Whew!!  Where did September go??  We are coming to the end of our first unit of study.  Below is a list of what our end of unit looks like for us:
Sept 29 Monday (single) - Finish watching "All my Sons", practice reading comprehension
Sept 30 Tuesday (double) - Open book quiz on "All My Sons" 
Oct. 1 Wednesday (single) - Read "On the Rainy River" - 30-1 - Proofs assignment, 30-2 Letter writing assignment.
Oct. 2 Thursday (double) - finish proofs/letter and hand in, work on final project
Oct. 3 Friday (single) - Looking at writing exemplars and preparing for the final creative in-class writing assignment.
Oct. 6 - Monday (double) - Project work/ Unit exam review
Oct. 7 - Tuesday (single) - Project work/Unit exam review
Oct. 8 - Wednesday (double) - Unit Exam Perspective
Oct. 9  - Thursday (single) - Personal Response to text assignment in-class - Project is due

That's the next two weeks of ELA 30.  Please ensure that you are present on the days of the unit exam and the in-class essay.  My marks are due into the office on October 14th so it is very important that nothing come in late.  There is a lot of time in this schedule for you to accomplish the work that you need to.  If you have concerns, please let me know sooner as opposed to later!!

We will watch a stage production of the play All My Sons.  This is both to solidify our knowledge of the play and to create a spring board for discussion about director's choice:  characterization, sets, costuming etc.  There will be an open book quiz on All My Sons on Monday.

Today we are going to go over our final assignment for our unit on Perspectives.  Then we will finish our character work on the final act of the play.

We will begin class today by exchanging our pieces of critical writing and looking for the four aspects of critical writing that we covered on Monday.  We will then edit our writing.  After we will hopefully finish reading the play.

Today we are going to finish Act II and update our character charts

Today we will begin class with our first stab at critical writing and developing a critical writing voice.  We will be working from the assignment "finding your critical writing voice".  You will have about half an hour to write this morning.  We will then read Act II of All My Sons.

I will give you 30 minutes to work on the character charts assigned yesterday.  You may work with a partner.  They've been shared with everyone in the class so check your email if you don't have the assignment.  We will then read Act II.

We will start class off by editing the piece of writing from Monday....looking especially for areas where we can add more detail.  Then we will finish reading Act I today connecting Chris' speech on the war and the "responsibility a man can have to another man" to the final speech in "Saving Private Ryan" and complete an activity on characters.  If there is time then we will move on to act II.

We will start class off with a short quiz on the material covered yesterday at www.socrative.com, my classroom is collison1234. We will hopefully read to the end of Act I today so that we can get to working on character tomorrow.

Double class today!!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  We will do a short writing exercise on using specifics in our writing to improve interest and clarity...Oh the wonderful adjective so frequently lost... our topic for today is "How much responsibility do we have to look after ourselves and how much responsibility do we have to look after each other?"  Remember that you can respond personally, critically or creatively.

Next we will be looking at responding in groups to some issues from the play we are going to read later in class.  Please see the "considering the issues" assignment.  We will be doing a timed discussion on this (a little like speed dating only with an issue instead of a person).  At the end of this we will be given the texts and choose our roles for reading.  We will start reading the play...maybe even get through Act I!