The above title is a bit ironic, don't you think? The grade 9 class has been focusing on irony the last few days. We looked at three different types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. To really observe irony in action, we read the story "Lamb to Slaughter". It's a great story and is extremely creepy, so of course they loved it. We watched Alfred Hitchcock's version on Youtube. You can check it out here.
We are now working on symbolism. We read "The Scarlet Ibis" and are looking for symbols of red within the story. All very exciting.
Today in ELA 30, we started looking at the Literary essay. The students will be writing a literary essay on Mirage and Canadian Gothic, as described before. I am going to post the notes on Literary essays that we looked at today, just as soon as I figure out how to do that. The due date for this essay is December 16th and the students can expect to have about 5 class periods to work on it.
The Narrative essay due date for grade 11s is quickly approaching. It is December 7th, which is next Tuesday, a week from today. The students have been asked to bring their rough drafts (which should be pretty much completed) to class and they will be given time to revise and do peer editing as well as some typing. I stress that they please have a paper copy of it so it is easier to be edited by their partner.
In grade 10 ELA, we are almost done reading Ender's Game. They have homework for Thursday, and that is to read the rest of chapter 12. Their major project will be due on the 16th of December. Today some students were expressing some concern over this, and yes, they will have class time to work on it. They can expect 3 - 5 classes to work on the project, depending on how well they use their time, of course.
Until next time!
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