ENGLISH
| story_plot_line_explained.pdf |
| play_critic_-_spring_2021.pdf |
Assignments
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| allegory.pdf |
| allusion.pdf |
| cliche_handout.pdf |
| diction.pdf |
| dramatic_irony_sheet.pdf |
| euphemism.pdf |
| foreshadowing.pdf |
| hyperbole_exercise.pdf |
| imagery_2-_little_assignment.pdf |
| metaphor_sheet.pdf |
| onomatopoeia_handout.pdf |
| oxymoron_paradox_juxtaposition.pdf |
| personification_handout.pdf |
| pun_handout.pdf |
| situational_irony_handout.pdf |
| symbolism.pdf |
| verbal_irony_sheet.pdf |
Poems
| haikus.pdf |
| limerick.pdf |
Core Competency Skills
Our new curriculum has changed the way we teach our subjects. Instead of focusing on content we are learning a set of skills that one must have to achieve success in their grade.
The document below is the list of the competency skills from grades 10-12.
You'll notice that some skills have been repeated, some skills have changed the wording and some skills are new. This is where we must begin.
The document below is the list of the competency skills from grades 10-12.
You'll notice that some skills have been repeated, some skills have changed the wording and some skills are new. This is where we must begin.
| English CORE Competencies E10 + EFP11+12.pdf |
| English Core Competencies 10-12.pdf |
Residential Schools
and the
Truth and Reconciliation - Calls to Action for Education
In this unit we have:
- looked at what abuse looks like in different forms.
- watched videos with medical and mental health professionals who speak about the long term effects abuse can have.
- watched videos on orphanages/group homes around the world and how, if families can stay together that is always the best scenerio.
- watched videos on the timeline of residential schools in Canada - watched videos with survivors of residential school and their descendants.
- Studied the Truth and Reconciliation - Calls to Action on Education poster and with groups we divided up the different categories to study each point and then presented our finding to the class.
- looked at what abuse looks like in different forms.
- watched videos with medical and mental health professionals who speak about the long term effects abuse can have.
- watched videos on orphanages/group homes around the world and how, if families can stay together that is always the best scenerio.
- watched videos on the timeline of residential schools in Canada - watched videos with survivors of residential school and their descendants.
- Studied the Truth and Reconciliation - Calls to Action on Education poster and with groups we divided up the different categories to study each point and then presented our finding to the class.
| Team Research - TRC Education Calls to Action.PDF |
| Team Research - TRC Education Calls to Action.pages |
English Units and Assignments
Third Assignment
Theatrical Poetry
Image: https://medium.com/@BantuRhythms/dramatis-ars-poetica-dramatic-poetry-extinction-level-event-995a308155b9
Students are expressing themselves and sharing their theatre experiences through poetry.
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Assigned March 9th
Due: March 29th The document to the left has all the instructions and rubric we went over in class. | ||
Second Assignment
https://medium.com/@adelewhittaker/pollution-everywhere-literally-5cce10c2ff5f
5 Paragraph Find a Solution! Essay
In class students have watched several clips on the environment, recycling, and being stewards of the land:
- The Man Clearing 9,000 Tons of Trash From Mumbai’s Beaches
- Indigenous storytelling as a political lens Tai Simpson TEDxBoise
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- Plastic Recycling is an Actual Scam Climate Town
- Tracking your plastic Exposing recycling myths (Marketplace)
- How to Save Our Planet
After watching and taking notes on these clips we had a class discussion of what we saw and learned about this reality and how we as a society and individuals contribute to the problem. We ended talking about what we can do.
- The Man Clearing 9,000 Tons of Trash From Mumbai’s Beaches
- Indigenous storytelling as a political lens Tai Simpson TEDxBoise
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- Plastic Recycling is an Actual Scam Climate Town
- Tracking your plastic Exposing recycling myths (Marketplace)
- How to Save Our Planet
After watching and taking notes on these clips we had a class discussion of what we saw and learned about this reality and how we as a society and individuals contribute to the problem. We ended talking about what we can do.
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Due Date: Friday, Feb 12th
The doc to the left explains all the steps for each part of the essay. Every student has a physical copy. | ||
Novel Study Unit
In this novel study unit students will choose between 4 novels:
- 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
- Moon of the Crusted Snow
- Son of a Trickster
- The Marrow Thieves
As students read through the chapters they will have a selection of questions to answer.
- 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
- Moon of the Crusted Snow
- Son of a Trickster
- The Marrow Thieves
As students read through the chapters they will have a selection of questions to answer.
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Novel Study Handouts and Assignments
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These questions are due:
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First Assignment
Surviving the Yukon
In this unit the students have split into 'essential' groups for survival:
- Food
- Water/Hygiene/Medicine
- Shelter/Protection
In these groups they need to plan how to survive a year in the Yukon with only the clothes on their backs. Luckily it is the warmest month of the year but Winter is quickly approaching….
- Food
- Water/Hygiene/Medicine
- Shelter/Protection
In these groups they need to plan how to survive a year in the Yukon with only the clothes on their backs. Luckily it is the warmest month of the year but Winter is quickly approaching….
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Research/Citation due: Mon. Feb 1st
Group Presentations: Wed. Feb 3rd
Group Presentations: Wed. Feb 3rd