113+English

1. Complete the Free Writing Assignment(see sheet of topics in your binder). 2. Begin Biography presentation for Thursday of Final Assessment week.
 * Period FIVE: 113 English**
 * May 26, 2011**

1. Complete the 2 paragraph summaries of the court cases from the link below(see May 4). This can be via blog or paper form. 2. Complete any terms from the Bowling for Columbine paper. The minimum mark you can receive is what you have passed in so far. 3. Refer to any other blogs you have not completed(novel, song/video).
 * May 18,2011**

//- the date/year of the incident// //- the place// //- the actual crime// //- the outcome//
 * May 4, 2011**
 * Follow this website:**
 * []**
 * It will take you to historical court cases about New Brunswickers that have been sentenced(based on their crimes) to fates like hangings. Read the 4 cases provided(and yes, some are from Woodstock!!), select one to blog about, using this information in your response:**
 * -** //the names of the people involved//
 * The mark will be evaluated the same as the others: /7.**
 * Respond to another's comments about a different crime./3**


 * May 3, 2011**

// Inform the blog site and teachers about an area of interest. Refer to Brandon Grant’s entries; he knows a great deal about cars and motors, so he wrote about them. If you are very familiar with 4-wheelers, dirtbikes, building or constructing things, drawing, movies, etc., write about it. // // Remember to strive for the 150 words. //

Remark on someone else's blog. /3
Tomorrow's blog will be about a topic of your choice: INFORM US ABOUT IT!! Examples: a specific kind of 4-wheeler, hunting, fishing, movies, novel series, types of motors, guitars, etc. Week of April 18-April 26 ==**1. It is your responsibility to discover the most relevant and meaningful SONG and MUSIC VIDEO that correlates to our unit: Decisions, Actions, and Consequences. Once you have selected them, write an explanation for each, relating them to the unit. We will decide who has the best responses, or more overall agreements.**==

**April 12, 2011**
After watching the interview with Aron Rolsten, how do you think you would have reacted? What would have been deciding factors in your decision? How would your actions have affected others around you? How would your friends and family have reacted?

Type this response and save it to your file, or print it off(if the printer is available in my room).

1. Enter a blog; comment on a peer's blog. /10 2. Start a power point on your new novel. You will need these components: //1. Title Page// //2. Table of Contents// //3. Setting - Time and Place// //4. Characters - Major and Minor(min. 5)// //- Protagonist and Antagonist// //5. Point of View - First Person, Third Person// //6. Plot - main details and events(10)// //7. Conflicts - problems/challenges(5)// //8. Theme(s) - 2: Purpose of Telling story or Lessons Learned// //9. Images/Symbols// //10. Opinion slide// TOTAL /50
 * April 11, 2011**

1. Type writing piece: Future of a Product 2. Enter a new blog for today: at least 150 words. /7 3. Respond to another classmate's blog. /3
 * April 5, 2011**

1. Type Review - use the latest title page format(see below)
 * March 28 and 29, 2011**

2. Enter a blog of at least 150 words(a solid paragraph). /7 whs.21classes.com

3. Respond to another classmate's blog. /3 TOTAL = /10

4. Select your top three choices from the list of books we will be reading from this term. Look up the title and author, and research what it is about in order to make your decision.



__**For the weeks of February 14-18 and Feb. 21-25**__
 * __BONUS for February 24, 2011__**
 * Who wrote //"The Lady or the Tiger"?//**
 * Where and when was he born?**
 * Read these short stories and respond to the questions:**

Work on Questions and Vocabulary for Chapters 1-10.
 * December 15, 2010**

1. Complete Book Talk. 2. Type narrative - with a title page and the corrections noted. 3. Look up definitions for chapter oine of //The Contender.// 4. There are many references made to the "Contender": not simply the novel by Robert Lipsyte, but others including military devices and films. Make a list(not copy and pasted, for it is obvious) to put in your binder for notes.
 * November 26, 2010**

1. Work on completion of Book Talk. See below for sample. Include a: title page, setting page, character page, plot, conflict, and concluding page with images. 2. Type: movie review, any writing pieces for mark improvement. 3. Respond to questions on movie review for Megaminds. See posted document below.
 * November 19, 2010**



**b. Prepare a powerpoint presentation using: character, setting, plot, conflict.**
__**End of September**__ Test Components//://
 * End of October:**
 * 1. complete biography of sport's icon - 10 slides: no less than 3 phrases/slide, no more than 10/slide**
 * 2. Book Talk - slides for title page, setting/atmosphere, character, conflict**

//d. personification -//
====//3. **__The Bull Moose__** is __litera__lly about a bull moose finding his way to civilization and the treatment he endures there. What is the figurative and metaphoric interpretation, according to Alden Nowlan? Discuss the use of symbols and colors. /3//====

//b. What is the hardest job, even more than coming up with the ads? /2//

 * __Period Five 113 English__**

Assignment #1:
 * //Nicknames are donned on people//** like the stitiching left behind from a hard hit to the head by a baseball. Calum was tagged with one in chapter one; he was not particularly happy with this label. Comment on his nickname and how he landed it; also, consider other nicknames you are familiar with and how they became attached to some people.

Example: In high school I acquired the nickname Powerhouse. Apparently,