Be Prepared for the Exam!

Here we are already at the end of the semester, and what a semester!
Here is all the information you will need to prepare yourself for your English exam.

If you are in my Bloc 2 class, review will be from June 7th - June 14th.
Your exam will be Thursday, June 16th.

If you are in my Bloc 6 class, review will be from June 7th - June 10th.
Your exam will be Monday, June 20th.

Follow the link bellow to access an EXAM GUIDE.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1LSmDn-EnBcdWplcTRMVnJPYTQ
The guide will give you a preview of all the questions that will be on the exam.

Follow the link below to access an EXAM REVIEW.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1LSmDn-EnBcQ1VRMFBsU18ydnM

Follow the link below to access a CORRECTED version of the review.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1LSmDn-EnBcUFdOX21sV1FycE0

Follow the link below to access notes you might have missed throughout the semester.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1LSmDn-EnBcckZsODJQNFRudGs

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU SIMPLY WANT TO COME DO YOUR REVIEW IN MY CLASSROOM, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH ME. I AM AT SCHOOL EARLY IN THE MORNING (always around 7:30) AND LATE AFTER SCHOOL (always until 5:00). I would be more than happy to help you.

Good luck with your studies! I know that everyone is more than able to succeed the exam.

- Mme Sophie

WOLF PACK PROJECT

YOU CHOOSE THE PROJECT THAT SUITS YOU BEST.
Please follow the link bellow to review your 5 choices:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1LSmDn-EnBcUk1MVjJIRmdWVFE

If you have questions about possible modifications for the following projects, please ask me before starting.

ALL PROJECTS ARE TO BE HANDED IN BY FRIDAY MAY 6^th 2016.

Here is what I am picking up:

Written project: Brainstorm, rough draft, correction checklist, final copy, question sheet What did you think?

Filmed project: Brainstorm, rough draft, correction checklist and final copy of your scene plan, hard copy of your video (you can either email me or bring a USB memory stick with your video on it), question sheet What did you think?

Presentations will be the week of May 9^th- May 13^th.
All projects, written or filmed, will be presented in front of the class.

TEST: FRIDAY APRIL 1st

There will be a test Friday April 1st 2016.

The test will be about all the homophones we have seen this semester:
there, their, they're
where, wear, were, we're
to, too, two
it's, its
then, than
our, are

You need to be comfortable choosing the right homophone within a sentence.
You need to be comfortable inventing a sentence using a given homophone.

Come see me before or after school in class 207 if you need extra help :)

Good luck with your studies!

- Mme Sophie

TEST: THURSDAY MARCH 3d

There will me a test on Thursday March 3d.
Find a filled out copy of the TRASHKET BALL REVIEW here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1LSmDn-EnBcTHFlMHN3OGE5SGs

The test will be on:
1. All the short stories we have read so far (mostly character and plot graph questions)

• On the Sidewalk Bleeding
• Kath and Mouse
• Coffee, Snacks, Worms
• G. Trueheart, a Man's Best Friend
• The Day the Martian Landed
• A Major Malfunction

2. The Parts of the Plot Graph (define and explain)
Click on the link below for a copy of a defined plot graph
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1LSmDn-EnBcNEZkR0NNVGRycEU

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Dénouement

3. Literary Terms (define) there will be 7 on the test
Click on the link below for a copy of the defined literary terms
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1LSmDn-EnBccG9WaFJJZ2NXanc

• Conflict
• Problem of the Story
• Theme
• Narrator
• Suspense
• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• Irony
• Nemesis (not the bad guy)
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Symbolism
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration

4. How to Write a Paragraph
Click on the link below for an explanation of all the parts of the paragraph
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1LSmDn-EnBceHdkRDZkWjVOUFE

Click on the link below for an example of a well written paragraph
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1LSmDn-EnBcdTd1UHp0Y0JTM3M

• structure (hamburger: topic sentence, supporting sentences, closing sentence)
• order of the ideas (least important last, most important first)

If you are MISSING NOTES, please find them in my Google Drive using the following link  https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1LSmDn-EnBcVmJYUGFOdURyLUk

If you need extra help with your studies, I am at school early in the mornings (usually around 7h30) and I leave late after school (usually around 5). Please make an appointment and I'd be glad to give you a hand. :)

Have a great LONG weekend!

- Mme Sophie

Activities completed in class

WEEK 1 (February 2nd - February 5th)

• Tuesday February 2nd: Syllabus, student survey, diagnostic evaluation, start reading the short story On the Sidewalk Bleeding
• Wednesday February 3d: Finish reading On the Sidewalk Bleeding, discuss and answer questions about the story, start finding literacy terms within the story
• Thursday February 4th: Complete a plot graph with the events of the story On the Sidewalk Bleeding, spontaneous oral presentation on a subject that students are passionate about
• Friday February 5th: Complete oral presentations, complete and hand-in First Impressions assignment

WEEK 2 (February 8th - February 12th)

• Monday February 8th: Journal entry, read story Coffee, Snacks, Worms, dictionary search, answer questions about the story
• Tuesday February 9th: Finish spontaneous oral presentations, finish answering yesterday's questions (Coffee, Snacks, Worms), What are adjectives, Find adjectives for the characters of Coffee, Snacks, Worms and explain your choices, Start adjectives assignment 
• Wednesday February 10th: Journal entry, how to write a paragraph, students brainstorm and start writing their paragraph
• Thursday February 11th: Adjectives pop quiz, edit and correct yesterday's paragraph, read story Kath and Mouse, what is a pun
• Friday February 12th: Answer questions about Kath and Mouse, find similes and metaphors, how to write a friendly letter, students write a friendly letter following the writing process.

WEEK 3 (February 16th - February 19th)

• Tuesday February16th: Journal entry, work on the friendly letter started last Friday, read short story G. Trueheart, Man's Best Friend
• Wednesday February 17th: Answer questions for G. Trueheart, Man's Best Friend, find appropriate opening sentences for paragraphs
• Thursday February 18th: Literary Devices, correct and edit the Friendly Letter
• Friday February 19th: Paragraph (supporting sentences, irrelevant sentences, closing sentences, kinds of paragraphs), adverbs, what is dialogue

WEEK 4 (February 22th - February 26th)

• Monday February 22nd: Short Story: The Day the Martian Landed, answer questions, homophones: there, their and they're
• Tuesday February 23d: Journal entry, review dialogue rules, write a dialogue between you and a Martian if it landed in your backyard
• Wednesday February 24th: Homophones (where, wear, were, we're), what is a comparison/contrast paragraph, lipograms, brainstorm: contrast/comparison paragraph
• Thursday February 25th: Finish brainstorm (comparison/contrast paragraph), Short Story (A Major Malfunction), journal entry and answer questions
• Friday February 26th: Finish yesterday's questions, rough draft: contrast/comparison paragraph, trashket ball (review for next week's test)

WEEK 5 (March 1st - 4th)

• Tuesday March 1st: Mr. Bleezer's Ice Cream (alliterations), finish rough draft and edit comparison/contrast paragraph, trashket ball (review for Thursday's test)
• Wednesday March 2nd: Trashket Ball (review for TOMORROW'S test)
• Thursday March 3d: Short Stories Test
• Friday March 4th: Dirty Kitchen listening exercise, newspaper article intro

WEEK 6 (March 7th - 11th)¸

• Monday March 7th: Journal entry, edit and review contrast/comparison paragraph, what's the scoop? with article Marathon Walk to Timmins in Aid of the Homeless
• Tuesday March 8th: Finish editing and reviewing contrast/comparison paragraph, finish yesterday's what's the scoop, timminspress.com search for other newspaper articles and fill out a what's the scoop questionnaire
• Wednesday March 9th: SNOW DAY **
• Thursday March 10th: Journal entry, finish Tuesday's newspaper article search and present, start Questions Questions
• Friday March 11th: How to Write a Good Lead, correct Ded Cat

WEEK OF MARCH 14th - MARCH 18th: MARCH BREAK (have fun and be safe!)

WEEK 7 (March 21st - 24th)

• Monday March 21st: Journal entry, edit and publish best journal entry, Homophones : to, too, two, read newspaper article written about March 11th's story Ded Cat.
• Tuesday March 22nd: Homophones then and than, write rough draft for newspaper article
• Wednesday March 23d: Homophones it's and its, continue newspaper article
• Thursday March 24th: Edit and publish newspaper article

WEEK 8 (March 29th - April 1st)

• Tuesday March 29th: Discuss oral presentation of newspaper article, homophones are and our, what is a novel, who is Edo Van Belkom, read prologue of Wolf Pack and do a dictionary search
• Wednesday March 30th: Practice next week's oral presentation, study for Friday's test, finish answering questions for Wolf Pack's prologue
• Thursday March 31st: (TPCL - shorter courses in the afternoon) Trashket Ball (homophones for tomorrow's test) 
• Friday April 1st: Homophones test, read Chapter 1 of Wolf Pack and answer questions

WEEK 9 (April 4th - April 8th)

• Monday April 4th: Finish Chapter 1 questions, start filling out plot graph for Wolf Pack
• Tuesday April 5th: Newspaper article presentations, read Wolf Pack's chapters 2 and 3 and answer questions
• Wednesday April 6th: Newspaper article presentations, read Wolf Pack's chapters 4 and 5 and answer questions
• Thursday April 7th: Newspaper article presentations, read Wolf Pack's chapters 6 and 7 and answer questions, add events to the Wolf Pack plot graph.
• Friday April 8th: Read Wolf Pack's chapters 8-9 and answer questions

WEEK 10 (April 11th - April 14th)

• Monday April 11th: Journal entry, read Wolf Pack's chapters 10-11  and answer questions
• Tuesday April 12th: Read Wolf Pack's chapters 12-13 and answer questions
• Wednesday April 13th: Journal entry, read Wolf Pack's chapters 14-15 and answer questions
• Thursday April 14th: Read Wolf Pack's chapters 16-19 and answer questions
• Friday April 15th: PD DAY - have a nice weekend!

WEEK 11 (April 18th - April 22nd)

• Monday April 18th: Read Wolf Pack's chapters 20-21 and answer questions
• Tuesday April 19th: Finish Wolf Pack, answer chapter 22 questions, make cards for the children of Attawapiskat
• Wednesday April 20th: Work on resuming the major events of every chapter (Wolf Pack), s 's and s'
• Thursday April 21st: Resume the major events of every chapter (Wolf Pack), start Wolf Pack project
• Friday April 22nd: Journal entry, major event of every chapter, brainstorm Wolf Pack project

WEEK 12 (April 25th - April 29th)

• Monday April 25th: Characerization chart (Wolf Pack), start Parts of the Sentence, work on Wolf Pack project
• Tuesday April 26th: Continue Parts of the Sentence, work on Wolf Pack project
• Wednesday April 27th: Wolf Pack project
• Thursday April 28th: Wolf Pack project
• Friday April 29th: Wolf Pack project 

WEEK 13 (May 2nd - May 6th)

• Monday May 2nd: Wolf Pack project (start editing and correction)
• Tuesday May 3d: Journal entry, finish plot graph, characterization chart
• Wednesday May 4th: Wolf Pack project (final corrections)
• Thursday May 5th: Finish Wolf Pack characterization chart, how to avoid sentence fragments
• Friday May 6th: HAND IN YOUR WOLF PACK PROJECT, journal entry, answer questions to prepare reading of the novel Blue Helmet, how to avoid run-on sentences

WEEK 14 (May 9th - May 13th)

• Monday May 9th: Wolf Pack presentations, journal entry, start reading novel Blue Helmet
• Tuesday May 10th: Wolf Pack presentations, Blue Helmet chapters 2-3
• Wednesday May 11th: Wolf Pack presentations, answer questions for chapters 2
• Thursday May 12th: Wolf Pack présentations, Blue Helmet chapters 4 with questions
• Friday May 13th: Blue Helmet chapter 5-6 with questions

WEEK 15 (May 16th - May 20th)

• Monday May 16th: Journal entry, Blue Helmet's chapters 7-8
• Tuesday May 17th: Blue Helmet's chapters 9-10
• Wednesday May 18th: Journal entry, Blue Helmet's chapters 11-12
• Thursday May 19th: Blue Helmet's chapters 13-1(part 2) with questions
• Friday May 20th: Blue Helmet's chapters 1-3 (part 2) with questions

WEEK 16 (May 24th - May 27th)

• Tuesday May 24th: Blue Helmet's chapter 4 (part 2) with questions, verb's active and passive voice
• Wednesday May 25th: Journal entry, Blue Helmet's chapter 1(part 3) with questions
• Thursday May 26th: Blue Helmet's chapters 2-3 (part 3) with questions
• Friday May 27th: Journal entry, finish Blue Helmet's chapters 2-3 (part 3)

 WEEK 17 (May 30th - June 3d)

• Monday May 30th: Blue Helmet's chapters 1-4 (part 4) with questions
• Tuesday May 31st: Journal entry, finish questions Blue Helmet
• Wednesday June 1st:
• Thursday June 2nd:
• Friday June 3d:

WEEK 18 (June 6th - June 10th)

• Monday June 6th:
• Tuesday June 7th:
• Wednesday June 8th:
• Thursday June 9th: EXAM REVIEW
• Friday June 10th: EXAM REVIEW

WEEK 19 (June 13th - 17th)

• Monday June 13th: PD DAY
• Tuesday June 14th: EXAM REVIEW
• Wednesday June 15th: EXAMEN BLOC 1
• Thursday June 16th: EXAMEN BLOC 2
• Friday June 17th: EXAMEN BLOC 3-4-5

WEEK 20 (June 20th - June 24th)

• Monday June 20th: EXAMEN BLOC 6

 

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Here you will find everything covered in class. From handouts, to presentations, all you have to do is click on the following link : http://tinyurl.com/mmesophie-googledrive

Come and see me in class 207 before or after school if you need extra help :)

- Mme Sophie :)