En 12: Friday 30 Sept

Today, we worked on a study guide question sheet designed to help us examine the form and structure of poetry using the Imprints 12 anthology.  The paragraph writing samples are designed to give you practice developing a and expressing a view about what you are reading.  This will be a necessary skill when you come to do your provincial exam.

En 11: Friday 30 Sept

Today we worked at editing our TOMATS essays.  First we copied the essay to a fresh page so that we had two copies of it.  Next, we edited the second copies.  Then, we chose a sample paragraph from the edited version and copied it again to a third page.   We also took the undedited version of that paragraph from the original essay and added it also to that third page to we could compare it to the edited version.  Finally, we added "comments" to the edited version using the "insert" tab from the Word toolbar in order to participate in meta-cognition.  I've included a sample of the last step as a model.  Note how some of the comments are about writing style and format; others are reflective and still others explain why certain editing choices were made.

En 8: Friday, 30 Sept

Today I collected the character sketches due for homework.  Then we read Chapter 5 independently and discussed the questions together.  Next, we read Chapter 6 in pairs and worked on the questions in pairs after Mr. Marshall gave a short review of the history of Dunkirk.  No homework, unless you want to work to be ahead.

En 12: Thursday 29 Sept

Today we wrote the "David" exam.  Take a break tonoght - no homework.

SS 11: Thursday 29 Sept

Today we started our review in preparation for the government unit exam.  We began with a quiz and then took turns identifying and explaining the significance of the terms on page 2 of the workbook.  We covered #1-39.  We'll do the rest on Friday.  You should expect your exam on Tuesday (I will be absent).

En 11: Thur 29 Sep

Today I returned the TOMATS essays and then we worked on assessing our thesis statements for accuracy.  We ended up examining our topic sentences for their effectiveness.

En 12: Wed 28 Sept

Today we finished our discussion of "David."  We will have a test tomorrow.

Section 1: Multiple choice: in a line from the poem tell what the highlighted word means (7 ques)
Section 2: Multiple choice: answer 8 questions related to the form and meaning of the poem
Section 3: Match 11 devices to their corresponding example from the poem
Section 4: Write one multi-paragraph response to one prompt
                                     OR
                  Write three single paragraph responses from a choice of six.

It would be good to review the David PPT from the links list (Slide Share) on this blog.
Also, review the notes from the study guide.

This test will give us some writing samples with which to work.