September 11, 2019

Language as Code

We are learning to identify the codes and conventions of different types of texts.

We are learning to think about how our understanding of culture and society might be constructed through and by language.

Take-up

  1. Media Conventions and Techniques Chart for Lost In Translation: The Power Of Language To Shape How We View The World
  2. Unit 1 Reflection and Goal Setting –Review the Rubric—>OneNote: Content Library: Unit 1. Move the rubric to Unit 1 in your notebook. Have a look at the criteria and the descriptors in red at the bottom of the rubric. What revisions could you do to extend your thinking?
  3. Finish annotating “Parlez-Vous Anglais?”
  4. View “How language shapes the way we think” – Lera Boroditsky in OneNote.
September 9, 2019

Workperiod

Complete the following assignments: 

  1. Media Conventions and Techniques Chart for Lost In Translation: The Power Of Language To Shape How We View The World
  2. Unit 1 Reflection and Goal Setting 
  3. Review the Rubric—>OneNote: Content Library: Unit 1. Move the rubric to Unit 1 in your notebook. Have a look at the criteria and the descriptors in red at the bottom of the rubric. What revisions could you do to extend your thinking?
  4. “Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes” in OneNote: Content Library. Copy the page and move it to Unit 1
  5. Quizlet to practice. 

Unit 1 Test on the above content on Thursday. 

September 5, 2019

Media Conventions and Techniques

We are learning to identify the various conventions and techniques of a media text.

We are learning to reflect on the process of learning.

We are learning Latin and Greek roots and affixes.

Whole Class–take up the Media Conventions and Techniques Chart 

for Lost In Translation: The Power Of Language To Shape How We View The World

APPLICATION  Unit 1 Reflection and Goal Setting Rubric—>OneNote: Content Library. Move the rubric to Unit 1 in your notebook.

“Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes” 

OneNote: Content Library. Copy the page and move it to Unit 1

Once you have completed the vocabulary lesson, go to Quizlet to practice.