Thoughts on Thursday:

Block B: Great discussion of "The Raven" today - some very interesting observations and thoughts on this image filled poem. There will be extra time tomorrow to complete the figurative language chart. Thank you to those who stayed in at lunch to catch up on your work!

Block C: Fabulous discussion today of "O Me! O Life!" your insight and savvy blows me away! Take Whitman's advice and write your own verse - don't let others influence you!!! There is no homework tonight!

Block D: Thank you for bringing in your research today on your essay topics. Hopefully you were able to get a better handle on quoting from your sources in the refresher exercise in class. I will give you the whole block tomorrow to work on your outline. You will be leaving all materials in class over the weekend and you will start writing in class on Monday.

Wallowing Wednesday:

Block B: There will be some extra time tomorrow to complete the reading strategies and summary for the 2 chapters we read in class. If you are missing assignments we will be having a catch up block tomorrow at lunch in my room (504).

Block C: Great work on the poetry writing challenge based on the images in class - can't wait to read how you interpreted those images! Homework tonight is to complete the 7 questions on the "O Me! O Life!" poem handed out in class today. Full and complete sentences please!

Block D: today was for further refining your essay topics, and getting started on your introduction. Homework tonight is to print off your 3 reliable and reputable sources - I want to see where your information is coming from!

Tasks for this Tuesday:

Block B: We will give you some time in class tomorrow to complete the rest of the reading strategies and the journal response for chapters 2&3.

Block C: For homework tonight - choose one of the poems from the list and complete a paragraph response for the 3 questions from the slide. I'll collect these at the start of class.

Block D: If you completed your proposal and brainstorm and have gotten approval - then you have no homework - although you may want to start poking around Google Scholar... I'll be checking proposals first thing tomorrow - for those who complete them at home tonight.

Welcome Back... Monday?

Well - Wednesday would work better for my alliteration - but we can't always get what we want...

Now that the shock of the first day is over - let the real work begin!

Block B: We started our novel today -  Not as Crazy as I Seem - it's a good one! We practiced our predicting and then on to the reading strategies - there will be some bonus time tomorrow to complete the part C journal if you didn't get to it in class today.

Block C: Hooray for poetry! We started our new unit today with some terminology. You now have a list of all terms that could show up on the Provincial - make flash cards or a glossary for yourself - as those words are YOUR responsibility. There is no homework tonight!

Block D: Ah essay writing - there is no real joy that I can add to this unit - it just needs to get done :) After some work today on formulating topics and developing arguments - your homework tonight is to take the 3 topics you wrote in class and turn them into fabulous thesis statements - I'll be checking tomorrow!

It's Finally Here Friday!

Welcome to SPRING BREAK 2014 Sharks!!!

Block B: Great discussion today about stereotypes and judgements of "normal" have a wonderful break!!!

Block C: Thanks for handing in your final projects today - I'll mark them over the break - there is no official homework - just read your novel!

Block D: Looks like we made it to the end of short stories! Thank you for the projects - I'll mark them over the break - and you can read your novel!

Hope you all have a restful, and safe Spring Break - see you all on March 31st!

Thinking About Spring Break Thursday!

Block B: After strategy work today - we continued on with the movie Little Miss Sunshine. Make sure you have completed the while you are watching handout!

Block C: Your short story project is due tomorrow! Looking forward to reading all of your hard work!

Block D: This is it - the final short story analysis project is due tomorrow - I'm sure all of your hard work is going to pay off!

Work for this Wednesday:

Block B: Today after working on our reading strategies - we started talking about stereotypes in connection to our identity unit. We then started watching the movie Little Miss Sunshine. We will continue this tomorrow. No homework tonight!

Block C: Hope you enjoyed that little bit of sunshine we had during the fire drill today! Nice work on the organized evacuation! The rest of the class was yours to work on the final short story project - lots of great focus in class today - can't wait to see what you come up with for the finished product!

Block D: After silent reading - the rest of the class was yours to work on your short story analysis project. Make sure you have a double-spaced rough draft in class tomorrow - for peer editing.