Monday, December 4 - Friday, December 8

Friday
Happy National Christmas Tree Day!

ASK ME ABOUT THIS! http://artsclub.com/education/digital-leap

1. Peer feedback on the memoirs.
2. Brush-up/complete your memoir.
3. Self-assess your memoir using the rubric and the sample memoirs. Identify where the evidence of quality is in your memoir.

NB - This is an in-class piece of writing. Please do not work on it outside of class time. I have saved a copy of the work you have done so far. 

4. Complete any other missing work for your creative writing examples in OneNote.


Thursday


1. In-class write of a PNE/memoir



Wednesday


1. Composition prompts.
2. Writing the senses.
3. Time to draft a setting description.
4. Rubric for tomorrow's in-class write is now in OneNote.


Tuesday
Happy (?) Kramusnacht!    
In folklore, Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure described as "half-goat, half-demon",[1] who, during the Christmas season, punishes children who have misbehaved, in contrast with Saint Nicholas, who rewards the well-behaved with gifts.
1. Quickly finish going over "A Hanging" looking for how the writer writes to give you ideas for your personal narratives.
2. What makes each of the memoirs in One Note memorable/ a quality piece? Building the criteria for a memoir.
3. Sample exam composition prompts.
4. Draft an introduction to your personal narrative essay - set the scene - use one of the memoirs we have looked at as a guide for your introduction. 

 Don't forget to make sure your micro fiction is in OneNote for tomorrow's judging and prizes!!!!

 Monday

Happy National Kitten Day!

Judging of the micro-fiction stories will take place in class on Wednesday. There will be prizes for 5 stories!!!!


1. Story cubes: 
2. An introduction to memoirs: George Orwell has been in the news (well, he's dead, but one of his most famous books has been in the news recently). Why? http://www.newsday.com/long-island/sales-of-george-orwell-s-1984-up-since-trump-inauguration-1.13014308
Warning! the text we are going to read today is about a difficult subject. I have provided the class with shortened version that leaves out the most disturbing part. If you feel that you would prefer a different memoir, please speak to me privately.
3. Text annotation - during reading of the memoir, identify the following: LEVEL 1 - what is the text about? LEVEL 2 - How does the author say what he says: pathetic fallacy, atmosphere, figurative language, symbolism  LEVEL 3 - theme (message about life, society, human behaviour) - give one get one - add a symbol, something not in the text. 
4. Memoirs - examples - what makes each one of them memorable? Building criteria for a strong memoir
5. Provincial Exam - composition section 
6. Thursday or Friday - timed write of a memoir/personal narrative essay - 45 minutes. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Monday, June 19 - Thursday, June 22

Image
Thursday I will be at school by 8:00-ish tomorrow. I will have doughnuts and coffee/tea ready.  1. Read two of the synthesis pieces from a past exam. 2. Let's take a deeper look at the synthesis part of the exam. First, some tips from the experts: see below. 3. Score some of the synthesis responses from students who wrote the exam. rubric:  https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/specs/grade12/en/14_scoring_guides.pdf sample:  https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/exemplars/en_synthesis/en12-synthesis-samples.pdf Tips from the experts ie. people who have marked the exam for many years... The Synthesis Essay: Everything that pertains to the Stand-Alone text also pertains here. Most English teachers have students compare and contrast things now and then, but we would do well to teach this more directly. Essays with well-synthesized ideas have the connection between the works as their subject, and  use one text as the perspective from which to view the other...
Read more

Monday, January 11 - Friday, January 15

Friday At the beginning of the class, reading time was made available for everyone to tackle more of the Hemingway story. We will use this story to help review synthesis essays. I ran through some review of synthesis essay writing, and put a poster up in the room that shows what things to use in a synthesis essay plan. We will look at this in more detail on Monday. Thursday There is so much great literature in the world, but one writer everyone should read (in my opinion) is Hemingway. Today we did a brief bit of background on Hemingway via the Interwebs and through the depiction of him in Midnight in Paris. I read the first six pages of the story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" aloud; somehow the class deteriorated into the sounds African animals make (my fault, I think - although I do think I do a particularly strong zebra imitation). The reading assignment for tomorrow was to complete to the end of page fifteen. Wednesday Today's class was shorter ...
Read more

Monday, May 16 - Thursday, May 19

Image
Thursday Mark multiple choice for the poem response section of the poetry test. To be or not to be… 2 column note taking and personal response: Discuss the similarities and differences in the two versions you selected: were lines cut; did it matter;  setting (time and place); props; lighting/atmosphere; staging of scene (movement(s) of actor); t race Hamlet’s arguments/mood/tone of voice throughout the soliloquy. How does this Hamlet think through his question?  How does Shakespeare use imagery, diction, and meter to enhance Hamlet’s decision making process? This work is due today - self-reflection. Mel Gibson  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2TpWsPvgI Kenneth Branagh  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjuZq-8PUw0 Adrian Lester  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLAzfQDS3M David Tenant  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u8OlUS7BhU Ethan Hawke  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Up-oGfiosE Chart about film version #1 of Hamlet - due Tuesday...
Read more