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New semester of English!

Welcome to ENG3U!

This week, we’ll be doing course introductions and some review from grade 10. Students will receive course outlines including a required reading/material list:

  • Imprints 11 vol. 1
  • Imprints 11 vol. 2
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (make sure it’s the revised 1831 edition, NOT the 1818 first edition!)
  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare (any version is fine so long as it has the original text)

Please make sure you have a separate binder for English: I strongly recommend a loose-leaf 3-ring binder as we’ll be exchanging papers and receiving handouts all the time.

We’ll begin writing our narrative essays this week: immediately unto the breach my friends!

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Week 13

This week, we’ll be continuing our essay unit by analysing a number of essays both in class and at home in Imprints 11. We’ll also be reviewing some grammar conventions to tighten up our written expression in anticipation of our formal essay assignment. Be sure to bring your textbook to class.

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Week 12

This week, we’ll be finishing our novel study of Frankenstein with a cumulative test on Monday November 19th.

We’ll also be having our last 2 debates on Tuesday November 20th and Thursday November 22nd.

Our essay unit will begin with some review of essay writing and some examples from Imprints 11 – so be sure to bring it to class.

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Week 7

This week we’ll be really getting into our novel study with Frankenstein.

Students will have homework every night in the form of reading, chapter questions, and comprehension activities. It is very important to keep up with the readings and questions throughout the course of this novel study.

A few students still don’t have their copies of Frankenstein: you can get it from any bookstore or library, just be sure it’s the 1831 revised edition.

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Week 6

Remember, progress report cards are going out this week (Thursday October 11th)!

We’ll be starting our novel study, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, this week. Make sure you have the revised 1831 edition (as there are some key differences from her initial 1818 publication). Be sure to bring your novel to class every day and keep up with the homework questions on a nightly basis.

Also a reminder that your independent book reports are due Monday October 15th.

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Week 5

This week we’ll be analyzing Edgar Allan Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum together in class. We’ll be looking at how authors use descriptive language to convey ideas and emotions. This will lead us into our first test on Friday October 5th.

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Week 3

This week we’re continuing our look at short stories and essays. We’ll be analysing Malcolm London’s short piece High School Training Ground and write a personal response to it.

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New year and semester!

Welcome to ENG3U!

This week, we’ll be doing course introductions and some review from grade 10. Students will receive course outlines including a required reading/material list:

  • Imprints 11 vol. 1
  • Imprints 11 vol. 2
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (make sure it’s the revised 1831 edition, NOT the 1818 first edition!)
  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare (any version is fine so long as it has the original text)

Please make sure you have a separate binder for English: I strongly recommend a loose-leaf 3-ring binder as we’ll be exchanging papers and receiving handouts all the time.

We’ll begin writing our narrative essays this week: immediately unto the breach my friends!

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MLA guidelines

Check out this guide to using MLA formatting.

For an example of in-text citations and using quotations in your essay, click here.

This is how your works cited page should look.

This is an example of an entire essay in proper MLA. Be sure to follow the guidelines for your title page:

  • it should have only your name, teacher’s name, course code, and due date in the top left corner
  • your last name followed by the page number within the top right margin
  • a proper title, centered

Again, be sure to take a look at the sample essay on the site as proper MLA formatting is an explicit requirement for this essay. See your rubric and proofreading handout.

Comment below or email me if you have any issues or questions.

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Frankenstein

We’ll be continuing our Frankenstein novel study this week.

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