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*Reminder:  Your synthesis essays were due yesterday…

In groups, look for devices and humour used in Stuart MacLean’s “Dave Cooks a Turkey”.  On office 365 or whatever you may choose, find examples of humour throughout the short story.  What techniques did Maclean use to create humour?

https://youtu.be/doKRZM_Uvko

https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/rudyk-stuart-mclean-helped-define-whats-great-about-being-canadian

*Quick search: The role of men and women in the Victorian Era…What would it have been like to be a man or a woman living during the Victorian Era?  Search out the history of this time period then answer this question….

*Read aloud the short story “The Waltz”.

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*Write a few paragraphs from the short story “The Waltz” but from the perspective of the man 🙂

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*No Red Ink:  Embedding Quotations and MLA

“The Most Dangerous Game”:  Writing activity.   This story ends with an indeterminate ending.  Write a paragraph that would continue after the last paragraph of the story to illustrate how you see the story would go…Anyone want to read their story aloud?!

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/vinyl-cafe/episode/11221890

*”Dave Cooks a Turkey”: audio

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https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/rudyk-stuart-mclean-helped-define-whats-great-about-being-canadian

What Rhetorical devices can you use to help you add humour in your writing?  Refer to rhetorical devices resource and as a group, brainstorm ideas.

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*Today we will start out with peer edit of our synthesis essay on “A Teachers’ Rewards” and “Long Long After School”.

*Reminder:  Synthesis Essays are Due Tuesday.  Please bring in a PAPER copy of your essay.

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“The Most Dangerous Game”:  Writing activity.   This story ends with an indeterminate ending.  Write a paragraph that would continue after the last paragraph of the story to illustrate how you see the story would go…

*The art of story telling

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/vinyl-cafe/episode/11221890

*”Dave Cooks a Turkey”: audio

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*Today we will start out with peer edit of our synthesis essay on “A Teachers’ Rewards” and “Long Long After School”.

*Reminder:  Synthesis Essays are Due Tuesday.  Please bring in a PAPER copy of your essay.

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Good Morning!

*Reminder:  Quiz on short story terms, what is style, and rhetorical devices (arguments) on Thursday February 21st, 2019.

We will be doing a Friday Write on a Wednesday 🙂

•  An experience that taught me you to appreciate life more
• The most embarrassing experience of your life.

when you are done this, you may continue to work on your synthesis essay.

*If time, we will finish reading “The Most Dangerous Game”