the end of the road

the end of the road

Thursday, December 11, 2014

#20 pros and cons ...

use your pros and cons list as a guide and list the top three in each category...then explain which one you support in a blog response

#19 Charlie and Sam

use your venn diagram as your guide and in a blog response, explain in five to eight sentences what Charlie and Sam have in common

Thursday, October 23, 2014

tasks for Friday October 24..

1....make sure tweeting is complete......2..make sure blogs up to date.....3. the visual part of the verbal visual essay should be on the road to completion.- .4. the second part is the five paragraph essay to go on the back ( I have included an example - clean and with notes - and a rubric)....basically same theme as the other side except now you write an essay explaining how that theme is present in the book...use the example provided for the theme of 'need to talk" and write your own...easy

FYI: themes identified / chosen in ENG 4C1 (Tuesday's handout)

innocence....Depression life....companionship....relationships....agricultural life.....unpredictability....love....work life....friendship....drama.....loyalty....sticking together....care.....trust...hard choices....treatment of the disabled

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

#14 themes in Of Mice and Men

well just one......pick what you think is the best , most interesting, most evident theme in the book (it will be one you will spending a bit of time with).............in your blog ,identify it and and explain briefly why you chose it

#13 the film version

what was good about it ?...what was not?...were the actors good/well chosen?...what surprised you from the film?....what did you feel / learn from the film that you did not from the book? etc

Thursday, October 16, 2014

#12 the ideal ending

chapter five..the dream still within sight, but problems everywhere whether you know it ends or not, how would you like it end? Explain

#11 not your twitter character necessarily...

but your favourite character.. identify your favourite character (could be your twitter character) in Of Mice and Men and explain why you chose him (her)

Thursday, October 9, 2014

today's (oct 10th) task

write a paragraph ( minimum of five sentences ) in which you explain your "philosophy song"....why did you choose it?...why does it speak to you at the moment?

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

#8 the survival stories..

baffin island polar bear..the grizzly man....the elevator story....the andes survivors...aron ralston...shackleton and the endurance...and christopher mccandless...which one interested you the most and why...explain

#7 Into the Wild ...comment on the comment

here's the first comment under on this trailer: "Some people will idolize him. Some people will demonize him. Like all men, he is neither idol nor demon. Any intelligent person can, however,take many lessons from his story." comment on this comment....agree with it, disagree with it, expand on it, whatever...just respond to it with your own opinion in a minimum of five sentences

Into the Wild - Trailer

Monday, September 15, 2014

"fix" personal essay

put in appropriate hand in folder (no need to print this time) and put your name in the file name

looking for a survival story

as long as it is not Christopher McCandless, Shackleton or the elevator story, it's yours let me know

Thursday, September 11, 2014

5. the Andes Survivors

how should they have been treated upon their return to civilization....five sentence answer

Thur Sept 11

1. personal essay complete, print and place in folder (put in hand in folder too wehn it's available) 2. blogs up to date 3. in folder, should be: - grade 12 and all that... - grammar 'quiz" - college programs research (could be in hand in folder if done electronically) - the great discovery - seven effective habits (on back of great discovery handout) - terror on baffin island (one question) - 5 things: (who are you, where did you come from, where are you going, what will you need, what will success look like - Andes survivors repsonse(s) and grizzly story comment 4. can begin reading story and completing task on Aron Ralston (the 127 hours guy)

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Tuesday Sept 9th

1. complete college research task responses must be hard copy and handed in or in hand in folder 2. blogs updated....you follow me, I follow you 3. begin personal essay (time today and Thursday...due Monday)

#4 Timothy Treadwell...

a protector of bears, an eco warrior, a lunatic ? explain

Grizzly Man Trailer HD

Friday, September 5, 2014

Fri Sept 5th

1. Make sure "the Great Discovery" is in folder to be marked 2. Blog up and running.....3 posts (hopefully) 3. College program research....2 programs ...complete handout 4. if finished, first 'survival' story is "Baffin Island'....read and answer questions