Feb. 4 - 8: Media Studies

Thurs. Feb. 7 and Fri. Feb. 8
- Continue work on the annotated bibliography assignment.
- Old media focus: Travel media - Write annotated bibliography entries for one sample of travel media.
- Avoiding Plagiarism DVD: Blk. E Thursday; Blk. F Friday

Wed. Feb. 6
- 20 min. silent reading OR complete your paragraph from yesterday on a media topic.
- Discuss MLA annotated bibliography format. Review the annotated bibliography assignment.
- Old media focus: Travel media - Write annotated bibliography entries for one sample of travel media.

Tues. Feb. 5
- 20 min. silent reading OR complete your paragraph from yesterday on a media topic.
- Review formal and informal writing style comparison notes. Underline the seven most important characteristics of each and create a Venn diagram outline in preparation for a paragraph that contrasts formal and informal writing styles (point of view; subject; tone; structure; thesis placement; vocabulary; purpose).
- Write a paragraph contrasting formal and informal writing styles.

Mon. Feb. 4 - Welcome to English 11.
Today we will review the course outline and expectations.
Discussion Items:

• Seating plan
• Course blog / website
• Silent reading (bring or borrow)
• Study block 
• Academic aspirations
• Evaluation 
• Assignment completion
• Essays (informal / formal)
• Tests
• Cross grade exam (20%)
• Email contact (assignments only). Parents should phone school.
• Literary theme(s) of this course: Dreams and self-determination
• Media studies unit / review  (tourism media, media bias, privacy, celebrity topics)

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

Jan. 21 - 25: October Sky

**FINAL EXAM Fri. Jan. 25 and Mon. Jan. 28. Review the practice questions**  
Ch. 3-8 assignments: DUE Mon. Jan. 21
**Rocket Boys Musical**
**October Sky discussion questions** Chapter summaries **
Tweets from space

Fri. Jan. 25, 2013
- Cross-grade exam essays will be written in class today.
- The other sections of the exam will be written in AA block on Mon. Jan. 28.
 
Thurs. Jan. 24, 2013
- Lab 120 is booked. Complete missing term assignments.
- Review literary terminology and the practice questions for the cross grade exam on Fri. Jan. 25 and Mon. Jan. 28.  

Tues. Jan. 22 - Wed. Jan. 23, 2013
- We  will watch the movie October Sky during these classes.
***Please return any textbooks that have not been handed in.

Mon. Jan. 21, 2013
- Lab 120 is booked.
- Ch. 3 - 8 October Sky novel assignment is due today.

Jan. 14 - 18: October Sky

**FINAL EXAM Fri. Jan. 25 and Mon. Jan. 28. Review the practice questions**  
Ch. 3-8 assignments: DUE Mon. Jan. 21
**Rocket Boys Musical**
**October Sky discussion questions** Chapter summaries **
Tweets from space
 
Fri. Jan. 18
- Lab 120 is booked.
- Finish your ch. 3-8 questions and paragraphs. Continue reading the novel.
- Hand in the documentary reflection assignment.
- The documentary Fractured Land by BC filmmaker Damien Gillis is currently in development and looks at the controversial issue of fracking in Northern British Columbia.
- This documentary film and many other  "indie films" are being funded through Indiegogo.

 
Wed. Jan 16 and Thurs. Jan 17
- Documentary film is an effective storytelling medium that is increasingly focused on social, political, and environmental issues / activism.
- We will be viewing The Last Mountain, which tells the story of controversial mountaintop removal mining practices used in West Virginia (the setting of the novel October Sky).
- Start work on the documentary reflection chart and paragraph responses.



Tues. Jan.15
- The book October Sky educates readers about the early years of the space race in the 1950s. Watch Our Generation's Space Race.
- Read the article Mining On the Moon.  Why would Canada be well-positioned for this new space race? 
- Then continue reading October Sky and completing Ch. 3-8 assignments.
 
Mon. Jan. 14, 2013
- Finish reading chapter 14 for Tuesday.
- Continue work on chapter 3-8 questions (DUE Jan. 21).
- Watch Part 3 of the Homer Hickam interview, then continue reading October Sky.