May 31/ June 1, 2021

New Media: Good job today on your paragraphs. You worked exceptionally hard. Thank you for putting in that concentration and focus. For homestudy, let's continue to chip away at your Create an Ad project. I didn't give us time in class today to work on it, so let's also take an hour on Wednesday to do so. I'll book the laptop cart for us.

Literary Studies: If your paragraph outline isn't yet done, please make that our priority for tonight's homework/ tomorrow's homestudy. With any remaining time, please continue to work on your creative writing mini project, as per our action plan.   

MAY 31/ JUNE 1 - new media posters

 NEW MEDIA: IN-CLASS PARAGRAPH POSTERS

You may choose your own, or select one from below. If you find your own, please run it by me so I can help see if there's enough to talk about in that given image. 

May 27/ 28, 2021

 New Media:

If you didn't finish it in class, here is our midpoint survey: https://forms.gle/N65696gNUEfaDPY26. Thank you to those who volunteered to complete this anonymous review of our course so far. I'll do my best to implement this feedback in our remaining 4 weeks. 

Homestudy: please complete the Create an Ad - Brainstorming Page, and bring to class next day.

Lit 10:

Feedback on how things are going so far? You can share your thoughts anonymously here: https://forms.gle/jBZhWukb6U6xHwp48 

Contrast the two "dirty ape" scenes (2011 and 1968). What is the difference in impact between these two scenes? Think about what was happening in the 50’s, versus now - you may recall our Context powerpoint last week. Why is there this difference in storyline? What does it suggest about our society, or how society has changed?

View the Scenes again:

2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDbwEQG2cqI

1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_m8AmAm-XE

Your journal will be reviewed for a practice Criterion A (critical thinking and development of your ideas). 

If you have extra time in those 2.5 hours at home, please update your Unit Topic Tracker in preparation for the final essay. 

May 25/ 26, 2021

 New Media 10:

Elaborating upon the metaphorical ad you chose in class today (scroll to the next blog post from today to see the images again).

In a journal response, explain what device (metaphor/ simile, hyperbole, allusion, etc.) is being used. Why is this an (in)effective ad?

You may type or handwrite your response, and bring it to next class. Please note we are looking at our thinking skills (and not necessarily our organizing/ paragraph form). That said, please make it interpretable and legible :)

Lit 10:

1. Please complete your Apes character outlines 

2.  Please read 181-192, where Cornelius and Zira make a critical discovery. 

Optional: Skim up to 263, where we see a frantic chase and an important shift to our narrative. This will be as far as we explore tomorrow. 

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May 19/ 20, 2021

 New Media:

Today in class, we drafted our outline to answer the prompt, "What is the message of your cartoon, and how' does the author deliver it?"

We won't meet again til next week (gasp!). Please use your homestudy day to transition your paragraph outline to a full-sentenced paragraph. 

To Submit via MS Teams:

- paragraph outline (picture)

- your editorial cartoon (downloaded picture, or URL link)

- paragraph

Please note the addition of the following Zoom office hours:

Friday: 3:00 - 4:00 PM

Saturday: 2:00 - 4:00 PM 

Lit 10: 

Your anthology due date has been extended 24 hours to 11:59PM on Saturday, May 22nd. Please note the addition of the following Zoom office hours:

Friday: 3:00 - 4:00 PM

Saturday: 2:00 - 4:00 PM 

May 17/ 18, 2021

 New Media 10:

1) Please complete your Operation Debrief to be submitted next class. 

2) EDITORIAL/ POLITICAL CARTOON PRACTICE

1.  Choose a topic that you want to explore.

2.  Google search [topic] political cartoon and choose one image.

3.  On a sheet of paper, go through the 3 steps of reading a political cartoon. Keep your notes, as you’ll need it for the homestudy task. 

a.  Step 1: Label (pt form)

b.  Step 2: Context & Topic 

c.  Step 3: Connect topic/ context to labels (message)

YOUR NOTES CAN BE DIGITAL (E.G. NOTES APP OR WORD DOC) OR ON PAPER

Literature 10:

Please continue to work through the Steps listed on your "Seen and Un-Silenced" project. Due date is 11:59PM on May 21st (Pro-D Friday).

Step 2 (research): let's say 5-10 facts. 

Editor's Letter: 0.5 - 1 pg.

Editor Blurbs (before each story): try to keep this to 100 words or so - very brief!

Editor Blurb:

John Hayden's poem "Frederick Douglass" pays homage to the emancipated slave we studied at the start of the course. It's argument towards the end is that one's legacy can live on beyond material items like statues - rather, sometimes our monuments are the people who live on after us. This is particularly relevant to the topic of African-American writers because... 

May 13, 2021 (D2/ H1)

 New Media:

Please use your notes from the editorial cartoon and record, in sentences or point form, what the author's message/ purpose is in the cartoon. 

As well, please see the email to be sent out at 3:05PM today to help you fill in your skeleton notes on 5 Types of Bias. 

Types of Bias Video Tutorial:

Lit:

Please complete your graffiti statement/ poem. With remaining time, please move to steps 2 and/ or 3 in your Seen & Un-silenced project. We will continue to work on these in class a bit on Monday.  

May 12, 2021 (D1/ H2)

  NM10 (D1): 

Let's please continue to work on drafting our speech. An assignment bin has been created on MS Teams. 

LIT10 (H2): 

Let's explore "State of Things" and "Blackbottom" together a bit more, as we think about the connection between place, personal history, and identity.  

Please jot down (point form or sentences) your response to the following questions, and bring them to class:

In what ways are “Blackbottom” and “State of Things” similar or different? What new ideas can be gained by studying them together? 

May 11, 2021

 NM10 (D2): 

Your speeches are due to MS Teams by the start of next class. Excited to see them!

LIT10 (H1): 

Let's explore "State of Things" and "Blackbottom" together a bit more, as we think about the connection between place, personal history, and identity.  

Please jot down (point form or sentences) your response to the following questions, and bring them to class:

In what ways are “Blackbottom” and “State of Things” similar or different? What new ideas can be gained by studying them together? 

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May 7/ 10, 2021

Let's please take some time to brainstorm and start drafting out our passion speech. Please make note of the due date that you recorded on your project sheet. 

Tomorrow, we will spend a little time on how to structure your content. 

May 5/ 6, 2021

 Please bring your practice paragraphs to next class! 

May 3/4, 2021

Please take your chosen speech and have a read-through. You might be able to search the title on YouTube, as some are abbreviated (shortened) transcripts. 

With the speech, please do the following:

- On a separate paper, complete the two circle "What" and "Why" for this piece, like we did in class with Suli Breaks and Amanda Gormon

- Directly on your copy, label or colour code/ highlight any speech strategies you see (e.g. pathos/ ethos/ logos, amplification, repetition, simile, metaphor...).