Oct. 17 -20: Short Stories and Poetry

***Short Stories Quiz (33) on Wed. Oct. 19 (33 marks)***

Thurs. Oct. 20 - Class 1 of 4 on Poetry Blogging
- In the computer lab, set up your blog at Blogger.com (sign in with your Google Docs username and password. Do not make a new account). You can customize your blog's privacy and comment moderation settings through your Blogger Dashboard "settings" and "comments" tabs.
- Work on poetry assignment #2 - Class 1 activity. See an assignment example below:

Love and Loneliness

All you need is love.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

Mother Teresa

Love and Loneliness

(a poem with borrowed lines)

Love and loneliness are two sides of that coin called emotion

(Of course there are others such as jealousy and devotion)

Love is a sailboat on calm blue seas

With sunny skies and a warm soft breeze.

I love thee with a love I seem to lose. *

Could it really be the end of this cruise?

Now loneliness is a submarine that hardly surfaces for air

It is a child, homeless man or woman with an outcast stare.

My false friends leave me here to die alone **

Where is that coin? All I have is a stone.

In life we spin the coin:

Love - we win; 

Loneliness - we lose.

*   Line borrowed from "Sonnet 43: How Do I Love Thee" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

** Line borrowed from "Wabanaki Song" translated by Charles G. Leland

 

Wed. Oct. 19
- Short Story Unit Quiz (33 marks) *** allowed hand-written term notes only
- Start work on part one of the poetry unit assignments.

Tues. Oct. 18 - Short Story quiz review
 - Review the Interactive Short Story Unit to prepare for the quiz (Wed.) Be sure to cover the elements/components of the short story and terminology.
- Use the same web site to listen to and read "Never" by H. E. Bates on p. 120 of Inside Stories II. OR read "The Metaphor" or "The Tell-Tale Heart."

- Complete terminology notes using the long sheet handout.

- Complete your literary terms slide show.

**Bring your story notes on Wednesday to support your paragraph writing.

Mon. Oct. 17  - Forgiveness in Families
- "Forgiveness in Families" was written by Canadian author Alice Munro .
Munro is considered one of the world's best short story writers.
- Munro won the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2009. It is the biggest international award for short story writing.
- Read the story on p. 93 and complete notes on the terms from the blue handout.