DISCLAIMER: The following posts are meant to inform students and parents of any and all in-class assignments, homework, and evaluations. Having said that, in order to make my students' education more enjoyable, I often employ the use of jokes, tomfoolery, sarcasm, one-liners, pranks, puns, stunts, buffoonery, and wisecracks, not to mention drollery, jests, larks, mischief, shenanigans, and witticisms which, if taken out of context or if misunderstood, could result in a person being offended. This, of course, is not my intent. I'm just a teacher trying to make class fun! For further information or if you'd like to meet with me to discuss my teaching strategies, feel free to contact me at 705-647-7376.
Monday, November 2nd, 2026
With Halloween nicely out of the way, we can concentrate on Christmas which is only 53 days away! First thing on the agenda for today was grammar; click HERE for the notes and exercises on conjunctions. Please complete the exercises for Wednesday in preparation for the grammar challenge. Your next grammar quiz will be on Thursday.
After that, we started the MEGA UNIT! Click on the links below to view the documents I handed out:
2. Sociology Assignment & Topics
Stay on top of things and stay organized. Your Mega Unit life depends on it!
Tomorrow, we start reading The Handmaid's Tale!
Friday, October 30th, 2026
Back to work today after the Guerre Intergalactique yesterday! You wrote the evaluation for King Lear. Then, you had time to work on your assignments.
Next Monday, we start the MEGA UNIT! Happy Halloween!
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
We quickly discussed the ending of the play (King Lear). Then, I handed out the criteria for the Literary Essay; click HERE to view this document. Finally, Emilie's Say It Assignment led to a riveting discussion; well done, Emilie!
Enjoy the Guerre Intergalactique tomorrow! See you on Friday.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2026
After Kaleigh's and Emilie's valiant attempts at The Poem, we finished reading King Lear together. Then, Alyah presented her Say It Assignment. Tomorrow, we will review the play together in preparation for the evaluation which has been moved to this Friday. We will also talk about the Literary Essay.
Friday, October 23rd, 2026
To begin, you completed the grammar quiz. Then, Kaleigh attempted The Poem. Nice try! After that Ethan presented his Say It Assignment.
Finally, we read Act 5, Scenes 1 and 2, as well as part of Scene 3 (up to line 97) Things are heating up! We will finish King Lear together next Tuesday.
Have an awesome weekend!
Thursday, October 22nd, 2026
First up, we corrected the grammar exercises from earlier this week; click HERE to view the answers. Then, you completed the grammar challenge; click HERE to view it. Reminder - Your next grammar quiz is tomorrow.
After that, we recapped Act 4, Scenes 6 and 7 (King Lear). Finally, Kelton presented his Say It Assignment.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
Today, we read Act 4, Scenes 3 to 5 (King Lear). Then, we went to the gym to cheer on the senior boys' volleyball team!
Homework: For tomorrow, please read to the end of Act 4.
Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
First up, you completed this week's dictation; click HERE for today's words. Then, Lilly presented her Mental Illness Assignment, and Liah presented her Say It Assignment. Well done!
Tomorrow, we will continue reading King Lear.
Monday, October 19th, 2026
We started the week with a grammar lesson on prepositions; click HERE for the notes. Please complete the exercises for Thursday in preparation for the grammar challenge. Your next grammar quiz will be on Friday.
After that, Kaylee and Brooke presented their Mental Illness Assignments. Well done! Finally, we read Act 4, Scenes 1 and 2 (King Lear) together.
Friday, October 16th, 2026
After completing the grammar quiz, Brooke and Emilie attempted The Poem yet again... Sadly, they did not succeed. After that, we finished reading Act 3 (King Lear) together. What a gruesome scene 7... Let's hope none of you has nightmares this weekend...!
See you on Monday!
Thursday, October 15th, 2026
First, we corrected the grammar exercises from earlier this week; click HERE for the answers. Then, you completed the grammar challenge; click HERE to view it. Reminder - Your next grammar quiz is tomorrow!
After that, we continued our reading of King Lear.
Homework: For tomorrow, please read to the end of Act 3, Scene 4.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
To start, you wrote this week's dictation; click HERE for today's words. Then, we analyzed an example of a Literary Essay together; click HERE to view it. Finally, we had a little discussion about the new policy on attendance and participation.
Tomorrow, we will continue reading King Lear.
Tuesday, October 13th, 2026
After a lovely long weekend, we started things off with a grammar lesson; click HERE to view this document. Please complete the exercises for Thursday in preparation for the grammar challenge. Your next grammar quiz will be on Friday, October 16th.
After that, we recapped Act 2, Scenes 1 to 4 (King Lear). Tomorrow, we will continue with Act 3, Scene 1.
Friday, October 9th, 2026
Your assignments for Tuesdays with Morrie were due today. We had four presentations; well done, Lilly, Emilie, Taya, and Max! You also completed the grammar quiz.
On Tuesday, we will recap Act 2, Scenes 1 to 4.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, October 8th, 2026
To begin, we corrected the grammar exercise (click HERE to view it), and you completed the grammar challenge (click HERE to view it). Reminder - Your next grammar quiz is tomorrow.
After that, Émilie presented her Mental Illness Assignment; well done! Finally, we went to cheer on the senior girls' basketball team at the gym!
Homework: For tomorrow, please read Act 2, Scene 4 (King Lear).
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
We began with Kaleigh's Say It Assignment; well done! Then, I handed out some notes relating to hats during Shakespeare's time; click HERE to view this document. Finally, I assigned some reading for tomorrow.
Homework: For tomorrow, please read Act 2, Scenes 1 to 3 (King Lear).
Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
To start, you completed this week's dictation; click HERE for the words from today. Then, we recapped Act 1, Scenes 2 and 3 (King Lear), before reading scenes 4 and 5 together.
Monday, October 5th, 2026
First, I handed out some grammar notes on gerunds and infinitives; click HERE to view this document. Please complete the exercises for Thursday in preparation for the grammar challenge. Your next grammar quiz will be on Friday, October 9th.
After that, we read part of Act 1, Scene 2 (King Lear) together.
Homework: For tomorrow, please read to the end of Act 1, Scene 3.
Friday, October 2nd, 2026
After completing the grammar quiz, we dove into King Lear by reading Act 1, Scene 1.
Have a lovely weekend! See you on Monday.
Thursday, October 1st, 2026
October is already upon us which means that Christmas is only 85 days away! We corrected the grammar exercise first; click HERE to view it. Then, you completed the grammar challenge; click HERE to view it. Reminder - Your next grammar quiz is tomorrow!
After that, we started our King Lear unit; click on the links below:
Tomorrow, we start reading!
Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
First up, you completed the last quiz for Tuesdays with Morrie. Then, we did this week's dictation; click HERE to view the words from today. Then, I handed out some grammar notes relating to appositives; click HERE to view this document. Please complete the grammar exercises in preparation for Thursday's grammar challenge. Your next grammar quiz will be on Friday.
After that, I handed out the following documents relating to the Literary Essay:
1. Essay Notes
We will analyze the essay example together next week. Finally, you had some time to work on your own.
Reminder - I will be absent tomorrow, so you will have a free period. Take advantage of this time to get some work done! See you on Thursday.
Friday, September 25th, 2026
After completing the grammar quiz, we finished reading Tuesdays with Morrie together. What an ending!
Reminder - Your final novel quiz will be on Tuesday (since Monday is a PD Day).
Have a great long weekend!
Thursday, September 24thd, 2026
To start, we corrected the grammar exercise from Monday; click HERE to view it. Then, you completed the grammar challenge; click HERE to view it. Reminder - Your next grammar quiz is tomorrow!
After that, we read up to p. 175 (Tuesdays with Morrie) together.
Homework: For tomorrow, please read to the end of p. 180.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026
Today, we read up to p. 163 (Tuesdays with Morrie) together. Then, you had time to work on your assignments.
Reminder - If you're not further along with Fifth Business than you should be, perhaps revisit your plan of attack for this independent unit. January 15th will be here before you know it!
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026
Well... We had our first two attempts (if you can call them that!) at The Poem... Good effort, Émilie and Brooke! You also wrote this week's dictation; click HERE for today's words. Then, together, we read to the end of p. 151 and had a rather sad discussion about marriage. What a depressing way to finish the class!
Hopefully tomorrow is a better day!
Monday, September 21st, 2026
After a lovely Fall Fair weekend, we were back to work. You completed the two quizzes we had scheduled: the grammar quiz and the second novel quiz for Tuesdays with Morrie.
Then, I handed out the next set of grammar notes relating to wordiness; click HERE to view this document. Please complete the exercise for Thursday in preparation for the grammar challenge. Your next grammar quiz will be on Friday.
Finally, we read up to p. 128 (Tuesdays with Morrie) together.
Homework: For tomorrow, please read to the end of p. 141. Also, think about what you would want engraved on your tombstone!
Friday, September 18th, 2026
After my absence yesterday, we were back to work. We corrected the grammar exercises from Monday (click HERE to view the answers), and you completed the grammar challenge (click HERE to view it). Reminder - Your grammar quiz will be on Monday.
After that, Alyah presented her Mental Illness Assignment; well done, Alyah! Finally, we read a few pages (Tuesdays with Morrie) together.
Homework: For Monday, please read to the end of p. 121.
Enjoy the Fall Fair weekend!
Wednesday, September 16th, 2026
We began class by going over your first grammar quiz; click HERE for the answers. We also read up to p. 89 (Tuesdays with Morrie) together. Finally, you had a bit of time to work on your own.
Reminder - I will not be in class tomorrow. You will have the entire period to work on your many assignments. Also, please read to the end of p. 99 (Tuesdays with Morrie) for Friday.
Tuesday, September 15th, 2026
We started with a dictation; click HERE for the words from today. Then, you completed the first novel quiz for Tuesdays with Morrie. After that, we recapped the reading you had to do for today. Finally, we read up to the end of p. 72 together.
Monday, September 14th, 2026
First up, I handed out some grammar notes (click HERE to view them), and we watched a short video on parellelism. Click HERE to watch the video. Please complete the exercises for Thursday in preparation for the grammar challenge. Your next grammar quiz will be on Friday.
Then, we read up to p. 54 (Tuesdays with Morrie) together.
Homework: For tomorrow, please read to the end of p. 61.
Reminder - Your first novel quiz for Tuesdays with Morrie will be tomorrow.
Friday, September 11th, 2026
We kicked off the day with the grammar quiz. Then, we read up to p. 40 (Tuesdays with Morrie) together and had some lovely class discussions.
Homework: For Monday, please read to the end of p. 47.
Have an awesome weekend!
Thursday, September 10th, 2026
First up, we corrected the grammar exercises from Tuesday; click HERE to view this document. Then, we completed the grammar challenge; click HERE to view it. Reminder - Your first grammar quiz is tomorrow.
After that, we read up to p. 25 (Tuesdays with Morrie).
See you tomorrow!
Wednesday, September 9th, 2026
Today, we started reading Tuesdays with Morrie together (up to p. 13). Then, you had some time to work on your assignments.
Reminder - For tomorrow, complete the grammar exercises in preparation for the grammar challenge.
Tuesday, September 8th, 2026
After a nice, long weekend, we started the week with our first dictation; click HERE for the list of words from today. Then, I handed out the first set of grammar notes (Sentence Structures); click HERE to view this document. Please complete the exercises for Thursday in preparation for the grammar challenge. Your first grammar quiz will be on Friday, September 11th.
After that, we started the novel unit (Tuesdays with Morrie). Along with the three quizzes you will complete throughout this unit, you will also have a take-home assignment to complete; click HERE to view the document.
Tomorrow, we will begin reading together.
Friday, September 4th, 2026
Today, we eased into the long weekend with a fun questionnaire. Then, we discussed your answers together.
Reminder - Get started on your assignments as soon as possible. The future YOU will be thankful!
Have a lovely long weekend!
Thursday, September 3rd, 2026
Busy day! I handed out the following documents:
4. Independent Reading Assignment
5. Fifth Business Writing Assignments
6. Mental Disorder Research Assignment
7. The Poem - Bonus Assignment
You've already got lots on your plate. Don't wait to get started! Also, if you have any questions, come and me.
See you tomorrow!
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026
Welcome to EAE 4U! This semester will undoubtedly be challenging. If you are an engaged, organized, and hard-working student, you will do just fine!
Please consult this website throughout the semester, and do not hesitate to come and see me if you have any questions. I handed out the following documents today:
1. Syllabus
2. Say It Assignment & Presentation Dates
See you tomorrow!