Eng 11, 1-2: Notes from Friday, Feb 25

Today, we discussed the "Saturday Climbing" homework assignment.  In one group, only half of the class completed their homework; please remember your responsibility to come to class prepared.  On Tuesday, we will write the paragraph response - if you want to get ready in advance, you can find what you think are good quotations for a theme-related paragraph (of course you'll have to consider possible themes, first).

I can't return the grammar unit test until the final three students to write do so.  There were some failing marks; students who would like to re-write the test, may, but only after doing some remedial exercises on the sections of the test that gave them trouble.

En 12: Notes from Friday, 25 Feb

Today, we discussed the effect of biased language in journalism and other forms of writing.  We read a handout that had six examples of journalistic writing from various sources.  We highlighted examples of "loaded" or biased language from each.  Please ensure that is done for homework.  We'll do some writing with that on Monday.

Hist 12: Notes from Friday 25 Feb

Today we continued with the events around the Russian Bloody Sunday, Jan 1905.  We also looked at the Tsar's response in the October Manifesto, and the reasons for it.  We also noted that not everyone was happy with it, even at the start.

Please ensure you read the handout on the Fundamental Laws of 1906, and the two handouts on the Stolypin agricultural reforms.  We'll find that Peter Stolypin is a new "significant" person for us to know.

En 12: Notes from Thursday, 24 Feb

Today we continued our discussion of Book 3.  The presenters did a good job leading the discussion; I thought they came up with some strong observations that led to some key points in understanding the novel.  We will finish up tomorrow and then start a new activity centred around the use of language by the media.

His 12: Thursday, 24 Feb

Tiday we did a quick review of Marxism and then took notes on pre-1905 Russia and Bloody Sunday.  We also reviewed DeMarco, pp. 38-39 and discussed the use (and misuse) of statistical information.

Please read Demarco pp. 39-40 and consider the answers to the questions on p. 40 (just do this in your head unless you want notes for later reference.

SS11: Thursday, 24 Feb

Today we finished discussing the battles worksheet.  We also reviewed the type of information for the test that will be on Monday.  Review the work sheets - especially the Chapter 5 textbook questions - they cover lots.  Also, scan through the workbook - have a sense of the timeline: what was Canada doing in 1939, 1940, 1941, etc.?  Also what was the role of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force - what different battles/roles did they fill?  Finally, review the blog - the test has no surprises, and nothing is on the test that we didn't spend time discussing.

Don't be lazy - review and give yourself some honest self-evaluation in terms of your knowledge and preparedness.

En 12: Wednesday, 23 Feb

Today, we split up the questions from Book 3 of the study guide to be completed by two-person teams.  We will finish debriefing them tomorrow and then do a special activity around the power of loaded language.

We will be using the technology and supervision articles at a later date.