English 8:
Copy spelling words – QUIZ at the start of class Fri:
- typical
- until
- unusual
- usually
- valuable
- vegetable
- Wednesday
- writing
- honour
- neighbourhood
LIBRARY visit for Ms Yan’s presentation on this year’s Rebel’s Reads titles.
Finish reading “The Veldt” (p. 248).
Complete analysis sheet and review together as a class.
Analysis assignment: p. 264 #2 (minimum of SIX points with examples from the text done in list format) DUE WEDS.
English 11FP:
Creative writing prompt #7: (for portfolio) –
Tell a family story that you think will be passed down and told generations from now.
Grammar worksheet. If you missed today’s class, I have put the sheet into your portfolio for you to complete when you’re back.
English 12:
Read p. 62-80 in the novel independently. Students must ensure they are keeping up with the readings. I will be starting a process of speaking with students individually to assess oral responses to what you’re reading and understanding about the novel as we proceed; you must be up to date with all readings to ensure this is a successful assessment for you.
Reader’s response journal assignment (due at the start of class Weds) for this section of the text. If you missed today’s class, please ensure you’ve done the reading and complete the journal:
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
Reader’s Response Journal Prompts
For each journal reflection, respond to all of the following prompts. Each prompt should be answered using FULL sentences except for #4 which needs to be a narrative PARAGRAPH (10-15 sentences).
1) How has the plot advanced in this section?
2) Were there any new characters introduced in this section? Describe them in detail. Use your character classification terminology from the short story unit and apply it to the various characters in addition to describing them.
3) Richard Wagamese is an extremely descriptive writer. Looking back over this section of the novel, find at least TWO examples of his use of figurative language. Properly quote (Is it dialogue? Punctuate properly if so!) and cite the text and explain why each example stands out to you the most.
4) NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH (10-15 sentences): A core competency for English is to make connections between yourself and the texts we read. What personal connections can you make to this section of the text from experiences in your own life?
5) PREDICTING: What do you think will happen in the next section?
6) Considering the list of twenty-one Indigenous themes and topics for literature (copied on the back of this sheet for your convenient referencing), identify and explain at least TWO themes/topics you feel are explored in this section of the text. As we make our way through the novel, try to examine a wide variety of the themes/topics rather than just repeating a select few. For those who don’t have their list of themes and topic with them:
- Connection of people to the land and environment
- Interdependence and connectedness of everything
- Connection to spirit and spirituality
- Sustainability and continuity
- Responsibility to family and community
- Importance of identity
- The nature of learning and connection to story
- Transformation
- Diversity
- Tradition vs modernity
- Importance of oral tradition
- Relationship between individual, family and community
- Nature of knowledge
- Experience and impacts of colonization
- Decolonization
- Humour and its role in First Peoples’ cultures
- Intergenerational loss
- Loss
- Resilience and healing
- Connection to ancestors
- Importance of balance