English 12 Blocks 1/2: Homework for Wednesday
- Complete the 6 blended quotations assignment (Part B of the quotations exercise). Use two quotations for each of the 3 blending tactics.
- Finish collecting three quotations each for the two essay topic you have chosen for the "personal composition" unit. 2 topics x 3 relevant quotations each = /6 marks
- Grammar:
- Review these sites (one and two) on "subject and predicate".
- Review these sites on sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.
- Review these sites (one and two) on subject verb agreement.
- Review this site on parallelism.
- Review this site on confusing words.
- Review this webpage on complex sentences.
- Review this website on pronoun case.
- *Review this website on capitalization.
- * New topic!
- Make sure you get the notes on quotations, grammar and "dangerous language" if you were away.
Philosophy 12 Block 3: Homework for Wednesday
- Get the introductory PPT notes on Metaphysics and finish 1 to 5 (i - v) of the Metaphysics 1 questions.
- Did you complete today's graphic organizer on the potential negative effects of digital technology on our autonomy? /5
- Did you miss Monday's ethics test?
- Review the following:
- Introduction
- Plato and Aristotle
- Classical Ethics
- Utilitarianism (including Peter Singer)
- Kantianism
- Also...
- How can Kant believe that obedience = freedom??
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of utilitarianism?
- Which is the best classical ethics?
- Complete the following journal entries if not finished:
- 10. You are the captain of a 20-crew submarine that’s lying on the seabed. Its engines are destroyed. Rescue is three days away. There’s only enough air for five people over that three-day span. What do you decide? What’s the rationale for your decision?
- 9. Lawyers take a solemn oath to defend the interests of their clients. They must not suppress information either. If you were the lawyer, would you withhold information that implicates your client in a violent crime, even if you might be disbarred?
English 11 Block 4 Linear: Thursday
- The first grammar test ("The Parts of the Sentence") is coming up soon. Start reviewing!
- Review this webpage on complex sentences.
- Review this webpage on compound sentences.
- Review this webpage on simple sentences.
- Review this webpage on prepositional phrases.
- *Review this webpage on direct and indirect objects.
- Review these sites (one and two) on "subject and predicate".
- *Reviewed today!
- Did you miss the Maus II test?
- Read all of Maus II and complete the study guide for Wednesday's Maus II test! Detail counts!!!
- Here's the key for the crossword:
- Consider the following:
- the challenges of living inside Auschwitz
- Vladek's personality as an old man
- Vladek's abilities as a survivor (in Maus I and Maus II)
