English 12

Monday & Tuesday Please ensure that you have emailed me a copy of your synthesis essay by now. 1. Reading time for classic novel. 2. Sample match - with synthesis essay in hand, go around the room looking at the samples. Decide based on the description and the sample, what you believe your paper would score. Do the same thing one more time, but with someone else's paper. 1. Hyperbole - from Top Gear - prize to the team of 4 that comes up with the longest, correct list of hyperboles from the clip.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL_eIZjiLUk 2. BINGO & prizes! non-fiction terms and devices On your BINGO card, go around the room and ask students to give you a term to write on your card. I will read a definition. If you have the matching term on your card, cross it off. BINGO! horizontal, vertical or diagonal line. No "free square."

C h r i s t m a s A n a g r a m s a g a i n . . . Scars   Emit   Myrrh Thursday 1. Work on synthesis essay. Once your essay is finished - deadline is Friday, December 16th @1pm - send it via email to dadamsonline@gmail.com. Please ensure your name or student number appears in the email AND you student number must be typed at the top of your document. Here are the things you must do between now and Winter Break... - #2 reading response for your classic fiction will not receive credit if I do not have it by tomorrow at 1 pm - Synthesis essay - Quiz on non-fiction terms & devices - Monday/Tuesday will be used to have some sort of fun, competitive check or your understanding of the devices.  Wednesday 1. Work on synthesis essay Tuesday 1. Those of you who have missed quizzes, please go to room 100 at lunch Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday of this week to write missed evaluations. 2. Essay work time. If you would like feedback on your essay, please ask for it during th

Christmas Hink Pink Week ! A happy holiday plant. Thursday 1. Response #2 for your classic fiction novel. Choose any 3 questions to guide your response, but ensure you deal with the 3 levels of reading through you choices/discussion. 2. Essay outline for A Short Story and Mixed Tape. See blog post from yesterday. 3. Questions for A Short Story are due next Tuesday. A brief rest for Santa. Wednesday 1. Progress reports. 2. Mark parallelism quiz. 3. Edit sheet #5 - based on reading responses to term 2 novel. 4. Return the essay plans for SHLFM. Feedback. 5. Last essay plan: Synthesis essay. Prompt discuss imagery in "A Short Story" and "Mixed Tape". Come up with a thesis statement; state what each of your 3 arguments will discuss; provide quotes for each of your arguments; write one body paragraph for the essay (topic sentence, PEE x 3, blended quotes, conclusion/So What to link paragraph back to thesis. 6. Questions for A Short Story are due next