ENG 9
IF you do not think that you will be able to finish your work in class on Friday, spend some time working on it at home. You will have one more block to finish your visual and write up explaining how you see your character changing and growing in the novel.

ENG 11
Read:)

ENG 9 and 11
We are currently working on in class writing. Make sure you have what you need to work in class.
Read your lit circle novel.(Eng11)

ENG 9

Rewrite your narratives. Please take my feedback and improve on the great stories you have written. Think of your reader listening to the story with their eyes closed. Use the five senses to describe! Bring in similes and metaphors to paint pictures.

If you can save a copy of your narrative to a google Doc it will be easier for you to do the IPAD project too.( They are all up and running now:))

Silent reading books need to be finished.

ENG 11

Create your group discussion criteria rubric and share it with your group members and with me please.

Read your lit circle novels.

Eng 9, Eng 11 HW

English 9

You homework is to rewrite your Whale Rider response and find images for your narrative. Your narrative will be made on Book Creator, a free app for PC.

English 11

:)

ENG 9

If you did not finish the movie response in class, please finish that.

Read your silent reading book. Please renew your books. 

ENG 11

Read your lit circle novel up to the page your group decided.

ENG 9

Rewrite with revisions due on Fri. Dec. 4(Formative)***New Date
I will then give you feedback and once they are returned, you will rewrite them again. That due date is TBD. At that point your narratives will be Summative.

Read your silent reading book. Please renew your books. Due Dec. 3rd. You do not have English that day.

ENG 11

Rewrite with revisions due on Dec. 4.(Formative)***New Date
I will then give you feedback and once they are returned, you will rewrite them again. That due date is TBD. At that point your Persuasive will be Summative.

Nov 25,2015

Nov 25,2015

ENG 9

Rewrite with revisions due on Fri. Dec. 4(Formative)***New Date
I will then give you feedback and once they are returned, you will rewrite them again. That due date is TBD. At that point your narratives will be Summative.

Read your silent reading book. Please renew your books. Due Dec. 3rd. You do not have English that day.

ENG 11

Rewrite with revisions due on Dec. 4.(Formative)***New Date
I will then give you feedback and once they are returned, you will rewrite them again. That due date is TBD. At that point your Persuasive will be Summative.

Nov 25,2015

ENG 9

Draft of narrative due Monday Nov. 30
In class peer edit on Monday Nov. 30
Rewrite with revisions due on Wed. Dec 2.(Formative)
I will then give you feedback and once they are returned, you will rewrite them again. That due date is TBD. At that point your narratives will be Summative.

Read your silent reading book.

ENG 11


In class peer edit  of  Mice persuasive on Monday Nov. 23
Rewrite with revisions due on Wed. Nov. 25.(Formative)
I will then give you feedback and once they are returned, you will rewrite them again. That due date is TBD. At that point your Persuasive will be Summative.

ENG 9
Please complete the outline for your narrative.  Remember you are telling a story.

ENG 11

Please complete the outline for your persuasive essay.

ENG 9

If you did not finish your Main Idea sheet in class, please complete it for Monday.

ENG 11

Please think of an example from the novel that supports your position " Should George be accountable for Lennie's death", that addresses Pathos, Logos, Ethos.

ENG 9

IF you did not finish completing the W-H chart; where you organized your interview answers in class please complete that.

You need to bring your silent reading book to class on Thursday. Alternate work will be given to those who forget their books during the silent reading portion.

Please renew your books by Friday NOV 20.

ENG 11

 Finish preparing for Thursday's debate on whether or not George should be held accountable  for the deaths of Lennie and Curley's wife.

ENG 9

Please interview someone with "experience" ( not a peer) for Tuesday. Use "deep" questions. (DTQ).
Bring SILENT READING BOOK TO CLASS EVERY CLASS.
In class rough draft write on Thursday. Nov. 19.
Assignments are on Edmodo.

ENG 11

Complete Pathos sheet. You need it as an "entrance" activity for class on Tuesday. All sheets are on Edmodo.

Eng 9
  Create 20 questions you can ask someone "older" to find out about their life.  Also think of three different people you could interview this weekend.

Remember to bring it to class. We need to renew it Nov. 20.

Eng 11
If you have not yet finished Mice- please finish it.

Eng 9

Please read your silent reading book. Remember to bring it to class. We need to renew it Nov. 20.

Eng 11
If you have not yet finished Mice- please finish it.

ENG 11
Identity Project is due Friday Nov 6.

ENG 9 
Please bring Go Cards for Friday.

ENG 9

Please bring in your Go cards as we will be looking for a novel on Identity for our Silent reading novel. 
I am looking forward to reading all your great poetry portfolios! They all look very exciting and original!

ENG 11

Mice project is now due WED Nov 4 and Identity Project is due Friday Nov 6. Remember the key to your Mice Project is telling me about the reliability of your sources as well.

OCT. 29,2015

ENG 9

Work on your identity portfolio which is due on Monday Nov. 2.

ENG 11

Mice project is now due WED Nov 4 and Identity Project is due Friday Nov 6

Have a safe and fun  Halloween:)

Oct 27, 2015

ENG 9

Work on your identity portfolio which is due on Monday Nov. 2.

ENG 11

Mice project is now due WED Nov 4 and Identity Project is due Friday Nov 6

Oct 22, 2015

ENG 9
Please work on your poetry portfolio. It is due Nov. 2. You will have time during the next two classes to work on it and polish/peer feedback it.

Eng 11

Work on your identity proj. Due nov 6 and read of Mice and Men for next week.

OCt 20, 2015

Eng 9

Reflect and respond to the reading from class today. This article made me think ...about music, identity because....   I want to read your reflections, your connections, your thoughts on what you read and discussed in class today. Why did you write the headlines that you did?

ENG 11
Upcoming due dates:

Brother Dear  or Choice Short Story/Film Summative Response due Thursday Oct. 23. Please explain why this piece is better/improved.

Your summative identity project is due Friday November 6.
Your Mice intro piece(yet to be assigned) Due Monday Nov 2nd

Oct 18, 2015

ENG 9
 Please select a poem from the choices given. Think about how you would "SIFT" the poem.

ENG 11
Please try and begin and read Of Mice and Men. You can listen to it on line. Check out the blog for the link to the story on line.

Oct 14, 2015

ENG 9 & 11

Your rewrites are due for Friday. Please hand in the originals along with the rubric. Also include one or two sentences why your rewrite is better.

Grade 9 Edmodo code

Sorry- I typed in the incorrect code for Edmodo. Here is the correct code for Eng 9.
5dx7qm

A reminder the Eng 11 code is a few posts back:)

Oct 9,2015

Eng 9

If you did not finish your figurative device presentation in class today, please finish it for Wed. Oct 14.  The assignment is on Edmodo.

Eng 11

Please rewrite your poetry response for Friday Oct 16. Make sure you include your original piece with the feedback when you resubmit it. Could you also include 1-2 sentences why the rewrite is improved.

The Raven

The Raven

Oct 7, 2015

ENG 9 & 11
No homework:)

Sign up for Edmodo

How to sign up for Edmodo

I have created Edmodo accounts where you can access copies of worksheets that are often distributed in class.

To sign up you need to Log in to Edmodo and join. It will ask you for a group code.
When you sign up, PLEASE ONLY USE YOUR FIRST NAME. 

Here are the group codes:

ENG 9- 5dx79m

ENG 11 x7zvsx

Using Edmodo is a great way to get extra copies of rubrics a great way for you to get handouts if you are away from class.

How to sign up for Remind

How to sign up for Remind

(778) 650-5142 Enter this number into your cell phone  then enter:

@msceng1 Text this message  you need to include the @

Oct 6, 2015

ENG 9

Please read your short story for class on Wed.

ENG 11

Please complete the chart for your short story if you did not finish it in class today. Due Wed.

OCT 1, 2015

ENG 9
Please Write a summary and a response to either a song or a poem connecting to identity. This is a draft version for Monday. Please follow the guidelines on your rubric and think about the samples we viewed in class today.

ENG 11

Please write a response to the short story "Brother Dear"

 Please  write a  well supported response that explains how Bernice Friesen has created a character that show how our personal experiences shape our views of others and/or ourselves.

Remember to use quotes to help develop and explain your response. Formative and it is due Monday.

Sept 30, 2015

ENG 9
Please complete your I Am Poem , with a visual for Thursday.

ENG 11
Please complete your response to comparing or contrasting two of the poems you have discussed in your groups. Please pre-read Brother Dear. for Thursday.

Sept24, 2015

ENG 9

:)

ENG 11

Share your column with your partner. You want to make sure that you have information on two poems.

Sept 14, 2015

ENG 9

Please complete your sentence about you for next day Wed. Sept. 16
Please sign yellow consent form.

ENG 11

Please complete your sentence about you for next day.
Please complete your memoir with visual for Friday Sept. 18
Please sign yellow consent form.

Sept 22, 2015

Eng 9

Please write a reflection/response to the poem Identity that we read in class. You can use the questions and what you discussed in your groups to guide you.

Eng 11

You will open the class with what your group thought Ordeal by Cheque was about. You have about  MINUTE TO GIVE A SKIT, OR  YOUR VERSION OF THE SHORT STORY.

September 18, 2015

ENG 9
Please finish your found poem for Tuesday. Please make sure you acknowledge your source, and include the original source. (It's ok to email me the image).

ENG 11
:)

Sept 16, 2015

ENG 9

Please find a reading or an article that you can pull from to write a Found poem in class on Friday. You are going to be writing about what makes you, you; so find something that you can relate to.

ENG 11
Your 6 word memoirs are due on Fri. IF you have access to a laptop, please bring it to class Fri.

Six-Word Memoirs

What's Your Sentence?

Two Questions

What's your sentence?

Welcome to English 9 and 11

Welcome to English 9 and 11

• Please set this blog up to email homework updates directly to your inbox.
• Homework will be posted on this blog on a regular basis. 
• Assignments will be uploaded on Edmodo.
• There are useful links on the side of this blog.

What do you know about Mrs. C?

PS- Pics are sideways and upsidedown. Was unable to turn them around.

June 8, 2015

All Classes:

Marks cut off is Thursday June 11 @3pm. Please submit all outstanding work to me by then. 
You can email me dcaldwell@sd38.bc.ca

Ideally tomorrow.Thank you:)

June 3, 2015

ENG 9

If you did not finish the character chart for Romeo and Juliet, please finish it for Friday.

ALL CLASSES: ALL OUTSTANDING WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 3PM THURSDAY JUNE 11TH. I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING, EMAIL OR OTHERWISE, AFTER 3PM.

June 1,2015

ENG 9
Please fill out the Love connection sheet. You need to find the passage in the first ACT, and write down what you conclude that they are saying about LOVE in that passage. There are links to the play on the sidebar.  WE will be doing the connection piece next day.

ENG 11
Make sure all outstanding work is handed in.

Listening to Old English-Shakespeare's English (OP)

May 22,2015

Eng9: Work on your scenes. Mark up your scenes-prompt book it.  YOur videos and acting out of the scenes are due on  Thurs. 

Eng.11-Questions due TUES May 26. Reviews due May 28(Thurs)

May 20,2015

ENG 9 What can you find out about arranged marriages?

ENG 11 Renew books. Find a passage to read to the class.  I will photocopy it. alternatively you can take a picture of the page on your phone?'s due May 26,
Reviews  are due May 28

May 14, 2015

ENG 11
Your found objects are due on Wed. May 20. If you are planning on taking English AP 12 next year, please email me.


Eng  9
Enjoy the weekend.

May 6, 2105

ENG 9 and ENG 11

PROJECTS are due on Friday :

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May 4, 2015

ENG 9

You need to work on your projects. They are due on Friday. We will meet in the library on Wednesday. You should have most of your work done and this is your pull it all together block.

ENG 11

Remember that your library books are due May 12. The first part of your project is due on Friday May 8.  You should be researching and reading your novel. We will have our last library block on Wednesday.

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.

March 30, 2015

ENG 9
Welcome back:) You have just begun your new lit circle books. You have set up your reading schedule so please read according to your group's schedule.

March 13, 2015

ENG 9

Enjoy your March break! You do have your new novels. We will begin them on Monday March 3o. If you want a head start, you can begin them over the break.(optional).

March 8th, 2015

English 11

Your essay (minus general statement and conclusion, unless you already have it) needs to be typed and ready for TUESDAY, March 10!
We will be working on editing, writing a conclusion, and making sure the final product is all brought together.

March 6th, 2015

Eng 11

Remember that ONE (1) good copy of a Journal entry is due today (typed!).
All Character Analysis should be handed in (Scene 6&7, yours is due today). Please note that if you're emailing it, it should be done by the end of your class or it's written down as 'late'.
We will be working on body paragraphs for our essays today; use classroom time wisely!

Eng 9

Your setting written and oral presentations due Tuesday March 10. handouts on Edmodo.

March 4th, 2015

ENG 11

If you check Edmodo, I have posted the Essay handouts that you should all have that contains your topics, as well as an Essay Outline doc that will help shape your essay.
Also, remember your Character Analysis! Scene 4, yours will be due Wednesday! Scene 5&6 yours is due Friday.

Here's a prezi on symbolism that we will look at tomorrow:
Symbolism Prezi

ENG 9

 You will be working on your setting written and oral presentations due Tuesday March 10. handouts on Edmodo. Rewrites(optional) are due on Friday as well.

March 2nd, 2015

English 11
CONGRATS on finishing your scene presentations!
For Wednesdays class we will be working on our essay outlines, which means you should be coming to class with a topic already in mind! We will try to get a body paragraph written as well. Whatever is completed, I will take a look at and give you all feedback by Friday to make sure you're all on the right track.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR CLASS TIME!

Eng 9

Please finish the setting sheet on Charles Dickens Great Expectations. You only need to do the one side. Please bring your novels to class as well. 

Feb 24, 2015

ENG 9

Your compare contrast papers are due on Monday March 2. You need to hand in your peer edit sheet and your good copy along with your rubric. I have your drafts that you have already shared on google docs. Please remember to acknowledge any sources you have used.

Feb 17,2015

ENG 9
Please complete your draft of the compare contrast paper for Tues. Feb. 24

Feb 17, 2015

ENG 9
Work on your compare contrast paper. You should have finished your introduction, your similarity para and a good part of your difference para for Thursday. We will meet in the computer lab.

Eng 11
Your scenes.

Feb 17, 2015

Mrs. Elramly's Glass Menagerie Prezis:

Tennessee Williams Biography:

https://prezi.com/pzfeujvilio0/tennesse-williams-biography/

Gender Roles:

https://prezi.com/ypon-syttuzp/gender-roles/

Feb 13, 2015

ENG 9
Please complete the outline for the compare contrast paper between the movie and the novel And then There Were None. The Director for the movie was Rene Clair. Your outline is due on Tues. I will attach copies in Edmodo if you need extra copies.

Feb 11, 2015

ENG 9

Fakewall needs to be printed off and submitted to me by Friday Feb. 13.

ENG 11

Program planning sheets need to be filled out and submitted next week.

Feb 4,2015

ENG 9
Think about a character from the novel to write your fakewall on Friday. You already have all of your notes. make sure that you bring your novels to class.

ENG 11

Theme statement due on Friday. Remember to bring in rubric to hand in with it. You can return your novels at that point as well.

FEb 2, 2015

ENG 9
Finish your character sheet. Read up until the end of chp. 16(pg. 178)

Eng 11-
For Fri. finish theme statement with evidence.

Jan 28,2015

ENG 9
Read up to chp 12. Feel free to read on as well.

ENG 11
Finish your novels. It is the end of the month.

Jan 19, 2015

ENG 9 and 11
Read your novels!!!!

Jan 15, 2015

ENG 9 read up to pg 70. You can read further.

 ENG 11 -READ!

Draft of Decision journal.
Journal question: How does the character's decision impact himself/herself and others? Make sure that you bring in specific textual evidence as you write your response.

Jan 13,2015

ENG11 READ!!!!  Please complete at least two spots on chart. (re character )


ENG 9
READ!!!!!! You should be caught up to pg. 50.

Jan9, 2015

ENG 9
Please finish the blue character sheet on ATTWN for next day. Keep reading.

ENG 11
Good copy of persuasive essay due Tues. Attach all drafts, outlines. Keep reading.

Jan 7, 2015

ENG 9 -Choose one of your draft police reports  and  a good copy of  the police report due Fri. Jan 9

ENG 11-Final Draft  of persuasive is due FRI. Good copy due Tues. Jan 13

Welcome Back Jan 5, 2015

ENG 9
 Please write a draft police report for what you think happened to the boys in the short story.

ENG 11
Work on your draft persuasive-final draft is due Friday, Jan 9 in class for peer editing. Read novels as well.