English 11 Block 1: Homework for Friday
- For next Monday, please have your parent or guardian sign the parental letter and ensure your binder has three labelled divider tabs (Grammar, Writing and Fiction). The letter is worth 10 marks and the labelled tabs are worth 5 marks.
English 10 Blocks 2/3: Homework for Friday
- Be ready for Friday's spelling quiz!
- 1. abbreviate
- 2. abstinence
- 3. adroit
- 4. adulation
- 5. adversity
- 6. affluent
- 7. allay
- 8. altruistic
- 9. ambiguous
- 10. amenable
- 11. amicable
- 12. anachronistic
- 13. anecdote
- 14. anomaly
- 15. antagonistic
- For next Monday, please have your parent or guardian sign the parental letter and ensure your binder has three labelled divider tabs (Grammar, Writing and Fiction). The letter is worth 10 marks and the labelled tabs are worth 5 marks.
English 12 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Monday
- Be ready for next Monday's (Feb. 3) editing exam! Review your notes on the following:
- Re-read the sample editing quizzes we've completed.
- Try these online editing quizzes:
- Re-read the introductions to all the grammar handouts I've given you.
- sentence fragments
- run-ons and comma splices
- subject verb agreement
- spelling and usage
- parallelism
- apostrophes
- colons and semicolons
- quotation marks
- pronouns (here and here)
- dangling and misplaced modifiers
- I'd like everyone to type up their personal essay for next Monday (Feb. 3). Please see me next week to pick up your rough copy (i.e. the handwritten version of the essay).
- Did you miss last Friday's in-class essay? You can use the following items:
- an outline of your chosen topic
- the quote sheet
- the UTROD vocabulary sheets (for 3 bonus words)
