Class LearningUPDATE MONDAY JANUARY 28:
DUE TO THE BUS CANCELLATION, PERIOD 4 ENG4U WILL WRITE THE FINAL EXAM ON TUESDAY JANUARY 29, AND PERIOD 5 ENG4U WILL WRITE THE FINAL EXAM ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30 Week of January 21-25: 1) Complete final performance task panel discussions. 2) Complete in-class writing task for FPT. Must synthesize ideas from all three issues. 3) Work on practice exam (available Tuesday). You can read the short story "Miss Brill" here: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/mansfield/garden/brill.html FINAL EXAMS: Period 4-Monday January 28th @ 8:30am in room 118 Period 5-Tueday January 29th @ 8:30am in room 118 Week of January14-18: Work on final performance task in class. Week of January 7-11: 1) Journal check-did you complete one more journal over the holidays? 2) Final seminars take place on Monday and Tuesday 3) Wednesday is a work period. You should work on finishing your journals and your media task. 4) Book Club Portfolio is due on Thursday January 10 5) Final performance task will begin in-class on Thursday January 10. This involves participation in a roundtable and also an in-class writing task. The entire FPT will be completed in class. Final Performance Task (FPT) Dates: Roundtable presentations will take place on January 18, 21, 22 In-class writing component will take place on Wednesday January 23 Week of December 17-21: 1) Continue to participate in seminars (see presentation schedule) 2) Journal Checkpoint #1 is on Thursday December 20th. Must have: -3 journals -active reading notes Homework over the break: Continue to read your book and work on notes/journals. This might be a good time to complete your creative media piece. Portfolios are due on Thursday December 10th. Week of December 10-14: 1) Workshop on Media (see pdf) 2) Begin seminar presentations. If you forget when you will be presenting, please see schedule attached. 3) Engage in seminars. If you are not involved in a seminar, you should be... -reading -working on journals -making notes -conducting extension research Week of December 3-7: 1) As a group, present your wiki 2) Introduce Book Club assignment (see book club overview for students). Pick up books from the fiction and non-fiction provided, read, and find one that you enjoy. Groups must have 4-6 members. 3) Wednesday: Workshop on constructing effective questions & also recap journal writing (see journal prompts handout). Meet with group to make a name, schedule, and divvy up the book sections. 4) Thursday: Workshop on defining purpose and audience in media (very short). Choice to read and meet with group. 5) Friday: Workshop with Mrs. Lang-Brouwers in the library on conducting extension research. Week of November 26-30: 1) Finish watching documentaries. Remember that for each documentary you need to complete the "documentary viewing guide." 2) Introduce and explain the WikiDocs assignment. You have been put into groups of 5 (see attached). You should have received an email to your First Class account inviting you to join a Wiki. Please follow the link and prompts to join. 3) Lab or library time on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to work on your wiki. Watch the YouTube video "Wikis in Plain English" to help you understand how wikis work. 4) Each group will present/discuss their wiki with the class on MONDAY DECEMBER 3rd. Week of November 19-23: 1) Documentary essential questions, survey, and questions to consider about documentaries 2) Read article and answer as a class, 'why is it important to watch documentaries?' 'which types of documentaries exist?' 'how are documentaries different from fiction?' 'what should we look for in a documentary?' (see documentary reading notes) 3) Review documentary film vocabulary and Media Literacy for analysing POV (this is your Bible for the unit!) 3) Watch Chernobyl Heart and complete the documentary viewing guide as a class 4) As a class, select two documentaries from the list provided and watch them. Complete the documentary viewing guide for each. Next week we will work on the WikiDocs assignment, which is a group project based on one of the documentaries. Week of November 12-16: 1) Journals due Monday 2) Ensure that pre-vieiwng handout is complete 3) Watch a Hollywood production of Hamlet and make notes on your chosen scenes 4) Work on your scene analysis. Final product is due on Friday November 16 5) Begin to discuss documentaries: why is it important to study them, and yet how and why should we watch them with a critical eye? Week of November 5-9 1) Finish reading Act IV, ii 2) Prep for tutorials. Tutorials will take place Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Remember that for your tutorial you need to prepare an introduction AND submit your research/planning notes (you may use the tutorial planning sheet provided or another system that you devise). Period 4 tutorial schedule: Wed: 6, 1 Thurs: 2, 3 Fri: 7 Period 5 tutorial schedule: Wed: 6, 3 Thurs: 1, 5 Fri: 2, 7 3) While the other groups are participating in tutorials, it is your job to finish the Hamlet journals. 3 journals are due on Monday November 12. 4) Next week we will be watching a film version of Hamlet and you will be required to complete a scene analysis. This week you will need to complete the pre-viewing organizer in anticipation of which scenes you will critique during the film. Week of October 29-November 2 1) Read Act IV and Act V of Hamlet. Discuss and answer the guided reading questions. 2) Introduce the Hamlet tutorial assignment. Prepare thesis for tutorial and continue to write journals. Tutorials to take place next week on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (November 7-9) Week of October 22-26 1) Your first journal is due on Monday October 22nd 2) Continue to read Hamlet. We should finish Acts II and III this week. Make notes on the guided reading questions as we read. 3) Journal #2 is homework on Wednesday October 24th 4) There is a QUIZ on Hamlet this week on Thursday October 25th 4) Complete the explaining quotes practice 5) After Act III is complete, read Margaret Atwood's "Gertrude Talks Back" and discuss Shakespeare's treatment of women. Is he a misogynist? 6) Journal #3 needs to be complete for Monday October 29 Week of October 15-19 1) Bring your first draft of your essay to class on Monday. Review the rubric, peer evaluate, and code your essay according to the rubric criteria. Conference with me about any final questions, etc. 2) Final draft is due on Tuesday October 16th. 3) Begin Hamlet on Wednesday. Introductory lecture on Shakespeare and themes in Hamlet. Practice note-taking. 4) See Act I guided reading questions & upcoming deadlines handout for a guide to the unit expectations. 5) Continue to read Hamlet as a class. Introduce journal response assignment and write at least one journal for assessment. Due Monday October 22nd. Week of October 8-12 1) Review examples of comparative essays and discuss methods of writing (splicing vs. chunking). Mark the examples using the comparative essay rubric. Which areas are good and which areas need improvement? 2) In-class comparative paragraph task on Wednesday. Self and peer mark, and then submit for assessment and feedback. 3) Continue to work on writing the comparative essay task. Due Monday October 15 Week of October 1-5 Finish preparing for Reader's Theatre presentations, which will take place on Wednesday. Your character list and summary are due on Tuesday. Don't forget to give Ms. Cacilhas a copy of your script on Wednesday before your presentation. On Friday we will read "Thesis Writing Guidelines" and you will plan out your thesis and your organizing ideas for your Oedipus Rex essay on the "Thesis Writing Practice" handout . Submit your plan by the end of class on Friday. Remember that to compare is to show similarities AND differences. Week of September 24-28
1) Finish reading Oedipus Rex in class. Continue to make notes on themes and motifs, and to make connection between characterization, plot, themes, and motifs between the play and your choice novel. 2) Watch the 1 minute clip from the Matrix and consider how this video reflects and develops the theme of fate vs. free will 3) Consider how the Matrix is also a modern interpretation of Plato's cave allegory. Use this idea in creating a reader's theatre presentation. 4) Work on reader's theatre presentation in group. Remember that the presentations are taking place next week on Wednesday October 3rd Week of September 17-21 1) Mini Research Presentations take place 2) Read article "Aristotle on Greek Tragedy" and make active reading notes 3) Hand out Oedipus Rex texts and begin to read the play. As we read we will make notes on themes and motifs. 4) Discuss "Know Thyself" poem and structure of a Greek tragedy. Make connections between theme of the poem and the play. 5) Quiz on mini research presentation content, Greek tragedy, and the beginning of Oedipus on Friday September 21 *remember that personal essay rewrites must be submitted by Tuesday Sept. 25th **don't forget to read your independant novel for homework and make active reading notes on how your novel relates to Oedipus Week of September 10-14 1) Choose a novel that you will read independently on your own time. As you read, be sure to make notes about significant themes, motifs, events, and also the character development. You will be comparing this novel to Oedipus Rex in the next unit. 2) Begin the "Mini Research Presentation." You will be randomly placed in a group. Your group is responsible for researching a significant time period on a literature timeline. You will do a mini-lesson (5-10 minutes) that aims to answer the question: "how are we still influenced by the great thinkers and writers of the past?" -you will have two days in the library and two days in the lab to do research and work on your lesson plan Portfolio and presentation are both due on Monday September 17th. Week of February 4-8 1) Course introductions and discuss ENG4U essential question:
What is justice? 2) Lifeboat activity & watch the first 20 minutes Michael Sandel's lecture on justice and the question of "what's the right thing to do?"
3) Read ONE of the essays provided and complete the "essay introduction." Due in class on Friday September 7th
4) Read/listen to some of the essay examples from the "This I Believe" website ("Our Humanity, Our Humility," "Against Racism," and "The Guiding Force of the Golden Rule." Begin writing your own "This I Believe..." personal essay on a topic of your choice. Pay close attention to the 6+1 traits of writing and be sure to highlight rhetorical devices used. More examples can be viewed at: http://www.cbc.ca/thisibelieve/
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