Good Afternoon,

*Head’s Up:  nearing the end of our poetry unit…Test next week –Thursday April 11th, 2024

a) poetry terms

b)  application of terms to lines of poetry/poems

c) poems we studied

Friday Writes:

1.  Life Lesson
2. Forming meaningful connections may enrich lives
3. Our journey to the future begins in the past
4. The life-changing event in my life
5. The most dramatic decision I had to make

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*We are going to take some time to do a Mid Term Reflection….

Our starting point (from my course outline at the start of the semester):  Curricular Competencies:

• The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others and the world.
• People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically and historically constructed.
• Language shapes ideas and influences others.
• Use efficient strategies for locating, recording, and organizing research information from a variety of sources.
• Select and apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to comprehend written, oral, visual and multimodal texts to guide inquiry and to extend thinking.
• Use acknowledge and citations to recognize intellectual property rights
• Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to analyze ideas within, between and beyond texts.
• Identify bias, contradictions, distortions and omissions.
• Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways.
• Express and support an opinion with evidence.
• Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences.
• Access and refine texts to improve their clarity, effectiveness, and impact.
• Use the conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation proficiently and as appropriate to the context.

From our Curricular Competencies, “I Can Statements:

Reading and Developing Ideas

I can explore the text to deepen my understanding of complex ideas.

I can explore the text to deepen my understanding of diverse ideas.

I can use the text to deepen my understanding of identity, others and world.

I can understand other people’s perspectives.

I can develop strategies to research information from a variety of sources.

I can develop strategies to record information from a variety of sources.

I can develop strategies to organize information from a variety of sources.

I can identify bias and contradictions in texts and writing.

 

Writing Goals

I can plan my writing and come up with a purpose.

I can develop and design my writing that can come up with a purpose.

I can create a meaningful text for a variety of purpose and audience.

I can write a meaningful text for a variety of purpose and audience.

I can express my ideas with evidence.

I can support my opinions with evidence.

I can respond to a text in a personal way.

I can respond to a text in a critical way.

I can respond to a text in a creative way.

I can use spelling proficiently and appropriately to the context.

I can use grammar proficiently and appropriately to the context.

I can acknowledge and use citations to recognize intellectual property rights.

I can refine texts to improve their clarity in my writing.

MId Term Reflection Spring 2024

 

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Core Competency

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Assignment:  Writing Poetry