Friday, December 4, 2009

The Chrysalids: Dec. 8 - Dec. 11

Fri. Dec. 11/09 The Chrysalids The Chrysalids summary
- Chrysalids quiz #2 (study your characters handout - 10 matching; study ch.7-12 - 15 multiple choice.
Watch - Watch the Skies!: Sci-Fi, the 1950s and Us (part 4, part 5, and part 6)

Thurs. Dec. 10/09 The Chrysalids The Chrysalids summary
- In-class five paragraph essay
- You can use your green outline sheet and the introductory paragraph below:


Title: An Axiomatic Makeover for the Strorm Home

John Wyndham's futuristic novel, The Chrysalids, is a story about a fearfully intolerant post-apocalyptic community in Labrador, Canada. At the centre of this tale is the protagonist David, a boy who lives in a tension-filled household headed by his devoutly deviant-phobic father. The Strorm family's walls are decorated with axioms that do not conform to the values promoted in Canadian society today. As this family home is desperately in need of a twenty-first century makeover, three alternative axioms will be suggested to help make the Strorm home more welcoming in a modern Canadian context.

Wed. Dec. 9/09

- Review chapter 8 and 9 questions
- Read chapter 10
- Complete sentence combining activity and hand in this class (12 marks).
- Finish your topic sentences, supporting points, and five paragraph essay outline for tomorrow's in-class essay.
- Here is the introductory paragraph for your essay:

Title: An Axiomatic Makeover for the Strorm Home

John Wyndham's futuristic novel, The Chrysalids, is a story about a fearfully intolerant post-apocalyptic community in Labrador, Canada. At the centre of this tale is the protagonist David, a boy who lives in a tension-filled household headed by his devoutly deviant-phobic father. The Strorm family's walls are decorated with axioms that do not conform to the values promoted in Canadian society today. As this family home is desperately in need of a twenty-first century makeover, three alternative axioms will be suggested to help make the Strorm home more welcoming in a modern Canadian context.

Tues. Dec. 8 / 09


- Review chapter 7 questions. Read chapter 8.
- Assignment: Strorm home makeover. (Axiom: an established principle or statement seen to be true without proof).
  • Read the axioms on the List of Discoveries handout.
  • Select the three that you think should replace the axioms (statements) in the Strorm house.
  • Enter your three choices on the outline sheet
  • Convert your selected axioms to paragraph topic sentences. Then give 2 or 3 point form reasons for selecting each axiom.

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