ENG+20F


 * Unit 1: Short Stories **

We will begin the semester with a unit on short stories. We will be studying the elements of literature and examining how the choices authors make affect the meaning of the story. Because conflict is a crucial element of storytelling, we will pay particular attention to the conflicts in each story, how they connect to theme, and what we can learn about ourselves and our world from an exploration of them.

**September 7 - first day**
Course outline and expectations.

We did a spelling & literary devices worksheet (5 marks), get the handout from me.

We read Isaac Asimov's 1951 short story [|The Fun They Had]

and a paper copy question sheet on the story- 20 marks.

**September 8 - Thursday**

We finished the questions from yesterday, if they weren't done. Hand them in to me.

We started the Story Landscapes booklet and completed the first four pages.

**September 9 - Friday**

We started the first representing Goals Assignment which will be due Monday September 19th.

value: 50 marks

We read and did the worksheet on "The Adventurous Life of John Goddard".

**September 12 - Monday**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We will discuss the Goals Assignment and start typing and finding photos for it.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**September 13** - **Tuesday**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We read Ray Bradbury's (1950) [|There Will Come Soft Rains]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We worked on an assignment for the short story, you can get it from me.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">September 14,15,16 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Finish the short story questions from yesterday.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Work on your Goals Assignment.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**September 19**

Goals Assignment is due, leave it with the substitute teacher.

Pre-reading Activity for "The Most Dangerous Games "

answer the questions as you read the story:

Richard Connell's [|The Most Dangerous Game].

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It's a long story, you may not get through all of it today.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**September 20**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Complete only the following questions on "The Most Dangerous Game".

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2, 5, 6, 9, 12, 18, 19, 20.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**September 21**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Fireworks" lyrics figurative language activity.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Shirley Jackson's "The Possibility of Evil" and questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**September 22**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">finish reading "The Possibility of Evil" and finish questions.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**September 23**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Finish and hand in "Possibility of Evil" questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"A Sound of Thunder" pre-reading written questions **25 marks**.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Here is the story if you want to start reading it.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ray Bradbury's[| A Sound of Thunder] (1952)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**September 26**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading Logs - first day

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">working on "A Sound of Thunder" pre-reading writing and speaking activity.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**September 27**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading logs - day two

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">working on your Time Travel writing and speaking (with a visual) activity.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Post-Secondary booths in gym.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**September 28**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading logs - day three

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">working on Time Travel questions and presentation.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">September 30 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading logs - day five DUE MONDAY

Trailer for "A Sound of Thunder" media type="youtube" key="lqD9DJu84M4" height="155" width="280"


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">October 3 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading logs due

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Time Travel Presentations

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Writing Questions on Time Travel due.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**October 5**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading logs - day three

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Time Travel Presentations

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Writing Questions on Time Travel still to be handed in.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"A Sound of Thunder" short story.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**October 7**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading logs - day five

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Extended Written Response - 5 paragraphs

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**October 12**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">hand in your second reading log sheet from last week.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading Logs - day two for this week, find something to read or I will assign you something.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Moving on to "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" pre-reading.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Finishing up the Extended Response to "A Sound of Thunder".


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">October 13 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading Logs - day three

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">finish and hand in Extended Response.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">October 14 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading logs - day four

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**October 27th**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Don't forget about your Reading Logs!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**You should be finishing up your Prezi's today!**

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**1. You will be creating a [|prezi] on Literary Terms:**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You must include a definition and example/picture for each of the following:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">alliteration <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">allusion <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">anecdote <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">antagonist <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">characterization <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">irony <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">conflict <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">flashback <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">foreshadowing <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">idiom <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">metaphor <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">onomatopoeia <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">oxymoron <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">personification <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">pun <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">protagonist <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">foil character <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">simile <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">point of view <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">symbol <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">theme

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**50 marks**

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**2. Literary Devices in Lyrics Assignment**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For this assignment, you need to choose a song that demonstrates literary devices, such as metaphor, personification, alliteration, assonance, etc.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Your song should also have an underlying message and/or theme, which will make it easier to discuss.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Please do not choose a song that is any longer than 3 ½ minutes long.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Part of your presentation will be a pictorial representation of the song using a digital program of your choice.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Your answers to the following questions need to be supported with evidence from the song where you can.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Type them up on google docs and share with me hammond.krysta@gmail.com


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Questions: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. Why does this song/poem appeal to you?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. What story is this song telling? Give a brief summary.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. What is the theme/message the writer is expressing?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. What is the mood/tone in the song?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. What is your favourite line in the song? Explain.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6.Why is this song a good example of literary devices?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">7. Identify examples of at least 3 poetic devices and explain their function in the song. How do they add <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">meaning to the song?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">8. What images does this song bring to mind? Explain your choice of at least 5 images to represent the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">song.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Written Answers - 25 marks**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Visual Presentation - 25 marks**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">November 4

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Edgar Allan Poe's Webquest - paper copy from me - 15 marks

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Watch:[|"The Raven" on The Simpsons]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Answer the reading package on the poem - 45 marks

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Literary Terms Prezi and Song Lyric Analysis assignments now due.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">November 15 - Short Story Brainstorming worksheets - 30 marks - due today

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">"The Others" viewing assignment - 56 marks.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">November 25

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Missing Assignments to work on:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Reading Logs, this is Week #8, day 5.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Edgar Allan Poe Internet Scavenger Hunt

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Time Travel Essay

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Song Lyric Assignment - questions and visual representation.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven" Questions

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Short Story typed copy

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">"The Others" movie questions

Shirley Jackson's (1948) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|The Lottery]