Our fabulous Friday!

Block A: Thank you for handing in your found poems today - they look great! Thank you also for your excellent, on-task behaviour displayed in the library today! You chose your art books and got down to the task of writing a poem with depth of meaning, without needing any prompts from me. You will have time on Monday to keep working on your poem and the reflection. Make sure you spend some time studying the poetic devices we've been working with on our journey to find great poetry - the quiz will be first thing on Monday.

Blocks B&D: Oh Sammy - who even cares if you have undergone a major change or not?! Well, unfortunately for you, the task to analyze this change is not done yet! You will have Monday to finish the draft and complete some peer editing before we write the good copy on Tuesday!

Thoughts on Thursday!

Block A: Will you be an explorer or a conqueror of poetry? This is the question I leave you with for the last part of our journey towards great poetry. Homework tonight is to complete your found poem with visual and hand it in tomorrow.

Blocks B&D: Today in class you worked on your outline of the literary analysis of Sammy. I've collected your outline and you will be starting the rough draft in class tomorrow.

Walkabout Wednesday!

Block A: keep working on your found poem - the good copy is due on Friday. This means that the poem is done - in pen or typed and you've completed your visual to support it. Make sure you make a note in your agenda that you will have a quiz on poetic devices on Monday!

Blocks B&D: We will continue the brainstorm and outline of the literary analysis paragraph in class tomorrow. Due to issues with academic dishonesty - all written work needs to be done in class. I encourage you to think about your topic and bring any questions or concerns you have with you to class tomorrow.

Tangible Tuesday!

Block A: In response to the question of form - we spent some time creating a found poem using our silent reading novel. Homework tonight is to choose your topic and copy out the passage from your novel. Don't forget to include the page number!

Blocks B&D: The characterization chart for Sammy is due tomorrow. Make sure you have 2 quotes that show direct characterization, explain what is told and 6 quotes that show indirect characterization with explanations of what you inferred. You will need this for tomorrow's writing task.

Make this your Monday!

Block A: If you didn't finish your new novel fortune teller sheet - please complete it for homework tonight! We will continue our discussion of form tomorrow.

Blocks B&D: The only homework tonight is to finish up your "A&P" plot structure and diagram - we'll discuss Sammy and his various attitudes/rebellions tomorrow!

Free-time on a Friday!

Block A: Great work today on your in-class writing assignment! So much focus and concentration. There is no homework this weekend - go out and enjoy the weather!

Blocks B&D: Today in class we read the story "A&P" by John Updike and got started on the plot structure diagram, which we will continue working on on Monday. The only homework this weekend is your unconventional short story - let out your creativity!

Thank you all for Thursday!

Block A: Today we listened to some poets read their work as we attempted to understand sound devices in poetry. We then wrote a reflection on what the experience was like - this was handed in, in class. You must have your novel in class tomorrow - sign up ASAP!

Blocks B&D: Hopefully you got a pretty good start on your own version of an unconventional short story. Your creation is due on Monday - but there will not be time in class tomorrow to work on it. Don't get too caught up in formatting - focus more on the content. What is your story about - not getting your search boxes all lined up. You must have your novel in class tomorrow - sign up ASAP!