Weekend: We Can!

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Im hoping the new link works, please check the previous post and add your gmail account there.



We are reading A Walk to the Jetty and answering the questions that follow.



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Start considering which book you would like to read for your Lit Circle. Sign up sheet is now posted in my class.



Read Miss Brill and answer the questions that follow.



Start giving some thought to your research paper. Due dates tend to creep up on you.



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Consider doing the two options for earning bonus marks.



We are now in Chapter 10. Read the first two sections and answer the first two sets of Activities.



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Read Old English



Prepare (seriously) prepare for your quiz on Bede and The Seafarer.



Also, try the link on the previous post to see if you can give me your gmail account.

Thursday: the first one in February

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OOOkay!
Please post your gmail account in this link

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Read Boys and Girls

Create a five column organizer and discuss the 5 character's point of view on an important scene in the story. Discuss what they saw, said, and thought/felt.

Quiz for Locobucks only on spelling words found in the three stories we read this week.

Reminder that a week from tomorrow your narrative essay is due (a character sketch).

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Vocab quiz tomorrow on the first two stories.

Read Chapter Three on Characterization and answer all questions but the last one.

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Chapter 9 test tomorrow.

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Read Bede's "A History..." and answer all questions that follow.
Read The Seafarer

Come to class ready to discuss the ending of Beowulf and the above two selections.

Aaandd this is the link that you should be able to post your Gmail account to:
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Wednesday: Two down; two to go.

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Finish reading Brother Dear and answer #3 (Tips to improve communication btwn kids/parents)

Bring your journal.

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Finish reading The Destructors and answer # 1-4.

Objective quiz on the story tomorrow. A second reading is recommended.

Vocab quiz Friday.

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NO HW!!! (What the?)
Test on Chapter 9 Friday.

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Finish reading Beowulf's Battle with Grendel.
Answer questions:
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUubO714wTjoZGY1ejdienNfNDFncGttYnJjbQ&hl=en

Quiz tomorrow on Beowulf and A.S times.

Tuesday: Short and Sweet

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Sign up your Gmail address here:

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Learning the Language-

Write a paragraph on the following:

Describe the fomality of the language in LTL. Is it formal or informal?

Give evidence from th estory to support your opinion. Describe the voice of the narrator.

(consider diction, point of view, and tone) the glossary at the back of the book should give you a definintion of these terms.



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Read Chapter Two- Plot and Structure

Answer all questions that follow.

Hightlight bolded words in your Glossary of Literary Terms handout.



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Look for a quiz this week on everything discussed in Chapter 9

Complete the handout on the Branches of Federal Government.



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Sign up for a Gmail account with this link

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Beowulf Questions:

https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUubO714wTjoZGY1ejdienNfNDFncGttYnJjbQ&hl=en

Semester Two: How do you do?

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Alright 11's

We are starting things off with "Short Stories". We read Learing the Language today from Viewpoints. As this story is full of similes, I have asked you to answer 2a.

Also, due for tomorrow is for you to construct four of your own similies, one for each topic:

Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual.


Under Construction: A Spelling Bee

Please don't forget to get a gmail account. Go to this link to provide it.
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Wow...tonight's homework is a doozy. Let's get right into it:

A- Finish reading "The Most Dangerous Game" and answer #s 1-6

B- Read Chapter One entitled Reading the Story and answer #s 1-3 (?)

C- Handed out in class was a Vocabulary List. Know for Friday all Vocab words for all the stories that we read in class this week. (head's up- we will probably get through two or three)



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We are starting off the semester in Government and Law (Unit 2)

Continue to fill in your Vocab sheet as you learn the words.

We have read up to the first set of Activities and you will answer #3 & #5.

Start paying attention to what's going on in your world. I will give you a quiz on the 14th of February. Strictly for Bonus Marks.





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Riddle me this:



I am due tomorrow

I am both the answer

and the question

I am difficult to understand

but easy to comprehend.



A Riddle.

Please go this link to provide your gmail account.
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Review Week: Monday

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In class we finished watching In the Heat of the Night.
We began watching Romeo & Juliet as review for that unit.

There is no homework, except for those students who still need to hand in work to me.


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In class we did PART A of sample provincials in order to prepare for our exam next week.
There is no homework.


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In class today, we had a quiz on the first several pages of Chapter 16; reviewed the homework; and I gave back tests.

Homework for tonight is to read up to page 413 and answer questions 1,2.

Tomorrow, we will review this section of homework and spend the rest of the day in review using the Geospheres cards.

Various students need to complete tests and present their books. You know who you are- don't let this week pass by without getting these things done.