Dec+12-16


 * Monday:**
 * Grade 10:** Today we discussed theme:

We read/listened to Stave 4 of A Christmas Carol and answered the following questions:
 * Period 3**



**Period Four:** Today we began an ELPA practice writing piece. We'll finish this tomorrow.

**Tuesday:** We had a good discussion today on some central themes in A Christmas Carol. As a class we debated the question: "Does an individual have the responsibility for the social welfare of his fellow man?". We responded to this and our discussion in our Writers Notebooks. We also considered the decisions Scrooge made and how they affected his future. Likewise, we considered the theme of one's ability to change and how our decisions affect our future. We heard some classmates' stories of how different decisions affected our future.
 * Grade 10**

We reviewed the questions from Stave 4, then looked at a powerpoint on theme.We began to consider some themes in A Christmas Carol, starting with how our decisions affect our future (Scrooge has a very unhappy life becasue of decisions he made as a young man, but he has the ability to change his situation).
 * Period 3**

**Period Four:** Today we finished the ELPA practice writing piece and spent some time working on our Christmas project.

**Wednesday:**
 * Grade 10:** We continued working with theme by pulling themes from different sample texts. We used two of Aesop's Fables and a poem Mr. Charters recited and worked as a class at identifying the themes.


 * Period Three:** We finished A Christmas Carol, reading Stave 5 and answering 4 questions on it. We then continued a discussion on themes, considering the question "Does an individual have the responsibility for the social welfare of his fellow man?" and responded to the discussion in by writing in our Writers Notebooks.


 * Period Four:** Today we completed an ELPA practice reading test, then worked on our Christmas project.

**Thursday:** If you were absent for today's literature circle meeting, please have your writer's notebook with your daily prepared ready to submit for marking tomorrow.
 * Grade 10:** Today we discussed symbolism:
 * Period Three:** Today we started an ELPA practice essay using the question from the 09-10 assessment. This will continue tomorrow.


 * Period Four:** Today we completed an ELPA practice reading test, then worked on our Christmas project.

**Friday:**
 * Grade 10:** Here's the story we're reading during class today:

We finished our ELPA practice essays, and looked at the poem //Birches// by Robert Frost, following up with multiple choice questions.
 * Period 3**


 * Period Four:** Today we completed an ELPA practice reading test, then worked on our Christmas project.