English 12 Block 1:
- Thursday is the last day to work on your personal essay.
- You can review the essay as a whole here.
- On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we'll handwrite the rough copy of our essay. On Thursday, we'll type up the good copy.
- Watch the following video:
- ... and this video on complex writing:
English 9 Block 2:
- Today we continued watching the Animal Farm movie and reviewed .
- Test alert: The parts of the sentence test will be on Tuesday, December 13.
- Read Chapter 10 of Animal Farm. Complete the 2nd study guide up to and including #18. Test alert: You'll hand it in on the day of the Animal Farm 2 test (Friday, Dec. 9).
English 11 Block 3:
- Test alert! Read Chp. 9 of October Sky and start Chp. 10. The 2nd October Sky test (Chps. 7-11) will be on Monday, Dec. 12.
- Start the Part 2 study guide and study the vocabulary!
- The first test (Chps. 1-6) was on on Monday, Dec. 5. If you missed it, see me ASAP!
- Finish the Part 1 study guide (ignore p. 2; focus on pp. 1 and 3).
- Study the part 1 vocabulary! It'll be worth 10 marks on the test.
- If you're interested, why not try an epub version of the novel? Download it here and open it in any free epub app.
- Test alert! We'll be writing the Confusing Words test on Fri., Dec. 9. Study your handouts (pp. 130-133, 165-166, 174 and 134).
English 11 Block 4 (Day 2):
- Did you miss today's test on fiction? If so, see me ASAP!
- theme;
- irony;
- POV;
- plot;
- symbolism;
- characters;
- conflict.
- Complete the following short story crossword!
- 2nd paragraph: If not finished, complete the "negative" paragraph on the following topic: What are the negative aspects of social media and digital technology for society?
- Please review these notes on the paragraph.
