English 11 Block 1: Homework for Tuesday

• Finish the complex paragraph for Tuesday. Use the checklist!
• Finish your outline for Wednesday! /10
• Finish your quad notes.
• Choose one of the three topics (flu remedies, consumer advocacy, or the solar minimum).
• Create a full page quad chart like we did with the pediatrician websites. Which of the two websites in your topic is more trustworthy? Take point form notes to fill out all four quadrants; however, two quadrants are more likely to be filled than the other two. Aim for at least 20 point form notes overall. The more, the better.
• Test alert! Did you miss the media literacy test? See me ASAP!
  
  

Philosophy 12 Block 2: Homework for Tuesday

• On Tuesday we will finish our group poster project on your "proof of God". Make sure you've figured out how to organize your poster and what you want to write about. Remember, you're writing at the level equivalent to a Powerpoint, so don't use too much detail! Be concise and pithy!
• Finish at least one page of point-form notes on your "Proofs of God" topic. Look for the key definitions, explanations, examples, philosophers, and criticisms. /10
• JS: Complete a page of notes on the cosmological argument (pp. 162-166).
• TY: Complete a page of notes on the ontological argument (pp. 166-169).
• Complete the topic organizer on addiction. Read the article on Jordy AND watch the following videos:
• Susan's Brain
• Gabor Mate and Addiction
• Here are the journal entries (so far) for Round 2:
• 15. In your opinion, is the universe a system of mechanical laws that acts without thought, or is there some spiritual, moral force that provides meaning to our lives, or is there nothing? Is there a 4th option?
  
• 13. If you could pass the rest of your life cared for in every way as you slumbered peacefully, entranced by wonderful dreams, would you do so? 
• 12. If you could choose the sex and physical appearance of your soon-to-be-born child, would you do it? Why or why not?Would it make a difference if we were talking about diseases like Parkinson’s?
• 11. A close friend, Jane, asks – and genuinely wants – your opinion about something, but your opinion is one that she is likely to find quite painful. For example, Jane is an artist, and asks for your honest estimate of her chances of being successful. You think Jane is an atrocious artist who hasn’t the slightest chance of success. What would you do?
• 10. You are the captain of a 20-crew submarine that’s lying on the seabed. Its engines are destroyed. Rescue is three days away. There’s only enough air for five people over that three-day span. What do you decide? What’s the rationale for your decision? 
• 9. Lawyers take a solemn oath to defend the interests of their clients. They must not suppress information either. If you were the lawyer, would you withhold information that implicates your client in a violent crime, even if you might be disbarred? 

English 12 Block 3: Homework for Tuesday

• The Great Gatsby: We've started reading TGG! For Tuesday, read all of Chp. 2 and start one page of Cornell notes. The Chp. 2 notes will be due on Wednesday.
• For the main note taking area, aim for 10-12 main points, or roughly 1 point-form note per 2 pages. You can supplement this with smaller sub-points and short quotes.
• Be ready for the Part 1 test of TGG next Monday (May 13)!
• You can read your novel or...
• read TGG online;
• ask me to send you an .epub electronic book file;
• ask your support teacher for an audio book version.
• *Personal Essay: It is due Monday, May 6 at 3:00pm via Office 365/Share.
• Did you use the essay checklist?
• Before you start, show me 1) the handwritten rough copy of the introductory paragraph, and 2) the outline for your personal essay. 
  
  

English 11 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Wednesday

• Read Chp. 19 of October Sky and start Chp. 20. Also, continue the Part 3 study guide. Also study the Part 3 vocabulary! 
• Test alert! The Part 3 test is coming this Friday (May 10).
• If you missed the punctuation test on Thursday, May 2, please study your handouts and review these websites:
• semicolon and colon #1
• semicolon and colon compared #2
• the comma
• the apostrophe
  
  
  
  
  

 English 11 Block 1: Homework for Monday

• Test alert! Study your notes - including the crossword, the 3 fill-in the blank handouts, "How can we trust a source?", and "Break the Fake" - for Monday's media literacy test!
• Finish the complex paragraph for Tuesday. Use the checklist!
• Finish your outline for Wednesday! /10
• Finish your quad notes for Tuesday!
• Choose one of the three topics (flu remedies, consumer advocacy, or the solar minimum).
• Create a full page quad chart like we did with the pediatrician websites. Which of the two websites in your topic is more trustworthy? Take point form notes to fill out all four quadrants; however, two quadrants are more likely to be filled than the other two. Aim for at least 20 point form notes overall. The more, the better.
• Test alert! Did you miss the SVA test? See me ASAP! Review all the SVA handouts and check out the following sites:
• SVA 1
• SVA 2
• SVA 3

Philosophy 12 Block 2: Homework for Monday

• Next week we will continue with our group poster project on your "proof of God". Make sure you've figured out how to organize your poster and what you want to write about. Remember, you're writing at the level equivalent to a Powerpoint, so don't use too much detail! Be concise and pithy!
• Finish at least one page of point-form notes on your "Proofs of God" topic. Look for the key definitions, explanations, examples, philosophers, and criticisms. /10
• JS: Complete a page of notes on the cosmological argument (pp. 162-166).
• TY: Complete a page of notes on the ontological argument (pp. 166-169).
• Complete the topic organizer on addiction. Read the article on Jordy AND watch the following videos:
• Susan's Brain
• Gabor Mate and Addiction
• Finish your notes (5-8 point form notes) on atheism, pantheism, deism, or theism (pp. 174-177).
• If you were away, get my complete notes on free will and compatibilism.
• If not finished, complete your second group of free will and determinism notes for pp. 117 to 120:
• For each page, create two questions on the most important issues on that page. YOU have to decide what's most important. Then, answer each question with a 2-3 sentence answer.
• 8 questions total + 8 full answers = /16 marks
• Here are the journal entries (so far) for Round 2:
• 15. In your opinion, is the universe a system of mechanical laws that acts without thought, or is there some spiritual, moral force that provides meaning to our lives, or is there nothing? Is there a 4th option?
  
• 13. If you could pass the rest of your life cared for in every way as you slumbered peacefully, entranced by wonderful dreams, would you do so? 
• 12. If you could choose the sex and physical appearance of your soon-to-be-born child, would you do it? Why or why not?Would it make a difference if we were talking about diseases like Parkinson’s?
• 11. A close friend, Jane, asks – and genuinely wants – your opinion about something, but your opinion is one that she is likely to find quite painful. For example, Jane is an artist, and asks for your honest estimate of her chances of being successful. You think Jane is an atrocious artist who hasn’t the slightest chance of success. What would you do?
• 10. You are the captain of a 20-crew submarine that’s lying on the seabed. Its engines are destroyed. Rescue is three days away. There’s only enough air for five people over that three-day span. What do you decide? What’s the rationale for your decision? 
• 9. Lawyers take a solemn oath to defend the interests of their clients. They must not suppress information either. If you were the lawyer, would you withhold information that implicates your client in a violent crime, even if you might be disbarred? 

English 12 Block 3: Homework for Monday

• The Great Gatsby: We've started reading TGG! For Monday, read all of Chp. 1 and complete one page of Cornell notes.
• For the main note taking area, aim for 10-12 main points, or roughly 1 point-form note per 2 pages. You can supplement this with smaller sub-points and short quotes.
• You can read your novel or...
• read TGG online;
• ask me to send you an .epub electronic book file;
• ask your support teacher for an audio book version.
• Personal Essay: Today (Tuesday) was the last day of writing the personal essay. It is due Monday, May 6 at 3:00pm, but you may hand it in via Office 365/Share beforehand.
• Did you use the essay checklist?
• Before you start, show me 1) the handwritten rough copy of the introductory paragraph, and 2) the outline for your personal essay. 
  
  

English 11 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Monday

• Read Chp. 18 of October Sky and continue the Part 3 study guide. Also study the Part 3 vocabulary! The Part 3 test is coming soon!
• If you missed the punctuation test on Thursday, May 2, please study your handouts and review these websites:
• semicolon and colon #1
• semicolon and colon compared #2
• the comma
• the apostrophe

 English 11 Block 1: Homework for Friday

• Read the assignment at the back of the "Break the Fake" handout. 
• Start your paragraph today. Use the checklist I handed out.
• Finish your outline for Wednesday! /10
• Finish your quad notes for Tuesday!
• Choose one of the three topics (flu remedies, consumer advocacy, or the solar minimum).
• Create a full page quad chart like we did with the pediatrician websites. Which of the two websites in your topic is more trustworthy? Take point form notes to fill out all four quadrants; however, two quadrants are more likely to be filled than the other two. Aim for at least 20 point form notes overall. The more, the better.
• Test alert! Did you miss Monday's SVA test? See me ASAP! Review all the SVA handouts and check out the following sites:
• SVA 1
• SVA 2
• SVA 3

Philosophy 12 Block 2: Homework for Friday

• Finish at least one page of point-form notes on your "Proofs of God" topic. Look for the key definitions, explanations, examples, philosophers, and criticisms. /10
• JS: Complete a page of notes on the cosmological argument (pp. 162-166).
• TY: Complete a page of notes on the ontological argument (pp. 166-169).
• Complete the topic organizer on addiction. Read the article on Jordy AND watch the following videos:
• Susan's Brain
• Gabor Mate and Addiction
• Finish your notes (5-8 point form notes) on atheism, pantheism, deism, or theism (pp. 174-177).
• If you were away, get my complete notes on free will and compatibilism.
• If not finished, complete your second group of free will and determinism notes for pp. 117 to 120:
• For each page, create two questions on the most important issues on that page. YOU have to decide what's most important. Then, answer each question with a 2-3 sentence answer.
• 8 questions total + 8 full answers = /16 marks
• Here are the journal entries (so far) for Round 2:
• 15. In your opinion, is the universe a system of mechanical laws that acts without thought, or is there some spiritual, moral force that provides meaning to our lives, or is there nothing? Is there a 4th option?
  
• 13. If you could pass the rest of your life cared for in every way as you slumbered peacefully, entranced by wonderful dreams, would you do so? 
• 12. If you could choose the sex and physical appearance of your soon-to-be-born child, would you do it? Why or why not?Would it make a difference if we were talking about diseases like Parkinson’s?
• 11. A close friend, Jane, asks – and genuinely wants – your opinion about something, but your opinion is one that she is likely to find quite painful. For example, Jane is an artist, and asks for your honest estimate of her chances of being successful. You think Jane is an atrocious artist who hasn’t the slightest chance of success. What would you do?
• 10. You are the captain of a 20-crew submarine that’s lying on the seabed. Its engines are destroyed. Rescue is three days away. There’s only enough air for five people over that three-day span. What do you decide? What’s the rationale for your decision? 
• 9. Lawyers take a solemn oath to defend the interests of their clients. They must not suppress information either. If you were the lawyer, would you withhold information that implicates your client in a violent crime, even if you might be disbarred? 

English 12 Block 3: Homework for Friday

• The Great Gatsby: We've started reading TGG! For Thursday, read half way through Chp. 1 (to roughly p. 10).
• You can read your novel or...
• read TGG online;
• ask me to send you an .epub electronic book file;
• ask your support teacher for an audio book version.
• Personal Essay: Today (Tuesday) was the last day of writing the personal essay. It is due Monday, May 6 at 3:00pm, but you may hand it in via Office 365/Share beforehand.
• Did you use the essay checklist?
• Before you start, show me 1) the handwritten rough copy of the introductory paragraph, and 2) the outline for your personal essay. 
  
  

English 11 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Monday

• Read Chp. 18 of October Sky and continue the Part 3 study guide. Also study the Part 3 vocabulary! The Part 3 test is coming soon!
• If you missed the punctuation test on Thursday, May 2, please study your handouts and review these websites:
• semicolon and colon #1
• semicolon and colon compared #2
• the comma
• the apostrophe

 English 11 Block 1: Homework for Thursday

• Read the assignment at the back of the "Break the Fake" handout. 
• Start your paragraph today. Use the checklist I handed out.
• Finish your outline for Wednesday! /10
• Finish your quad notes for Tuesday!
• Choose one of the three topics (flu remedies, consumer advocacy, or the solar minimum).
• Create a full page quad chart like we did with the pediatrician websites. Which of the two websites in your topic is more trustworthy? Take point form notes to fill out all four quadrants; however, two quadrants are more likely to be filled than the other two. Aim for at least 20 point form notes overall. The more, the better.
• Test alert! Did you miss Monday's SVA test? See me ASAP! Review all the SVA handouts and check out the following sites:
• SVA 1
• SVA 2
• SVA 3

Philosophy 12 Block 2: Homework for Thursday

• Finish at least one page of point-form notes on your "Proofs of God" topic. Look for the key definitions, explanations, examples, philosophers, and criticisms. /10
• JS: Complete a page of notes on the cosmological argument (pp. 162-166).
• TY: Complete a page of notes on the ontological argument (pp. 166-169).
• Complete the topic organizer on addiction. Read the article on Jordy AND watch the following videos:
• Susan's Brain
• Gabor Mate and Addiction
• Finish your notes (5-8 point form notes) on atheism, pantheism, deism, or theism (pp. 174-177).
• If you were away, get my complete notes on free will and compatibilism.
• If not finished, complete your second group of free will and determinism notes for pp. 117 to 120:
• For each page, create two questions on the most important issues on that page. YOU have to decide what's most important. Then, answer each question with a 2-3 sentence answer.
• 8 questions total + 8 full answers = /16 marks
• Here are the journal entries (so far) for Round 2:
• 15. In your opinion, is the universe a system of mechanical laws that acts without thought, or is there some spiritual, moral force that provides meaning to our lives, or is there nothing? Is there a 4th option?
  
• 13. If you could pass the rest of your life cared for in every way as you slumbered peacefully, entranced by wonderful dreams, would you do so? 
• 12. If you could choose the sex and physical appearance of your soon-to-be-born child, would you do it? Why or why not?Would it make a difference if we were talking about diseases like Parkinson’s?
• 11. A close friend, Jane, asks – and genuinely wants – your opinion about something, but your opinion is one that she is likely to find quite painful. For example, Jane is an artist, and asks for your honest estimate of her chances of being successful. You think Jane is an atrocious artist who hasn’t the slightest chance of success. What would you do?
• 10. You are the captain of a 20-crew submarine that’s lying on the seabed. Its engines are destroyed. Rescue is three days away. There’s only enough air for five people over that three-day span. What do you decide? What’s the rationale for your decision? 
• 9. Lawyers take a solemn oath to defend the interests of their clients. They must not suppress information either. If you were the lawyer, would you withhold information that implicates your client in a violent crime, even if you might be disbarred? 

English 12 Block 3: Homework for Thursday

• The Great Gatsby: We've started reading TGG! For Thursday, read half way through Chp. 1 (to roughly p. 10).
• You can read your novel or...
• read TGG online;
• ask me to send you an .epub electronic book file;
• ask your support teacher for an audio book version.
• Personal Essay: Today (Tuesday) was the last day of writing the personal essay. It is due Monday, May 6 at 3:00pm, but you may hand it in via Office 365/Share beforehand.
• Did you use the essay checklist?
• Before you start, show me 1) the handwritten rough copy of the introductory paragraph, and 2) the outline for your personal essay. 
  
  

English 11 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Thursday

• Test alert! Review the following grammar notes for the punctuation test on Thursday, May 2:
• semicolon and colon #1
• semicolon and colon compared #2
• the comma
• the apostrophe
• Read Chp. 16/17 of October Sky and continue the Part 3 study guide. Also study the Part 3 vocabulary!

 English 11 Block 1: Homework for Wednesday

• Read the assignment at the back of the "Break the Fake" handout. 
• Finish your outline for Wednesday!
• Finish your quad notes for Tuesday!
• Choose one of the three topics (flu remedies, consumer advocacy, or the solar minimum).
• Create a full page quad chart like we did with the pediatrician websites. Which of the two websites in your topic is more trustworthy? Take point form notes to fill out all four quadrants; however, two quadrants are more likely to be filled than the other two. Aim for at least 20 point form notes overall. The more, the better.
• Test alert! Did you miss Monday's SVA test? See me ASAP! Review all the SVA handouts and check out the following sites:
• SVA 1
• SVA 2
• SVA 3

Philosophy 12 Block 2: Homework for Wednesday

• Complete the topic organizer on addiction. Read the article on Jordy AND watch the following videos:
• Susan's Brain
• Gabor Mate and Addiction
• Finish your notes (5-8 point form notes) on atheism, pantheism, deism, or theism (pp. 174-177).
• AH: Do deism! :-)
• If you were away, get my complete notes on free will and compatibilism.
• If not finished, complete your second group of free will and determinism notes for pp. 117 to 120:
• For each page, create two questions on the most important issues on that page. YOU have to decide what's most important. Then, answer each question with a 2-3 sentence answer.
• 8 questions total + 8 full answers = /16 marks
• Here are the journal entries (so far) for Round 2:
• 15. In your opinion, is the universe a system of mechanical laws that acts without thought, or is there some spiritual, moral force that provides meaning to our lives, or is there nothing? Is there a 4th option?
  
• 13. If you could pass the rest of your life cared for in every way as you slumbered peacefully, entranced by wonderful dreams, would you do so? 
• 12. If you could choose the sex and physical appearance of your soon-to-be-born child, would you do it? Why or why not?Would it make a difference if we were talking about diseases like Parkinson’s?
• 11. A close friend, Jane, asks – and genuinely wants – your opinion about something, but your opinion is one that she is likely to find quite painful. For example, Jane is an artist, and asks for your honest estimate of her chances of being successful. You think Jane is an atrocious artist who hasn’t the slightest chance of success. What would you do?
• 10. You are the captain of a 20-crew submarine that’s lying on the seabed. Its engines are destroyed. Rescue is three days away. There’s only enough air for five people over that three-day span. What do you decide? What’s the rationale for your decision? 
• 9. Lawyers take a solemn oath to defend the interests of their clients. They must not suppress information either. If you were the lawyer, would you withhold information that implicates your client in a violent crime, even if you might be disbarred? 

English 12 Block 3: Homework for Wednesday

• Essay: Today (Tuesday) was the last day of writing the personal essay. It is due Monday, May 6 at 3:00pm, but you may hand it in via Office 365/Share beforehand.
• Did you use the essay checklist?
• Before you start, show me 1) the handwritten rough copy of the introductory paragraph, and 2) the outline for your personal essay. 
  
  

English 11 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Thursday

• Test alert! Review the following grammar notes for the punctuation test on Thursday, May 2:
• semicolon and colon #1
• semicolon and colon compared #2
• the comma
• the apostrophe
• Read Chp. 16/17 of October Sky and continue the Part 3 study guide. Also study the Part 3 vocabulary!