Monday, October 31st - Thursday, November 4th

Thursday
Puzzling Prof
A famous one: From what word can you drop the last four letters without changing the pronunciation? Hint: There is also a three-letter homophone for the original word.
1. Editing practice based on Plath response.
2. Peer editing of the Term 1 banned book assignment.
3. Look at a few more sample synthesis essays. Score them. Discuss differences between a "4", "5" and a "6".
4. Co-construct criteria for a synthesis essay.

 Wednesday
No class on Wednesday due to post-secondary day.

 Tuesday


Puzzling Prof
The 10-letter name of something you might order at a Chinese restaurant consists of letters that all appear in the second half of the alphabet (N to Z). It is a common food with a multi-word name. What is it?

 1. http://www.cbc.ca/books/2016/03/lit-up-reading-list.html  
& 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOkJnRxGsE
& 
http://www.cbc.ca/books/2015/08/cbc-books-reading-lists-1.html

 2. Self-reflection - work from The Bastard and Faking It.
3. Who was Andy Warhol? Today's Meet
4. Read either the Soul of Capitalism or When Canada Met Andy - whichever one you didn't read yesterday.
5. Look at some samples of synthesis essays to determine the criteria. 




2. 

 Monday
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Puzzling prof
The 12-letter name of something you would find at an airport consists of letters that all appear in the first half of the alphabet (A to M). It is a multi-word name. What is it?
1. Reading assignment for term 2? A "classic" novel.
http://www.teenink.com/opinion/all/article/48258/What-Makes-a-Classic-Novel-a-Classic/
A place to start: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/classic-literature
2. Last day for Plath responses is Friday, November 4.
3. Chiffre Chance - short story terms
4. Two essay worksheets.
5. Complete t-charts on The Bastard and Faking It. Show me. Do self reflection.
6. Who was Andy Warhol? Today's Meet - read when Canada Met Andy.
7. Read The Soul of Capitalism.
8. We will look at some examples of synthesis essays from the exam in order to learn about what a synthesis essay is, how to write one and how yours will be assessed.
9. Begin to co-construct the rubric for a quality synthesis essay.

Puzzling prof
answer: http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/2016/01/29/puzzling-professor-jan-23/

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