Lessons and assignments
September 22 - 26
Monday: Review course outline, discuss school attendance and cell phone policies
Tuesday: Short stories - review plot terms, read "The Tell-Tale Heart" and complete plot graph assignment; introductory writing activity (letter)
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: Review "The Tell-Tale Heart" plot graph; read "The Raven" and complete compare-contrast activity; review character terms; read "The Metaphor" and begin illustrated character sketch activity
Friday: ***no class***
Monday: Review course outline, discuss school attendance and cell phone policies
Tuesday: Short stories - review plot terms, read "The Tell-Tale Heart" and complete plot graph assignment; introductory writing activity (letter)
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: Review "The Tell-Tale Heart" plot graph; read "The Raven" and complete compare-contrast activity; review character terms; read "The Metaphor" and begin illustrated character sketch activity
Friday: ***no class***
September 29 - October 3
Monday: "The Metaphor" - review character terms and finish illustrated character sketch; "The Possibility of Evil" - review theme notes and read story. Homework: write a statement of theme for the story.
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: Theme review and practice; "The Possibility of Evil" - complete theme ACE chart; "The Sniper" - read story and plan paragraph response (Q.: Explain how the author uses the setting, the characters, the rising, the climax and/or the falling action to build suspense). Choose three of the five elements from above.
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: Write "The Sniper" suspense paragraph; Symbol and Irony notes; Read "Harrison Bergeron" and complete visual representation
October 6 - 10
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: Paragraph self and peer assessments; Point of View notes; Read "Ashes to the Wind" and complete Short Story Analysis form (review)
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: Short Story Unit Test
Friday: ***no school - Administrative Implementation Day***
October 13 - 17
Monday: ***no school - Thanksgiving Day***
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: Poetry terms, definitions, practice#1; 13RW - explain reading deadlines, passages and responses, quizzes
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: "The Sniper" paragraph - writer's workshop and sample response; Poetry terms - practice #2; 13RW - Slate article and journal response and prepare P&R #1 - RQ #1 on Tue Oct 21st
October 20 - 24
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: 13RW - write RQ#1 and discuss/submit P&R #1; Read short story and complete ACE chart or paragraph planning sheet - write paragraph on Thu Oct 23rd in class
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: Write paragraph #2; Poetry terms - practice #3 - quiz on Tue Oct ; 13RW - P&R #1 feedback
Friday: ***no school - Professional Development Day***
October 27 - 31
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: 13RW - prepare P&R #2 - RQ #2 on Thu; Poetry terms - write quiz; Paragraph #2 - self and peer assessments
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: 13RW - write RQ #2 and discuss/submit P&R #2; Poetry - TPCASTT method and Poems of War
Friday: ***no class***
November 3 - 7
Monday: Poems of War continued
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: 13RW - prepare P&R #3
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: 13RW - RQ #3 and P&R #3 due today; Sample essay evaluation
November 10 - 14
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: ***no school - Remembrance Day***
Wednesday: 13RW - compare/contrast essay brainstorming and planning
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: 13RW - write compare/contrast essay; Poetic Devices Review - "Corner"
November 17 - 21
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: 13RW compare/contrast essay self and peer assessment; R&J - introduction, read Prologue and Act I, scene i; "Prologue" worksheet
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: R&J - review I.ii - "Who am I?" - read I.ii-iii - "A First Look at Juliet"; Poetic Devices Review - "I am a rock"
Friday: ***no class***
November 24 - 28
Monday: R&J - review I.ii-iii; read I.iv-v; complete close reading activities; view Act I video - write quiz on Wed
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: R&J - write Act I Quiz; begin reading Act II; complete soliloquy translation/ socratic circle #1
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: 13RW Essay writer's workshop; R&J - review II.i-ii; read II.iii-iv; Quotations Search; Poetry Devices Review - "Sound of Silence
December 1 - 5
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: R&J - finish reading Act II and view Act II video (to 1:01:35) - write quiz on Thursday; Literature Circle presentations/ selections
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: R&J - finish viewing Act II video (to 1:10:50) and write Act II quiz; Literature Circle - begin reading novels; Poetry - "Warren Pryor"
Friday: ***no class***
December 8 - 12
Monday: LC - idea book marks and vocab; R&J - read III.i and begin III.ii - soliloquy translation/socratic circle #2 - "Headlines"
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: LC - idea book marks and vocab; R&J - read III.ii-iii; Essay #2 - read texts and plan response
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: Essay #2 - write in class; R&J - read III.iv; LC - prepare TTT #1
December 15 - 19
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: LC - reading deadline #1; R&J - read III.v, view Act III video (to 1:47:30); Essay #2 - self and peer assessment
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: R&J - write Act III quiz; Poetry - "Solsbury Hill"; Problem-solving/ co-collaboration - technology policy
Friday: ***no class***
January 5 - 9
Monday: ***no school - snow day***
Tuesday: ***no school - snow day***
Wednesday: Review class technology policy; Return essay #2 - writer's workshop; Romeo and Juliet - read Act IV, scenes i-iii and complete soliloquy translation/socratic circle #3; Literature Circle - prepare TTT #2 - second reading deadline is Fri Jan 9th
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: Composition marking activity - write Composition next week; Romeo and Juliet - finish reading Act IV and view Act IV video (to 1:55:45) - write Act IV quiz on Tue; Literature Circle reading deadline #2; Poetry - "Desperado" - practice identifying metaphors
January 12 - 16
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: Write original composition #1; Romeo and Juliet - write Act IV Quiz, begin reading Act V, scenes i-iii; Literature Circle - complete missing TTT assignments
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: Original Comp. #1 - complete self-assessment; R&J - finish reading Act V, complete soliloquy translation/socratic circle #4 and view Act V video
Friday: ***no class***
January 19 - 23
Monday: R&J - write Act V quiz and begin RAFT project; Literature Circle - prepare TTT #3
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: R&J - continue RAFT project; Literature Circle - final reading deadline, visual representation; Writer's Workshop - Composition #1
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: R&J - finish RAFT project; Write Composition #2
January 26 - 30
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: Composition #2 - writer's workshop; Provincial exam review - list of terms and devices and practice exam #1; Begin viewing Romeo + Juliet (to 1:04:30)
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: Provincial exam review - poetry forms and types and practice exam #2; Finish viewing Romeo + Juliet
Friday: ***no class***
***EN10 provincial exam to be written on Tue Feb 3rd at 9am***
Monday: "The Metaphor" - review character terms and finish illustrated character sketch; "The Possibility of Evil" - review theme notes and read story. Homework: write a statement of theme for the story.
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: Theme review and practice; "The Possibility of Evil" - complete theme ACE chart; "The Sniper" - read story and plan paragraph response (Q.: Explain how the author uses the setting, the characters, the rising, the climax and/or the falling action to build suspense). Choose three of the five elements from above.
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: Write "The Sniper" suspense paragraph; Symbol and Irony notes; Read "Harrison Bergeron" and complete visual representation
October 6 - 10
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: Paragraph self and peer assessments; Point of View notes; Read "Ashes to the Wind" and complete Short Story Analysis form (review)
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: Short Story Unit Test
Friday: ***no school - Administrative Implementation Day***
October 13 - 17
Monday: ***no school - Thanksgiving Day***
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: Poetry terms, definitions, practice#1; 13RW - explain reading deadlines, passages and responses, quizzes
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: "The Sniper" paragraph - writer's workshop and sample response; Poetry terms - practice #2; 13RW - Slate article and journal response and prepare P&R #1 - RQ #1 on Tue Oct 21st
October 20 - 24
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: 13RW - write RQ#1 and discuss/submit P&R #1; Read short story and complete ACE chart or paragraph planning sheet - write paragraph on Thu Oct 23rd in class
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: Write paragraph #2; Poetry terms - practice #3 - quiz on Tue Oct ; 13RW - P&R #1 feedback
Friday: ***no school - Professional Development Day***
October 27 - 31
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: 13RW - prepare P&R #2 - RQ #2 on Thu; Poetry terms - write quiz; Paragraph #2 - self and peer assessments
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: 13RW - write RQ #2 and discuss/submit P&R #2; Poetry - TPCASTT method and Poems of War
Friday: ***no class***
November 3 - 7
Monday: Poems of War continued
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: 13RW - prepare P&R #3
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: 13RW - RQ #3 and P&R #3 due today; Sample essay evaluation
November 10 - 14
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: ***no school - Remembrance Day***
Wednesday: 13RW - compare/contrast essay brainstorming and planning
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: 13RW - write compare/contrast essay; Poetic Devices Review - "Corner"
November 17 - 21
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: 13RW compare/contrast essay self and peer assessment; R&J - introduction, read Prologue and Act I, scene i; "Prologue" worksheet
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: R&J - review I.ii - "Who am I?" - read I.ii-iii - "A First Look at Juliet"; Poetic Devices Review - "I am a rock"
Friday: ***no class***
November 24 - 28
Monday: R&J - review I.ii-iii; read I.iv-v; complete close reading activities; view Act I video - write quiz on Wed
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: R&J - write Act I Quiz; begin reading Act II; complete soliloquy translation/ socratic circle #1
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: 13RW Essay writer's workshop; R&J - review II.i-ii; read II.iii-iv; Quotations Search; Poetry Devices Review - "Sound of Silence
December 1 - 5
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: R&J - finish reading Act II and view Act II video (to 1:01:35) - write quiz on Thursday; Literature Circle presentations/ selections
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: R&J - finish viewing Act II video (to 1:10:50) and write Act II quiz; Literature Circle - begin reading novels; Poetry - "Warren Pryor"
Friday: ***no class***
December 8 - 12
Monday: LC - idea book marks and vocab; R&J - read III.i and begin III.ii - soliloquy translation/socratic circle #2 - "Headlines"
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: LC - idea book marks and vocab; R&J - read III.ii-iii; Essay #2 - read texts and plan response
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: Essay #2 - write in class; R&J - read III.iv; LC - prepare TTT #1
December 15 - 19
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: LC - reading deadline #1; R&J - read III.v, view Act III video (to 1:47:30); Essay #2 - self and peer assessment
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: R&J - write Act III quiz; Poetry - "Solsbury Hill"; Problem-solving/ co-collaboration - technology policy
Friday: ***no class***
January 5 - 9
Monday: ***no school - snow day***
Tuesday: ***no school - snow day***
Wednesday: Review class technology policy; Return essay #2 - writer's workshop; Romeo and Juliet - read Act IV, scenes i-iii and complete soliloquy translation/socratic circle #3; Literature Circle - prepare TTT #2 - second reading deadline is Fri Jan 9th
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: Composition marking activity - write Composition next week; Romeo and Juliet - finish reading Act IV and view Act IV video (to 1:55:45) - write Act IV quiz on Tue; Literature Circle reading deadline #2; Poetry - "Desperado" - practice identifying metaphors
January 12 - 16
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: Write original composition #1; Romeo and Juliet - write Act IV Quiz, begin reading Act V, scenes i-iii; Literature Circle - complete missing TTT assignments
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: Original Comp. #1 - complete self-assessment; R&J - finish reading Act V, complete soliloquy translation/socratic circle #4 and view Act V video
Friday: ***no class***
January 19 - 23
Monday: R&J - write Act V quiz and begin RAFT project; Literature Circle - prepare TTT #3
Tuesday: ***no class***
Wednesday: R&J - continue RAFT project; Literature Circle - final reading deadline, visual representation; Writer's Workshop - Composition #1
Thursday: ***no class***
Friday: R&J - finish RAFT project; Write Composition #2
January 26 - 30
Monday: ***no class***
Tuesday: Composition #2 - writer's workshop; Provincial exam review - list of terms and devices and practice exam #1; Begin viewing Romeo + Juliet (to 1:04:30)
Wednesday: ***no class***
Thursday: Provincial exam review - poetry forms and types and practice exam #2; Finish viewing Romeo + Juliet
Friday: ***no class***
***EN10 provincial exam to be written on Tue Feb 3rd at 9am***