Friday, December 22, 2023

 Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone!



English 12 Blocks 1/2: Homework for Monday (Jan. 8)

  • On Friday we watched the Baz Luhrman movie version of The Great Gatsby, up to the point where Daisy cries about Gatsby's shirts. If you can find a copy of the movie, take notes on the similarities and differences between the two versions. Consider the events, characters, symbols, and settings of the two versions. Overall, which is more significant: the similarities or the differences?
  • Finish reading Chp. 7 of The Great Gatsby and finish your notes. They were due Friday!
    • For the final three chapters, you may use any combination of Cornell, question, and mindmap notes
      • As always, detailed answers with quotations and analysis earn points! 
    • You can read your paperback novel or...
      • read TGG online;
      • ask me to send you an .epub electronic book file;
      • ask your support teacher for an audio book version.
  • Did you miss The Great Gatsby 2 (Chps. 4-7) test? Read your Part 2 PowerPoint notes on colour and the American Dream!
  • Did you miss The Great Gatsby 1 (Chps. 1-3) test? Read your Part 1 PowerPoint notes!
    • Literacy 12 exam results: Please click here and then on Current Student. You may need to set up an account. You'll also need your PEN number, which I don't have. (Please see the office or your counselor.)


    Philosophy 12 Block 3: 
    Homework for Monday (Jan. 8)
    • Quiz alert! We wrote the political spectrum quiz on Friday, Dec. 22. If you missed the quiz, see me ASAP!
      • Study your spectrum notes: L, C, R, or LR.
    • Test alert! Did you miss Monday's metaphysics test? If so, see me ASAP!
      • Study your notes on flux vs. stasis, Plato and Aristotle's forms vs. matter, free will vs. determinism, existentialism & Sartre, the religious "isms", and the religious proofs.
      • Then, complete this online crossword!
    • Journal Round-Up #2!
      • Choose the best five journal entries from #9-16 below. Hand them in for completion (5x5marks=25). They need at least 8 sentences each for a full 5 marks.
      • Then, use one of those 5 and create a good copy paragraph and send it to me via Office 365.
        • 8-16 sentences
        • 2-4 intro. transitions
        • TS/Body/CS
          • You'll need to add a proper conclusion, re-arrange the body examples into BAL, and upgrade your sentences & examples.
          • Due Monday at the the latest.
      • Complete the following journal entries if not finished:
          • 17. When you do something embarrassing*, how much does it bother you to have other people notice it and laugh at you? Why? Be honest!

      English 11 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Monday (Jan. 8)
      • The second rough copy paragraph (#2)was due at the end of class Thursday.
        • Paragraph #1 is the anti-thesis paragraph, while paragraph #2 is the pro-thesis paragraph. You may write a 2nd pro-thesis paragraph (BP3) for a chance at 6/6 on the upcoming essay. For more information, please see the following or... come to class!



        • It will be handed in on Thursday for 10 marks.
      • Did you miss Tuesday's spelling quiz? See me ASAP!