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
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
#17 Charlie Gordon and that mouse
what in your opinion is the theme of the first half of the book (what is it really about)? Explain
#16 Sam Berns and the world of science
what did you learn about the scientific world from the documentary? (4 sentences minimum)
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014
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
#10 your Mice and Men twitter character
who is it and what do you know about him (her) so far (the first two chapters)
Wednesday, October 1, 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
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
Friday, September 12, 2014
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)
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
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
no. 3 - a survival story
in a minimum of five sentences, re-tell a `survival story` that happened to you. It doesn`t need to be a lost in the wilderness kind of story (though it could be)...just a story in which there was some degree of danger (physical or otherwise)that you overcame
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