Monday, June 5 - Friday, June 9

Thursday
1. Complete your Term 4 blog about essays every high school should read.
2. Complete the work on the short story Memento Mori - see below (Wednesday's blog post).
3. Complete the work on the film Memento - see below.
4. Go to: https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/   - do some review for the Provincial exam.


Wednesday



1. 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?
2. Look at Collaboration space/Memento/memento film discussion questions. Working in groups of no more than 3, pick 2 questions to discuss and answer in some depth and detail in the Collaboration space. Don't forget to identify your answers with your names or student numbers. 

Tuesday
1. Watch the remainder of Memento.
2. Essay/non-fiction terms & devices: Quizlet. https://quizlet.com/168944317/english-12-terms-and-devices-flash-cards/
3. Samples of "Stand Alone" non-fiction texts from the Provincial Exam. https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/specs/grade12/en/14_sample_questions.pdf


Monday
Happy Apple II Day - June 5th

 1. REMINDER: This Thursday will be the last day to work on your essay reading/responding blog as it is due on June 8.
2. There is work to be done on Memento Mori, the short story, but hold off on it until I can get some computers - hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday.
3. Essay terms and devices.
4. Watch the rest of Memento!

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