Friday, March 18, 2016

Apr. 5 - 8: Short Stories / Poetry

Open Textbook Quiz - Wed. Apr 5 (14 marks) "The Painted Door."
Open Textbook Quiz - Thurs. Apr 6 (14 marks) "The Late Man." 

Fri. Apr. 8, 2016

- Start work on the "Privacy Poem" assignment according to the instructions.

Privacy Poem Example (abcb rhyme pattern)

Private Living

Give up civilized life for a cave
Digital secrets can’t be told
Prepare for your social life deep freeze
Get used to your time in the cold

Nothing online for people to save
On Ebay you’ll never be sold
“I’m off the grid” now you can wheeze
“Life’s filled with cavernous mold !”

Instead of a Tweet you’ll give ‘em a wave
‘cause e-mail is even too bold
ID protection will be a real breeze
Hacking thieves can’t ever take hold

If it’s privacy you frequently crave
Guess it’s a sign that you’re old
Disconnected life’s as fun as you please
By computers you can’t be controlled

Thurs. Apr. 7, 2016
- Review and write the open book quiz on "The Late Man."
- The lab is booked for work on the poetry blogging assignment today.
- 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.
- Follow the instructions for assignment 1 on the poetry blogging assignment.
See found article poem and found Twitter poem examples below:

Article Found Poem 
on April 8 oil spilled
approximately 2,700 litres 
highly toxic
viscose
thick
Can't contain all with the booms
cleanup continues 
oil globs wash up on
English Bay Beach, Sunset Beach, Second Beach, Third Beach, Siwash Rock
Crab Park, New Brighton Park, Inner Coal Harbour
beaches north of False Creek remain closed
there needs to be a plan
it's quite toxic
"It's a nasty kind of fuel," and will keep washing up on beaches
Twitter Found Poem
The pipeline protest draws more demonstrators; heavy police presence
livefeed by Sea Shepherd
Crowd chanting Protect the people, not Kinder Morgan
eight arrests today, so that's 61 total so far
SFU molecular biology professor @LynneQuarmby, Author J. B. MacKinnon and Tamo Suzuki got arrested
Dr Alejandro Frid arrested 4 defending his daughter's future.
11yr old was released
David Suzuki wrote a letter to grandson arrested. Suzuki is scolding the RCMP on #BurnabyMountain
"The RCMP are glorified security for a Private Company..it has to stop" (Tamiko Suzuki)
Notice which journalists save all of their snark & really hard questions for protesters, not corporations
#Burnaby said NO to Kinder Morgan (AKA Enron) pipeline expansion
proud of my city for taking a stand
Seattle is with you #BurnabyMountain! Solidarity
Bus from #Victoria arrived 2 #Burnabymountain
Amazing how many people don’t want
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Wording Source:  Twitter #burnabymountain Nov. 22-23, 2014

Tues. Apr. 5 - Wed. Apr. 6, 2016

- Tuesday - Read The Painted Door” on p. 47 and work on the vocabulary and questions. There will also be a 14 mark open-book quiz on Wednesday.
- Review  by viewing the The Painted Door DVD (see below) 

- Wednesday - review The Painted Door by discussing the questions.
- Open book quiz on "The Painted Door"
- Then, read "The Late Man" on p. 98. Open book 14 mark quiz on Thursday.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Mar. 14 - 18: Short Stories

Open Textbook Quiz - Mon. Mar. 14 (14 marks) "Two Fishermen." 
DUE Fri. Apr. 8: Team Short Story Assignment.
FINAL CUT OFF Marking Deadline for overdue Mar. 1 -11th work is Thurs. Mar. 17.

Tues. Mar. 15 - Fri. Mar. 18, 2016

- In -class essay work at the start of class.

- Continue work on the Team Short Story Assignment. DUE Fri. Apr. 8.
- Start short stories in the lab. You will have four lab classes to complete a story.
Find short story ideas at:
Short Story Ideas
Seventh Sanctum

 Mon. Mar. 14, 2016

- Students should have read "Two Fishermen"  and be ready to write the quiz at the start of class today.
Review questions and write the quiz on "Two Fishermen."
- Review details on the Team Short Story Assignment. DUE Fri. Apr. 8.
- Start short stories in the lab. You will have four lab classes to complete a story.
Find short story ideas at:
Short Story Ideas
Seventh Sanctum

Friday, March 4, 2016

Mar. 7 - 11: The Alchemist / Short Stories

DUE Tues. Mar. 8: Reading Preferences sheet (16)
DUE Thurs. Mar. 10: Paragraphs (2 typed and 4 rough copies) (20)
DUE Fri. Mar. 11: Novel Debriefing Activity sheet (15)

Fri. Mar. 11, 2016

- Continue work on your synthesis essay.
- Review questions and write quiz on "The Firing Squad."
- Read "Two Fishermen" on p. 89 of Tigers of the Snow. 
- Review and quiz on Monday.

Thurs. Mar. 10, 2016

- Continue work on your synthesis essay.
- Review  "The Sound of Hollyhocks" by Hugh Garner on p. 7 of Tigers of the Snow.
- Discuss the story questions.
- Write the 14 mark open-book quiz
- Read "The Firing Squad" by Colin McDougall on p. 69.
- Discuss the questions. Tomorrow you will write the quiz.

Wed. Mar. 9, 2016

- Students will be working on a synthesis essay in class. All materials will be provided.
- The slide presentation below provides information about synthesis essay writing. The sample essay topic is not the topic students will write about on Wednesday to Friday.

 

- Read: "The Sound of Hollyhocks" by Hugh Garner on p. 7 of Tigers of the Snow.
- Discuss the story questions. Then, be ready at the start of tomorrow's class to write the open-book quiz.

Tues. Mar. 8, 2016

- 30 min. for silent novel reading or assignment completion .
- Visit the 15 stations posted around the room. Read and discuss the quotes at each station; then, write a response to the question at each station on the debriefing activity sheet.  Hand in the completed sheet at the end of the class.

Mon. Mar. 7, 2016

- Collect your peer-edited paragraphs and review your editors' comments.
- Decide which two paragraphs you will revise and type for marking.
- In the lab, type your two best paragraphs and staple both typed paragraphs to the front of all your rough copies. ***Include your full name and block***
- Hand in all typed and rough copy paragraphs for marking. These are due by Thurs. Mar. 10th.
- Use the student reading survey results to complete the first paragraph on the reading preferences sheet.