REMINDER FOR ALL CLASSES: THE TERM 2 CUT OFF IS THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH. ALL OUTSTANDING WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 3:03PM ON THIS DAY OR IT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IN THE GRADING FOR YOUR TERM 2 REPORT CARD.
English 9 (Pd 1):
Watch “To This Day” by Shane Koyczan and “Rifle” by Rudy Francisco as examplars of free verse, spoken word poetry.
Formatted Poetry Writing C’ont:
#1: Write an acrostic poem for each of the following:
1)Your favourite animal
2)Your favourite relative
3)Your favourite song or film
Remaining class time to ensure portfolio is up to date and complete for Term 2.
Silent reading if time remains.
CW12 (Pd 2):
End of term self-evaluations. If you missed today’s class, please use the following link to fill this in and then email to me: CW12 End of Term Self Evaluation. Term 2 includes the short story unit (check points, drafting, peer editing and good copy), micro-fiction unit and the One Act Play unit.
Graded work block for Literary Café Term 2 presentation. Presentations are next Tues and Thurs. If you were absent from today’s class and your absence is excused, the work block mark will be omitted for today. If it is unexcused, you have earned a zero for today.
English 9 (Pd 3):
Watch “To This Day” by Shane Koyczan and “Rifle” by Rudy Francisco as examplars of free verse, spoken word poetry.
Formatted Poetry Writing C’ont:
#1: Write a CINQUAIN for each of the following:
1)Your best or worst subject in school
2)Your favourite season
3)Your favourite article of clothing
Remaining class time to ensure portfolio is up to date and complete for Term 2.
Silent reading if time remains.
English 11CW (Pd 4):
Note taking: five paragraph essay. Students will be writing an in-class essay on Fri, Mar 13th and can use these notes as reference. If you missed today’s class, copy these notes into your book:
THE LITERARY ESSAY:
The purpose of literary essays is to argue and prove a point about literature (sometimes using one piece of text, sometimes synthesizing two or more texts).
The argument itself is expressed as a THESIS STATEMENT and the proof lies in the body of your essay.
Step ONE: Introductory Paragraph
What should it do?
1) engage the reader
2) give a context for your topic – state title(s) and author(s), some background to the literature and some background to the topic
3) express thesis statement
STEP TWO: Body Paragraphs
Body paragraph ONE, TWO AND THREE: What should they do?
1) start with transition sentence
2) develop first proof in chronological order for thesis statement; give background, state your point in a topic sentence, introduce example, integrate quotation from the piece and relate BACK to thesis statement
3) conclude paragraph
STEP THREE: Concluding paragraph
What should it do?
1) start with a transition sentence
2) discuss the logical conclusion of the proofs you have presented in the body paragraphs
3) tie all the loose ends together
4) come up with a strong concluding sentence to end the essay; avoid using a rhetorical question for this and ensure no new information is introduced on the topic in your concluding paragraph
Read Act 5, sc 1 in Macbeth.