English 8:
Silent reading.
Assignment for “Thank-you, Ma’am” due at the start of the class.
Read “Catch” (p. 51); analysis sheet.
Assignment: p. 61 #1 (due at the start of class Fri, Feb 2):
a) T-chart comparing Rita and Darlene (5 points for each character)
b) 6-8 sentence paragraph comparing the two characters to each other
English 11FP:
Overview: oral traditions unit.
Group discussion questions with chart paper responses.
English 12:
Portfolio organization and update table of contents for accuracy.
Grammar worksheet (10 mins timed). If you missed today’s class, please ensure you attend a flex time to make this up ASAP.
Found poetry assignment (due Mon, Feb 5):
What is FOUND POETRY?
- Found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry can be made from novels, plays, newspaper articles, street signs, graffiti, speeches, letters, or even other poems.
- A pure found poem consists exclusively of outside texts: the words of the poem remain as they were found, with few additions or omissions. Decisions of form, such as where to break a line, are left to the poet.
ASSIGNMENT:
- Using the text anywhere from Ch 1-17 in Medicine Walk, create your own FOUND POEMS on any TWO of the following themes: hope; love; anger; and loss. You should reference 10-20 pages to provide your poems with variety.
- Each poem needs to be 12-15 lines in length
- It cannot include ANY words of your own – all of the words in your poem MUST come from Wagamese’s text
- You can change verb tense/conjugation if you feel it’s needed