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  • A. Writing 12
    • 2017 -2018 Term Assignments for WR12: Term 1 (T1), Term 2 (T2), and Term 3 (T3)
    • A Humument – a modeling assignment based on Tom Phillips Technique of Altering Text
    • a1. For next class … DON’T FORGET!
    • Essay on Nuts and Bolts — verb use and ‘show not tell’
    • Foncie’s Photos …
    • Help links for tumblr
    • How to Write A Query Letter
    • January 2017 — letters, one sentence stories and more …
    • Purchase Student Written Anthologies HERE
    • Script Writing: Stage vs. Film etc.
    • Story Boards
    • Template for doing Journal on Computer (for those with educational need to do so)
    • tumblrs 2016-2017 follow each other!
    • Useful links to help you along the way …
    • WR12 View Finder Assignment
    • WR12 Writing Assignment #1 — Where the World Began by Margaret Laurence (1971)
    • WR12: Submitting to New Shoots March 10th, 2017
    • Writer’s Block Breakers!
    • Writing Contests and Publishing Opportunities
      • Writing Contests
  • A. Byng Arts English 8
    • 2018 BYNG ARTS 8 Term 3 Projects and Deadlines AND Homework
    • Answers to the “Test as Worksheet”
    • Background to William Shakespeare
    • Book Card setup and grading
    • Byng Arts EN8 2016-2017 Short Story Unit
      • “Cranes Fly South” homework
        • Improving “Cranes Fly South” theme analysis paragraph
      • “Sentry” by Fredrick Brown
      • Elements of the Short Story
      • Embedding/Using Quotations to support your position
      • How to Write a Theme Statement
    • Byng Arts English 8 Extra Writing Help for Literary Analysis (TERM 3 2016-2017)
    • Grammar
    • Grammar Notes from Class
    • How to write about literature Template _Romeo and Juliet_ Q1 Example
    • Journey Wheel Project: Here is a TAG structure you can use for your Journey Wheel Paragraphs (on the project)
    • Link to No Fear Shakespeare
    • Melanie Jackson Mystery Unit including Required Reading: “The Case of the Perfect Maid” and Assignment
    • MyEdBc BC Family Portal Instructions
    • myedbc login help
    • On-Line Wikispace Lit Circles
      • Lit Circles ONLINE
    • Poetry Unit May-June 2017
      • “This is just to say” modeling assignment.
      • 1. POETRY EN8 BA Poetry ‘must know terms and forms’
      • Petrarchan Sonnet and Literary Devices and Terms supplemental List June 6 and 7, 2017
    • R and J : The Characters in Romeo and Juliet – Character Test Prep and In-Class Prep
    • R and J: Improving Literary Analysis: Things to Remember
    • R and J: Romeo and Juliet/Freytag Paragraph homework
    • Romeo and Juliet In-class Writing
    • Short Story Homework
    • Star Wars In the Classroom — an amazing site to help us on our Mono Myth Journey
  • A. English 11 Enriched
    • “Allegory of the Cave” and Oedipus Rex Critical Thinking Questions
    • “Ulysses” and “Hercules and Antaeus” Synthesis Essay Sample
    • 2016-17 EN11E Aritsotle Theme Analysis Prezi or Power Point: Oedipus Rex
    • 2017-2018 Oedipus/Aristotle Analysis In-Class Progressive wirte.
    • A1. Getting ready for the EN11 Midyear Exam
    • Assign #1 Elements of Tragedy as Shown in _Oedipus Rex_
    • EN11E Some Mid Year help notes from extra session
    • Great Definition of Analysis vs. Synthesis
    • Plato, Aristotle, Socrates
    • Prezi: Throne of Blood + second Macbeth Film + Shakespeare + Which would Aristotle prefer?
    • The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
      • The Go-Between Resources from ‘Mr. Henneman’s Language and Literature Pages’ out of the UK
    • What you can bring into your progressive in-class
    • _Macbeth_: Resources to assist your studies
  • A1 Lord Byng’s English Courses Flow Chart (created by Ms. C. Pitchford-Yeung)
  • About
  • Analysing Film
  • Blog of Student Work
  • Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • Book Card: How to set up and how it will be graded
  • Elements of the Short Story Definitions
  • Exam “Stuff” — Mid Year, Provincial, General
    • BC Ministry of Education: Provincial Exams on line
  • For online reference: Course Outlines, Rubrics, Plagiarism Form, and Book Card Grading
  • Freytag’s Pyramid Graph from Ms. Hughes
  • FUN English-y Things from Around and About
  • Grammar, language & usage
    • Grammar Resource on Study and Exam dot Com
  • How to do an Essay Title Page and First Page
  • Literary Analysis
  • Literary Terms and Devices
  • Ms. Hughes’ Book Binding Material Recommendations
  • Mythology Unit Materials
  • OWL (On Line Writing Lab) Purdue
  • poetry EN12 TP-CASTT
    • Spring 2012 EN12 Poetry Overview
  • READING!
  • Rubric Online Lit Circle Space
    • Byng Arts English 8 Wiki Space
  • Shakespeare
  • Student Anthologies Available from blurb.com
  • Study Helpers
  • The Novel
  • TPCASTT Template
  • Wikis from Ms. Hughes’s Room
  • Writing 12 Genre Help
  • Writing Resources
  • “Hills Like White Elephants” –Setting
  • “In a Grove” Group work Focus Questions Assigned 7 December, 2015
  • “The Loons” — Homework Questions Assigned on 4th November, 2015
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
  • Hills Like White Elephants — 29 Oct notes and homework
  • The Ebro Valley
  • The Loons — what is a loon? what is a symbol
  • The Ultimate Safari –notes and questions from 27 October, 2015
  • 1.Provincial Prep — June 2015
  • Art of Short Fiction
  • BC Ministry of Education English 12 Terminology
  • Class Anthology Task list and assignment info.
  • Here is the link to the Grad Survey for the Annual — Do it!!
  • Literary Terms Definitions from OWL Purdue
  • Othello
  • Poetry EN12: 2015-2016 Notes from Class
  • Point of View — from Lexiconic.net
  • Rashomon Movie Link
  • Rashomon Project
  • Rashomon Sample Prezi from previous year
  • Sample Synthesis Papers from English 12 Provincial Exam Exemplars
  • Artist Statement Requirements
  • Short Stories On-line to download for our Short Story Unit
  • EN12 Provincial TERMS and DEVICES etc. to REVIEW
  • Quiz from 26 May, 2016 — Study for do-over!
  • Rashomon online streaming for free
  • Sonnets

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    • A. Writing 12
      • 2017 -2018 Term Assignments for WR12: Term 1 (T1), Term 2 (T2), and Term 3 (T3)
      • A Humument – a modeling assignment based on Tom Phillips Technique of Altering Text
      • a1. For next class … DON’T FORGET!
      • Essay on Nuts and Bolts — verb use and ‘show not tell’
      • Foncie’s Photos …
      • Help links for tumblr
      • How to Write A Query Letter
      • January 2017 — letters, one sentence stories and more …
      • Purchase Student Written Anthologies HERE
      • Script Writing: Stage vs. Film etc.
      • Story Boards
      • Template for doing Journal on Computer (for those with educational need to do so)
      • tumblrs 2016-2017 follow each other!
      • Useful links to help you along the way …
      • WR12 View Finder Assignment
      • WR12 Writing Assignment #1 — Where the World Began by Margaret Laurence (1971)
      • WR12: Submitting to New Shoots March 10th, 2017
      • Writer’s Block Breakers!
      • Writing Contests and Publishing Opportunities
        • Writing Contests
    • A. Byng Arts English 8
      • 2018 BYNG ARTS 8 Term 3 Projects and Deadlines AND Homework
      • Answers to the “Test as Worksheet”
      • Background to William Shakespeare
      • Book Card setup and grading
      • Byng Arts EN8 2016-2017 Short Story Unit
        • “Cranes Fly South” homework
          • Improving “Cranes Fly South” theme analysis paragraph
        • “Sentry” by Fredrick Brown
        • Elements of the Short Story
        • Embedding/Using Quotations to support your position
        • How to Write a Theme Statement
      • Byng Arts English 8 Extra Writing Help for Literary Analysis (TERM 3 2016-2017)
      • Grammar
      • Grammar Notes from Class
      • How to write about literature Template _Romeo and Juliet_ Q1 Example
      • Journey Wheel Project: Here is a TAG structure you can use for your Journey Wheel Paragraphs (on the project)
      • Link to No Fear Shakespeare
      • Melanie Jackson Mystery Unit including Required Reading: “The Case of the Perfect Maid” and Assignment
      • MyEdBc BC Family Portal Instructions
      • myedbc login help
      • On-Line Wikispace Lit Circles
        • Lit Circles ONLINE
      • Poetry Unit May-June 2017
        • “This is just to say” modeling assignment.
        • 1. POETRY EN8 BA Poetry ‘must know terms and forms’
        • Petrarchan Sonnet and Literary Devices and Terms supplemental List June 6 and 7, 2017
      • R and J : The Characters in Romeo and Juliet – Character Test Prep and In-Class Prep
      • R and J: Improving Literary Analysis: Things to Remember
      • R and J: Romeo and Juliet/Freytag Paragraph homework
      • Romeo and Juliet In-class Writing
      • Short Story Homework
      • Star Wars In the Classroom — an amazing site to help us on our Mono Myth Journey
    • A. English 11 Enriched
      • “Allegory of the Cave” and Oedipus Rex Critical Thinking Questions
      • “Ulysses” and “Hercules and Antaeus” Synthesis Essay Sample
      • 2016-17 EN11E Aritsotle Theme Analysis Prezi or Power Point: Oedipus Rex
      • 2017-2018 Oedipus/Aristotle Analysis In-Class Progressive wirte.
      • A1. Getting ready for the EN11 Midyear Exam
      • Assign #1 Elements of Tragedy as Shown in _Oedipus Rex_
      • EN11E Some Mid Year help notes from extra session
      • Great Definition of Analysis vs. Synthesis
      • Plato, Aristotle, Socrates
      • Prezi: Throne of Blood + second Macbeth Film + Shakespeare + Which would Aristotle prefer?
      • The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
        • The Go-Between Resources from ‘Mr. Henneman’s Language and Literature Pages’ out of the UK
      • What you can bring into your progressive in-class
      • _Macbeth_: Resources to assist your studies
    • A1 Lord Byng’s English Courses Flow Chart (created by Ms. C. Pitchford-Yeung)
    • About
    • Analysing Film
    • Blog of Student Work
    • Bloom’s Taxonomy
    • Book Card: How to set up and how it will be graded
    • Elements of the Short Story Definitions
    • Exam “Stuff” — Mid Year, Provincial, General
      • BC Ministry of Education: Provincial Exams on line
    • For online reference: Course Outlines, Rubrics, Plagiarism Form, and Book Card Grading
    • Freytag’s Pyramid Graph from Ms. Hughes
    • FUN English-y Things from Around and About
    • Grammar, language & usage
      • Grammar Resource on Study and Exam dot Com
    • How to do an Essay Title Page and First Page
    • Literary Analysis
    • Literary Terms and Devices
    • Ms. Hughes’ Book Binding Material Recommendations
    • Mythology Unit Materials
    • OWL (On Line Writing Lab) Purdue
    • poetry EN12 TP-CASTT
      • Spring 2012 EN12 Poetry Overview
    • READING!
    • Rubric Online Lit Circle Space
      • Byng Arts English 8 Wiki Space
    • Shakespeare
    • Student Anthologies Available from blurb.com
    • Study Helpers
    • The Novel
    • TPCASTT Template
    • Wikis from Ms. Hughes’s Room
    • Writing 12 Genre Help
    • Writing Resources
    • “Hills Like White Elephants” –Setting
    • “In a Grove” Group work Focus Questions Assigned 7 December, 2015
    • “The Loons” — Homework Questions Assigned on 4th November, 2015
    • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    • Hills Like White Elephants — 29 Oct notes and homework
    • The Ebro Valley
    • The Loons — what is a loon? what is a symbol
    • The Ultimate Safari –notes and questions from 27 October, 2015
    • 1.Provincial Prep — June 2015
    • Art of Short Fiction
    • BC Ministry of Education English 12 Terminology
    • Class Anthology Task list and assignment info.
    • Here is the link to the Grad Survey for the Annual — Do it!!
    • Literary Terms Definitions from OWL Purdue
    • Othello
    • Poetry EN12: 2015-2016 Notes from Class
    • Point of View — from Lexiconic.net
    • Rashomon Movie Link
    • Rashomon Project
    • Rashomon Sample Prezi from previous year
    • Sample Synthesis Papers from English 12 Provincial Exam Exemplars
    • Artist Statement Requirements
    • Short Stories On-line to download for our Short Story Unit
    • EN12 Provincial TERMS and DEVICES etc. to REVIEW
    • Quiz from 26 May, 2016 — Study for do-over!
    • Rashomon online streaming for free
    • Sonnets

    Grammar

    Here is a very useful glossary of grammatical terminology (definitions and examples). Click HERE.

    Here is a useful list of prepositions.

    Here is a REALLY useful and reader friendly grammar site: GRAMMAR GIRL

    Here is the Grammar Girl link for simple, compound and complex sentences. Click HERE.

    Click here for grammar notes re: 17 March, 2011.

    Here is what we are doing until the 7th … AND info about the in-class writing.

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