The Chrysalids: Jan. 4 - 7, 2011

***Quiz 3: The Chrysalids (chapter 13-17) on Fri. Jan. 8***
Homework for Mon. Jan 10: Read Finding Forrester chapters 1 - 4

Fri. May 28/10 The Chrysalids novel online
- Watch The Chrysalids inspired Jefferson Airplane song "Crown of Creation."
- Quiz #3 on The Chrysalids.

In our final month of English 10, we will be reading the novel Finding Forrester. This novel is based on the screenplay written by Mike Rich.

• Jamal comes from the South Bronx, which is located in one of New York City's five boroughs.
• The setting of the novel Finding Forrester is an important component of the story and the two worlds inhabited by Jamal, the protagonist.
• The poverty of the South Bronx is evident. Watch this photo essay of the South Bronx to learn about this neighbourhood.

Thurs. Jan. 6, 2011 Finish reading The Chrysalids
- Review questions for chapters 13 - 17

- Review comma splice and fused sentences
- Finish viewing The Truman Show


Wed. Jan. 5, 2011
- Write your 5 paragraph in-class essay. Title: Extreme Home Makeover: Chrysalids Edition
- See yesterday's post about essay preparation.


Tues. Jan. 4, 2011

- 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.
• Use the five paragraph essay outline sheet to make notes for tomorrow's in-class essay:
• Title: Extreme Home Makeover: Chrysalids Edition
  
  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.