3U+Unit+ONE+-+Short+Stories,+Poetry,+Literary+Terms


 * Get ready to get crazy for reading . . . love your language. . . and free the WORD!!! **
 * Welcome!!! **


 * Assessment and evaluation: **
 * MON. Mar. 24 - //Kite Runner quiz// **

//READ TO PAGE 199 OF THE KITE RUNNER over the break// ||  || Last half of period in Lab to finish mini-research assignment ||  || Handed out questions to guide reading Handed out **SUMMATIVE MATERIAL FOR READER'S LOG #2:** ||  || Finished MindMap Presentations HANDED OUT KITE RUNNER QUESTIONS: ||  || Presentations are tomorrow Handed out //Kite Runner// mini-research assignment. ||  || Organized BookClub discussions.
 * **THUR. Mar. 6** || Watched first half of //Dead Poet's Society//
 * **WED. Mar. 5** || Discussed first Chapter of //The Kite Runner//
 * **TUE. Mar. 4** || Full period in Library to continue work on mini-research assignment
 * **MON. Mar. 3** || Half period in Lab to begin mini-research assignment
 * **FRI. Feb. 28** || Presentations of MindMaps ||  ||
 * **THUR. Feb. 27** || Students worked on Mind Maps
 * **WED. Feb. 26** || **SHORT STORY TEST** ||  ||
 * **TUE. Feb. 25** || "Sight" Passage went out today. Read and analyse story to be ready for sight passage questions tomorrow.

DATES FOR BOOK CLUB: **#1 March 26 / #2 April 9 / #3 April 23 / #4 May 7** ||  || Students worked on their MindMapping Assignment ||  || Chose groups and a short story for the MIND MAP ||  || HW: Do numbers 2-6 in point form. ||  || P4 HW: For each of the remaining stanzas in the poem, figure out what the implications are. ||  || Read the story, go to the TED talk on the question sheet, do questions 1-3 and be prepared to write up EITHER 2 or 3 to hand in tomorrow. ||  || ||   || Viewed Robert Frost bio. Worked on poem: ||   || Discussed the "Out, out brief candle" speech from MacBeth and then read Frost's "Out,Out--" Identified sound devices in the poem, entering them into the chart:
 * **MON. Feb. 24** || **PARAGRAPH DUE**
 * **FRI. Feb. 21** || Did some peer editing using this checklist: FINAL DRAFT OF PARAGRAPH DUE MONDAY!!!
 * **THURS. Feb. 20** || Finished the paragraph for History lesson. ||  ||
 * **WED. Feb. 19** || **Worked on Armstrong's "History Lesson":[[file:History Lesson.doc]]**
 * **TUE. Feb. 18** || Read "History Lesson" and watched (in P3 only) "I'm Not the Indian You Had in Mind"
 * **FRI. Feb 14** || Spent the period writing out the answer for #2 OR #3 to hand in.
 * HW: finish the questions on the sheet. You should have answers for questions 1-8 complete for Monday.** ||  ||
 * **THUR. Feb 13** || Began "Brother Dear" -[[file:Brother Dear Questions.doc]]
 * **Wed. Feb. 12** || Went to library and took out Summative Books:[[file:DRAFT2Readers'Log.doc]]
 * **TUE. Feb. 11** || Reviewed "Out, Out--" and finished working on the underlined sections: [[file:Out, Out.doc]] ||  ||
 * **MON. Feb. 10** || Took last notes for "Lamp at Noon" (see "Lamp at Noon" 6 Feb.).
 * **FRI. Feb.7** || Discussed possible theme TOPICS for "The Lamp at Noon" - isolation, madness, death, violence.

ON the Poetry Terms handout, highlight: **IMAGERY, ALLUSION, SOUND DEVICES (ALLITERATION, CONSONANCE, ASSONANCE, ONOMATOPOEIA, INTERNAL RHYME**) ||  ||   for this document you must save and then open the doc, highlight blank sections and change font colour to black. ||  || Review examples shown in class of how to analyse a simile: ||   || Course selections must be completed, signed, and handed in to Period ONE teachers by February 18. - Students signed out texts. ||  || - Texts handed out - Course binder requirements: BINDER, 5 DIVIDERS: Short Stories; //The Kite Runner//; //MacBeth;// Language Skills; Non-Fiction and Media PERIOD 3 & 4: COURSE OUTLINE ||
 * **THU. Feb. 6** || Did questions #1 individually and then 2-7 in groups. Took them up. See handouts and overhead:
 * **WED. Feb. 5** || On poetry terms handout - **Highlight REPETITION, SIMILE, METAPHOR, PERSONIFICATION**. Do the top two blocks and the bottom block of the side 1 of the long chart for analysis: [[file:ChartForAnalysis.doc]]
 * **TUE. Feb.4** || **Began with "The Profile of Africa"[[file:Profile of Africa.doc]]**
 * and then started working with terms for poetry: [[file:Poetryterms.doc]]**
 * INCLASS PARAGRAPH WRITING:** Choose a simile from the poem and write a paragraph that discusses its implications. SEE Handout:[[file:Explicating a SIMILE.doc]]
 * HW: READ "The Lamp at Noon" starting on page 62 of the text.** ||  ||
 * **Monday, Feb**. 3 || PERIOD 3 - Assembly: to Review school rules and to review process for registration and course options.
 * || PERIOD 4- Around the clock introductions