Guten Tag!
Today was our second day in intro German 11. We had a quiz on the numbers 0 - 11 and most students did quite well.
You have a lot of notes that you can review at this point.
Today students completed #1-4 in the introduction of their blue German textbooks.
Each student also received a German name. Class names are Klaus, Otto, Nina, Stefan, Monika, Bettina Butternase, Günter, Wolfgang, Regina, Helmut, Anja, Bianca, Bärbel, Marco, Gabi, Peter, Rudolf. Beth and Sara-jo will get a name when they get here.
Homework: review the notes we've taken so far. You should be familiar with the following short dialogues:
--Wie heisst er? Er heisst Rudolf. Guten Tag Rudolf.
--Wie heisst du? Ich heisse Anja.
--Wer ist das? Das ist Marco
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
I lied to you. Sorry. Dennis is fiction.
Today I revealed that I do not have a nephew named Dennis: I made him up in order to be sneaky and try and teach you how to write an literary essay. I am very bad for lying. Please, please forgive me.
Today we did our final Speak test. Most students did very well.
We also studied for our final exam which is on Tuesday morning.
Click HERE to see the KEY to the August 2007 exam.
I have enjoyed teaching this class this year. English 10, as I have said, is one of my favourite classes to teach (along with English 8 and 12 -- and German). When the end of my class approaches I always reflect back on what has transpired in my class. "Have I done well teaching the students? Did I have high enough standards? Was I able to manage behaviour? Was I able to inspire students to do better than they might otherwise have?" All these questions bounce around my melon.
However the one question that surfaces to the top, every time, is this: "Did I spend too much time trying to make the class enjoyable?" It's the constant balance that I struggle with for every course. The goofiness, the silly stories, laughing at myself (laughing at each other) . . . all that stuff -- I wonder if I spent too much time on that. I've been teaching for like 45 years so, if i wanted, I could have easily 'pushed' you guys to work harder, academically.
Come in, introduce class quickly, get down to work, vary activities, take in your work and then repeat the next day. THAT would have had you learning more, I think, but maybe not enjoying as much. So, it is a fine line that I always walk.
I'm proud of what you've learned as writers and readers. I can confidently say each of you is a much better writer -- especially when it comes to literary writing. Many of you were already good story writers, but most have also improved there too.
Next year, and if you enjoyed what we learned, you should consider enrolling in a course called Literature 12. Lit 12 is kind of like English on steroids. Also, if you are considering going to college or university, taking Lit 12 will be a HUGE help.
Today we did our final Speak test. Most students did very well.
We also studied for our final exam which is on Tuesday morning.
Click HERE to see the KEY to the August 2007 exam.
I have enjoyed teaching this class this year. English 10, as I have said, is one of my favourite classes to teach (along with English 8 and 12 -- and German). When the end of my class approaches I always reflect back on what has transpired in my class. "Have I done well teaching the students? Did I have high enough standards? Was I able to manage behaviour? Was I able to inspire students to do better than they might otherwise have?" All these questions bounce around my melon.
However the one question that surfaces to the top, every time, is this: "Did I spend too much time trying to make the class enjoyable?" It's the constant balance that I struggle with for every course. The goofiness, the silly stories, laughing at myself (laughing at each other) . . . all that stuff -- I wonder if I spent too much time on that. I've been teaching for like 45 years so, if i wanted, I could have easily 'pushed' you guys to work harder, academically.
Come in, introduce class quickly, get down to work, vary activities, take in your work and then repeat the next day. THAT would have had you learning more, I think, but maybe not enjoying as much. So, it is a fine line that I always walk.
I'm proud of what you've learned as writers and readers. I can confidently say each of you is a much better writer -- especially when it comes to literary writing. Many of you were already good story writers, but most have also improved there too.
Next year, and if you enjoyed what we learned, you should consider enrolling in a course called Literature 12. Lit 12 is kind of like English on steroids. Also, if you are considering going to college or university, taking Lit 12 will be a HUGE help.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Prov Exam Practice
Click here for updated marks.
On Monday we continued to prepare for our provincial exam by going over a mock-exam. I also handed out a pink sheet that contained vocabulary lists that students can use in order to study.
Today, Tuesday, we'll go over the second half of the mock-exam.
If you need to go over this exam at home, you can find it by clicking here http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/ Search the English 10 sample exams until you find the 2008/2009 exam.
Thursday will be your SPEAK novel test. You need to finish the novel by then.
PS Good luck to Claire and Marie and Takara -- they'll be missing today's lesson and reppin' our class playing basketball in Salmon Arm.
On Monday we continued to prepare for our provincial exam by going over a mock-exam. I also handed out a pink sheet that contained vocabulary lists that students can use in order to study.
Today, Tuesday, we'll go over the second half of the mock-exam.
If you need to go over this exam at home, you can find it by clicking here http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/ Search the English 10 sample exams until you find the 2008/2009 exam.
Thursday will be your SPEAK novel test. You need to finish the novel by then.
PS Good luck to Claire and Marie and Takara -- they'll be missing today's lesson and reppin' our class playing basketball in Salmon Arm.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Punctuating Dialogue
Fantastic class today.
I showed you how rude it is to use your cellphones during a lesson. Please keep them turned off and in your packs during class.
We discussed how effective your in class compositions were. These were the ones you wrote on Wednesday's class. I read several of them out and we discussed exactly what it was that made them so engaging.
We worked on punctuating dialogue correctly.
Finally, I announced that you have to have the novel Speak finished by next Thursday.
I showed you how rude it is to use your cellphones during a lesson. Please keep them turned off and in your packs during class.
We discussed how effective your in class compositions were. These were the ones you wrote on Wednesday's class. I read several of them out and we discussed exactly what it was that made them so engaging.
We worked on punctuating dialogue correctly.
Finally, I announced that you have to have the novel Speak finished by next Thursday.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Another Provincial Exam Practice Composition
Quiet reading and working on the Speak worksheet from pp. 95-116.
Then we looked at more examples of both good and bad compositions from a past exam.
After break, student were given the following writing prompt: "People and events can sometimes surprise us."
Students wrote for an hour and handed this composition in at the end of class.
Please read up to p. 141 of Speak by Friday.
Then we looked at more examples of both good and bad compositions from a past exam.
After break, student were given the following writing prompt: "People and events can sometimes surprise us."
Students wrote for an hour and handed this composition in at the end of class.
Please read up to p. 141 of Speak by Friday.
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