ENG3U0
December 1, 2008
We worked through a peer-editing sheet for the Inquiry Essay today. We also talked about
additional manipulative techniques for the narrative essay.
Homework: Re-read the Mark Twain essay I gave out on Friday and be prepared
to discuss the various manipulateive techniques that Twain employs.
November 27, 2008
We began our final unit - Telling a Story - today in class.
Homework: Finish your essay and come to
class prepared with a typed copy for editing on Monday. Be sure to bring your "graphic novel
story" for class tomorrow.
November 26, 2008
We finished our class-work on the Inquiry essay today. Unless there are burning
questions tomorrow I expect we'll be able to move on to our enrichment for 1984 and the
introduction of our final unit - Telling a Story.
Homework: Bring any enrichment material you have for 1984 to class tomorrow.
Finish your essay over the weekend and come to
class prepared with a typed copy for editing on Monday.
November 25, 2008
We began our final discussions of 1984 today with an exploration of Newspeak. We also worked on
the Inquiry Essay.
Homework: You should now have the opening paragraph and the body paragraphs in
draft form (full sentences).
November 24, 2008
We continued our work on the inquriy essay assignment.
Homework: Finish the rough draft of your opening paragraph and bring it to
class tomorrow.
November 21, 2008
We finished discussing Winston's anti-hero qualities today.
Homework: Continue to work on your Inquiry Essay - bring a second draft of
your outline to class on Monday.
November 18, 2008
We spent most of today's class talking about the structure of the Inquiry Essay. We also
worked on finishing the "Developing an Inquiry Question" process.
Homework: Bring a finished Inquiry Question and a BRIEF essay outline that
addresses that question to class tomorrow (point form only - be sure to include your required
elements in the body section of your outline).
November 17, 2008
We finished watching V for Vendetta today and we had a brief discussion about its
connections to 1984. We also worked on the IQ (inquiry question) and the Enrichment activities
for 1984.
Homework: Bring a finished Inquiry Question to class tomorrow.
November 12, 2008
Everyone wrote the summative test on 1984 today.
Homework: Continue to work on your inquiry question - study for
tomorrow's summative test.
November 12, 2008
Today we wrote two practice quizzes in preparation for tomorrow's test.
Homework: Continue to work on your inquiry question - study for
tomorrow's summative test.
November 11, 2008
We used our Inquiry model to make connections between 1984 and V for Vendetta. We'll
continue the film tomorrow.
Homework: Finish reading 1984 - work on your inquiry question - study for
Thursday's Summative test.
November 10, 2008
We continued our study of 1984 today by trying a second method of inquiry (a copy of my notes
is include on your handouts page under Unit 3).
Homework: Finish reading 1984 - work on your inquiry question - study for
Thursday's Summative test.
November 7, 2008
We continued our study of 1984 today through examining a method of inquiry called "Dense
Questioning" (a copy of my notes is include on your handouts page under Unit 3).
We also reviewed the essay assignment for 1984 (a copy of this rubric is also online). If
you were away today you must see me to get your topic assignments on Monday.
Homework: Continue reading 1984 - you must have the novel completely read
for Monday. There will be a short quiz on Parts 2&3 on Monday.
November 6, 2008
We continued our study of 1984 today - we pictographed 2 major ideas for character,
setting, symbol, and idea and then tried to find a quotation that unified 4 of the
8 pictographs.
Homework: Continue reading 1984 - aim to have the novel read by
Monday. There will be a short quiz on Part 2 tomorrow.