June 12, 2009

To prepare for the final exam on Macbeth, you need to:

• Familiarize yourself with the plot (events and the sequence; refer to the summary)
• Study the major scenes/dialogues and practise the following:
• Summarize the speech
• Translate it into modern English
• Identify in the speech exmaples of literary/rhetorical devices and explain the effectiveness of them such as metaphor, imagery, personification, etc.
• Complete the character profiles and the imagery chart

June 9, 2009

• The literary/rhetorical devices to review for the final exam are those in the chart (distributed to you early in the semester), but being able to identify and explain the effectiveness of the example is the most important part of the answer.

• For example, a metaphor is a comparison between two unlike objects, but when this comparison is used throughout the passage/article/poem, the effect is sustained. Hence, it is an extended metaphor. Read the definition and examples to understand better. (Another example of extended metaphor)
• Find at least three examples in Macbeth to practise your explanation.

June 2, 2009

To prepare for the Culminating Activity and the Final Exam, you need to

• finish reading Night, a memoir by Elie Wiesel; Answer these essay questions pertaining to Night.
• review the themes of both Lord of the Flies and To Kill a Mockingbird; use the pre-reading questionaires as a springboard for themes
• understand Macbeth characters, the main characters you should make a chart for are: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, Macduff, and Duncan; chart :

  character and character development

• The main imagery you need to know are: animal, baby, blood, clothing, disease/illness, sleep, and light and darkness. Here are some examples.
• review the literary devices and identify examples from the speeches.

May 19, 2009

• Print this worksheet and hand in after you have completing the work.
• Take the quiz Level C and get a certificate as proof of success!

May 18, 2009

• We are at the final stage of the course, two important tasks are still ahead of us: the culminating activity and the final exam.
• Culmnating Activity: is an in-class formal essay to be written during the week of June 8-12; topics will be made available during that week. The topics are focused on the main themes we have studied throughout the course from the textbooks -

Lord of the Flies

To Kill a Mockingbird

Night (to be signed out next week)

• The final exam will be written during the exam week; the exam schedule will be available soon on the school website.
• It will focus on Macbeth; consider all the following ideas while we are studying the play. Note-taking is essential for review and prepare for the exam.

May 1, 2009

• Quiz for ch 19-26 is on Monday, May 4, 2009.
• Finish the book by Wednesday.

April 24, 2009

• Monday- complete all questions on Chapters 13-18
• Prepare for the quiz Ch 10-19 on Tuesday
• Read up to ch. 26.

April 14, 1969

To Kill a Mockingbird may be a little challenging in terms of the vocabulary and historic backgraound. Use this student survival guide to help with better understanding during reading. The site is also available through LINKS.

Work to be completed this week:

1. Group presentations: research topics on 30's USA
2. Chapters 1-3, 4-6, 7-9

• You need to read every day and study the vocabulary too.

3. Paragraph writing: respond to the specific questions asked in each class; one of the paragraphs will be collected

April 6, 2009

Essay editing Monday: Self edting; peer-Tuesday

Due Thursday, Apr. 9, 2009

Final Test on Lord of Flies: Wednesday.

We will present the 30's research projects next week.

Mar. 27, 2009

essay outline due Monday Mar. 30

you need to fill the space with proper points, proofs an d key words for explanations

Mar. 25, 2009

On Thursday Mar. 26, we'll work on OSSLT in the computer Lab, Rm 219.

Mar. 23, 2009

• Literary essay timeline: Outline for class on Friday Mar. 27
• Rough copy for peer editing: Monday Mar. 30
• OSSLT is on April 2, next Thursday. Check the answers for Red Book online, glenforestlibrary.com

Mar. 19, 2009

The title Lord of the Flies means beelzebub, one of the famous demonic figures.

To Kill a Mockingbird may be a little challenging in terms of the vocabulary and historic backgraound. Use this student survival guide to help alleviate some pain during reading.

Mar. 12, 2009

• Finish reading Lord of the Flies and do the questions.
• Read chapter 1 of To Kill the Mockingbird.
• Don't forget the OSSLT, which is on April 2. The Red Book answers will be available on the library website.

Mar. 8, 2009

Group chapter presentation- Monday use the computer lab to create the necessary work and Tuesday work in class.

Wednesday: presentations start.

Meanwhile, do some language/grammar exercises preparing for the OSSLT on April 2.

The following work should be done and hand in for evaluation by Friday.

1. recognizing a variety of sentences

2. punctuation and its purposes

3. combining sentences and quiz 2

Mar 1, 2009

News report practice:

• "Ooka and the Stolen Smell"
• "Inspiring Speech" to be completed in class

Feb. 25, 2009

We need to start working through the Red Book preparing for the Literacy Test on Apr. 2.

Grammar is a part of the test. Review the basics by doing exercises.

Other quizzes are also available.

Feb. 23, 2009

Friday Feb. 27- Mask and poem due

Mon. Mar 2 -ch 4,5,6 quiz

Feb18/2009:

Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 3.

Essay on the impromptu speech topic: first draft for peer edting.

Assignemnt on Setting from e-learning OERB; you need to lock in following the prompt:

User ID: pdsbstudent

Password: oerbs

Search: Lord of the Flies

Complete both writing tasks on Setting.

Are we right brain or left brain dominant? Play this for fun:

Practise your sentences by doing the exersices on Sentence Fragments