Our next writing adventure will be a poem about a pet peeve.
Possible ideas to write about: - a bad habit - homework - chores at home - an aspect of your day that irritates you - a personal habit of someone you know - a certain food - a noise that you hear at home or school THE FOCUS OF YOUR POEM WILL BE SIMILES. A simile is a comparison between two things (i.e your pet peeve) and something else. Similes use LIKE or AS to compare. In the poem we read, the poet compared someone's voice to a scorpion being pushed through a glass tube. "Your voice sounds like a scorpion being pushed through a glass tube...." M. Ondaatje. YOUR TASK: - write a poem about a personal pet peeve - your poem should have a creative and original title - your poem should have 8 to 10 similes (comparisons using like or as) - be focused on one pet peeve rather than a list of all the things that annoy you - demonstrate creative and unique descriptions/comparisons that help your reader imagine how annoying the pet peeve is to you. - you need to make sure that whatever pet peeve you choose that you can come up with 8 - 10 similes for it Don't worry - Class 9 (the afternoon class) will get the opportunity to complete their own cumulative activities based on a novel - but we will get started in April - after Class 5 is done.
Students in Class 5 (the morning class) are reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in support of reading it in French Class. Students will be completing some cumulative activities after we finish reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in English Class. Copies of the activities are posted in the classroom; students will be given a copy of their chosen activity as well as the activity rubric and copies of the activities will be shared here. Students will be choosing their activity this week. They will be given time during class to work on their activity but there will need to be homework time spent as well. Charlie activities are due Tuesday April 10, 2018
Poems about Canada - inspired by "We are more" by Shane Koyczan
- after listening to Shane's poem, listing ideas from his poem, brainstorming, and collect ideas about Canada, students will: Goal - Write a poem about what Canada means to you Options: 1) a list poem - using bullet points write a list of items connected under a central idea (food, sports, places to visit, characteristics of Canadians, things we are famous for) - should have at least 2 dozen items in your list 2) Alphabet Poem - choose a topic related to Canada and create words for each letter of the alphabet 3) Q and A Poem - write a question and then answer the question in at least 10 different ways 4) Sentence Acrostic Poem - write a sentence about Canada vertically on your sheet of paper - then for each letter of each word in the sentence, write a word that relates to Canada AND your sentence 5) another option discussed with me
Presentations for the 30 day Challenge have been scheduled for February 21st and 23rd. Students in Class 5 have been assigned their presentation day. Students in Class 9 should check with their home room teacher. Your presentation should include the following parts: 1) Introduction - your name and your challenge 2) Preview - this is like a Table of Contents - tell your audience the topics oyu are going to discuss 3) The Body - refer to your contract for more details; provide and show us proof that you have completed your challenge; tell us about your successes and your problems or difficulties; be honest, reflect on the experience (what do you think of your challenge, what did you learn); if you were to do the challenge again what would you do differently. Look at the attached file for specifics about the presentation.
u1. Choose a partner to work with.
2. Google one of the following topics: - Gord Downie - Gord's activism and issues he has been involved in - "The Tragically Hip" - residential schools - Secret Path - Chanie Wenjack - Truth and Reconciliation Commission - National Center for Truth and Reconciliation - Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls - current issues surrounding Indigenous people - clean water on reservations - suicide among young indigenous people - social services for indigenous people in Carleton Place or Ottawa - any connected article of your interest 3. Email the link to your article to me: [email protected] 4. In the subject line - type your name and partner's name 5. Do this by Tuesday February 13th 6. Read your article carefully. Be prepared to give the class a brief summary of what you learned from reading the article. be able to answer the following questions: - who or what is the article about? - when was the article written? - who wrote the article and where was it published? - what are the main points of the article? (the top five key facts) - what did you learn? - what questions do you still have about this subject? |
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