Category Archives: English 12

Thursday September 21st, 2023

Good Morning!

*Reminder:

  1.  Terry Fox Run today so we have an adjusted schedule.
  2. Friday Writes #1 DRAFT due in tonight

*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…

*Read aloud the short story “The Waltz”.

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*We looked at gender roles…looking at gender roles in “The Waltz”.  What did you all learn about gender roles in the Victorian era? Discuss

*You were asked to write a few paragraphs from the man’s perspective –anyone want to share theirs aloud??

* We will read the short story “Borders” by Thomas King

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Wednesday September 20th, 2023

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No Red Ink:  Embedding Evidence:  Avoiding Plagiarism and In-Text Citations Part 1

*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…

 

Tuesday September 19th, 2023

Good Morning!

*The Most Dangerous Game

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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…

 

Monday September 18th, 2023

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*Short Story Terms/Rhetorical Devices Quiz

*The Most Dangerous Game

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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…

 

Friday September 15th, 2023

Hello!

Friday Writes:  we will spend time each Friday writing.  This writing will mostly be focused on ‘compositions’.  This is an opportunity for you to be creative, reflective and critical with your own writing.

Narrative Writing

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Topics:

*An unexpected event that changed my life

*A proud moment

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*The Most Dangerous Game

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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…

 

Thursday September 14th, 2023

Good Morning!

*Reminder:  Your paragraph on “Identities” should have been uploaded to TEAMS last night!

*Reminder:  Quiz on short story terms and rhetorical devices/fallacies on Monday September 18th.

How are Wes and Ms. Trethway alike?  Venn Diagram:  Synthesis –we started this yesterday…

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-“A Teachers’ Rewards” –read aloud.

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Role Models:  Ms. Scofield vs. Ms. Trethway

*The Most Dangerous Game

Most Dangerous Game Pre-Reading activity 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…

 

Wednesday September 13th, 2023

Good Morning!

*Reminder:  Stream Assembly

*No Red Ink:  We will be starting No Red Ink today…we will do this once a week (usually on Wednesdays).

Class code: super quilt 77

*Yesterday, you were to complete a ‘short story summary’ for “Long Long After School”.  We will go over this together…

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How are Wes and Ms. Trethway alike?  Venn Diagram:  Synthesis

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-“A Teachers’ Rewards” –read aloud.

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Role Models:  Ms. Scofield vs. Ms. Trethway

 

Tuesday September 12th, 2023

Good Morning!

Reminders:  1) “Identities” paragraph due Wednesday September 13th, 2023

2) Short Story Terms/Rhetorical Devices Quiz Monday Sept.18th

*”Long Long After School”

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*Find Examples of ‘Irony’

Complete the document below as a group on office 365:

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How are Wes and Ms. Trethway alike?  Venn Diagram:  Synthesis

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Monday September 11th, 2023

Good Morning!

*Reminder:  Your drafts for your “Identities” paragraph should be complete.

*Rhetorical Arguments

Some resources I want you to think of as you transform your paragraph template into a rough draft:

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*Find Examples of ‘Irony’

Complete the document below as a group on office 365:

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How are Wes and Ms. Trethway alike?  Venn Diagram:  Synthesis

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Friday September 8th, 2023

Hello!

*We probably won’t get through all of this!  What we don’t finish, we will continue with Monday…

We started the short story “Identities” yesterday…here is the story again for you..

“Identities”

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*We are starting with our short story unit; to better understand literature when reading, it is important to look at the “lenses” of reading literature….

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*Group Activity:  Each Group will identify a different lens.  Each group will have a different lens.  Your task is to identify how the story could be interpreted based on the lens your group is responsible for…

Persuasive Writing

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What techniques are used in these?

 

*Rhetorical Arguments

Some resources I want you to think of as you transform your paragraph template into a rough draft:

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