Friday, June 17, 2011

Friday, June 16, 2011

Have a great summer and a great time pursuing the future you aspire to!!

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Today, you went over a practice PDE in preparation for your exam tomorrow. I also did a lesson on how to identify the meanings of words in context.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Today, I gave you a practice PDE to complete to help you prepare for your Part B final.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Monday, June 13, 2011

Today, you wrote Part A (essay: written) of your provincial examination.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Friday, June 10, 2011

Today, I finished reviewing for Monday's Part A exam. I also handed out a student guide for this exam (as wll as for Part B) for students to read.

If you weren't here, you can find information pertaining to the exams by going to:

http://education.alberta.ca/admin/testing.aspx

go to diploma examiniations and click. From here, you can find out about the exams for all your classes (I told them to go to examples of student writing to see the essays handed in in previous years and what scores they got).

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Today, we worked on approaching the personal response. We looked at the June 2010 examples of students' writings to see what a 60, 80 and 100 per cent looks like.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Today, you wrote your Shakespeare multiple choice exam. Make sure you are here tomorrow and Friday so we can discuss the exams you are writing next week.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Today, you wrote a critical/analytical response with Hamlet as your evidentiary source.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Monday, June 6, 2011

Today, we looked at the personal response to texts assignment from the January 2011 pronvincial exam. You then wrote one. I was able to circulate and help you with this as it is for preparation purposes. Remember that you will write the critical/analytical response tomorrow and then the M.C. exam for Shakespeare on Wednesday,

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Today, you were to read, analyze and answer questions from the excerpt from Topsy Turvy. You need to have this completed for Monday. If there was time left over, you were instructed to study the terms/words lists I have handed out over the term in preparation for the final. You were allowed to pair up for this review.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Today, we watched the rest of the feature film Hamlet.