Why does your book have the title it has?
Work on your poetry project.
We had a quiz on "Billy the Kid"! Make sure you ask about it when you come back from being away.
Senior Drama:
Have bright clothes to wear -- they should reflect on your character! (for the panto)
Drama 8: Some of you haven't handed in your first journal! Let's do that a.s.a.p.
Reading log: Write a letter to Aunt Advice from one of the characters in your book. Use the character's name to sign off, or make up a sobriquet (a nickname) for the character.
Read "The Argument for Ascending" by Sid Marty (on page 15 of Poetry in Focus. What is the poem about? What kind of poem is it? What image stands out for you? If you were going to write a poem about a sport, what sport would you choose? What would you say about the sport?
Reading log topic: Write five sentences about one character's personality.
Work on your poetry project! You should have a good start on Part 2! Use the book, Poetry in Focus, if you haven't chosen a theme yet.
Write the third "Aunt Advice" letter.
You should have read "Billy the Kid" by Michael Ondaatje. Answer the following questions:
- Is this a poem?
-What is it about?
-What is each third about?
-What image stands out for you? Why?
-Who is Billy the Kid? Pat Garrett? (You might need to google them.)
You should be working on your Poetry Project. Make sure you finish the first part very soon. You should have chosen a theme for part 2.
The reading log today is "what is something with which you disagree in the book you are reading?"
We read "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" (page 123) by John Keats. (Remember? We also read "Ode to Autumn" by the same poet.) We are presently working on pitching ideas for a movie based on the poem's story. Try to be familiar with the list of poetic terms Ms. Kosar handed out when she gave out the instructions for the poetry project.
Drama 8:
What should Ms. Kosar know about you? What are your pronouns? Have you done Drama before (at elementary school or extra-curricularly)? Do you have stage fright? Do you do any activity that relates to performance (music, sports, public speaking, etc.) Is there anything else you want to say?
Senior Drama:
What have you contributed to the panto so far? What important issue are you dealing with? How are you approaching it? What fairy tale are you using?
Remember -- reading logs are due -- yesterday's log was about the theme of your book.
Also your rhyming poem and on Friday, the composition about war.
You should be working on your poetry project! Try to get Part 1 done soon!
This is what we did for reading logs on Monday:
Answer the letter from "Struggling"!
Dear Aunt Advice,
I am a first year high school student. I like school and am a good student in all my classes. My parents have always been proud of how well I do academically. Here's my problem. My best friend is not a good student. She doesn't pay attention in class and never does her homework. She spends a lot of her time on her phone and gets mad at me when I don't respond immediately to her messages. But I need to spend time on my schoolwork and my parents won't let me have my phone in my room after 8 p.m. I've told my friend this, but she still gets mad. She says I shouldn't let my parents rule my life. I'm afraid if I lose her friendship, I won't have any social life at all. But if I don't keep up with my schoolwork, my parents will be mad and I won't have much of a future. What should I do?
Yours truly,
Struggling
Thank you to everyone who put the Remembrance Ceremony together. The speeches were thoughtful and thought-provoking, the music was inspiring and the colour party was impressive. Thanks to Senior Drama for helping with the visual background and well done, Alicia, in putting everything together so seamlessly!
Thanks to all the grade 8's who will be moving on to Art on Monday. I will miss you and hope to see you all back in the theatre for Drama 9. If you aren't too busy, think of joining the Drama Club!
English 8:
The reading log asks for you to think of one character's best quality. Do you share that quality?
We discussed Remembrance Day. Write a four paragraph composition based on one of the following sentences:
War is not the way to solve conflict.
Remembrance Day is important to me.
Sometimes you have to fight for your rights.
The first paragraph states your theme. Use the sentence you chose.
Then you need to think of two pieces of evidence that back up your first sentence. Explain each piece of evidence.
Come to some sort of conclusion.
Reading log: Create a found poem from a phrase, sentence or paragraph in your book.
Be sure you understand the poetic terms from the handout! Your groups will present their lessons on Thursday. Think of interesting ways to teach the terms you've been assigned. Work on your poetry project.
Rhyming list: snow, flow; seat, feat; flower, hour; cat, rat; sunk, dunk; tree, be; flight, kite; all, ball; lunch, munch, book, too; sun, run; ring, cling; pickle, sickle; red, bed; nest, chest; sleeping, weeping; green, mean; rain, train; treasure, pleasure; dog, fog; buck, tuck
Create a poem using at least ten of the above rhymes. Use the rhyme scheme -- aa/bb/a; bb/aa/b; then a couplet (cc). Make it tell a story.
Senior Drama: Remember to wear the right clothes for our Remembrance Day photo shoot. Your journal is your ideas about how "Do or Die" went.
Drama 8: What is your framework? What do you plan to wear? What animals are you playing? What will you do to create the impression of the animal you play? Learn your lines for the plays next week!
English 8: Your written book report is due today. Your "reluctant" journal is due on Friday!
