Hi class,
Today I did a demonstration on how to annotate “The Story of an hour”. Your homework is to finish annotating the rest of the story.
Have a good weekend!
Thur, Sep 28
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Wed, Sep 27
Hi class,
Today we went over the homework questions on “Appointment with Love” and each group presented their answers. We had the rest of the class to work on our skits.
Please try to have your scripts completed by next class because the presentations start next Tuesday!
Wed, Sep 27
Hi class,
Today we looked at a couple of example paragraphs and talked about their strengths and weaknesses. I also handed out a worksheet for practicing quotation integration.
Homework:
- finish quotation integration worksheet
- Quotation Integration Practice
- hand in “The Lottery” analysis paragraph
Wed, Sep 27
Hi everyone,
Today we went over the 7 homework questions on the short story “On seeing …April Morning” and started talking about compare and contrast paragraphs.
Homework:
We discussed 3 possible comparison ideas such as “desire to find true love”, “experience of internal conflict” and “not judging a book by its cover”. Please choose ONE of the 3 and find 2 examples from each story.
Wed, Sep 27
Hi everyone,
Today, we began learning about astrology signs and the different between the words know, think and believe.
We also paired up for the apology skit. I will talk more about the skit next class and there will be time to practice.
Tues, Sep 26
Hi everyone,
Thanks for all the paragraphs; I will look through them in the next couple of days. We had this class to practice integrating quotations or to annotate “A Rose for Emily”.
HW:
Please finish the quotation worksheet and start your two best ones for me to mark. Please also finish annotating “A Rose for Emily”.
Tues, Sep 26
Hi everyone,
Amazing job on all the performances, looking forward to see the remaining groups!
Make sure to have your scripts ready to hand in next class and email me any imaged you would like to project on the board.
jjyang@vsb.bc.ca
Tues, Sep 26
Hi everyone,
Today we read the short story “The Story of an Hour” and we had the rest of the class to practice our skits.
Please take note of the change in performance dates:
| Deylen, Kyle, Reese, Damiano -WED |
| Leo, Bryan, Sabrina, Rod- WED |
| Ali, Valerie, Ryan, Isiah- Mon |
| Vivian, Judy, Alicia – WED |
| Alex, Max, Arvin, Christo – MON |
| Faisal, Yixin, Cici- MON |
Mon, Sep 25
Hi class,
Today we went over the paragraph criteria and practiced integrating quotations. Please see the paragraph criteria in the previous post and we will do more quotation practice next class!
Homework:
Paragraph – due on Friday.
Mon, Sep 25
Hi class,
Today we talked about some literary analysis terms such as plot, conflict, setting, and symbolism. The class had lots of time to work on the irony skits.
For homework:
Finish the 6 questions on “Appointment with Love”, I will be collecting it on Wednesday.
- Refer to your list of literary terms and answer the follow questions in full sentences:
- In 4-6 sentences, tell me the plot of the story.
- Was there a conflict in the story? If so, which kind and why?
- Where does the setting of the story take place?
- Characterize John Blandford and Hollis Meynell. Write 4-5 sentences describing each character (their appearance, personality etc.)
- Which point of view was the story told from? How do you know?
- Are there any symbols in the story that you noticed?
Continue working on the skit
here is the criteria for the skit: