{"id":1467,"date":"2017-01-04T16:19:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T00:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/?page_id=1467"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:18:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:18:05","slug":"language-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/projects\/subjects\/language-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"LANGUAGE ARTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dungeons and Dragons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>NYTimes:<\/em>\u00a0\u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/06\/opinion\/sunday\/dungeons-and-dragons.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">Why the Cool Kids are Playing Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/a><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>New Yorker<\/em>\u00a0magazine: \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/the-uncanny-resurrection-of-dungeons-and-dragons\">The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/a><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Comic Book Resource:\u00a0<\/em>\u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbr.com\/ways-dungeons-dragons-helps-anxiety\/\">8 Ways Dungeons &amp; Dragons Helps with Anxiety<\/a><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Explore this playlist:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is Handbooker Helper?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hD-LWHhiseE?list=PL1tiwbzkOjQyr6-gqJ8r29j_rJkR49uDN\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A couple of other Youtube resources can be found\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbr.com\/dnd-5e-youtube-beginners\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Open source access to the\u00a0<em>Players Handbook<\/em> can be found here: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/universitypark.newdesignscharter.com\/accnt_606843\/site_606946\/Documents\/DD-Player-Handbook.pdf\">5e Players Handbook<\/a><\/strong>; or here: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/players-handbook_202308\/page\/177\/mode\/2up\">5e Players Handbook \u00a0<\/a><\/strong>(it may take a minute for this pdf to load, and you may have to click off a error message along the way\u2026).<\/p>\n<p>A fillable pdf version of the character sheet can be found here:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2018\/04\/DnD_5E_CharacterSheet-Form-Fillable.pdf\">DnD_5E_CharacterSheet \u2013 Form Fillable\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The assignment outline for your Term Two reflection is here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2026\/02\/Second-Relfection-2026.pdf\">Second Reflection 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The assignment outline for your first term reflection is here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2025\/11\/First-Relfection-2025.pdf\">First Reflection 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whole Class Read-Alouds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The criteria for preparing to read a character role can be found here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2023\/10\/LA-prep-for-reading-character-parts.pdf\">LA prep for reading character parts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daily Diary\/Review Frame<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like Lynda Barry to guide your Daily Diary\/Review Frame experience, use these videos in order:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMAGES 1 Review Frame Part 1 of 3\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lk47XVhKDpI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMAGES 1 Review Frame Part 2 of 3\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tx_ghex-VVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMAGES 1 Review Frame Part 3 of 3\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jfLUA_nSmQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conventions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those interesting in further exploring the rules of grammar and punctuation, here&#8217;s a link to a great resource: &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/heagerty\/Courses\/b572\/public\/StrunkWhite.pdf\">The Elements of Style<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; by Strunk and White.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What We Talk About When We Talk About Commas | Comma Queen\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zwsanKHRkOg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The full Comma Queen playlist is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLo1TdazaYsoryZnM39HXDB4I9wHBGevy9\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Super interesting article about her <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/02\/23\/holy-writ\">here<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Socratic Circles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A reading about the how and why of Socratic Circles can be found\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/staff.esuhsd.org\/danielle\/English%20Department%20LVillage\/SocraticSeminar\/0394ch01.pdf\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oral\u00a0<\/strong><b>Language<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The rubric used for Oral Language assessment during presentations can be found here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/10\/Oral-Language-rubric-2020.pdf\">Oral Language rubric<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dungeons and Dragons NYTimes:\u00a0\u201cWhy the Cool Kids are Playing Dungeons &amp; Dragons\u201d New Yorker\u00a0magazine: \u201cThe Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons &amp; Dragons\u201d Comic Book Resource:\u00a0\u201c8 Ways Dungeons &amp; Dragons Helps with Anxiety\u201d Explore this playlist: A couple of other Youtube resources &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/projects\/subjects\/language-arts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6195,"featured_media":0,"parent":639,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14462,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1467\/revisions\/14462"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}