Period 1 & 2--ELA B 30/AP 30
We continued to discuss the characters from the Prologue of Canterbury Tales. We've looked at the organization of the characters as they appear as well as thinking about the "lense" through which we should view them (we can determine what Chaucer felt about each character by how they are presented, the information provided, and the tone). We just have to examine the Pardoner tomorrow and then we will get into some of the Tales themselves. Period 2 has to look at the Miller and Pardoner before we're ready to move on.
Period 3--Pre-AP 10
We did a viewing activity today with a short clip from "Million Dollar Baby" and Maggie's final request. This is a deceptively benign clip. There isn't really anything eye catching or spectacular about it, but when we "deconstructed" it and looked at the lighting, character placement, tone, etc. The students filled out a viewing form from the Ministry of Learning's assessment document. This serves as a practice of the some of the viewing skills they will be engaging during our trip to Persephone on the November 25th. In addition, this clip augmented the theme that was a part of Of Mice and Men and "David." After this, the kids had to write an opinion piece on the theme of euthanasia. I don't care what their position is on it; the purpose of the writing is to consider the issue, take a stand and then use the 3 pieces of literature "Million Dollar Baby," "David," and Of Mice and Men to support their opinion. They won't be graded in any way on their opinion, just on their ability to support it one way or another.
Period 4--History 10
The students were again working on their summary of events for their American Revolution timeline. As a reminder, they have an exam on Thursday.
Period 5--History 30
We contiunued correcting the questions from the reading about Canada's involvement in the American Revolution. We then started examining the results of the American Revolution on the British North American colonies north of the 49th parallel!
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