En 12

Brittany and I couldn't post her comment to the Blog because of $#?! Centron - so here it is.

"While watching the movie, i found that listening to the words was difficult. the idea was there,
the imagery of the play was there, but that just is a small part in the play itself. Reading the play i think
is much more helpful in learning, but the movie is very good and is close to the play Hamlet."

En 12: NOTES FROM WEDNESDAY 1 DEC.

Today we had a writing workshop to practice the techniques we discussed in yesterday's class.  We will use the first 20 minutes of tomorrow's class to finish and then work on a pantomime activity for Act II, Scene i.  There is no need to post a journal comment today.

Enjoy the Canucks game, or Survivor, or both!

En 10: from 1 December

Today, using the computers, we each found a famous speech and copied some powerful lines from it.  Next, we examined the St. Crispan's speech and noted the ways Henry persuades/motivates his men before the battle.  Lastly, we found connections to join the two speeches.  Tomorrow, we will write a paragraph to discuss our connections.

English 11: from Nov 30

Please remember to post "journal" comments to the blog regularly. 

Group 1 should review their parts for reading in scenes 2-3.

Group 2 will start Act 2 next day.  Please ensure you have all pre-read Scenes 1-3.  I'll assign parts for performance next class.

English 12: From Tuesday, 30 November

I hope you enjoyed the film - it is a good study aid because it follows the text in the play so closely.  Tomorrow we will write a paragraph to practice some of the strategies we practiced today and then we'll look at Act II, Scene 1.  We'll do some interpretaion on the first half of the scene and some pantomime of the second half - I hope you have some laughs "acting" an "antic" Hamlet.  Please ensure you pre-read the scene if you've not yet done so.

En 10: Notes from Tuesday, 30 Nov

Today, we looked at some famous speaches from the twentieth century.  We then looked at persuasive and emotional lines from the St. Crispan's speech.  Next day we will watc the rest of the movie.  Please remember to post a comment, especially if you've not done so yet.

Socials 11: Notes from Friday, 26 Nov

On Friday, we had a chance to listen to almost half of the class give their presentations.  I thought the PowerPoint slides were for the most part, quite good and I was pleased with how you managed to incorporate many of the characteristics that I showed you in terms of good slide layout and design.  I was hoping that the audience would have been able to ask more questions of the presenters - that will come.  On Wednesday we will hear the rest of the class speak, and on Friday we will look at some of the issues that concerned Canada's Home Front. 

On Friday, we will also be using the learning you gained researching your PowerPoint presentation to learn how to write a proper "what/so what" history paragraph (this would not be a good class to miss).

PLEASE GO BACK TO NOVEMEBR 12TH'S COMMENT AND REVISIT THE POINTS THAT YOU SHOULD BE REVIEWING.  IN ORDER TO BE READY FOR THE TEST ON THE FIRST WORLD WAR, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE POINTS IN YOUR TEXT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOUR WORK BOOK.