English 11

CLASS 1: JULY 5, 2016

House Keeping
Course Outline
Class Policies

House Keeping
Please fill out your textbook deposit form.
Student information (hand in)

Name (preferred), grade, school

2. Goals (education, career, where will you be in 5 years?)
3. Attitudes towards school (favorite/least favorite class;
best/worst thing about school; extra curriculars)
4. Writing Prompts:
1.

1.
2.

I learn the most when the teacher

I learn the most when I

5. Write complete sentence answers. Remember to

explain why. Double space.

Cracking the Sentence Code

Subject
What is the sentence about?
Someone/something
Always a noun or pronoun
Verb
What is the subject being/doing?
Action verbs tell what the subject is doing (to fall, to meet, etc.)
Linking verbs tell subjects condition/state of being (to be (is),
look, taste, smell, become, etc)

Practice
1. Bob met a bear.
2. A bear met Bob.
3. The bear was bulgy.
4. Unfortunately, the bulge was Bob.
5. Bears are famous for their unpredictability.
6. Meeting bears unexpectedly is risky.
7. According to an old myth, bears never run

downhill.
8. Take it from me. They do.

Exceptions to the Rule

Sometimes, subject comes after verb.
Here + to be, There + to be
Here are the test results.
Emphasis
Finally, at the end of the long, boring joke came the pathetic
punch line.
Questions
Are we there yet?

More About Verbs

No verb preceded by to is ever the verb of the

sentence.

I am not going to drive.

Helping verbs are often added to main verbs.

She is writing in her diary.
All verbs ending in ing need a helping verb.
Modifiers are not part of the verb.
Not, only, just, often, sometimes, never, etc.
I have never won the lottery.

More About Subjects

Subject is never in a prepositional phrase.
About, above, according to, after, against, under, up, with,
without, behind, below, etc.
The keyboard of your computer needs to be cleaned.
What should be cleaned?
The keyboard! Not the computer.
In case of emergency, one of the group should go to

the nearest ranger station for help.

Who should go?
One (not the group)

Multiple Subjects and Verbs

Compound subjects
Richmond and Burnaby border the city of Vancouver.
Compound verbs
I finished my pizza, drank my soda, and walked home.
Compound subject and verb
The detective and the sergeant leaped from their car and seized
the suspect.

Practice
1. The politicians of our time try in vain to change the

world but seldom try to change themselves.

2. In the opinion of many Canadians, the word
politician is synonymous with idiot.
3. Among the many types of cheese made in Canada
are Camembert, Fontina, and Quark.
4. She took piano lessons, played rep soccer, was the
captain of the field hockey team, and managed to
get straight As.

Break
9:55-10:15
Summer School Store

Note Taking Review

Why should you
take notes?

To minimize your rate

of forgetting
Dr. Walter Pauk,
Cornell University
Reading Center

Dont take notes

Forget

60 % in 14 days

Take some notes

Remember

60 %

Take organized notes and

do something with them
Remember

90-100%
indefinitely!

Note Taking Review

When should you
take notes?

Listen to lecture
Read a text
Watch a film
Group work
Need to recall

information

Cornell Note Taking

System used at:

Stanford
UCLA
Law Schools,
Cornell University
Requires the student
to review notes and
think critically after
learning has taken
place

Date/
Topic

Summary

Questions

Notes

Cornell Note Taking

What types of questions

should I place on the left

side?

Questions answered
in the notes on the
right
Questions you need
the answer
Questions teacher
might ask test
Higher level thinking
questions

Cornell Note Taking

What else could I place

on the left side?

Key terms, vocabulary

words, or dates
Diagrams or figures
Reference pages in a
text
Steps in a solution
process
Notes to myself about
actions I need to take

Cornell Note Taking

What are some good tips for

taking the notes on the right?

Write only what is most

important:
listen for repetition,
change in pace or
volume, numbering,
explicit clues (this is
important, or on the
test);
watch for gestures, or
clues to organization;
look for material being
written down by
instructor or shared in a
visual manner

Cornell Note Taking

What are some good tips for

taking the notes on the right?

Write in your own words

(paraphrase)
Write using abbreviations
(check a dictionary for
these and create your
own)
Draw a figure or diagram
Leave space where you
think you might need to
fill in info later
Use bullets, arrows, and
indenting to list key ideas
Write legibly

Cornell Note Taking

What are some good tips

for taking the notes on the

right?

Use SLANT
Maintain eye contact
with the speaker, group,
or presentation source
Nod your head at
appropriate times
Frown when you do not
understand
Ask relevant questions
Answer questions posed
by the instructor
Make a written record

Cornell Note Taking

What are the steps to taking

Cornell Notes?

Set up your page

Draw your margins
Label clearly
Take notes

Use your best strategies

Actively listen
analyze
ask questions
Review, revise, reflect
Look over notes and
highlight, edit, or add info
Write your questions and
reflection

Warm up 1
What is identity?

Warm Up 2
Group Brainstorm

Lecture: The Poncho

Sam
16 years old
Likes to be noticed

The Poncho: Problems

Coaches displeased
Sam didnt want parents

involved.
Dad had experienced
dress code problem in
the past.

The Poncho: Resolution

Sam determined in

sports.
Gained acceptance of
poncho
Wrote about poncho for
English class

The Poncho: Lessons Learned

Finding yourself
Defining yourself

The Poncho: Discussion

Why is the wearing of the poncho significant?
What does the author assert is an intense pressure point in high

school?
Some people worried that wearing the poncho would result in Sam
not being taken seriously. Do you agree with this concern? Why or
why not?
Does anyone at your school do something individualistic like Sam
wearing his poncho? If so, what do you think of this person and
what he or she does? If not, why do you think that might be?
The article implies that Sam is not Mexican. What do you think of
his choice to wear a Mexican poncho to school every Friday?
Do you agree with the author that defining yourself is the central
question of adolescence? Why or why not?
If Sam went to your school, would you want to have the poncho
passed on to you? Why or why not?

Note Taking: Feedback and Reflection

Did you have any difficulties with the activity? Please

explain.
What are some strategies to address this difficulty?

Intro to The Catcher in the Rye

What is a phony?

Shy Guy (1947)

Video Clip

Discussion
What does the narrator say is the young mans problem?
What is the problem with the young mans record player
What happens when the young man asks his father how

he (the father) fit in at the office.

Is it okay to be different? Is it really okay to be different?
What advice does Dad give the young man about fitting
in?
Consider the paradox: what does Dad say to do? What
does he say about his own experience?

Discussion: Conformists vs. Phonies

Can you define conformist?
Can you define phony?
Can you think of any contemporary examples?