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The Power of Personal Choice
Read: Lit Circle Text #3 and make reader’s notes
Lit Circle is on Friday. We will generate questions for the Lit Circle on Thursday.
Goodreads post #2 due Friday.
Critical Analysis and the addition of chosen text to your Concept Map is due Friday.
Today,
“Canada, My Canada” by Tomson Highway
Read Tomson Highway biography.
What surprises you about his life experiences?
Read: “Canada, My Canada”
- Before
- What makes Canada a great country / not a great country to live in?
- During
- Annotate the text to identify the reasons why the author thinks Canda is a great country.
- After
- Discuss the reasons why Highway thinks Canada is a great country to live in with your group.
- Do you agree or disagree?
- Write two paragraphs: 1) listing what Highway thinks and 2) what you think.
Course Summative: This I believe…
Course Summative
Part I: Personal Persuasive Essay
Due today, June 20, 2017, at midnight. No extensions. No exceptions.
Here are the instructions.
Your essay needs to be set up in MLA format.
Part II: Exam on Monday, June 26 at 9:00.
Here is the exam review sheet.
Week of June 13, 2016
Course Due Dates:
Evidence of Learning Document —- This Friday by 4:00 p.m.
Novel Research Project—-June 22 by 4:00 p.m.
Exam Review—June 22 and 23 in class.
Evidence of Learning Document Final Edition 2016: What might it look like?
Research Novel Project—Remember the process; submit the whole package.
Let’s look at another student sample of a planner, notes and report.
Quotations, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing ANOTHER review
There are tools to help you paraphrase. Compare the differences using the same original text:
“Portrayals of Aboriginal people as being primitive, violent and devious, or passive and submissive, have become widespread in movies and Tv programs and in literature ranging from books to comic strips.
Such depictions became a comfortable frame of reference for Aboriginal people. Even if old Westerns rarely took place in Canada, the stereotypes they conveyed crossed borders” (MediaSmarts).
My paraphrase:
In the 20th Century, First Nations have been depicted as savage, conniving, or naive in the entertainment and news media. These stereotypes although generated for the most part through the American Westerns gained universal usage (MediaSmarts).
Remember, our goal is to have no more than 5 words the same!
- Handyman Dan: Write your own paraphrase;
- ArticleWriter Tool: Paraphrases for you;
- Paraphrasing-Tool: Paraphrases for you.