What day is it today?!

Two Down, Two to Go

TAs/Interns
Continue to log your hours as I will be checking to make sure they are up to date shortly.

English 12
1. Get your quizzes signed
2. Read the Intro Notes to 1984
3. Read Ch.1 of 1984
4. Read the newspaper article on Euphemisms
5. Answer questions 1-10 on Review Package
*6 PSA on 'preventing conflict' is due NEXT Monday.

Get out there and enjoy the fleeting rays of sun!

Go ahead: Look like a Million Bucks!

TA/Interns:

You will be getting a reading next Monday from your teacher: this is due one week from the date you get it (September 30 > October 7). If you do not receive a reading, please remind your teacher and inform me.
This will be your first Reading Reflection for the term.

English 12
Please pre-read Once More unto the Breach.

 "(1)read the story the first time simply to enjoy and familiarize yourself  with it; (2) read the story a second time, more slowly and deliberately, in the attempt to understand its full artistic significance and achievement" Arp, Thomas. Perinne's Literature, Thompson Wadsworth: Australia, 2006, p 65

Friday: PSA's due

Quiz/ Test: either way, you must demonstrate your knowledge!

Read
Harrison Bergeron.
If you have read it, then like all literary fiction,
give it a second reading!
See you tomorrow.

This Friday: PSA due

September 21: International Peace Day!

English 12

*Quiz alert*(for effect) Monday you will be asked to tell all you know about:
1. literary terms discussed
2. chapter intros for chapters 1,4,7
3. the four short stories we read
4. the two poems we read, found here and here.

Review of 1st Three Weeks

Don't forget your Jeans tomorrow!

Grade 12:

Here are the questions that you need to complete tonight for homework: Civil Peace

 Here is The Story: Civil Peace Please refer to it in your answers as you complete you questions. Include paragraph reference.

PSA is due October 27th

Last year Loconte Blogger Better

A little more forgetful this time around, but should anyone still be awake during these few remaining hours of September 18:

English 12

Do questions: 1,2,4 on Preventing Conflict in the New Century
Read the handout on Persuasive Writing: (Ethos, Logos, Pathos)

Dulce et Gabanna

TAs:
Continue to record your hours in your work log. Your first reading will be giving September 30.

English 12:
 Complete the handout on 'Quotation Marks", #10. The Preventing Conflict in the New Century assignment is missing a back side; thus, you cannot do this part of the homework assignment.