Monday, March 7 - Friday, March 11

Friday

  1. Silent reading for first 10-15 minutes of class.
  2. Short story quiz.
  3. Work on banned book essay – Create an outline first on the blue sheet I have left! Please check over the outlines. The assignment description and the rubric are in the links section of the blog. Make sure you read over the description of the assignment because one of the things you must do is define censorship in the introduction and you must write a short concession paragraph.

Thursday

  1. QUIZ on Friday - short story terms and devices
  2. Essay practice - conclusion paragraph?
  3. What makes a quality essay? Looking at sample essays to pull out what’s expected, what counts. From these ideas, I create the rubric for the synthesis essay.
  4. Continue reading activity for the short story “The Bastard.” Gambling on predictions! 
  5. Faking it... 7 Deadly Sins...animals

Wednesday

  1. QUIZ on Friday - short story terms and devices
  2. Clock partners & Essay practice - conclusion paragraph.
  3. Blue essay outline sheet TODAY is last opportunity to hand in. SELF-REFLECTION 
  4. Pre-reading activity for the short story “The Bastard." During reading collect examples of the 7 Deadly Sins, animal references, and examples of people "faking it."

 Tuesday

  1. Clock partners & Essay practice - body paragraphs.
  2. Work on the blue essay outline sheet.
  3. What makes a quality essay? Looking at sample essays to pull out what’s expected, what counts.
Monday
  1. Silent reading for first 10 minutes of class. 
  2. Essay practice #2 to be completed. Either read from the links section of this blog and do work on lined paper, or the teacher today may have photocopied it for you.
  3. The blue essay outline you created for the question related to "The Soul of Capitalism" and "When Canada Meet Andy" is due today. Your teacher today will ask to see it at the beginning of the class. If it was done for homework as requested, they will initial it. Before you hand it in, complete the back as outlined below in #3.
  4. Once you show your completed outline from Friday to the teacher, they will give you a sample essay. Read it. Break the sample essay apart and write down what is in each section on the back of the blue sheet where you wrote out your own outline. Hand your the blue sheet once both sides are finished.
  5. On the sample “6” essay that you just finished using, work with a partner and, on one of the essays, write down at least 3 things that the writer has done well. Construct your phrases using an action that a writer does and a quality word. For example “includes (action)  sufficient (quality word) quotes”  “provides (action)  more than enough (quality word) detail.”
  6. Go to the following link: https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/exemplars/en_synthesis/en12-synthesis-samples.pdf . Read the other papers that scored a “5” or “6” and write down at least 6 other phrases that state what the writers have done well. Write these on the essay paper used in #5 above. Put your names on it. Hand it in.  

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