English 12

Thursday “ The Soul of Capitalism. ”   After reading,  Applications :  list 3   topics the text deals with.  What are some  "tells"  for the theme of a text? For each topic, come up with a theme statement.  Synthesis essays  - what are they? Analysis/interpretation.  1st get familiar with the question: verbs and keywords.  2nd read the context info.  3rd read with a pencil in hand. Read and label.  4th always make an outline - that is why the gods created the T-chart.  What makes a quality  Synthesis Essay?  We will look at the rubric, and score some student examples. Rubric:  https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/grade12/english/release/key/1213en_pk.pdf Using examples of student papers that scored  “6”, we will pull out what makes them  quality  synthesis essays.  Examples:   https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/exemplars/en_synthesis/en12-synthesis-samples.pdf Self-reflec...

Wednesday Don't forget to talk to me about a draft 2 of your No Canada response if you scored below 15/30. Edit sheet based on errors in No Canada response paragraphs. -  QUIZ MONDAY Briefly discuss "When Canada Met Andy." Why are we reading this? Warhol's art vs Hap's art. Groups of 4, MIPs on placemat. Decide on BIG IDEA and place it in the center. Walk around review. Next text to read “The Soul of Capitalism.” Before reading: Walkabout review - Recollections - What is capitalism? During reading: Insights into Hap’s character based on his progress through the art gallery. After reading: Applications,  theme and theme “tells." Challenge your “elbow partner” to a parallelism smack down @   http://www.chompchomp.com/structure01/structure01.01.htm   Take turns answering the questions. Keep score… I might have something for winners : ) Warhol's art: http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/sculptures-statues-figures/...

Friday 1. Identify the evidence of quality on the paragraph you wrote yesterday. Circle the standards description that best fits for your ideas, organization, word choices, conventions. Write a comment about where you point out something you think you did well, and something still need to work to improve. Hand in again. 2. Chart on the Canadian Voice - see template in the links section of this blog 3. Game to practice essay/non-fiction terms and devices for the exam Thursday We were in 506 today to complete our first in-class write. Read the text, "No Canada. ”  In paragraph form and in a least 150 words, respond to this prompt: Discuss Marche ’ s use of persuasive techniques in the text  “ No Canada. ”  Support your response with specific references to the text. The rubric for the response has been provided - read it carefully. Your completed response is due at the end of this class. You will not be able to take the  response  home to finish i...

Friday At the beginning of the class there was some time to read your banned book. Next, there was some time to work on the embedding quotes sheet. For the remainder of the class, we did a review game to practice essay/no-fiction terms and devices. Thursday Here are the notes that were up on the screen for today's class. We did not end up doing item #2. 3 O’Clock partners - continue working on quote blending 10 minutes. You should have completed to the end of question 7 by today. Parallelism - return work from yesterday. Questions? Do the new exercise and then give it to a classmate to mark. Review your corrections.  Pardon Me I'm Canadian - work in the folders is incomplete - if not shown to me tomorrow during silent reading, you are to report to Room 100 at lunch Monday or Tuesday to complete it. Rick Mercer - I found little to no evidence of this work in the folders.  Rick Mercer - skim read backgrounder on blog - NEW! provide 10 facts in point form as ev...

Friday We did some more practice embedding quotes with partners at the beginning of the class. Next we did a roudy game of Kahoot related to non-fiction terms and devices. At the end of the class, I assigned a t-chart plan for a response. The topic was to evaluate how you think the author of "Pardon Me, I'm Canadian" would respond to the news item (see link) below. The top of the t-chart should contain your thesis statement and in the chart you should outline at least 3 points you would make to support your thesis, and 3 pieces of evidence (quotes with page numbers in brackets) you would use as examples. This work is due on Tuesday. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/malaysia-detains-2-canadians-among-4-westerners-for-naked-pose-on-mountain-1.3107273 Thursday At the beginning of the class there was time to read for those who have their banned book already; for those who have not selected a novel, there was time to research. We returned to embedding quotes and did som...

Welcome to Ms. Adams’ English 12 Class THE   BIG   IDEAS for English 12 • Text and story deepen understanding of complex and abstract ideas. • The exploration of text and story deepens understanding of one’s identity, others and the world. • People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives. • Texts are socially, culturally, geographically and historically constructed. • Language shapes ideas and influences others. What counts in this class? Observations, conversations, products: Potentially everything you do, say, or create counts. You will generate potential evidence of learning every day in class. It will be up to you to show your learning and provide evidence that you understand the BIG ideas listed above. This will include, but not be limited to, paragraphs, essays, oral presentations, and tests. You will use a folder to collect your evidence. At various points during the semester we will review the evidence you hav...