The Written Assignment will be marked /10 and will be using this writing rubric. You will also be marked for correctly identifying the theme as well as using examples from the story.

The Creative Assignment will be marked /15 and I will use this narrative writing rubric. You will receive 10/10 for exceeding expectations, 8/10 for fully meeting, 5/10 for minimally meeting, and 2/10 for not meeting. The remaining 5 marks will be decided upon by me, based upon your preparedness for and performance of the creative presentation.

The total mark will be combined, making the entire project /30

Letters are due ON EDUBLOG, TOMORROW AT 4PM.

Presentations of the Creative Project are due ON EDUBLOG BY LUNCH ON WEDNESDAY. If all our presentation information is on Edublog, we can use my computer to do all the presentations instead of wasting time transitioning devices.

For the Unit Test, you need to be familiar with the following stories:

• “The Sea Devil”
• “The Father”
• “The Friday Everything Changed”
• “The Veldt”
• “The Witch”
• “Borders”
• “Barney”

For one of these stories, you will have to identify the exposition, initiating event, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

You will be asked about:

• conflict
• setting
• atmosphere
• theme
• protagonist
• antagonist
• point of view

for any of the stories listed.

You will then be asked to write a character sketch for a specific character from one of the stories. A character sketch is written using proper sentences and in paragraph form. It may be one paragraph or a few small paragraphs. A character sketch uses  adjectives to describe the personality, values, and (briefly)  the physical appearance of a character. It also must use at least one of the following terms to describe the character: round, flat, dynamic, static, or stereotype.

Here is the list of short story terms I have created as we have worked throughout this unit. It is the same sheet I gave to you, including the additions I asked you to make. Compare my sheet with yours to ensure that your definitions are correct!

Short Story Terms (completed)

Here are the charts you will need to review for the test:

Review – Plot Chart

Review – Story Elements

Here is the short story we will be reading today: “Barney” by Will Stanton

To start, we will be sharing the answers to the following questions on m.socartive.com

1. Animal testing is okay. T/F
2. In order to keep ourselves healthy and safe, we must test things on animals. T/F
3. We should respect Animals because they have the power to harm us. T/F

Be prepared to explain your answers.

17/28 students in this class have handed in their Journal entries for “The Veldt”. 8/28 of you have handed in your Point of View re-write for “The Witch”. If you have not handed these assignments in, get them in now. If I do not have them by Friday, your parents will be informed that you have NHIs and NHIs WILL show up on you interim report.

There are 20 students who have not handed in the Point of View Re-write for “The Witch”

There are 11 students who have not handed in a Journal for “The Veldt”

There are still 4 people who have not handed in the short story summary for “The Father”

There are still 4 people who have not handed in the Journal for “The Father”

There are still 2 people who have not handed in the Final Copy of their letter.

If you have not handed in any of the five assignments listed above, you have one week to finish them. This is unacceptable. If you do not get these assignments in, I will begin holding students who have missing assignments in after school so that they can finish them.

Don’t forget that you also have to present your final projects next week. No exceptions. If you hand if your final project after the break, Mr. Barrington WILL wait until June to mark it and have you come in on your summer holidays to do your presentations.

Make a chart, list, or find your own digital template to analyze the Mom, the boy, the border guard, Laetitia, and Mel from Thomas King’s short story “Borders”. List some adjectives  (click for a list of adjectives to choose from) that describe their personality and provide examples from the story. In addition, provide a brief physical description of each character.

Use the list provided here – Prose Terms – to add the character terms round, flat, dynamic, static, and stock/stereotype to each character on your analysis template.

Choose one of these characters and make a “Fakebook” page on classtools.net . Fill in all the  informational sections and under the heading “About You” write a character sketch.

Remember, a character sketch is written in paragraph form and must include: specific adjectives that describe the character, examples from the story that support your choice of adjectives, the character’s morals and values, and a brief physical description.

Hi class,

Here is the story we will be reading today: Borders by Thomas King.

Before reading, please research and answer the following questions in full sentences:

1. As a member of an Aboriginal group in Canada, are you considered a Canadian citizen?
2. Do Aboriginal people follow the same procedures as Canadian Citizen when crossing the US/Canada border?
3. Has this always been the case?
4. Where does the Blackfoot band reside in Canada?
5. Where does the Blackfoot band reside in the US?

After Reading, please respond to the story by answering the following in proper sentences and paragraphs:

What do you think of the character’s actions in the story? Were they justified?