Period 1--AP 20
We used this last class of the year to continue to work on their Life of Pi or Huckleberry Finn essays. They worked very well considering it was the last day of school! This essay is due the Friday that we are back from holidays.
Period 2--AP 30
The AP 30s weren't very lucky today and had to write their Hamlet quotation exam. Once they were finished, they were able to use the time as they saw fit to finish up various assignments before the break.
Period 3--AP 10
Well, since the end of the world didn't happen, they had to use this period to work on their Animal Farm assignments. This will be due the Friday we get back from break. Again, considering that it was the last day of classes before the break, the kids did pretty well to stay on task.
Period 4--History 10
They had this class in the comptuer lab to finish up their ABCs of the French Revolution. We will use their ABCs to study from when we get back from the break to get ready for their French Revolution exam that they'll have on Wednesday when we're back.
Merry Chistmas, Everyone, and may the New Year bring you fewer assignments and other happiness!
Monday, 24 December 2012
Thursday, 20 December 2012
December 20, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
Since the kids have been working so well in class, I've let them continue to work on their literary essays rather than starting a new unit with two days left before the break.
Period 2--AP 30
We finished the miscellaneous notes about Hamlet to finish our study of the play off. They will have a quotation exam tomorrow.
Period 3--AP 10
They were given this class to finish with their timed writes on Animal Farm.
Period 4--History 10
We went to the computer lab and the students had time to work on their "letters" for the ABCs of the French Revolution assignment. They will get tomorrow's class to finish this off.
Since the kids have been working so well in class, I've let them continue to work on their literary essays rather than starting a new unit with two days left before the break.
Period 2--AP 30
We finished the miscellaneous notes about Hamlet to finish our study of the play off. They will have a quotation exam tomorrow.
Period 3--AP 10
They were given this class to finish with their timed writes on Animal Farm.
Period 4--History 10
We went to the computer lab and the students had time to work on their "letters" for the ABCs of the French Revolution assignment. They will get tomorrow's class to finish this off.
December 19, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
Period 2--AP 30
Period 3--AP 10
The whole morning was taken up by SWAG living up to their magazine campaign promise of supplying the whole school with a pancake breakfast. There were "Christmas party" activities in period 2, and then an assembly for the senior students in period 3 where they could play games.
Period 4--History 10
The students were to use this time to research the information needed for their assigned letters to ready themselves for time in the computer lab tomorrow.
Period 2--AP 30
Period 3--AP 10
The whole morning was taken up by SWAG living up to their magazine campaign promise of supplying the whole school with a pancake breakfast. There were "Christmas party" activities in period 2, and then an assembly for the senior students in period 3 where they could play games.
Period 4--History 10
The students were to use this time to research the information needed for their assigned letters to ready themselves for time in the computer lab tomorrow.
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
December 18, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
The students used this time to work on their essays. It was a very productive class.
Period 2--AP 20
We are going over some of the aspects of the play that I want to make sure the students understand in regards to analysis. I have notes on the SMART board that they can copy down as they see fit. These are mostly my notes about the play and observations and critiques about it.
Period 3--AP 10
We had a timed write on Animal Farm today. They will need more time to finish this up as we were a bit late in getting started.
Period 4--History 10
We watched a quick video on Napoleon Boneparte to summarize his life and accomplishments. Then, we played some French Revolution Jeopardy and the boys won. After this, I gave them a handout with their assignment for the French Revolution on it. They are going to create an ABC booklet. Each student was assigned two letters from the alphabet to connect to the French Revolution. They have to make up a page that could be put into an ABC booklet for each of their letters. The handout has a sample on it.
The students used this time to work on their essays. It was a very productive class.
Period 2--AP 20
We are going over some of the aspects of the play that I want to make sure the students understand in regards to analysis. I have notes on the SMART board that they can copy down as they see fit. These are mostly my notes about the play and observations and critiques about it.
Period 3--AP 10
We had a timed write on Animal Farm today. They will need more time to finish this up as we were a bit late in getting started.
Period 4--History 10
We watched a quick video on Napoleon Boneparte to summarize his life and accomplishments. Then, we played some French Revolution Jeopardy and the boys won. After this, I gave them a handout with their assignment for the French Revolution on it. They are going to create an ABC booklet. Each student was assigned two letters from the alphabet to connect to the French Revolution. They have to make up a page that could be put into an ABC booklet for each of their letters. The handout has a sample on it.
Monday, 17 December 2012
December 17, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
We went through the writing sins that they've committed in the past few months. Then they were given some time to work on their Life of Pi or Huckleberry Finn essays. We will have one more class to work on these so the students have access to me before they are expected to write it on their own. The due date was set for the Friday when we are back from Christmas holidays. They were also handed out copies of Medicine River to read over the break. This is a great novel by Thomas King.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell recapped Friday's reading by watching the last scene of Hamlet in Branagh's version. The students then wrote a paragraph on the choices made by the director and the possible reasons for them. With the last few minutes of class, we examined the Gibson version of the final scene so the students could contrast the viewing.
Period 3--AP 10
We went through the writing sins that they've committed in the past few months. Then, they were given their Macbeth essays back. I did not give them a mark with their essays, but the papers are "marked up" by me. The students were given an evaluation sheet and asked to mark their own. Then, they had a choice to make. If they wanted to a accept the mark I assigned it, I would give them their evaluation sheet. If they wanted to re-do the essay and make changes based on my comments, I would re-mark it. They had to make a choice though, based not on the mark they got, but on the evaluation comments I made throughout their paper. They have until after Christmas break. All of them chose to re-write.
Period 4--History 10
We listened to Amanda's current event assignment. Once that was finished, we were able to continue with our French Revolution power point about Napoleon. Then we had supplementary information on Napoleon in a handout given to them. We nicely finished it when the bell went.
We went through the writing sins that they've committed in the past few months. Then they were given some time to work on their Life of Pi or Huckleberry Finn essays. We will have one more class to work on these so the students have access to me before they are expected to write it on their own. The due date was set for the Friday when we are back from Christmas holidays. They were also handed out copies of Medicine River to read over the break. This is a great novel by Thomas King.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell recapped Friday's reading by watching the last scene of Hamlet in Branagh's version. The students then wrote a paragraph on the choices made by the director and the possible reasons for them. With the last few minutes of class, we examined the Gibson version of the final scene so the students could contrast the viewing.
Period 3--AP 10
We went through the writing sins that they've committed in the past few months. Then, they were given their Macbeth essays back. I did not give them a mark with their essays, but the papers are "marked up" by me. The students were given an evaluation sheet and asked to mark their own. Then, they had a choice to make. If they wanted to a accept the mark I assigned it, I would give them their evaluation sheet. If they wanted to re-do the essay and make changes based on my comments, I would re-mark it. They had to make a choice though, based not on the mark they got, but on the evaluation comments I made throughout their paper. They have until after Christmas break. All of them chose to re-write.
Period 4--History 10
We listened to Amanda's current event assignment. Once that was finished, we were able to continue with our French Revolution power point about Napoleon. Then we had supplementary information on Napoleon in a handout given to them. We nicely finished it when the bell went.
Friday, 14 December 2012
December 14, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
I went over some of the specifics of Huckelberry Finn with the group that is studying that novel, while those who read Life of Pi worked on their essays. We will have ONE more class to work on their essay on Monday.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell and the students finished reading Hamlet! We made it through the grave-diggers scene and the fatal fight between Hamlet and Laertes. On Monday, we will view some of the Branagh version as well as deal with a lecture on some of the finer points of the play.
Period 3--AP 10
This was their last class for this week to work on their Animal Farm character sketches and research. They will not get anymore computer time until next week.
Period 4--History 10
We had a couple of current event presentations to go through. Then, we went through the handout that I gave them yesterday to find answers from their reading on Napoleon. We didn't get as far as I'd have liked, so we will finish up with this on Monday.
I went over some of the specifics of Huckelberry Finn with the group that is studying that novel, while those who read Life of Pi worked on their essays. We will have ONE more class to work on their essay on Monday.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell and the students finished reading Hamlet! We made it through the grave-diggers scene and the fatal fight between Hamlet and Laertes. On Monday, we will view some of the Branagh version as well as deal with a lecture on some of the finer points of the play.
Period 3--AP 10
This was their last class for this week to work on their Animal Farm character sketches and research. They will not get anymore computer time until next week.
Period 4--History 10
We had a couple of current event presentations to go through. Then, we went through the handout that I gave them yesterday to find answers from their reading on Napoleon. We didn't get as far as I'd have liked, so we will finish up with this on Monday.
Thursday, 13 December 2012
December 13, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
We continued with the power point on Life of Pi while the Huck Finn kids went to the library to start working on their formal essays. Tomorrow we will switch and I'll go over the Huck Finn novel while the Life of Pi kids work on their essay.
Period 2--AP 30
The grade 12s had their timed write today on a passage from the play.
Period 3--AP 10
Once again, we were in the computer lab to use the technology for the students to work on their two different assignments for Animal Farm.
Period 4--History 10
The students had some reading from their textbook on Napoleon and were given a handout with some blanks for them to fill out. We will correct this together as a class tomorrow.
We continued with the power point on Life of Pi while the Huck Finn kids went to the library to start working on their formal essays. Tomorrow we will switch and I'll go over the Huck Finn novel while the Life of Pi kids work on their essay.
Period 2--AP 30
The grade 12s had their timed write today on a passage from the play.
Period 3--AP 10
Once again, we were in the computer lab to use the technology for the students to work on their two different assignments for Animal Farm.
Period 4--History 10
The students had some reading from their textbook on Napoleon and were given a handout with some blanks for them to fill out. We will correct this together as a class tomorrow.
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
December 12, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
We started in with our study of Life of Pi and Huckleberry Finn. I had the Huck Finn kids in a different room with their essay questions and a power point of information and took up the power point for Life of Pi with the larger group. Once we have finished going over the power point, we will switch groups. This talk focussed primarily on versimilitude and the idea of the "better story."
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell continued to take the kids through the play. They viewed a short clip from the Branagh version of Hamlet that clearly showed the contrast between Claudius and Laertes and Laertes sweeps in to storm the castle. This also highlights how Laertes, and even Claudius act as foils to Hamlet.
Period 3--AP 10
We moved to the computer lab to take work on their character sketches for their assigned character in Animal Farm. The kids seem to be having fun with this assignment as it has a multi-media component.
Period 4--History 10
The questions that they had from the textbook reading were due so we corrected those today. Then, they had two handouts about the Reign of Terror that we went through together. I introduced the idea of Napoleon and they were immediately able to see some correlation between Naploleon and Oliver Cromwell. It is interesting for them to see patterns in human behaviour.
We started in with our study of Life of Pi and Huckleberry Finn. I had the Huck Finn kids in a different room with their essay questions and a power point of information and took up the power point for Life of Pi with the larger group. Once we have finished going over the power point, we will switch groups. This talk focussed primarily on versimilitude and the idea of the "better story."
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell continued to take the kids through the play. They viewed a short clip from the Branagh version of Hamlet that clearly showed the contrast between Claudius and Laertes and Laertes sweeps in to storm the castle. This also highlights how Laertes, and even Claudius act as foils to Hamlet.
Period 3--AP 10
We moved to the computer lab to take work on their character sketches for their assigned character in Animal Farm. The kids seem to be having fun with this assignment as it has a multi-media component.
Period 4--History 10
The questions that they had from the textbook reading were due so we corrected those today. Then, they had two handouts about the Reign of Terror that we went through together. I introduced the idea of Napoleon and they were immediately able to see some correlation between Naploleon and Oliver Cromwell. It is interesting for them to see patterns in human behaviour.
Monday, 10 December 2012
December 11, 2012
I'm not feeling too great, so here is my sub plan for what should happen on Tuesday!
Period 1—AP 20s
They started a
timed write yesterday that many of them need to finish. They are welcome to about half of the class
to complete this, but I don’t want them to take much more than that. They have to learn time management skills in
their writing. For the remainder of the class when they get
finished, they can use it as a “clean-up” class. They have a “take” due on Friday and also
need to have their novel completed for tomorrow’s class (it’s about half and
half—many are reading Life of Pi and
the rest are reading Huckleberry Finn). We’ll be starting our study of this tomorrow.
Period 2—AP 30
Jon Farrell (Eli’s
intern) is teaching this. They are just at the closet scene, so there is a lot going on.
Period 3—AP 10
We started Animal Farm yesterday, and their
assignment was introduced. There is a
paper copy of the assignment that I’d like to be handed out. They get computer time to start on this
tomorrow. In the meantime, I’d like you
to go over some of the info/analysis of the novella.
Show the
students the power point. Some of this info may help them with their
assignment. Once that is finished, they
can start planning out their assignment.
We don’t have the computer lab until tomorrow, but they still have to
decide what character and then they can start making a list of characteristics
of their chose. I was going to choose
for them, but since I’m not there, they can choose from: Squealer, Old Major, Napoleon, Boxer,
Snowball, Mollie, Farmer Jones, Moses, the dogs, and any other characters I’m just
not thinking of. Encourage them to not
all choose the same one. If I find that
they have, I will have to assign new characters when I come back tomorrow.
Period 4--History 10
We are
continuing with the French Revolution.
We’ve been watching a fabulous documentary. The kids have
about 20 minutes left to go to watch the documentary. They are supposed to be taking notes down as
they watch. Once they are finished
watching it, as a class, we share our notes and discuss what we learned. This will probably take most of the
class. If they finish a bit early, there
are a few that need to do the questions that were assigned the other day when
Mrs. Adelman was in. If they are
finished everything, they can start DEAR time early. In case you can’t find the documentary, this should be the
address you need. December 10, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
The students did their timed write today. They had a choice between two passages in Othello.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell continued through Act III today. We were just passed the climax of the play where Hamlet makes the decision not to kill Claudius and are entering into the closet scene. We are on pace to finish the play by the end of the week or early next week.
Period 3--AP 10
We started our study of Animal Farm today and will save Martin Luther King Jr's speech for after the Christmas break, or at least after our study of the novel. We went through Marxism and the Russian Revoltution events and briefly looked at their asigmment for the novel.
Period 4--History 10
We listened to two more current event presentations. We will hopefully be done these before the Christmas break. After this, we continued with the documentary on the French Revoltution. It is a bit slow going as I'm continually stopping and assessing student understanding as we take notes from what we've seen, but it is such an effective documentary that it is worth the time committment. We should finish up with the documentary tomorrow.
The students did their timed write today. They had a choice between two passages in Othello.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell continued through Act III today. We were just passed the climax of the play where Hamlet makes the decision not to kill Claudius and are entering into the closet scene. We are on pace to finish the play by the end of the week or early next week.
Period 3--AP 10
We started our study of Animal Farm today and will save Martin Luther King Jr's speech for after the Christmas break, or at least after our study of the novel. We went through Marxism and the Russian Revoltution events and briefly looked at their asigmment for the novel.
Period 4--History 10
We listened to two more current event presentations. We will hopefully be done these before the Christmas break. After this, we continued with the documentary on the French Revoltution. It is a bit slow going as I'm continually stopping and assessing student understanding as we take notes from what we've seen, but it is such an effective documentary that it is worth the time committment. We should finish up with the documentary tomorrow.
Sunday, 9 December 2012
December 7, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
We did our literary devices quiz this morning. After this, I gave the students their timed writes back to them. In addition, we went over the two poems that were their options so they could see the richness of the sonnets just in case they had a misread or just didn't dig deeply enough into either of the poems. There was also a reflection sheet added into everyone's folders that they had to fill out identifying their mistakes and hopefully, patterns in their mistakes. There was a little bit of time at the end of class, so we watched the last scene of Othello.
Period 2--AP 30
We did our literary devices quiz. Mr. Farrell continued with the "To be or not to be" speech and then continued reading through the play. They were just past the "Get thee to a nunnery" scene before the bell rang.
Period 3--AP 10
We did our literary devices quiz. We listened to the last couple of speeches. Then, I gave them back their practice multiple choice responses from awhile ago. In partners or small groups, they were to work together and determine why they got an answer correct as well as try to determine what the correct asnwers were.
Period 4--History 10
We reviewed from the documentary clip yesterday about Louis XVI trying to escape France and getting captured. We continued with notes as we viewed the documentary and went through the beheading of the monarch and the rise of Robespiere to power in France. The guillotine was a prominent focus in this period of French history. We will continue with the Reign of Terror on Monday.
We did our literary devices quiz this morning. After this, I gave the students their timed writes back to them. In addition, we went over the two poems that were their options so they could see the richness of the sonnets just in case they had a misread or just didn't dig deeply enough into either of the poems. There was also a reflection sheet added into everyone's folders that they had to fill out identifying their mistakes and hopefully, patterns in their mistakes. There was a little bit of time at the end of class, so we watched the last scene of Othello.
Period 2--AP 30
We did our literary devices quiz. Mr. Farrell continued with the "To be or not to be" speech and then continued reading through the play. They were just past the "Get thee to a nunnery" scene before the bell rang.
Period 3--AP 10
We did our literary devices quiz. We listened to the last couple of speeches. Then, I gave them back their practice multiple choice responses from awhile ago. In partners or small groups, they were to work together and determine why they got an answer correct as well as try to determine what the correct asnwers were.
Period 4--History 10
We reviewed from the documentary clip yesterday about Louis XVI trying to escape France and getting captured. We continued with notes as we viewed the documentary and went through the beheading of the monarch and the rise of Robespiere to power in France. The guillotine was a prominent focus in this period of French history. We will continue with the Reign of Terror on Monday.
Thursday, 6 December 2012
December 6, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
We continued with the powerpoint examining more information about the play. This will help give the students some ammunition as they write their takes. We had some good discussion about the strength of Desdemona (or lack thereof, depending on how you view it), the protagonist of the play, as well as the vulnerabilities of Othello.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrel continued with the students...he led them through the "To be or not to be speech" and supplemented it with visuals from the Banagh version as well as the Gibson version. They broke it down into visual elements and discussed. At the end of the class, the students did a short writing assignment on which version they preferred and why.
Period 3--AP 10
The students began performing their speeches on their favourite novel of all time! There were some very interesting choices and we will continue with these tomorrow.
Period 4--History 10
We discussed some of the information they saw yesterday in the documentary clips on the French Revolution. The focus was on Louis XVI and his disastrous reign. We stopped periodically to discuss and take notes from what they saw that surprised them or was new that supplemented the reading.
We continued with the powerpoint examining more information about the play. This will help give the students some ammunition as they write their takes. We had some good discussion about the strength of Desdemona (or lack thereof, depending on how you view it), the protagonist of the play, as well as the vulnerabilities of Othello.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrel continued with the students...he led them through the "To be or not to be speech" and supplemented it with visuals from the Banagh version as well as the Gibson version. They broke it down into visual elements and discussed. At the end of the class, the students did a short writing assignment on which version they preferred and why.
Period 3--AP 10
The students began performing their speeches on their favourite novel of all time! There were some very interesting choices and we will continue with these tomorrow.
Period 4--History 10
We discussed some of the information they saw yesterday in the documentary clips on the French Revolution. The focus was on Louis XVI and his disastrous reign. We stopped periodically to discuss and take notes from what they saw that surprised them or was new that supplemented the reading.
December 5, 2012
My apoligies for not having this posted yesterday! This is what Wednesday, Dec. 5th looked like:
Period 1--AP 20
The students were given a chance to formulate some ideas for their takes on Othello now that we are finished reading the play.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell continued with Act II and looked at the soliloquy "Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I ..." and continued in to Act III. We will be looking at the "To be or not to be" speech in more detail tomorrow.
Period 3--AP 10
The students were given this class to work on their speeches about their favourite book of all time. These will be presented on Thursday.
Period 4--History 10
The students had some textbook work to do. They were to read pag 34-38 and do question #1-5 and read pg 38-42 and do questions 2-6.
Period 1--AP 20
The students were given a chance to formulate some ideas for their takes on Othello now that we are finished reading the play.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell continued with Act II and looked at the soliloquy "Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I ..." and continued in to Act III. We will be looking at the "To be or not to be" speech in more detail tomorrow.
Period 3--AP 10
The students were given this class to work on their speeches about their favourite book of all time. These will be presented on Thursday.
Period 4--History 10
The students had some textbook work to do. They were to read pag 34-38 and do question #1-5 and read pg 38-42 and do questions 2-6.
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
December 4, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
We finished reading the play Othello and started on a power point discussion. Right now, it focusses on Iago and his machinations.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell continued to take the students through Act II today and they just nicely finished reading the act. Tommorrow, they will back-track a bit and will annotate Hamlet's second soliloquy.
Period 3--AP 10
We did a quick exercise on point of view that help them review the concepts as well as showed how point of view can change the reading of a passage. Then, I gave them a quick speech as to my favourite book of all time. I told them that their assignment will be to give a short speech on their favourite book of all time. We discussed the qualitites of a good speaker and the organization of a speech. Tomorrow they will have time to start creating their 1 minute speech. This is a practice speech to get them ready for a speech that will be more involved than this simple one.
Period 4--History 10
We finished the cloze exercise after reviewing a bit. Another handout was given to the students to supplement the information and highlight the reasons for the start of the revolution. At this point, we were able to start watching a documentary on Louis XVI. Students were to write down about five things that they learned about Louis and his rule.
We finished reading the play Othello and started on a power point discussion. Right now, it focusses on Iago and his machinations.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell continued to take the students through Act II today and they just nicely finished reading the act. Tommorrow, they will back-track a bit and will annotate Hamlet's second soliloquy.
Period 3--AP 10
We did a quick exercise on point of view that help them review the concepts as well as showed how point of view can change the reading of a passage. Then, I gave them a quick speech as to my favourite book of all time. I told them that their assignment will be to give a short speech on their favourite book of all time. We discussed the qualitites of a good speaker and the organization of a speech. Tomorrow they will have time to start creating their 1 minute speech. This is a practice speech to get them ready for a speech that will be more involved than this simple one.
Period 4--History 10
We finished the cloze exercise after reviewing a bit. Another handout was given to the students to supplement the information and highlight the reasons for the start of the revolution. At this point, we were able to start watching a documentary on Louis XVI. Students were to write down about five things that they learned about Louis and his rule.
Monday, 3 December 2012
December 3, 2012
Period 1--AP 20
We continued reading Othello and are ALMOST done...we will finish up Act V tomorrow. Things were just heating up when the bell rang!
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell continued reading Hamlet with the students. We are well on our way into the play. We've been able to review some of the issues around religion that plague this play (or at least plague Hamlet) and are beginning to see the "antic disposition" starting to work in Act II. We will continue tomorrow.
Period 3--AP 10
To finish off "The Road Not Taken" the students were assigned to write about their own choices and how they might look back on those choices. They also received their 10 new literary device words they will be quizzed on come Friday. Their homework was to make a decision about their favourite book of all time! We will need this information tomororw.
Period 4--History 10
I gave the students back their Glorious Revolution exam and we briefly went over some of the items. Then, we were back into the French Revolution. Today's topics were Louis XVI and the Tennis Court Oath. We will continue with this tomorrow.
We continued reading Othello and are ALMOST done...we will finish up Act V tomorrow. Things were just heating up when the bell rang!
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell continued reading Hamlet with the students. We are well on our way into the play. We've been able to review some of the issues around religion that plague this play (or at least plague Hamlet) and are beginning to see the "antic disposition" starting to work in Act II. We will continue tomorrow.
Period 3--AP 10
To finish off "The Road Not Taken" the students were assigned to write about their own choices and how they might look back on those choices. They also received their 10 new literary device words they will be quizzed on come Friday. Their homework was to make a decision about their favourite book of all time! We will need this information tomororw.
Period 4--History 10
I gave the students back their Glorious Revolution exam and we briefly went over some of the items. Then, we were back into the French Revolution. Today's topics were Louis XVI and the Tennis Court Oath. We will continue with this tomorrow.
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