English – Ms Cox

Add one more example from the movie to your part of the group’s Google doc.

Due Thursday, May 17th.

Reread all notes, assessment and feedback.

Revise key literary features.

Make up, time and record your own IOC practice(s).

Lego Indiana Jones by Rob Young (flickr)

We are now mid-way through watching the movie, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Complete the part of your Movie Expert group’s Google Doc table that has your name on it.

6A: Due Monday, May 14th

6B: Due Tuesday, May 15th.

Wikimedia image (public domain)

Watch the first 4-5 minutes of a movie that you have seen before.

Make notes on at least three of the following (to share verbally next class):

angles and / or shots
sound and / or special effects
music
symbols

setting
lighting
non-verbal language (facial expressions, body language)

6A – due Wednesday, May 9th           6B – due Thursday, May 10th

Due Tuesday, May 8th:

1. Complete your group’s task from the Exploring Blake’s Concepts of Innocence and Experience doc. shared with you.
2. Reread The Human Abstract, paying close attention to the imagery. Compose either one or a series of drawings / comic strip of the poem.
3. Reread and revise all notes on character, setting, literary techniques, (etc.) on all IOC texts.

Reminders:

Please bring all your IOC texts to every lesson next week.

Please also bring your Paper 1 responses!

Image from Shoko & Melanie's IOC Tutorial

Final IOC practice: respond to a poem from  Songs of Innocence and of Experience.

Task:

20 minutes to read, annotate and plan.

10 minutes to record your oral commentary.

Title the recording with your name.

Add to my drop box or email to me directly.

Tips for revision:

Reread the assessment criteria

Revise the guidance for the IOC.

Reread and revise the poems, your notes,      understanding of the concepts of innocence and experience, and context. Consider also your previous IOC practices and the feedback shared with you.

Non-biology students: due Friday, May 4th. Biology students: due Tuesday, May 8th.

Open Clip Art

Take screenshots of two frames from today’s filming.

Embed them in your blog post with an explanation that includes the following:

The task (what you had to do)
The purpose (why)
The outcome

      what worked
      what didn’t work
      what you learned

Remember to proof read your blog post! Command f may help you search for words you have repeated. Use your thesaurus and dictionary to help vary your vocabulary if needed. Your finished blog post is due Thurs. May 3rd.

Comic Con by Kevin Dooley (flickr)

How can I ‘read’ an image like a text?

Get ready for the start of our movie unit next week by finding one or two examples of ‘angles’ or ‘shots’ (close-up, medium, or long shot) from a comic or manga book you own (or from the library).*

If you need help, check the Techniques and Stills docs.

*Or, you can pause a movie on your laptop and take a screen shot of the frame. Save and bring to class!

You will share these on Monday April 30th (6A) or Tuesday May 1st (6B). Bring a camera if needed.

Winter sun by James Jordan (flickr)

Holy Thursday (Songs of Experience):

Respond to the questions and tasks.

Share your responses as a Google Doc with Ms Cox before 6pm, Sunday April 29th.

Purple Hibiscus

Revise your knowledge of the novel. Focus on:

Plot and structure (timeline of events / name of each part)

Characters (names, roles)

The author’s style and techniques

Next week tasks relating to the novel may form part of your homework. Keep reading and revising all your notes.

Open Clip Art

Final Grade 6 examination preparation:

Imagine you have been asked to write a news report on Digital Citizenship Week at YIS.

What would you include in your news report? We will make a class mini report on Monday, April 23rd (6B) and Tuesday, April 24th (6A).

Bring your ideas!