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

Oct 28, 2026

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

• Eng 9
• Checking in
• Rejigging the next few days, for a student teacher lesson
• List of missing work
• Returning A5
• Right to challenge
• Right to redo
• Please put them up!
• Student presentation
• Teacher notes
• Class discussion
• Freewrite
• Film and reaction
• Eng 12
• Checking in
• We have a bit of time in tomorrow's lesson - what writing skill would you like to practice
• Student presentation
• Teacher notes
• Class discussion (if time)
• Freewrite (if time)
• First reactions to the novel

Oct 27, 2026

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

• Eng 9
• Check in
• Reminder: tomorrow is Collab PM
• Time to prepare
• Quiz!
• If time, we'll watch part of the movie
• Eng 12
• Check in
• Checking on A5 redo
• Reminder: tomorrow is Collab PM
• Time to get your videos in, and prepare your written response
• Overton window videos!
• After each one, we'll have a discussion on your idea
• I'll be marking as we go, and I'll hand back the marks tomorrow
• Life of Pi
• Upcoming assignments
• A heads up: religion is hard to talk about!
• Discussion: what place does religion have in your life?
• Primer on religions
• Pi connects with the three most popular religions in the world
• Hinduism
• Christianity
• Islam
• Time to read