English 11 Block 1: Homework for Thursday

• Read "The Painted Door" to the end. (Use this online version if you want.) Be ready for a multiple choice quiz tomorrow. Also, study your notes on POV and characters.
• If you missed it, read "The Sound of Hollyhocks" for Tuesday's multiple choice quiz.
• Focus on the characters, resolution, conflict, and POV.
• Did you miss Friday's subject verb agreement test? See me soon!
• Review all of the SVA handouts.
• Review these two online resources: here and here.

English 10 Blocks 2/3: Homework for Thursday

• Read "Another Evening at the Club" and finish the following questions in full sentences:
• 1. Why does the setting help determine this story? In other words, how could certain events happen in Egypt and not in Canada?
• 2. In this story the conflict emerges slowly. What is the main conflict? Explain.
• 3. What do you think the climax of the story is? Explain. [There may be more than one right answer.]
• 4. Are you sympathetic to Samia, the wife? Why or why not?
• 5. Why do you think people are too often unwilling to admit error or take responsibility for their own mistakes?
• Did you miss the first vocab test? Study your first four vocab sheets for a 20 mark vocabulary test. All 60 words from the first 4 spelling lists are potential words on the test!
• If you missed Monday's Maus II test, see Mr. Koehn ASAP!
• There will be a paragraph on the 2nd test. Consider the following topics:
• What was daily life like in Auschwitz? What were the living conditions and difficulties that Vladek faced?
• Describe Vladek's personality as an elderly man (i.e. as Artie knows him). 
• How was Vladek a survivor?
• Look for specific examples!

English 12 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Friday

• Give me a hard copy of your paragraph. It must respond in a pro-con fashion to the following question: Is capital punishment justified?
• If you were away, drop by and get the handout on gender biased language.
• If not done, read George Woodcock's "The Tyranny of the Clock" and complete the SAT analysis sheet handed out in class and be ready for MC quiz on the essay.
• Questions 2-5 of the SAT analysis sheet should be in full sentences and in your own words!