ENGLISH 9

1. Restitution Lesson 5 (Beliefs).
2. Work period, focussing on corrections.

ENGLISH 9

1. A Newsletter from Mr. Mac
2. A comment about work, corrections, and how to maximize your mark.  In the end, I will drop your lowest score on the short stories (also counting toward you grade will be one other upcoming assignment and the short stories unit test).  This Friday, we will have a work period focussing on doing corrections or missed work.  Missing/incomplete assignments (of the total of seven stories we'll have covered) = a lowered work habits score and lower grade.   
3. "The Most Dangerous Game" overview (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game), then listen to a reading (audio book http://www.sffaudio.com/podcasts/SFFaudioPodcast105.mp3), while pausing every now and then to look at the question sheet and reflect/discuss. 

ENGLISH 9

1. Check out Engrade (link on this site) to see your assignments and work you need to complete. Use the access codes from Mr. Mac.
2. To Room 172 (computer lab) to work on the creative writing piece from "Little Old Lady From Cricket Creek."  Please type the creative writing piece, doing it on separate paper(s) than your answers to questions 1-4 and then hand all of this in together (stapled).  Due next Tuesday, October 25th.  For a resume template, see http://www.businessballs.com/freepdfmaterials/free_cv_sample_template.pdf.  For a rap sheet example, see http://www.hirenetwork.org/pdfs/050542_il_rap.pdf.
3. Finished?  Work on any missing work or the Independent Novel Study project.

ENGLISH 9

1. New seating plan.
2. Reminder: "The Veldt" questions due today.
3. "Little Old Lady From Cricket Creek": dramatic reading with Before/During/After reading notes (lead by Mr. Mac).
4. Work period (on questions from "Little Old Lady From Cricket Creek" + work handed back with a quick review of common errors and loss of marks).

ENGLISH 9

• Read (individually) the first section of "Peter Pan" by James Matthew Barrie. Think about how Peter Pan relates to "The Veldt."  If you finish early, work on "The Veldt" questions/reread the story.
• While students read, work handed back.  

• Note that marks will be posted on the wall (anonymously) next week (I've been waiting for some technology to be figured out).  
• 3 Types of Assessment: 1.) For Learning, 2.) As Learning, 3.) Of Learning.
• Be sure to a.) read all parts to a question, b.) answer in full sentences (if not in future, I may not mark your work), c.) ask if you don't "get it" and put in your best effort. 
• In general, I think many people seem to be rushing through their questions, just to get them done.  Take some time with them.  Remember: reading is thinking.
• Some people have not handed me much work.  Bottom line: you may be getting a call home soon to inquire why (Mr. Mac doing "his job").
• You may do corrections on your work. Please do so in a different colour than the original work (you may also use extra pieces of paper if you wish).

• Brainstorm on "The Veldt" as a class with Setting, Character, Plot, and Theme as branches (students take as notes).
• Work period, focussing on "The Veldt" questions. Question #2 on the allusion present in the story, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0pbrkh0jvI, which may give you a better idea.  Allusion definition: "a brief reference, explicit or indirect, to a person, place or event, or to another literary work or passage . . . where the connection is detailed in depth by the author, it is preferable to call it "a reference".

ENGLISH 9

1. Dramatic reading of "The Veldt" + class discussion.
2. Answer questions from sheet.

ENGLISH 9

• Analysis of a Simpsons episode called "HOMR" (watch and then answer answer sheet).

ENGLISH 9

• All Summer in a Day (dramatic reading) + class discussion.
• Question sheet.