English 12

Thursday Today we are in 506. This will give you an opportunity to get your journal entries into OneNote. Ask me for help if you are still having trouble submitting to your folder. Review the due dates on the right side of this blog. We will finish Short Happy Life next week. Wednesday Continue with the reading of Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Listening.Short.Stories/Francis.Macomber/01/default.html Tuesday Today is National Better Breakfast Day I will be checking in with everyone about your progress. Today the whole class will begin reading The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. If you have a completed journal about this short story in OneNote for me to scan, you can continue to work independently on your novel and the other texts for the unit. Hemingway was portrayed as a macho, adventurous man who had a strong moral code, valuing courage and passionate love.  We associate him with war, big game hunting, boxing, and...

TGIF! "What a great idea!" I scream. 1. Discussion - The Nearest Exit May be Behind You. 2. Terms & devices for the Provincial Exam. Non-fiction terms and devices 3. KAHOOT!  https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/3e54eadd-002d-4c71-a3d7-6f6756b3a559 Did you know... Today is World Gratitude Day What are you grateful for? Today you have computer access. There will be a discussion group for the non-fiction text The Nearest Exit May be Behind You. Wednesday Today we had a the first of our 45 minute Wednesday blocks. We had a discussion group gather together today to discuss the short story "The Bastard". Tuesday Who knew... Today we will have a small group discussion of one of the text resources for the Identity Inquiry: In Plaster by Sylvia Plath(thanks for that idea Zach). Each class we will make discussion time available. Join-in if you wish. I will moderate the discussions which will last 15-30 minutes approximately. Monday Appar...

Friday We will be in 506 Today I will be checking in with you about the "Ordinary Life" response that was assigned one week ago. Work on Identity Inquiry. Thursday I was away, but there is lots to read and do related to the Identity unit. Wednesday Today is International Chocolate Day! ENJOY! 1. One more look at the Identity Structured Inquiry unit. Due dates are included now. 2. Go get your novel choice from the library. 3. Ready, set, GO on our first inquiry unit. I do not plan to do a lot of whole class instruction. Instead, I will be giving small group lessons for the MUST HAVES of English 12 - things like blending quotes, helping you with how to write a synthesis essay, how to write the journals, etc. Tuesday 1. Parallelism - go over answers together. 2. New parallelism practice. 3. Identities unit a few details to discuss. Novel and journal. 4. Identities chart. 5. Do a a quick identity chart for Hemingway. Begin reading "The Short Happ...

TGIF! You made it through week one of Grade 12. WOOT! WOOT! I have booked the laptops for you today so I can run you through OneNote access. 1. Complete speaking about topics and voting. 2. Debrief the other questions on the 11x17 that you talked about in your groups. 3. Take a look at OneNote in Office 365. 4. Do another step in the co-construction of our course outline for English 12 - the WANT TO HAVE list. We will attempt to use OneNote for this Here is a list of some MUST HAVES for English 12 how to write a synthesis essay how to write a text response paragraph - 3 levels of reading syntax and sentence fluency, usage, parallelism, conventions - grammar stuff quote blending + citations 1st peoples literature literary elements, style elements, techniques, devices - rhetorical devices pathos, ethos, logos - bias, propaganda, manipulation text structures - narrative structures, prose structures, poetic structures creative writing li...