Sept. 6 - 9: Media Studies

Fri. Sept. 9 - Participatory Culture
- K-library lab 2 is booked.
- Continue A Tale of Two Media project
- If you haven't got one, set up a Google Docs account.
***Can use your student web mail to set up your account (access using your student login. SKSS Email address first initial + last name@skss.sd73.bc.ca
- The project template can be selected into your Google Docs account.
- Try a Creative Commons image search.

Thurs. Sept. 8 - Participatory Culture
- 20 min. of silent reading OR finish Venn diagrams (mind maps) on old and new media that you interact with AND media that you consume and produce.
- In-class paragraph assignment: How does participatory culture (social media, gaming, etc) affect you and/or your peers?
- Introduce A Tale of Two Media project
- The project template can be selected into your Google Docs account.


Wed. Sept. 7 - Participatory Culture
- Review the distinctions between old media and new media.
- Finish comparative mind map diagram representing types of old and new media that you consume and produce.
- Discuss the terms consumer and producer. Construct a second mind map representing the types of media that you consume and produce.
- Discuss the term participatory culture.

MIT professor Henry Jenkins discusses participatory culture, media literary, and civic engagement:




Paragraph topic: How does participatory media culture (social media, games, etc.) affect you and your peers?

Tues. Sept. 6 - Welcome to English 10.
Today we will review the course outline and expectations.
Discussion Items:

• Seating plan
• Course blog
• Silent reading
• Study block 
• Academic aspirations
• Evaluation 
• Assignment completion
• Essays
• Tests
• Re-writes / add-on assignment
  
• Government final exam
• Email contact (assignments only)
• Literary theme(s) of this course: overcoming challenges, power dynamics
• Media literacy unit: new / old media; participatory culture; copyright / copyleft; media scams; social media ethics / law

Old Media, New Media and Participatory Culture 

- Understand the distinctions between old media and new media.
- Create a comparative mind map diagram representing types of old and new media that you consume and produce.
- You will have about 3 weeks to plan and complete the Tale of Two Media Project ( 47 marks ). You will have class time and lab time to work on this.

What's your Media IQ? Try the online quiz.
Do you know about copyright, copyleft, and Creative Commons?

Creative Commons : Spectrum of Rights

View more presentations from Yann GEFFROTIN.

June 13 - 17: Final Week

***Final Deadline for Term 4 work is Fri. June 17***

***Prov. exam: Thurs. June 23 9:00 am in JP Gym***

**Quiz on ch. 8-19 of Finding Forrester (Blks. E Tues; Blk F,G Wed)

Thurs June 16 (EEFF) and Fri. June 17 (GGHH) - Double blocks
- Finish viewing Romeo and Juliet DVD
- Lab is booked:

• Option #1: More provincial e-exam practice. Find links at the top of the right column.
• Option #2: Continue to blog. Create your own blog to share your interests, art, or adventures. It's free and easy.
• Option #3: Review Literary Terms that could be on the provincial exam.
  
  • Elements of Poetry Review
  • Interactive Literary Elements Handbook
  • Review of Literary Term
• Option #4: Internet Safety. If this topic interested you in class, visit CyberNetrix.

Wed. June 15
Blk. E - finish Romeo and Juliet DVD
Blk. F - Quiz / start Romeo and Juliet DVD
Blk. G - Quiz / finish Romeo and Juliet DVD


Tues. June 14
Blk. E - Finding Forrester quiz (25) ch. 8-19
- View Romeo and Juliet (1996) movie OR complete term assignments


Mon. June 13 

- Continue viewing the movie Finding Forrester

- **note the upcoming quiz date for your block

June 6 - 10: Finding Forrester

***Ch. 9, 10 and 12 assignments due. Wed. June 8***

***Final Deadline for Term 4 work is Fri. June 17***

***Prov. exam: Thurs. June 23 9:00 am***

Fri. June 10
- View the first part of the movie Finding Forrester


Thurs. June 9
- View DVD "Test Anxiety"
- Finish your Ch. 9, 10 and 12 assignments
- Continue chapter 14 - 19 worksheet.
**Answers will not be posted for these questions. However, you can bring this sheet with the answers you've written into the final novel quiz next week.
- If finished, review literary terms on the crossword puzzle list.

Wed. June 8
- Test Preparation / Study Skills DVD
- Finish your Ch. 9, 10 and 12 assignments
- Continue chapter 14 - 19 worksheet.
**Answers will not be posted for these questions. However, you can bring this sheet with the answers you've written into the final novel quiz next week.

Tues. June 7
- Provincial exam reading response practice
- Continue chapter 14 - 19 worksheet.
**Answers will not be posted for these questions. However, you can bring this sheet with the answers you've written into the final novel quiz next week.

Mon. June 6

- Ethical dilemma discussion: The Bribe
- News on the FIFA scandal

Start work on the chapter 14 - 19 worksheet.
**Answers will not be posted for these questions. However, you can bring this sheet with the answers you've written into the final novel quiz next week.

May 30 - June 3: Finding Forrester

***Ch. 9, 10 and 12 assignments due. Wed. June 8***

***Final Deadline for Term 4 work is Fri. June 17***

Fri. June 3
- The lab is booked:
- Review ch. 8, 11 and 13 answers for Finding Forrester.
- Complete ch 9 and 10 assignments.
- Research and complete the two ch. 12 paragraphs.
REMEMBER to cite your sources in MLA format: Use the Citation Machine.
Some sites, such as Wikipedia, provide citation links (click Toolbox on left).
**Staple together completed ch. 9, 10 and 12 assignments to hand in.


Thurs. June 2
- Provincial exam reading response practice
- Blk. G: peer edit English 9 paragraphs
- Review ch. 11 and 13 answers
- Read and complete ch. 9 (24 marks) and ch. 10 (16 marks) assignments.

Wed. June 1
- Review ch. 8 answers
- Read ch. 8 to 10 and work on ch. 9 (24 marks) and 10 (16 marks) assignments.


Tues. May 31
- What can be learned from Harvard's "Project Implicit" research? Should this type of bias assessment tool be applied to the selection process for jury members, judges, or other professionals in positions of trust?
- Read chapters 8 and 9. Then work on ch. 9 assignments (24 marks). 

Mon. May 30

- We will be participating in Harvard University's "Project Implicit" study, which surveys implicit bias related to a range of topics.
- View the introductory video about this project. Then, go to Project Implicit and complete surveys of your choice. 
- After you've participated, work on:
completing the five paragraph essay or the glossary assignment from Friday or a practice e-exam for the English 10 provincial exam.

May 24 - 27: Finding Forrester

Quiz 1 on ch. 1-7 Finding Forrester (25 marks): Fri. May 27

5 paragraph essay on The Chrysalids: Due Fri. May 27

Fri. May 27 Ch. 1-7 quiz today
- Write chapter 1 - 7 quiz.
- Finding Forrester is a novel that explores many themes including human attitudes, assumptions and biases. Many argue that the media plays a powerful role in shaping people's attitudes. We will watch the 13 minute video "Racial Bias and the Media."
- Is the media doing enough to fairly represent our population?
- Watch the video clip about a recent experiment conducted by a high school student. Do you think the media is responsible for these results?
- Vocabulary exercise: Review the Canadian Race Relations Foundation glossary of terms.
- Assignment due this class (10 marks): From the glossary:

• Select five terms that you think have the most relevance to Jamal's experience. Write a full sentence reason for each choice.

• Next, list five other glossary terms that you now understand better after reading this list. Write or paraphrase the definition of each term.

Thurs. May 26 Homework for Friday: Finish reading ch. 7 (Ch. 1-7 quiz on Friday)
- Ethical dilemma group exercise: The Dying Passenger
- Take an aerial tour of New York City (setting of Finding Forrester). Can you spot any famous landmarks?
- Review characters and answers for chapters 1 to 7.


Wed. May 25 Homework for Thurs: Read chapters 5, 6, 7
- Review characters and answers to chapter 1 - 4 questions of Finding Forrester.
- The author, James W. Ellison, has written the novelizations for several films.
- Continue reading Finding Forrester. 


Tues. May 24
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.

May 16 - 19: "The Chrysalids" novel study

***Ch. 13-17 Chrysalids Quiz (25 marks): Thurs. May 19***

Thurs. May 19 - Online summary and online novel: The Chrysalids
- Quiz 3 on The Chrysalids.
- The computer lab is booked. Type the good copy of your 5 paragraph essay. You can import or copy the essay template.

- Assignment: Strorm home makeover. (Axiom: an established principle or statement seen to be true without proof).

• 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. 

Wed. May 18 

- Review comma splice and fused sentences

- review remaining answers to ch. 13, 14, 15

- Continue writing the rough copies of your paragraphs for the essay

- Watch The Chrysalids inspired Jefferson Airplane song "Crown of Creation." 

Song lyrics quoted from ch. 16 p. 182


Tues. May 17
Blk. F- Will attend the anti- oppression and bullying guest speaker in the Sagebrush.
Blk. G - Will attend the author guest speaker in the K-library
Blk. E - write the rough copies of paragraphs 3 and 4 for your 5 paragraph essay
- review answers to ch. 13, 14, 15

Mon. May 16 
Blks E and F
- complete the essay outline on the back of white sheets from last class. 
- write the rough copies of paragraphs 2 and 3 for your 5 paragraph essay
- review answers to ch. 13, 14, 15 

Blk. G

- 10 min. quiz review. Write Quiz #2

- Introduction to the 5 paragraph essay 
- review answers to ch. 13, 14, 15  

May 9 - 13: "The Chrysalids" novel study

***Quiz (25) Fri. May 13: Ch. 7-12: 10 character matching and 15 multiple choice***

Fri. May 13 - Online summary and online novel: The Chrysalids 
- 10 min. quiz review. Write Quiz
- Introduction to the 5 paragraph essay for next week



Thurs. May 12 - Online summary and online novel: The Chrysalids 
- 25 min. silent reading of novel or assignment completion
- Blks. G and E - Complete the chapter 9 sentence combining exercise.
- Blk. F - review chapter 12 questions.
- All: continue reading and work on ch. 13-17 questions.
Continue Watch the Skies!: Sci-Fi, the 1950s and Us (playlist)

Wed. May 11 
- 25 min. silent reading of novel or assignment completion
- Review the video on the importance of setting in the novel.
- Complete the chapter 9 sentence combining exercise.
- Listen to audio play of chapters (Blk. G ch. 4-9) (Blks E and F ch. 10 and on)


Tues. May 10 - Online summary and online novel: The Chrysalids

- Read Chapters 9 and 10; Review Ch. 9 and 10 questions.
- Learn about the history of the science fiction genre of literature.Watch - Watch the Skies!: Sci-Fi, the 1950s and Us (playlist) (part 1, part 2, and part 3)
 

Mon. May 9 - Online summary and online novel: The Chrysalids

Blks E and F: 

-30 min. silent reading of The Chrysalids novel ch. 7 - 8 

-Character notes 

-Review and notes on ch. 7 - 8 questions. 

Blk. G

-25 min. silent reading of ch. 7 - 8 

-character notes and question review

-New Lab booked: 

• complete assignments, 
• do provincial exam practice
• online grammar practice 
• continue reading novel.