Semester 2 In The House

Welcome to semester 2.  This is my blog.  It is very famous.  It has over 20,000 hits. This means I am more popular than you.  Get used to it.  

On this blog, you will find an overview of the work we completed in class each day, any homework assignments, and a heads up of any upcoming evaluations - quizzes, tests, essays and assignments.

Use this blog to keep current of what we are doing, as away to make sure you have completed necessary work and as a way to check what you have missed if you are away.

Also, you will find many useful links to the texts we are studying, grammar rules, essay writing hints and guidelines and extra and interesting information about the topics we are studying in class. Use them to increase your knowledge and marks.

This blog is by me, for you.  The world wide web is all over it, you should be too!  
   

Thursday Jan 15 - Tuesday Jan 20

EMS 301
-part 2 of in class exam

Tomorrow
-course evaluation, return culminating, final tie ups, pop culture championships

Monday and Tuesday
-exam prep/study time

ENG 2D1
-exam outline
-practice quote test, with correction, for Macbeth

Friday
-quote test for Macbeth

Monday
-Macbeth and essay writing review

Tuesday
-sight passage review

2D1 Practice Quotes

Remember, quote test is Friday Jan 16.

Give the speaker (1), the context (2) and the dramatic significance (2) for the following:

Your hand; your tongue; look like the innocent flower
But be the serpent under it. (I,v,64-)

Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst! (II,ii,74)

Know that it was he, in the times past, which held you
So under fortune, which you thought had been
Our innocent self. (III,i,77-)

Friday Jan 9 - End of Semester

EMS 301
-finished in class culminating assignment
-exam outline (in class; Wednesday Jan 14 and Thursday Jan 15)

Homework
-start reviewing

Next Week: 
Monday Jan 12
-how to answer sight passage, multiple choice reminders, practice sight passage

Tuesday
-independent review

Wednesday and Thursday
-in class exam

Friday
-course evaluation

Monday and Tuesday
-exam preparation

ENG 2D1
-completed study of Act 4, scenes 2 and 3
-practice quotes

Next Week
-Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
-Act 5 and review

Thursday
-watch Act 5 and review

Friday 
-quote test

Monday and Tuesday
-exam outline and review 

Tuesday Jan 6

EMS 301
-finished note on parts of the heroic journey
-web quest and note on heroic character archetypes
-info given for culminating activity

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
-in class culminating 

ENG 2D1
-acted Act 3, scenes 3 and 4

Homework
-complete worksheet for scenes 3 and 4, read scene 6 and answer the two questions

Wednesday
-practice quotes; Act 4, scene 1

Monday Jan 5 to Fri Jan 9

EMS 301
-preparation and review for culminating activity (Monday and Tuesday)
-culminating activity (Wednesday to Friday)

Next Week
-exam review, prep and in class exam

ENG 2D1
-practice quotes (in preparation for the final Macbeth test)
-Acts 3 and 4

Next Week
-Acts 4 and 5 and quote test

EMS 301 - Archetypal Characters in a Hero's Journey

Now that you have looked a little bit at some of the history, compliments and criticisms of Disney, and know a little about the stages of the heroic journey, let's look at some of the archetypal characters we expect to find in hero's journey.

Complete the following in your notebooks.  

For each of the following characters, write down:
a) Their name ie The Hero
b) At least two roles they play in the hero's journey
c) And two modern - or historical - examples ie from literature, tv or cinema.

The Hero

The Mother

The Mentor

The Damsel in Distress

The Ally (or Sidekick)

The Fool

The Threshold Guardian
  
The Villain (or Shadow) 

The hero's journey and characters involved are the conventions of a heroic journey ie what we, the audience, expect to see in this type of story

Once you are done, spend some time reviewing your codes ie your technical, auditory, written and symbolic codes 

EMS 301

Our culminating Activity will be based on a Disney movie.

So, let's learn a bit about the history of Disney and, to start, look at some of the criticisms people have had about Disney and its movies.

Task 1

Big Events in Disney History
http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/about-disney/disney-history

Task 2

Classic Disney Stereotyping Criticisms

http://www.policymic.com/articles/88167/9-harmful-stereotypes-we-never-realized-our-favorite-disney-movies-taught-us

Task 3

The Princess and the Frog - Does it deserve Praise or Criticism for breaking Disney stereotypes?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/fashion/31disney.html?pagewanted=all

Task 4

Does Frozen finally say "Let It Go" to Disney Stereotyping? 

http://umwbullet.com/2014/01/29/frozen-movie-breaks-the-ice-for-disneys-gender-stereotypes/