May 7 - May 11




Provincial Exam: Monday, June 25
Friday
1. Kahoot - non-fiction terms & devices.
2. More practice with parallelism.
3. W3 - Finish-up "dissecting" an essay. Pay particular attention to the conclusion. We will look at "A Hanging" together.
4. Explore how to write a RECAP:  pin # eyjrloh




Thursday
1. Non-fiction terms & devices: Capture the Castle!
2. Parallelism explained.
3. Pick one of the 5 narrative essays and "dissect" it!


Wednesday

1. Non-fiction terms and devices
2. Research on your social issue for the narrative essay.



Tuesday
1. Answers to the narrative essay questions about your choice of 2 stories should be in OneNote/your folder/inquiry 3/W2 by now
2. Researching social issues - clarification.
3. Provincial exam prompts for the final section of the exam.
4. Kahoot - non-fiction terms and devices.
5. Research time.

Monday

1. Research a social issue that you could include in your narrative essay. Provide evidence of your research in W3 Learning Evidence in OneNote: provide a list of web sites and some notes. For example "A Hanging" was about the social issue of capital punishment; Dumb Kids was about the issue of segregating kids into smart classes and "slow" classes in the past; Walk to Morning was about youth mental health issues. What social issue will your narrative essay touch upon?

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