Monday, May 29 - Thursday, June 1

Thursday
1. Work on your blog about Essays High School Students should read - it is due next Thursday,
 June 8
2. Complete the work below on the short story Memento Mori:

As you listen/read the short story, collect 3 quotes: one each related to time, memory, and identity. Please don't write on the story - use Post-its to flag quotes. Create a new page in Office 365 - call it Memento Mori, in your assignment folder, type your 3 quotes. Make sure you label the quotes as "time" or "memory".
Short story 3, 2, 1. Find an image that you think represents the story really well. Paste it onto the Office 365 page you created for the quotes. Next, you must sum up the story in 3 sentences - no analysis, just state what happened. For the 2, you must write 2 analytical/interpretive "thinking" type of comments about the story, or the main character. For the 1, you must come up with the author's theme: what is he trying to say about life, society or human behaviour?
Your last task for the short story, is to post a question into the collaboration space. There is a page in called Memento Mori. Type a question on the page and identify yourself using only your student number.
ex. #12345: What is the significance of the title Memento Mori to the short story's theme?

Wednesday

1. Quiz on drama terms & devices. We will mark in class, so use your name or your student number if you prefer.
2. Complete your work on Memento Mori. See instructions below
3. If time permits, begin watching a bit of the film Memento. 

Tuesday

1. Quiz date for drama terms and devices: https://quizlet.com/168944317/english-12-terms-and-devices-flash-cards/ is tomorrow, Wednesday, May 31st.

2. Continue! Memento mori - what does it mean? 

3. The dramatic monologue is a one-sided conversation in which the speaker is talking to someone who is present in some way, but whom we never see or hear speak.The Dramatic Monologue is a form that allows the thoughts and feelings of the speaker to be the centre of attention. The invisible partner's function is to presumably make statements and ask questions that allow for the free-flow of the speaker's thoughts.The dramatic monologue has a long history of use in poetry--especially in the work of Robert Browning. Today, you will see it at work in a short story by Jonathon Nolan, brother of Christopher Nolan (filmmaker). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqq2aSegXXI
4. As you listen/read the short story, collect 3 quotes: one each related to time, memory, and identity. Please don't write on the story - use Post-its to flag quotes. Create a new page in Office 365 - call it Memento Mori, in your assignment folder, type your 3 quotes. Make sure you label the quotes as "time" or "memory".
5. Short story 3, 2, 1. Find an image that you think represents the story really well. Paste it onto the Office 365 page you created for the quotes. Next, you must sum up the story in 3 sentences - no analysis, just state what happened. For the 2, you must write 2 analytical/interpretive "thinking" type of comments about the story, or the main character. For the 1, you must come up with the author's theme: what is he trying to say about life, society or human behaviour?
6. Your last task for the short story, is to post a question into the collaboration space. There is a page in called Memento Mori. Type a question on the page and identify yourself using only your student number.
ex. #12345: What is the significance of the title Memento Mori to the short story's theme?

Monday

The due date for your blog is June 8.

1. Set quiz date for drama terms and devices: https://quizlet.com/168944317/english-12-terms-and-devices-flash-cards/

2. Return responses to Prologue to Jumping in the River - look at one strong example from the class.

Points to remember - stick to discussing the prompt. A few of you wandered into philosophical discussions of decision making. Proofread, proofread. Errors distract and detract from what you are saying. Blend quotes - no quote dumps. Elaborate, but don't rehash each moment of the text - make 3 strong points to deal with the prompt: point, example, explanation. Don't evaluate the worth of the poem. Use terms & devices appropriate to the type of text.

3. Faulty parallelism - review!

4. Continue! Memento mori - what does it mean? 

5. The dramatic monologue is a one-sided conversation in which the speaker is talking to someone who is present in some way, but whom we never see or hear speak.The Dramatic Monologue is a form that allows the thoughts and feelings of the speaker to be the centre of attention. The invisible partner's function is to presumably make statements and ask questions that allow for the free-flow of the speaker's thoughts.The dramatic monologue has a long history of use in poetry--especially in the work of Robert Browning. Today, you will see it at work in a short story by Jonathon Nolan, brother of Christopher Nolan (filmmaker). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqq2aSegXXI
6. As you listen/read the short story, collect 3 quotes: one each related to time, memory, and identity. Please don't write on the story - use Post-its to flag quotes. Create a new page in Office 365 - call it Memento Mori, in your assignment folder, type your 3 quotes. Make sure you label the quotes as "time" or "memory".
7. Short story 3, 2, 1. Find an image that you think represents the story really well. Paste it onto the Office 365 page you created for the quotes. Next, you must sum up the story in 3 sentences - no analysis, just state what happened. For the 2, you must write 2 analytical/interpretive "thinking" type of comments about the story, or the main character. For the 1, you must come up with the author's theme: what is he trying to say about life, society or human behaviour?
8. Your last task for the short story, is to post a question into the collaboration space. There is a page in called Memento Mori. Type a question on the page and identify yourself using only your student number.
ex. #12345: What is the significance of the title?