Catching Up

So far, we've read several essays about reading and education, discussed some philosophy, especially as it pertains to education and The Good Life, and set ourselves the thesis for the persuasive essay based on the value of education in attaining The Good Life.

We have the in-class peer-editing process scheduled for Friday of this week, and you will have a work period on Thursday.

Intro to the course

Welcome to ENG4U1 2015.

By now you've received your first day handout, written your 3 paragraph introduction to me, and begun your ISU assignment.
Just a reminder that there are fairly good resources on the CCVI 4U1 English course page which I encourage you to read over when you have some time to kill.
http://www.ugdsb.on.ca/ccvi/english/courses/ENG4U1/home.html is the main course page.
http://www.ugdsb.on.ca/ccvi/english/courses/ENG4U1/analyticapproach.html has helpful pages under the critical thinking supplement.

Thursday Content Test

After discovering today that many of you hadn't read the story, I've decided to make the content test really comprehensive. You need to read all of the stories.

Earth Day Assembly

I wasn't in class before you headed off to the Earth Day Assembly, so I didn't remind you, but you should be prepared for your quotation analysis for Tuesday's class. It's going to be on Part 3 of Gulliver's Travels. You will be given a passage which has something to do with women.

Fresh Air Friday

Well, so much for daily blogging. I've been a little busy, what with report cards and all. So, just to make a bit of an effort:
today we finished the Quotation Analysis work with group analysis based on Dickenson's "A Light Exists in Spring" which I analyzed for you and handed out as a photocopy. I handed out your report cards, and then we went outside to sit in the bleachers and read short stories. Next week, I have scheduled a content test for the short stories sometime before the first seminar on Friday. I will give you as much time as possible to read the short stories before the test (think about that and you'll know when the test is). Also, we need to have one final quotation analysis evaluation on Gulliver's Travels, and that will also happen next week. So, I don't like to schedule significant work for Mondays, and I want to model a seminar for you before I expect you to do your first seminar. I'm thinking that I'll model my seminar for you on Wednesday...

You are awesome!!

I can't remember the last time I got everyone's essay in on time.!!! WOW. I'm really impressed, and perhaps inspired to mark all weekend since you have all worked so diligently to complete the assignment on time.
We also did a little bit of work on coordination and subordination of ideas, and then my expectations for your seminar presentations. Make sure you have a plan for a technological failure.
And finally, we began some work on how to find and state significance.
Have a great break.

Wednesday

We finished the literal and figurative level interpretations of Part III of Gulliver's Travels with mini-presentations by the class.
I set the dates for the April Seminar Presentations and we finished off the class with a few minutes work on Sentence Structure and variety.