English 8:
Work block for short story projects.
Check point #2 at 11:45am – full draft is due by this time.
REMINDER: your short story project, including your planning, steps 1-3, an edited draft and your TYPED, PRINTED good copy, is due at the start of next class (Weds, Feb 21/24).
English 11FP:
Oral traditions unit: formal oratory.
Important speeches in history: 1) “Lament for Confederation” by Chief Dan George https://vimeo.com/216569738 and 2) “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
Watch videos of both of these speeches; discuss what makes the speeches engaging/interesting. We will be answering a series of analysis questions about these speeches in class next day. If you missed today’s class, you’ll need to watch/listen to both of these speeches to be prepared for the in class writing you will be doing for this next day.
English 12:
Work block #1 for Medicine Walk final composition assessment (due Feb 27).
Reminder: completed rough draft due at the start of class next Fri (Feb 23) for peer editing session.