2D1 Speeches

Lou Gehrig


Bush Speech

Tuesday Sept 30

3C1
-final data base info from Mr. Luvisa
-computer time to search for and bookmark articles

Wednesday
-Stand By Me analysis
-working out of textbook

Thursday
-in library, making research notes on 2 articles on the same topic

Friday
-in library (either research or pop culture closure activity)

2D1
-read over rhetorical devices worksheet
-in small groups, analysed Lou Gehrig's farewell speech

Tomorrow
-final speech reminders
-return Mockingbird quizzes

Thursday
-listening test

Monday Sept 29

EMS 301
-redo day for students who missed their presentation date (only 1 asked to go)
-library presentation on data bases

Tuesday
-research period for article assignment

Wednesday
-Stand By Me scene analysis due

Thursday
-library research and work period

Friday 
-pop culture library assignment - The Times They Are A Changing

ENG 2D1
-quiz on chapters 1-11 of Mockingbird
-speech topics and dates assigned, overview of the assignment

Tuesday
-full speech assignment outline
-introduction to rhetorical devices (handout)

Wednesday
-speech research (bring your own cellular devices if you like - library is not available - I will also have the laptop cart available)

Thursday
-listening quiz (can't study for it, we will watch a video and upon completion ask content questions)  
Friday
-analysis of 2 famous speeches using rhetorical devices

**Test at the end of next week on non fiction

Thursday and Friday

EMS 3O1
-presentations
-read pages 9-10 of Mass Media and Popular Culture and answered 3 questions from question sheet
focusing on "The Medium is the Message"

Friday
-presentations

Next Week
-data base article assignment
-Stand By Me scene analysis due Wednesday

ENG 2D1
-fact finding mission on W's and H of news articles
-group contest - best news article

Tomorrow
-voting on best article


Next Week
-Mockingbird Quiz chapters 1-11 - Monday
-Speech info, speech analysis and rhetorical devices
-Friday - listening quiz (can't study for it - will play a video and ask questions immediately after it on the content of the video)

New Quiz date - Tues Oct 14 - Mockingbird quiz 2 (entire novel)

Wednesday Sept 24

3C1
-first set of presentations
-continued to work on scene analysis - due Friday - go to the blog to get the clip

Tomorrow and Friday
-speeches

Next week
-data base article assignment
-codes and conventions of movie trailers

2D1
-finished note on news articles
-article analysis on the w's and parts of the news article

Tonight
-work on paragraph - due Thursday or Friday
-read Mockingbird

Tomorrow
-news articles
-group writing

Friday
-rhetorical devices and speech analysis

Monday
-quiz - chapters 1-12 of Mockingbird, speech topics, outline

Tuesday Sept 23

EMS 3O1
-presentation reminders
-corrected film techniques chart
-began scene analysis (handout)

Tonight
-practice speech

Tomorrow 
-presentations 1-8
-finish scene analysis

ENG 2D1
-in class peer editing 
-submission instructions
-introduction to parts of the news article (the headline)

Tonight
-work on good copy of paragraph (due Thursday or Friday)
-read Mockingbird

Tomorrow
-finish parts of the news article
-work on the w's of news articles 

ENG 2D1 ORAL PRESENTATION TOPICS

Topics pertain to Mockingbird and Macbeth
DAY 1
1.  Franklin D. Roosevelt
2.  Effects of the Great Depression (US)
3.  Scottsboro Trials
4.  Stonewall Jackson
5.  Martin Luther King
6.  Ivanhoe
7.  Methodist Faith
8.  Alabama (interest)
9.  Dracula (story)
10.  1930s movies - connect 2-3 movies to environment of the 1930s (not Dracula)

DAY 2
11.  Rosetta Stone
12.  Medgar Evers
13.  Rabies
14.  Baptist Faith
15.  Scotland (interest)
16.  The Black Plague
17.  Guy Fawkes
18.  King James 6
19.  The Globe Theatre
20.  William Wallace

DAY 3
21.  Alnwick Castle
22.  Actors/Acting/Acting Companies in Shakespearean England
23.  The Stone of Scone
24.  Sir Francis Drake
25.  Christopher Marlowe
26.  Tragic Hero
27.  Edinborough Castle
28.  John Donne
29.  Elizabeth 1
30.  Tower of London

EMS 301

Assignment

1.  Take out your definitions sheet for Film Techniques.

2.  Watch the clip from Stand by Me and answer the questions using the technical terms we discussed.  You will need to watch the clip several times to answer all of the questions.

Stand By Me

For the first question, here is the full audio for the song, so, listen to the first minute of the song that was playing as the boys were approaching the tracks and then answer that question.  That may make it a bit clearer.

Buddy Holly

Good Luck!

Monday Sept 22

EMS 301
-completed film techniques worksheet in library

Tonight
-make sure worksheet is complete
-work on speech

Tomorrow
-final presentation reminders
-1994 to now fact finding mission

ENG 2D1
-note on parts of a newspaper
-worksheet on identifying the newspaper

Tonight
-make sure paragraph is complete
-read Mockingbird (quiz on chapters 1-11 is next Monday)

Tomorrow
-peer edit paragraph (and submission instructions)
-continue with news articles

Presentation dates - ems 3O1

Wednesday
Alex
Michelle
Silvia
Jacqueline
Kaitlyn
Justin
Andrew
Abgert

Thursday

Fatema
Riley
Jirina
Emily
Alexa
Ryan
Brendan
Bailey
Talin

Friday
Adrianna
Jessica
Jordyn
Calista
Lema
AuCoin
Julia
Shawn
Emma

Monday Library Assignment

English Media Studies

Time to:

1)  Come get a handout from me

2)  Put on your headphones

3)  Click on Lord of the Rings and fill in the sheet.

Lord of the Rings Filming Techniques

This will be the crux of how we decode the technical codes (aspects) of film and television, so it is not only important to get it down, it is also important to start learning the terms, definitions and effect on the viewer.  

If you finish before I call you in, do something useful on the computer or start memorizing the terms.

Friday Sept 19

ENG 3MS
-note on codes and conventions
-watched short video on film techniques

Homework
-work on speech, they start on Wednesday

Monday
-in library

ENG 2D1
-finished compare/contrast paragraph assignment intro

Homework
-work on paragraph (use your writing toolbox)
-continue to read Mockingbird

Upcoming Due Dates
-rough copy of the paragraph - Tues Sept 23
-good copy - Thursday Sept 25 or Friday Sept 26
-first Mockingbird quiz - Mon Sept 29 

lord of the rings

Thurs Sept 18

ENG 3MS

-Media Literacy - what is it and how to question it?
-worked on speeches

Tomorrow 
-final speech reminders
-codes and conventions
-filming techniques

Over the Weekend
-practice your speech, speeches start on Tuesday


ENG 2D1

-finished homophones (got our big, giant list)
-began intro to compare/contrast essay (to be finished on Friday)

Tomorrow
-final thoughts on the paragraph 

Over the Weekend
-work on the paragraph, rough copy due Tuesday (in class peer editing will be done on Tuesday)

Wednesday September 17

EMS 3O1

-read pages 7-8 of textbook and answered questions
-discussion and videos - how images can be manipulated by the producers

Homework 
-work on speeches

Tomorrow
-Media Literacy - Asking Questions
-work on speeches

ENG 2D1

-finished personal impression writing
-grammar - homophones

Homework
-look up your homophone
-read Mockingbird

Tomorrow and Friday
-compare/contrast writing and assignment
-transition words
-paragraph writing

ted talks


ferguson

shining

recut

Tues Sept 16

ENG 3MS

-how to write note cards
-information speech template
-time to work on the speech

Tomorrow
-Media literacy and some time to continue to work on the speech

ENG 2D1

-what is personal impression writing?
-read "It's all Downhill from Here" on p. 125 and answered questions

Tonight
-reading Mockingbird
-complete questions 1-4 on "It's all Downhill from Here"

Tomorrow 
-take up and homonyms

Monday September 15

EMS 301

-watched video, completed handout and discussed the 5 Secrets of Effective Communication

Tomorrow

-how to write note cards and begin writing your speech

Wednesday-Friday

-media concepts and media literacy

Next Week

-oral presentations (ie speeches)

ENG 2D1

-completed note on purposes of chapter 1 and questions of chapter 2
-completed map of Maycomb
-began reading chapter 3

Important Dates

Thursday Sept 25 - quiz on chs 1-11 of Mockingbird
Wednesday Oct 8 - quiz on chs 12-31 of Mockingbird (there will be some questions on the first 11 chapters but the focus is on the second half of the novel)

Tuesday and Wednesday  - Personal Impression Writing

Thursday and Friday - Compare/Contrast Paragraph Assignment 

Thursday Sept 11

EMS 301

-library research on pop icon, and Friday

Monday 
-The 5 Communication Secrets that Swept Obama to the Presidency Video and Handout on how to be an effective public speaker

ENG 2D1
-period 2 - began reading chapter 1 TKAM but were interrupted by picture day, continue tomorrow

-period 5 - began reading chapter 1 TKAM, continue tomorrow  

Weekend homework for both classes is to read chapter 2 and complete questions #1 and 2 from your handout.

Wed Sept 10

3MS
-finished mass media pop culture ppt - be sure your notes are complete
-assigned pop culture icon topics

Thursday and Friday
-research in library

2D1
-finished feature article magazine assignment
-be sure you review the notes and concepts as tomorrow we move on to To Kill A Mockingbird

Thursday and Friday
-reading chapter 1 of Mockingbird

Tuesday September 9

EMS 3O1

Today
-continued power point on Mass Media and Pop Culture (taking notes on teacher provided handout)

Tomorrow
-finish power point
-introduction to assignment #1 - oral presentation on pop culture

Thursday and Friday
-research time in library

ENG 2D1

Period 2 
-answered questions on Eye Spy, more notes on Information Text

Tomorrow
-correct Eye Spy answers, magazine article assignment

Period 5
-corrected last questions on Eye Spy 
-magazine article assignment - in pairs

Tomorrow
-close up activities on Information Text, introduction to Personal Impression Writing

Thursday, Friday and  Monday (both classes)
- Introduction to To Kill A Mockingbird 

Thursday September 4

3MS
-grade level meetings

Tomorrow
-who am I sheet
-English guidelines
-intro to mass media (textbook)

**signatures due on Tuesday

Next Week
-mass media, pop culture and intro to the oral presentation

2D1
Period 2 (one day behind period 5 due to the grade meeting on Wednesday)
-finished introductory game
-course evaluation
-who am I sheet

Tomorrow
-English guidelines
-unit overview
-introduction to information text

**signatures and magazine article due Tuesday


Period 5
-English guidelines
-unit overview
-introduction to information text

Tomorrow

-more 'info' on information text and read "Eye Spy"

**signatures and magazine article due Tuesday

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