EN12 STUDIES BLOCK 3 SEM 1

Friday, January 16

  1. Students finished their poems and handed them in.
  2. Some students worked on the bonus theme poster assignment (see below).

Thursday, January 15

  1. The class continued to work on their three poems. They are due tomorrow at the end of class.
  2. Students who wish to also worked on the bonus poetry assignment - a poetry theme poster - once they had handed in their completed three poems. If you choose to do this assignment, it is due Monday afternoon at the start of the Literacy 12 Assessment in my room. This assignment is not mandatory; it is a BONUS assignment.
  3. Poetry Theme Poster Assignment

Wednesday, January 14

  1. The class continued to write their poems.
  2. The poems are due the end of Friday's class.

Tuesday, January 13

  1. The class continued to work on their poetry assignment.

Friday, January 9

  1. The class finished taking notes for poetry terms.
  2. The class began the poetry assignment.
  3. Poetry Assignment
  4. Poetry Themes

Thursday, January 8

  1. The class continued taking poetry notes.

Wednesday, January 7

  1. The class began the poetry unit.
  2. Students read a couple of poems and took some notes on poetic terms and devices in preparation for the poetry assignment that is upcoming.
  3. Poetry Terms PowerPoint
  4. Poetry Literary Terms Table Blank
  5. Poems Package

Tuesday, January 6

  1. The class finished their Merchant of Venice essays.

Monday, January 5

  1. The class began writing the essay for The Merchant of Venice.

Thursday, December 18

  1. The class wrote The Merchant of Venice test.
  2. The class marked the subject verb agreement exercises from yesterday.

Wednesday, December 17

  1. The class marked the act 5 questions from yesterday.
  2. The class began learning about subject-verb agreement.
  3. Exercises 1-4 were assigned and are due Friday.
  4. Subject-Verb Agreement Notes
  5. Subject -Verb Agreement PowerPoint
  6. Exercises 1-4

Tuesday, December 16

  1. The class was assigned the act 5 questions. The questions are due tomorrow. Use the link to the play on the home page of this website to complete the questions.
  2. Act 5 Questions
  3. The test for this play will be on Thursday. 
  4. Study the list of 18 terms and definitions, the diagram of the 6 stages of a Comedy, and the list of characters for the play. Scroll back to November 17th to find the documents if you do not have them.

Monday, December 15

  1. The marked the act 4 questions and read act 5 of the play.

Friday, December 12

  1. No school due to flooding in the valley.

Thursday, December 11

  1. The class worked on and finished the act 4 questions from yesterday.
  2. The questions will be marked in class tomorrow.
  3. If you were not in class today, use the link to the play on the home page of this website to help you finish the questions.

Wednesday, December 10

  1. The class worked on the act 4 questions for The Merchant of Venice. They will be finished in class and marked tomorrow.
  2. Act 4 Questions

Tuesday, December 9

  1. The class wrote the sentence fragments test.
  2. The class finished reading act 4 of the play The Merchant of Venice.
  3. The class watched act 4 of the movie.

Monday, December 8

  1. The class marked the act 3 questions from the play.
  2. The class read scene 1 of act 4 of the play.

Friday, December 5

  1. The class worked on and finished the act 3 questions for The Merchant of Venice. They are due Monday if you were not in class.

Thursday, December 4

  1. The class watched the rest of act 3 of the movie.
  2. The class began working on the act 3 questions. 
  3. The questions will be finished in class tomorrow and marked.
  4. Act 3 Questions

Wednesday, December 3

  1. The class marked the sentence fragment review from yesterday.
  2. The class finished reading act 3 of the play and began watching act 3 of the movie.

Tuesday, December 2

  1. The class was assigned sentence fragments review. 
  2. The review is due tomorrow, Wednesday, December 3.
  3. Sentence Fragments Review
  4. The class began reading act 3 of The Merchant of Venice.

Monday, December 1

  1. The class worked on and finished the act 2 questions for The Merchant of Venice.

Friday, November 28

  1. The class watched the rest of act 2 of The Merchant of Venice movie and then began working on the act 2 questions.
  2. Act 2 Questions
  3. The questions will be finished in class on Monday.

Thursday, November 27

  1. The class finished reading act 2 of The Merchant of Venice and began watching act 2 of the movie.

Wednesday, November 26

  1. The class marked The Merchant of Venice Act 1 Questions.
  2. The class began reading act 2 of the play.

Tuesday, November 25

  1. The class marked yesterday's sentence fragments exercises.
  2. The class continued working on The Merchant of Venice act 1 questions.
  3. The questions are due tomorrow.
  4. Use the link to the play on the sidebar to the right to complete the questions.

Monday, November 24

  1. The class was assigned sentence fragments exercises 5-8. The exercises are due tomorrow, Tuesday, November 25.
  2. Exercises 5-8
  3. The class was assigned act 1 questions for The Merchant of Venice. They will be completed in class tomorrow.
  4. Act 1 Questions

Friday, November 21

  1. The class marked the sentence fragments exercises from yesterday.
  2. The class finished reading act 1 of The Merchant of Venice.
  3. The class watched act 1 of The Merchant of Venice movie.

Thursday, November 20

  1. The class learned about sentence fragments.
  2. Exercises 1-4 were assigned and are due tomorrow, Friday, November 21.
  3. Sentence Fragments PowerPoint
  4. Sentence Fragments Notes
  5. Exercises 1-4
  6. The class began reading the play The Merchant of Venice.

Wednesday, November 19

  1. The class wrote the Shakespeare biography video quiz.
  2. The class volunteered for parts for the play The Merchant of Venice.
  3. Character List

Tuesday, November 18

  1. The class finished learning about the terms for Shakespeare.
  2. The class watched a documentary about Shakespeare and took notes for tomorrow's quiz on the documentary.

Monday, November 17

  1. The class finished writing the essay from last week.
  2. The Shakespeare unit was started with an introduction to Shakespeare.
  3. Why do We Read Shakespeare PowerPoint
  4. Order of Events in a Tragedy and a Comedy 
  5. Shakespeare Literary Terms

Friday, November 14

  1. The class wrote the good copy for their Keeper 'n Me and Lion essay.
  2. If you were not in class today, you will need to sign up for my FOCUS block on Wednesday of next week to write your essay.

Thursday, November 13

  1. Students worked on their essays. The essays are due at the end of class Friday.

Wednesday, November 12

  1. The class continued to work on their Keeper 'n Me/Lion essay.
  2. The essay is due at the end of class on Friday..

Tuesday, November 11

  1. No school. Remembrance Day.

Monday, November 10

  1. No school.

Friday, November 7

  1. Students continued to plan and work on the rough copy of the Keeper/Lion essay.

Thursday, November 6

  1. The class marked the run-on sentences test from yesterday.
  2. The class learned about how to use quotations in writing.
  3. The Basic Essay
  4. Using Transitions and Quotations in Writing
  5. Basic Essay Structure
  6. The class began the planning phase of the essay for Keeper and Lion. The topic is "Compare Keeper 'n Me and Lion in terms of themes. In what ways are the the book and the novel similar thematically?"
  7. The essay will be due next Friday, November 14. The essay is being written in class only.

Wednesday, November 5

  1. The class wrote the run-on sentences test.

Tuesday, November 4

  1. The class marked the run-on sentences review.
  2. The test is tomorrow, Wednesday, November 5.
  3. The class discussed the movie Lion and the novel Keeper 'n Me.
  4. A review of essay writing was begun. 
  5. Writing an Essay PowerPoint

Monday, November 3

  1. No school.

Friday, October 31

  1. The class finished watching the movie Lion.
  2. The class was assigned the run-on sentences review.
  3. The review is due Tuesday, November 4.
  4. Run-on Sentences Review

Thursday, October 30

  1. The class marked the test from the other day.
  2. The class continued watching the movie Lion in preparation for our final writing assignment for the novel Keeper 'n Me.
  3. Cut off for assignments and marks for term 1 is Friday, November 7. Assignments for term 1 will not be accepted after the 7th.

Wednesday, October 29

  1. Career Day. School is in session, but there are no classes.

Tuesday, October 28

  1. The class finished the test from yesterday.

Monday, October 27

  1. The class wrote the last Keeper 'n Me test. It will be finished in class tomorrow and then marked.

Friday, October 24

  1. No school. Pro-d day.

Thursday, October 23

  1. The class marked run-on sentences exercises 5-8 from yesterday.
  2. The class began watching the movie Lion as part of the our final assignment for Keeper 'n Me.

Wednesday, October 22

  1. The class finished taking notes from yesterday.
  2. The class was assigned run-on sentences exercises 5-8. The exercises are due tomorrow, October 23.
  3. Exercises 5-8
  4. The last test for the novel is Monday, October 27.

Tuesday, October 21

  1. The class finished reviewing the last study guide questions.
  2. The class began taking the last notes for literary terms for the upcoming novel test.
  3. Various Prose Literary Terms PowerPoint
  4. Only definitions for terms 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, and 70 were taken.

Monday, October 20

  1. The class marked the run-on sentences exercises from Friday.
  2. The class began going over the sections 5-7 study guide questions for the novel.

Friday, October 17

  1. The class learned about run-on sentences and were assigned exercises 1-4.
  2. The exercises are due Monday, October 20.
  3. Run-on Sentences PowerPoint
  4. Run-on Sentences Notes
  5. Exercises 1-4
  6. The class continued to work on and finish the last study guide questions for the novel. They are due Monday, October 20.

Thursday, October 16

    1. The class continued to work on the novel study guide questions. The questions are due Monday, October 20.

    Wednesday, October 15

    1. The class marked yesterday's test.
    2. The class continued to work on the novel study guide questions. The questions are due Monday, October 20.

    Tuesday, October 14

    1. The class wrote the sentence structure test.
    2. The class continued working on the last study guide questions for the novel.

    Friday, October 10

    1. The class marked the sentence structure review from yesterday.
    2. The sentence structure test is Tuesday. It is like the review except bigger.
    3. The class continued to work on the Keeper 'n Me sections 5-7 study guide questions.

    Thursday, October 9

    1. The class was assigned the sentence structure review.
    2. The review is due tomorrow, Friday, October 10.
    3. Sentence Structure Review
    4. The sentence structure test is on Tuesday, October 14.
    5. The class continued to work on the sections 5-7 study guide questions.

    Wednesday, October 8

    1. The class marked sentence structure exercises 21-23 from yesterday.
    2. The class continued with the sections 5-7 study guide questions for the novel.

    Tuesday, October 7

    1. The class learned about compound-complex sentences.
    2. Exercises 21-23 were assigned and are due tomorrow, Wednesday, October 8.
    3. Exercises 21-23
    4. The class continued working on and reading the last sections of the novel (sections 5-7 pages 104-214) and the last study guide questions.

    Monday, October 6

    1. The class marked the Keeper sections 3 and 4 test.
    2. The class marked sentence structure exercises 19 and 20.
    3. The class began reading the rest of the novel (sections 5-7) and working on the study guide questions.
    4. Sections 5-7 Study Guide Questions

    Friday, October 3

    1. The class wrote the Keeper 'n Me Section 3 and 4 test.
    2. Sentence structure exercises 19 and 20 will be marked in class on Monday, October 6.

    Thursday, October 2

    1. The class finished marking the Keeper 'n Me sections 3 and 4 study guide questions.
    2. The sections 3 and 4 test is tomorrow, Friday, October 3. Make sure you study the 17 terms you took notes for (see the PowerPoint below) and the study guide questions.
    3. The class learned about complex sentences.
    4. Exercises 19 and 20 were assigned and are due tomorrow, Friday, October 3.
    5. Exercises 19 and 20

    Wednesday, October 1

    1. The class learned about simple and compound sentences.
    2. Exercises 15-18 were assigned and are due tomorrow, Thursday, October 2.
    3. Exercises 15-18
    4. The class began going over the sections 3 and 4 study guide questions in preparation for the up coming test.

    Tuesday, September 30

    1. No school/National1 Day of Truth and Reconciliation

    Monday, September 29

    1. No school/Pro-d day

    Friday, September 26

    1. The class marked the sentence structure exercises from yesterday.
    2. The class continued with the study guide questions. 
    3. The questions are due Wednesday, October 1.

    Thursday, September 25

    1. The class learned about independent and subordinate clauses.
    2. Exercises 12,13,14,11 were assigned and are due tomorrow, Friday, September 26.
    3. Exercises 12,13,14,11
    4. The class continued to work on the sections 3 and 4 study guide questions for the novel.
    5. The questions are Wednesday, October 1.

    Wednesday, September 24

    1. The class marked the sentence structure exercises 9 and 10 from yesterday.
    2. The class continued to work on the sections 3 and 4 study guide questions.

    Tuesday, September 23

    1. The class learned about compound subjects and predicates.
    2. Exercises 9 and 10 were assigned.
    3. The exercises are due tomorrow, Wednesday, September 24.
    4. Exercises 9 and 10
    5. The class began taking notes for more prose terms that will be on the next novel test: plot, types of endings, points of view, and characterization.
    6. Prose Literary Terms PowerPoint

    Monday, September 22

    1. The class marked the Sections 1 and 2 (pages 1-52) test.
    2. The class marked the sentence structure exercises 1-6 and 8 from last week.
    3. The class continued working on the sections 3 and 4 (pages 52-104) study guide questions.

    Friday, September 19

    1. Students handed in their sentence structure exercises from Tuesday. They will be marked in class on Monday.
    2. Students were assigned the next set of pages to read and study guide questions to answer for the novel - Sections 3 and 4 (pages 52-104).
    3. Section 3 and 4 (pages 52-104) Study Guide Questions

    Thursday, September 18

    1. The class finished writing yesterday's test which took the whole class.

    Wednesday, September 17

    1. There was an emergency procedures drill today.
    2. The class began writing the Sections 1 and 2 (pages 1-52) test for Keeper 'n Me and will finish it tomorrow.

    Tuesday, September 16

    1. The class finished going over the study guide questions for pages 1-52 of Keeper 'n Me.
    2. The class took notes for literary terms - characters . These terms will be on the test for pages 1-52 tomorrow, Wednesday, September 17.
    3. Prose Literary Terms PowerPoint
    4. Prose Literary Terms Table Blank
    5. The class learned about sentence structure - subjects and predicates.
    6. Exercises 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 were assigned and are due Thursday, September 18. 
    7. Sentence Structure PowerPoint
    8. Sentence Structure Notes
    9. Exercises 1,2,3,4,5,6,8

    Monday, September 15

    1. The class marked the parts of the sentence test from Friday.
    2. The class began going over the study guide questions.

    Friday, September 12

    1. The class wrote the parts of the sentence test.
    2. The questions for the first study guide for the novel are due Monday.

    Thursday, September 11

    1. The class continued to work on the Keeper 'n Me questions.
    2. Remember the parts of the sentence test tomorrow.

    Wednesday, September 10

    1. The class continued to work on the sections 1 and 2 (pages 1-52) study guide questions.

    Tuesday, September 9

    1. The class marked the parts of the sentence review.
    2. The class signed out the novel Keeper 'n Me.
    3. The class began reading pages 1-52 and answering the study guide questions as they read.
    4. Study Guide Pages 1-52

    Monday, September 8

    1. The class learned about conjunctions and interjections.
    2. The class finished the review exercises for the basic parts of the sentence. The exercises will be marked in class tomorrow.
    3. The class was introduced to the novel Keeper 'n Me.
    4. Richard Wagamese PowerPoint
    5. What is Identity PowerPoint
    6. What is a Worldview PowerPoint
    7. Indigenous Terminology PowerPoint

    Friday, September 5

    1. The class learned about verbs, adverbs, and prepositions.
    2. The class worked on the exercises in the review package for these three parts of the sentence.

    Thursday, September 4 

    1. The class began reviewing the parts of the sentence starting with nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
    2. Parts of the Sentence Notes
    3. Parts of the Sentence Review
    4. The nouns, pronouns, and adjectives parts of the review are due tomorrow, Friday, September 5.

    Wednesday, September 3

    1. Students were introduced to the class.
    2. The course outline was handed out and expectations for the class were gone over.
    3. Course Outline
    4. Please have a book of your own choosing for silent reading tomorrow.
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