Posted: October 28, 2013
English 10: Students will be presenting projects tomorrow in class. Remember that if your group has done the map, you must speak about how the setting both helps and hinders Rainsford.
Ms. Cabel - Archived 09/19 Notes
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Posted: October 18, 2013
English 10: Today we talked about how to create note-taking organizers for our purposes. The students are to finish an assignment for "The Most Dangerous Game" for Tuesday. A link to the story is in the Web Links section of my teacher page.
Writing 110: Students handed in their extended narratives today. We also did a creative activity called "picture-perfect".
Posted: October 16, 2013
English 10: "Sentry" questions and creative extension were due today. We have also started a new story - "The Most Dangerous Game", by Richard Connell. This story can be found in the web links. We will be using this story as a prompt for a lot of skill building over the next week. Also, Articles of the Week are due on Friday.
Writing 110: Remember to hand in your narratives by the end of the week!
Posted: October 3, 2013
English 10: Today students were given a visualization assignment for "The Sniper". The assignment is due on Tuesday.
One of the themes of this story is that war is unnecessary, especially when we are fighting our own countrymen - our brothers. The key scene that expresses this message is the end. Think about this scene and create a visual representation of the scene. This can be hand drawn, pencil sketch or in colour. If you prefer not to draw, you can create the scene using programs such as Microsoft Paint, photoshop, or picnik. The key is that it must be created by you. On the back of the visualization, please write a paragraph identifying how your visualization represents the theme of the story.
Posted: October 2, 2013
English 10: If you have been absent this week, it is important for you to read "The Sniper" on your own time. I am including a copy of the story in the web links.
Posted: September 30, 2013
English 10: Please complete the thematic paragraphs on your song of choice. This is due tomorrow!
Choose a song and write a 1/4 page -1/2 page response where you:
1. state the name of the artist and the title of the song (in quotation marks)2. state what you feel the theme of the song is and why3. use two to three phrases from the song to prove your point of view (be sure to put the phrases in quotation marks)
*Don't forget to use complete sentences, with proper conventions!
Posted: September 27, 2013
English 10 - Today, students handed in Articles of the Week and their personal essays. No homework this weekend!
Posted: September 26, 2013
English 10: Tomorrow is a big day - personal essays and articles of the week are due!
Posted: September 23, 2013
Writing 110: Snapshot moments were collected today. We began a unit on the extended narrative today.English 10: Final copies of your personal essays are due on Thursday. Today we began our short story unit. The students are asked to be aware of the meanings of the following vocabulary words before we read the short story "Charles" by Shirley Jackson.renounced corduroy swaggering raucous insolently insanely unsettling reassuringly matronly haggard Articles of the Week were also given out. They are due on Friday.
Posted: September 17, 2013
Writing 110: Final drafts of snapshot moments will be due on Monday. Remember that I can go over your drafts ahead of time.English 10: The draft copy of your personal essay is due on Friday. I will be looking them over on the weekend and returning them on Monday. A final deadline will be given to you at that time. Remember that Articles of the Week are due on Friday.
Posted: September 13, 2013
English 10: Please complete the leads of the your essays for Monday.
Posted: September 11, 2013
English 10: Today we began organizing our topics for our personal essays. I gave out a copy of Mitch Albom's personal essay, "A Senseless Death in Our Age of Anger". This needs to be read by the end of SSR tomorrow. Also, don't forget that your Article of the Week is due on Friday.
Posted: September 9, 2013
Most weeks this semester, you will receive an Article of the Week. The purpose of this activity is to broaden your reading experiences into more real-world text. This will expand your background knowledge, which will help you when analyzing literature in class. Also, it is important for you to think critically about things that are happening in our world.
For each Article of the Week, you will perform two tasks:
1. Close reading of the article2. Opinion response on a question at the end of the article.
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Posted: September 9, 2013
Writing 110: Today, we spoke more about snapshot moments and watched some examples from film. We started brainstorming topics for our own writing piece. Please have a topic ready for tomorrow.
English 10:
Colours of Conviction: Because students are going to be writing personal essays, we have been speaking about convictions. Today, the students listed some of their convictions and have chosen one to be represented symbolically. The visual is due on Wednesday.
Colours of Conviction Assignment (instructions given in class)
For this assignment, create a visual representation or symbol that represents a conviction in your life or something you "know for sure".
Be sure to incorporate colour in your piece.You must also include a written piece that explains your conviction.
You are being marked on how well your visual represents the conviction and on your written explanation of the conviction.
Posted: September 6, 2013
Writing 110: Today we spent some time "reading like writers". We looked at an excerpt from Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner and examined the strategies that he used to create a snapshot moment. Excellent work!
English 10: Today we looked at another mentor text of a personal essay. In groups, the students dissected the text, looking for evidence of the write traits that pertain to personal essays. They also came up with improvements for each of the traits.
Please pick up a hard cover writers notebook over the weekend!