Nov 6, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

• Eng 9
• Checking in
• Reminder about independent novel project
• Missing work list
• Student presentation
• Finishing the film
• Recapping essay instructions
• Time to work - your goal is to complete the plan
• Eng 12
• Checking in
• Reminder about independent novel project
• Missing work list
• Silent reading - I'll be phasing this out soon
• Student presentation
• Teacher notes
• Note the sudden shift in book style
• Changes from importance of theme to imagery and tone
• Freewrite - trying out imagery
• Time to prep for Tuesday's in class paragraph
• Reminder of paragraph structure and example
• Mr. McLean's writing tips
• Practice writing a response
• Teacher example of a paragraph response to class example
• Reminder: notes have to be individual

Nov 5, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

• Eng 9
• Checking in
• (AM: Immunization forms)
• Would you like an explanation of the US Midterms?
• Student presentation(s)
• Teacher notes
• Discussion: what did you think of the book?
• Returning quizzes - right to challenge and redo (a different quiz)
• Film
• Reaction
• Start on plan - tomorrow our job is to complete it by the end of the lesson
• Eng 12
• Checking in
• Returning some late assignments
• Silent reading
• Student presentation
• Teacher notes
• Freewrite

Nov 4, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

• Eng 9 - Take your kids to work day
• Eng 12
• Checking in
• Silent reading
• Did you want an explanation of the US Midterms last night?
• Writing lesson - sentence structure
• If in doubt, keep things simple.
• Other than that, this will be an activity to make complex sentences
• Reviewing basics of sentence structures
• Activity - slowly building a complex sentence
• In-class paragraph details and practice
• Reviewing paragraph structure
• Reviewing literary terms
• Best things to have on your notes:
• Literary term meanings and examples
• My feedback for your writing so far
• Notes from the novel

Nov 3, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

• Eng 9
• Checking in
• Student presentation
• Teacher notes
• Discussion
• Film
• Reaction
• Eng 12
• Checking in
• Life mirrors English 12
• A5 for those who missed it
• Silent reading
• Returning to yesterday's discussion - freewrite
• Returning A6
• The right to challenge remains, but I won't be accepting redos for this one.
• Writing practice - vocabulary
• In-class paragraph details and practice
• Reviewing paragraph structure
• Reviewing literary terms
• Best things to have on your notes:
• Literary term meanings and examples
• My feedback for your writing so far
• Notes from the novel

Nov 2, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

• Eng 9
• Checking in
• Student presentation(s)
• Teacher notes
• Freewrite
• Checking in on the essay plan
• Walk?
• Film!
• Eng 12
• Checking in
• Silent reading
• Student presentation
• Teacher notes
• Freewrite
• Walk?
• Writing lesson
• Tomorrow will be A5 for those who missed it

Oct 30, 2026

 Happy Halloween!

• Eng 9
• Quick lecture from Mr. McLean: firecrackers are bad
• Lesson from Ms. Atkins
• Eng 12
• Checking in
• Time for those to write A5 who need to
• Clarification on what redoing A5 would look like
• Silent reading
• Student presentation
• Teacher notes
• Freewrite
• Overton window videos!
• Lesson on writing skills - vocabulary
• The Monster Mash!

Oct 29, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

• Eng 9
• Checking in
• Student presentation (AM)
• Teacher notes
• Class discussion
• Freewrite
• Pivot to essay
• Recapping criteria
• Structure of an essay
• How to make a plan
• Time to brainstorm
• Movie, if time
• Eng 12
• Checking in
• Silent reading
• Recapping upcoming assignments
• Teacher presentation
• Religion is hard to talk about!
• Heads up on Wikipedia - I'm a big fan
• Religious make up of the world
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Christianity
• Atheism
• Agnosticism
• Discussion: 
• What role does religion play in your life? Or: how do you feel about religion's role in your world?
• Teacher notes from yesterday
• Freewrite
• Handing back A5! 
• Right to challenge
• Right to redo
• Missing Overton videos!
• Tomorrow, anyone missing A5 can do their response