Sept. 30 - Oct. 4: Short Stories

Fri. Oct. 4 - 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  handout.
**Finish your two rough copy paragraphs for peer editing:
1.  Who is the most interesting character of any story read in this unit? Defend your selection with two quotes (use MLA citation).
2.  Which story had the most/least satisfying/effective ending? (customize wording)


 
Thurs. Oct. 3 - North End Faust 
Today, we're reading "North End Faust" by Ed Kleiman
The title of the short story "North End Faust" contains a double allusion. These two allusions relate to the main character's place of residence in Winnipeg and to his faustian behavior as a university psychology professor. See the definition of faustian.
- Read the story and complete the terminology notes according to the long sheet instructions.

Wed. Oct. 2 - Never (audio available in stories link)
- Review setting and atmosphere. 
- We'll be reading the story "Never" by H. E. Bates (Inside Stories II p. 120).
- Read the story and complete terminology notes according to the long sheet instructions.

Short Story Elements Fjc from Schoodic

Tues. Oct. 1 - House
- You'll be reading "House" (Inside Stories II p. 20), a story written by Jane Rule.
"House," the short story written by Jane Rule, is about a young couple with two children who live a little differently than other families in their community. The parents, Harry and Anna, decide to change their lifestyle, and finally buy a house.
- Read the story and complete terminology notes according to the long sheet instructions.

Mon. Sept. 30 - The Metaphor
"The Metaphor" is a short story written by Nova Scotian writer Budge Wilson. Wilson has been in the news for writing the prequel to Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. Before Green Gables  was published in February 2008. In a YouTube video, Wilson explains how it felt to take on such a formidable writing task.
Read this story and complete terminology notes according to the long sheet instructions.

Sept. 23 - 26: Short Stories

Homework: Information form (6 marks)   

Thurs. Sept. 26 - God Is Not A Fish Inspector
- You'll be reading "God is Not a Fish Inspector" (Inside Stories II p. 42)
- Read the story and complete the terminology notes according to the long sheet instructions. 

Wed. Sept. 25 - The Tell-Tale Heart 
- Use the first 25 min. to complete terminology notes for "Harrison Bergeron" and "Ashes for the Wind." If finished, enjoy reading a book or magazine of your choice.
- Today we're reading the classic gothic horror, The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe. Complete terminology notes for this story according to the long sheet instructions.

Tues. Sept. 24 - Ashes For the Wind
- Use the first 25 min. to complete terminology notes for "Harrison Bergeron."
- Read "Ashes for the Wind" and complete terminology notes according to the long sheet instructions.
"Ashes for the Wind" was written by Colombian journalist and author Hernando Téllez. Although Téllez wrote this story around 1945, the problems of Colombia's internally displaced persons (IDPs) persist today.
Current news connection: Canadian mining companies in Colombia 2013 article.
This Refugees International YouTube clip, produced in 2008, outlines the scope of the IDP problem in Colombia.
An April 2008 news agency report provides another view on Colombia's IDP crisis.
In 2009, LinkTV produced a documentary, Stories That Kill, about the state of journalism and freedom of expression in Colombia. 


Mon. Sept. 23 - Harrison Bergeron
- 25 min. for crossword puzzle work, paragraph writing, and silent reading. 
- Read Harrison Bergeron (see stories link). Complete terminology notes according to the long sheet instructions.
Harrison Bergeron was written by American author Kurt Vonnegut. In this YouTube clip, Vonnegut offers advice for short story writers. After reading "Harrison Bergeron," do you think that Vonnegut has followed his own advice?
- Vonnegut offers eight rules of short story writing.

1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.
5. Start as close to the end as possible.
6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them — in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

Sept. 16 - 20: Media Literacy Unit

DUE Mon. Sept. 16: Slide Project and planning sheet (47 marks)
DUE Wed. Sept. 18: Paragraph - Jean Kilbourne /  Ad strategies sheet (12)
DUE Thurs. Sept. 19: Ad Strategies sheet (12)
DUE Fri. Sept. 20: Crossword  Puzzle (10 marks)
Homework: Information form (6 marks)  

Fri. Sept. 20, 2013 - Copyright, Creative Commons and Public Domain
- 25 min. of silent self-directed reading or assignment completion time.
- - Continue viewing RIP: A Remix Manifesto (documentary on copyright issues in our participatory culture). Consider the question: Is remixing content a legitimate form of creativity or is it intellectual property theft?

Thurs. Sept. 19, 2013 - Censorship and Journalism
- The lab is booked in the library.
- Complete the Freedom to Read activity sheet. This is out of 25 marks and will be collected at the end of class. Use the website below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_books_banned_by_governments&oldid=555295119

When finished:
Review the Fundamental Freedoms (section 2) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
Fundamental Freedoms
2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
a) freedom of conscience and religion;
b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
d) freedom of association.

Freedom of the press is an important cornerstone of a democracy.

1. Find out where Canada currently ranks on the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index. Where did Canada rank in 2002?
2. Review yearly  Attacks on the Press
3. Review statistics on journalists killed

Wed. Sept.18, 2013
- 25 min. for work completion or silent reading.
- Review Creative Commons licenses as an alternative to traditional copyright.
- See examples of images with CC licenses.  Image detail.
- See where they may end up: CBC
- How to choose a CC license. CC promotes a shared culture.
- Start viewing RIP: A Remix Manifesto (documentary on copyright issues in our participatory culture). Consider the question: Is remixing content a legitimate form of creativity or is it intellectual property theft?

Tues. Sept. 17, 2013 
- 25 min. for work on the paragraph response:
- Do you agree or disagree with Jean Kilbourne’s analysis of the portrayal of women in advertising? (Due Wed. Sept. 18)
- Review the advertising strategies information sheet and view the 15 min. DVD, Cracking the Advertising Code.
- Complete the 12 mark assignment on the back of the information sheet (Due Thurs. Sept. 19).

Mon. Sept. 16, 2013
- 25 min. reading or crossword puzzle work using the reference booklet.
- Killing Us Software 3 (video in class) looks at the portrayal of women in advertising.
- Discussion of film. Start your next paragraph today. See the following paragraph suggestion:
- Do you agree or disagree with Jean Kilbourne’s analysis of the portrayal of women in advertising?

Sept. 9 - 13: Media Literacy Unit

DUE Mon. Sept. 16: Slide Project and planning sheet (47 marks)
DUE Fri. Sept. 20: Crossword  Puzzle (10 marks)
Homework: Information form (6 marks)

Fri. Sept. 13 - Remember-Complete the  Homework: Information form (6 marks)
- 20 min. for self-directed silent reading
- Media Literacy DVD
- Crossword puzzle completion
 
Thurs. Sept. 12
Finish your slide projects in the lab and share your projects with five other people before emailing the slide collection and handing in your planning sheet.
- Continue working in the lab on A Tale of Two Media project
- View some example slides

Wed. Sept. 11
- 25 min. for self-directed silent reading
- Start work on the Scams to Avoid crossword puzzle. Use the Scams to Avoid booklet to find the answers.

Mon. Sept. 9 / Tues. Sept. 10
- Continue working in the lab on A Tale of Two Media project
- View some example slides
- The project template can be selected and imported into your Google Docs account.
- Decide which two popular culture characters (human or cartoon) will be the stars of your side-by-side story of old and new media. Do a Google Images search to make sure you can find enough images of your characters.
- Come up with slide content ideas and sketch / write them on your planning sheet. (10 marks)
** If you don't have access to Google Docs, set up a GMail account to avoid having to verify your account through a cell phone number.

***Note - Canada's Copyright Modernization Act came into force on Nov. 7, 2012, which "enables the use of copyrighted materials provided the use is “fair.”  Previously, if you wanted to produce a satirical work and used third party copyrighted materials without permission, you could have been sued for copyright infringement. Now, under the expanded definition of “fair dealing” in the Act, creating a satire or parody using others’ materials, such as a third party logo, is no longer considered copyright infringement. To fall within the fair dealing exception the use must: (a) be “fair”; and (b) fall within one of the enumerated categories, which now includes education, parody and satire in addition to research, private study, criticism, review, and news reporting"(Source).

Sept. 3 - 6, 2013: Media Literacy Unit

DUE Thurs. Sept. 5 - Summer Experience Paragraph (10 marks)  (Friday for blk. D)

 Fri. Sept.6
- Introduce A Tale of Two Media project
- Start work in the lab on A Tale of Two Media project
- View some example slides
- The project template can be selected and imported into your Google Docs account.
- Decide which two popular culture characters (human or cartoon) will be the stars of your side-by-side story of old and new media. Do a Google Images search to make sure you can find enough images of your characters.
- Come up with slide content ideas and sketch / write them on your planning sheet. (10 marks)
** If you don't have access to Google Docs, set up a GMail account to avoid having to verify your account through a cell phone number.

***Note - Canada's Copyright Modernization Act came into force on Nov. 7, 2012, which "enables the use of copyrighted materials provided the use is “fair.”  Previously, if you wanted to produce a satirical work and used third party copyrighted materials without permission, you could have been sued for copyright infringement. Now, under the expanded definition of “fair dealing” in the Act, creating a satire or parody using others’ materials, such as a third party logo, is no longer considered copyright infringement. To fall within the fair dealing exception the use must: (a) be “fair”; and (b) fall within one of the enumerated categories, which now includes education, parody and satire in addition to research, private study, criticism, review, and news reporting"(Source).

Thurs. Sept. 5

- 20 min. of silent reading OR finish your summer experience paragraph.
- Review the Venn diagram notes on old and new media categories.
- Review the Venn Diagram with types of old and new media that you consume and produce.
- Use these diagram notes to help you write two paragraphs:
---Compare/contrast "old" and "new" media types (formal style)
---Discuss examples of "old" and "new" media that you prefer (informal style)
- Question: When is a corn field new media ? See the corn field QR code.



Wed. Sept. 4

- 20 min. of silent reading
- Review media terminology
- Review and understand the distinctions between old media and new media.
- Create a comparative mind map diagram representing types of old and new media that we consume and produce.
- Review transition words and phrases worksheet
- Start writing an informal paragraph that reflects on summer activities experienced by you and / or your classmates (10 marks). See "summer bingo" writing assignment.


Tues. Sept. 3 - Welcome to English 10.

- Today we will review the course outline and expectations

• Seating plan
• Course blog / website
• Silent reading (bring or borrow)
• Study block 
• Academic aspirations (Communications 11, English 11, Language Proficiency Index LPI)
• Evaluation 
• Assignment completion
• Essay development
• Tests
• Provincial exam (20%)
• Email contact (assignments only). Parents should phone school.
• Literary theme(s) of this course: confronting social challenges
• Media studies unit / review  (old/new media, advertising, scams, copyright and remix culture, gender representation)

- Participate in the "summer bingo" activity and review the elements of a good paragraph.