Yessssssssssss! Friday.

This weekend your reading all of scene four,
and always do the starred questions, never any more.
And that poem you've selected? You need to know half,
Deliver it in such a way so that students don't laugh.
That will be Tuesday,  oh and one more thing to add,
honour students hand in your work, as long as its not bad.

No homework(ish)

Hey 11s,

So I have not assigned any Macbeth reading, but you can still work on your poem memorization. Remember half of it it due this Tuesday.
Honour students have tomorrow's class set aside for your lit circle.... use it or lose it, the choice is yours.

When Emma Made her Presence Known!

So switching gears: we're reading Macbeth,
Like any good tragedy there's lots of death.
But tonight's reading doesn't take you very far,
Read scenes 1 & 2 and complete questions with a star.

When you post to the wrong class and ruin the book for them (Sorry History 12)

Poem To a Mouse by Robert Burns

Sprung over Spring!

Sometimes there's nothing like a gradual ease,
Too much homework on the first day feels like a disease.
So tonight's homework is about knowing your due dates,
And not piling up books- enough to fill crates.
You've got a test on Wednesday where you show me stuff,
Because for reading Of Mice and Men we've done enough.
If your report card says 'honours', this Friday's you're meeting,
If you don't think you're ready, then I guess tonight you're reading.
The sixteenth is the day where you deliver up your poem(s),
But don't say it blandly, drive the point home(s)!

*last line can be either
 you drive the point home, or you drive the point, homes (i.e. homie)





article shared in class today

Post Spring Break Homework, i.e. the weekend before school starts

Hello Grade 11s,

Hope you had a great (read meaningful) time serving during your outreach trip.
You probably walked away with a sense of how much you have to be thankful for.
Keep going back to what you saw during PEAK  week when you find yourself not being grateful enough.

So for the homework:
Remember we are reading the rest of Of Mice and Men and finishing the handout I gave you.
You are answering all the questions on that handout.
We will discuss the novella, watch the rest of the movie, debrief the predominant themes in this book, and prepare for the test (don't stress, it's not too hard if you read the book and paid attention).
Don't forget to spend some time working on memorizing your chosen poem for PoetryinVoice.
April is right around the corner. I figure around Easter (or just before), we will perform the poems.
April is Poetry Month too (look out for a contest I'll be running)

I guess that's everything. Send a message to this blog, if you think I forgot something.

Enjoy the rest!!

Read up to page 76

of Of Mice and Men.

Amen.