The Importance of Being Earnest is a lot of fun! Be prepared to write a small test on the humour in the play.

Don't forget to hand in your short stories...and of course, your research papers!

NO FINAL EXAM!

We wrote some beautiful poems today in the sunshine...a propos for the subject: the "sublime" in nature. Slocan Valley residents will relate to the beauties of Nature, I am sure, since we live in a spectacular part of the world. We took Billy Collins' idea to use an image as a point of entry into writing a poem. The results were delectable, luscious, scrumptious...okay, I am just having fun with words.
Projects: Take a short story/newspaper article/essay and relate it to a poem of your choice. See handout for details.
Til next week, beatific bards!

Ms. H.

Poetry and short stories next...
Don't forget report cards come out next Friday. Everything should be in by now!

As we approach the end of Term One, you will hopefully have all of your assignments submitted. Make sure you have the following in your folder: Lord of the Flies quizzes, short story, Macbeth synopses, movie response, creative project rubric with mark, "Paid-up Member" response, three free-writes.
Next unit: Short stories and Poetry

Back again after a bit of a hiatus!
Macbeth is our new unit of evil!
Macbeth Creative project is due April 9th.
All synopses of acts due Monday.

Lord of the Flies (cont)

Keep reading L of F!
Projects will entail human rights and humanitarian issues throughout the world.
Thursday--inter-active podcast in the lab, courtesy of Ms. Maloff.
We will finish watching "Shake Hands With the Devil".
Remember: no school Friday...see you Monday!

Unit One: Truth-Seekers

Welcome to English 11, all! We are off to a great start, I hope, with discussion on ideas of good vs. evil, that age-old theme destined to thwart our desires to plumb its depths. Okay, enough waxing poetic! We have started with a look at Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and the myth of the "Ring of Gyges". Why do good people do bad things? Why do some people (not us!) prefer to stay chained in their "caves" instead of seeking enlightenment? These are just two of many questions we will delve into in this exciting Truth-seekers unit.

Friday p.m. we watched "Hotel Rwanda". Please research the Hutu-Tutsi conflict and write a synopsis of the movie. Be prepared for discussion Monday!