Monday, February 26, 2007
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
You are writing an in-class essay today. I cannot provide you with information on it here except to tell you that you can bring in your Fit to Print text, and a dictionary and thesaurus. You will be able to write this exam on computer or by hand (if you use the computer, double check to make sure you are signed in under your own name and that it hasn't defaulted to guest - also, be sure to save often - at least after every paragraph).
Tuesday, February 27, 2006
There will be no journal today due to the exam.
You are writing your Essay Unit M.C. exam today. If you miss it, you will be able to write the alternate exam in the library after school on Wednesday. If you cannot do this, you need to make arrangements with me ASAP.
You are writing your Essay Unit M.C. exam today. If you miss it, you will be able to write the alternate exam in the library after school on Wednesday. If you cannot do this, you need to make arrangements with me ASAP.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Today we will mark "Peace is an Ongoing Issue" (assigned on Friday). I will then discuss the unit exams scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. Remember that your terminology cue cards are also due for Wednesday.
Test Tomorrow.
Read four essays and answer the Multiple Choice questions attached.
Answer the terminology questions provided (probably 20 of them)
Test Tomorrow.
Read four essays and answer the Multiple Choice questions attached.
Answer the terminology questions provided (probably 20 of them)
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
Today, you are going to actively read "Peace is an Ongoing Issue."
You are then going to answer the questions as indicated (multiple choice with justification).
If there is time left over, you are to work on your terminology.
You are then going to answer the questions as indicated (multiple choice with justification).
If there is time left over, you are to work on your terminology.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Journal: One of the happiest moments in my life was…..
We are going to read and go over the exercises in the notes entitled “Keeping the Reader with You.
The purpose of this activity is to reinforce the importance of both proper tone and transitions in the students.
In addition to the reading, I will also hand out a sheet on transition words
The exercises are due for tomorrow.
We are going to read and go over the exercises in the notes entitled “Keeping the Reader with You.
The purpose of this activity is to reinforce the importance of both proper tone and transitions in the students.
In addition to the reading, I will also hand out a sheet on transition words
The exercises are due for tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Today, you are to hand in your four paragraph assignments from yesterday. We will then go over the rest of the information and you will complete the remaining assignments. Understand that you will be expected to have these questions on paragraph development memorized, so don't just skip through it.
The two questions we are going to add to the four we looked at yesterday are:
5. Would a comparison be meaningful?
6. Would a quotation or paraphrase be appropriate?
Do the following exercises:
* Write a five to seven sentence paragraph comparing two of your favourite performers. Be sure to include a topic sentence at the beginning.
* Name the kinds of development used in the following paragraphs:
- "Computer Occupations," Paragraph 1.
- "In Defense of Video Games," paragraph 3.
- "The Dimensions of a Complete Life,” paragraph 3.
- “The Dimensions of a Complete Life,” paragraph 7.
- “The Dimensions of a Complete Life,” paragraph 16.
- “Computer Occupations,” paragraph 2.
- “Computer Occupations,” paragraph 4.
- “In Defense of Video Games,” paragraph 2
- “Look Who’s Listening!” paragraph 2.
- “Look Who’s Listening!” paragraph 3.
Paragraph Exercise # 8
Choose one of the following topic sentences. Write a paragraph of about 100 words, using at least two different methods of development.
True education takes place outside the classroom.
Money can’t buy happiness.
Horror movies are popular because…
_________ is the most interesting person I know.
The two questions we are going to add to the four we looked at yesterday are:
5. Would a comparison be meaningful?
6. Would a quotation or paraphrase be appropriate?
Do the following exercises:
* Write a five to seven sentence paragraph comparing two of your favourite performers. Be sure to include a topic sentence at the beginning.
* Name the kinds of development used in the following paragraphs:
- "Computer Occupations," Paragraph 1.
- "In Defense of Video Games," paragraph 3.
- "The Dimensions of a Complete Life,” paragraph 3.
- “The Dimensions of a Complete Life,” paragraph 7.
- “The Dimensions of a Complete Life,” paragraph 16.
- “Computer Occupations,” paragraph 2.
- “Computer Occupations,” paragraph 4.
- “In Defense of Video Games,” paragraph 2
- “Look Who’s Listening!” paragraph 2.
- “Look Who’s Listening!” paragraph 3.
Paragraph Exercise # 8
Choose one of the following topic sentences. Write a paragraph of about 100 words, using at least two different methods of development.
True education takes place outside the classroom.
Money can’t buy happiness.
Horror movies are popular because…
_________ is the most interesting person I know.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
We will start with a journal:
What beliefs do you hold near and dear (religion, family, society, etc)? How similar or different are these from those you are in contact with?
We will then move on to look at paragraph development and the six questions one should ask when attempting to develop the best paragraphs possible for the topic at hand. (we went over the first four)
You will be provided with a handout and will be expected to answer exercises one thru five for tomorrow.
Here are the questions and a brief description in case you weren't here (the notes in their entirety will be in your file folder)
Developing Your Paragraphs
There are six questions you need to consider in orfer to decide the type of development you should use. The first four are:
1. Would a definition help your reader to understand?
2. Would examples help clarify the point?
3. Is a series of steps or stages involved?
4. Would specific details be useful?
Exercises to accompany each of these types:
1. Write a definition paragraph of four to six sentences based on the following topic sentence:
"Many people are puzzled when they first encounter the word "misogyny.""
2. Write a four to six sentence paragraph based on the topic sentence below, using the example method of paragraph development.
"My high school English class is preparing (or is not preparing) me for the writing demands of college or university. (Pick one side or the other).
3. Write a six to seven sentence paragraph developed as a series of steps telling your reader how to make or do something.
4.Write a five to seven sentence paragrpah describing an interesting looking person of your acquaintance. Be sure to include a topic sentence at the beginning.
These paragraphs are due tomorrow (Wednesday, February 21)
What beliefs do you hold near and dear (religion, family, society, etc)? How similar or different are these from those you are in contact with?
We will then move on to look at paragraph development and the six questions one should ask when attempting to develop the best paragraphs possible for the topic at hand. (we went over the first four)
You will be provided with a handout and will be expected to answer exercises one thru five for tomorrow.
Here are the questions and a brief description in case you weren't here (the notes in their entirety will be in your file folder)
Developing Your Paragraphs
There are six questions you need to consider in orfer to decide the type of development you should use. The first four are:
1. Would a definition help your reader to understand?
2. Would examples help clarify the point?
3. Is a series of steps or stages involved?
4. Would specific details be useful?
Exercises to accompany each of these types:
1. Write a definition paragraph of four to six sentences based on the following topic sentence:
"Many people are puzzled when they first encounter the word "misogyny.""
2. Write a four to six sentence paragraph based on the topic sentence below, using the example method of paragraph development.
"My high school English class is preparing (or is not preparing) me for the writing demands of college or university. (Pick one side or the other).
3. Write a six to seven sentence paragraph developed as a series of steps telling your reader how to make or do something.
4.Write a five to seven sentence paragrpah describing an interesting looking person of your acquaintance. Be sure to include a topic sentence at the beginning.
These paragraphs are due tomorrow (Wednesday, February 21)
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Today, we will continue working on the readings and concept maps. If you are finished, you are to work on your terminology.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Today, we are going to continue working on outlines/concept maps for the three essays you received yesterday. I want to meet with each one of you individually to discuss this approach.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Today, we are going to go over paragraph development. You are going to read three different essays and outline all of them. You can do this either in point form or by using a concept map or web (or other graphic organizer). Make sure you do the following with each:
Read them actively
paraphrase them
write a brief summary
write what the main idea is and the support that it presented
define words you don’t know
Define the type of essay it is
Define the Pattern of argument
Read them actively
paraphrase them
write a brief summary
write what the main idea is and the support that it presented
define words you don’t know
Define the type of essay it is
Define the Pattern of argument
Friday, February 9, 2007
Friday, February 9, 2007
Today we worked on writing essay paragraphs.
* You are to read pages 53 to 85 in Fit to Print (and make notes)
* You are to read pages 19 to 23 in Fit to Print (and make notes)
* You are to read the essay "Computer Occupations" (in your portfolio)
* You are to answer the questions attached to it.
There are also some notes on what is expected in a paragraph. These are also in your portfolio if you were absent. The most important things to keep in mind though, is that any paragraph contains a topic sentence which introduces the main point (usually the first sentence) and then three or more sentences that specifically support of explain the topic.
I also explained your terminology assignment a bit more for clarity. Be sure to come and talk to me about this assignment if you are absent today as doing so will save you a lot of work and confusion.
* You are to read pages 53 to 85 in Fit to Print (and make notes)
* You are to read pages 19 to 23 in Fit to Print (and make notes)
* You are to read the essay "Computer Occupations" (in your portfolio)
* You are to answer the questions attached to it.
There are also some notes on what is expected in a paragraph. These are also in your portfolio if you were absent. The most important things to keep in mind though, is that any paragraph contains a topic sentence which introduces the main point (usually the first sentence) and then three or more sentences that specifically support of explain the topic.
I also explained your terminology assignment a bit more for clarity. Be sure to come and talk to me about this assignment if you are absent today as doing so will save you a lot of work and confusion.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Today, you are going to answer the following journal: "The thing I find I have the most trouble with in English class is...."
I then want to mark the answers to the questions from the essay excerpt "from THE FUTURE IS NOW"
I then want to mark the answers to the questions from the essay excerpt "from THE FUTURE IS NOW"
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Wednesday, February 7, 2006
We started off class with novel study (be sure you have one for Friday).
You were all to have handed in your essay assignment from yesterday (from THE FUTURE IS NOW)
I then went over your essays with you. The essays have been returned. If you have any questions (or can't read my writing), stop by and see me and I'll explain it to you.
You were all to have handed in your essay assignment from yesterday (from THE FUTURE IS NOW)
I then went over your essays with you. The essays have been returned. If you have any questions (or can't read my writing), stop by and see me and I'll explain it to you.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Tuesday, February 5, 2006
Today you are going to write a journal (Topic: Describe a fear that you have. Is it rational? Explain).
After this, I am going to have each pairing group present at least one of their attention getters to the class for discussion.
We are then going to hand those attention-getters in.
I will be providing you with the reading from "The Future is Now"
You are to read it actively and answer the questions fully for tomorrow.
If you were not here, the reading will be in your portfolio
The questions are listed below:
from THE FUTURE IS NOW
Answer the following questions. Then in detail, explain why you chose the answer you did (how you came to it and why you didn’t pick something else). Be sure to also write down your SECOND choice
25. The “comic anticlimax” that the writer notes in line 10 is a reference to
A. “the farther away the better” (line6)
B. “deep shelters, bombproof cellars” (line 7)
C. “get under a stout table” (line 7)
D. “too nervous to throw them back” (line 9)
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
26. In context, the word “coddled” (line 12) means
A. warmed
B. pacified
C. restricted
D. submerged
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
27. The purpose of the details in lines 13 to 19 and the details in lines 24 to 36 is to
A. Elaborate on the nature of an urban setting
B. Introduce the contrasting ideas in this excerpt
C. Reinforce the writer’s subjective point of view
D. Illustrate the predictability of human responses
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
28. The writer believes that the sight of the lovers is “reassuring” (line 48) because it
A. represents an affirmation of life
B. provides distraction from the task at hand
C. reinforces the differences between generations
D. provides proof that customs are imported from elsewhere
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
29. The responses of both the young soldier and the young apprentice author (lines 64 to 72) reflect an attitude of
A. selfish greed
B. immature optimism
C. urgency and practicality
D. anger and frustration
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
30. The writer assumes that the young apprentice author has adopted her philosophical stance superficially rather than through careful consideration (lines 71 to 76) because the girl
A. habitually contradicted herself
B. expressed herself in a sarcastic manner
C. did not attempt to put her theory into practice
D. did not create the impression of being intellectually mature
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
31. The reference to the young apprentices author and the young man polishing the table suggest a contrast in
A. skill
B. attitude
C. knowledge
D. background
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
32. In the context of the whole excerpt, the writer is most comforted by the “quieting sense of the continuity of human experience” (line 53) through her observation of the
A. young soldier
B. young lovers
C. young apprentice author
D. young man polishing the table
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What would your second choice have been? _______
After this, I am going to have each pairing group present at least one of their attention getters to the class for discussion.
We are then going to hand those attention-getters in.
I will be providing you with the reading from "The Future is Now"
You are to read it actively and answer the questions fully for tomorrow.
If you were not here, the reading will be in your portfolio
The questions are listed below:
from THE FUTURE IS NOW
Answer the following questions. Then in detail, explain why you chose the answer you did (how you came to it and why you didn’t pick something else). Be sure to also write down your SECOND choice
25. The “comic anticlimax” that the writer notes in line 10 is a reference to
A. “the farther away the better” (line6)
B. “deep shelters, bombproof cellars” (line 7)
C. “get under a stout table” (line 7)
D. “too nervous to throw them back” (line 9)
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
26. In context, the word “coddled” (line 12) means
A. warmed
B. pacified
C. restricted
D. submerged
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
27. The purpose of the details in lines 13 to 19 and the details in lines 24 to 36 is to
A. Elaborate on the nature of an urban setting
B. Introduce the contrasting ideas in this excerpt
C. Reinforce the writer’s subjective point of view
D. Illustrate the predictability of human responses
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
28. The writer believes that the sight of the lovers is “reassuring” (line 48) because it
A. represents an affirmation of life
B. provides distraction from the task at hand
C. reinforces the differences between generations
D. provides proof that customs are imported from elsewhere
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
29. The responses of both the young soldier and the young apprentice author (lines 64 to 72) reflect an attitude of
A. selfish greed
B. immature optimism
C. urgency and practicality
D. anger and frustration
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
30. The writer assumes that the young apprentice author has adopted her philosophical stance superficially rather than through careful consideration (lines 71 to 76) because the girl
A. habitually contradicted herself
B. expressed herself in a sarcastic manner
C. did not attempt to put her theory into practice
D. did not create the impression of being intellectually mature
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
31. The reference to the young apprentices author and the young man polishing the table suggest a contrast in
A. skill
B. attitude
C. knowledge
D. background
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would your second choice have been? _____________________________
32. In the context of the whole excerpt, the writer is most comforted by the “quieting sense of the continuity of human experience” (line 53) through her observation of the
A. young soldier
B. young lovers
C. young apprentice author
D. young man polishing the table
Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What would your second choice have been? _______
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Monday, February 5, 2007
Today we are going to look at essay attention-getters. Simply follow the information below:
Essay Attention-Getters
Writing Introductions and Conclusions
Have you ever seen a cartoon showing a dog being led to a car with their owner saying something like “Come on, Buffy! We are going for a car ride!” The irony is that, unbeknown to poor Buffy, he’s on his way to the vets to be neutered. He was sucked in by a good opener; by the time he figures it out, it’ll too late….. No matter what you are writing about in an essay, you won’t have much success getting the reader to side with you if they fall asleep from the get-go! All too often the introduction is simply… boring. Effective essays begin with effective introductions – the type that makes the reader WANT to keep reading on.
The “sit up and take notice” paper (as compared to the “deep sigh and chuck in wastebasket” paper) is best attained by beginning not with a statement of your subject, but with a personal response type of situation (no use of “I” though please if it is a critical literary essay). This is known as the “Attention Getter.”
An attention-getter is a sentence or two designed to get the reader interested in what you have to say.
There are several kinds of attention-getters to choose from:
interesting incident or anecdote related to your subject
statement of opinion that you intend to challenge
definition
quotation
little-known or striking fact.
Whatever choice you make, you want to be sure it suits the direction and tone of your essay.
EXERCISE #1
Read each of the following and determine what type of attention-getters they are. Write the number off to the side.
From an Essay about the importance out having emotional outlets….
I think that we’re all mentally ill; those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better, after all. We’ve all known people who talk to themselves, people who sometimes squinch their faces into horrible grimaces when they believe no one is watching, people who have some hysterical fear – of snakes, the dark, the tight place, the long drop… and, of course, those final worms and grubs that are waiting so patiently underground. When we pay our ten or twelve bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row centre in a theatre showing a horror movie, we are daring the nightmare.
From an essay about making amends…
Coming home from work the other day, I did what I always do, unlock the door, assess the mess in the living room, and lecture the dog on what is and is not a chew toy. Lately, it seems my shoes, especially my leather ones, have held her attention.
After all of this, I headed into my office to check the email. This little act a couple of weeks ago put me on a path that I would never have taken on my own – that of yearbook sleuth.
There was a message was from my brother asking if I could return the yearbooks.
From an essay about attaining world peace…
Peace is not the absence of war: peace is the absence of fear, peace is the presence of justice.. Peace, in fact, is a consequence. As it was defined in 1936 by R.B. Gregg, peace is “a bi-product of the persistent application of social truth and justice, and the strong and intelligent application of love; the price of peace is the price of justice.”
From an essay about overcoming difficulties
I am thankful that I have never had to experience real sorrow. I hope that I will not have to experience it for a long time, but I guess it is inevitable. The word sorrow always makes me think of geese and how, if you shoot one (or one of the life long parties dies), its mate becomes depressed. It will stop eating and die or will allow itself to become a victim of a gun or a predator without a struggle. To me, that is true sorrow; a hurt so bad it overshadows all aspects of one’s life; including survival.
From an essay dealing with the topic of why the Jews didn’t put up protests to Hitler early enough to stop the Holocaust…
There is a little known, albeit fascinating fact that demonstrates an extreme when it comes to tolerance. If a frog is put in a pan of water at room temperature, he will sit there rather placidly. If, for the sake of experimentation, the pan is then slowly heated up, the frog will still sit there. Taken to the extreme, the frog will sit in the pan until he is boiled to death. Who knows what goes through a frog’s mind at a moment like this? The reality is that if he does have a thought that it might be time to jump out – to make a last ditch attempt for freedom, it is probably already too late.
EXERCISE #2
Below are a number of themes (most, in fact) that Alberta Education has has thrown at students for their critical analytical response essay.
Examine them and see how many are duplicates in their meaning (cross the duplicates out). What you will see is the number of choices they will throw at you is really not that big.
Divide up what is left between you and a partner and write an attention-getter for each one. (We ended up only doing five per group and they were worked on in unison). I expect that each of you will use the different kinds at least once (though you may then rely on one type that you like).
Risk Taking
Survival
Struggle to overcome human isolation
Turning points in life
Influence of an ideal on individual behaviour
Responding to challenges
Desire to escape
Isolation
Adversity on the human spirit
Effect or impact of significant experience on an individual’s life
Risk taking
Individual(s) response to challenge
Ability to be resourceful
Significance of an individual’s perspective
Individual’s ability to adapt to situations in his or her life
Characters’ responses to unfamiliar situations in their lives
Individual differences
Self-fulfillment
Self-respect
Struggle to maintain identity though commitment to a belief, cause, or goal
Effect of external or internal limitations on people’s lives
The outsider
Human imagination
Impact of individual choices
Individual responses to significant dilemmas
Dreams, goals, or ideals
Threatening forces
Conflict
Passion
Turning points
Pursuit of ideals
Perseverance
Circumstances that compel
Difficult situations
Desire to act independently with the need for security
Essay Attention-Getters
Writing Introductions and Conclusions
Have you ever seen a cartoon showing a dog being led to a car with their owner saying something like “Come on, Buffy! We are going for a car ride!” The irony is that, unbeknown to poor Buffy, he’s on his way to the vets to be neutered. He was sucked in by a good opener; by the time he figures it out, it’ll too late….. No matter what you are writing about in an essay, you won’t have much success getting the reader to side with you if they fall asleep from the get-go! All too often the introduction is simply… boring. Effective essays begin with effective introductions – the type that makes the reader WANT to keep reading on.
The “sit up and take notice” paper (as compared to the “deep sigh and chuck in wastebasket” paper) is best attained by beginning not with a statement of your subject, but with a personal response type of situation (no use of “I” though please if it is a critical literary essay). This is known as the “Attention Getter.”
An attention-getter is a sentence or two designed to get the reader interested in what you have to say.
There are several kinds of attention-getters to choose from:
interesting incident or anecdote related to your subject
statement of opinion that you intend to challenge
definition
quotation
little-known or striking fact.
Whatever choice you make, you want to be sure it suits the direction and tone of your essay.
EXERCISE #1
Read each of the following and determine what type of attention-getters they are. Write the number off to the side.
From an Essay about the importance out having emotional outlets….
I think that we’re all mentally ill; those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better, after all. We’ve all known people who talk to themselves, people who sometimes squinch their faces into horrible grimaces when they believe no one is watching, people who have some hysterical fear – of snakes, the dark, the tight place, the long drop… and, of course, those final worms and grubs that are waiting so patiently underground. When we pay our ten or twelve bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row centre in a theatre showing a horror movie, we are daring the nightmare.
From an essay about making amends…
Coming home from work the other day, I did what I always do, unlock the door, assess the mess in the living room, and lecture the dog on what is and is not a chew toy. Lately, it seems my shoes, especially my leather ones, have held her attention.
After all of this, I headed into my office to check the email. This little act a couple of weeks ago put me on a path that I would never have taken on my own – that of yearbook sleuth.
There was a message was from my brother asking if I could return the yearbooks.
From an essay about attaining world peace…
Peace is not the absence of war: peace is the absence of fear, peace is the presence of justice.. Peace, in fact, is a consequence. As it was defined in 1936 by R.B. Gregg, peace is “a bi-product of the persistent application of social truth and justice, and the strong and intelligent application of love; the price of peace is the price of justice.”
From an essay about overcoming difficulties
I am thankful that I have never had to experience real sorrow. I hope that I will not have to experience it for a long time, but I guess it is inevitable. The word sorrow always makes me think of geese and how, if you shoot one (or one of the life long parties dies), its mate becomes depressed. It will stop eating and die or will allow itself to become a victim of a gun or a predator without a struggle. To me, that is true sorrow; a hurt so bad it overshadows all aspects of one’s life; including survival.
From an essay dealing with the topic of why the Jews didn’t put up protests to Hitler early enough to stop the Holocaust…
There is a little known, albeit fascinating fact that demonstrates an extreme when it comes to tolerance. If a frog is put in a pan of water at room temperature, he will sit there rather placidly. If, for the sake of experimentation, the pan is then slowly heated up, the frog will still sit there. Taken to the extreme, the frog will sit in the pan until he is boiled to death. Who knows what goes through a frog’s mind at a moment like this? The reality is that if he does have a thought that it might be time to jump out – to make a last ditch attempt for freedom, it is probably already too late.
EXERCISE #2
Below are a number of themes (most, in fact) that Alberta Education has has thrown at students for their critical analytical response essay.
Examine them and see how many are duplicates in their meaning (cross the duplicates out). What you will see is the number of choices they will throw at you is really not that big.
Divide up what is left between you and a partner and write an attention-getter for each one. (We ended up only doing five per group and they were worked on in unison). I expect that each of you will use the different kinds at least once (though you may then rely on one type that you like).
Risk Taking
Survival
Struggle to overcome human isolation
Turning points in life
Influence of an ideal on individual behaviour
Responding to challenges
Desire to escape
Isolation
Adversity on the human spirit
Effect or impact of significant experience on an individual’s life
Risk taking
Individual(s) response to challenge
Ability to be resourceful
Significance of an individual’s perspective
Individual’s ability to adapt to situations in his or her life
Characters’ responses to unfamiliar situations in their lives
Individual differences
Self-fulfillment
Self-respect
Struggle to maintain identity though commitment to a belief, cause, or goal
Effect of external or internal limitations on people’s lives
The outsider
Human imagination
Impact of individual choices
Individual responses to significant dilemmas
Dreams, goals, or ideals
Threatening forces
Conflict
Passion
Turning points
Pursuit of ideals
Perseverance
Circumstances that compel
Difficult situations
Desire to act independently with the need for security
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Today you are not going to be starting your journals (though I want them all here!). Instead, you are going to be writing your first in-class essay (I know - no warning - truly cruel!). If you are not here, do the assignment below. Time yourself and try to keep it to within an hour. Don't panic about your mark (famous last words!), what's important here is getting into the meat of the project.
English 30-1 Essay Assignment # 1
INSTRUCTIONS:
· Read the following prompter (in italics) and then the question (in capitals). From this, write a five paragraph critical literary essay (from an objective point of view)
· I also want page numbers on each page.
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Obstacles may be defined as the external or internal factors that stand in our way from achieving a desired outcome. Literature often examines the obstacles that impose limitations on people’s lives.
EXAMINE THE EFFECT OF EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL OBSTACLES ON THE WRITER IN THE ESSAY “ONE LETTER IS ALL IT TOOK TO MAKE AMENDS”. WHAT IDEA DOES THE AUTHOR DEVELOP (GET ACROSS) REGARDING OBSTACLES? PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS FROM THE ESSAY THAT WILL SUPPORT AND DEVELOP YOUR CONTROLLING IDEA.
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Be sure that your thesis focuses on answering the underlined part of the above instructions!!!!!
English 30-1 Essay Assignment # 1
INSTRUCTIONS:
· Read the following prompter (in italics) and then the question (in capitals). From this, write a five paragraph critical literary essay (from an objective point of view)
· I also want page numbers on each page.
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Obstacles may be defined as the external or internal factors that stand in our way from achieving a desired outcome. Literature often examines the obstacles that impose limitations on people’s lives.
EXAMINE THE EFFECT OF EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL OBSTACLES ON THE WRITER IN THE ESSAY “ONE LETTER IS ALL IT TOOK TO MAKE AMENDS”. WHAT IDEA DOES THE AUTHOR DEVELOP (GET ACROSS) REGARDING OBSTACLES? PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS FROM THE ESSAY THAT WILL SUPPORT AND DEVELOP YOUR CONTROLLING IDEA.
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Be sure that your thesis focuses on answering the underlined part of the above instructions!!!!!
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