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An online resource designed to help students study vocabulary words. Simply click on the word to see the definition. You can also challenge yourself with some online quizzes.
Writing Journals Topics covered to date plus alternate assignments for students who miss an attendance-based journal entry. 3. Your favourite short story. 4. Role Models. 7. "The Truth" 8. Poetry 15. Writing Bingo
Projects Assigned major assignments. HORTON READS - LITERATURE CIRCLES. Request forms - what you need to provide before you get started. Formal Essay Format - The notes we covered in class. WARNING: Poweroint. Use Microsoft Internet Explorer. Effective introductions - check out pages 10 and 11 of this link. Formal Essay Format - The notes we covered in class. WARNING: Requires QuickTime.
Short Stories Here are some introductory notes offering students insight on the characteristics of the short story . Some rudimentary class notes on literary devices can be found here Note: If no online version of a story is offered, it is because I haven't found one yet. If you find one, let me know! Online versions may slightly differ from versions used in class. "The Necklace" By Guy de Maupassant. Find an online copy of the story here. "The Purple Children" By Edith Pargeter. "The Roads We Take" By O. Henry. Find an online copy of the story here. "A Friend in Need" By Somerset Maugham. " Mr. Know-All" By Somerset Maugham. Find an online copy of the story here. "Test" by Theodore Thomas. Find an online copy of the story here. "Barney" by Will Stanton. "The Verger" by Somerset Maugham. Find an online copy of the story here. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. Find one of many online copies of this story here. "Charles" by Shirley Jackson. "A Secret for Two" by Quentin Reynolds. A copy of the story can be found here. Short Stories vs. Situation Comedies. "The Street That Got Mislaid" by Patrick Waddington is part of your Short Stories Test Primer
Creative Writing Projects assigned during our Creative Writing unit. "Balderdash" - devising explanations for phrases and terms. Short story notes - things we need to consider when creating our own work. Here is the evaluation sheet I use to mark short stories developed around a 5-way sentence. (.pdf format - more printer-friendly) Here is the evaluation sheet I use to mark short "inanimate object" and "stranded" short stories. (.pdf format - more printer-friendly) Here is a worksheet that might help you when you are revising your story
Media Studies Context. The media IS the message! Go an look at some excellent Canadian Heritage minutes, including the vignette about Marshall McLuhan. Here is a compilation of links that offer some context to the issues we will be studying Here is an informal note about his famous statements, "the medium is the message" and the concept of the "global village".
WEB SITES Here is the introductory PowerPoint presentation offering students insight on the expectations we hold for web sites (warning - these are points of discussion - not essential notes for copying!). Here is a website that outlines effective web design considerations. Want to make your own websites? Here are some valuable dos and don'ts of making effective websites, from sojust.com Here is the criteria checklist we are using to measure the effectiveness of websites. Here is the scoring rubric we are using to evaluate websites. These are the websites grade 9 students are casting a critical eye on for web-proficiency.
MAGAZINES Magazines - Introductory notes. Magazine checklist. Brand Identifiers Part 2 of Magazine checklist.
ADVERTISING Advertising - Introductory Notes, including Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Advertising Approaches - Some of the tricks of the trade Advertisements. Samples for you to critique.
TELEVISION Television Advertisements - characteristics.
BRANDING A useful definition of branding, courtesy of Mr. Paul Syme and his Art Education site. A living example of branding - Manchester United Football Club. Mud Valley: The independent community of brand marketers (UK) have an interesting website that shows how they will help your gain brand appeal. Read some of their literature branding process steps and the "Top Ten Branding Issues". NO LOGO by Naomi Klein- The Official Website No Logo - Excerpts. Excerpts and questions. Check out the websites for these products and determine the image they wish to cultivate;
PROJECT Expectations for your major project are available here. Here are some useful links that might help you work on your project. Here are the expectiations for the Advertising Campaign project.
DRAMATIC WORKS Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Technical Information Notes on BIBLIOGRAPHY (a.k.a. WORKS CITED) FORMATS can be found here( Mr. Sheppard's English 12 page) Notes on FOOTNOTE or END NOTE FORMATS can be found here( Mr. Sheppard's English 12 page) The Manual of Style, originally published by Kings County District School Board (.PDF Format). An excellent resource for formal essay formatting. Shared folders - How to put things in, take things out. Websites - Some basic musts for creating an effective website, from brainology.ca Here is a website that outlines important web design considerations. How to double-space work in MS Word. Formal Essay Format - The notes we covered in class. WARNING: Requires QuickTime.
Poetry
Introductory Notes. Some types of poetry and basic introductory terms. Brief notes on FORM and CONTENT in poetry. Questions for some of your poems. POETIC FORM: Form in Poetry - "Bad Dream" by Don Aker . "Bad Dream" - The Actual Poem, complete with poet's comments Exercises for appreciating form in poetry. Here are the poems you assembled. Poetry fridge magnets - "Jenny Kiss'd Me" by Leigh Hunt. Your poetry test primer.
Novel Studies Click on the titles to get the questions and information for the novels we're studying in English 9. Novel study sheets. Adapted from Teachers in Action The Pearl by John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
Online Discussion Forum Here is a chance for students to discuss issues surrounding English 9 whenever they want. let's see where this might go. Remember, thoughtful, tactful comments are welcome.
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Online Marks Access Parents and students - keep up to date on your academic performance. Click here to see your personal report. NOTE: Username - Last name, First name Password - as you provided. Unless your parents have provided a password, you will not have access to your marks.
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