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https://www3.awinfosys.com/practiceexam/en12.asp

Notes from synthesis essay (practice exam 121112)

"The Cargo Hulks"

"Ramshackle barges"
"limp"

"vomit"

"flounder"

"dream"...but..."wake"...to..."overwhelming stink"

Write 1 sentence that summarizes your list.

"Breaking Ships"

"quotes describing ship"

Write 1 sentence that summarizes your list.

Both

Similarities

Differences

So what?

(Why does this topic matter to you and why should it matter to your reader?)

Paragraph 1 The Cargo Hulks

(topic/summary sentence, supporting details, concluding point)

paragraph 2 Breaking Ships

(topic/summary sentence, supporting details, concluding point)

paragraph 3 So What?

Response Journal Update

(First Response Journal Check: Due Friday, July 12th) (Final Response Journal Check: Due Friday, August 2nd)

July 3rd	10 Questions re: Brain Rules
July 4th	1/2 pg re: Brain Rules
July 5th	1 pg re: Tekkinkonkreet & Mind Map
July 8th	"A Dialogue of Self and Soul," Yeats & "A Dialogue Between the Soul and Body;" 1/2 page each + Venn Diagram (w/partner) comparing two poems
July 9th	1 pg "Goblin Market," Rossetti (We also read "Remember," Harjo)
July 10th	Poetry Concept Map
July 12th	1/2 pg personal, 1/2 pg ea Water & Tiger as symbol, 1/2 pg either boat or island as symbol re: Life of Pi
July 16th	Literary Terms Concept Map (w/group)
July 18th	mind map of story elements or realms of inquiry map re: Totem (w/group)
July 19th	1 pg personal response & dichotomies mind map re: MirrorMask

Due Dates for Major Works

July 17th	Poetry Anthology
July 24th	Short Story Group Project
July 26th	Silent Journal Check
August 1st	Novel Study
August 2nd	Final Response Journal
August 6th	Writing Portfolio (w/copy for B)
August 6th & 7th	Writing Portfolio Presentations
August 7th	Silent Journal Check

Work So Far: Silent Journal, Response Journal and Writing Portfolio Bits

Silent Journal (5%)
15-20 minutes of continuous writing each class.  As of July 10th, you should have 5 entries.

Response Journal (15%)
July 3rd:     10 Questions re: Brain Rules
July 4th:      1/2 pg re: Brain Rules
July 5th:      1 pg re: Tekkonkinkreet & Mind Map
July 8th:      "A Dialogue of Self and Soul," Yeats & "A Dialogue Between the Soul and Body,"
                   1/2 page each + Venn Diagram (w/partner) comparing two poems
July 9th:      1 pg "Goblin Market," Rossetti (We also read "Remember," Harjo)
July 10th:    Poetry Concept Map
(First Response Journal Check:  Due Friday, July 12th)

Writing Portfolio Bits (25%)
3 Essays from Practise Exam 1
3 Brainstorming Strategies
1 Poem modeled after Sappho
5 Original poems from Anthology?
Wild Mind Writing Activities + 1 revision using Revision Strategies
Imaginative Writing Activities

Poetry Anthology & Self-Evaluation (will be a part of 15%)
5 Found Poems of EXCEPTIONAL quality
5 Original Poems
10-1/2 pg Responses
10 Illustrations
1  Peer Review
600 Word Self-Evaluation

Some Poetry and a pic

Goblin Market

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174262

Remember

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Harjo/

Exceptional Poetry Sites

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

http://www.poets.org/index.php

Some Examples of Mind Maps & a Rubric

Mind Map Rubric

Examples:

Bryne Creek Summer Session 2013, English 12 Course Outline

English 12 Summer Session 2013

Bryne Creek Secondary

“It’s the question that drives us.”

Course Description
The English 12 curriculum provides students with opportunities to experience the power of language by dealing with a range of texts and with the full range of contexts and purposes associated with the use of language.  This course provides you with many opportunities to develop skills in the six key areas of language arts:  speaking, listening, reading, viewing, writing and representing.  We also explore a variety of source materials including: poems, non-fiction, essays, novels, short stories, films, visual art, music, etc...

Positive Learning Environment
Students co-create positive learning environments by resolving conflict in healthy ways, expressing appreciation of each other and oneself, listening attentively to teacher and peers, avoiding put downs of any type, respecting all human beings at all times, demonstrating care of classroom equipment and supplies, obeying all safety rules, accepting and using constructive criticism to their advantage.  

I have built my teaching practise around several evidence based theories including: Neuroscience, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Metacognitive Strategies; I also incorporate the Mulitple Intelligences model not because it’s evidenced based but because it provides a useful model for demonstrating learning.  I also encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning by proposing alternatives to coursework provided adaptations meet the course’s learning objectives.  Basically, I believe learning requires the active participation of the student; people learn in a variety of ways and at different rates; learning is both an individual and a group process; learning is most effective when students reflect on the process of learning and setting goals for improvement.

Assessment
Your final mark is 60% course work and 40% provincial exam.  The exam is skill-based rather than content-based and is designed to allow you to demonstrate your ability to read, analyze and comment on selected poetic and prose writings.

5%  Silent Journal
15% Self Evaluations
15% Reading Response Journal
25% Portfolio
40% Provincial Exam

My assessment practices are “formative” in nature which means that they are meant to help you learn throughout the entire process of learning; i.e.  “Formative assessment aids learning by generating feedback information that is of benefit to students and to teachers. Feedback on performance, in class or on assignments, enables students to restructure their understanding/skills and build more powerful ideas and capabilities.”

Two notes about submitting late work:  While I do not generally deduct marks for late work, however, I may run out of time to complete marking if you submit work past the due date.  If this should happen, I will assign a mark of no more than 50% for any work I run out of time to actually mark (provided that a quick perusal of the work shows you’ve minimally met expectations.)  Also, with late work, you run the risk of missing out on comments that are generally useful to students.

Materials
1 Spiral bound notebook (81/2”X11”, 80-100pgs)
1 Response Journal (½ blank pages, ½ lined pages)
Pens, pecils, paper, binder, general art supplies (pencil crayons, scissors, markers, etc...)

Creativity “is the ability to successfully respond to a situation or solve a problem when no set pattern for responding exists.”

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Location for Provincial Practise Exams

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/welcome.php

Utopian/Dystopian Assignment

Themes Brainstormed in Class

• Socio-Economic Status
• Age
• Poverty
• Slavery
• Rebellion
• Religion
• Social Justice
• Religion
• Individual Rights and Responsibilities
• Propaganda/Free thought
• Privilege
• Social Identity
• Sexual Orientation
• Violence
• Human to Human Relationships
• Human to Nature Relationships
• Political Structure
• Economic Structure
• Race
• Class
• Work
• Industry
• Agriculture
• Sex/Reproduction
• Gender Roles
• Technology
• Science
• Military
• Sex Trade

Assignments since Interm Cut-off

Response Journal for Animal Farm. You should be finished with Chapter 10 by Thursday, July 23rd.

Your silent journals are due Friday, July 24th.

Will will be watching the Animal Farm Film on Friday afternoon to which you will need a response entry. This could be a written response of some sort, a freewrite, a brainstrom, a mind map or an image of your own making. Your Response Journals are Due Friday, July 23rd.

Literary Terms Dictionary Entries.
4-4 part entries are due Monday, July 27th.

You will be creating a Utopia or Dystopia that you will be presenting in some way to the class. All of these, regardless of when or how you present it, will be due on Tuesday, July 28th.

Utopia/Dystopia Video Links

Imagine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOkxRLzBf0

Imagine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqKA9_ddFk

Utopia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaPotRseS2k

Tekkonkinkreet

Here is the link for the movie site.

http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/tekkonkinkreet/

Cona's cool Mind Mapping Find

This seems like a powerful instrument that is fairly user friendly.

http://www.mindmeister.com/

Dates for Short Story Lessons

Wednesday July 15th

• The Possibility of Evil: Liam, Marvin, Jonathan

Thursday July 16th

• Love Song: Zijun, Ricky, Alex C., Kevin L.
• Harrison Bergerson: Yona, Kenneth, Kevin H., Junho

Friday July 17th:

• Ashes For The Wind: Cheryl, Alex K. David R., Andy
• Choices: Brendan, Cona, Tim, David C., Christian

Good luck!

How To Teach a Short Story

Teaching a lesson is very much like writing an essay--you need all the same parts.

Introduction
Story Title:

How are you going to get your students’ interest? (Hook)

What do you want your students to learn? Learning Objectives: these can be your own, from the Ministry of Education, etc... (Thesis Statement) Everything in your lesson should be aimed at helping students meet your learning objectives.

Body
What activities are you going to present that help your students meet your objectives? These must include reading the story in some format but are also other activities such as independent work, discussions with a partner, a small group or the whole class. They may also include enrichment activities like a game or a video, etc. There is much room here for creativity. The activities you choose should help your students make a personal connection to the material you're covering. They should also help your students put the work into it's larger social and literary context (see Realms of Inquiry for further information).

Conclusion
How will you determine that your students’ learned the material? These can be game results, quizs, questionaires, a test or some kind of project. The project can be anything from a paragraph or two to a full essay. Other kinds of projects work too. Think creatively about getting your students to use both text and images.

Why does this story matter? Remember that personal connection? See if you can get your students talking about why the story matters to them.

Work Habits
You also need to decide who is going to do which parts of your lesson. You also need to know the order events will take as well as the duration of each part. Your complete lesson plan also contains a list of materials and who will be providing the materials.

How to Essays--DUE Tuesday July 14th!

1. Brainstorm
2. Rough Draft of Body
3. Revision of Body (post peer edits)
4. Introduction Worksheet
5. Rough Draft of Introduction
6. Rough Draft of Conclusion
7. 2 peer edits done FOR you
8. 2 peer edits done BY you

Assignment List Updated for July 10th

1. Rights of the Child poster
2. 2 paragraphs on Animals
3. Golden Compass Character Paragraph
4. Anima/Animus Group Worksheet
5. Personal ID bag (various dates)
6. Free Will Mind Map
7. How To Write A Test Group Activity
8. Brainstorming for How to Essay
9. 1st Draft of the Body of your How to Essay
10. You must get 2 others to read your Body Draft and complete a peer-review worksheet
11. You must complete a peer review worksheet for 2 classmates
12. Brainstorming for Fable
13. 1st Draft of your Fable
14. Peer Review of Fable (1 about you and 1 from you)
15. 5 silent journal entries of five minutes each.
16. 2 Paragraphs re: The Lottery

Due Monday July 13th

How To Essay--brainstorming, 1st draft of body, 2 peer edits by you, 2 peer edits for you, introduction worksheet, introduction draft, and the revision of your essay's body.

and

2 Paragraphs re: The Lottery with your brainstorming or chart.

Some Dictionaries and cool word-y stuff

Searching for inspiration? Go NO further.....

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/


How about a massive list of way too many literary terms?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_literary_terms


And then, here is a cool site I found that does word maps based on related concepts:
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/


Finally, if you're interested in a quick and easy (and free) way to create mind maps:

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Welcome Byrne Creek Grade 10 English students!! We are a week into our summer session and we're moving fast.

As of today, here are the assignments:
1. Rights of the Child poster
2. 2 paragraphs on Animals
3. Golden Compass Character Paragraph
4. Anima/Animus Group Worksheet
5. Personal ID bag (various dates)
6. Free Will Mind Map
7. How To Write A Test Group Activity
8. Brainstorming for How to Essay
9. 1st Draft of the Body of your How to Essay