March 16, 2011

March continues to be a very busy and productive month.  Here are some classroom updates:

English 10-1:
Today we wrap up "A Complicated Kindness" with a final journal discussion.  Tomorrow, students participate in Inuktitut Language Days, so will not have class, but all journal entries are due.  Students should indicate which three of the entries they'd like me to mark.  There are no classes on Friday due to teacher professional improvement.

On Monday, March 21, Critical-Analytical Essays on the novel are due.  Tuesday is our novel test, and on Wednesday, the final novel assignment, a casting and film poster, are due.  Friday, March 25 is our next Fantastic Friday.

Our next study unit is the Bard's comedy, "Much Ado About Nothing".

Just to look ahead a bit...I am away on a YMCA student exchange to Toronto the week of  March 28 to April 1.  Mid-term exams also fall into this week, with the English exam on Thursday, March 31 at 9 a.m.

Socials 16:
We continue our Justice unit.  Students have been studying both traditional Inuit justice and modern day justice.  We are beginning a discussion of capital punishment, about which students will write a short persuasive essay.

This week we are participating in Inuktitut Language Days, so class time is rather limited.  There are no classes on Friday due to teacher professional improvement.  We'll take up the justice discussion next week, hopefully with a lawyer as guestspeaker.

Again, as a look ahead, I am away the week of March 28-April 1.  Students will write their mid-term exam on Thursday, March 31 at 1 p.m.

English 30-2:
We are currently reading "Flowers for Algernon".  Students are writing personal responses to the novel and studying vocabulary.  We will also begin working on persuasive writing this week.  Again, no classes on Friday the 18th.  The English mid-term will be Friday, April 1 at 9 a.m.