Good Morning,
*We have been working on the short story “Harrison Bergeron” –first we read the short story and then we watched the movie “2081”.
*Today we are going to watch the longer version of the movie “Harrison Bergeron”.
*You are to create a three-way Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting the short story, 2081, and Harrison Bergeron (movie).
Good Afternoon,
*Reminder: Quiz on Thursday February 20th on Prose Fiction terms, what is style and rhetorical devices “arguments”.
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*Synthesis essay on “Long Long After School” and “A Teachers’ Rewards” is due on Friday February 21st.
*No Red Ink: Building Compound and Complex Sentences 4-7
How Stuart McLean helped define us
What Rhetorical devices can you use to help you add humour in your writing? Refer to rhetorical devices resource and as a group, brainstorm
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?
How Stuart McLean helped define us
*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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*Reminder that your rough draft should be complete for today.
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*Peer Editing of Synthesis Essay
*Reminder that you have a quiz on Thursday February 20th on ‘arguments’, prose fiction terms, and ‘what is style’.
*The art of story telling
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/vinyl-cafe/episode/11221890
*”Dave Cooks a Turkey”: audio
https://soundcloud.com/cbc-radio-one/vinyl-cafe-dave-cooks-the
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How Stuart McLean helped define us
What Rhetorical devices can you use to help you add humour in your writing? Refer to rhetorical devices resource and as a group, brainstorm
Good Morning,
*Self-Assessment: core competencies
We will be doing a self assessment on the paragraph and the process of the paragraph for ‘Sam the Athlete’.
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Post: Use the tags given on the self-assessment Sheet In addition, use the following TAG
NelsonCCSamSpring2020
-If time internet search: How do people live in other parts of the world. Choose one country and investigate.
We are starting a new short story “Harrison Bergeron”
*Brainstorm: What are rights and freedoms that you believe every human should have?
*The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/CH37-4-3-2002E.pdf
-We will be starting a new short story “Harrison Bergeron” and we will read this aloud as a class.
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-2081
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*Reminder: your synthesis essay draft should be completed by Tuesday February 18th, 2020
*Reminder: You have a quiz on Thursday February 20th on the prose fiction terms, ‘arguments’ of rhetorical device document, and ‘what is style’ document.
-We started a new short story yesterday but didn’t get a chance to finish reading it…
Most Dangerous Game Short Story below:
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*The Most Dangerous Game: Character Chart
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*The Most Dangerous Game: Comprehension Questions
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*Allusions in “The Most Dangerous Game
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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…
Good Afternoon,
*Head’s Up: Quiz On Thursday February 20th….on short story terms, what is style and on rhetorical devices (argument section).
*No Red Ink: Building Compound and Complex Sentences Part 1-4
*On Tuesday, you had time to work on your synthesis essay outline…
Essay Questions on “Long Long After School” and “A Teachers’ Rewards”
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Compare and Contrast Essay Organizer Below
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*Reminder: your synthesis essay draft should be completed by Tuesday February 18th, 2020
Kahoots:)
-claims and arguments
-fallacies
-We are starting a new short story today
Most Dangerous Game Pre-Reading Activity below:
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Most Dangerous Game Short Story below:
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Good Morning,
Yesterday we did a short story summary for “House” then we discussed some non-fiction articles regarding housing in Greater Vancouver
*No Red Ink: Building Compound and Complex Sentences Part 1-4
*Posting our “Sam the Athlete” paragraphs to our edublog: mini lesson on posting
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/health/gallery/where-children-sleep/index.html
after-watching-a-movie-or-listening-to-a-tedtalk-or-reading-a-piece-of-literature
building-understanding-for-after-reading-literature-or-watching-a-video
Building Understanding” and connected our short story “House” to some non-fiction articles and photo depictions of how children throughout the world live. You were to choose one of these options and complete a “Building Understanding”. You have approximately 15 minutes to work on either your short story summary and/or your Building Understanding….
*We will go over the short story summary.
-This Building understanding will also be posted to your Edublog:
*Tag: BUHouseJan2020
*Self-Assessment: core competencies
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-If time internet search: How do people live in other parts of the world. Choose one country and investigate.
Good Afternoon,
*We have been working on a synthesis essay on “Long Long After School” and “A Teachers’ Rewards”.
*Rhetorical Devices and Strategies: these are terms you also need to know for a quiz
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*Essay topics for our synthesis essay
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Good Morning,
Yesterday, we read the short story “House”…I also forgot to remind you to hand in your paragraphs. Please have your paragraphs ready to go for Wednesday. Please double space your paragraph and print it off. I would also like you to post your paragraph using the Tag:
NelsonSamJan2020
I will go through how to post with you on Wednesday:)
*short story summary..
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-Non-Fiction Articles on housing
perspectives on how people live around the world…
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/health/gallery/where-children-sleep/index.html
after-watching-a-movie-or-listening-to-a-tedtalk-or-reading-a-piece-of-literature
building-understanding-for-after-reading-literature-or-watching-a-video
*Short Story Summary for “House”
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Good Afternoon,
-Create a Venn Diagram to see the similarities and differences
-Write your Thesis Statement
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