April 30, 2015

ENG 9
Please work on gathering ideas and info to work on your final lit circle project. It is due May 8.

ENG 11
READ!!!! Work on project. Monday is another in class work day. You will need to tell me the format of your project by Friday.

April 28, 2015

ENG9-
Think about what you need to write to write in class  for the final draft of your  essay. This essay is considered an in class write.

ENG11-READ your novel.

April 24, 2015

ENG 9
Please fill out your project proposal sheet for Tuesday.

ENG 11
Here is the very last scene of the movie. Sorry that the bell went.

April 22,2015

ENG 9
Your summative journal is due tomorrow Friday. Please attach your three(3) formative ones.
If you did not finish writing your paragraph about the Google searches please finish that for Friday as well.
ENG 11
It is great to be back teaching you:) You can watch the other Clip on the blog.

Eng 11 Leave it to Beaver Samples

April 20, 2015

ENG 9

• Please fill in the blue  outline sheet  for Wed. You need to include your thesis , 3 topic sentences and your support for your paragraphs. Your evidence and points can be in point form. We will be writing draft 1 in class on Fri. 
•  Rewrite  one of your 3 formative journals for Friday April 24. Please tell me why this one is better. Please include your 3 formative journals as well. This journal on Friday will be SUMMATIVE. 
• You should be pretty well finished with your novel by now, if not finish it up. We are moving on to our final task.

April 15,2015

ENG 9

Finish up your novels.
Journal # 3 is due Monday.
Complete your next role sheet for Monday.

April 13, 2015

ENG 9
Please write a thesis statement based on your novel and one of the EQ for Wed. then in point form list what your paragraphs will be about. You are not writing any paragraphs. HINT: The  3 pargaraph topics should all be mentioned in your thesis.

April 10, 2015

ENG 9

• Please complete your new role sheet ready for class on Monday.
• Please finish your journal entry based on the EQ you discussed in your groups as well. THis journal is formative. We will use this journal to help you develop a thesis statement for your essay.
• You should also continue to read your book and you should be well over half way through it to almost finished it.

ENG 11

Ms. ElRamly will be finishing up in two weeks. If you have any outstanding or missing work you need to get it into her by Monday. After Wednesday all   previous assignments will be considered "dead"( and assigned a 0). you will have to do alternative work at lunch or afterschool with MS. ElRamly to make up the missing work.  She will be gone as of the 24th and I am unable to assess any of her assignments. Please submit any missing work on MONDAY APRIL 13, 2015.

APRIL 7

English 11

Escapism handout and rubric are posted on Edmodo! Your Reflection papers are due next class (Thursday)

Speaking of reflections, here is the poem that we looked at for Poetry Reflection (also due next class):

It Couldn’t Be Done

BY EDGAR ALBERT GUEST

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done

      But he with a chuckle replied

That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one

      Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.

So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin

      On his face. If he worried he hid it.

He started to sing as he tackled the thing

      That couldn’t be done, and he did it!

Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;

      At least no one ever has done it;”

But he took off his coat and he took off his hat

      And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.

With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,

      Without any doubting or quiddit,

He started to sing as he tackled the thing

      That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,

      There are thousands to prophesy failure,

There are thousands to point out to you one by one,

      The dangers that wait to assail you.

But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,

      Just take off your coat and go to it;

Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing

      That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.

April 6th

ENGLISH 11
Remember to bring your objects for tomorrow's Gallery Walk! I look forward to seeing all your projects.
I will also be collecting your fingerprint poems

If you have any last minute questions, my email is: relramly@sd38.bc.ca

April 1,2015

ENG 9

Please continue to read your lit circle novel and complete your second role sheet. Please make sure that you took a different sheet from your group members at the end of class. I realize it was a bit chaotic with the drill. Enjoy the long weekend.