English 10

Sign out Romeo and Juliet from the Library. Return your novel-study book if you have completed your novel study.

Look at the book. Flip through the play and other readings from the introduction. Read the introduction. Consider the following questions:

 

1. What is the difference between verse and prose? (HINT: the answers are found in the introduction to the play)

2. How many Acts are in this play?

3. Over how many days does the play take place?

 

We will read the prologue and Act 1 together.

 

Discuss Literary terms and devices. Complete provided worksheets.

Discuss poster project.

Comm 12

Questions for the day:

1. What is Spoken Word?

2. What is resilience? What are resiliency attributes? (handout)

3. What is an attribute?

Spoken Word

Spoken Word, according to http://www.calgaryspokenwordfestival.com is poetry that encompasses word, language, rhythm, sound, music, and beat. It is written and presented in the voice and tone of the people. It is for the people. It represents the community.

Spoken Word is........

Always

• Passionate

• Full of voice

• Rhythmic

Sometimes

• Rhyming

• Metaphorical

Never

• Boring or Dull

• A five paragraph essay

Examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riXNDSZplvc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VrZE8MCnIA

TED's Best 10

http://blog.ted.com/10-spoken-word-performances-folded-like-lyrical-origami/

Resilience

• the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or toughness

• strong

• resistant

• spirited

• determined

• flexible

Example:

"the often remarkable resilience of children is inspiring"

 

Your turn:

You have 10 minutes to describe a time in your life when you had to be resilient. When you are finished, read the handout on resiliency attributes and choose three attributes that you used in your example.

 

Attribute

• Quality

• Characteristic

• Trait

Your Turn:

Before one can write a spoken word piece or poem, the following terms need to be defined and understood (complete the hand out you received):

Alliteration
Allusion
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Imagery
Metaphor
Paradox
Personification
Repetition
Simile
SLAM!

English-Novel Study

Good morning,

Students are well into their novel study and are making great progress. At this point, all of your Part A (writing assignments) should be completed. Part B (fun assignments) should be completed by this Friday. Students may use the weekend to complete their projects if they need to.

Comm 12

Note: please be sure to complete and hand in any missing work before Nov. 5th. The end of the term is Nov. 10th.

Students are beginning a novel unit this week. Our class is reading Different Seasons by Stephen King. The book is a collection of short stories. We will be reading the story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption."

There are two parts to this assignment:

1. Written assignments (20 marks)
2. Fun assignments (30 marks)

There are a number of assignments in each category for students to choose from. Please complete your written section first before starting your fun assignments.  Students have two weeks to complete their work.

English 10-Novel Study

Note: please be sure to complete and hand in any missing work before Nov. 5th. The end of the term is Nov. 10th.

Students are beginning an self-directed novel unit. There are two parts to this assignment:

1. Written assignments (20 marks)
2. Fun assignments (30 marks)

There are a number of assignments in each category for students to choose from. Please complete your written section first before starting your fun assignments.  Students have two weeks to complete their work.

English 10

Students are finishing their writing unit as well as their short story unit.

Writing unit:

Complete the self-assessment form and hand it in. Be sure to include your three final copies of your stories. This will be a shared mark between the teacher and the student. I have read some awesome writing and students should be proud of their hard work.

Short story unit:

Please be sure to read all assigned stories and review the "elements of the short story" to prepare for your upcoming test. In addition, students should review literary terms. Wednesday will be a review and Thursday will be our test.

Communications 12

Good morning,

Please hand in your Study Guides as well as your six written responses. Study guides are worth 25 marks.

Written Responses:

Remember to type your best two written responses and place them on the top of your rough work. Students will be given a completion mark for handing in all rough work (2 marks for each response for a total of 12 marks) and a final mark for each of the best two edited written responses (6 marks for each for a total of 12 marks).

Tomorrow we are beginning to write business letters. I will have templates as well as the format for writing a variety of letters.