English 11
Today, we worked through an introduction to Freud's structure of the psyche. Tough stuff! We also filled in a 3 column chart with information about these elements.

Welcome to semester 2 of SLSS!

Students of my semester 1 classes: Your work has been marked, and you may pick it up any time. Please come by and see how you did - especially on your creative projects.

English 11
Good morning and good afternoon! Today we took a look at our syllabus for English 11. We'll be starting with some handouts and light reading this week, followed by a few short stories late this week/early next week.

Please be sure to take your syllabus home for a signature tonight. Hand them in by Wednesday, February 1. Also, finish your mandala by Tuesday, January 31.

Mandala items:

1. Name. (1, 2)
2. What you want. (4)
3. What you don't want. (4-6)
4. How you'll do it. (4-8)

Here's a mid-weekend update for English 12.

Compositions are coming along. Currently on schedule to finish before our class on Monday.

English 12 Provincial: January 24. 9:00 - 11:00am.
Location: Shark Tank.

English 12

The time is now. Prepare yourselves!

English 12
Here's some information for your third composition.

1. Samples of the composition - this is the same format we'll be using for our 1984 response. Click here for the prompt.
2. Once you have examined these samples and the marking guide/prompt, take a gander at another provincial sample. On our current schedule, we'll be doing our 1984 composition response on Thursday.

English 12 Provincial (January 2015)

English 9

Today we should be finishing our documentary, "Up in Arms".

Provincials are around the corner. Time to get to business!

Creative Projects are due on Friday, January 20.

English 9
Here are some links to help us discuss our social issue today:

Map of Canada and Distribution

Politics of Gun Laws in the States

Culture of Guns in the States

Canadian Reaction to Florida

Documentary for our viewing down the road.

English 12

June 2015 Provincial Exam

English 12
Here are the rest of the reading assignments, as requested. The date posted is the assignment for that evening (due by the next class):

1. Wednesday, January 11: Part 2, Chapter 6 & 8.
2. Thursday, January 12: Part 2, Chapter 10. Part 3, Chapter 1.
3. Friday, January 13: Part 3, Chapter 2, 3, and 4.
4. Monday, January 16: Part 3, Chapter 5 and 6.

English 9
Our creative project for your literature circles is ready.

BEHOLD!

English 12
Your final project is ready.

BEHOLD!

English 12

Here's some doublethink!

English 9 Literature Circles

These are our meetings dates, please come with your role sheet prepared ahead of time.

1. Monday, January 9
2. Friday, January 13
3. Wednesday. January 18
4. Monday, January 23

English 12
Here are some resources for our work on 1984.

1. Parental involvement in your social media.
2. Little Brother Is Watching.

Welcome back from the holidays!

As we begin to finish up our semester, we have one final assignment to consider. Here we go!

English 12
If you are considering a new-do for your TED talk, please let me know during tomorrow's class, at which time we'll do a sign-up on the board.

Also tomorrow, we'll be signing out our books and begin work on Orwell's magnum opus, 1984.

English 9
Tomorrow we will spend most of the class learning about the books for our lit circles. We'll go over expectations for the lit circles and the role sheets.

Please bring your giant orange text books to class on Wednesday.