English First Peoples 11a/12a course outline trimester 2
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Writing process and paragraph writing assignment
-Use the writing process to brainstorm a chart for one of the following topic sentences
1. Family is very important.
2. _________ make great pets
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Paragraph writing assignment
-Follow the entire writing process and write a paragraph using one of the following topic sentences.
1. It is important to be proud of who you are.
2. I am proud to be ___________ for many reasons. (fill in the blank with your heritage- ie. Tsimshian, Haida, Nisga'a, Metis, of first nations ancestry, European (British, French, German etc.), African (South African, Nigerian, Kenyan etc.) Central or South American (Mexican, Venezuelan, Brazilian etc), Asian (Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese etc.) or other ethnicities)
3. It is important to know your own culture and traditions.
Library Scavenger Hunt
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Keeper 'n me pre-reading research presentation
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Literary terms assignment- Do flashcards for literary terms with definitions and examples.
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Residential school writing assignment
Write a 1-2 page response to one of the following writing prompts after watching video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdR9HcmiXLA .
a. Pretend you are a child at residential school. Write a letter to your parents. Describe what life is like for you and how you are feeling.
b. Pretend you are a parent of a child at residential school. Write a letter to the government explaining why residential school is wrong and how you are feeling. Explain what residential school is doing to your child, your family and your community.
c. Write a letter to the government detailing what you believe should be done to help survivors of residential school and help those still suffering from inter-generational trauma. Explain how you feel and why things need to be done.
d. Pretend you are a reporter doing an undercover story about residential schools while they were still around. Write an expose on what residential schools are, what is happening and how it is affecting the children, families and communities.
a. Pretend you are a child at residential school. Write a letter to your parents. Describe what life is like for you and how you are feeling.
b. Pretend you are a parent of a child at residential school. Write a letter to the government explaining why residential school is wrong and how you are feeling. Explain what residential school is doing to your child, your family and your community.
c. Write a letter to the government detailing what you believe should be done to help survivors of residential school and help those still suffering from inter-generational trauma. Explain how you feel and why things need to be done.
d. Pretend you are a reporter doing an undercover story about residential schools while they were still around. Write an expose on what residential schools are, what is happening and how it is affecting the children, families and communities.
Smoke signals essay
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| smoke_signals_plot_review.docx |
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| smoke_signals_movie_review_essay_outline_chart_revised_2019.docx |
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Youtube clips for smoke signals scenes
Keeper 'n me novel assignments and reading work
| keeper_n_me_schedule_and_instructions_for_all_novel_activities_jan_2019.docx |
| possible_sentence_starters_for_dual_entry_journal.docx |
| dual_entry_journal_rubric_revised_2018.doc |
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Keeper 'n me in class essay topic choices and planning sheet
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| keeper_n_me_essay_outline.docx |
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Keeper 'n me Make up work for missed discussions-
For each missed discussion you must go to www.keepernme.freeforums.net
You will need to register as a user with your email. Sign up with your real name otherwise I will not know who you are when I am marking.
There are 4 discussion boards. You must follow the instructions given in the original post and create 8 posts that submit your literature circle preparation. Then you must respond to at least one of each of the 8 items (this is the minimum-if you want a chance for better marks you may want to make more comments or ask more questions) from other people by asking a question or making a comment. If someone asks a question on your post or makes a comment you must try to answer the question and/or respond to the comment. The quality of your posts, answers, comments and responses will be used to determine your success in achieving the learning outcomes for the discussion circles. You discussion posts must be completed by March 13, 2019 to avoid getting an incomplete mark.
Missing assignments and final skills evaluation
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