Topic C - Discuss sexuality in the novel.
Group Members: Jessica P, Alex L., Emma, Jessika, Morgan, Alec
Monday, January 23 - Please check your @cobourgwest e-mail. Final visual display presentation. The Wars - discussion and review. Last chance to meet with your seminar groups. Print and hand in a copy of the seminar evaluation to Ms. Waller. Take a few minutes to respond to the peer/self evaluation in Edmodo once your seminar group has presented. Bring any borrowed texts to class today to return to Ms. Waller (you will keep The Wars until your exam)
Friday, January 20 - Meet in 309. We will then be moving to the library for our last book club meeting. On Monday we will meet in the class and spend some time talking about the novel and prepping for the final exam. Bring any questions you have about the novel with you to class. Today is your final class to meet/discuss your seminar with your group members. You will not have any class time for this on Monday.
Thursday, January 19 - Continue working on your seminars. I am at a meeting, but I should return before the second half of the period. Once you have finished your seminars, you can use any additional time for essay prep/book club.
Wednesday, January 18 - Book club meetings - room 207. Please see the video posted by Mr. Broomfield on Edmodo and write a quick response/share your ideas. Tomorrow - seminar prep - meet in 207.
Tuesday, January 17 - Today is not a full fledged snow day at the West. Some of the buses were delayed or cancelled, but not all. I will see how many students are in our 4U class today before I make a decision about whether we will have the book club today, or reschedule for tomorrow. This also applies to the Visual Display group. Please check the course web site http://teacherweb.com/ON/CobourgDistrictCollegiateInstituteWest/MsWaller/apt2.aspx at 1:30 p.m. and I will post some instructions then. The roads are not great, so I would prefer to know that all of you are safe. If you are not in class today, please use the time productively to work on your book club and work on your seminars.
Ms. Waller
We voted as a class - 3/4 are here - students that are here are working on their seminars. Book club is rescheduled for tomorrow's class. We will meet in 309 where the last visual display group will present. We will then be moving to 207 for the book club meeting. Seminar Groups/Topics and Due Dates (also shared via Google Docs):
Seminar Groups and Due Dates:
Make sure that you bring a copy of your evaluation rubric with you on the day of your seminar prsentation (see evaluation criteria in the rubric below)
Tuesday, January 24:
Topic A - Discuss the role of heroes in the novel.
Group Members: Michelle, Ryan T., Ryan, W., Rachel, Paige and Jessica M
Topic C - Discuss sexuality in the novel.
Group Members: Jessica P, Alex L., Emma, Jessika, Morgan, Alec
Wednesday, January 25:
Topic D - What do secondary characters bring to this novel?
Group Members: April, Skylar, Alex H., Shawn, Amanda and Julie
Topic E- How is The Wars a study in the loss of innocence?
Group Members: Cassandra, Brittany, Sarah, Matt, Johnny, Jesse and Irene
Monday, January 16 - Slight change for today - please meet in 207. You will be working on your seminars and preparing for your book club meeting. See changes on 4U calendar in google docs. I will not be doing mark updates until tomorrow.
Friday, January 13 - Seminars - expectations and group formation. Book Club - Chapter Three. You may meet face to face and/or online via Edmodo. I will post updated marks to the web site on Monday. We will also spend time during Monday's class reviewing your term marks and assignments.
Thursday, January 12 - Happy snow day! The school is open today and I am here if you need to see me. :) Use today to make sure you are caught up with any work assigned this week. You should also prepare for your book club meeting for tomorrow. We will meet in 309 so that I can assign your seminar topics. We will then be in the library for our book club meeting. I am cancelling the film analysis. See the changes I made on the calendar that I distributed to you in Google Docs. Give some thought as to who you would like to work with on the seminar. You are marked individually and this is worth 15 % of your final evaluation. There are five members in each seminar group. Ideally the seminar would be done by your book club group, but I will give you the option of making the choice as to who you want to work with.
Wednesday, January 11 (Ms. Waller will return tomorrow - our calendar dates remain the same)
1. Finish any discussion items that did not get completed in the book club groups yesterday.
2. Please make sure that the assignment questions from Edmodo (from yesterday) are submitted either via Google Docs or Edmodo (you can have some extra time to finish as I was told there was not enough time yesterday - task is listed below):
Either on your own, or with a partner, generate a list of questions AND answers for The Wars from the beginning of the novel to the end of Chapter Two. Your goal is TEN questions and answers (Jeopardy format). You must have at least ONE question in each of these six categories: 1. characters 2. themes 3. social issues 4. history/setting 5. symbolism 6. conflicts. **students do not have access to a computer today so they can also write and hand in or use their own computer
3. Complete the questions below. **these questions are due for tomorrow’s class
English 4U1-03 - The Wars - Chapter Two Questions
Instructions: You may complete these questions individually, with a partner, or within your book club groups. I have shared the questions via google docs if you have your own computer with you today in class. Use specific examples from the novel to support your responses.
Due tomorrow.
1. What is the effect on the reader of the description of the war zone?
2. What is the irony in the "asylum for the mad"?
3. What is significant of "the rider behind them with four horses"?
4. What kind of leader is Robert? Explain.
5. Why are the crows following the men?
6. What is the contrast in Devlin, Bonnycastle, Robert and Levitt's "treasures"?
7. How does Findlay develop the characters of Rodwell, Levitt, Devlin and Robert in this chapter?
8. Why has Findley shifted times again, to earlier in the war at Robert and Harris' arrival in England? Again there is a time shift, with Barbara's sister Juliet, in present times, telling the story. Why?
9. What are your impressions of Barbara? Explain.
Tuesday, January 10 - Read my instructions carefully BEFORE starting today:
1. Groups today have the option of either a face to face meeting, Edmodo online meeting or a combination of both. The chairperson for the group will make the final decision. *the conference room is available for one group to meet in - see Mrs. Darling and she will allow a group to work in there
2. There are extra copies of the log sheets on the handouts section of the course web site and as a shared document in "Google Docs". The chairperson should complete this form during the meeting and attach the notes of the group members. If you are completing your discussion in Edmodo, make sure notes/files are uploaded and shared to the site. I have the file folders, so please hand in your log sheets with any notes to the supply teacher (ask him/her to leave them in my mailbox) If your group has the discussion completely on Edmodo, you should still fill in a log sheet, but I will assume that your group members have posted their work within the Edmodo discussion groups.
3. The meetings today should be approximately 45 minutes (minimum with the amount of material there to discuss) - you should also touch on some of the events within the plot for the first part of chapter two. I am looking for evidence of insightful discussion and individual contributions. Use page references and examples to support your ideas.
4. Once finished, complete the “assignment” on Edmodo for today for chapter two - this can be done either with a partner or individually - but all work is due by the end of the period.
Monday, January 9 - Welcome back!! 
Today will be the snow day that you wished had happened, but didn't. What does this mean? Use the time to prep and catch up for tomorrow's book club meeting (see notes below for the last week of December). I have also created and shared with you a calendar in Google Docs. This contains EVERYTHING that we are doing for each day remaining in the course. Use it.