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Parent Guide: Life Skills
This week in class, we’re reading “Life Skills” by Set to Go. The informational text “Life Skills” explains the skills necessary for independence, health, and emotional well-being. As your child reads, they will be considering the theme of Growing Up as it relates to the text. They are trying to answer this big question :…
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Incognito: English 20-1 Final Exam 2019
The “dagger scene,” the “banquet scene,” and the “sleep-walking scene” are all significant. In relation to these scenes, discuss the following: the differences among the three the similarities the relationship of the three scenes to a central theme
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In Camera 2: English 20-1 Final 2019
Imagine a mysterious room. In the room there are three people waiting. The three people are deceased. The room then is a depiction of the afterlife. A character from Shakespeare’s Macbeth has spent a long time alone before eventually being joined by a character or text creator from the Oxford Anthology Anthology of Canadian Literature.…
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English 10-1 Final Exam
This final exam will be two written responses: one creative narrative AND one expository literary response to Shakespeare. Divide your time 50/50 between the two, I offer. Total time: 2.5 hours Written Response #1: Narrative The first response must be a narrative – but here are the rules. Your narrative elements – setting, characters, conflicts,…
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English 10-1 Final Exam 2
This final exam will be a CHOICE of two written responses: one creative narrative OR one expository literary response to Shakespeare. Total time: 2.5 hours Written Response #1: Narrative The first response must be a narrative – but here are the rules. Your narrative elements – setting, characters, conflicts, symbols – must be synthesized from…
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English 10-1 Final Exam 1
This final exam will be two written responses: one creative narrative AND one expository literary response to Shakespeare. Divide your time 50/50 between the two, I offer. Total time: 2.5 hours Written Response #1: Narrative The first response must be a narrative – but here are the rules. Your narrative elements – setting, characters, conflicts,…
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In Camera: English 20-1 Final Exam
Imagine a mysterious room. In the room there are three people waiting. The three people are deceased. The room then is a depiction of the afterlife. A character from Shakespeare’s Macbeth has spent a long time alone before eventually being joined by a short story character from the Imprints 11 anthology. Soon after, a character…
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Lord of the Flies Written Response
Read Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Choose one of the following approaches as a final written response to the novel: 1. Write a 5 Paragraph Essay: How do we live with the consequences of our decision making? or 2. Write Chapter 13: “Gift of the Goddess.” Write a final chapter to the novel…
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Someday
Read “Someday” by Drew Hayden Taylor. Read Alfred Fisher’s brief review of the play from the author’s site: http://www.drewhaydentaylor.com/books/someday/ Page 393: http://www3.brandonu.ca/cjns/15.2/bkrev152.pdf Write an essay exploring any one of the following statements from the review: 1. “A short, tight work of finely calculated tension and economy, SOMEDAY is an effective play that develops the inherent…
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ELA 10-1, 10-2, 10-4 Final (Sader, and only Sader)
The Hero’s Journey. Suggested Time: 2.5 Hours Use Microsoft Word, no internet access. Create a short story from the point of view of one hero you have studied this semester. Put that character into a new “hero’s journey.” Here’s the catch, all elements of your new short story ought to be inspired by what you…