Students in 9B and 9A worked on a content quiz in class regarding the short story, "Unreasonable Doubt", and those who did not finish in class are to complete this for homework this evening.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Welcome back and Happy New Year. Because of Christmas activities and weather, we fell a bit behind our schedule so today we began a short story called, Unreasonable Doubt, and tomorrow we begin a content quiz that goes along with it. Students were reminded that final term exams are at the end of the month, and they should begin preparing for these sooner than later.
Monday, December 14,
Students have completed work on a "Black Cat" Quiz, and have begun the vocabulary for the new story, "Unreasonable Doubt." There should be a content quiz on this story beginning Wednesday and finishing up on Thursday. Any student who has work still incomplete has been notified and given until the end of the week to get everything passed in. After Friday, it shall be marked as a 0%
Thursday, December 4
Students have begun work on the Vocabulary Development sheet and a few have started the Content Quiz with "The Black Cat." It has been a difficult and tragic week for many so the work load has been eased a bit for the time being.
Thursday, November 27
Student have completed two assignments this week regarding the story, "The Lottery" and have also worked on vocabulary for the Edgar Allan Poe short story, "The Black Cat." There will be both a vocabulary development assignment and a "The Black Cat" Content Quiz next week.
Thursday, November 20
Students have an assignment based on the short story, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. It is due on Monday, Movember 24. As well, any students who have not yet passed in their assignment concerning Superstitions and Symbolism must do so by Monday.
Friday, November 14
Students have completed both the Spelling and Vocabulary Tests for Unit One. They have an assignment due on Monday regarding Superstitions and Symbols. A number of students have already completed these and passed them in to me. Most have found the Internet almost a necessity for finding the information and printing off the necessary symbols.
Thursday, November 6
We are still working on short stories. A few students are finishing up some late assignments, but most are up to date with everything so far. We have completed the notes, questions, vocabulary, and stories for Unit 1 and have just begun Unit 2 - Superstition and Symbolism. Students will be having a Unit 1 Test on Wednesday, November 12, and Thursday, November 13. A general reminder that all grade nine students have a Math midterm on Friday, November 14.
Wednesday, November 5
Grade 9 Take our Kids to Work Day.
Wednesday, October 29
Students in 9A and 9C wrote their spelling test and finished up their Vocabulary Tests from yesterday. Students in 9B finished their vocabulary tests and still have to write their spelling tests tomorrow.
Monday, October 27
Students have a busy week of material to cover. On Tuesday, they have a Unit 1 Vocabulary Test, and on Wednesday, they have a Unit 1 Spelling Test. Remembrance Day projects are due on Tuesday of this week.
Tuesday, October 21
Students have completed their assignments for the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game" and have taken two classes to work on Remembrance Day projects which may include a poster, a poem or and essay. Students are also reminded to prepare for a vocabulary test on Tuesday, October 28 and a spelling test on Wednesday, October 29. They received the list of words on Monday of this week
Friday, October 17
Students passed in their quiz and received an assignment to work on for Monday.
Thursday, October 16
Any student who has not completed the quiz for "The Most Dangerous Game" is to have it finished for tomorrow morning. It will be collected and graded.
Wednesday, October 15
Students continue to work on The MD Game quiz.
Tuesday, October 14
Began working on the assignment for "The Most Dangerous Game." This will take approximately 2 days and those who have not completed it will be required to finish it at home.
Thursday, October 9
Students completed vocabulary work for "The Most Dangerous Game" and began reading the text. We will finish the story tomorrow and begin work on an Assignment Monday in class.
Tuesday, October 7
In preparation for our next story, "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, I introduced a discussion biography of Charles Darwin. The concept of survival of the fittest plays a major role in the story and Darwin's thoughts of adaptation tie in nicely with this.
Monday, October 6
Today we discussed the questions for the short story, "The Necklace." Although these were not used as a homework check, students understand that I will be collecting their scribblers soon, and that the work must be completed and organized when the scribblers are passed in.
Wednesday, October 1
Most students finished the Content Quiz, but for those who did not, it is to be completed for homework.
Tuesday, September 30
Students began working on a Content Quiz that asks questions about the first two literary selections we have worked on. They have two classes to work on this and then it will be sent home on Wednesday to be completed and passed in on Thursday, hopefully in time to be corrected before Parent Teacher interviews Thursday evening.
Monday, September 29,
Students passed in a homework assignment from Thursday, a short context quiz, and began working on the next story, "The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant.
Tuesday, September 22,
9C students finished reading a story called "Through the Tunnel" and were given questions to work on in class. Those who did not complete the questions were asked to do so for homework.
9A and 9B students read the story today and will begin the questions tomorrow.
Thursday, September 18
Those students who did poorly in the recent literary terms test have been given the option of a rewrite on Monday, September 22. Hopefully they will take advantage of this opportunity to get a better mark. To be fair, the marks from the first test and the second test will be averaged together to get a combined percentage. Anyone who opts to take the test and receives a lower mark will only have the first mark count. Really, as I've explained to the students, its a no-lose situation, and I hope they will use it to their advantage.
Tuesday, September 16
Students completed the Literary Terms test on Monday and results were not as positive as hoped. While some did extremely well, there were quite a few that did not pass. As a result we may be looking towards a rewrite sooner or later. In class we have begun our first unit dealing with Adventure Fiction. The process is one of notes, discussion, vocabulary development, and reading.
WELCOME BACK,
Thursday, September 10 - This is the first entry for the new school year. Sorry for any delays, but really there has not been that much to talk about yet. The Grade 9 English classes have been reviewing literary terms in a effort to create and maintain a general vocabulary we will be using in class. We are just about finished with this and we will be having a test on Monday, September 15. Students are encouraged to study a few terms each evening so it does not pile up Sunday night.
Wednesday, June 4
Students received notes on adverbs and worked on a sentenced identification sheet. They also had a small quiz to work on regarding adjectives. Most finished in class, but those who still had work to do are to complete this for homework.
Tuesday, June 3
Students worked on a review sentence sheet for adjective uses and identification. Those who were not completed on this were to finish it for homework.
Monday, June 2
Students have finished work on nouns and pronouns and have begun Part of Speech 3 and 4, Adjectives and Adverbs.
Tuesday, May 13
Students continued to work on Grammar test. Those who have not completed it in class time are to finish it for tomorrow. It will be passed in and graded.
Monday, May 12
Began working on a Grammar Test in class. They will be given one more class with this before it is sent home for homework.
Friday, May 9
Due to bussing issues, there were very few kids in class today. We looked at basic noun functions and worked on a simple review sheet.
Thursday, May 8
Students did not have Englilsh class today as they attended a musical performance by a visiting school.
Wednesday, May 7
Students worked on a noun identification sheet where they located the nouns in sentences and then defined their type. Those who did not finish were to take it home and complete for homework
Tuesday, May 6
Completed review of capitalization and different types of nouns that we use in common writing tasks
Monday, May 5
Reviewed rules for capitalization of nouns
Thursday, April 24
The test scheduled for today has been postponed due to an event and presentation in the school cafeteria which will begin at 11:15. This does not allow enough time for the test to be written, so it has been moved to Monday, April 28. Students are reminded to study for the essay question content about Queen Elizabeth, as well as to review the chapters.
Wednesday, April 23
Students have finished the final four chapters of the book and have had a chance to review. They are scheduled to have a test on Thursday covering chapters 13 to 25.
Monday, April 7 - April 22
Student continue to work on the novel study with Ms. Clinton, and are busy completing a number of short assingments that go along with each series of chapters. These have been completed in class and include a formal letter and a poster presentation.
Friday, April 4
Students finished their sonnet presentations and began working on a review of the novel to date.
Thursday, April 3
Students did not have class because of their participation in the school's Heritage Fair.
Wednesday, April 2
Students were recruited to make paper cranes as a good will gesture to be sent to another local boy and former student who is currently at the IWK in Halifax.
Tuesday, April 1,
Students began presenting sonnets in class.
Monday, March 31
Students continued to work on sonnets.
Friday, March 28
Class had about fifteen minutes to finish up test, and then Ms. Clinton introduced two versions of sonnets, an old form of poetry writing popular in the Renaissance. Students were paired up and worked on composing a sonnet that met the a certain criteria yet also recapped the events in the novel to date.
Thursday, March 27
Students wrote novel test. Most finished everything but the essay, so more time will be given to complete this on Friday.
Wednesday, March 26
Short story assignments were collected and students prepared for a novel test on Thursday. This test is based on Chapters 1 - 12, which is the halfway point of the book.
Tuesday, March 25
Mr. Crawford is not in today, but students are still working on a novel study with Ms. Clinton. They are reminded to have their short story assignment ready to pass in tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 12
Students finished up a few remaining notes about William Shakespeare to better prepare them for the next series of events from the novel. The author combines several elements of history (the characters of Shakespeare and Richard Burbage and the Queen) with his fictitious story to create a sense of realism.
Monday, March 11
Ms. Clinton began her teaching block with 9B and the novel study. Her first project involved a process called "Quick Write" in which students select one of three open-ended questions and write a response. The class went well and the students were very cooperative and willing to do the work required.
Friday, March 7
A student teacher by the name of Ms. Clinton will begin teaching the class on Monday. We will continue with the same novel, but Ms. Clinton may present a somewhat different approach to the study and the evalution.
Thursday, March 6
Students are reminded to finish up Cue for Treason Test 2, and to work on a short story lead sheet due tomorrow.
Wednesday, March 5
School cancelled.
Tuesday, March 4
Novel study continued
Monday, March 3,
UPDATE:
Students and Parents, as discussed with many at Parent Teacher interviews, the website updates have been reduced because of the nature of the novel study. Students are reading "Cue For Treason" in class, working on a series of in-class quizzes to move towards a closed book test at the end of chapter twelve just before March Break. The short story as mentioned is still due on March 26. I will continue to update daily, but these will basically just monitor the ongoing process already in place.
Tuesday, February 19
Students began the novel study today. We read the first chapter together. Tomorrow they will read chapters 2 and 3. When that is done, we will begin the first quiz that goes along with the first three chapters.
Monday, February 18
Students have received notes about Shakespeare and the Renaissance Age. This is in preparation for the novel, "Cue for Treason" that they will begin on Tuesday. Each student has received an evaluation criteria for the novel study which includes quizzes, tests, and a question-and-answer assignment.
SECOND TERM
February 14
Sorry for the delay in updating, but it has been basically a time of exam review, passing back exams, and begining a long section of notes about the writing process and short story types. This has finally been concluded and students began an inclass quiz today. Tomorrow they will finish these up and Monday will see us begin a novel. A short story Assignment has been passed out and is due on March 26. Students have the criteria and the marking scheme so it should be a very simple process.
Wednesday, January 23
9A students have about a page left to finish reading in class tomorrow before they begin the assignment. 9B students finished the story and began the assignment. They should finish it up in class tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 22
Students read the story, "Bargain" and will begin the assignment that goes along with it tomorrow. An exam review will be ready by the end of the week, and students are reminded to study.
Monday, January 21
Students began vocabulary development for the short story, "Bargain" which deals with the theme of bullying. All students are reminded to check with me in regards to anything still outstanding. The final exam is scheduled for Wednesday, January 30, so any time spent studying is time well spent.
Friday, January 18
Students were working on an assignment that accompanied the short story "The Landlady" by Roald Dalh. Those who did not finish in class were asked to take it home and complete for Monday.
Thursday, January 17
Students received notes on the author Roald Dalh and read the short story, "The Landlady" Assignment for this story begins tomorrow.
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 15 and 16
No school
Monday, January 14
Students worked on Unreasonable Doubt quiz sheets and were to complete these for Tuesday.
Friday, January 11
9A students read "Unreasonable Doubt" and will begin a quiz/review sheet on Monday. 9B students have already started the quiz/review sheet today, and it has been assigned for homework for Monday.
Wednesday, January 9
No homework this evening.
Tuesday, January 8
We continued with our notes on legal concepts in preparation for the story which will begin tomorrow.
Monday, January 7
Students have begun a collection of notes associated with a short story called "Unreasonable Doubt." The legal nature of the story allows for the introduction of elements within our justice and legal system such as criminal charges, jury selection, sentencing, prosecution, defense, etc. Much of this is discussion based using supplementary notes as a guide. As a result there is no homework this evening.
Thursday, December 20
Last real day for working on school assignments. Students should have been given any outstanding work to be completed and passed in for tomorrow. Otherwise I wish you all happy holidays and good luck in the new year.
Wednesday, December 19
Most students have finished the majority of assignments and a few are still wrapping things up. We miss an English class tomorrow for a school skate in the morning, but outstanding work is still due on Friday.
Tuesday, December 18
Just tying up loose ends before the holidays. Students received a list of things they may or may not have completed and are to work on finishing everything by Friday of this week.
Monday, December 17
Students continued with "The Black Cat" assignment. Tomorrow they will receive a sheet that lists the work completed and things still outstanding. They will have until Friday to complete anything not finished. After this, the mark will be 0%. Feel free to contact the school to check on progress to date.
Friday, December 14
Students were working on an assignment for "The Black Cat." This is a fairly long assignment, so they will be given two periods to work in class before it is sent home for completion.
Wednesday, December 12
Students finished reading "The Black Cat" and will begin an assignment tomorrow.
Tuesday, December 11
Most students finished the Vocabulary Development assignment. There is no homework this evening.
Monday, December 10
Students were well-behaved and very cooperative on Friday with the substitute teacher. As a result they did not have homework. Today, we will be working on the Vocabulary Development assignment. Those who do not complete it will be required to finish it for homework this evening.
REVISED (3:30 p.m.): very few students were close to finishing the assignment today, so I have decided to allow them a few minutes to finish up tomorrow. This changes the homework for the evening.
Thursday, December 6
Students read "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe today. I am at a meeting tomorrow, (Friday December 7)and the substitute will be passing out a Vocabulary Development exercise. I have asked her to determine homework based on class behaviour and cooperation, so they may have that to complete for Monday, but hopefully not. There will not be an update for Friday, so enjoy the weekend.
Monday, December 3
Students finished notes on Edgar Allan Poe today and will begin reading the short story "The Black Cat" tomorrow. There is no assigned homework this evening.
Friday, November 30
Students took biographical notes about Edgar Allan Poe, the next author we will review in class. There is no homework assigned for the weekend.
Thursday, November 29
Students received definitions for "The Black Cat" a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. There is no assigned homework for this evening.
Wednesday, November 28
Students were working on a "The Lottery" quiz in class. Those who did not complete it are to finish up for homework due tomorrow.
Tuesday, November 27
Students passed in the homework question sheet regarding "The Lottery" and began work on another review sheet. This was not assigned for homework.
Monday, November 26
Students were to pass in their Superstition and Symbolism assignment today. As well, a question sheet regarding the short story, "The Lottery" was passed out, worked on in class and assigned as homework to be passed in tomorrow.
November 22
Students are to complete the Superstition and Symbolism assignment for Monday. No school tomorrow. Have a good weekend.
November 21
Students received biographical notes on Shirley Jackson, and read the short story "The Lottery". They are reminded of the Superstition and Symbolism assignment due on Monday, November 26.
November 20
Students are to finish a vocabulary exercise for the short story, "The Lottery." An assignment regarding Symbolism and Superstition was passed out today and is due on Monday, November 26.
November 19
Completed introductory notes for Superstition and Symbolim. Tomorrow we begin looking at the short story author Shirley Jackson, and her work "The Lottery"
November 15
Notes for Unit 2 continued today. Students do not have any assigned homework for the weekend.
November 14
Students took notes on concepts of Superstition and Symbolism as an introduction to Unit 2. There is no assigned homework this evening.
November 13
Exams are to be returned on November 13. Each will be reviewed and then returned to teacher. Exams will be available for viewing by parents at parent/teacher interviews on November 15 and 16.
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