Week 9: What to Expect

Mon. Nov. 19th:
* Human Nature Presentation
* Poetry Practice
* Abstract Poetry Placemat activity
* Words of the Week
* Poet "Sell-Off" Project introduced and organized: Due Thursday
* Choose from Langston Hughes, Charles Bukowski, Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, Pablo Neruda

Tues. Nov. 20th:
* Human Nature Presentations
* Poet "Sell-Off" Creation in C126

Wed. Nov. 21st:
* Human Nature Presentation
* Words of the Week
* Complete Poet "Sell-Off"
* Poetry Terms Test

Thurs. Nov. 22nd:
* Poet Sell-Off Share
* Complete outline and arguments for Poetry Compare/Contrast Test Tomorrow

Fri. Nov. 23rd:
* Vocab Quiz
* Poetry Synthesis Written Test
* Portfolio work

Have a Great Long Weekend before your Work Experience! See you "out in the world"!

Week 8: What to Expect

Mon. Nov. 12th: Remembrance Day Holiday
School is Not in Session

Tues. Nov. 13th:
* Human Nature Presentations
* Words of the Week
* Complete Literature Circles questions and discussion
* Class share, and (time pending) role play activity

Wed. Nov. 14th & Thurs. Nov. 15th:
* Class exploration of Schindler's List: What vision of humanity does it showcase? How does it compare and contrast to Elie Wiesel's Night?

Thursday afternoon: C127 exploring ecphrastic poetry and creating your own

Fri. Nov. 16th:
* Human Nature Presentations
* Share your ecphrastic poems
* Individual exploration of William Blake's "The Lamb" and "The Tyger"
* Modelled synthesis response class-created
* Reviews for Poetry Final distributed
* Terms Test next Wed (21st) and Written Test next Friday (23rd)

Have a Great Weekend!

Week 7: What to Expect

Mon. Nov. 5th:
* "Finding Yourself in the Lyrics": Share some of yourself, pick apart a lyric of your life, bring some melodious poetry to start our week
* Make sure you've read Chapter 1 & 2 of Night

Tues. Nov. 6th:
* Exploring, defining and understanding juxtaposition

* Independent read and analyse Chapter 3 of Night: Juxtaposition chart due tomorrow
* Our first Human Nature Presentations! Be Ready
* Class read of Chapter 4 and Chapter 5. Document 2 examples of irony: What is Elie Wiesel trying to communicate?

Wed. Nov. 7th:
* Human Nature Presentations
* Class read Chapter 6. Independently Read Chapter 7 & 8. Complete Reader Response Journal. Due Tomorrow
* Group matching competition for poetic devices: What do you know? What is new? What do you need to learn?
* Class dissect "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes

* Independent dissection of poem. Choose one father to daughter poem and dissect it like a poetic surgeon. Michael Ondaatje's "To a Sad Daughter" or Fleur Adcock's "For Heidi with Blue Hair." Poem Dissection Due tomorrow 

Thurs. Nov. 8th:
* Human Nature Presentations
* Computer Lab time C126: Complete 2nd Work Placement Request Forms
* Remembrance Day Assembly after lunch
* Class read Chapter 9-11. Meet with Lit Circle groups and decide role. Be ready with discussion questions and ideas for Lit Circles Tuesday.

Fri. Nov. 9th: 
Professional Development Day: School not in session

Have a Great Long Weekend!