Thursday, 25 February 2016

Meetings!

4:02 Dom
4:09
4:16
4:23
4:30
4:37  Krys
4:44  Jay
4:51
4:58 Fexi
5:05 Leo
5:12 Anna
5:19 David
5:26 Alice
5:33 Christopher
5:40 Antje
5:47
5:54  Petar
6:01 Aylin
6:08
6:15
6:22
6:29 Sai
6:36
6:43
6:50
6:57
7:04
7:11
7:18
7:25




Thursday, 11 February 2016

Genre Reminders

The Pardoner's Tale - morality tale

The Nuns' Priest's Tale - fable

The Wife of Bath's Tale - folk tale

The Knight's Tale - chivalric romance

Paragraphs????

OH YEAH!

Paragraphs 101

The paragraph

-Hook
- Introduction
-Thesis
-Example (2-3 maximum)
-Explanation (50-70 % of the paragraph, including context)
-Conclusion/link to next paragraph

Friday, 5 February 2016

Sunday, 31 January 2016

Canterbury Tales Work

Track the storyline for any two of our stories. 
You may use any format you like.

  • Ordinary world (characters and setting)
  • Disruption (catalyst?)
  • Conflicts (rising action)
  • Climax
  • Outcomes


Characters

Choose a main character from each of your two stories. (check your choices with me) 
List their character traits with examples for each. 
Create a chart or short video explaining what kind of character they are, with your examples. 


Genre
(we have some new ones, yes?)

Make a list of key examples for each story showing what genre it is.
Write a good paragraph on each story explaining its genre.


Presentations

In a group, present an important part of one of the stories. 
Check with me as to your choice and format.
It must be a turning point or climax. Then as a group, discuss why the part you chose was important and why you portrayed it as you did.

approximately 1 page per group member

Due (ready for publishing) March 16

Monday, 18 January 2016

Canterbury tales books

Fraser 1
Christopher 2
Alex 3
John 4
Sai 5
Krzysztof 6
David 7
Leo 8
Anna 9
Mellissia 10
11 Anjea
12 Alice
13 Dom (Geed)
14 Stan
15 Petar the mighty duck
16 Fexy
17Aylin
18 Jay
19 Mr Holmes

Sunday, 6 December 2015

Clock Work

Clockwork

Story Maps in class
Genres
Themes
Characters
Setting
  • time
  • place

Problems 
Conflicts
Climax
Outcomes


1. Words to look up on vocabulary.com and use in a good sentence.
Optimist
Pessimist
Oscillate
Cog
Chime
Dynasty
Heir
Glower

In Pairs
2. Make a list of the comparing and contrasting (similarities/differences) between Karl, Gretl, and Fritz

How they are described
How they think
How they act
How they change
Their role in the story
What happens to them in the end

Find examples from the story to back up your ideas.

Answer in good sentences please.

3. Pg. 16 What does the author mean by an artistic temperament?
How does he feel about the idea? Why?

4. Pg. 49 Princess Mariposa stood at the palace window, she heard the chiming of the cathedral clock, and said “I wish I had a child as sound as a bell and as true as a clock”, and when she had said those words she felt her heart lift.  Can you explain how this uses simile and metaphor?

5. The author uses clock terms and references throughout the story.
Find 5 from each part of the book (at least a sentence each, none from the same page please)
Describe what kind of language use each is.

BONUS
6. When we say, "it works like clockwork" we usually mean something that works well, precisely, and exactly as expected.
In what ways does this story work like clockwork? In what ways does it not?
List your examples.
Explain why you think the author chose to do this.

SUPER BONUS

7. In traditional folk or fairy tales, the characters usually do not change throughout the story, and the power of the story is not in character development so much as in imagery, symbols, language, plot, conflicts, theme or setting. Do you think this is true of Clockwork? If so, which of these elements would you say is most memorable about this book? What does the author do to make that aspect of Clockwork most memorable?