January 30

Welcome to a new Semester!
Today we jumped into the water (metaphorically) with both feet.  You had to read a very badly written piece of text and then try to use it gather enough evidence to make a thesis statement and write a paragraph proving it.  Very tough!

January 20

Well, who knew the last day of the semester would be a snow day?  I hope you are all keeping warm.  Remember that your English 10 Provincial Exam is at 8:30 am Wednesday Jan 25.  Be there early!!!!  If you have NHI assignments, please email them to me or bring them in to school on Monday or Tuesday.  Most of the worksheets etc. you will need are on my website on the Romeo and Juliet or Poetry page links under "Honours 10 Handouts".  You may have to look around a bit to find them. 

Have a great weekend.

January 19

Today we did an inclass essay to practice for the Provincial Exam.  We will be looking at the practice exams tomorrow.  Please return all your textbooks to the library.  Please get all NHI assignments in to me by tomorrow unless you have made other arrangements with me personally.

January 18

Today we looked at the Tyger again.  I handed out some notes on how to write a good essay and a better essay on the tyger.  We will be working on doing more poetry analysis tomorrow and we will look at a practice provinicial on Friday.

January 16

Today we returned to poetry.  We worked on Blakes's Tyger.  We will continue to look at this poem tomorrow.  We also wrote definitions for the last terms lists this year.

January 13

Today we did the To Kill a Mockingbird unit final and watched the rest of the movie.  If you have outstanding assignments, please get them in by next Wed. Jan 18.  or speak to me privately. CMM will be updated over the weekend.   Have a great weekend.

January 12

Today we watched more of the To Kill a Mockingbird Movie.  Tomorrow will the the test.  It is scantron so please remember to bring a pencil and an eraser.  If there is time, we will finish the movie.

January 11

Today we watched the first part of the To Kill a Mockingbird Movie.  We will finish this tomorrow and the unit exam will be on Friday.

January 10

Today we heard a few more paragraphs and then I gave an in-class essay topic on courage.  If you were absent today you will need to schedule time to come in after school to complete this.

January 9

Today we worked in groups to help improve the paragraphs from last day.  We read some of them out loud. Some were excellent and some needed more work.  We will hear a few more tomorrow.

January 6

Today we worked in groups to analyze the quotes you were given yesterday.  Most groups did a fairly  good job of this.  On Monday, we will be discussing the groups answers so please make sure you have your paragraphs done if they did not get finished in class.  Have a nice weekend.

January 5

Today we talked more about TKM and southern womanhood.  I handed out a bunch of quotations from the book and tomorrow, in groups, you will have to analyse them.  No homework.

January 4

Today we discussed some more of the symbolic meanings in the book To Kill a Mockingbird.  I gave out an assignment on some of the background to the novel. These are only short answers so should be done by tomorrow.

January 3

Today we started to discuss the novel To Kill A Mockingbird.  I collected the reading journals.  You have until Friday to get these done if they are not handed in now.