Monday, January 9 - Thursday, January 12


Thursday
http://incoherency.co.uk/countdown/practise/
1. Read your novel.
2. Have a look at past provincial exams if you haven't already done so. Work with a partner and complete all the multiple choice questions from the 2011-12 exam. Record your answers on the hand out I will give you. Mark your answers using the key provided on the web site. 
3. Drama terms & devices: Greek tragedies - the foundation of modern theatre - have a look at this Ted-ed animation - it's only 5 minutes long. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjLrMxO4cys
4. Drama terms & devices: Greek comedies - begin the video at 2:00 - the first part of the clip is not about comedies so skip it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-BvMbfkxcc
5. Socrative - to practice drama terms.
6. 250 words - Writer's Bootcamp - Today's prompt is: Important things endure over time.

Wednesday
A new word puzzle/game/activity! SO EXCITED!
http://incoherency.co.uk/countdown/practise/
1. Read your novel. 
2. Run through your thoughts regarding the personal narrative essay gathered from the I Witness article. 
3. Some more writing tips related to PNEs (personal narrative essays)  http://www.cbc.ca/radio/writersandcompany/the-art-of-writing-memoir-1.3651454
4. Score some student examples of PNEs from past provincial exams. Prompt: Positive connections with older generations can enrich our lives. https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/exemplars/en_oc/en12-comp-sp.pdf
rubric
https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/exemplars/en_oc/09_ques_rubric.pdf
5. Drama - terms and devices - farce, melodrama, pathos, prologue, epilogue, tragedy, comedy
A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyqVn0ZpuCE
B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4XyzIJjBlA - start at :15
C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAlyHUWjNjE AND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t6bLugtJkQ
D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UubjlL4AH4s
E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xluKsjEjTc
6. Socrative - to practice drama terms & devices.

Tuesday
1.     Read “classic” novel for first 10 minutes.
2.     Complete reading the essay about personal narrative essays. Continue recording on the blank rubric (handed-out last week) what are some of the ideas/content for a personal narrative essay. Paraphrase and/or use quotes. For example: uses 1st person, contains “a little parcel of truth”(p. 6). Hand-in the rubric with student name on it at the end of the class. Work in pairs or threes to gather ideas, but each student should hand in a rubric.
3.     Read the second of the two sample personal narrative essays that I gave out yesterday. Label this one, the one that begins, “The gruff voice…” as example “B”. Use the yellow sheet from Monday called Grade 12 PNE – Evidence of Quality and once again in pairs assess how well you think the writer of the second example has done with the criteria on the sheet: circle “very much,” “somewhat,” or “not at all.”
4.     Day 1 of Writer’s Bootcamp! In preparation for the composition section of the final exam, try writing 250 words on the following prompt: Challenging circumstances lead to positive actions. FIRST, read this blog post: http://ajjuliani.com/improve-writing-10-quick-lessons/

5.     For your 250 words today, you are going to try to write a personal narrative type piece, not an essay or a short story. Draw on you your own experiences, or the experiences of others. Think about the two examples that you looked at and think about the Evidence of Quality criteria items. You can disagree with the prompt. Write on lined paper. Hand-in at the end of class. This is practice! I will read it, but I will not grade it.



Monday

Hink Pink - short sorrow

1. Reading time for classic novel.
2. Drama terms: monologue, soliloquy, dramatic monologue, aside.
Marc Anthony - Julius Caesar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xr2KfQ-K00
House of Cards - Frank Underwood - start :57
Hamlet

3. Blog links section for exam help
4. Look at the 2012 exam online. How much are the following sections worth? Stand alone text response ________ ?  synthesis essay _______ ?  composition _________- ?
5. Complete reading "I Witness" - as I read it, record ideas/content that make a strong PNE (personal narrative essay).
6. Fractal partners: Read a sample student PNE - use the Evidence of Quality sheet to assess it.
7. 250 words - Writer's Bootcamp.

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