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Posted: December 9, 2011

  Chapter 1 1) What do you think the purpose of the introduction is? 2) How might this have some relevance to the people of Brennan Siding 3) Why is Shad so sad at the beginning of the chapter? What are his thoughts fixated on? 4) What did the boys catch in their net? 5) Explain the confusion at the end of the chapter. What happened and what did the characters think happened? 6) Why is Lillian Wallace so troubled? 7) On a separate page keep a record of the Tasmanian Story. Chapter 2   1) Describe Shad's parents. Give 2 or 3 character traits for each one and give references to the text. 2) What are they fighting about? 3) Describe Shad's outfit and appearance in detail. Who is he trying to look like? 4) Why are Dryfly and Lillian breaking up? 5) What makes Dry feel better? Chapter 3   1) Explain Hilda Porter's concerns. 2) Why is Dryfly concerned for the baby his mother will have? Do you agree with him? Explain. 3) List two positive things that happen to Dryfly in the chapter. 4) Do you think Dry will take Bill up on his offer? Why/why not?   Chatper 4 1) What has changed at Shirley's house since Nutbeam has come to live there? 2) Why are Dry and his mother worrying about him working for Bill?   3) Hilda gives more information on Tasmania. Write it on your page set aside for this. Chapter 5   1) Explain what Hilda Porter does about her "man" Dilemma. 2) Lindon Tucker hears a bird that he can't identify. Is it the first time he heard it? Where did he here it before? What does the bird symbolize?   3) Sum up in a short paragraph what Dryfly thinks of the American influence on Canada (make at least 5 points). Chapter 6   2) What is the point of Lillian's letter to Dry? 3) What effect does John Kaston's vision have on you as a reader? 4) Describe the "evil presence" in this chapter. What are the signs? 5) Hilda Tells her story again. Write the new facts on your seperate page.   6) How is Shad changing his style? Why?      

Posted: October 5, 2011

1. What are the conflicts in this story? Briefly explain each conflict as it occurs within the story. 2. How does the setting enable the story’s action and conflict? 3. How does the sniper’s specific location shape his decisions? 4. Cite three examples (direct quotes) where O’Flaherty uses words and images to reinforce the pervasiveness of death in the story.  5. Cite three examples where O’Flaherty uses words that are onomatopoeic. Remember that words that are onomatopoeic are words that vocally imitate the sounds they denote (ex: bang).  6. O’Flaherty uses specific language and words to describe both shooting scenes. Explain how his word choice integrates/reinforces the emotions of the sniper. Be sure to use textual examples to support your answer.  7. Do you think that O’Flaherty wants us to think of the sniper’s "brother" only as his familial, or blood brother? Explain.

Posted: September 27, 2011

This Assignment will be due this coming Monday, October 3. It should be 1 page in length. The main criteria for the fable are as follows: - It must be designed to teach a lesson (moral) and it must have animals as the main characters. - Tomorrow we will work on the writing process and first drafting. - Thursday we will revise our drafts and edit other's works. - Friday will be an exploration of other fables and final editing   There are three main aspects to focus on: 1) Characters: they should be animals, have names, and you should have a protagonist and an antagonist. 2) Setting: you should have a clearly set setting. Times and places are essential 3) Plot: make sure that you map out a plot that revolves around teaching your lesson. We will go over plot maps Wednesday.  

Posted: September 22, 2011

- List each of the 4 men that were covered in this unit. You should be able to: Tell me 5 things about their personal lives Tell me when the piece that we read was written Tell me who they were speaking to when they wrote it   - Choose which piece you think was the most significant and then write at least 5 reasons why you think so (each reason should be supported by a piece of textual evidence). - Choose which piece you think was the least significant and then write at least 5 reasons why you think so (each reason should be supported by a piece of textual evidence). - Be able to compare the two individuals from today (your assignment that you did last night) to two individuals that we covered. In this questions you should: Have at least 4 similarities Have at least 4 differences Be able to rank them from most important to least important with a reason for each placement

Posted: September 20, 2011

PLEASE RETURN THE MEDICAL INFORMATION AND PARENT EMAIL FORMS TO ME TOMORROW

Posted: September 20, 2011

1) Read the excerpt from Pierre Trudeau's speech on the Official Languages Act and answer the questions. 2) Go through the news at home and find 2 people who are making an impact on the world today in the same ways that the people we have just covered made an impact a generation ago. Each person should have a 1/2 page summary describing their impact and discussing their life. This assignment is due on Thursday.
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Posted: September 14, 2011

Please prepare answers to the following questions: 1) Which author had the most important piece? 2) Which piece was the most emotional? 3) If you had to follow one writer who would it be? The key to these questions is to have evidence from the text ready to support your answer There will be a follow up assignment to this seminar next week.

Posted: September 13, 2011

On Thursday and Friday this week we will be having group discussions of our non-fiction writings. Please make sure that you are well versed on the subjects. For further information please view the attached weblinks.

Posted: December 16, 2010

Find the definitions for the following words: Interlude Analogous Omnipresent Banal Read the Attached Article Answer the following the questions regarding the article: 1)What are the two main causes of the collapse of advertising agencies? 2)What did TV and Newspapers do when they started to lose ad revenue? 3)How have audiences reacted to these actions? 4)What is the overall message of this article?  
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Posted: December 16, 2010

You will begin keeping a media log for this class. The log will be a way of tracking your own exposure to various sources of media. Everyday when you go home you are to record how much time you spent: watching TV, reading books, magazines, newspapers, on the Internet, Listening to music, and playing video games. You should also record: What you were watching, reading, viewing, etc. What products/companies you saw placed within the media.  

Posted: December 14, 2010

Response questions are on the docutment

Posted: November 30, 2010

Please Re-Read Chapter 4 While reading I would like you to write down 15 questions about the chapter. I will be checking homework tomorrow

Posted: November 29, 2010

There are quite a few things coming up that you should take note of: 1) There is a test tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov 30) on chs 1-3 2) Your Essay Topics are due on Wednesday 3) Your second creative extension is due on December 8 4) Your essay is due on December 15

Posted: November 29, 2010

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Posted: November 29, 2010

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