Wednesday 11 September 2024

Sept 11, 2024

  Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

ENG 8 (AM)

  • Checking in
  • Team is up! Let me know if you can't access it.
  • Recapping yesterday
  • Literary Paragraph
    • Recapping details
  • Literary terms
    • Reviewing yesterday's
  • Freewrite: More money, more problems
  • Text 1: "the last great American dynasty" by Taylor Swift
    • Discussion: How do you feel about Taylor Swift?
    • Background: Rebekah Harkness and Holiday House
    • Lyrics - forgive me for censoring the song
    • Listening multiple times
    • Analysis: Offer the following
      • What literary terms can you identify?
      • What thematic statement applies?
      • What do you think of the song?
  • Literary terms
    • Symbolism
    • Characterization
  • Silent reading
  • Tomorrow, we'll move on to the next text
ENG 8 (PM)

  • Checking in
  • Team is up! Let me know if you can't access it.
  • Recapping yesterday
    • Continuing analysis of the song
    • Thematic Statement check
  • Literary Paragraph
    • Recapping details
  • Literary terms
    • Characterization
    • Plot Structure
  • Freewrite: Stranger Danger
  • Walk around the block
  • Text 2: "Thank You M'am" by Langston Hughes
    • Who is Langston Hughes?
    • Background on the Harlem Renaissance
    • Reading through the text
    • Analysing the text 
      • Create a thematic statement
      • Identify the plot structure
      • Identify characterization
      • Find examples of symbolism
    • Create a connecting thematic statement between the two texts
  • Silent reading
  • Tomorrow, we'll move on to the next text

EFP 10

  • Checking in
  • Team is up! Let me know if you can't access it.
  • Recapping yesterday
  • Literary Paragraph
    • Recapping details
  • Literary terms
    • Reviewing yesterday's
  • Freewrite: "The past is never past. It's not even past."
  • Text 1: "Totem" by Thomas King
    • Discussion: How do you feel about art?
    • Background on the Group of Seven
    • Reading through the story
    • Analysis
      • Identify literary terms
      • Offer a thematic statement
      • Offer an opinion
  • Field trip to our own totem pole
  • Silent reading
  • Tomorrow, we'll move on to the next text

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