Week at a Glace: June 7-11th

English 11 and 11 AP

• DUE on JUNE 11/14th: Revised versions of your in-class paragraph write - revised so as to improve according to the rubric. Block 1.1 is to answer the question about how setting influences the theme of "Because I never learned" and email it to me before the 14th. bmoore@sd45.bc.ca
• How to study for the Final Exam on June 16th at 12pm
• Ask yourself a bunch of the 4 Types of Questions for anything you read (newspaper article, poem, story, novel, brochure, etc). Answer your questions in writing and assess your writing with the Writign Rubric.
• Right There: a question for which the answer can be found "right there" in one spot in the text. Ex: How does Duncan react when first arriving at Macbeth's castle?
• Search and Find: a question for which the answer must be sought out from several parts of the text then put together for a full answer. EX: How do others see Macbeth?
• Authour and You: a question which demands that the answer involve examination of the text and the answerer's own ideas and opinions. Ex: Is Macbeth mad or bad?
• On Your Own: a question which does not require the answerer to have read the text - but the question itself draws a thematic link to the text. EX: When have you ever let fear control your actions?
• Know how to identify and describe the following terms:
• anaphora, allusion, similie, metaphor, imagery, paradox, parallelism, repetition, tone, voice, ehtos, pathos, logos, rhetorical question, active voice, alliteration, antithesis, contrast, diction, irony (verbal, situation, and dramatic), aside, soliloquy, rhyming couplet, character foil, stanza, denotation, conotation, round character, flat character, static character, dynamic character, stock character, first person point of view, second person point of view, third person point of view, third person omiscient point of view, third person limited omiscient point of view, third person objective point of view

Writing 12

• June 14th: hand in Term 3 project. 
• June 14th: Guest poet in the house today!
• Don't forget to bring a usb key so I can give you your memoir feedback!

English 8

• EVERY DAY: Bring your Silent Reading with an adult book.
• DUE JUNE 11th: your metaphor poem and your Found Poem.
• DUE JUNE 11th: a poem that you write about something you see. Go outside or walk around your house and describe something you see in a poem. Have fun with it!
• On June 15th you will present a visual to the class which defines an aspect of your experience with the reading with an adult assignment. You may ask me to show you some examples of visuals, if you like, as I have some from previous students. Your presentation will be assessed, by your peers and me, with the Presentation Rubric.