Daily Archives: September 16, 2021

Thursday September 16th, 2021

Good Afternoon,

*Reminder:  Prose Fiction Terms Quiz tomorrow

*Reminder:  “Sam the Athlete” Paragraph due tomorrow.

*Reminder:  Friday Writes #1 Draft should be uploaded to Teams tonight.

Yesterday, you did a checklist for your own paragraph.  Today we will do this checklist with a peer and get feedback.

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*On Tuesday, we read the short story “House”.

-You will work on a short story summary of this story…

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/01/26/vancouver-housing-unaffordable-study_n_9081516.html

-Non-Fiction Articles on housing

 

*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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Thursday September 16th, 2021

Hello!

*Reminder:  Friday Writes #1 draft is due tonight

*Reminder:  “Identities” Paragraph is due on Friday September 17th.

*Reminder:  Prose Fiction Terms and Rhetorical Arguments Quiz on Monday September 20th.

*We will go over the short story summary/ venn diagram for “Long Long After School”.

We will read the short story “A Teachers’ Rewards’.

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Questions for “Long Long After School” and “A Teacher’s Rewards

In groups…each group will look closely at each question and brainstorm responses…

  • Childhood events can shape who we become as adults. How are Wes and Raybe influenced and shaped by their childhood experiences?
  • Both Wes and Raybe are victims of discrimination. Explain what message the authors are saying about the harmful effects of society’s discrimination of individuals.
  • Being a teacher means there is responsibility, care and trust of one’s students. A teacher is a role-model and can influence students.  Discuss Ms. Trethway and Ms. Scofield and their influence on their students.

-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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*The Most Dangerous Game:  Character Chart

*The Most Dangerous Game:  Comprehension Questions

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*Allusions in “The Most Dangerous Game

“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…