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Monthly Archives: October 2024
Wednesday October 16th, 2024
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*No Red Ink: Introductory paragraphs, Thesis Statements, and topic sentences
*Yesterday we looked at the three poems, “What do I remember of the Evacuation,” “Walking on Both Sides of an Invisible Border”, and “Caged Bird”.
*Venn Diagram: 3 way Venn Diagram –“Analyzing Poems”
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*Analyzing Poems: In groups, you will be going through the analyzing poetry resource and applying it to the three poems we studied: “Walking on two Sides of the Border”, “What do I remember of the Evacuation”, and “Caged Bird”. We will do this on larger paper so we can post/gallery walk
Tuesday October 15th, 2024
Good Morning!
*Last week we worked on analyzing our own songs. This should be complete now…
Poetic devices Practice: here is a worksheet to work on to practice identifying some of our devices.
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Read the poem “What do I Remember of the Evacuation”
* “What Do I Remember of the Evacuation”
http://www.joykogawa.ca/what-do-you-remember-of-the-evacuation.html
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*After knowing more about that Japanese internment and the author, what meaning does this add to the poem itself?
*Go through the analyzing poetry resource for “What do I Remember of the Evacuation.”
*After knowing more about that Japanese internment and the author, what meaning does this add to the poem itself?
http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/09/22/history-sept-22-1988-apology-to-japanese-canadians-of-wwii/
https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ePubFaShRacRedJap.pdf
https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/walking-both-sides-invisible-border
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*What did we learn about Residential Schools?
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*Analyzing Poems: In groups, you will be going through the analyzing poetry resource and applying it to the three poems we studied: “Walking on two Sides of the Border”, “What do I remember of the Evacuation”, and “Caged Bird”. We will do this on larger paper so we can post/gallery walk
Friday October 11th, 2024
Good Morning,
*Friday Writes:
1) The pursuit of freedom involves change.
2) A good life does not have to be complex.
3) Create your own topic and surprise me!
*Synthesis Essay: Due last night!
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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 a ‘school appropriate’ song.
b) Copy/paste the lyrics to your song to a Word Doc.
c) Go through your song following ‘Analyzing Poetry’ resource.
d) If you see a poetic device, highlight and label on your lyrics.
e) watch the music video; is there anything that this adds/detracts from the meaning of your song?
Poetic devices Practice: here is a worksheet to work on to practice identifying some of our devices.
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I am hoping to be here with you on Wednesday to start these poems…if you still have time, start to read the poem “What do I Remember of the Evacuation”
* “What Do I Remember of the Evacuation”
http://www.joykogawa.ca/what-do-you-remember-of-the-evacuation.html
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*After knowing more about that Japanese internment and the author, what meaning does this add to the poem itself?
*Go through the analyzing poetry resource for “What do I Remember of the Evacuation.”
*After knowing more about that Japanese internment and the author, what meaning does this add to the poem itself?
http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/09/22/history-sept-22-1988-apology-to-japanese-canadians-of-wwii/
https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ePubFaShRacRedJap.pdf
https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/walking-both-sides-invisible-border
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*What did we learn about Residential Schools?
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*Analyzing Poems: In groups, you will be going through the analyzing poetry resource and applying it to the three poems we studied: “Walking on two Sides of the Border”, “What do I remember of the Evacuation”, and “Caged Bird”. We will do this on larger paper so we can post/gallery walk
Thursday October 10th, 2024
Good Morning
*Synthesis Essay: Due Thursday October 10th, 2024
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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 a ‘school appropriate’ song.
b) Copy/paste the lyrics to your song to a Word Doc.
c) Go through your song following ‘Analyzing Poetry’ resource.
d) If you see a poetic device, highlight and label on your lyrics.
e) watch the music video; is there anything that this adds/detracts from the meaning of your song?
Poetic devices Practice: here is a worksheet to work on to practice identifying some of our devices.
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I am hoping to be here with you on Wednesday to start these poems…if you still have time, start to read the poem “What do I Remember of the Evacuation”
* “What Do I Remember of the Evacuation”
http://www.joykogawa.ca/what-do-you-remember-of-the-evacuation.html
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*After knowing more about that Japanese internment and the author, what meaning does this add to the poem itself?
*Go through the analyzing poetry resource for “What do I Remember of the Evacuation.”
*After knowing more about that Japanese internment and the author, what meaning does this add to the poem itself?
http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/09/22/history-sept-22-1988-apology-to-japanese-canadians-of-wwii/
https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ePubFaShRacRedJap.pdf
https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/walking-both-sides-invisible-border
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*What did we learn about Residential Schools?
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*Analyzing Poems: In groups, you will be going through the analyzing poetry resource and applying it to the three poems we studied: “Walking on two Sides of the Border”, “What do I remember of the Evacuation”, and “Caged Bird”. We will do this on larger paper so we can post/gallery walk
Wednesday October 9th, 2024
Good Morning!
*Head’s Up: Emergency Drill at 10am
*No Red Ink: Parallel Structure and Paraphrasing
*Synthesis Essay: Due Thursday October 10th, 2024
Kahoot!
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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 a ‘school appropriate’ song.
b) Copy/paste the lyrics to your song to a Word Doc.
c) Go through your song following ‘Analyzing Poetry’ resource.
d) If you see a poetic device, highlight and label on your lyrics.
e) watch the music video; is there anything that this adds/detracts from the meaning of your song?
Tuesday October 8th, 2024
Good Morning!
*Synthesis Essay Drafts: Due Tuesday end of class
*Synthesis Essay: Due Thursday October 10th, 2024
Kahoot!
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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 a ‘school appropriate’ song.
b) Copy/paste the lyrics to your song to a Word Doc.
c) Go through your song following ‘Analyzing Poetry’ resource.
d) If you see a poetic device, highlight and label on your lyrics.
e) watch the music video; is there anything that this adds/detracts from the meaning of your song?
Monday October 7th, 2024
Good Afternoon
*Synthesis Essay Outlines: Due Today
I will be coming around to take a look at your progress….
*Synthesis Essay Drafts: Due Tuesday
*Synthesis Essay: Due Thursday October 10th, 2024
Kahoot!
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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 a ‘school appropriate’ song.
b) Copy/paste the lyrics to your song to a Word Doc.
c) Go through your song following ‘Analyzing Poetry’ resource.
d) If you see a poetic device, highlight and label on your lyrics.
e) watch the music video; is there anything that this adds/detracts from the meaning of your song?
Friday October 4th, 2024
Good Morning!
*Friday Writes
- Dreams
- We are influenced by Social Media
- Adapting to new situations in life is essential
*Synthesis Essay: How are we making out?!
Wednesday October 2nd, 2024
Good Morning!
*Reminder: Short Story Test Thursday October 3rd
*No Red Ink: Colons and semicolons; dangling and misplaced modifiers
*Synthesis Essays: Time to work on these. You should now be transforming your venn diagram and using the essay outline….