Class Minutes: Wed, June 9th

We finished the film, All Quiet on the Western Front, and practiced another sight passage write on the short story, Just Lather, That's All.

Class Minutes: Thurs. June 3rd and Mon. June 7th

In the past two classes we practiced sight passage writes for the final exam. On Thursday we wrote a paragraph on the poem, "The Poison Tree," and received feedback on Monday. On Monday, we wrote a multi response to the short story, The Fall of a City." See Moodle for extra practice writing assignments.

Class Minutes: Tues. June 1st

After going over the exam review outline, we finished our compare and contrast multi on Dulce et Decormu Est and All Quiet on the Western Front. We even watched a bit more of the film. We are in strict REVIEW MODE now.

Class Minutes: Friday, May 28th

We started with a thesis statement writing task on the irony of the novel's ending. The thesis were collected after about 10 minutes. Mrs. Wall handed out a list of important themes for the novel to be used to study for the final exam. Lastly, we started a multi which compared and contrasted Dulce et Decorum Est and All Quiet On the Western Front.

Class Minutes: Wed., May 26th

We wrapped up our question booklet with a discussion of the chapter 11 and 12 questions. Then, we continued with the film.

Class Minutes: Thursday, May 20th

Mrs. Wall was away at the Fraser Valley track meet. But we wrote the comprehensive test on the novel. 1-4 also had another poetry quiz. For the remainder of the class, we watched the movie version of "All Quiet on the Western Front."

Class Minutes: Tues. May 18th

Poetry quiz to start class. 1-2 averaged 85%- congrats. 1-4 you're so close, but we'll try again on Thurs. We also wrote a chapter 6-10 reading quiz. You'll finish reading the novel by Thursday, so be reading for a comprehension novel test. We discussed the chapter 10 booklet questions and completed a symbol worksheet.

Class Mintues: Friday, May 14th

Poetry quiz #3 was an improvement, but we're still not at an 80% class average. Another chance on Tuesday! We went over the chapter 8 & 9 question key. In addition, we updated our portfolio and assignment logs with work handed back. Read chapter 10 for homework.

Class Minutes: Wednesday, May 12th

We wrote the second practice poetry quiz (69% and 65% were the class averages). We will write a third quiz on Friday. Afterwards, we went through the chapter 6 questions. The chapter seven key is posted on Moodle. For Friday, read chapters 8 and 9.

Class Minutes: Monday, May 10th

After our practice poetry quiz (class averages of 71% and 64%), we read over the chapter four and five notes. Then, there was a pop ch 1-5 reading quiz. I'm going to try to keep you honest with occassional reading checks. Then, we discussed comic relief and impressionism. Students located examplary quotes for the new terminology in their novels and copied samples onto the Important Terms handout. No new reading was assigned today, so use the time to catch up. You should have finished up to the end of chapter seven.

Class Minutes: Thursday, May 6th

We reviewed the answers to the chapter 4 and 5 quesions. We read a handout on Existentialism and looked up evidence from the novel that foster this philosophy in Paul and his comrades. Finally, we started reading chapter six together. Over the weekend, finish reading to the end of chapter seven (NOT just Sparknotes-Joseph) and do the corresponding questions in the booklet. Don't forget that next class we start the poetry quizzes.

Class Minutes: Tuesday, May 4th

Each group of 4 students was given a literature circle discussion question to consider and support with textual evidence. Chart paper and markers were used to create a visual display to aid in their class sharing. Interesting questions emerged, particularly around the ethics of censorship. Afterwards, we completed the chapter 2 and 3 comprehension questions (in booklet). Homework is to read chapters 4 and 5 and do the corresponding questions. Next week, we will start class with a 20 questions poetry quiz as review for the final. We will write a quiz every class until the class average is over 80%. Your best quiz counts. Study the poetry terms list on Moodle.

Class Minutes, Fri. April 30th

In groups, we answered comprehension/analysis questions on chapter 1 of All Quiet On the Western Front. Responses were recorded in our new booklet logs. Afterwards, we went over the answers and discussed them. Please read chapters 2 and 3 for Tuesday.

Class Mintues: Wednesday, April 28th

We started All Quiet on the Western Front by:
1. Reviewing WWI
a.entente vs Triple Alliance
b. defensive vs. offensive warfare weaponry
2. Viewing images of trench warfare
3. Viewing map of the Western front
4. Viewing propoganda posters
5. Reading and explicating Wilfred Owen's ironic poem, "Dulce et Decorum Est"
6. Watching the opening battle scenes in the movie, which reveal the utter futility of going "over the top"
Read Chapter One for next class.

Class Minutes: Monday, April 26th

Last big Macbeth assignment- 5 paragraph essay! It is a timed write, so no finishing at I block, lunch, etc. Way to go.

Class Minutes: Thursday, April 22nd

We went over the test answers, completed our introductory paragraphs for the essay on the cyclical nature of humanity's mistakes, and watched part of the movie of "Macbeth."

Class Minutes: Tuesday, April 20th

Today was Test day! The Act iv and v quiz, plus the literary device quiz were completed. Last class, we started learning the 5 paragraph essay. We read some notes, a sample intro paragraph, and examined 10 ways to write a general statement/hook. Students then practiced writing an introductory pargraph, which was finished and collected today(after the quizzes).

Class Minutes: Wednesday, April 14th

We reviewed the Act IV and V log notes which are on Moodle. Quizzes on the final two acts and Macbeth's poetic devices are on Tuesday. Update your reading logs with the Moodle notes. Logs are allowed on the Act IV and V quiz, but NOT the device quiz. Then, we practiced thesis statement writing. Samples were given to demonstrate the effectiveness of modifiers. Eight thesis were assigned as practice, but students selected their best thesis for formal evaluation. The worksheet was collected at the end of class.

Class Minutes, Mon. April 12th

Last day Mrs. Wall was away. The class read Act V.i-iii and did the "Lady Macbeth: Then and Now" worksheet. Today, we finished reading the play and were assigned the Macbeth obiturary (see Moodle). Act IV-V quiz is on Tuesday next week.

Class minutes: Tuesday, April 6th

Many students were away on the Bio 11 field trip. We finished reading Act IV and answered the comprehension questions before checking our responses with a key. Recipe assignments were collected.