Romeo and Juliet: Nov. 29 - Dec. 3, 2010

***Queen Mab Sketch Due Mon. Nov. 29 (10 completion marks)
***Wedding Vows Due Fri. Dec. 3 (10 marks)

***SuperHeroes In Love Project due Tues. Dec. 7 (60 marks)
***Advice Letter to Romeo due Wed. Dec. 8 (10 marks)

Fri. Dec. 3 Romeo and Juliet online play
- Computer lab is booked today: Work on completion of Romeo and Juliet assignments
- Continue work on the Superheroes In Love project. (This is the 3rd of 3 lab classes to work on this).
- Complete the following 6 tasks:

• Fill out assignment sheet in point form (a description for every bullet point on sheet)
• Revise the prologue with at least ten changes to the text (highlight the changes made).
• Juliet image (sketch or use the HeroMachine)
• Romeo image (sketch or use the HeroMachine)
• One typed paragraph describing your Juliet
• One typed paragraph describing your Romeo

Thurs. Dec. 2 
- "Who's Who in Verona" notes
-  Review notes for Act V
-  View Romeo and Juliet Act V (1968 Franco Zeffirelli version).
-  Continue writing the "Wedding Vows" for Romeo and Juliet ( /10)
-  Start writing an advice letter to Romeo (specifically respond to each of the 5 problems in his letter) ( /10)

Wed. Dec. 1 
- Review notes for Act IV
- View Romeo and Juliet Act IV (1968 Franco Zeffirelli version).
- Continue writing the "Wedding Vows" for Romeo and Juliet ( /10)

Tues. Nov. 30 
- Review notes for Act III 
- View Romeo and Juliet Act III (1968 Franco Zeffirelli version).
- Finish your "Queen Mab" line interpretation sketch ( /10). Hand it in.
- Start writing the "Wedding Vows" for Romeo and Juliet ( /10)

Mon. Nov. 29 
-  The new lab is booked for today and Friday.
- Continue work on the Superheroes In Love project. (This is the 2nd of 3 lab classes to work on this).
- Complete the following 6 tasks:

• Fill out assignment sheet in point form (a description for every bullet point on sheet)
• Revise the prologue with at least ten changes to the text (highlight the changes made).
• Juliet image (sketch or use the HeroMachine)
• Romeo image (sketch or use the HeroMachine)
• One typed paragraph describing your Juliet
• One typed paragraph describing your Romeo

Romeo and Juliet: Nov. 22 - 26

***30 mark quiz Tues. Nov. 23 (Intro. to Elizabethan theatre, Shakespeare, and Romeo and Juliet) matching / True and False. Study your worksheets***

Fri. Nov. 26 Romeo and Juliet online play
-  The old lab is booked for today and Monday.
- Start work on the Superheroes In Love project. (You will have 3 lab classes to work on this). 
- Complete the following 6 tasks:

• Fill out assignment sheet in point form (a description for every bullet point on sheet)
• Revise the prologue with at least ten changes to the text (highlight the changes made).
• Juliet image (sketch or use the HeroMachine)
• Romeo image (sketch or use the HeroMachine)
• One typed paragraph describing your Juliet
• One typed paragraph describing your Romeo

Thurs. Nov. 25 
- View the rest of Romeo and Juliet Act I and Act II (1968 Franco Zeffirelli version).
- Using one or several lines from the "Queen Mab" speech, sketch your interpretation of one or several scenes from the dream. Be sure to include the text of the lines you are interpreting. Hand in your sketch this class (10 mark completion)

Wed. Nov. 24
- Overhead notes on Act I and Act II
- Watch Romeo and Juliet Act I Scenes 1-3 (1968 Franco Zeffirelli version). Discuss this version compared to 1954 version.
- Watch What Is Tragedy?

Tues. Nov. 23 
- Quiz 
- Plot summary video
- Overhead notes: Prologue (in iambic pentameter)
- Overhead notes: Act I
- Video review of Act I Scenes 1 - 4 1954 Part 1 - Part 2
 
Mon. Nov. 22
We will finish watching the movie Shakespeare In Love. If you are absent, you can find the movie here on YouTube.

Animal Farm / Romeo and Juliet: Nov. 15 - 19

***Animal Farm Test (100 marks) on Tues. Nov. 16th*** 
(George Orwell matching, multiple choice, and paragraph question)

 
Fri. Nov. 19/10: Romeo and Juliet
- (Lab) Please spend 20 minutes participating in survey research being collected by English 11 students. Go to the English 11 course blog and select surveys from blocks A and B.
- (Classroom) We will watch the movie Shakespeare In Love on Friday and Monday. If you are absent either day, you can find the movie here on YouTube.

 
Thurs. Nov. 18/10
- K-library old lab is booked
- Complete Romeo and Juliet introduction worksheet.
- Complete Animal Farm dialogue assignment (10 marks)
- Read Shakespeare In Love overview
**We will watch the movie Shakespeare In Love on Friday and Monday. If you are absent either day, you can find the movie here on YouTube.

Wed. Nov. 17/10
Today, we'll take a virtual tour of the Globe Theatre. Make notes on the handout. Read Shakespeare: What's Your Sign?
After the tour, see:

See also:
Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet (A Kennedy Center video)

Tues. Nov. 16, 2010

- Animal Farm Novel Test (100 marks)
- After the test, start the introduction worksheet on Romeo and Juliet


Mon. Nov. 15, 2010

- Review chapter questions
- Watch the Animal Farm Movie

Animal Farm: Nov. 8 - 12

***Animal Farm Test (100 marks) on Tues. Nov. 16th***

Fri. Nov. 12/10 - Read chapters 9 and 10 for Friday
Lab assignment: Short Dialogue and/or Screenplay 

• Review the dialogue writing sheets handed out in class
• Watch a video clip that gives a simple example
• Select one of the Animal Farm dialogue scenarios on your sheet
• Write a 1/2 to 1 page dialogue using correct dialogue writing format
• Remember to vary your dialogue attribution labels (said, asked, pleaded, cried, screamed, whined, whispered, yelled, laughed, chuckled, snorted, bellowed, retorted, scoffed, responded, shrieked, questioned, remarked, etc.) Try to use a different label every time.

 OR

• Review the Celtx Pre-Production Software overview.
• Use Celtx to write a 1/2 to 2 page screenplay for one of the Animal Farm scenarios (use the film option)
• ***10 mark completion assignment*** Hand in one of the following: a) a one page dialogue. b) a two - three page screenplay. c) 1/2 page dialogue and 1 page screenplay

Wed. Nov. 10/10 - Read chapters 9 and 10 for Friday
Animal Farm revolving themes activity. If you miss this class, print out the worksheet and make your own decision about the three themes that you think are most important in the story. This is the topic for the paragraph you will write on the unit test.

Tues. Nov. 9/10

- Review chapters 4, 5 and 6 of Animal Farm.
- Read chapters 7 and 8.
Who is Napoleon?

Napoleon, a Berkshire boar, is the main tyrant and villain of Animal Farm and is based upon Joseph Stalin. He begins to gradually build up his power, using puppies he took from mother dogs Jessie and Bluebell, which he raises to be vicious dogs as his secret police. After driving Snowball off the farm, Napoleon usurps full power, using false propaganda from Squealer and threats and intimidation from the dogs to keep the other animals in line. Among other things, he gradually changes the Commandments to allow himself privileges such as eating at a table and to justify his dictatorial rule. By the end of the book, Napoleon and his fellow pigs have learned to walk upright and started to behave similarly to the humans against whom they originally revolted. Napoleon's name adds to the novella's themes of totalitarian dictators rising from a vacuum of power and absolute power corrupting absolutely. The character's namesake, Napoleon Bonaparte, forcibly took control from a weak government in 1799, installed himself as First Consul and eventually crowned himself Emperor (Wikipedia).
To understand Stalin, the historical figure Napoleon the pig is based on, view Parts 1 to 5:
Joseph Stalin: The Real History (Part 1)
Joseph Stalin: The Real History (Part 2)
Joseph Stalin: The Real History (Part 3)
Joseph Stalin: The Real History (Part 4)
Joseph Stalin: The Real History (Part 5)

Mon. Nov. 8/10

- Review the rest of the "Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution" handout.
- Review answers to chapters 1, 2 and 3.
- Finish reading 4, 5 and 6 of Animal Farm.
- Complete the vocabulary and answers to the chapter questions.

Animal Farm: Nov. 1 - 5, 2010

***Final Deadline for all Term 1 work is Mon. Nov. 1st***

Fri. Nov. 5/10 : We will be working in the classroom and computer lab today.



Classroom:
- Group "propaganda" exercise:
---Review the "Types of Propaganda" handout.
---Take 4 sample ads collected during Tuesday's class
---Use Post-It Notes to label the types of propaganda in each ad.
---Report your labels/discussion to the class.
Computer Lab:
- Complete the online debate survey about ice cream for prisoners.
- Continue reading chapter 4 of Animal Farm and complete the questions and vocabulary



Thurs. Nov. 4/10
- As I am absent today, complete reading chapters 1, 2 and 3 of Animal Farm and do the vocabulary and questions.
- View the DVD lessons on Writing a Paragraph and Writing an Expository Essay.


Wed. Nov. 3/10

- Read chapters 1, 2 and 3 of Animal Farm.
- Complete the vocabulary and answers to the chapter questions.

Tues. Nov. 2/10
- Spooky story group presentations

Review the Animal Farm character comparison chart and watch the Russian Revolution (Part 1) and Animal Farm Synopsis videos.
Russian Revolution (Part 1)
What happened to Nicholas II and the Romanov family?
- National Geographic "Tsar's Family's Death."
- 2008 Russia Today news story.
Animal Farm Synopsis
Orwell didn't include two phases of revolution in his story. This is one example where there isn't a tidy parallel between the book and the real history of the revolution. Animal Farm seems to lump together the Russian Revolution (February 1917) and the rise of the Bolshevik party (October Revolution 1917).
Activity:
- Read the definition of the word "propaganda" (see slideshow).
- Write the definition at the top of a blank piece of paper.
- Search the newspapers / magazines.
- Find one example of propaganda and paste it in the centre of your blank paper.

Mon. Nov. 1/10



Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novella that can be described as a roman à clef (French for "novel with a key"), which is a work describing real-life behind a façade of fiction.
Although Animal Farm is short, it can be read and interpreted on several levels:

A "fairy tale" or "fairy story" can mean any far-fetched story that may feature folkloric characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and talking animals, and usually enchantments, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events (Wikipedia).

A fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a "moral"). Fables can be described as a didactic mode of literature. They frequently have as their central characters animals with the ability to reason and speak (Wikipedia).

In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement.Although satire is usually meant to be funny, the purpose of satire is not primarily humour in itself so much as an attack on something of which the author strongly disapproves, using the weapon of wit (Wikipedia).

An allegory is a form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in the narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself (Microsoft Encarta).

To appreciate the deeper satirical and allegorical elements within Animal Farm, it is important to have an understanding of the author, George Orwell, and the historical and political dynamics of his time.

View parts 1 -5 of George Orwell's biography and complete the questions (see Assignments & Handouts link):
George Orwell - Part 1
George Orwell - Part 2
George Orwell - Part 3
George Orwell - Part 4
George Orwell - Part 5

Poetry: Oct. 25 - 29, 2010

** Poetry Journal Slides are due on Mon. Oct. 25 (60 marks)
** Poetry Assignment #1 is due on Fri. Oct. 29 (25 marks)
** Open Book Poetry Test on Fri. Oct. 29 (44 marks) p.117-251


Fri. Oct. 29/10 ** Open Book Test Today (see above)

- Open book poetry test (textbook and notes)

- Spooky Story Presentation

- Hocus Pocus (Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 )

- The Making of Frankenstein (Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 )

Thurs. Oct. 28/10
- Old K-library computer lab is booked

- Complete poetry assignments #1, #2, and comic quatrain poems

- Review p. 117 - 251 of the poetry textbook. Make notes and bookmarks to help you succeed on the open book poetry test tomorrow.

Wed. Oct. 27/10 
- Today, we'll review denotation and connotation (see poetry book glossary).
- We'll also watch some examples of slam poetry.

- Continue work on poetry assignment #1. 

A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work (or, more rarely, that of others). These performances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience.

Poetry slam. (2010, February 26). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:51, March 19, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poetry_slam&oldid=346584632


View these examples and vote for your favourite:









- AK47 Team Poetry: This is a brilliant example of personification/extended metaphor in a poem presented at an event in Ottawa in 2009.


Tues. Oct. 26/10

- We are working in the old lab today.
- Review the quatrain poetry form.
- Lab exercise: Write three quatrain comic strip poems on three different feelings or emotions. Use Strip Generator to create your three comic quatrains. See the example.
- Use three different rhyme schemes (abcb, aabb, abab, aaaa)
- Printing in Lab: Click on the K->Graphics->KSnapshot->Print
- Continue work on poetry assignment #1 and #2

Mon. Oct. 25/10

Today, start work on the poetry unit individual assignment #1.

Poetry: Oct. 18 -21

Mon. Oct. 18/10 - Thurs. Oct. 21/10
- The K-library new computer lab is booked today. Students will start work on the individual poetry assignment #2.
- Set up a free account on Empressr.com
- Students will create a multimedia poetry journal on one of the theme sets from the assignment sheet. Your poetry journal should include at least 8 slides.
- View the following example: