Binder Assignment

 Please divide your binders into :

1. Grammar

2. Terms and Literary Concepts 

3. Vocabulary 

4.  Writing outlines, Assignments (edits and polished copies) 

You will get marks for your binder and for ongoing checks to ensure that you are organized and up to date with assignments. 

Whale Rider

How do the characters in Whale Ride live in hyphenated lives?

Each character is pulled in two different directions 

or acts as a bridge between worlds or people.

For example:  

The Grandfather is pulled between traditions and the modern ways.

                        The Grandmother acts as a bridge between her grand-daughter and her husband.  

You will pick one character and analyse in a well written paragraph, how their lives are hyphenated.
Be ready to have specific evidence from the movie.

If you need extra help :

http://www.filmeducation.org/pdf/film/WhaleRider.pdf

Creation Myth Assignment

English 10

Compare/Contrast one of the myths that we read last week to "A Coyote Columbus Story" by Thomas King.

Please answer the following question first with a graphic organizer and then in a paragraph:

Look at the role of Coyote as a creator/ god.  How is Coyote similar/different to a creator/god in one of the other myths that you read?  

ELL 

Listen and watch the Raven Myth.  

Be ready to re-tell the story of Raven in a short, descriptive paragraph.  

Today - February 4th

Literary Elements :

Denotation & Connotation: To do with words and the meaning of words. The are important words to understand diction.

Denotation : looking at the literal, dictionary meaning of the words

Connotation: looks at the other words that we connect with the literal meaning.  All the things that we connect to the word.

ie. Summer

detonation: the period of the year that is the hottest, closest to the sun

connotation: no school, swimming, beach, camping, sleeping, vacation

Think about the hurricane in New Orleans with a critical eye.  Think about how we view the people in the picture by the circled words. How do the circled words affect your view of the people? How is the news paper using these words?

Now....think about slang, idioms and colloquialisms.  

Shared Class Activities 

Read in small groups, either quietly or together

Consider, Write, Share

1.Summarize to tell the class.

2. Identify the theme in your story.  

3. Where does it place the characters in the order of the world:  God, plants, animals

4. In what way might that theme impact how this culture interacts with their world?

Think about: Spirituality, Connection to Land, Humour, Wisdom of Elders

This activity will lead into either creating your own creation story or research a story from your own culture.

Common Themes in Creation Myths

1. Importance of dreams
2. creation of the world
3. question existence and place in the world
4. love and family- understanding power & the place of children
5. nature as a more powerful force than humans
6. god as all powerful
7. power and lust for power
8. guidance, decision making- how to live?
9. family is forever- eternity through family
10. power to create
11. importance of oral history
12. karma is a bitch - consequences of action/ disobedience (judgement )
13. passage of time longer than humanity     

This week so far.......

Please have your Proust Interview rough drafts done Wednesday, February 10.

I will edit your draft and you must revise for a final copy.

Both copies will be submitted by Thursday, February 11.