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*No Red Ink: Misplaced Modifiers/Colons and Semicolons
*Movie…
*Streams Day so class is 10 minutes shorter…
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Tuesday October 12th, 2021
Good Afternoon!
I hope you all had a good long weekend!
*Short Story Test: Friday October 15th, 2021
*Kahoot
*Essays: Where are we at?
*We will be starting our Poetry Unit…
https://create.kahoot.it/v2/details/75de9128-f3d6-4c34-b366-6ac9f800f739
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Open in new tab *Analyzing Poetry: Choose an appropriate song –one that you connect with. You will analyze your song following the steps in the “Analyzing Poetry” resource.
a) Find the lyrics to your song –copy/paste to a word doc
b) analyze your song with the steps in analyzing poetry…
Tuesday October 11th, 2021
Hello!
I hope you all had a good long weekend!
*We will be starting our Poetry Unit…
https://create.kahoot.it/v2/details/75de9128-f3d6-4c34-b366-6ac9f800f739
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*Analyzing Poetry: Choose an appropriate song –one that you connect with. You will analyze your song following the steps in the “Analyzing Poetry” resource.
a) Find the lyrics to your song –copy/paste to a word doc
b) analyze your song with the steps in analyzing poetry…
Friday October 7th, 2021
Good Afternoon,
*Reminder: short story test next week (in case you want to start reviewing).
*Short Video on synthesis essays
*Synthesis Essays: We have been working on our essays –and yesterday I asked you to complete Body #1 and #2 of your outlines. Today, we will complete Body #3 and our conclusions.
*Share: your ideas and where you are at….
Wednesday October 6th, 2021
Good Afternoon!
*Head’s Up: Short Story Test next week
*No Red Ink: Building Compound and Complex Sentences 5-8
*Synthesis Essays: Outlines –your intro should be complete. I will give you time to work on the rest of your outline….
Wednesday October 6th, 2021
Hello!
*Reminder: Test on Thursday October 7th, 2021
*Reminder: Synthesis Essay Due on Friday October 8th, 2021
*No Red Ink: Building Compound and Complex Sentences 5-8
*Synthesis Essays?
https://create.kahoot.it/v2/details/75de9128-f3d6-4c34-b366-6ac9f800f739
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*Analyzing Poetry: Choose an appropriate song –one that you connect with. You will analyze your song following the steps in the “Analyzing Poetry” resource.
Tuesday October 5th, 2021
Good Afternoon!
*Head’s Up: short story test next week
*Synthesis Essays: Please refer to the white board. You will complete a venn diagram choosing two short stories from the ones we have read in class. You will then choose a theme of your choice that you believe the two stories have in common. From you Venn Diagram, try to find three areas that the two stories have in common with the theme of your choice.
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Tuesday October 5th, 2021
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*Reminder: Test on Thursday October 7th, 2021
*Reminder: Synthesis Essay due on Friday October 8th, 2021
*I will give you 30 minutes to work on your essays. My hope is that you will have a peer look over what you have so far and give you some feedback on the direction that you are going…..
https://create.kahoot.it/v2/details/75de9128-f3d6-4c34-b366-6ac9f800f739
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*Analyzing Poetry: Choose an appropriate song –one that you connect with. You will analyze your song following the steps in the “Analyzing Poetry” resource.
Monday October 4th, 2021
Good Afternoon!
*We will go over the venn diagram on “The Metaphor”
*Head’s Up: coming up next week….Short Story Test
-Sam the Athlete, House, Forgiveness in Families, Harrison Bergeron, The Tell Tale Heart, The Metaphor, Rules of the Game
(short story summary sheets, short story terms, application of the terms on the short stories.) You can find terms quizzes…on kahoot or quizlet..
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Monday October 4th, 2021
Hello!
*Your short story test will be on Thursday October 7th, 2021
What to prepare:
Stories on Test:
1)Identities 2) Long Long After School
3) A Teachers’ Rewards 4) The Most Dangerous Game
5) The Waltz 6) Borders
7) Dave Cooks a Turkey
-know your prose fiction terms and how to apply terms to the short stories
-Short Answers including synthesis questions between the stories
-1 new story with multiple choice and a paragraph (so review the paragraph template).
*”Dave Cooks a Turkey”: audio
https://soundcloud.com/search?q=dave%20cooks%20the%20turkey
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https://soundcloud.com/cbc-radio-one/vinyl-cafe-dave-cooks-the
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
*Synthesis Essays: You have time to work on these…