English 11

Thursday Take a pencil to lunch... 1. Complete the Twitter assignment in Office 365/Content folder. 2. Make sure the following things are complete and in Office 365: CRAP chart, Fake news items[links & actual images/pages], Answers to the questions for Liquid Mountaineering video. 3. Complete your late short story response. 4. Short story reading time. Wednesday 1. Reading time for short stories. 2. Edit quiz to mark. 3. Home page analysis and Image analysis feedback. 4. Short story terms & devices. Tuesday Something on a Stick Day - March 28, 2017 1. Reading time for short stories.  2. Edit QUIZ. Comma usage:  http://www.businessinsider.com/a-guide-to-proper-comma-use-2013-9 3. Home page analysis.  4. Image analysis.  5. Short story terms & devices. Monday Spanish Paella Day 2017! 1. Reading time for short stories. Many students have not completed the response that was due before Spring Break. If it is not in Of...

Thursday Today is Panda Day! FYI - I have reduced the number of short stories you have to read and respond to from 10 down to 8. 1. Write Reading response #2 For this response you must reduce the amount of retelling of the story that you are doing compared to last time. Instead, focus on explaining what you notice about how the writer writes and what message the story delivers about life, society or human behaviour. It is through your discussion of the story that it will be clear whether you have understood the story - so no need to retell the plot. Things to discuss when dealing with how the writer says what they say: point of view used - 1st, 3rd person limited, omniscient, objective word choices / diction - slang, jargon, colloquialisms symbolism foreshadowing flashbacks dialogue imagery irony comparisons - metaphor, simile, personification Ways to figure out what the theme is: the title the conflict the goal(s) of the main character the conflict the c...

Thursday For your viewing pleasure: the world's smallest car chase scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwL3PEeE0sU If your reading response from last week is not in your Assignment folder today when I come to see you, you will have to come in to see me tomorrow. 1. Case study B - view video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgbP9FJHUO4 . Finish answering the discussion questions on your own paper working with your various clock partners. 2. Check out the CRAP test that is in the Content Library on our English 11 page in Office 365. Your job is to a evaluate at least 3 of the online articles below using the CRAP test. Put a chart into your Office 365 section of our class notebook. Here are the news/info items analyse using the CRAP test... A. Milennials -  http://ad-assets.nytimes.com/paidpost/dell/will-millennials-ever-completely-shun-the-office.html#.Us2ZbfRDvni%20 B. Dog Island - http://www.thedogisland.com/ http://www.thedogisland.com/ C. More Bo...