English 10
Week of June 3 - 7
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Finish viewing the video Romeo and Juliet 1996 version and fill your compare and contrast chart
Tuesday
- Introduce compare and contrast essay
- Go over note on the the compare and contrast essay, outline, and sample essay
- Students begin working on outline for essay
Wednesday
- Finish essay outline and begin typing up first draft of essay
Thursday
- Work on first draft of compare and contrast essay
Friday
- Finish writing compare and contrast essay and hand it in for assessment
- Review for final exam
Week of May 27 - 31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- View the 2013 film version of Romeo and Juliet Act I
- Discuss any differences between the play and the film and reasons for those differences
- Students to read Act II and complete partner quiz
- Finish Novel Study Assignments and hand them in
Tuesday
- View Act II and discuss key ideas, motifs, important quotes
- Read Act III and IV and work on partner quiz
- Catch-up and revision work
Wednesday
- View Acts III and IV and fill in the compare and contrast chart
- Finish reading Act III and IV and complete partner quiz
- Revision work
Thursday
- View Act V and complete compare and contrast chart
- Revision work
Friday
- Begin viewing director Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film version of Romeo and Juliet
- Fill in the compare and contrast chart as you view the film
- Revision work
- Cut-off for handing in Novel Study Assignments is today!
Week of May 21 - 24
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Tuesday
- How were people entertained before Netflix, movie theatres, video games and iPhones? They went to live theatre! Go on a Virtual Tour of the Globe Theatre and then complete the note-taking form.
- All Novel Study Assignments are due next Monday!
Wednesday
- Finish Globe Virtual Tour note-taking form
- Catch-up and revision work
Thursday
- Compare and contrast two prologues for Romeo and Juliet (see video clips below)
- Complete the Compare and Contrast Chart for the two prologues
- Begin reading Romeo and Juliet Act I using the graphic novels
Friday
- Finish reading Act I and complete the open book quiz independently or with a partner
- All Novel Study Assignments are due on Monday, May 27!
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Week of May 13 - 17
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Epitaph assignment
- Finish Values Project
Tuesday
- Literary Paragraph PowerPoint and sample
- Write a Literary Paragraph for a character in your novel
Wednesday
- Work on Literary Paragraph for a character in your novel
Thursday
- Finish writing Literary Paragraph and hand it in for assessment
Friday
- Values TED talks: watch and do note-taking/questions. (Talks can be found by searching titles or speaker names at Ted.com.)
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Week of May 6 -10
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Novel study - reading time
- Work on Letter Essay #2
Tuesday
- You should be finished reading your novel today.
- Finish Letter Essay #2 and hand it in for assessment
- Work on the Vocabulary Assignment if you haven't already completed it
Wednesday
- What are values and why are they important?
- Read article and discuss
- Values Chart - your values and the values of one of the characters in the novel you read
- Values Project
Thursday
- Triple A Assembly and Hair Show
Friday
- Values Project
Week of April 29 - May 3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday - I am away at the Young Authors Conference
Friday
Monday
- Reading time - 40 minutes
- Library to work on second novel response journal
Tuesday
- Work with members of the Canadian National Student Debate Federation
- Practice public speaking skills and critical thinking skills
Wednesday
- Attend MAD play "As You Wish" at Wood Street School
Thursday - I am away at the Young Authors Conference
- Reading time
- Complete Fiction Terms questions for the play "As You Wish"
- Work on novel response journals and vocabulary assignment
Friday
- Reading time
- Begin working on Letter Essay #2
Week of April 23 - 26
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Tuesday
- Reading time
- Work on novel journal response
Wednesday
- Reading time - students should be halfway through their novel!
Thursday
- Reading time
- Work on vocabulary assignment or novel journal response
Friday
- Reading time
- Work on vocabulary assignment or novel journal response
Week of April 15 - 19
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Creative writing assignment is due today! Hand in your short story, memoir, or children's book please.
- Begin reading novel for the novel study
- Some students will be ready to begin the exposition questions
Tuesday
- Read novel for 40 minutes
- Work on exposition questions
Wednesday
- Read novel for 40 minutes
- Finish exposition questions
Thursday
- Read novel for 30 minutes
- Introduce journal response assignment
Friday
- GOOD FRIDAY
- NO SCHOOL
Week of April 8 - 11
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Begin assembling Student Portfolios for Three-Way Conferences which will be held this Wednesday and Thursday evening
- Revision work
- Work on creative writing assignment
- Creative writing assignment is due next Monday
Tuesday
- Continue to assemble Student Portfolios
- Revision work
- Work on creative writing assignment
Wednesday
- Go over answers to last week's quiz
- Revision work
- Work on creative writing assignment
Thursday
- Revision work
- Work on creative writing assignment
Friday
- NO SCHOOL! Note: Creative writing assignment is due on Monday, April 15!
Week of April 1 - 5
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Work on creative writing assignment
Tuesday
- Creative writing assignment - storyboards should be completed for children's books, and short story and memoir writers should have at least half of their assignment written
Wednesday
- Substitute teacher
- Sentence Types and Sentence Combining Quiz
- Work on the creative writing assignment
Thursday
- Work on creative writing assignment
Friday
- Last full class to work on creative writing assignment!
Week of March 25 - 29
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Silent Reading
- Many students need to still complete the Compound-Complex Sentence assignment - do so today
- Begin work on creative writing assignment: choose to write a short story, memoir, or children's book
- Use planning templates provided to create your characters and story plot diagram
Tuesday
- Silent Reading
- Continue working on planning templates for creative writing assignment
- Some students still need to complete some of the sentence types assignments from before the spring break!
Wednesday
- Silent Reading
- Creative writing assignment - some students are ready to begin creating the storyboard for their children's book
Thursday
- Silent Reading
- Choose a novel for novel study from the collection in class
- Creative writing assignment
Friday
- Silent Reading
- Creative writing assignment
Welcome back! I hope you had a fantastic spring break.
Week of March 4 - 8
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Silent reading
- Compound Sentences assignment and hand it in for assessment.
- Revision work
Tuesday
- Silent reading
- Complex Sentence practice sheets and assignment to be handed in for assessment.
Wednesday
- Silent reading
- Finish Complex Sentence practice sheets and assignment to be handed in for assessment.
- Revision work of written assignments
Thursday
- Silent reading
- Complex-Compound Sentence practice sheets and assignment to be handed in for assessment.
- Revision work of written assignments
Friday
- Silent reading
- Complex-Compound Sentence practice sheets and assignment to be handed in for assessment.
- Revision work of written assignments
Week of February 25 - March 1
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Silent reading
- Work in library on laptop computers to finish first draft of Novel Study Letter Essay.
- Some students can work ahead on Simple Sentence practice sheets.
Tuesday
- Silent reading
- Work on Simple Sentence practice sheets and assignment to be handed in for assessment.
Wednesday
- Silent reading
- Revision work - Novel Study Letter Essay
- Complete Simple Sentence assignment to be handed in for assessment.
Thursday
- Silent reading
- Complete Compound Sentence practice sheets to be handed in for assessment.
Friday
- Assembly
Week of February 18 - 22
Monday
Monday
- Silent reading
- What is a memoir? Note on the memoir
- Read two sample memoirs and discuss key elements.
- What is a Six-Word Memoir? View videos below and then write at least one original Six-Word Memoir.
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
- Silent reading
- Hand in your Six-Word Memoir if you did not do so on Friday.
- Novel Study Letter Essay - work on assignment for the novel you have been reading during silent reading. See handout with checklist and use the exemplar to help you.
Wednesday
- Silent reading
- Work on Novel Study Letter Essay.
Thursday
- Silent reading
- Sentence types note - simple, compound, complex and compound-complex
- Sentence Types video (see below)
- Practice identifying types of sentences - on backside of note handout
Friday
- No school
- Happy Rendezvous Weekend!
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Week of February 12 - 15
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Silent reading
- Evaluate the children's book review exemplars.
- Use outline/template to begin planning a review for the children's book you chose.
Tuesday
- Silent reading
- Finish review outline and begin typing up your children's book review.
Wednesday
- Silent reading
- Finish typing up first draft of children's book review.
- Exchange your children's book review with a classmate and provide feedback using Peer Review Checklist.
- Read the feedback your classmate gave you and then revise your children's book review.
- Hand in the review outline, first draft, revised draft and Peer Review Checklist for assessment.
Thursday
- Silent reading
- Valentine's Day idioms!
Friday
- Silent reading
- Students require a more time to complete book review assignment.
Week of February 4 - 8
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Silent reading
- Read short story "Thus I Refute Beelzy."
- Make notes for discussion questions and be ready to discuss the story in small groups tomorrow.
Tuesday
- Silent reading
- "Thus I Refute Beelzy" small group discussion in teacher-created groups.
- Complete self-evaluation and group evaluation rubric.
- View the Prezi on themes, symbolism and allusions in "Thus I Refute Beelzy"; class discussion.
Wednesday
- Silent reading
- Listen to the story A Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers.
- View PowerPoint on the purpose of illustrations in children's books and complete notes.
Thursday
- Silent reading
- Begin Sticky Note activity using a children's book from Ms. Hamilton's collection.
- Use rubric and checklist for Sticky Note activity.
Friday
- Silent Reading
- Finish Sticky Note activity.
Week of January 28 - February 1
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
- Silent reading
- Finish Gratitude poem and hand it in the basket.
- Go over rubric for Childhood poem or paragraph.
- Work on Childhood poem or paragraph.
Tuesday
- Silent reading
- Review elements of a children's story/film including: use of cartoon characters, stereotypes, mood (light/dark), allusions, music, character foils, use of puns/play on words, physical humour.
- Complete the audience chart.
- Work on Childhood poem or paragraph assignment.
Wednesday
- Silent reading
- Work on Childhood poem or paragraph and create illustration.
Thursday
- Silent reading
- Review terms and definitions in the Short Fiction section of the booklet given out last week.
- Review the use of allusions in literature and films.
- View the two Lion King video clips below and discuss the elements of a children's story/film contained in each.
- Complete Character Types Chart in class.
- Finish and hand in Childhood poem or paragraph and illustration.
Friday
- Review types of conflict. See Short Fiction section of Grade 10 Terms and Definitions booklet given last week.
- Complete Conflict Chart in class.
- Discuss the purpose of fairy tales. View video clip below: "5 Fairy Tales That Were..."
- Theme note and steps to creating theme statements. Practice crating a theme statement using a fairy tale, novel or film. See handouts tab for note.
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Monday
- Welcome!
- Introductions
- Course Outline
- Letter of Introduction
Tuesday
- Discussion: We discussed the different types of literary genres. Which genres do you prefer to read?
- Reading List Activity (See Handouts tab) in the library. We will have some more class time this week to work on this assignment. The Reading List Activity is due by Friday.
Wednesday
- Terms and Definitions Booklet - Please keep at the beginning of your binder behind the course outline as we will be referring to this booklet throughout the course.
- Read poem "Key of the Kingdom" (See Handouts tab)
- Individually or with a partner find in the poem: 2 metaphors, 2 symbols, and choose three adjectives to describe the author's view of their childhood. Go over as a class and discuss the meaning of the poem.
- Library to work on Reading List Activity from yesterday.
Thursday
- Discuss the concept of gratitude and it's importance in your mental well-being
- 28 Things I'm Grateful For... poem
- Add poetic devices and detail to your list of 28 things: alliteration, imagery, similes, vivid verbs, adjectives
- Group similar ideas, things together by creating a legend with symbols: people, nature, privileges, etc.
Friday
- Seating Plan!
- Drop box for phones
- Discussion: What does the word resilience mean? What are some examples of resiliency or people demonstrating resilience? Can resilience be learnt?
- Go to library to sign out a novel about a true of fictional story of resilience.
- Silent reading
- Reading List Activity is due today, so please hand it in the basket.
- Gratitude poem: Organize your ideas into stanzas of similar topics/items and then type up your poem