English 11

Thursday Puzzling Prof A famous one: From what word can you drop the last four letters without changing the pronunciation? Hint: There is also a three-letter homophone for the original word. TERM 1 NON-FICTION BOOK RESPONSE IS DUE TODAY. A. Peer editing the term 1 non-fiction book assignment. B. Look for an ad for your ad deconstruction assignment.Check the questions below to make sure that you will be able to work with the questions and your ad. Deconstruct your ad using these questions: 1. Whose message is this? Who created or paid for it? Why? 2. Who is the “target audience”? What is their age, ethnicity, class, profession, interests, etc.? What words, images or sounds suggest this? 3. What is the “text” of the message? (What we actually see and/or hear: written or spoken words, photos, drawings, logos, design, music, sounds, etc.) 4. What is the “subtext” of the message? (What do you think is the hidden or unstated meaning?) 5. What kind of lifestyle is presente...

Thursday Term novel assignment -  Non-fiction Books You are responsible for reading at least one non-fiction book this term.  You will be selecting something from the non-fiction recommended list available on the blog. If you find another book that you wish to read that is not on the list below, please check with me before committing to it for the term. Based on the text and its themes, language, ideas, etc., you will create a personal response of about 2 typed, double-spaced pages (minimum 500 words) At the top of your response, provide a definition of non-fiction . Mention the title of the book and the author’s name Paragraph #1    reading on-the-lines Key question: What is the text saying? What is the book saying? Recount events, details, topics, main ideas explicitly stated in the book. Paragraph #2    reading between-the-lines Key question: How does it say what is says? Provide some interpretive discussion of the book: read between...

Monday 1. Some reading time for the term non-fiction book. You have 3 more days - including today. Thursday you are in the computer lab writing the draft of your response to the book. 2. Block D/H only - Photo Fuss #1 - discussion of answers to the questions. Beef-up your answers. Review/revise your answers to the questions on the Photo Fuss #2.  3. There will be a small quiz on Visual Literacy terms next week. Review terms in class today and ensure they are written on the blue sheet. 4. A reminder - the digitally altered image write-up was due last week. It is now late. Please get it to me by Thursday, at the latest, or you will be spending time with me on Friday. 5. Go over the tutorial on ad deconstruction together:  https://www.sophia.org/tutorials/deconstruct-media-messages . Pick one of the ads at the bottom of the page. In groups of 2 - 4 people, deconstruct the ad using the format in the web tutorial. Print a copy of the ad and write your deconstruction ideas in ...

Thursday Phew, found another cat palindrome! 1. 7 more days to finish reading your non-fiction book. 2. Mark the run-on sentence practice handed out on Monday. 3. Go over the Photo Fuss sheet #1. Make appropriate changes to sheet #2 based on our discussion. 4. Look at the following web site:  https://www.sophia.org/tutorials/deconstruct-media-messages 5. Add the following words to your blue sheet: deconstruct, source, text, subtext, audience, persuasion technique, point of view. You should already have: context, ethical, etc from yesterday. 6. Read through the deconstruction example on the web site. With a partner, go through the discussion questions beneath the ad. Talk over the answers. I will be coming around to check your understanding. 7. Pick either one of the ads at the bottom of the tutorial. In pairs, create a typed document, place the image and answer the deconstruction questions. Hand in at the end of the class. I wonder if I can find four days of ca...

Thursday Hink Pink [ last one for this week!] :  The Great One’s personal watercraft. PS - Snafu - more information! All aspects of the speech assignment must be completed by tomorrow at 12:30.  PS to yesterday's new word - have you used snafu in a sentence yet? 1. Quick run-on sentence quiz. 2. Show me your Framing worksheet in the computer lab. 3. Complete [neatly, using full sentences] the PART 1 & PART 2 handouts for Retouching Reality. 3. Computer lab: pick a digitally altered image from the political/news/journalism arena, or a digitally altered image from the fashion/entertainment/celeb area. Show me your visual literacy skills. Answer the questions that were on the Obama/Framing sheet AND the questions/activities from last week's group Photo Analysis Worksheet [What am I looking at - people, objects, activities? What assumptions am I making when I look at this image? What does the image mean to me? What can I infer? What is the purpose of the image - to a...

Thursday Images for group work Group #1 Group #2 Group #3 Group #4 Group #5 Group #6 Group #7 Group #8 Move into groups of 4. Come to see me and I will give your group a number. The photograph for your group is on the blog - choose the one that matches with your group number. All members are to work together; however, you are to individually complete the Photo Analysis Worksheet.  Be prepared to share your information about your photo with the class on Monday.  Individually, research the image based on the caption information I will provide you with. You are to find out the setting, the year, the name of the photographer and the significance of the image. As well discuss the effect that 3 of the techniques (see the list of techniques in #4 - 8 below)  have on the message of the image (what is the image’s message about life/society/human behaviour? For example, discuss angle, framing and lighting and how they deliver the theme/BIG IDEA in the image. ...