Sec 3: Test (SAN)

Homework:
- Please re-read the passage and choose one question to complete (it can be typed if you wish)
- You should give yourself 25 - 30min to complete the question
- Find the dictionary definition of "feeling" and give me 5 examples (e.g. anger)
- Dateline: Monday (8 March, 2010) at 7:55am

If you do not meet the dateline, you'll have to stay back on Monday after school. There will be NO GRACE period.

Sec 3: Comedy & Tragedy

In class:
- Finished up discussion of MU questions #1 - #3 (p101 - 102)
- Went through answers from MM Exercise 16A (A Dog's Life)
- Started discussion on tragedy
- Students watched video segments of Of Mice and Men (barn scene)
- Students read Chapter 6 of Of Mice and Men

Homework:
- What is your impression of George in Chapter 6?
- Read MM pages 186 - 189 (Tragedy)
- Complete MM Exercise 16B questions #2 - #3

Sec 2: Persuasive Speech (Delivery)

In-class:
-Students presented their speech

Homework:
- Work on the 15 spelling words (to be checked on Friday)

Sec 3: Humour

In-class:
- Watched a short clip (FRIENDS)
- Discussion of the effects and use of humour in Literature
- MU 94 - 95: Discussion of Of Mice & Men
- MU 101 - 102: Students completed questions #1 & #3 in class

Homework:
- Read MM Chapter 16 (181 - 186)
- Complete Ex 16A #2 & #3

Sec 3: Test

In-class:
-Test on characterization (50mn)

Homework:
- MU: read pages 90 - 100
- Complete questions #2, #3, #6

Sec 2: Persuasive Speech (delivery)

In class:
- Roundrobin: Students practiced their speech delivery in groups of 3 - 4

Homework:
- Please prepare to deliver your speech next Monday (March 1, 2010)
- You'll be allowed to use cue cards, but you should not rely on them too much
- Time limit: 3 min

Sec 2: Persuasive Speech (final)

In class:
- PPT slides on peer editing
- Students peer-edited their friend's works

Homework:
- FINAL copy of your speech is to be TYPED and it's due on MONDAY 22 Feb, 2010
- Word limit: 400 - 450 (introduction + body paragraphs + conclusion). You have to deliver your speech in 3 minutes.

Please stay within the word limit! If you go beyond the word limit by 10 - 30 words, you would not be penalized for it.

IF YOUR WORD LIMIT IS UNACCEPTABLE, YOU MAY BE PENANLIZED AS I WILL ONLY MARK THE FIRST 450 WORDS OF YOUR SPEECH.

- Note that you'll only be graded for your body paragraphs and conclusion.
- You may revise your introduction, but it should not differ too much from the original unless you have not done well for your introduction.
- Please follow these instructions (click on them to enlarge):










Absentees - you'll do peer editing when you're back in school (you may have to stay back for an hour to do so), and you'll be given two days to revise and type up your final copy of your speech.