English 11

Thursday https://www.nfb.ca/film/clockmakers/ 1. Writing time to compose your responses to the 3 short stories you have read.  2. I will begin marking the final draft of the speeches in the next few days. Make sure your copy is in Office 365.  Wednesday https://www.nfb.ca/film/synchromy/ 1. Reading time for short stories. First response to 3-4 stories is to be done in class tomorrow, and is due at the end of that class. 2. Block H - watch This is That; Block B - New Boy video version. 3. Edit sheet based on errors in speeches. 4. Placemat activity in groups to discuss New Boy. Sections of placemat: Level 1 reading: what is the story about? Level 2 reading: How does the author say what he says: story features, techniques, literary devices, structure/organization? Level 3 reading: What is the author's BIG IDEA about life, society or human behaviour? ROTATE GROUPS DURING... 5. Walkabout Review to go over The Larder. 6. Class "questioning" of the two ...

Thursday HINK PINKS! Computer room - time to work on your speech. Wednesday HINK PINKS! Reading time for short stories Using the new speech rubric, how would you rate some student's speeches on a 6 point scale. Rhetorical devices and their effects - Powerpoint Room 100 to work on your speech. It must be handed-in at the end of tomorrow's class.  TYPE OF SPEECH: Persuasive/manipulative AUDIENCE: Teens Make sure your speech passes the "Gateway" criteria BEFORE you hand it in.  The Gateway criteria include checking your writing for proper paragraphing, spelling, capitalization, proofread for typing errors, and grammatical errors (look out for sentence fragments / incomplete sentences, and run-on sentences).  YOU SHOULD REVIEW THE ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC BEFORE SUBMITTING TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MET THE CRITERIA FOR THE ASSIGNMENT. Tuesday HINK PINKS! Reading time for short stories Using the blank rubric from yesterday, write down notes about the elements...

Thursday Block D/H has no class today due to the NIC trip this morning Block B/F 1. Complete your annotation of a speech and hand it in by the end of class today. 2. I will be listening to the remaining speech in film presentations in the lab today. 3. You should use time today to read the short stories I have provided. Also, you should research other short stories that you want to read for the remainder of the term. Your first short story response is due at the end of class next Thursday. 4. Mark blue transitions sheet - do a tiny new transitions practice. 5. You do not need to begin working on your speech yet; however, you should be thinking about what you want to write about - what will you try to persuade your audience to do, or not do? Wednesday Hink Pinks! arguing sister? 1. Parallelism and Rhetorical devices work you did last Wednesday - go over the ones from last week and add to you list with the following  Powerpoint. Why would you use these? Effect on audie...

Wednesday 1. What is the effect on the audience if you use the following devices? Make a T-chart like the one you see below and complete the right side of the chart and hand it in. manipulative/persuasive/rhetorical device effect on the audience inclusive language, allusion, mention shared beliefs, shared culture inclusive language allusion repetition problem/solution, repetition, question/answer imagery, loaded language figurative language such as metaphor, imagery, etc. analogy, metaphor, simile, facts/figures (logos) ask a question pathos ethos logos 2. Parallelism practice - write P for parallel or FP for faulty parallelism on lined-paper. No need to write out entire sentence. You can do this on the same paper you used for the T-chart above. a. Employees use computers to write letters, keep records, calculate expenses, and do payroll.  b. Computers are useful, but frustrating, tools.  c. Unfortunately, computers cannot think the way humans do,...