Monday, June 19 - Friday, June 23

Monday

Your fact sheet about Elizabethan drama is due tomorrow.

Your song list for Midsummer Night's Dream is due on Wednesday, June 19.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ON THE RUBRIC, IDEAS AND CONTENT ARE VALUED MORE THAN THE LAYOUT AND DESIGN CRITERIA.

About the Song List assignment for Midsummer Night's Dream:

Relate the Shakespeare play and current songs. 

Activity:

1. Research current music to find connections of meaning through lyrics and musical

expression to the plot of the play

2. Create a list of song that accurately describes the arc of the plot of the play,

paying attention to particular words and moods that connect the song and the play.

3. Share your list, playing a few selections in class as time permits.

Your song list MUST include a Reflection:

• What difficulty did you have finding the right songs, if any?

• Were certain points of the play harder than others for which to find a current expression?

• Does your soundtrack point to a certain interpretation of the story as you see it?

• Were there certain characters you chose to highlight? Why?

Example of a song list for Romeo and Juliet:

Act I: 

1. Unnecessary Trouble (Hard-Fi, Stars of CCTV)

2. Older Guys (Teenage Fanclub, Thirteen)

3. The Wrong Girl (Belle and Sebastian, Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like a Peasant)

4. Fresh Feeling (Eels, Souljacker)

Act II: 

5. Does He Love You? (Rilo Kiley, More Adventurous)

6. Hesitating Beauty (Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue)

7. Marry Me (St. Vincent, Marry Me)

Act III: 

8. Sugar Assault Me Now (Pop Levi, The Return to Form Black Magick Party)

9. The Payback (James Brown, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels OST)

Act IV: 

10. Vengeance Is Sleeping (Neko Case, Middle Cyclone)

11. I Love You Always Forever (Donna Lewis, Now in a Minute)

Act V: 

12. We Will Not Grow Old (Lenka, Lenka)

13. Brand New Colony (The Postal Service, Give Up)

14. Arms Tonite (Mother Mother, O My Heart)

15. O My Heart (Mother Mother, O My Heart)

16. How to Fight Loneliness (Wilco, Summerteeth)

17. Adventures in Solitude (The New Pornographers, Challengers)

18. The Ghost of You Lingers (Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)

19. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now (The Smiths, Hatful of Hollow)

20. Bad Day (Daniel Powter, Daniel Powter)

Monday, June 13 - Friday, June 17

Friday

1. Start to the song title plot assignment for MSND.
2. Fact sheet for Elizabethan theatre: Look at the fact sheets here at the link provided, gather some tid-bits of information that you find interesting and create your own fact sheet about Elizabethan theatre in general. Shakespeare's Globe: www.shakespearesglobe.com/discovery-space/fact-sheets?p=1

Thursday

1. Novel autograph was due YESTERDAY.
2. Shakespeare online scavenger hunt. COMPLETE TODAY.
3. Robin's ( aka Puck)  final speech from the play.
4. Plot diagram of the play as a start to the song title plot assignment for MSND.
5. Complete the two pages for comparing the film versions of Midsummer Night's Dream.

Wednesday

1. Novel autograph due TODAY. Peer editing.
2. Watch a bit more of MSND.
3. Shakespeare online scavenger hunt.
4. The Globe Theatre: http://hubpages.com/entertainment/globe-theater# - verify the fill-in the blanks together. 
5. Complete the two pages for comparing the film versions of Midsummer Night's Dream.

Tuesday
Shakespeare's Globe: www.shakespearesglobe.com/discovery-space/fact-sheets?p=1

1. Shakespeare online scavenger hunt.
2. The Globe Theatre: http://hubpages.com/entertainment/globe-theater# - complete the blanks for the handout together as an introduction. 
3. Go to : http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discovery-space/fact-sheets create 1 creative fact sheet about Elizabethan theatre. Include a few tidbits about:  actors, costumes, special effects,playhouses,audiences,the globe, Shakespeare, London. 
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5. Complete the two pages for comparing the film versions of Midsummer Night's Dream.

Monday
Shakespeare Internet Scavenger links
Biographical Background Go to www.bardweb.net/man.html  
Life in Elizabethan England Go to elizabethan.org/compendium/home.htm
A plague o’ both your houses! Rom. III.i.96 Go to www.william-shakespeare.info
More on the plague  www.william-shakespeare.info/bubonic-black-plague-elizabethanera.htm

Monday, June 6 - Friday, June 10

Friday

1. Humour in MSND - explore a scene. Complete this work.

2. Insult skits - listen to several more. FORGOT TO DO THIS THURSDAY!

3. Comparing adaptations of MSND. Live-action, 1999 film version

Thursday

1. Humour in MSND - explore a scene.

2. Insult skits - listen to several more.

3. Comparing adaptations of MSND. Live-action, 1999 film version: 

Director:

 Michael Hoffman

Stars:

 Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett 

Wednesday

1. Do self-reflections for the first several MSND activities.

2. Insult skits - listen to several more.

3. Comparing adaptations. BBC animated Shakespeare. Watch to the end.

worldoceansday

http://www.fisheyeproject.org/worldoceansday

Tuesday

1. Mark the Shakespeare's humour - do self-reflection

2. Insult skits

3. Comparing adaptations. BBC animated Shakespeare.

Monday

1. English & Socials progress reports today.
2. Good copy of memoir was due Friday. I want to evaluate them before I give you a progress report for English.
3. Self-reflection on Stats Canada work was done Friday. Hand-in your geography booklets. 
4. From Friday - comedy in Shakespeare’s plays: add comic fools, ends with marriage to the list of comic ingredients. Do the topic sentence activities #3 & #4. Check for understanding #5. Vocab. #6 & #7. THIS WORK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DUE TODAY.
5. http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/midsummer-nights-dream - a short summary of the play.
6. BBC animated Shakespeare - a longer version of the play.
7. Insults https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdCjKH5IKJ8
8. Insult skits!

Monday, May 30 - Friday, June 3

Thursday

1. Make sure your work based on the Stats Canada web site is finished. Self-reflection. Hand-in your geography booklets. 
2. Comedy in Shakespeare’s plays.
3. A bit of time to work on the good copy of the memoir. GOOD COPY IS DUE TOMORROW.

Wednesday

1. Edit quiz to write and mark.
2. Make sure your work based on the Stats Canada web site is finished. Self-reflection.

Tuesday

1. Midsummer Night's Dream. Answers to the questions.
2. On your own paper write down the 5 benefits mentioned in the video that arise from gathering census data on specific communities. Come up with 2 other community benefits that you can imagine. Link is on blog.
   http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/index-eng.cfm
   From the main census page look at the “Key Statistics: Canada” Use that information and the information about BC and 2 other provinces of your choice. Create an infographic or a table or a chart to display the information on median age, % immigrants, household income, average farm size. This graphic, table or chart must be done using a computer or your phone. We will brainstorm possible formats and programs in class.

Monday

The Canadian Census. The last census was in 2011. Information from the latest census will be made available in the coming months.

1. Yellow handout: 4 pie charts should now be complete as well as the answers to the questions about the pie charts. 
   View the video (from the link below) about how communities benefit from census information. On your own paper write down the 5 benefits mentioned in the video that arise from gathering census data on specific communities. Come up with 2 other community benefits that you can imagine. Link is on blog.
   http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/index-eng.cfm
   From the main census page look at the “Key Statistics: Canada” Use that information and the information about BC and 2 other provinces of your choice. Create an infographic or a table or a chart to display the information on median age, % immigrants, household income, average farm size. This graphic, table or chart must be done using a computer or your phone. We will brainstorm possible formats and programs in class.
2. Complete gathering online information "Scavenger Hunt" about the Shakespeare's play: Midsummer Night's Dream. Be prepared to present tomorrow.

Tuesday, May 24 - Friday, May 27

Friday

1. Yellow handout: Canada on the Move: complete online research at the Statistics Canada site to compare our class with other regions of Canada. 
2. Complete gathering online information "Scavenger Hunt" about the Shakespeare's play: Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Thursday

1. Social Studies - map of Canada with the information on regions from Crossroads. Self-reflection.
2. Yellow handout: Canada on the Move: complete pie charts about our class. 
3. NEW! Online information "Scavenger Hunt" about the Shakespeare play: Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Wednesday

• Social Studies - labelling a map of Canada with the information on regions from Crossroads. Map is due TODAY
• Yellow handout from yesterday: Rural to Urban Migration - go over together.
• Yellow handout: Canada on the Move.

Canada on the Move
Step 1: Log on to your computer and open Profile of the Canadian Population by Mobility Status: Canada on the Move http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/mob/contents.cfm
Click on the "Canada" link. Click on the TABLE link Mobility

2011-2012 data
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/91-209-x/2014001/article/14012-eng.htm#a2

Tuesday

1. Orange note taking package is due today. I will check during silent reading. On back of last page, compare and contrast the regions. Discuss your understanding of similarities or differences in: landforms, climate, vegetation.
2. Self-reflection
3. Social Studies - labelling a map of Canada with the information on regions from Crossroads. Map is due TOMORROW, Wednesday, May 25
4. Migration in Canada - yellow hand-out. Complete the reading and the 2 pages of questions. Questions 8-11 relate to the information found on the website listed here:

Migration in Canada:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-630-x/11-630-x2014001-eng.htm

Monday, May 16 - Thursday, May 19

Thursday

1. Review memoir rubric. Draft was due yesterday: identify evidence of quality on your draft: identify the purpose, identify examples of imagery, figurative language, sensory details. Craft an alternate lead. 
2. Social Studies - labelling a map of Canada with the information on regions from Crossroads. Map is due Wednesday, May 25
3. Continue working on the note taking from the chapter on Canadian geography. You should work on p,168-169 & 170-171 today. PACKAGE IS DUE ON TUESDAY, May 24.

Wednesday

1. GAME: It has been too long - short story game - "the exquisite corpse” http://writingprompts.tumblr.com/page/2
2. Poem - final copy due today. Self-assessment.
3. Review memoir rubric. Draft due today: identify evidence of quality on your draft: identify the purpose, identify examples of imagery, figurative language, sensory details. Craft an alternate lead. 
4. Social Studies - labelling a map of Canada with the information on regions from Crossroads. Map is due Wednesday, May 25
5. Continue working on the note taking from the chapter on Canadian geography. You should work on p,168-169 & 170-171 today. PACKAGE IS DUE ON TUESDAY, May 24.

Tuesday

1. Poem - final copy due on Wednesday. Work on final draft today. 
2. Self-assessment - poem.
3. Review memoir rubric. Draft due on tomorrow.
4. Social Studies - labelling a map of Canada with the information on regions from Crossroads.
5. Continue working on the note taking from the chapter on Canadian geography. You should work on p,168-169 & 170-171 today.PACKAGE IS DUE ON TUESDAY

Monday

1. Poem - final copy due on Wednesday.
2. Go over memoir rubric. Draft due on Wednesday.
3. Self-assessment - Canadian geography.
4. Social Studies - labelling a map of Canada with the information on regions from Crossroads.
5. Continue working on the note taking from the chapter on Canadian geography.

Monday, May 9 - Friday, May 13

Friday

1. Continue working on your writing your memoir. Show evidence of adding the elements we went through in class: contrast, comparison, metaphor, simile, etc.
2. Work on the orange pages related to geography.

Thursday

1. Complete co-creating the rubric for a memoir as a class using examples.
2. Begin writing your memoir.
3. Writing workshop: using stylistic devices such as comparison, vivid verbs, onomatopoeia, and contrast to improve your memoir.

Wednesday

1. Share information about your natural region of Canada: collage, blue sheet. During presentations, take notes for the end of unit test.
2. Work on the handout about Canadian regions based on the textbook.  You should complete the sections about pages 166-167 in class today.
3. Complete co-creating the rubric for a memoir as a class using examples.

Tuesday

1. Speech share-out - have a printed copy -  if possible, find an audio/video clip of a brief section of the speech.
2. Co-construct criteria for a good motivational speech: Any Given Sunday, I have a Dream - other sample speeches.

Monday

1. I collected the blue research page about your Canadian region. I also collected the map of Canada’s regions. If your work was not ready for class today, report to room 100 this week. It is expected that you will check in there 2 times: once to do the research; once to do the map. 
2. Work on completing the storyboard for your memoir.
3. Work on the handout about Canadian regions based on the textbook. You may do this work in point form; however, it must be neatly done and detailed. Remember that these notes, as always, can be used on the final test about geography. You should complete the sections about pages 161-163 in class today.

Monday, May 2 - Friday, May 6

Friday

1. Together we began constructing the criteria for a quality memoir using student examples.

2. Next, we began to storyboard your memoir before writing draft 1.

Thursday

1. "When I was a Puerto Rican" excerpt - read some more. Build on our definition of memoir from yesterday: 
2. What is a memoir? Read 2 with a partner and answer the following questions: What are the defining traits of a memoir? What must a memoir have? What can it include? What is the purpose of a memoir? Why did this person write about this specific event?
3. What are the CRITICAL traits for a memoir?
4. Your memories: Game - 2 Truths and 1 Lie. Something I will never forget is...

Wednesday

1. Memories.Writing prompt: My parents once told me...
2. "When I was a Puerto Rican" excerpt
3. What is a memoir? Read 2 with a partner and answer the following questions: What are the defining traits of a memoir? What must a memoir have? What can it include? What is the purpose of a memoir? Why did this person write about this specific event?

Tuesday - continuation of Monday's work...

1. Return to your region group based on the coloured paper you were given.
2. Attach one of your group/region cards to the area of the country where you believe your region is located. Research to see whether you are correct. Move region paper if needed. 
3. Label your own map of Canada with the location of its six natural regions.
4.  Identify 5 key points for each of the six natural regions studied. 
5. Create a list of images each person in your group has to make or gather (from magazines, etc.) that represent your natural region. Collage to be added to the map tomorrow.
6. Begin completing your own, individual copy of the research outline pages. You may do it in point form provided you do it very neatly, and your answers are detailed and thorough.

Monday

Today is Great Lakes Awareness Day! 

1. Find your region group based on the coloured paper you were given.
2. Help assemble the map of Canada.
3. Attach one of your group/region cards to the area of the country where you believe your region is located. Research to see whether you are correct. Go to:  http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/intro.aspx?lang=En# / from the menu on the left: explore by themes / the regions. 
4.  Move region paper if needed. 
5. Label your own map of Canada with the location of its six natural regions.
6.  Identify 5 key points for each of the six natural regions studied. 
7. Create a list of images each person in your group has to make or gather (from magazines, etc.) that represent your natural region. Collage to be added to the map tomorrow.
8. Begin completing your own, individual copy of the research outline pages. You may do it in point form provided you do it very neatly, and your answers are detailed and thorough.

Monday, April 25 - Friday, April 29

Friday
Aboriginal Film Festival

Tuesday & Wednesday & Thursday

1. Term 3 self reflection for English and Socials: Term 3?
2. What makes a quality poem?How to edit someone's poem.
3. Peer edit someone's poem.
4. Map work. 
5. Make sure your French Revolution ethics question and answer are ready to go for today’s class if your name is drawn. 

Monday

1. Read the text on page 8 of the Wahs of Wonder booklet. Answer questions 8 and 9. 
2. Produce a draft of your poem for peer editing. Type the copy and put only your student number on it.
3. Make sure your French Revolution ethics question and answer are ready to go for tomorrow.

Monday, April 18 - Friday, April 22

Friday
Today was a very short class. I was away. I asked the TOC to have you work on the booklet about creating a memoir.

Thursday
Brendan our resident poet for the week returned to our class.

Wednesday
We paused from the memoir momentarily to return to poetry again. We did some word play games outside in the sunshine, then moved indoors to view some examples of spoken word poetry and pulled evidence from them of what makes a good spoken word poem. Finally we did began writing a "list" poem which is due tomorrow when our guest poet Brendan returns.

Tuesday
We began working on creating a personal memoir. We did a couple of viewing, listening and reading activities to
 prepare for writing the memoir.
Monday
Poet -  guest speaker

Monday, April 11 - Friday, April 15

Friday

1. Today we tried something new: Socratic Smackdown. The group discussions worked, but the team "fish bowl" discussion was a bit of a failure. I think will have to debrief and see what we can work on for next time. 

Thursday

1. Complete the green package about Ethical Judgments.
2. Small FR concluding “ mini-project” speaking task with me.CHOICE 1: Decide on an event or decision from FR to examine using Ethical Judgment steps. Share your findings with me. Speaking task - no writing to submit. CHOICE 2: Using a primary source document, examine Bias in 2 of the first-hand accounts that I will give to you. Share your findings with me - speaking task - no writing to submit. RUBRIC for EVALUATION is on the blog - since this is convincing me of something, I am using a debate rubric.

Wednesday

1. Novel autographs due TODAY. Complete peer and self assessment.
2. Mark Test/Quiz on FR today.

Tuesday

1. Test/Quiz on FR today.
2. Complete the Ethical Judgments booklet. Self-Assessment and Reflection
3. Small FR concluding “ mini-project” speaking task with me. CHOICE 1: Decide on an event or decision from FR to examine using Ethical Judgment steps. Share your findings with me. Speaking task - no writing to submit. CHOICE 2: Using a primary source document, examine Bias in 2 of the first-hand accounts that I will give to you. Share your findings with me - speaking task - no writing to submit. RUBRIC for EVALUATION is on the blog - since this is convincing me of something, I am using a debate rubric.

Monday

1. Silent reading - novel autographs due tomorrow
2. Suggestion: don’t leave progress reports in your folders.
3. Test/Quiz on FR tomorrow.
4. Complete the Ethical Judgments booklet. View video again
5. Small FR concluding “ mini-project” speaking task with me. CHOICE 1: Decide on an event or decision from FR to examine using Ethical Judgment steps. Share your findings with me. Speaking task - no writing to submit. CHOICE 2: Using a primary source document, examine Bias in 2 of the first-hand accounts that I will give to you. Share your findings with me - speaking task - no writing to submit. RUBRIC for EVALUATION is on the blog - since this is convincing me of something, I am using a debate rubric.

Monday, April 4 - Friday, April 8

Friday
Today we did some review activities for the FR test coming up next week.

Thursday

1.     Silent reading for the first 15 minutes of class.

2.     We have been looking at ethical judgments for the past couple of classes. You have a green package of handouts. Today you must complete the green handouts pages 8 & 9. You are still using the same two documents that are in the handouts: the newspaper item and the letter about the Ukrainians. This work must be neatly done, thoughtfully completed and handed in today by the end of class.

3.     The teacher will give one copy of the matching quiz to share between two students. The two of you are to complete this “practice quiz” to the best of your ability. The teacher will give you a key to mark your quiz, or they will go over the answers with you as a class. Put both of your names on the quiz and hand-in. I am NOT recording this grade - it is for practice only - no need copy from others. TRY to do as many questions as you can without the textbook, but if you are really stuck, look things up as you will likely remember them better that way.

Wednesday

1. Definition of ethical judgements: Ethical judgments are attempts to assess the appropriateness of past actions, keeping in mind our present values and beliefs and considering what was considered "normal" at the time. When looking at history, ask yourself: is this a fact or a judgement?
2. If you think you are looking at a judgment, remember these criteria questions to determine whether the judgement is just/defensible: Do you think the interests and perspectives of all key groups have been considered? Are the beliefs at the time being considered? Does it seem like enough relevant evidence/information has been considered?
   
3. View short video about ethical judgements and take notes.
4. Read two historical accounts and identify whether any ethical judgements are present. Categorize the any judgments you find into positive judgments and negative judgments.
5. Read two accounts again looking for explicit (obvious/direct) or implicit (implied/indirect) judgements.
6. Folder self-reflection - last 10 minutes of class.

Tuesday

1. Edit QUIZ.
2. Ethical judgements: Ethical judgments are attempts to assess the appropriateness of past actions, keeping in mind our present values and beliefs and considering what was considered "normal" at the time. 
3. • Muslim terrorists killed 3000 innocent people when they bombed the World Trade Center in New York City.
4. • Thirty freedom fighters from Saudi Arabia crashed a plane into a building in New York City as a protest against the unlawful actions carried out in the Middle East by imperialist Western regimes.
5. • Three thousand people died when thirty men from Saudi Arabia crashed a plane into a building in New York City.
6. Statement 1: In World War I, the Canadian government took more than 8 000 people away from their homes and families, confiscated their possessions, forced them to live in substandard conditions and made them do hard labour as though they were slaves for up to six years – all because they were Ukrainian. Statement 2: During World War I, the Canadian government had no choice but to detain alien enemies associated by heritage with the Austro-Hungarian Empire in order to protect its citizens.

Monday - Welcome Back

1. Silent reading   - novel autograph is due next Tuesday, April 12
2. Return Jade Peony theme paragraphs. Reflection and goal setting for next steps in writing. 
3. If you did not get your Jade Peony paragraph to me before the break, there is an alternate assignment for you in room 100. If you did not hand it in because you were ill before the break, you have until Wednesday, April 6 to hand it in.
4. Progress reports. English only. Socials later this week.
5. Edit sheet - errors based on Jade Peony paragraph. QUIZ tomorrow on these errors.
6. Ethical judgements.
7. Folder self-reflection - last 15-20 minutes of class.