Merry Christmas!

We have just finished watching What's Eating Gilbert Grape? I think everyone enjoyed it. Some of the themes that we have been discussing (prejudice, stereotyping, perceptions of beauty, etc.) were very prevalent in this movie. You have done a reflective assignment on it and when you come back from holidays, we will finish this unit. Then we will move on to our media unit and provincial exam prep.

Have a great holiday!!

English 10 is now veering around another corner. Poetry tests, packages, and presentations are done and were very interesting and enlightening. We are now embarking on our next unit--making connections between different genres of media--essays, newspaper reports, stories, poems, songs and film. We will be looking at the format of the Provincial exam and doing some practising towards writing it in January!

Movie next week for your edification and enlightenment: What's Eating Gilbert Grape? You will need to make connections between the movie and the various pieces of writing we are studying, all of which illuminate the themes of perceptions, stereotyping, and pre-judging.

One week til Christmas break!!

poetry finish with a flourish

We will be finishing our Poetry unit this week. You need to make sure your Poetry Potpourri projects are done by Monday. You have all finished your poetry/song themes. We will be planning our Literary Cafe. Hopefully, you will have something you would like to read to the class.
Don't forget! Poetry quiz on Tuesday, December 9th. (Block C) December 10th (Block B)

On to the study of short stories and Provincial Exam practice!

poetry potpourri

• You should be working on your Poetry Potpourri (whatever form that takes!) Most of you have done your song/poem theme synthesis! Good job! All of those need to be completed by the end of this week.
• Poetry Potpourri completed by next Monday, December 8th!
• Remember: You do not have to WRITE poetry. You can also READ it with expression and analyze it, or have someone else read it in a recording/video/play, as long as you are the one who analyzes it using your own rubric.

Hello, one and all! We are now into our Poetry unit and everyone is writing poetry furiously. Well, perhaps not furiously, but you should be experimenting with various styles and forms in order to put them in your Poetry Potpourri. You may have decided you are going to present your poems in a different format, too. Can't wait to see them!
This week, don't forget to bring in your poems and songs with related themes. Presentations for Wednesday and Thursday!
Special note: Since our Elizabethan Feast has been eclipsed by the Literary Cafe, let's think about what we can do to make that a special event! French waiters? Candles? Flaming Baked Alaska?

New Term!

Hello, English 10 people! Report card marks for Term 1 are finally in! If you have an "I" on your report card, you have until December 1st to hand your outstanding assignments in. That is way too reasonable!!
We are embarking on a poetry unit, starting with watching the wonderful classic film, Dead Poets Society with Robin Williams. I hope you like this movie. We will be talking about many of the issues related to the movie and your first assignment is going to be to write a poem about one of the many themes in the movie. See you next week!

Romeo and Juliet worksheets/projects/tests

As our study of Romeo and Juliet draws to a close, make sure you have your worksheets done as review for the test this Thursday (Block B) and this Friday (Block C).
You will have time to work on your Creative project for R & J next week, which will be presented or performed at the FEAST--final date TBA.

Report cards are to be picked up on November 14th.

October 31

Happy Hallowe'en!
Romeo and Juliet test next week!
Talk to you on Monday!

October 20th--the day of reckoning for all ye who are still owing me creative writing assignments! Today we will fill out your Student Progress Report. This will help you keep track of what you have handed in, what you still have to hand in, and where you expect to go next in your learning. This is a requirement necessary to allow you to be part of the assessment process!This will be kept in your writing folder.
Happy Fall to everyone! Isn't it beautiful?

Welcome to English 10!

Hello, English 10 people! Finally! A blog! I have joined the 21st century. Hopefully, you will be able to create your own blogs and post your creative writing, essays, reports, etc. and I will be able to give you quick feedback! Doesn't that sound exciting??

We have been working on Creative Writing. Most of you have handed in the following:

• Adapt-a-ballad
• Classical allusion quest
• Horror story
• Flash Fiction

Check out the 0-6 Ministry Marking Rubric for creative writing in your notebooks.

• As of October 9th, we started the study of Romeo and Juliet.
• We will study the play by reading and analyzing several scenes, viewing and analyzing three different film renditions of the play, (including the famous adaptation, West Side Story), dramatizing several scenes (complete with props, costumes and music).
• Our culminating activity will be an Elizabethan Feast, including dramatic and musical presentations, and, of course, a sumptuous student-made feast of goodly stew and berry "sack"!
• Continue with your Language Power books. On to Unit Three!