Final Portfolio - Present on Wed June 13 or Fri June 15:
- Tally up Reading Minutes from Fri May 4 - Fri June 15
- Choose to either tell us about your writing or to read us a piece of your writing
Final Class Check: Fri June 15
Mon June 11:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #78: Things you like about... DSS!
- The Chance #12
Thur June 7:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #77: Tell a story about an ordinary thing in an exciting way.
- The Chance #11
Tues June 5:
- Reading... counting!
- Idea Notebook #76: Capture a memory
- The Chance... two more classes!
Fri June 1: Grad!
Wed May 30:
- Reading
- Idea Notebook #75: What are your plans after Graduation? Last day to enter to draw for the "Crime Book" -- check out the Crime Scene in the Library and enter!
- The Chance #9
Mon May 28:
- Reading
- Idea Notebook #74: Are your "shoulds" getting in the way of your happiness?
- The Chance #8
Thur May 24:
Learning Commons:
- Reading... grab a new book
- Idea Notebook #73: Tell the story behind the crime... visit the crime site in the Library
- The Chance #7
Invitation to Word Camp:
Tues May 22:
- Reading
- Idea Notebook #72: Best part of your weekend?!
- The Chance Activity #6
Wed May 16:
- Reading
- Idea Notebook #71: Car rides!
- The Chance Activity #5:
Mon May 14:
- Reading
- Idea Notebook #70: Your Philosophy
- The Chance: Activity #4
Thur May 10:
- Reading!
- Writing: Idea Notebook #69: What is your current favourite movie?
- The Chance: Activity #3
Tues May 8:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #68: Betrayal
- The Chance: Activity #2
Fri May 4:
- Personal Reading.... keep reading and keep tracking minutes!
- Idea Notebook #67: What is your favourite Star Wars movie?
- The Chance: Activity #1
Wed May 2:
- visited Library to "Get Carded" - thanks Ms. Loiselle!
- handed in Poetry Portfolio
- Introduced Final Unit: The Chance
Mon Apr 30:
- Prepared Poetry Portfolio for Submission next class (Wed May 2):
- 1. Count up Reading Minutes - from Feb 1 - Apr 30
- 2. Highlight Three Idea Notebooks - from #44 - 66
- 3. Include Evidence of Revision of Masterpieces
- 4. Include Clean copies of Masterpiece Poems
Thur Apr 26:
- Revising Day - English 12 Provincial
Tues Apr 24:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #66: Red
- Continue using the Revising Stations to revise your Masterpiece Poems
Thur Apr 19:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #65: What stresses you out? -- catharsis: write about it to get it out....
- Choose two - three poems to revise (use the Revision Stations!) for the Poetry Portfolio
Tues Apr 17:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #64: How do you relax?
- "Ketchup Day"
Fri Apr 13:
- Personal Reading: find a suitable quotation on line to....
- Idea Notebook #63: add it to the Humboldt card in the Office
- Poetry Activity #19: A DSS Poem - collect words/images to write a poem that conveys a strong "Overall Impression" of your year at DSS
Wed Apr 11:
- Personal Reading: Grab a Geist
- Idea Notebook #62: Summer Plans?!
- Poetry Activity #18: Concrete poem... check out "Fountains at Aix"
Mon Apr 9:
- Personal Reading: keep track of minutes!
- Idea Notebook #61: Imagine your life from someone else's eyes
- Poetry Activity #17: Free Verse
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Thur Apr 5:
- Personal Reading: read a "spring" poem
- Idea Notebook #60: What are you most proud of about yourself?
- Poetry Activity #16: A Spring Poem... in free verse?!...
Tues Apr 3:
- Personal Reading - online poems
- Idea Notebook #59: Tell the story behind the lyrics to a song
- Poetry Activity #15: "Grab an Image" from Spring Break and create a poem by layering descriptive imagery words regarding the memory
Thur Mar 15:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #58: What are your plans for Spring Break?
- Poetry Activity #14: List with a Twist
Tues Mar 13:
- Personal Reading: Take a book out of the Library for Spring Break reading!
- Idea Notebook #57: What's the best birthday celebration you've ever had?
- Poetry Activity #13: Found Poem ... after touring FODI
Fri Mar 9:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #56: Make a playlist to describe your current read.... and explain.
- Poetry Activity #12: Dreamer
Wed Mar 7:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #55: What are your reasons for living?
- Poetry Activity #11: Poetry is Purposeful - What are you waiting for?
- Consider.... 1. Purpose/theme, 2. Ideas - make a list, 3. Choosing best words - diction, 4. Organization, 5. Voice/Tone, 6. Conventions, 7. Title
Mon Mar 5:
- Personal Reading - take a look at Geist
- Idea Notebook #54: Would you start your life all over again if you could?
- Poetry Activity #10: Poetry is Metrical... and Flexible: practice using End-Stopping, Enjambment and Caesura
Personal Reading: take a look at Geist Magazine:
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Thur Mar 1:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #53: Favourite song & why?
- Poetry Activity #9: Poetry is... metrical writing
Tues Feb 27:
- Personal Reading: Brain Health article... below
- Idea Notebook #52: What's your favourite candy?
- Poetry Activity #8: Thirteen Ways
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Thur Feb 22:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #51: Nervous Habits
- Poetry Activity #7: Blackout Poetry... in the Library!
Can we ever kick our smartphone addiction?
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Tues Feb 20:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #50: After you clean off a dusty lamp, a genie emerges to grant you three wishes: what would you wish for?
- Poetry Activity #6: Circle Poem
Fri Feb 16:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #49: What gets you through the day?
- Poetry Activity #5: 20 Actions
Wed Feb 14:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #48: Who do you love?
- Poetry Activity #4: Make a Valentine...poem!
Fri Feb 9:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #47: What's on your mind?
- Poetry Activity #3: Choose another activity from the "Song of Myself" sheet
- Homework! Keep a list of Twenty Activities from your Weekend
Wed Feb 7:
- Personal Reading: a few more poems from curated sites
- Idea Notebook #46: What is your addiction?
- Poetry Activity #2: Poetry is ... personal: use Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" as a model for writing your own free verse fragment
Mon Feb 5:
- Personal Reading: 1st day of 3rd unit tally -- try reading poetry... since we're beginning our poetry unit; search on poets.org, poems.com, poetry.com or poetryfoundation.org... for curated poetry sites
- Idea Notebook #45: What do you regret the most?
- Poetry Activity #1: Poetry is ... personal: write an "I am" poem or a "Metaphoric Hand" poem
Thur Feb 1:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #44: Describe a scene that will not forget.
- Hand in Short Fiction Portfolio
- Take a look at canva.com: www.canva.com/
- And the icon site: thenounproject.com/
Festival of Dangerous Ideas:
Tues Jan 30:
- Personal Reading: Add up your minutes (from Nov 21/23)
- Idea Notebook #43: What is the wildest dream you've ever had?
- Highlight Three Idea Notebooks for me to read: From #25-43
- Short Fiction Masterpiece - finish revising Masterpiece; prepare Short Fiction Portfolio
Postcard Story Contest: Geist Magazine
Fri Jan 26:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #42: The unforgettable family dinner you had recently.
- Short Fiction Masterpiece: revise your story! Ensure that you keep all evidence of revision... use a different colour on your draft.
Wed Jan 24:
- Personal Reading - continue keeping track of Personal Reading minutes
- Idea Notebook #41: What do you fear?
- Short Fiction Masterpiece: use aspects of short fiction activities while drafting your "Winter Story"
Mon Jan 22:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #40: What's your favourite book?
- Short Fiction Masterpiece: Begin working on "A Winter Story"
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Thur Jan 18:
- Personal Reading: keep count of the minutes!
- Idea Notebook #39: If you could create a planet, what would it be like?
- Short Fiction Activity #11: Resolutions - a) read the article; b) recount your "favourite" ending; c) either suggest a new ending for that piece, or suggest a better ending for a book/movie that you think ends poorly...!
Tues Jan 16:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #38: Anxiety
- Short Fiction Activity #10: Point of View -- recount a story about a time you were angry with someone else: first, use "I"; rewrite the story from the other person's point of view, using "He/She"
Fri Jan 12:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #37: ...the time you got your heart broken...
- Short Fiction Activity #9: Use your favourite "prompt" from last class and "show" the character in a different way: use dialogue, use sensory imagery, use vivid description, use specifics...
Wed Jan 10:
- Personal Reading: Did you read a great book over the holiday? (Check out the article below... For irony's sake, use your cellphone to access it!)
- Idea Notebook #36: Who is your idol, and why?
- Short Fiction Activity #8: Show Not Tell - use prompts to show us a character
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Mon Jan 8:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #35: Use sensory imagery to capture a memory from your holiday.
- Short Fiction Activity #7: Add to our "Inside/Out" Characterization
Wed Dec 20:
- Personal Reading: Best Books List
- Idea Notebook #34: What are your Holiday plans?
- Short Fiction Activity #7: Inside/Outside
Mon Dec 18:
- Personal Reading: Read Post Card Stories
- Idea Notebook #33: Write about a guilty pleasure...
- Short Fiction Activity #6: Character Chart
Postcard Story Contest! Good Timing!
Thur Dec 14:
- Thank you for forgoing Personal Reading to help "wrap up" our Holiday Hampers!
- Idea Notebook #32: Your most memorable Christmas/Winter Holiday moment?
Tues Dec 12:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #31: Comment on "The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose"!
- Short Fiction Activity #5: Visit the "Learning Commons" website; go to the "Destiny Discover" link, visit Ms Gunning's Creative Writing link and "tour" around the maps. Pick one that you like to "drop" a character into, and describe a journey your character takes.
Fri Dec 8:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #30: "Ramblings"
- Short Fiction Activity #4: Complete the work on using Sensory Imagery to describe a Setting.
Wed Dec 6:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #29: Would you rather be able to bring about world peace or be able rid the world of a deadly disease?
- Short Fiction Activity #3: Finish the Great Openings' work by using one of the methods you listed/read about to rewrite the opening of the novel you are currently reading.
Mon Dec 4:
Personal Reading: read the links and files for the Yearbook Write Ups!
- Links and Files For Yearbook Write-Ups:
- drive.google.com/a/deltalearns.ca/file/d/0B3oNrrt0yTQFZXBMSXpma3VqVDVDWVhXLXg5cU5UUlBiSndj/view?usp=sharing
- docs.google.com/document/d/1GMKtUXabs1F4wVP4XwdkqCb_AOVVQeyivHQpP8Dn6hw/edit?usp=sharing
- docs.google.com/document/d/1ozT1468GbYGn2sWfvrF4EYLKNyFyqZvhnvX7qCqGYxE/edit?usp=sharing
- docs.google.com/document/d/1ZlnXemLbRMZNYjc8o52OmiJGj53hGvtqWzfx1scHgdQ/edit?usp=sharing
- docs.google.com/document/d/1K52pvZqZ6PAvlV4n_Y0AAvAeEg4DXHky0JVhLWcSE1A/edit?usp=sharing
- docs.google.com/document/d/1Z5k3Yl_tSketSESPFQY6CEcneGKvBw1RVfjzA_sozuw/edit?usp=sharing
- drive.google.com/open?id=0B3oNrrt0yTQFQVJuYVIyR3NFOHMzM2VRTTNRWnNieE5qZUw4
- drive.google.com/a/deltalearns.ca/file/d/0B3oNrrt0yTQFQVJuYVIyR3NFOHMzM2VRTTNRWnNieE5qZUw4/view?usp=sharing
- docs.google.com/document/d/1frBpIa0Y48MWlmGY7424mUVnx2ukUwZeTMLkhoRcf-M/edit?usp=sharing
- drive.google.com/open?id=0B3oNrrt0yTQFSkZ6ZEVIX0NPVll0UUpmbGZXUHl4R2lIRW9V
- docs.google.com/document/d/1uF9Okkmn3VhjyVPyIbxDHm1T2xRD6PHvRoop-hDWy44/edit?usp=sharing
- docs.google.com/document/d/1_c6fBrgS71gdam2X38gTo_orKBMgH4LS7g-NZIy8kp8/edit?usp=sharing
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- Idea Notebook #28: Describe your favourite scenery of the season!
- Short Fiction Activity #3: Great Openings!
Thur Nov 30:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #27: Tell us about the best place you have been to....
- Short Fiction Activity #2: Revise Post-Card Story... and send it to the link below!
Tues Nov 28:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #26: Please send a Yearbook Write Up to [email protected] Include your name and grade level.
- Short Fiction Activity #2: Post-Card Story: Either using one of your own images or a "found" image, create a brief (50-100 word) story which has a beginning, middle & ending.
Thurs Nov 23:
- Personal Reading: "Shitty First Drafts"
- Idea Notebook #25: "I couldn't believe I finally did it...!"
- Short Fiction Activity #1: Plot - Shared Story Frames
Tues Nov 21:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #24: Your favourite rainy day thing...
- Short Fiction: Share your Memoirs
Fri Nov 17:
- Memoir Portfolio (see below) has been handed in!
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #23: The biggest disappointment or most pleasant surprise
- Short Fiction: Yearbook Front Page Write-Ups
Wed Nov 15:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #22: What is the reason you get out of bed every morning?
- Hand in Memoir Portfolio: Personal Reading minutes tabulated, 3 Idea Notebooks highlighted for me to read, all evidence of revision of Memoir Masterpiece, clean version of Masterpiece either as a hard copy or sent to [email protected]
Fri Nov 10:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #21: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
- Memoir Activity: Continue revising your "Masterpiece"
Wed Nov 8:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #20: Tell the story about a great experience you've had recently.
- Memoir Activity: Continue revising and editing your "Masterpiece" -- consider your title and punctuating dialogue
Mon Nov 6:
- Personal Reading: reread your "chosen" piece
- Idea Notebook #19: Imagine you have a superpower; what are the drawbacks of that power?
- Memoir Activity: Continue revising your "Masterpiece" - considering how your style matches your content
Thur Nov 2:
- Personal Reading: Read over all of the pieces you have written for this course! Wow!
- Idea Notebook #18: The "Call Letter" Story.... using 5 International Call Letters picked at random
- Memoir Activity: Choose a Memoir Piece to begin revising into a "Memoir Masterpiece" -- use the checklist
Halloween!
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #17: Your favourite (horror) movie
- Memoir Activity #17: (light) - Your favourite costume
- Memoir Activity #17: (heavy) - Halloween allows us to hide our true identities: what persona do you adopt to hide your true identity? What are you hiding?
Postcard Story Contest:
Fri Oct 27:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #16: Write about a terrifying experience.
- Memoir Activity #16: Write about the best thing that happened to you while on vacation?
Wed Oct 25:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #15: Tell the story of an unforgettable Halloween experience of yours.
- Memoir Activity #15: Everyone should have a Superiority Complex: Boast about yourself.
Wed Oct 18:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #14: Anticipation
- Memoir Activity #14: Flash Fiction
Tues Oct 17:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #13: Write about your best/worst dream.
- Memoir Activity #13: Write about a personality trait or a physical trait you are proud to have inherited.
Poetry Contest:
Fri Oct 13!:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #12: Write about your favourite childhood toy.
- Memoir Activity #12: Teach someone something important about you -- so that they would understand you better.
Wed Oct 11:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #11: Write about the scariest experience you have gone through.
- Memoir Activity #11: Milestone Event
Fri Oct 6:
- Personal Reading: consider reading article in today's Atlantic - "Writing Advice from a Newly-Minted Nobel Winner"
- www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/10/writing-advice-from-a-newly-minted-nobel-winner/542136/
- Idea Notebook #10: Describe your traditional Thanksgiving Dinner using olfactory and/or gustatory imagery.
- Memoir Activity #10: What do you have to be grateful for? Write a "Thank You" note!
Wed Oct 4:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #9: You have to relive a memory/an event from your past. Which one would you choose to relive? Would you alter it?
- Memoir Activity #9: Tell the story of a person with whom you have lost contact.
Mon Oct 2:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #8: Write about an important person -- from your weekend.
- Memoir Activity #8: Drop yourself into a place from your past and tell a story about that location.
Thur Sept 28:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #7: Your option!
- Memoir Activity #7: Wow! Your option again!
Tues Sept 26:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #6: What's the best gift you've ever given?
- Memoir Activity #6: Tell the story behind the most significant object -- for you -- in your home.
Idea Notebook Sign-Up:
Thurs Sept 28:Katie
Mon Oct 2: Le Duy(Chris) Do Wed Oct 4: Grace Harkley!!!!!!! Fri Oct 6: Joel levy Wed Oct 11: bianca sakamoto Fri Oct 13: Cassie Minkus Tue Oct 17: Astoria Tai Thur Oct 19: Claudine Yip Wed Oct 25: Claire Yang Fri Oct 27:Claire Martin Tue Oct 31:Daniel Yang Thur Nov 2: Alyssa Peterson Mon Nov 6: Kaija Tanskanen Wed Nov 8: Emma Miller |
Fri Nov 10: Yale Shi
Wed Nov 15: Aaron Gill Fri Nov 17: Alex Kessler Tues Nov 21:Hannah Baird Thur Nov 23: Megan Moorehead Tues Nov 28:Abrielle Dumansky Thur Nov 30: Mon Dec 4:Mujin Guo Wed Dec 6: Fri Dec 8:isabelle pearson Tues Dec 12: Thur Dec 14: Owen Papuc Mon Dec 18: Alyssa Morgan Wed Dec 20: Katie MacMillan |
Thur Sept 21:
- Personal Reading -- find a Fall poem on poetryfoundation.org or poems.com or poets.org
- Idea Notebook #5: comment on the poem
- Memoir Activity #5: recount a Fall memory
Tues Sept 19:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #4: Tell the story behind your favourite photo -- of yourself.
- Memoir Activity #4: Tell the/a story of your name.
Fri Sept 15:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #3: Describe your family and your place in it.
- Memoir Activity #3: Tell the story of a family tradition.
Wed Sept 13:
- Personal Reading
- Idea Notebook #2: What are your first impressions of your classes?
- Memoir Activity #2: Recount the story of the first time you.... ______________. (fill in the blank -- and tell the story!)
Mon Sept 11:
- Personal Reading: begin to keep track of the number of minutes you read; you'll be amazed!
- Idea Notebook #1: What are you looking forward to this year?
- Memoir Activity #1: Tell the story of the craziest thing that happened this summer.
Day One:
- Course Outline & Expectations
- Some writing
- Book hunt in Learning Commons - Library