Here is a collection of the assignments and projects we've worked on this year:

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ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

Seems easy, but there is, in fact, a skill to making sure the effort you put into a question is rewarded. Check out these helpful hints and complete the worksheet.

 

Articles of persuasion: Organising and analysing, including self-analysis, are key stages in producing a quality product.

 

Test Primer - a little preparation for your test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT STORIES

Some notes on 5-way sentences.

Primer notes - a refresher for those who have been away from short stories for a little while.

"The Verger" by Somerset Maugham. Questions. The story can be found here.

"Barney" by Will Stanton. Questions. A copy of the story is also available online.

" Mr. Know-All" By Somerset Maugham. Find an online copy of the story here.

"A Friend in Need" by W. Somerset Maugham.

"The Roads We Take" by O. Henry Find an online copy of the story here.

"The Glass Roses" by Alden Nowlan.

"The Fight" by Sigmund Brouwer.

"On the Sidewalk, Bleeding" by Evan Hunter Find a copy of the story here.

"Test" by Theodore Thomas.

"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant

Boy Named Sue by Shel Silverstein. Copies of the lyrics are available online.

Test Primer - to help prepare for an upcoming test.

 

Students created stories without words. Check them out here.

 

Students broke down stories of their choosing. Have a look at their story charts.

"A Secret for Two"

"The Purple Children"

"The Landlady"

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROJECTS

Design a Country (new and improved instructions!)

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.

 

Students created stories without words. Check them out here.

 

Online Poetry Project.

 

Click here to see some very interesting countries you may not have heard of.

Some advice for working with web editing programs.

Here are some things to look for when making interesting websites.

SHARED FOLDERS - How to put things in, take things out.

 

 

 

 

 

VOCABULARY

Your vocabulary list. Check back to make sure you have all the words to date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOVEL STUDY

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Students have offered some interesting links.

Here is a copy of your project expectations for Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men Newspapers. Students created newspapers to report the events of the day in the Salinas Valley, CA.

Media Studies

Context. "The media is the message." Go an look at some excellent Canadian Heritage minutes, including the vignette about Marshall McLuhan.

Advertising - Introductory Notes.

Advertising Approaches - Some of the tricks of the trade.

Advertisements. Samples for you to critique.

Here are some visual texts form previous Nova Scotia Standardised tests and APEF exams:

Bike Different

Raise the Roof

Physicians Without Borders

WEBSITES:

Some introductory notes

A useful scoring rubric(.pdf file)

Some sites to evaluate

 

Magazines:

Introductory notes and scoring rubric.

Poetry

 

Some introductory terms and definitions

Notes on Form and content

An exercise to help appreciate form in poetry

Poems you've assembled.

Questions for various poems.

 

 

Students' Work

Here are a few projecects we've worked on this year:

Click here to see some very interesting countries you may not have heard of. Part of a "design your own country " project.

Poetry websites - Students created websites for poems they appreciated.

Of Mice and Men Newspapers. Students created newspapers to report the events of the day in the Salinia Valley, CA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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