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February 2- March 12: Nineteenth Century Poetry
March 22- April 16: The Great Gatsby
April 9- May 28- The Crucible and 1984
June: Exam Preparation
| Feb 1/2 | Romantic Poetry |
| Feb 3/4 | Romantic Poetry |
| Feb 5/8 | Romantic Poetry |
| Romantic Poetry | |
| Feb 16/17 | Romantic Poetry |
| Romantic Poetry | |
| Feb 23- March Break | Supply Teacher: Mr. R Danforth oversaw the completion of the Romantic Poetry Unit. |
| March 22/23- | No notes; students worked on poetry report cards. |
| March 24 | Romantic Poets Jeopardy |
| March 25/26 | Evaluation: Romantic Poetry Commentaries |
| March 29/30 | Assessing our values through Four Corners, Drawing a House Psychoanalysis, Discussion: American Dream, North America's changing values, The Roaring 20s, F.Scott Fitzgerald's Mini-Bio |
| March 31/ Apr 1 | Initiating the Facebook Project |
| Apr 1/2 | Gatsby- Chapter 1 |
| Apr 6/7 | Gatsby- Chapter 2 |
| Apr 8/9 | Gatsby- Chapter 3 , Orwell I,v,vi |
| Apr 13/14 | Gatsby- Chapter 4 and 5 , Orwell I vii, viii |
| Apr 15/16 | Drowning and Marine Imagery in Gatsby (Class Handout) |
| Apr 19/20 | The Great Gatsby as a Business Ethics Guide (Class Handout) |
| Apr 21/22 | |
| Apr 23/26 | Gatsby Overview, Orwell Part II Overview |
| Apr 27/28 | Facebook Work Period for Gatsby |
| Apr 29/30 |
1984 Overview |
| May 1/4/ | Crucible Overview, Essay Key Points |
| May 6/7 | In-class Essay: Gatsby |
| May 5/11 | Crucible Overview |
| May 10 |
Luke- Surveillance technology Samuel and Naomi- Crimes against humanity Stuart - Russia/ Stalin |
| May 12 |
Luyen - Vietnam Chelsea - Orwellisms in our society Nancy -Crucible: Why Students should read it... Brian - Hitler |
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May 13 |
Eric- China's Cultural Revolution Shannon- Hitler Youth |
| May 14 |
Solomon - Fear Diba and Jacqueline- Ethnic cleansing Ryder- Symbolism- 1984 |
| May 17 |
Mike- Brainwashing Experiments Batoul- Salem Witch Trials Rachel- Child Soldiers Facebook Videos/ Facebook Due |
| May 18 |
Kathryn and Karolina- Brainwashing experiments Daniel- Why students should read it Facebook Videos/ Facebook Due |
| May 19 |
Matthew- Surveillance Technology Anthea and Helen- Politics and Fear |
| May 20/21 | English Olympics |
| May 25 |
Jessie - Hitler- Nazism Tamara- McCarthyism Vicky- China- Cultural Revolution Sarah - Salem Witch Trials |
| May 26 |
Selina and Fateema- Orwell's life and novel Suyogya- Role of Women Zara- Narrative Perspective |
| May 27 |
Howie- Child soldiers Jessica- Spanish Civil War Erica- RCMP abuse Rachel- The Taliban or thematic study |
| May 28 |
Russell- Fear Alex- Why Students Should Read Orwell Nan- Crimes Against Humanity |
| May 31/ June 1 | Commentary Review |
| June 2/3 | IN-CLASS EXAM |
| June 4/7 | Final Marks |
| June 8/9 | Celebrations! Congratulations! |
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Feb 2- Feb 25- Kite Runner
Mar 1- Apr 15- Fifth Business
Apr 19- May 7- Poetry
May 11- May 28- Site Passage Unit
Ongoing: Independent Study
May-June: Summative Evaluation
June: Board-wide exam
1. Course Overview
2. Learning Profile Activities
Learning Profile Inventory
Multiple Intelligence Inventory
Information Sheet
3. Team Building Activities
4. Study Guide Questions
In-class essay- Feb 26
Supply Teacher- Mr. R Danforth oversaw the completion of the Kite Runner Unit, and provided commentary on the viewing of Apocalypse Now.
Apocalypse Now: March 10-23
March 29- In-class Essays, homework: Read 3-10 (text) or read 65-70 (Online Text)
April 6 & 8- Group Analysis and Summary of Part I
Apr 12- Carl Jung and the Heart of Darkness Connection
Apr 14- Heart of Darkness Plot Overview
Apr 16- Blood Cell Phones
Apr 20- Conrad's Critique of Imperialism Reading/ Time to work on essays/presentations. Presentation Rubric , Presentation Requirements
Apr 22- Duplicity Critical Reading compared with Jung's Shadow Concept , Thesis work, Pep Rally
Apr 26- Modern-Postmodern Differences
Apr 28- Summarizing Questions, The Women Do Not Travel: Gender, Difference, and Incommensurability in Conrad's Heart of Darkness
Apr 30- Apocalypse Now Redux : Heart of Darkness moves into new territory
May 4- Summary Questions, The Hollow Man Poem
May 6- Work period- essays and presentations, Crossword Puzzle
May 10- Comparative Essays Due, Presentations: 4U1: Anthony, Annie, 4U2: Sophie, Rebecca, Ryan, Claire,
May 12- Presentations 4U1: Jake, Olivia, Mark , 4U2: Nina, Sami, Amber, Sadaf, Emily Essays returned and discussed
May 14 - Presentations 4U1: Sean, Alastair, Justin, Jamie , 4U2: Bronwen, Nick, Iain, Ahmed, Amelie, Common Magic (Bronwen Wallace)
May 18- Presentations 4U1: Kyle, James, Kyla, Nelly, Lea, 4U2: Samy, Dean, Evan, Adey, Kyler, The Genius (Leonard Cohen)
May 20- English Olympics
May 25- Presentations 4U1: Brad, Ryan, Katarina, Annie 4UI2: Amanda, Larissa, Dora, Lauren
May 27- Board-wide exam preparations
May 31- Amber, Samy, Chris, Iain, / Nigel, Greg, Jesse , Lisa
June 2- Nina, Ahmad, Nick, Elizabeth/ Anthony, Mark
June 4- Adey, Kyler, Brett, Sadaf/ James, Mallika, Jake, Matthew
June 8- Exam Review
June 9- Final ISU essays due
June 16- Board-wide Exam
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