New narrative/personal essay in the Creative Non-Fiction tab
we will read and start on the questions
#1 is due tomorrow (Thursday)- you will have some time to work on the questions tomorrow, but all the work must be done before going into the Pro-D day (long weekend for you)
homework check (and discussion) for annotations on The Opposite of Loneliness essay – AND a thesis statement or thematic statement on the author’s purpose written at the bottom of the document
review restricted and non-restricted clauses document and start working on the sentences:
Make sure that you have completed the homework from Friday on the short movie; I will be checking:
Watch this short video Alike, and determine the symbolism, motifs and theme that emerge.
Find a suitable epigraph that ‘speaks’ to the thematic insights into the human condition the film explores AFTER we discuss the chart:
Symbolism
Motif
Theme
Scales today! the prompt is in the Experimental Writing tab of the blog; remember to practice some of the skills you have learned so far: sentence variation, rhetorical and literary techniques, ‘show, don’t tell’
write in your Scales until 2:10
those of who wrote the scales yesterday can read from the books at the back OR Read something from HERE
Read the Narrative Essay (Mentor text), Eclipse, then complete question #1 by annotating right on the paper copy, following the instructions outlined here: Motif Assignment and first Mentor Text
answer the rest of the questions (# 2 – 7) on the digital copy of the assignment: all of the work (#1 – annotations – and the questions are due tomorrow – Wednesday, April 17)
visit the Creative Non-Fiction tab for the resources which will help you do the above assignment; make sure you read through these resources and apply as many as you can, annotating right on the paper copy of the narrative, looking for examples of where the writer has manipulated the text for effect:
homework check for Libraries essay questions #2 – 6
new essay; paper copies will be handed out but here is the digital copy of it: Marina Keegan’s essay – annotate the essay for literary and rhetorical techniques – DUE on Tuesday, April 16
new grammar concept: Restrictive and non-restrictive clauses (paper copy – digital is in the WG tab of the blog)
Two homework checks: Conjunctive Adverbs and #1 – the annotations – on Libraries essay
review the homework – work on the questions – due Monday
Last essay: The Opposite of Loneliness – if time
Thursday:
finish the discussion of A South African Storm
we will read the next narrative: Library: Cathedrals of our Souls – you will get a paper copy but there is a digital copy in the Writing and Grammar tab
finish the Conjunctive Adverbs worksheet for tomorrow – homework check
Homework = #1 from the questions for Libraries essay – annotations and LABELING on the paper!!
for anyone who wants to rewrite the Parallelism test, Wednesday, April 17 – either at lunch or after school – you can only re-write if you did not do well: 25/40 or less (62%)