Month: May 2020

 

Hi everyone,

Here is the schedule for this week.  This week’s literary element is Point of View.  We will look deeper at point of view and how it impacts our understanding of the story on Wednesday (tomorrow).

Tuesday:

• Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

• Read Section 6: Chapter 32-up to, not including 50.
• We have two more sections after this (just the way the chapter split went and our pace allowed for us to eliminate section 9), so we are heading toward the climax.  Predictions?
• Make sure you rotate your role before beginning.  Everyone should have completed all roles now, how can you improve?

Wednesday:

• Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

• Please update your literary element log with a brief description of the types of POV and evidence from the story.
• Point of View:
• Indian Horse:

Thursday:

• Lit circle discussions. Please confirm with your group that everyone is able to be in attendance. After 1 missed discussion, you will lose 5 marks for each one missed after that.

Hi everyone, here is the week’s schedule.  This week’s literary element is brought to you  by point of view.  We will look deeper at point of view and how it impacts our understanding of the story, on Wednesday.

Tuesday: Read section 6, from “My Sister Sends Me a Letter” up to and including “A Partridge in a Pear Tree”.  We are leading up to the climax.

A Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

B Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

C Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

 

 

Wednesday: Today we will focus on Point of View.  Please record the basic definition in your literary element log, and using specific examples from the story, explain how the perspective of “True Diary” helps the reader understand the plot, conflict, etc. of the story.

A Block : Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

B Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

C Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

Thursday

Lit Circle Discussions:

Please confirm your times.  Check your schedule.  You are allowed to miss one (if you have your work up on teams).  After that, it is minus 5 marks for each one missed without permission.

 

 

Hi everyone,

Here is the schedule for this week.  This week’s literary focus is plot.

Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

Monday- Reading Chap 27 p.112-Chap 32 p.137

Rotate your roles and enjoy

Tuesday – Plot- the events in the story.  What are some of the key events (rising action) so far?  We are heading toward the climax, any predictions?  Please fill out your literary elements log with a point form plot diagram.

Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

Thursday discussion time.

 

Hi everyone,

Here is the schedule for this week.  This week’s literary focus is plot.

A Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

B Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

C Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

Monday: Reading “Hunger Pains” to “Don’t Trust Your Computer” about 25 pages

Make sure you switch your roles, you may be on the final one, or back to the one you began with.

Tuesday: This week’s literary focus is PLOT.  We have discussed what the initiating incident is, can you look at what might be some events for the rising action?  If you were to draw a plot diagram (Freytag’s Pyramid).  What are the key events you would add? Either in a diagram, or point form please add to this week’s literary log, you will not be able to finish it yet as we have not reached the climax.

A Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

B Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

C Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

 

Thursday: Lit Circle Discussions. Is everyone ok to use the same time slot?

 

 

Hi everyone,

Here is the schedule for this week:

Monday, May 4th

Read Section 4: Chap 20-27

Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

Tuesday, May 5th

Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

Rotate roles, complete work for Discussion #4

This week’s literary focus is conflict!

Today is a work block to get ready for Discussion #4, but let’s review about conflict and then update your literary log.  What is conflict again?

Conflict is the struggle between opposing forces and forms the basis of the plot.  There are often layers of conflict in a story, such as in “Indian Horse”

person vs ____________________ : example from the story

Please update your literary element log.

Thursday, May 7th

Lit Circle Discussions

Hi everyone,

Here is the schedule for this week.  This week’s literary focus will be brought to you by, conflict and we will discuss that on Tuesday!

Monday, May the 4th,

A Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

B Block  Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

C Block Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

Monday’s Reading Schedule: Hallowe’en – Thanksgiving (about 25 pages)

You will be rotating the roles forward, please do a check in with your group to ensure everyone understands new role. I will be collecting these on Thursday.

Last week, I asked you to choose a character to characterize, and come to understand greater through their actions, impact on others, and things they say or thing.  You should have filled out your chart using the STEAL method and now have some evidence direct from the story, and an impression in your head as to what that character is like.

The next step is taking that research and creating a well written paragraph that outline your chosen character.  Through some of the character’s actions, effect on others, thoughts, etc., you should have some descriptors, or adjectives to describe this character.  This should form your topic sentence.  Your written evidence is the ‘sketch’, not drawn, but a written descriptor of what he/she is like.  You should have at least one quote from the story. Here are some documents to help you.  This paragraph will be due Friday, you will upload it to teams, but also your blog.

Tuesday, May 5th

A Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

B Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

C Block: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

I am sending out confirmation of your group’s time for the discussion on Thursday, can everyone confirm.

Today is a work block to get ready for Discussion #4, but let’s review about conflict and then update your literary log.  What is conflict again?

Conflict is the struggle between opposing forces and forms the basis of the plot.  There are often layers of conflict in a story, such as “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian”.

Write a conflict statement for your literary log this week: The conflict in “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” is _______________ ______________________ and is person vs __________________ because  “example from story here”.

Complete your role for this week, please ask me if you have any questions.

Thursday, May 7th

Discussions!  I will be setting up a schedule this week.

Your first 4 sets of notes are now due after your discussion.