Things that Fly

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Today I would like you to read your novel and work on your reader’s journals, which are due on February 24.

We will work on our vocabulary via Quizlet.

ENG3U

ENG4U

Then we will consider the short story “Things that Fly” by answering some questions in your groups and some independently. Remember to dive, dive, dive into the text to find the clues. Use academic language wherever possible.

Notes:

1. Check the tracking sheet regularly.

2. “What to do when you’re not the hero anymore?” question 4 is due on Friday. Use academic language in your answers.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Yesterday you practiced making a reader’s journal on “Things that Fly”. This is your chance to get feedback on this process before you hand in your first reader’s journal next week.

I will begin conferencing with you today. When I call your name, please join me at the conference table with your novel and notebook.

Today, we are going back to the essay “What to do when you’re not a hero anymore.” We will take up all of the questions, except #4, which I am assigning for independent work and is due on Friday.

I will also introduce you to the Essay Analysis Worksheet template.

I have shared the Course Tracking Sheet with you. Please use it to help you keep up with the course.

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Today, I am in the building, but not in the class.

You will be practicing how to create a reader’s journal with the story “Things that Fly” by Douglas Copeland.

1) Read your independent novel for 20 mins. If you are finished your class novel, please choose a book to read from the library.

2) Review the Elements of Fiction, make notes on anything that is new for you, or that you think you will have trouble remembering. This is the language we need to use when we write or speak about literature.

3) Read “Things that Fly” and annotate (make connections, ask questions of the text, identify narrative elements, identify other literary devices like symbolism, foreshadowing, heroic journey steps, archetypes).

4) Create a reader’s journal (both inspectional and analytical) for “Things that Fly”.

5) Submit your annotated text and the reader’s journal to the supply teacher at the end of class.