Mrs. GreenJohnson

Week of November 28th - December 2nd

2011-11-28T12:05:00.000-08:00

ENG1P: This class is writing a test for "Crabbe" and will follow up the week with a movie that tells a similar coming of age story and the themes that are identifiable in the novel, are in the movie. We are going to work on writing an essay and our next novel this week as well.

CHC2P: This class is going to review the Second World War information as there is a great deal to learn. The class will view the movie "The Pianist", which takes place in Poland during the 1940's and chronicles what was done to the Jewish people during the war. The movie won awards and is very moving. Thursday is the Museum Display the class has been working on for their unit Summative.

ENG2P: This class will do a test review at the start of the week, write the test and then view a movie with accompanying questions. The movie has similar themes to the novel "Stones". In addition, the class will be given time to work in the library on their essay. Either persuasive or expository on the topic related to the novel. They will have two full periods and a half a period in the library for research and typing.

Week of November 21st - 24th

2011-11-21T09:20:00.000-08:00

This week is a short week due to a Professional Development Day on Friday November 25th

ENG1P: This class will be working on completing their summative project for the novel "Crabbe". The class will have had four computer lab periods, three and half weeks and three weekends from start to finish for this assignment. In addition to the project, the class will finish the novel together by Wednesday, we will work to complete all questions and the chart by Thursday and then mark all questions and the chart prior to the weekend to allow the weekend to study for the "Crabbe" test. The test will look not only at content but the themes covered as well, alcoholism, dysfunction and isolation to name a few. The class will have their test early the following week.

CHC2P: This class is exploring the global impact the Second World War had. We have looked at the fighting in main land Europe, highlighting France and Germany; we also looked at the Italian campaingn, with a look at Sicily up to Ortona. This week we will continue to look at other locales such as Japan with the fighting and prisoners there. We will come back to Nazi fascination with executing peoples not of German descent.

ENG2P: This class is working on an essay. They have the choice of Persuasive or Expository as their essay styles and five different topics for their thesis. We are also going to finish the novel "Stones" this week, which means the questions and the chart or the novel will also be completed and marked by weeks end to ensure that studying can take place on the weekend.

Week of November 14th - 18th

2011-11-14T08:19:00.000-08:00

ENG1P: This class will be finishing the novel "Crabbe" this week!! That means that all content questions will need to be completed and submitted as well as their charts from the novel. In addition there will be another response journal on the novel at its conclusion. The class will be writing a quiz based on the notes taken throughout the novel study, the content of the novel with emphasis on character(s), setting and plot occurances. We are hoping to view a movie with a similar theme following the novel for those students who are more visual.

CHC2P: This class is looking at the Second World War, we had a Remembrance week filled with Poppy lessons, guest speakers and "Saving Private Ryan" and now we are back to the effects of WWII on Canada and Canadians. We will look at how Hitler was able to convince much of Europe to follow his ways, how Canada stepped up to fight and how we were affected at home.

ENG2P: This class is continuing to read "Stones". The class is answering questions for each of the chapters and are getting supplemental material as well about the novel, Orillia (the setting of the story) and different beliefs of the world. The class is keeping track of the novel with a chart on each chapter so they will be able to study for the novel test rather easily.

November 7th - 11th

2011-11-09T07:47:00.001-08:00

ENG1P: This class is continuing to read "Crabbe". At the half-way point the students are writing a response journal to the novel. They will demonstrate their ability to express an opinion of a work they are reading, make references between their life and the novel and follow English conventions. The novel is nearing it's emotional climax and we will be discussing how events and people can shape who we are as people.

CHC2P: This class is going to experience "Remembrance Week". Monday we will have a lesson on the origins of the Poppy and it's use for commemorating our veterans. Tuesday the history classes will enjoy a guest speaker to the school who will share with us, letters family recieved from her father when he fought in the First World War. Wednesday, the class will look at the Veterans Paper and answer some questions on the different articles about Canadians and their service in International fights. Thursday, the class will view a movie about the war - one of the more realistic ones that are out there. Saving Private Ryan. Finally, on Friday, the school will be attending our Remembrance Day service. We are back to the Second World War next week.

ENG2P: This class is going to start their second class novel, another novel by William Bell entitled "Stones". The class will be keeping track of the novel in two different ways - Firstly with a chart that records Plot, character, setting and Literary Devices and Secondly, by answering questions on the plot. The novel is about a high school boy and his relationships with his parents, a new girl and his community and his hunt for the truth behind a mystery. The novel is suspenseful and the class will examine how an author is able to raise a readers suspense when writing.

Week of October 31st - November 4th

2011-10-31T06:22:00.000-07:00

ENG1P: This class is continuing to read about Franklin Crabbe. We have looked at the theme of "being an outsider" and of "dysfunction" both within a family and with a person. The character is reaching a severe crisis and we will take some time to examine how Crabbe will respond. The class will be writing a response journal to the novel at the midpoint. We continue to answer questions and complete a chart to keep the novel organized and easy to study for the test.

CHC2P: This class is starting the beginnings of WWII this week. We will re-cap the Treaty of Versailles from the First World War and look at how it led to angry feelings within Germany and the need for a leader like Hitler to emerge in order to bring Germany out of economic failure. We will also examine some of the other European leaders and the dictators at the time. Of course the impact of Canada will be foremost in the unit. How we Canadians responded, how the government responded and our participation in the Second World War.

ENG2P: This class completed a test last week for "Speak to the Earth". We will finish the novel off with a quick re-cap/question period and hand back and correct the test. We are then moving on to the next novel in the course. The themes will be related and the class will be able to keep track of the novel fairly easily with questions and a novel chart. This will help for the next novel test to keep them organized and help the class prepare and study in a more efficient manner.

Week of October 24th - 28th

2011-10-24T06:05:00.000-07:00

ENG1P: This class is following the character of Franklin Crabbe and his misadventures. The novel is called "Crabbe" and the class is keeping track of some familiar terms; setting, plot, character and other literary devices, as well as answering some questions on the events of the novel. This week the class will have a look at some of the themes in the novel and how they are being revealed by the author to the reader. We continue to look at/read the novel this week as well as related subjects.

CHC2P: The 20's and 30's are coming to a close. The class will be demonstrating their knowledge of why we don't stock pile our goods or rely on one country for our imports/exports. The class can also explain why we don't purchase items 'on margin' any longer. A review of technologies, people, events and occurences from those two decades will happen this week followed by some time to complete their time capsule and a small quiz before preparing the class for what was happening in Europe at the end of the 1930's (Germany).

ENG2P: This class is finishing "Speak to the Earth". Environmental issues are in the media constantly these days but this wasn't the case in 1993 and Clayoquot Sound was relatively new to the media for this type of protest. The students will look at how well or poorly the novel mirrored the actual events of 1993. The class will review the questions they have answered, preparing them for submission and making sure all vocabulary words have been completed as well. The class will be having a test on "Speak to the Earth" at the end of the week - they will decide on the better day (Thurs/Fri).

Week of October 17th - 21st

2011-10-14T06:50:00.000-07:00

ENG1P: This class has finished all parts of a Narrative by exploring short stories, myths, fairy tales and poetry. The class will finally be able to look at a long narrative (novel) and will begin with "Crabbe" an adventure novel with a teen boy as the central character. The class will put their knowledge of narrative to use in this longer version and will also be able to explore character, setting and plot development very thoroughly. In addition we will look at the content, geography and author of the novel. The class will be writing response journals as they read and exploring the teenage phenomenon and the different stereotypes that come with being a teen.

CHC2P: The class will continue to explore the 1920's and 1930's by looking at over-view video's and further exploring the economy and government and how these two came together during the depression. The class will see how the Roaring 20's got it's name and the new technology and leisure activities that began during the decade followed by the things that were then missed during the depression and the toll that took on the people and the nation.

ENG2P: This class will continue to read "Speak to the Earth" while answering questions and expanding their vocabulary. We will also be watching a series of video's related to Clayoquot Sound. The class will learn a little about the environment (cross curricular), the impact of protesting and how people can make a difference. The class will then take their knowledge of persuasive writing (previous assignment) and create a persuasive essay for the fictional Orca Sound area from the novel.

Week of October 3rd - 6th

2011-10-04T12:25:00.000-07:00

This is a short week as there is a P.D. Day on the Friday. Next week is short as well for Thanksgiving is on the Monday.

ENG1P: This class continues to work on the narrative in another form; the poem. We are both reading existing poetry from the textbook and analyzing them and creating our own poems in class. The class is learning the definition of their created poetry and understanding how to create each one. This will continue into next week and when the class has completed betweeen 8- 10 poems they will bind the best 6 and submit their anthology for grading.

CHC2P: This class finished aspects of the first World War with a viewing of the Halifax Harbour Explosion and are moving on to the 1920's and 1930's. Or the Roaring 20's and Dirty 30's as some like to refer to them. This will take a few weeks to get through and while the class works away on these two decades they will also be completing a Time Capsule for the unit summative.

ENG2P: This class is ready to begin their first class novel. We start "Speak to the Earth" by William Bell. There are accompanying questions and vocabulary to learn as well as historical data (this was a real event that was fictionalized), movie's from the time, news coverage and articles on what was happening. The novel itself will be tracked according to the structure of character and plot development and the setting and mood changes.

Week of September 26th

2011-09-26T05:15:00.001-07:00

ENG1P: This class is learning that the parts of a Narrative structure can be seen in many forms; short stories, myths, movies and poetry. The class will be charting a movie at the beginning of the week, "Wild America" and ending the week with a quiz where they will chart a sight story, answer questions on parts of speech, confused words and all parts of a Narrative; Plot, Character, Setting, Point of View, Theme, Conflict etc.... Study, study, study.

CHC2P: This class is reviewing the events of WWI, the impact the war had on Europe but more importantly how the war shaped our nation. The class is working on their Unit Summative Newspaper this week and will end the week with a quiz on the war. The students will be expected to bring all material for their newspaper to class and not take the work home.

ENG2P: This class will review speeches and the need for public speaking, whether it be via intercom or face to face. On Tuesday the speeches will begin, the topics were student choice, a two minute minimum and will be graded on a mark sheet previously handed out to the class. On Wednesday the written speeches will be expected and we will likely have finished all oral speeches by then as well. We will end the week with some work from the text/questions.

Week of September 19th

2011-09-22T05:19:00.000-07:00

ENG1P: This class is working towards creating their own personal narrative. We examined how to develop a character, decide on a point of view, how to move the plot along and finally where our story will take place. At the same time the class will be finishing their look at short stories via the textbook. At the end of this week, the class will hand in FOUR stories they have identified the Plot, Characters, Setting, Point of View and Theme, 3 Literary terms and idenification of the plot structure. There are 96 marks to be had with this assignment and they will be given time this week to finish it up. The personal narrative is not due until the end of next week.

CHC2P: This class is looking at the ending of the war, the effect it had on Canada and Canadians and specific groups. We will have a look at the role of women, unions and war veterans and how these people affected change in our nation. The class will learn about the Treaty of Versailles and some of the details that Germany had to agree to and we will keep these things in mind as we move forward as that agreement led to WWII.

ENG2P: This class is having a look at some essays within the textbook. The class will be reading for knowledge of the subject, answering questions from the text and being able to identify reasons for the essay being written. The class will also be having a look and listen at some other speeches that have been delivered in the past in an effort to prepare them for their own speech. The speeches will begin Sept. 27th and should last two full days.

Week of September 12th - 16th

2011-09-13T05:11:00.000-07:00

ENG1P: This class is working on Short Stories. We are reading 5 selections from the textbook in an effort to develop an understanding of Elements of a Narrative, Parts of a Narrative and Literary Terms. The class will also move towards the creation of their own narrative and will begin that process this week with a due date of completion at the end of the month (September 30th). We are off to a good start and after reviewing the parts of speech, confused words and punctuation we are right into the curriculum.

CHC2P: After reviewing some significant events prior to the 1900's in Canada to understand what is to come and to make sure the entire class has the same learning we are into the War this week, WWI to be exact. Between the textbook, some handouts and notes we are learning what extrodinary efforts were made by Canadians in Europe and at home during the war. The class took a Heritage Quiz to see how 'Canadian' smart they were and the class did pretty well, even knowing 1867 was our Confederation and that Newfoundland was the last province to join Canada - with a class as smart as this group, expect great things.

ENG2P: This class is developing an understanding of the Power of words. How words can hurt, heal, sway, and humour people. We are going to put words to the test over the next couple weeks. The class is preparing for a speech, 2 minutes of length, with a list of words at their calling. The class was given a list of 20 words, they will choose 5 in which to incorporate into their speech. We are developing a speech with Attention Getters, Examples, The Point and So What?? . The speech will be graded both orally and written as a 60/40 split and the date for Speeches will begin on the 27th of September.

Enjoy September and all the events that the school offers. Please feel free to ask for help academically or otherwise.

Welcome Back

2011-08-30T08:27:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone!
Welcome Back to School for the 2011/2012 school year.
I will be posting a week by week update of the courses for semester one.
Simply follow your (or your child's) course by looking at the course titles and
find out what is happening in the class, due for the course or coming up for the
following week.
I am looking forward to a great school year.

January 2011

2011-01-06T06:42:00.001-08:00

It is the end of the semester and therefore a very busy time for the students.

ENG1D: This class is finishing Romeo and Juliet. They are working on speaking/performing a selection from the play on Friday. The next two weeks have been scheduled for the class to be either working on their Summative Assignment in the Library (5 days have been booked for them) OR they will be in the class viewing the movie Romeo and Juliet to help them visualize what they have just read. They last 3 - 5 days of class will be for the oral portion of their Summative Assignment and Exam review as well as addressing any questions the class may have for either part of their final 30%

HFN2O: This class is preparing for their final Summative Assignment. The class just finished their trip to the Grocery Store and is looking at how the stores market their wares to get the most money from consumers. They will continue to look at marketing in the media and begin their Summative by completing questions related to food and menu planning and preparing their in class exam meal and preparation.

ENG1P: The next few weeks have been planned out for the class. They are finishing the Outsiders this week, have been given their Summative Assignment and have four days booked into the library next week for working on filling their Portfolio's with finished pieces for the Summative Assignment and researching their essay. They will view the movie Outsiders to visually understand the novel. We will spend some time explaining how to write an essay, create a Works Cited page and answer questions they may have for their final exam during the review.

December 6th - December 17th

2010-12-07T08:12:00.000-08:00

ENG1D: This class will be finishing their novel, Cue for Treason and the questions that accompanied the novel. There are General Study questions at the back of the book that have them explore the issues, themes and ideas from the novel as well as act as a review of the concepts covered in the first and second units. Following the conclusion of the novel the class will be writing a test on the novel, the terms learned from the novel as well as themes and Elizabethan terminology/architecture. This unit leads into the last Unit of Study, Dramatic Forms and Voices where we will continue our Elizabethan time and further explore Shakespeare and his play, Romeo and Juliet.

ENG1P: This class will be finishing their newspaper story, Adventures in Shroomville. They have answered questions on the story itself, expanded their vocabulary and explored the theme of Good vs. Evil. They will be tested on this knowledge on Tuesday Dec. 7th and will be starting a new novel following the test.
The Outsiders is another novels that explores the theme of who and what is good and evil by following the lives of a group of teenagers.

HFN20: This class made desserts and tasted them, some were very sweet. This new unit will explore Menu planning, the reasons for eating what we do and why and who influences those decisions. The class will finish their Food Cube and Written explanation and begin working on their final summative which includes the culmination of all units covered.

November 15th - 19th and November 22nd and 26th

2010-11-16T07:37:00.000-08:00

ENG1D: This class reviewed the concepts covered in the first two units; Literary Devices, Parts of a Narrative and themes. We will be applying these expectations to the new unit, Unit #3 Informational Forms and Voices. As a class we are starting 'Cue for Treason' a novel that takes place during the time of William Shakespeare's early days as a young playwright. It follows the adventures of a young boy from the historic Cumberland county as he flees from a corrupt upper class land owner out for revenge. In addition to the questions with the novel, the class will learn Historic English terms and land formations that they might not be familiar with as it leads into the last unit; Dramatic Forms and Voices, Romeo and Juliet. Terms such as Crags, Dells, Moor and where Blencathra is geographically. The story is fast paced and should be able to hold the student's interest.

ENG1P: This class will review the novel 'The Pigman' and have a quiz on the characters, the issues facing the characters and events from the novel itself. The quiz will be at the end of the first week (18th or 19th).We are continueing to follow the story "Adventures in Shroomville" from the Hamilton Spectator and are at the half-way point in the chapters. Their understanding of the terms used in the story is coming along well. Every other day they define another group of words and the learning is applied later in fill in the blank sentences. The story is reaching an exciting moment for the main character and the class will be able to tie together the two stories; The Pigman and Adventures in Shroomville thematically.
The class has another eight chapters to go with the newspaper story and in addition to the story, they will learn how to write an article for a newspaper, learning about the inverted pyramid style of reporting.

HFN2O: This class is reviewing their previous unit of study, Nutrients, Canada's Food Guide, Diet and Disease, Super Size Me and Food Labels. The class will then view and answer questions on a movie about nutrition to reinforce their learning. The next unit we will look at is Food Addititives, the positive and negative affects that this has on food, the nutritional value of the food and on humans that consume that food - specifically allergies to addititives. We will review yo-yo dieting and the importance of eating properly, small meals throughout the day and all the food groups.

November 2nd - 5th and 8th - 12th

2010-11-02T09:35:00.000-07:00

ENG1P: This class is moving forward in two different stories. The first is the Hamilton Spectator story "Adventures in Shroomville", we are currently on chapter 4. The story comes out every Monday and Wednesday in the Go Section if you are interested in following along. The class defines words associated with the historical nature of the tale, they read independently and keep track of plot and setting as well as answering questions or completing a response journal.
The other narrative we are completing is, The Pigman. We read two chapters a day, again keeping track of important new or changes to existing character, setting and plot. The story is about two teenagers who are writing a Memoir about someone they once new and cared for. This is a little more relevant to them and we are able to look at how plot is developed in a novel vs. short story. They are also keeping notes on major issues from the novel. We spend every other day on these items and will be busy the month of November.

HFN20: The class was working on a slide show for a particular disease affected by diet. We will be viewing those slide shows this week, answering questions that the groups created for us and sampling foods that each group prepares at the end of the week that will help or correct these diseases. As well this week we will have a look at a movie highlighting why we need to watch what we eat. Next week, just before turn around day we are going to look at why Breakfast is such an important meal and if we have time, make a nutritional breakfast for the class. After breakfast we will review the importance of reading labels, other diseases that occur without proper nutritional eating and prepare for a midterm test.

ENG1D: This class is reading Of Mice and Men. We are nearing the end of the novel and will be looking at the themes more closely at the end of chapter #5. Chapter #6 will finish the novel as well as the terminology, questions and literary terms from each chapter - these will be reviewed prior to the test. We will also review the themes of the novel and view the movie as a class. As a summative assignment the class will attempt a creative piece utilizing the themes covered and write a Chapter #7 for the novel that would not leave the reader 'hanging'. All of this work will be completed with a test on the novel; covering Terms, Questions, Literary Devices and Themes.

October 25th - 29th

2010-10-25T09:37:00.000-07:00

ENG1P: This class is following the "Adventures in Shroomville"; the story published every Monday and Wednesday in the Hamilton Spectator. The class will be reading independantly, answering questions from the story, expanding their vocabulary and making predictions. This is all practice for next years literacy test in grade 10. As a whole, the class is reading The Pigman. We will alternate days as to which story/novel we are doing and the students will be responsible for staying organized and completing the tasks for each narrative seperate.

HFN2O:This class created a food product of their own last week, and listed all the nutritional requirements, daily intake and ingredients of this product in a work of art. This week the class will be looking at Dietary diseases. They will spend some time in the computer lab this week researching said project and putting it together in a slide show presentation and creating questions for their classmates to answer after witnessing their slide show. At the culmination of this research, each group will prepare a meal for that disease.

ENG1D: This class is looking at John Stienbeck's "Of Mice and Men". We are looking at the themes of the American Dream, Underdog's and answering questions on the novels chapters and expanding our vocabulary as well. This small novel is a perfect way to make the transition from short stories and poetry to the lengthy-ness of a novel.

October 18th - 22nd

2010-10-18T09:49:00.000-07:00

ENG1P: This class has been working on Poetry. The class has learned that literary terms such as simile and symbol appear not only in narratives but in poems as well. Each student was responsible for creating 12 different poems that we worked on in class over the last couple weeks. They are to take their best 8 poems and TYPE them up on a piece of paper, title the poem, and print it off, placing it within an anthology with their own original artwork as a title page. This Poetry Anthology is due on the 22nd. At the same time as the class has been writing poems, we have been reading some aloud and listening to various entertaining slam poetry. This oral component of their grade will be performing their own created slam, staring on Thursday. After poetry we are entering the next unit and will be beginning a novel as a class and following the "Adventures in Shroomville" story that appears in the Hamilton Spectator - if you would like to follow along at home, I invite you to do so.

HFN2O: This class has been looking at nutrition, specific nutrients and the Canada Food Guide. Students created a poster about their specific nutrient and the role it plays in the human body. As well as learning about daily servings that individuals should be having. The class cooked Healthy Taco's in class last week and will be baking Chocolate Oat Chippers this week in class.

ENG1D: This class has been working on poetry as well as the other english class. The students will choose their best 10 out of 12 poems they have created to publish in their own Poetry Anthology. They have written two quatrains, Haiku, Tanka, Concrete, Limerick, Sonnet, Lyric, Blank Verse, Narrative, Free Verse and a Nursery Rhyme. The class will also be presenting a one minute slam poem starting on Thursday as the oral component of the unit.

September 27th - October 1st

2010-09-27T11:48:00.000-07:00

ENG1P: This class is working on their independant short stories. Throughout the month we have looked at characterization, establishing a setting, selecting a point of view, developing a plot and adding dialogue. The class will take all that information and work it into a short story with marks for process on the way. The first will be development, the rough copy (with peer editing) and finally the good copy due in early Oct. The class will also be deciding on when they would like their first Unit Quiz next week.

HFN2O: This week the class is making loaves/bread. We are still in the quick bread section of our lessons but we are moving from safety in the kitchen and ingredients to the nutritional aspects of food and the role they play in our lives and our health and development. Cooking will be Wednesday of this week as the loaves take an hour or more to bake.

ENG1D: This class is also working on their independant story but are expected to select a genre for their story and make sure literary techniques are used within their creation.
See ENG1P for more details.

September 20 - 24th

2010-09-16T11:22:00.000-07:00

ENG1P: This class has worked on two short stories so far. The class is able to identify the introduction, rising action, conflicts, climax, falling action and conclusion of a story. They can also tell me about the setting and the character(s) with detail. Next week we will look at how to make our own stories; that will mean a follow up on use of adjectives in a story, describing a person/location and some group work on a story summary. We continue to have a busy September in English.
ENG1D: This class will also being doing group work, but will have to identify the type and genre of a story of the group's creation, as well as the work mentioned above.

HFN2O: This class has prepared themselves for their first food lab on Friday Sept, 17th. Six groups of four will make four different types of muffins in this lab. This will required them to take the safety instructions, recipe reading and measuring learning and apply it to their creations. Next week we will come out of the kitchen to the library to look at cook books; their function and usefulness to a newcomer to the cooking scene. We will end the week back in the kitchen to prep for our second food lab of bisquits - all part of the quick bread family.

September 13th - 17th

2010-09-10T11:14:00.000-07:00

ENG1P/1D
The first week of classes went very well for such a hot and enjoyable summer.
We have reviewed the parts of speech, punctuation, confused words and homonyms. Then we jumped right into the first unit; Narrative Voices.
Both classes start off very similar with the work load and expectations differing.
Next week we will continue to look at specific aspects of a Narrative (Setting, Characters, Point of View, Theme, Atmosphere and Conflicts). This all leads into the creation of each student's personal Narrative. They will have some practice telling stories in class by viewing images and identify story type, genre and mood and then move to creating a character or a setting by using our reviewed adjectives.
There will be lots of creativity and imagination needed for this first unit.
Enjoy being back to school.

HFN2O
The first week of class went very well. We have gotten to know the various utensils that are used in the kitchen as well as safety issues for the Food Labs. A list of general policies will be coming home to be signed as well, there are still a few students who have to pay their $20 course fee. We ended the week with some taste testing and guessing at products and prices but even the nervous students seemed to have liked at least one new food.
Next week we will review safety procedures with a couple handouts and get ready for a food lab on Friday. Groups for the first couple labs will be assigned by me until I can see that friend groups won't be a negative issue in the kitchen.
Enjoy being back to school.

Last Days of Semester II

2010-06-16T07:52:00.000-07:00

We are entering the Summative/Exam Review portion of the year.
Parents are invited to attend the ENG2D Book Festival Summative on
Wednesday June 16th at 2:00pm.
The classes will be receiving instructions about their final examination
and submitting their final Summative projects; these two items total
30% of their final grade and therefore, it is important that time be put
into completing the assignment and studying for the exam.

Enjoy your Summer.

Week of June 7th - 11th

2010-06-04T07:33:00.000-07:00

We are at an important time of the year in that, all assignments have been completed, should have been handed in, and WILL be handed back at the end of this week. If students wish to achieve a high and fair score on their assignment, it MUST be handed in this week!!!

All classes will be working on their summative assignment(s) as well as finishing the last unit of study.

ENG2D: This class will be presenting their BOOK FESTIVAL on Wednesday June, 16th in room 110 at the end of the day (period #4), everyone is invited to see these young publishers "sell" their independant reading novels!!! Exam review will take place the remainder of the week.

ENG1P: This class will be submitting their summative NEWSPAPER on Tuesday June, 15th. They will have the 16th to work on last minute "Editorial" changes to their paper for it's issue on the 17th. Exam review will take place immediately afterwards.

ENG2P: This class will be handing in their glossy and colourful magazine pages from their novels on June 15th and we will work on making sure they have adequate study notes for their final examination.

Work hard and you will be rewarded with fruits from your labour!!!

Week of May 31st - June 4th

2010-06-01T06:10:00.000-07:00

We are in the home stretch!!!

ENG2D: This class is working on a few things; Merchant of Venice, their Summative Book Festival and a look back at comparing the commonality between the books/play covered this semester. The class will have two in-class days to work on their summative project and the other days to finish reading their parts in Merchant of Venice. Next week we will be spending a few days on the Summative in an effort to get it ready for our public display on June 16th - all are welcome to assess the great work these 'Publishers' are doing.

ENG1P: This class is looking at media and the role it plays in their lives EVERYDAY! We will discuss billboards, posters, clothing, transport trucks, company vehicles, and For Sale signs. The class will also learn about the history of the newspaper in an effort to help them understand the power of this mass communication form. As well the class will be in Lab 117 to work on their summative paper.

ENG2P: This class is working on their magazine summative in the library for a couple days this week. They are creating their own glossy magazine pages to advertize, write articles and interview characters and events from the three novels studied in class. Each day they are also learning terminology from media that will appear on their final examination.

Week orf May 25th - 28th

2010-05-25T09:05:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone enjoyed their Victoria Day!!

ENG2D: This class is actively working on their Summative book festival two days of the week and Merchant of Venice the other two days this week. This trend will continue into June as we near the time that the Summative will be presented - the tentative date is June 16th - let me know if this is a problem - Sooner rather than later.

ENG1P: This class is working on their summative assignment in conjunction with the Media unit. Items covered in this last unit, like the last novel will appear heavily on the final examination. The students will also be in the library and labs to complete their summative assignment and are expected to work together as a class to complete their Newspaper.

ENG2P: This class is working on the Summative assignment of three magazine pages that touch upon the novels covered in class. In addition the class will be learning various media terminology, techniques and styles. The last novel and the media will appear in great detail on their final examination.

Week of May 17th - 21st

2010-05-17T06:49:00.000-07:00

We are nearing the end of the school year and students will be busy with various things such as catching up on missed work, completing the current work and completing their Summative projects - there is always something to be done at this time of year.

ENG2D: This class will finish their Catcher In the Rye seminars/thesis. We will spend two days (Tues/Wed) on Book Festival preparation and then at the end of the week we will have a look at William Shakespeare and a play he wrote called, Merchant of Venice.

ENG1P: This class is just about finished reading Rumble Fish and will be viewing the video on the movie and writing a journal comparing the two (novel vs. movie). We will shift our focus to the Summative - a Newspaper that will cover the three novels studied in the course while making use of the lessons in Media. As always, silent reading time is given for their individual novel as their book report is due May 26th.

ENG2P: This class is reading A Day No Pigs Would Die and are making connections in themes between the other two novels covered in class. They should be finishing their independant novel as their book report is due on May 26th. After we finish the Pigs... novel we will work towards completing a summative project for the course and preparing for the final examination.

May 10th - 14th

2010-05-12T06:28:00.000-07:00

ENG2D: This class is doing the finalizing for their presentations on Thursday and Friday. They will be presenting Catcher In The Rye questions, Thesis topic and handing in pre-reading questions and a full page journal. Next week will be for finishing if we go long and for working on their Book Festival.

ENG1P: This class is making connections between the novels studied in class. We are comparing characters, themes and plot connections and trying to create individual answers for potential exam questions. The class has been told about the Summative and their expectations. Each person is completing three items toward a class newspaer about the novels covered in class so we will learn about parts of a newspaper, how to write an article and the tricks behind media to capture the readers attention.

ENG2P: This class is finished the various styles of writing - opinion, newspaper and descriptive. We are starting our final novel in class and are working on making some connections in theme between these three novels and the issues each of the main characters face.

Week of May 3rd - 7th

2010-05-03T06:11:00.001-07:00

April showers bring May flowers!!!!

ENG2D: This class has 8 days left for Catcher In The Rye - the groups are working on 12 questions to be presented on the 13th in addition to the Thesis the group chose. BUT every individual will have their own full page journal on whether Holden belongs in the Sanitorium (with proof from the novel).

ENG1P: This class will finish both the movie and the novel this week. We will look more closely at the errors of judging someone by their appearance and how this shallowness continues to this day in our society. The class will also examine what makes a hero and whether guilt plays a role in being heroic.

ENG2P: This class has completed a persuasive essay, a newspaper article and will be finishing a descriptive essay this week. Monday is in the library for either research or typing. We will be turning focusing on the book report which is due at the end of this month (May 26th) and getting one more class novel done.

Weeks of April 19th - 30th

2010-04-22T06:14:00.000-07:00

ENG2D: This class finished Fahrenheit 451 and handed in their packages of questions and wrote a test on quotes along with a Journal. We started Catcher In the Rye with a Robert Burns poem, finding a few group members to help in finding answers and were given a presentation handout. For the next couple weeks, after Silent Reading their book Festival novel, the class will break into their work groups and answer their assigned questions for the novel. They will also be working on a Thesis topic, chosen by them, to be presented on May 13th. The questions can come in the day before or after.

ENG2P: This class finished the novel ZACK and will be writing their test on Friday the 23rd (as they decided). The test will cover the plot, characters and the themes we kept track of while reading. We will begin learning how to write a persuasive essay with a class example and moving towards their own topic.

ENG1P: This class finished the PIGMAN, wrote their test and for the most part had a good understanding of how our actions affect those around us. We are moving on to the next novel (also about teens). We are not only keeping track of the plot and characters but also having a look at how judging people by how they look or their station in life makes us narrow minded and shallow.

Week of April 6th - 9th

2010-04-01T11:44:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!!

ENG2D: This class continues to work on Fahrenheit 451 and understand the idea of censorship within a society. The class is working on a package of questions and are either researching, asking questions or referencing an allusions handout. The package is due next Friday.

ENG1P: This class has begun a novel called The Pigman, it is an interesting novel about a teen prank with a conscience. The class is keeping track of events from the novel in their own notes but we will be doing questions in class and looking at the issues facing the characters.

ENG2P: This class looked at their immediate family tree; mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, nan and pop and will be using that to understand the character in the next novel we will be studying together. It is a look at different cultures, racism, a little about history and having the strength of character to stand up for what is right.

March 2010

2010-03-11T09:43:00.000-08:00

ENG2D: The class has made their way through Lord of the Flies very well, each person was involved in a seminar for the chapters in the novel. The test is Friday March 12 and the assignment for the novel (Chapter #13) is due the Tuesday back from March Break. We will finish the novel with a viewing of the movie and a journal about the themes of the novel.

ENG1P: This class has made their way through poetry, a few of their own creation and a few examples from the textbook. An anthology of their poetry is due Friday March 12th, 5 good poems and 2 rough poems that have been studied in class over the last week and a half.

ENG2P: This class is working on Stones, the novel. They have been tracking the chapter's with a chart of their making, answering chapter questions and working on an opinion essay on a topic closely related to the issues of the novel. They will have more computer time available after the break as well as finishing the novel after the March Break as well. They will view a movie and answer questions on it as well as write a journal on the whole issue of 6th sense (after the break).

Week of February 22nd - 26th

2010-02-22T09:41:00.000-08:00

ENG2D: This class begins the week with Speeches. After working on their speeches for a week and a half, as well as research time in class the time has come. The orals will be presented on Monday and Tuesday and the written package comes in on Tuesday. We move on to Lord of The Flies at the end of the week.

ENG1P: This class is working on their own Murder Mystery. They have created their own main characters, setting and are now working on adding details, answering questions, adding other characters and putting things together into a rough draft. As well, this class will finish the last of the short stories for their narrative charts this week and hand in their packages.

ENG2P: This class is working on performing their Speeches Monday and Tuesday. They recieved an extra day on Friday to put everything together. After they have finished their oral communication aspect, the written speech will be due on Tuesday. They will recieve a novel that we will study as a class by the middle of the week and will begin to look at how an author develops characters, changes settings and uses diaglogue to add dimensions to a novel.

Week of February 16th - 19th

2010-02-16T09:45:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone enjoyed Family Day.

ENG2D: This class is going to continue to work on Speeches, including having a research date in the library at the end of the week. The class will also work on reviewing punctuation, reading an article from the textbook and writing Journal #2. Speeches will start on Monday and continue into Tuesday.

ENG1P: This class is going to continue to work on Parts of a Narrative and the Narrative Chart for the short stories in the textbook. As well, the class is going to start their own narrative and look at writing a newspaper article.

ENG2P: This class is working on their Speeches, including having a research date in the library on Tuesday. As well as reading a short story and an article from the textbook and completing Journal #2. The Speeches will start on Friday and continue into Monday.

GO CANADA !!!

Week of February 8th - 12th

2010-02-08T05:18:00.000-08:00

The first full week!!

ENG2D: This class has examined the role of words and the power they have in our lives. They have defined a list of words that they will then apply to their upcoming speech. We will be working on their speeches for the next week and a half. Beginning this week, bringing their novel is important as they will be given 15 minutes of silent reading at the start of each class.

ENG1P: This class reviewed some grammar, parts of speech and commonly confused words. They completed their first journal and as a class we will discuss and refresh some of the policies expected in English. We looked at Narrative's and how our lives are affected by it. This week we will look at the parts of a narrative and work towards creating their own.

ENG2P: This class looked at words that are often misspelled and parts of speech. We discussed when public speaking is important and the various levels of speaking out there. This class also learned how to use the written words powerfully by arguing their view on best pets. The class will be working towards their public speaking in the next couple weeks.

Week of February 3rd - 5th

2010-02-02T06:36:00.000-08:00

Welcome Back to everyone and Welcome to those arriving new to D.S.S.

All Courses: The first week (consisting of three days) back will comprise of filling in some paperwork, reviewing grammar and parts of speech and covering what is expected in an English class. You will find out about your Summative assignment which will be completed in June as well as an overview of the Units we will cover.
Depending on the class, textbooks may be assigned, however; all of Mrs. GreenJohnson's English students will be expected to bring to class reading material for "Silent Reading" at the start of each class.

Week of January 4th - 8th

2010-01-05T06:01:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone had a good holiday.

ENG2D: This class is starting 'Merchant of Venice', parts have been assigned. At the end of this week the class will have time to work on their Summative Book Festival projects. This will continue next week as well. They will present to the class first next week and then will have their final Summative - I will post the date as everyone is invited to attend, the Summative can ve viewed by the public.

CHC2P: This class is working on their summative project for the next couple weeks. The class has a package of work to follow when completing their summative. The final week of class will be spent completing a 'Cheat Sheet' to be used during the final examination.

ENG4C: This class will be completing 'Inherit the Wind", which will be their final novel/play. The rest of the time will be spent on their final summative which is three essays on the novels covered in the course. I will review the final exam on the last three days of class.

Best of luck to everyone!!! Enjoy Semester II

Week of December 14th - 18th

2009-12-14T16:32:00.000-08:00

Wishing everyone a Safe and Happy Holiday and All the Best for New Year's 2010!!!

ENG4C: This class is finishing a movie comparison of race relations as it connects to To Kill A Mockingbird. The class is responsible for a two page journal that demonstrates connections between the three media and the issues that continue today.

ENG2D: This class is finishing Catcher In The Rye. They are handing in a journal on the 15th and taking up the questions they have been working on beginning on the 17th and concluding on the 18th (if any).

CHC2P: This class is beginning to look at their summative research project and are being given time to look that over. As well the class is finishing our look at the 1950's Post War Era and how the wars and the return of soldiers influenced the geography and economy of Canada.

Week of December 7th - 11th

2009-12-07T09:42:00.000-08:00

Turn Around Day is Thursday!!

ENG4C: This class has started and will continue to present their seminar's on To Kill A Mockingbird. When the novel has been presented we will have a test on the novel and seminar's as well as the accompanying handouts throughout this novel. Following the seminars will be the two remaining movies and the movie comparison journal.

ENG2D: This class is nearly finished their partnership with Catcher In The Rye. Answering the all the questions with point form and their assigned questions in detail as well as the journal - next Tuesday is the last day for this package. Everything gets presented on Wednesday and Thursday next week. Journals come in on Tuesday.

CHC2P: This class is moving on from WWII and is learning about the impact from that event and how it affected their lives; from the Cold War, to the Baby Boom, the new technology to suburbs. We will cover this topic until the end of the semester as well as having time to work on their summative project.

Week of November 30th - December 4th

2009-11-30T16:01:00.000-08:00

There are only three weeks before the Christmas Holidays so make sure you follow your timelines.

ENG4C: This class is beginning to present their seminars on To Kill A Mockingbird. The class can ask questions, answer questions and participate in these seminars. I will fill in any other important information from the chapters. All this information and the chapter's will be on the test at the end of the novel.

ENG2D: This class is continuing to work with their partner on Catcher In The Rye on the questions that they were assigned and the journal topic at the end of the question booklet. I continue to hand out sheets, answer questions and help with the interpretation of the novel.

CHC2P: This class is preparing for a WWII test on the Tuesday and viewing one other video on the attrocities that occured at various Concentration Camps in Germany. The class will finish the week with a look at how both wars have affected the global view of war as well as Canada's role in current war-ing countries.

Week of November 23rd - 27th

2009-11-23T09:27:00.000-08:00

It is the last week of November already - time flies when you are having fun.

ENG4C: This class has been given their seminar procedures and have chosen their own partner to work with. We continue to cover relevant issues to To Kill A Mockingbird, such as racism, addiction, Klu Klux Klan, and the Depression. As a class we will read the novel together and discuss what is occuring in order to prepare the class for their seminar dates.

ENG2D: This class finished the futuristic Fahrenheit 451 and have moved on to something a little more realistic with Catcher In The Rye. The recieved pre-novel handouts to help them know what to expect, we compared novels covered so far in the semester and the students were assigned a partner to work with on a question package and thematic work. We will be working on this novel until Christmas time. Don't forget to read your independant novel, bring it to class for silent reading.

CHC2P: This class observed media on what happened in Poland during World War II involving Polish Jews. As a class we will look at the holocaust and the atrocities that were discovered upon the allies victory. We will look at the end of the War in Europe and the continued role Canadians played in the War with Japan and that eventual end.

Week of November 16th - 20th

2009-11-16T10:01:00.000-08:00

ENG4C: This class is handing in work on In Our Time and is moving seamlessly on to To Kill a Mockingbird - with a look at racism and the issues of the era.

ENG2D: This class is finishing Fahrenheit 451 - the package is due on Nov. 20th. We will be having a look at the movie and make some comparisons. On Friday we will have a discussion on the various societies covered in the class so far and move our way to Catcher In The Rye.

CHC2P: This class, having finished viewing "Saving Private Ryan", they will complete a Film Report and we will continue to look at WWII and Canada's role.

Report Cards will be out on Friday November 20th!!!

Week of November 9th -13th

2009-11-10T09:22:00.000-08:00

Turn Around Day Tuesday!

ENG4C: This class is working on In Our Time still. The class has answered questions on the novel, taken notes and will, this week, be viewing a movie based on the life of Earnest Hemmingway and writing a movie review. We will finish up In Our Time next week with a Journal assignment on one part of his life; either his life as a youth trying to adapt with family issues, his life in the war and the horrors witnessed or his life returning from the war and trying to fit back into society. This Journal is due next Tuesday.

ENG2D: This class continues to work on Fahrenheit 451 - the class is finishing off the third section of the novel. The concepts are getting harder to understand and more class questions and answers are happening - encourage your child to bring to class ALL their questions because someone else might have the same one.

CHC2P: This class is declaring WAR - WWII that is. We will look at how the Treaty of Versailles led to the second world war, Canada's role in the war and how the war literally included most of the globe.

Week of Nov. 2nd - 6th

2009-11-03T07:49:00.000-08:00

ENG4C: This class is working on the novel "In Our Time". The class has question sheets on the first few stories in the novel and we will be taking notes on the themes of the novel as a whole in an effort to understand the ending of the book.

ENG2D: This class should have finished the first section of the novel "Fahrenheit 451" and be working on 'The Sieve and the Sand' this week always keeping in mind that the due date for the package is November 20th. We are discussing questions and answers in class in an effort to help the understanding of a Science Fiction novel and what comment is being made on society.

CHC2P: This class is going to finish the 1920's and 30's this week with a look at the Business cycle and an understanding of what lead up to the Stock Market crash of 1929. They will be doing a 'scrapbook scavenger hunt', getting information from a secondary source. By the end of the week the class will review the 20's and 30's and prepare for the unit test on Friday Nov. 6th.

Week of October 26th - 30th

2009-10-27T07:28:00.000-07:00

ENG4c: This class is finishing their assignment on Animal Farm, presenting and handing in a cue card. They will be doing their last project from the textbook - an advertisement for an imaginary product and then we are going to look at "In Our Time" - Hemmingway for the remainder of this week and next.

ENG2D: This class made some corrections to their Lord of the Flies test, handed in an assignment for the novel and got some prepatory handouts for the next novel "Fahrenheit 451". We talked about McCarthyism and issues of conspiracy during the 1950's. While Lord of the Flies involved working in teacher assigned groups, "... 451" will be worked on individually, the class has been given a package of questions, images and short answer work to complete on their own time with a due date of November 20th for final completion. As usual we continue to have silent reading on their personal novels at the start of class.

CHC2P: This class is looking at the 1920's and 1930's. We viewed the movie "Seabiscuit" and they had questions to answer for this time period video. We will look at the role of women in society, the growth of cities and suburbs, the expansion of business and the boom of the economy until finally with nothing to sustain the boom; the crash of 1929. We will be looking at this time period for the next couple weeks.

Happy Halloween !!!!!!

Week of Oct 19th - 23rd

2009-10-20T06:04:00.000-07:00

My apologies for the space between weeks.

ENG4C: This class finished a 500 word technology journal and is working on studying for a test on media and technology articles from the textbook for this week. As well the class is working on a small presentation on Animal Farm/Russian Revolution.

ENG2D: This class finished their Lord of the Flies Seminars, watched the movie and will be writing the test on Tuesday. As well, the class has a creative writing assignment that requires them to write the last chapter of the novel. In addition any student that expressed interest in entering the River Arts Festival writing contest - those entries are due on Friday Oct, 23rd.

CHC2P: This class finished WWI and wrote their unit test. A few student's demonstrated an improvement on the upkeep of their notebook and this translated into much better test scores. The class now looks at what happened after the war during the 20's and 30's in Canada. The class will be working on a small research project for a couple days and viewing media during these harsh times.

Week of Sept. 28th - Oct. 2nd

2009-09-25T06:03:00.000-07:00

End of the first month - time does fly!

ENG4C: This class completed their first report and first Journal last week. This week we will be looking at using some media in the class and examining photo essays and what can be expressed in this form. We will be reviewing some on-line and in magazines and then the class will be doing their own photo essay and presenting them to the class at the end of the week or the beginning of next week.

ENG2D: This class finished their speeches - well done! This week the students will be directing the learning. After two example chapter seminar's are presented to them via the teacher (me), the class will model one of those or try their hand at teaching a different way. Chapter's 3 - 12 of Lord of the Flies has been assigned to small groups of students and it will be their responsibility to teach the class 6-8 very important topics from their chapter. At the end of the seminar's, the Unit test will include information learned from each of the seminars as well as themes discussed by the whole class and the topics covered previous to the novel.

CHC2P: This class is entering WWI. The class has looked at how it all started; "the Spark" and will now move on to some specific battles, military moves and the impact to Canada and Canadians. The class will also examine technological advancements during the war, Canadians that emerged as hero's and finally the class will look at media that portray's war as accurately as possible.

Week of September 21st - 25th

2009-09-17T06:13:00.000-07:00

Another week into September!

ENG4C: This class is working on a Literacy Report. The class is gathering data about a province, state or country and profiling it's literacy issues, improvements, declines and perhaps making comparisons. We will also be looking at a couple more articles in the textbook later in the week.

ENG2D: This class begins the week with speeches!!! Nerves aside, they have worked hard on these and should be proud of themselves getting the hard stuff over with. We will move onto the Lord of the Flies and how to present a seminar. They will look at literacy terms used by author's to achieve effects in a novel. We will as a class look at the first chapter together and then, working in partner's begin to breakdown the other chapter's in the novel.

CHC2P: This class will have their first unit test on Tuesday - it will cover all the information we covered on Canada at the Turn of the Century. The class has notes taken from within the class and their textbook from which to study. After the test, the class will look at the transition into a Nation under the pressure of a World War and thus will begin our look at Canada's role in WWI.

Week of Sept. 14th - 18th

2009-09-11T05:56:00.000-07:00

The Second Week!!

The first week went well, there was no homework over the first weekend of the school year!

ENG4C: This class will continue to work on writing three letters of three different styles; formal, semi-formal and casual. This week we will determine which of those letters will be selected for grading. We will also continue to read articles in the textbook, answering questions and completing some oral reading.

ENG2D: This class will be working on two parts to a speech; a written part and an oral part. We will study how best to create a written speech and how to offer the best ideas for editing our peer's work. As well, the class will attempt to get comfortable with their chosen speech topic and prepare to present it to the class next week in 3-5 minutes. At the same time the class will continue to review punctuation and some grammar in an effort to refine their writing.

CHC2P: This class will be looking at the Turn of the Century questions we have been working on last week and addressing any thoughts or concerns the student's have about the subjects covered. The class will begin looking at comparing decades, items, services or products historically and in present day. This will lead the class to look at little closer to the things affecting their lives today and how that might have come about.

Welcome Back !!!!

2009-09-03T07:08:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone had a good summer!!!! Welcome back to the new school year.

This first week will be a short review of topics everyone should know to get started.
After the review is over we are jumping right into the curriculum!

ENG2D: We will start with "The Power of Words". We will look at speaking and reading and
will begin with speeches and an explanation of your culminating Book Festival. We will review grammar and parts of speech and a list of new vocabulary words will be introduced to you.

ENG4C: We will begin the semester with a look at articles from your new textbook! These articles will cover topics such as Media and Technology.

CHC2D: We are going to start the semester with a review of the Turn of the Century, making sure that everyone is able to identify important people, facts and events that happened in Canada prior to WWI. A small project will get everyone ready for knowing how to research historical facts/people, what questions to ask about our country, and how to sift through truth vs. fiction on websites and other sources.

As I said Welcome Back - shake off the summer sleepiness and lets get LEARNING!!!!!