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ELA 10-1 Final (King, Sommer, Clark)
Suggested Time: 2.5 Hours Use Microsoft Word, no internet access. Choose one of the following: Expository Literary Essay: Character Fails to See Truths Expository Literary Essay: Moral Conflict Expository Literary Essay: In Search of Self
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Supporting English Language Learners
Links collected from ESL PD in September 2017 by Sherri Johnston & Marie Wood (Edmonton) Supporting English Language Learners: https://sites.google.com/s/0BxSnLb5DGYeWNndINk1aU2w5dW8/p/0BxSnLb5DGYeWWkppRU43LTRKTjA/preview?authuser=0 Characteristics of ELL (BICS vs CALP): https://sites.google.com/s/0BxSnLb5DGYeWNndINk1aU2w5dW8/p/0BxSnLb5DGYeWb1pMeER4VzB1UTA/preview?authuser=0 Woodcock-Munoz Language Survey Tools: http://www.hmhco.com/hmh-assessments/bilingual/woodcock-munoz Benchmarks: http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/eslapb/printable_benchmarks.html How to use benchmarks: http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/eslapb/documents/How_to_Use_the_Alberta_K_12_ESL_Proficiency_Benchmarks.pdf Tracking Sheets: http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/eslapb/trackingsheets.html Level 1 Read something every day, write something every day, do homework every…
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ELA 20-1 Final Exam
DIRECTIONS: Write a well-organized composition on the topic below. Write an essay, arguing how a Canadian poem you have studied is indeed “rooted in Canada and has drawn its essential characteristics from there”(Northrop Frye – from “Preface to ‘The Bush Garden’”). Using specific references from the poem and Frye, explain the poem’s “essential characteristics,” the…
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Journey of Discovery
Describe and discuss Taylor’s journey of discovery. As you write your composition, remember to: In your introduction, give the title and author of the text. Give specific examples, reasons, and details from the text to explain Taylor’s journey of discovery. Give any necessary plot information but avoid giving a plot summary. Write in complete sentences.…
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2016 ELA 10 Final Exam
Consider the following two pages of prompts. Then complete ONE the writing assignments. Equality–Pain and Pride Environment and Technology–Reality and Responsibility Assignment (choose one): Write a narrative or essay in which you examine the pain and pride in being human. OR Write a narrative or essay in which you examine how the environment influences…
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Questions to Consider for Hamlet
What troubles Hamlet at the opening of the play? When Horatio tells Hamlet about the apparition, who does Hamlet think it might be? What does he decide to do? What type of omen does Hamlet think the apparition is? Describe Hamlet’s meeting with the ghost. Who is the ghost? Why has it appeared? What does…
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Themes in Canadian Literature
We are myth destroyers. We are paradoxical – we search for our own identity. We celebrate victims. We celebrate individual suffering – defeated by rebellion. Truly authentic Canadian experience is shrouded in violence and paranoia. External world defines who we are. Fear of America, Europe, “Old World.” Interior Separation Garrison Mentality Exploration and Discovery: Quest…
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Basic Existentialism, Absurdism, Nihilsm
Absurdism In absurdist philosophy, the Absurd arises out of the fundamental disharmony between the individual’s search for meaning(Existentialist) and the meaninglessness(Nihilist) of the universe. As beings looking for meaning in a meaningless world, humans have three ways of resolving the dilemma. Kierkegaard and Camus describe the solutions… Suicide Religious, spiritual, or abstract belief in…
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Romeo and Juliet: Before You Read
First: Consider each of the following questions and write a post in your blog inspired by your thinking. What stories, plays, or TV shows have you seen in which a young couple in love were determined to have their happiness? How did they turn out? Compare two that you remember. Describe some of the features…
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2015 ELA 20-2 Final Exam: Suffer
He drew a circle that shut me out — Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in. – Edwin Markham DIRECTIONS: Write a well-organized composition on the topic below. Often in literature, a major character faces a conflict between his…