12U English Daybook
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February 3 |
Learning Goal: Course expectations and self-reflection. To understand the specific expectations of the course
and to critically think about the guiding questions - provide answers with
specific evidence and explanations.
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February 4 |
Learning Goal: To critically think about and discuss the moral responsibility
of the media and to learn how to analyze ads using advertising strategies,
target audience, the rhetorical triangle, and look for implicit and explicit
values and attitudes. Continue to analyze ads with the previous criteria,
adding relationship between visuals and text and the effectiveness of the
slogan.
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Exercises
to identify logos, ethos, pathos (HO) 6.
Take up 7.
Discuss Advertising
strategies. (HO) 9.
Discuss Target
Audience. 10.
Criteria to
determine a target audience (demographics): age, gender, income, lifestyle
(culture, race, interests, hobbies, etc) |
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February 5 |
Learning Goal: To pactise and apply ad/commercial analysis.
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February 6 |
Learning Goal: To understand implied messages in ads.
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February 7 |
Learning Goal: To understand implied messages in ads.
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February 10 |
Learning Goal: To understand the background to Hamilton
the musical, and to critically think about the guiding questions in relation
to the big ideas of the course. To use strategies for listening and talking
in small group discussions. To review drama terms. 1.
Watch "Honour
to us All" from Mulan 2.
What is the
cultural definition of honour in the song? 3.
Is Mulan
culturally honourable? 4.
How is the
portrayal of honour ironic in the movie? 5.
Is Mulan herself
truly honorable? Why? How? 6.
The play Hamilton
is very much about the definition of honour. There are multiple definitions
and examples of honour within the play (as with Mulan); and portrayal of
honour is often ironic.
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February 11 |
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February 12 |
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February 13 |
Learning Goal: Learning Goal: To review plot for Act 1.
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February 14 |
Work period for ad - hand into Google Classroom and turnitin. |
Ad analysis is due. |
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February 18 |
Learning Goal: To review the plot for Act one and to review how
to analyze quotations.
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February 19 |
Watch Act 1 |
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February 20 |
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February 21 |
Learning Goal: To review plot and to understand and apply the
terms context and significance to quotations. To analyze quotations using
PACTSO with particular focus on literary devices, character, and theme.
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Pick the book you are interested in reading. |
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February 24 |
Learning Goal: To understand what makes an
effective political print ad; to produce an effective media text for a
specific audience and purpose; to use appropriate forms, conventions, and
techniques to produce an effective political print ad.
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February 25 |
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February 26 |
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February 27 |
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February 28 |
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March 3 |
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March 4 |
Test Part 1 - Matching; Multiple Choice;
Motifs, Quotation analysis |
Test Part 1 |
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March 5 |
Test Part 2 - In class paragraph |
Test Part 2 - submit to Google Classroom and
Turnitin |
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March 17 |
Learning
Goal: To understand significance and elements of Shakespearean Tragedy. To
understand significance of Shakespeare in the development of tragedy. To
review important terms in Shakespearean tragedy (i.e. soliloquy, catharsis,
aside, catastrophe, etc.) To think critically about statements related to
themes in Othello and discuss. o review the Great Chain of Being and
understand its significance in relation to Shakespeare. To understand the
place and time when Othello was written to understand the significance of the
setting in the play.
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March 18 |
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March 19 |
Learning Goal: to understand the plot and character development
of Othello in Act 1. To understand the use of imagery and its
significance to theme and character development. To recognize familiar words
and learn the meaning of unfamiliar words used in the context of dialogue. To
review Act 1 plot.
Take up fill
in the blanks. |
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March 20 |
Learning Goal: Review - quotation analysis - what is
context and significance? relate to PACTSO, with special focus on theme,
character, and literary devices.
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March 21 |
Read Act 2 Watch Act
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Political Print Ad is
due |
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March 24 |
Learning Goal: to understand the plot and character development
of Othello in Acts 1 To understand the use of imagery and symbolism
and its significance to theme and character development. To recognize what
makes quotations significant and analyze.
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March 25 |
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March 26 |
Kahoot Review - Acts 1 and 2 Learning Goal: To understand what makes an
effective political oral ad; to produce an effective media text for a
specific audience and purpose; to use appropriate forms, conventions, and
techniques to produce an effective political oral ad; to use a variety of vocal
strategies (tone, pace, pitch, volume) and non-verbal cues (facial
expressions, gestures, and eye contact) to convey meaning; to use a variety
of audio-visual aids to enhance an oral presentation: to reflect on and
explain the choices made in the oral ad. 1.
Hand out oral ad assignment. 2.
Oral Ad Campaign: examples; example; example; exemplar. 3.
Current examples:
Justin Trudeau; Stephen Harper. 4.
Consider - what makes these political ads effective? 5.
success criteria for political ad campaign. 6.
Finish work from yesterday |
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March 27 |
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March 28 |
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March 31 |
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April 1 |
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April 2 |
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April 3 |
1.
Take up Fill in the blanks for Act 4.
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April 4 |
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April 7 |
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Assign Significant quotations
for Acts 4 and 5.
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April 8 |
Present oral ads |
Oral Ad is due |
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April 9 |
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Outline is due |
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April 10 |
Work on outline |
Intro is due |
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April 11 |
Work on intro |
1 body paragraph is due |
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April 14 |
Work on body |
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April 15 |
Begin Prose Analysis
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April 16 |
Work on rest of body and conclusion |
Deadline for feedback |
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April 17 |
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April 22 |
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April 23 |
a) What is the
thesis? Is it implicit or explicit? b) What is the tone?
Provide evidence and explain. (Tone=the attitude/feeling of the narrator.
There are multiple tones in a speech or essay. Be sure that when you are
stating a tone it is related to some type of emotion. Be as specific as
possible. Do not say serious or formal or informal. The following list is
just a sample of the types of words you can use for Tone. (Tone vocabulary) c) Identify logos,
ethos and pathos. d) Does the
speech use inductive or deductive reasoning? Explain. e) Identify 3
persuasive techniques used (link to thesis, logos, ethos, or pathos) f) Identify the
following rhetorical devices and describe the effect: balance or
antithesis; parallel structure; rhetorical question. |
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April 24 |
Work period for essay |
Othello essay is due |
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April 25 |
Take up questions for UN Speech.
Learning Goal: To understand the background of Martin Luther King and analyze his "I Have a Dream" Speech, with special emphasis on recognizing and analyzing rhetorical devices.
b) What is civil disobedience? c) What is the emancipation proclamation?
Watch the I Have a Dream Speech
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April 28 |
Learning Goal: To understand what was
happening world wide when JFK was inaugurated and analyze his Inaugural
Address, with special emphasis on recognizing and analyzing rhetorical
devices.
HW: Finish questions 4 - 11 |
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April 29 |
Student Success Day |
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April 30 |
Learning Goal: To understand what was
happening world wide when JFK was inaugurated and analyze his Inaugural
Address, with special emphasis on recognizing and analyzing rhetorical
devices.
HW: Finish questions 4 - 11 |
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May 1 |
Learning Goal: To understand what was
happening world wide when JFK was inaugurated and analyze his Inaugural
Address, with special emphasis on recognizing and analyzing rhetorical
devices.
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May 2 |
Work Period; work on rhetorical devices
and speech. |
Send me your
topic/thesis (including who you are working with if you are in a group and
the paragraphs each will be focusing on), audience, speaker; what do you want
your audience to do or to stop doing? |
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May 6 |
Learning Goal: To understand what makes
good oral delivery - pace, volume, articulation, expression (vocal, facial,
gesture), passion, variety of intonation, etc. Present R.D for JFK speech 1.
If you are still struggling with parallel structure - check
out Schmoop and Khan
Academy 2.
Check out Chomp Chomp for parallel structure - practise with
class 3.
If you are still struggling with balance sentence structure -
check out balanced sentences and their function 4.
What makes a good speech delivery. Lots of movie sites with
great speeches. Look at them for delivery. 5.
Reminder - no clichés in speech. What is a cliché?
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Cliche exercise, Exercise
#2 7.
Handout on Methods of Development 8.
Read "Thanks for Not Killing My Son." (Video
"Thanks for Not Killing My Son") 9.
Definition of Satire: any literary work which uses irony
and/or humour to ridicule human vice or folly. 10. a) What is
the thesis? Implicit or explicit? b) Identify the audience, purpose and tone.
Provide evidence of the tone and explain. c) Identify logos, ethos and
pathos. d) Does she argue inductively or deductively? Explain. e) Identify 2
persuasive techniques and explain effect. f) identify 2 methods of
development and explain. g) provide one example of balance and analyze. |
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May 7 |
Learning Goal: To understand "Comparison and Contrast"
as a method of development. To apply students' understanding of prose
analysis by analyzing "Nice Place to Visit" focusing on tone,
induction, deduction, persuasive techniques, irony and satire. To provide
evidence from essay to support opinions regarding prose elements. To
understand "Cause and Effect" as a method of
development. To apply students' understanding of prose analysis by analyzing
"The Step Not Taken," focusing on tone, induction, deduction,
persuasive techniques, irony and satire. To provide evidence from essay to
support opinions regarding prose elements.
HW: finish questions. |
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May 8 |
Part B - Questions on
Sight essay: thesis, tone, purpose, audience, logos, ethos, pathos,
persuasive techniques, methods of development, induction, deduction,
Rhetorical devices (parallel, repetition, balance/antithesis,
metaphor/personification, simile or allusion. K /15; T /20 |
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May 9 |
Work period for speech |
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May 12 |
Learning Goal: To apply knowledge of
literary analysis learned throughout the course to the novel the students
have chosen to read. To apply elements of speeches (structure, argument, evidence,
rhetorical devices, written and oral expression, etc.) to writing and
delivering their own speech.
why America is not the greatest country in the world President
Snow's speech to Pan Am What
not to do! (What is the speaker doing wrong here?) What
not to do 2! (What is the speaker doing wrong here?) HW: Hand out essay for test - annotate |
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May 13 |
Test |
Prose Test |
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May 14 |
Finish test Work period
for speech |
Prose Test |
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May 15 |
Spin the wheel to see the order of presentations
Work Period |
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May 16 |
Speech is due
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Speech is due |
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May 20 |
Work Period |
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May 21 |
Book Talk #1 |
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May 22 |
Book Talk #1 |
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May 23 |
Book Talk #1 |
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May 26 |
Book Talk #2 |
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May 27 |
Re-iterate what is required for in class essay
next week. Book Talk #2 |
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May 28 |
Book Talk #2 |
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May 29 |
Prom day - Work period to prepare for in class essay. |
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May 30 |
Work period to prepare for in class essay. |
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June 2 |
Work period to prepare for in class essay. |
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June 3 |
In Class Essay |
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June 4 |
In Class Essay |
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June 5 |
In Class Essay |
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June 6 |
In Class Essay |
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June 9 |
The Crucible |
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June 10 |
The Crucible |
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June 11 |
The Crucible |
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June 12 |
Exam Review Hamilton Jeopardy Game The Crucible Jeopardy Game Review - Othello
Jeopardy Game |
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June 13 |
Learning Goal: To review print
ad analysis.
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June 16 |
Exams begin |
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Extra |
Learning Goal: To understand symbol,
irony, allegory as it applies to characters and themes in The Crucible.
The Crucible Jeopardy Game Review - Othello
Jeopardy Game |
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Extra |
Lesson on creating supporting arguments . Othello Essay Topics
posted on Google Classroom.
Learning Goal: to review what makes an effective thesis -
substantial, supportable, precise, arguable, relevant. To review what makes
an effective supporting argument (mini thesis statements that quite literally
support the thesis).
Play Kahoot
on passive vs active voice
Start filling
in essay organizer. Learning Goal: To reinforce essay structure (what makes an
effective introduction?) through peer and teacher feedback (assessment as
learning)
Review intro
with sample intro. Learning Goal: To reinforce essay structure (what makes an
effective body paragraph?) through peer and teacher feedback (assessment as
learning)
Work period
body paragraph. Work period for essay - review conclusion in organizer
(R & J sample organizer - intro body,
conclusion (graphic organizer) |
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