!

Block B: Great class discussion today! No homework tonight!

Fabulous Friday!

Blocks A&D: If you did not finish your scavenger hunt in class today - complete it for homework - it is a good study guide. The quiz on Monday will cover: types of poems, figurative devices and sound devices.

Block B: In class today, we did a warm up Taboo game and then read "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway. Homework this weekend is to complete the assisted plot notes that I gave out yesterday and questions 1-4 about the story. We'll discuss them on Monday.