Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Today we:

Grammar: We have completed up to lesson 19.

Writing: We discussed writing strategies and looked at some sample provincial exam writing responses. We began some brainstorming and paragraph writing in response to one of the following photos: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/photos_for_story_beginnings.pptx

Thursday October 23, 2014

Writing
We've been looking at a lot of different types of opinion writings and you've been working on your own rants. Your 1 page double-spaced rant (rough copy) was due today. I will be editing these myself in order to give you all some excellent feedback.

Grammar
We are on Lesson 17. Please ensure that you are up to date.

Stay tuned next week, we will be finishing our good copies of the rants, you will have the option of presenting to the class (or not) and we will attempt to write a finely crafted complaint letter or letter of gratitude (your choice).

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Your Fairy Tale Stories were due TODAY!!!

Grammar: We completed lesson 13 today.

Writing: We looked at different types of writing and answered some questions regarding persuasive writing. We watched some of Rick Mercer's Rants and read some student opinion pieces. You will be working on creating your own rant in the next few classes.

Friday October 10. 2014

Fairy Tales
This week we worked hard on our Fairy Tale remixes.
We will have one more block to work on these on Tuesday and they are due at the end of class.

Grammar
You wrote a grammar quiz on Tuesday and we have begun a new booklet. You should be up to lesson 12.

The Ant and the Grasshopper
We looked at an Aesop's Fable and compared it to a satirized version by Mark Twain. You completed and handed in 4 response questions.

Have a great long weekend!

Monday October 6th, 2014

 *If you weren't here on Friday, we had donuts and watched The Simpsons episode Mypods and Boomsticks. You handed in a worksheet identifying the 4 types of satire present in this episode.
We also completed grammar worksheet lesson 8.*

Today (MONDAY) we:

Grammar: lesson 9
                 *there will be a grammar quiz tomorrow on lessons 1-9*

Fairy Tales: We worked on our stories up in the library lab. At this point you should be beginning your rough draft or ready to begin writing next class. You must mark up your "maps" with the satirical changes you plan to rewrite into the story. This will count for prewriting marks.

Oct.1, 2014 Remixing the Fairy Tale

In order to begin your next creative writing assignment you will need to do some initial work:

1. Choose a fairy tale. These websites are helpful:               http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/
                                                                                  http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimmtales.html
                             http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Humanities/Literature_in_Art/Fables_and_Fairy_Tales/
**Print out the one you have chosen**

2. Use these Literary Mapping Tools to dissect your fairy tale:
    http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/lit-elements/

3. Use this Plot diagram tool to investigate the structure of your fairy tale:
    http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/plot-diagram/


** MAKE SURE YOU PRINT OUT AND SAVE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
**THESE COUNT FOR MARKS**

Tuesday September 30, 2014

Today we:

Grammar - You did lesson 6 on contractions.

Satire - We discussed satire. Please view this link for definitions: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Satire.docx
           - We looked at a clip from SHREK and discussed these forms of satire.

Red Riding Hood - We read a modernized version of Red Riding Hood and you handed in 4 examples of politically correct language from the story.