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Canadian History 621

• Donald Gets Drafted (Disney propaganda film)
• Hitler:  Rise of Evil
• Don’t forget to complete today’s online discussion.

English 621

• Final test for independent novels.  Those missing today will write on Tuesday, January 5 (our first day back after holidays) IF a sufficient and believable note is produced from home to explain the absence.

English 521

• Final test for independent novels.  Those missing today will write on Tuesday, January 5 (right after holidays) IF a sufficient and believable note is produced from home to explain the absence.

Student of the Day

• Daniel MacAdam

Quote of the Day:

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.  (Dr Martin Luther King)

Canadian History 621

• Heritage Minute Mania:  great job by all presenters.  I’m still looking for scripts, however.
• We then continued with our deeper study into Hitler:  Rise of Evil.
• Monday:  The Road to World War Two

English 621

• Due today:  Web Quests
• As we shall begin Shakespeare after the holidays, we spent some time watching Shakespeare in Love, which helped provide some fictional context of the time Shakespeare was thriving in London.
• Monday:  final test on the novel.

English 521

• Due today:  Poetry on Film
• Great job by everyone.  Every day, this class continues to impress Coffin with its work ethic and the quality of the assignments it produces.  Our 100% winner shall be announced on Monday.
• Monday:  final test on the novel.

Students of the Day

• 2009 Christmas Concert Participants

Canadian History 621

• Due today:  Heritage Minutes.
• After collecting our heritage minutes, we continued our study of World War Two, viewing a Disney-produced short propaganda film entitled, Education for Death and then the biopic Hitler:  Rise of Evil to get a sense of what the Nazi philosophy dictated.
• Tomorrow:  Heritage Minute Film Festival

English 621

• Due today:  Major Persuasive Essays.
• Due today:  Independent novel WebQuests.
• Today, we were lucky to be visited by four distinguished alumni:  Melanie Coffin, Kara Cousins, Fred Jay, and Geoff MacEwen dropped in to talk about how life in university compares with life in high school.  Thanks for the visit folks.

English 521

• Due today:  Poetry Slam – good job everyone.
• Due today:  12-Point Activities for Independent Novel Studies.
• After the Slam, we watched the 12-point activity from Rachel, Emma, Ashley, and Jenna:  a film based on the novel The Time Traveler’s Wife.

Student of the Day

• Steven Myers

Canadian History 621

• Library research day today.  Students worked on this week’s discussion topic and also tomorrow’s Heritage Minute activity.

English 621

• Persuasive essays due in good copy tomorrow.
• Today, we watched a video called Twouble with Twitter and read an article called Quit Facebook.  Students were then asked to respond to the pieces and respond to some questions asked about each.  The Adbusters article can be found HERE.

English 521

• We spent today in the library preparing our Poetry on Film activities which are due during Friday’s class.
• Tomorrow:  Poetry Slam oral presentations and the 12-point activities are due in good copy.

Student of the Day

• Logan Molloy

Canadian History 621

• Our study of World War Two began today with a quick look at the Treaty of Versailles as a springboard to war.  From there, we discussed the Rise of Fascism as another springboard.
• Finally, we viewed a USA recruitment film aimed at explaining to American soldiers why fighting in this war was necessary.
• Tomorrow:  library research day.  Bring your film clips for editing.

English 621

• Peer revision of persuasive research essays.
• Tomorrow:  more drama
• Thursday:  WebQuests must be completed

English 521

• Fictional writing:  the Neverending Story Café.
• Tomorrow:  library for Poetry on Film editing
• Thursday:  Poetry Slams and 12-Point Activities for novels.

Student of the Day

• Peter MacLeod

Canadian History 621

• Land, Culture & Displacement Quiz.
• Those missing today will write tomorrow at lunch.

English 621

• We read the King Arthur Skit from Echoes 12 and then watched portions of Monty Python and the Holy Grail in preparation for our foray into Shakespeare’s Macbeth to finish off our semester.
• Tomorrow:  rough copy revision of major essays

English 521

• Due today:  Poetry Slam
• Some date changes: 
  • Tuesday:  we are back in class for more fictional writing. 
  • Wednesday, we are going to the library to work on our Poetry on Film assignments. 
  • That means that your 12-point independent novel study activities and your Poetry Slam presentations both occur on Thursday. 
  • Friday is the day the Poetry on Film assignments are due.  Next Monday is the day of our final novel tests.
• We read Twins from Echoes 11 and discussed the aspects of good fictional writing.  We then did some free-writing to gather a base of ideas for some fictional writing.

Student of the Day

• Brent MacKinnon

Canadian History 621

• We began by talking about the Oral History Project.
• We then finished off Land, Culture & Displacement today and assigned a little quiz for Monday.  Students should make sure to read the chapter again, check the coffinblog notes, and review the chapter questions at the end of the chapter.
• Don’t forget that the Heritage Minute assignment has been moved to Thursday, December 17.

English 621

• WebQuests for independent novels.  We began them today and they must be completed by next Thursday, December 17.
• Students should be writing essays this weekend.  Fifteen percent of the year rides on this essay (rough copies due on Tuesday for peer revision; good copies due on Thursday).

English 521

• Expository essays were due today.
• We moved the due date for the second round of novel activities to Thursday, December 17.  Remember, our final novel quiz happens on Monday, December 21.
• Students were given the class to get caught up on more reading and/or to work on their novel activities.
• Next week is busy:  along with your novel activities, the Poetry Wham on Monday (your own poem); Poetry Slam on Wednesday (someone else’s poem); Poetry on Film on Friday (your Poetry Wham poem set to photos and music).

Student of the Day

• Peter MacDougall

Canadian History 621

• Library Research Day
• Some changes in due date!
  • Displacement Quiz now on Monday, December 14.
  • Heritage Minutes now due on Thursday, December 17.

English 621

• Reading Day in preparation for novel activities.
• Some due date changes!
  • Rough copy is now due on Tuesday, December 15.
  • Good copy is now due on Thursday, December 17.
• Also, when writing essays, we’ve decided that – to ensure we know what material is yours and what material is someone elses – we will place our researched material in italics so that Coffin will know which parts of your essay are in your terms and which have been summarized, paraphrased, and quoted directly from other sources.

English 521

• Reading day and/or part two novel study activities.
• Also, thanks to this class, we’ve changed the way we use in-text citations:  when we are writing our good copies, we will place our researched material in italics so that Coffin will know which parts of your essay are in your terms and which have been summarized, paraphrased, and quoted directly from other sources.

Student of the Day

• Catherine MacInnis

Canadian History 621

• Groups planned/schemed Heritage Minute videos.  During tomorrow’s class, we’ll complete our weekly discussion and time shall be provided for more time on the Heritage Minute.

English 621

• Our final library research day.  Students worked well during their library opportunities and should now begin the writing phase in preparation for Monday’s rough copy revision.
• Tomorrow:  novel discussions
• Thursday:  web quests on the second block of reading

English 521

• Peer revision of expository essays.  Good copy packages must be submitted on Thursday.
• Tomorrow:  novel discussions and in-class activities.

Students of the Day

• Mitchell Laybolt & Steven MacAdam

New link in coffinblog research:  Page Numbering (for research papers)

Canadian History 621

• Immigration quest assignments will be returned tomorrow.
• Immigration Questions must be returned today.
• Today, we began our unit on Land, Culture & Displacement.
• Tomorrow:  Heritage Minute preparation/planning/filming (if it is used wisely).

English 621

• In class activities: 
• Three-Step In-Text Activity.
• Role of the Teacher Abstract (from November 23).
• Tomorrow:  final research/writing day dedicated to the research paper.

English 521

• Page Numbering using WordPerfect or Microsoft Word.
• Who Killed Benny Paret abstract (from November 24)
• Rough copy rules and good copy rules (ask Coffin tomorrow)
• Tomorrow:  rough copy peer revision – all students must have essays printed before coming to class tomorrow.

Student of the Day

• Nathan Trainor