June 17

Well this is it, the last day! It is quite sad to say goodbye to all of you. Come back and tell me how the exam went. Today we marked a bit of the poetry exam and reviewed the provincial for tomorrow.

Remember EAT before you come to school, bring writing materials and water, leave the mp3's etc. at home and get here ON TIME!!!

Best of luck and have a safe and happy summer.

June 16

Today we did the poetry unit final exam. Today was also the day for all NHI work to come in. The essays on Death Be Not Proud are due tomorrow. Please bring in all your text books that you may still have. Tomorrow we will go over the Provincial Exam so it is not a good day to miss. Have a nice evening.

June 13

Lucky June 13!! We had quite a busy day today. Was anyone's brain tired afterward? First we did a TPCASTT analysis of your poetry mashup poems. Then you filled in the essay organizer as if you were going to write an essay on that poem. Finally, I handed out the poem that you will actually do the analysis of. Please make sure that you have at least done the rough copy for Monday. This essay will be a 5 paragraph essay but quite short because the poem is quite short. Think about 1-2 PEE chains per body paragraph. The poetry exam will not take all period so will likely have some time for peer editing. You were also supposed to turn in your 5 Poem ID's today. If you did not, please get these done for Monday. The poems are on my website on the poetry page. If you are looking for extra bonus work, please do the bonus poetry assignment on the poetry page.

Little Bonus: You can do this twice. You must get your 1 Million to win!!
Poetry Rags to Riches (the sequel)
http://www.quia.com/rr/285774.html

June 12

Hello. We did the quiz on list 7 & 8 today and marked part of it. Then we did the poem_ID practice sheet. You need to identify the type (genre) of each poem and find various figures of speech etc. This sheet is on the website on the poetry page under honours assignments. It was supposed to be finished by the end of the block or at lunch. As no one came in to do it, I am assuming that everyone has finished. I am still missing several of the lament assignements too. Please get these in as well. Upcoming. We have a poetry exam on Monday and a preparation day for the provincial on Tuesday. Do not plan to be away either of these days. The cut off for NHI assignments is Monday.

June 11

Another kind of a strange day. Many people did not have their compare and contrast organizer filled out so we had to do a very rushed overview of that before starting the paragraph. We began to write a paragraph that compares the 2 sonnets (Brownining and Shakespeare) and answers the questions "Why does Billy talk that way about his love?" Then the firebell rang and we didn't finish. I still need assignments from yesterday and remember about the quiz on lists 7 and 8 tomorrow.

Bonus for tonight: Easy
Poetry For Lists 7 & 8
http://www.quia.com/jg/1148830.html

June 10

Today we saw the last of the Taming of the Shrew movies. These were also very good. I reviewed the process of DIDLS and the poem Lament. This poem should have been handed in yesterday with the analysis and the fill-in-the-blank paragraph page, but I forgot to ask for them so they came in today. If you did not hand it in, make sure it comes in tomorrow. After this we went back to sonnets and you have to compare and contrast the browning with the Shakespeare sonnet. The homework is to complete the compare and contrast organizer. Reminder of the quiz on terms on Thursday (#8) (back side of #7). Also all text books are now due back. Please bring in Mockingbird, Shrew and anything else you still have. Thanks.

June 9

Today we saw some great versions of Taming of the Shrew. Cudos to all. They were very funny. One group did not finish and one group didn't get to show theirs due to a technical problem and one more group is in the wings so we will see these tomorrow and then move hurriedly on. I forgot to collect the Rue DIDLS assignment so if you didn't do it, you get one more day!!! If you did, thanks and hand it in tomorrow.

June 6

Today we watched 2 short power points on DIDLS: a method for determining the tone of a poem.
After this we looked a poem by A.E. Houseman and tried out the method. Finally, I handed out a poem called Lament. You must do a DIDLS analysis of this poem for Monday. Remember, also that your Shrew projects will be shown on Monday too. Have a great weekend.

June 5

Today we had quiz on terms 7A and talked briefly about sonnets. Tomorrow we will carry on with DIDLS. No homework tonight.

June 4

Today it was record sheet day and then we went over the Taming of the Shrew Exams and found a couple of debatable answers and 2 errors in the key. You may come in after school if you want to go through it yourself. Then I read some examples of excellent essays and some not as great ones. Finally, we heard the paraphrased sonnets and I handed out another sonnet sheet. You must label the rhyme scheme and paraphrase the sonnet. These are not on the website so come in for a copy. Remember there is a quiz on terms tomorrow, List #7. The definitions can be found on my website on the redbook pages link and/or in the dictionary.

Bonus: You can play each game twice for a point.

Poetry Terms Jumbled Words for List #7
http://www.quia.com/jw/156545.html

Basic figurative devices List #7
http://www.quia.com/cm/140411.html

June 3

Today we had the Taming of the Shrew exam. We also voted to extend the Taming of the Shrew presentations until June 12 (Monday) but they must all be ready on that day. We started to paraphrase a sonnet #73 and this is due tomorrow. We will be continuing with poetry for the rest of this week. Thursday's quiz is on list #7. Have fun at Bard.

June 2

Today we covered all the poetic forms that will be on the exam and looked at how to recognize implied metaphors etc. We also read some interesting examples of sonnets, ballads, lyrics and free verse poems. The Shrew exam is tomorrow. The Shrew presentations are Wednesday. Please be ready to present on Wednesday because I can't guarantee you any other time due to the lack of days left in the Semester. Thursday's quiz will be on Terms list #7. I hope the rest of you had fun at the golf tournament.