Oct. 19 - 22: Poetry / Animal Farm

Open Textbook Poetry Quiz - Wed. Oct. 21
DUE Thurs. Oct. 22 - Poetry Blog

Thurs. Oct. 22, 2015 - Animal Farm online novel ; Animal Farm audio book

- Read ch. 1 - 3 of George Orwell's Animal Farm and work on the questions. 
- Continue reading to the end of chapter 3 by Mon. Oct. 26.

Wed. Oct. 21, 2015
- Open book poetry quiz (43 marks).
- After handing in your completed poetry quiz, finish work on Individual Assignment #1 to be handed in this class.

Tues. Oct. 20, 2015

• 30 min. for studying for the open book poetry test tomorrow (Wednesday). Students should review pages 117 - 251 of The Poet's Craft textbook in preparation for the open-book poetry test. Review the following in the glossary section at the back:  denotation, connotation, three types of irony (verbal, situational, dramatic). apostrophe, symbol, metaphor, simile, allusion, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration.
• after 30 min. of study time, students should use their Poet’s Craft textbooks to complete Poetry Assignment #1 at the top of  the same handout sheet as their blog assignment. Instructions:

Individual Assignment #1- Classroom:

Part I -1 Life and Death - Exploring Meaning: Theme and Topic

• Review poems on life and death.
• Select one poem from Part A (life) OR one poem from Part B (death).
• Answer all questions in complete sentences for your selected poem (pp. 18 – 21).
• Write a paragraph explaining why you chose this particular poem.
• Paragraph and questions due Wed. Oct. 21

Mon. Oct. 19, 2015 - Class 4 of 4 on Poetry Blogging Project
- Lab 2 is booked.
- sign into your blog at Blogger.com
- Work on poetry assignment #2 - Class 4 activity.  See an assignment example below:
***Email completed blog with your full name and block in subject line.
***Paste the link to your blog in the body of the email.
- When finished, review pages 117 - 251 of The Poet's Craft textbook in preparation for the open-book poetry test.
- If you finish early, help the United Nations World Food Program feed the world by playing Free Rice.

Nature and Invention

Instructions for Drawing:
- Sign into Google Docs. Select Create New. Select Drawing.
- Click Insert. Select Text box (type or paste poem into text box)
- Add other artistic elements. When finished, click on File. Select Publish to the Web.
- Copy the Embed Code. Paste the code into your blog's Edit HTML view (at the bottom).
- Change the dimensions near the end of the code to w=450 h=400 so it will fit your blog.
- Click Publish Post on your blog. See the sample below:

Oct. 13 - 16: Short Stories / Poetry

DUE  Thurs. Oct. 15: Louis Riel poetry assignment

Fri. Oct. 16, 2015 - Poetry

- Lab 2 is booked to continue working on poetry blogging assignments.
- Sign into your blog at Blogger.com
- Work on poetry assignment #2 - Class 3 activity.  See an assignment example below:
- If you finish early, help the United Nations World Food Program feed the world by playing Free Rice.

People and Places

Before Two Portraits of My Mother

I love the beautiful young girl of this

portrait, my mother, painted years ago

when her forehead was white, and there was no

shadow in the dazzling Venetian glass

of her gaze. But this other likeness shows

the deep trenches across her forehead’s white

marble. The rose poem of her youth that

her marriage sang is far behind. Here is

my sadness: I compare these portraits, one

of a joy-radiant brow, the other care-

heavy: sunrise—and the thick coming on

of night. And yet how strange my ways appear,

for when I look at these faded lips my heart

smiles, but at the smiling girl my tears start.

By

Émile Nelligan (1879-1941)

Born in Montreal

Thurs. Oct. 15 - Poetry
The lab is booked to continue work on poetry poster or blogging assignments.
Sign into your blog at Blogger.com
- Work on poetry assignment #2 - Class 2 activity. See an assignment example below:

                                         War and Hope                                             

I Hate That Drum's Discordant Sound

by John Scott

Outwitted

by Edward Markam

Although John Scott's poem "I Hate That Drum's Discordant Sound" certainly contains a relevant message about the turmoil and devastation that is brought about by war, Edward Markham's poem "Outwitted" has greater relevance to the lives of most people in the world today. "Outwitted" is a short poem with a simple message. The poem's theme of love thy neighbour has relevance to many kinds of relationships such as families, friendships and the workplace. Sometimes family members do not get along, and it can take months or years for them to resolve issues that have caused a falling out. Similarly, friendships may be disrupted and later be repaired as a result of one or both parties' efforts to re-connect. Finally, workplace relationships can be restored through the efforts of a caring mediator. Even though "Outwitted" is a very brief poem, its universal theme has widespread relevance for many people around the world.

Wed. Oct. 14, 2015 - Poetry
- Lab 2 is booked for the rest of the week. You'll be working on a poetry project.
- Start the poetry blog project.

- 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

LOVE

LONELINESS

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

 

Tues. Oct. 13, 2015 - Short Story Unit Quiz

- Short Story Unit Quiz (33 marks) *** hand-written notes must be given to Mrs. H. before the quiz starts if you want to use them for the paragraph section.
- Start work on the Louis Riel historical poetry assignment. Answers must be in complete sentences.
On February 17th, 2009 the Canadian Press reported that Louis Riel's final poems had been made public for the first time. Read the story to learn more. Complete the questions.

Oct. 5 - 9: Short Stories

Marking cut off DEADLINE for Sept. assignment work is Fri. Oct. 9, 2015.  
Short Stories Unit Quiz (33 marks) on Tues. Oct. 13, 2015

Fri. Oct. 9 2015 - Hand in story terminology notes today.
 - Review the Interactive Short Story Unit to prepare for the quiz on Tuesday. Be sure to cover the elements of the short story and the glossary. After reviewing the interactive short story unit, review both embedded slide presentations below.  You may also read another short story of your choice from the textbook.
- You may also quiz yourself on the provincial exam literary terms using these flash card and quiz features.

Short Story Elements Fjc from Schoodic

 

Thurs. Oct. 8, 2015 - 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. In 2013, Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature (only the 13th female winner).
- Read the story on p. 93 and complete notes on the terms from the  handout.


Wed. Oct. 7, 2015 - 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.

Tues. Oct. 6, 2015  - God Is Not A Fish Inspector
 

- Use the first 25 min. to review the short story elements slides and complete terminology notes for "The Metaphor".
- 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. 

Short Story Elements Fjc from Schoodic

Mon. Oct. 5, 2015 - 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. 28 - Oct. 2: Short Stories

Marking cut off for Sept. assignment work is Fri. Oct. 9th
Complete student information form (3 marks)

Fri. Oct. 2, 2015  - 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 and their 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.
- Stephen King discusses short story writing.

 
Thurs. Oct. 1, 2015 - The Tell-Tale Heart

- Use the first 25 min. for group discussions.
- 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.
- View The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe.

  

Wed. Sept. 30, 2015 - Ashes For the Wind

- Crossword puzzle completion (25 min.)
- 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.

Tues. Sept. 29, 2015

- 20 min. for paragraph revisions OR silent reading.
- The lab is booked for students to type their two strongest paragraphs for marking.
- When the two paragraphs are typed, staple them to the front of all four rough copies.
- These will be marked:  Each good copy is out of 6 marks (2 x 6); each rough copy is worth 2 marks (4 x 2); total assignment score is out of 20 marks.
- Please include your full name and block on each good copy sheet.

Mon. Sept. 28, 2015 - Harrison Bergeron

- 25 min. for paragraph revision OR silent self-directed reading.
- Start short story unit:
  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. 21 - 24: Media Literacy

DUE Mon. Sept. 21: Old / New Media Slides (47 marks) 
DUE Thurs. Sept. 24: advertising techniques sheet (12 marks).

Thurs. Sept. 24, 2015 - Complete student information form (3 marks)

- Peer editing and continued work on the crossword puzzle work using the reference booklet.



Wed. Sept. 23, 2015 

- 25 min. to complete a rough paragraph response to one of the following questions:
- Do you agree or disagree with Jean Kilbourne’s analysis of the portrayal of women in advertising? 
OR
- Is remixing content a legitimate form of creativity or is it intellectual property theft? 
-  Start the advertising techniques sheet (12 marks).
- If finished, continue work on the crossword puzzle work using the reference booklet.

Tues. Sept. 22, 2015

- 25 min. reading or crossword puzzle work using the reference booklet.
- Killing Us Software 4 (video in class) looks at the portrayal of women in advertising.
- Discussion of film. Start your next paragraph today. See the following paragraph suggestions:
- Do you agree or disagree with Jean Kilbourne’s analysis of the portrayal of women in advertising? 
OR
- Is remixing content a legitimate form of creativity or is it intellectual property theft?


Mon. Sept. 21, 2015

- 25 min. for self-directed reading or assignment completion.
- discuss the features of copyright, copyleft and public domain licensing for remixing or using content.

Image attribution: Copyright © 2009 – 2015 Marcin Floryan licensed under
- Cracking the Advertising Code DVD
- Start work on the Scams To Avoid crossword puzzle. Remember to protect your personal data.

Sept. 14 - 18: Media Literacy

Mon. Sept. 14 - Fri. Sept., 2015 - Complete student information form (3 marks)

- 20 min. of silent reading, or finish your paragraphs from last week.

- Introduce A Tale of Two Media project

- View some example slides
- Import the project template 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 .

***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. 8 - 11: Media Literacy

Fri. Sept. 11, 2015

- 25 min. of silent reading OR finish writing the 6-10 sentence paragraphs on:

1. A "lived" or "observed" story from summer.
2. Compare and contrast old and new media OR Discuss types of old and new media that you prefer.
3. Analyze the benefits and problems of social media.

- View the examples of election political cartoons and memes to deconstruct the messages.
- Work in assigned groups in the library to deconstruct a collection of political cartoons.


Thurs. Sept. 10, 2015
- 25 min. of silent reading OR finish writing the 6-10 sentence paragraphs on:

1. A "lived" or "observed" story from summer.
2. Compare and contrast old and new media OR Discuss types of old and new media that you prefer.

- View "Media Literacy" DVD  (23 min.).
- Discuss and prepare notes on the outline sheet about the benefits and problems of social media.
- Use these notes to start writing your third paragraph: Analyze the benefits and problems of social media. You may narrow the discussion to address high school students.

Wed. Sept. 9, 2015

- 25 min. of silent reading OR finish the 6-10 sentence paragraph on a "lived" or "observed" story from your summer.
- 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.
- Start writing an informative paragraph that discusses the differences between types of old and new media; or write a paragraph that discusses the types of old and new media that you prefer and use.
 

Tues. Sept. 8, 2015 - 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, political cartoons/memes, copyright and remix culture, gender representation and advertising).

- Review media terms (media, consume, produce, etc.).
- Participate in the "summer bingo" or "media bingo" activity.