Feb. 3 - 7: Media Awareness

DUE Fri. Feb. 7: Reading Log (24 marks)

Fri. Feb. 7
- Complete your reading log and hand it in today (24 marks)
- Finish the annotated bibliography assignment.
- Old media focus: Travel media - Write annotated bibliography entries for five samples of travel media.
- See a sample annotated bibliography.

Thurs. Feb. 6
- Today, we're in the library lab for work / instruction on the topics of plagiarism and MLA citation.
Assignments:
- Complete student information form (3 marks)
- Submit a "Freedom To Read Week" book recommendation (3 marks)

Wed. Feb. 5
- 20 min. silent reading OR complete your paragraph from yesterday (DUE Today)
- Continue the annotated bibliography assignment.
- Old media focus: Travel media - Write annotated bibliography entries for five samples of travel media.
- See a sample annotated bibliography.

Tues. Feb. 4
- 20 min. silent reading OR complete your paragraph from yesterday (DUE Today)
- Discuss MLA annotated bibliography format. Review the annotated bibliography assignment.
- Old media focus: Travel media - Write annotated bibliography entries for five samples of travel media.
- See a sample annotated bibliography.

Mon. Feb. 3 - Welcome to English 11.
Today we will review the course outline and expectations.
Discussion Items:

• Seating plan
• Course blog / website
• Silent reading (bring or borrow)
• Study block 
• Academic aspirations
• Evaluation 
• Assignment completion
• Essays (informal / formal)
• Tests
• Cross grade exam (20%)
• Email contact (assignments only). Parents should phone school.
• Literary theme(s) of this course: Dreams and self-determination
• Media studies unit / review  (tourism media, media bias, privacy, celebrity topics)

 - Review formal and informal writing style comparison notes. Underline the seven most important characteristics of each and create a Venn diagram outline in preparation for a paragraph that contrasts formal and informal writing styles (point of view; subject; tone; structure; thesis placement; vocabulary; purpose).

Jan. 20 - 25: FINAL WEEK

**FINAL EXAM practice questions**  
**Rocket Boys Musical****October Sky discussion questions** Chaptersummaries **
DUE Fri. Jan. 17: Ch. 1-8 October Sky questions
Final Exam (2 parts): Wed. Jan. 22 and Thurs. Jan. 23 

Thurs. Jan. 23, 2014
-Final EXAM Part 2
   BB (12:30-2:45)
- Lab 120 is booked for students who finish the exam early. 
- If you wish you could be an October Sky rocket boy/girl, try interactive rocketry:
(Use Google Chrome browser for best access)

• NASA Rocket Science 101
• NASA Launch It
• NASA Bottle Rocket Simulator
• Rocket Simulator
• NASA Interactive Media

Wed. Jan. 22, 2014
- Final exam composition response today. Topic will be provided in class.

Tues. Jan. 21, 2014
- review practice questions for the final exam
- Finish viewing the movie October Sky.

Mon. Jan.  20, 2014
- 20 min. for reading and assignment completion. Chapter 1-8 questions overdue.
- Continue viewing the movie October Sky.

Jan. 13 - 17: October Sky

**FINAL EXAM practice questions**  
**Rocket Boys Musical****October Sky discussion questions** Chaptersummaries **
DUE Fri. Jan. 17: Ch. 1-8 October Sky questions
Final Exam (2 parts): Wed. Jan. 22 and Thurs. Jan. 23 

Fri. Jan.  17, 2014
- 30 min. for reading and assignment completion. Chapter 1-8 questions due today.
- Start viewing the movie October Sky.

Tues. Jan. 14 - Thurs. Jan. 16, 2014
ch. 1-8 questions DUE on Fri. Jan. 17 (91)
- Documentary film is an effective storytelling medium that is increasingly focused on social, political, and environmental issues / activism.
- We will be viewing The Last Mountain, which tells the story of controversial mountaintop removal mining practices used in West Virginia (the setting of the novel October Sky).
- This film states that we are all connected to coal. How is this true in British Columbia? Check facts about the BC coal industry on page 9 of this report. 
- Start work on the documentary reflection chart and paragraph responses. Consult the discussion guide if you've missed this documentary.

Mon. Jan.13, 2014

- Lab 1 is booked for today. Use your lab time to research the ch. 4 topics and the Invictus poem in the ch. 8 questions. Complete the paragraph and question assignments for ch. 1 - 8.