Hey there, folks!  In class today, we completed a short Warm-Up using DRAMATIC IRONY, then corrected your there/their/they're work and wrote an in-class quiz.  Well done!  If we can just get that info into your regular application...In addition to that, I modeled how to turn the outline for your essay into the actual essay (yes, dogs ARE better than cats!).  Your own clearly edited draft is due on Tuesday, December 21.  Good luck!

Hello!  Today, you handed in your Article of the Week or MacLean's assignment, then enjoyed some SSR (thanks for considering the setting during your reading today!). After that, we took another look at the provincial scoring rubric for the writing portion of the ELPA in January, and you attempted to score an exemplar from last year's ELPA.  We'll look at that in a little more detail tomorrow, then review the rationales for how that particular essay was scored.  No homework tonight!

Happy Friday, peeps!  Today, you enjoyed some SSR while I handed back a TON of your work.  Well done!  Then, we tackled the problem of comma splices and run-ons.  We'll continue that on Monday, and input our NEW mock Assessment marks into Senteo to compare with your scores from September. Have a safe weekend!

Happy Friday to you!  In periods 1 and 6, we wrapped up the reading of The Yellow Wallpaper, and you were given an assignment due next Wednesday, December 8.  Your job is to determine (through a well-written three paragraph miminum) whether or not the narrator was BORN or MADE into what she became.  Periods 2 and 3...you did an AWESOME job in developing your own completely original character through playing "Who Owns This".  Special props to Jeremy White...yo.  Your "Born or Made" assignment is due on Tuesday, December 7.  Enjoy your weekend!