Alternate Makeup Assignments
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The following are alternate assignments for those who currently have a zero in the gradebook for the following Term 3 assignments:
- Rifles of the Regiment (/8)
- Behind the Headlines (/10)
- Gentlemen, Your Verdict (/10)
- The Painted Door (/8)
- Short Story Test Substitute (/49)
- "I Go Along Essay" (/60) - Include two properly blended and cited quotes.
To download the assignments above, click on the link to open the document in a new browser window. Make sure you download the assignment to your computer before you start working on it! Go to File>Save As>Download a Copy.
- No other makeup assignments are available. Older assignments and tests from the beginning of the term should have been completed well before spring break. However, you can improve your mark with the bonus assignments below.
- To return these paragraphs or essays, you have a couple of options:
- You can type up your own document and send me the result via email or Office 365.
- You can print out the documents and hand write your answer. Then you can send a high quality photo to me or, even better, use your scanner to create a pdf document. (Most scanners will do this for you.)
- In all cases, plagiarism will not be acceptable! (Well, as we've discussed, except for the topic sentence.) I'll be filtering student work through Google!
- The assignments are due by Tuesday, April 28.
- For a review of how to blend quotations, watch here.
- For a review of how to cite quotations, watch here.
- Here are two good introductions to quotations: Quotations 1 and Quotations 2. This may also help!
Term 3 Bonus Assignments
Okay keeners! Here they are! 😂
I've always been opposed to bonus work. Your mark should reflect the quality of your work, not its quantity. That said, because of these difficult times, and because some assignments and tests simply can't be replicated, I'm offering the following bonus assignments. You can do one or both; it's up to you. Each will be worth 3% of the term, for a maximum of 6%. Quality will still be the key component, and all work will be graded on the six point scale. Completion, in other words, does not mean an automatic 6% improvement.
A. Formal Writing: In the first bonus assignment [click here or, if that doesn't work, right-click here and choose Save link as...], you will read a short story and answer any two of three paragraph options. If all three paragraph options are answered, I'll simply mark the first two. The paragraphs should follow the proper format we have discussed in class, and should be at least 10 sentences long. Each paragraph should incorporate at least two quotations and feature properly formatted titles. Do not use "I" or "my".
- To return these paragraphs, you have a couple of options:
- You can type up your own document and send me the result via email or Office 365.
- You can print out the documents and hand write your answers. Then you can send a high quality photo to me or, even better, use your scanner to create a pdf document. (Most scanners will do this for you. Try it!)
- In all cases, plagiarism will not be acceptable! (Well, as we've discussed, except for the topic sentence.) I'll be filtering student work through Google!
- The assignments are due by Tuesday, April 28.
- For a review of how to blend quotations, watch here.
- For a review of how to cite quotations, watch here.
- Here are two good introductions to quotations: Quotations 1 and Quotations 2.
B. Personal Writing: Log in to your English 11 Microsoft Team and head to the Term 3 Bonus Room! In a full and proper paragraph each, respond to two of the topics below. Post your responses in the Term 3 Bonus Room!
- What have you learned (especially in terms of values or "what matters") in the last month? In other words, what do you know now that you didn't know before? Explain!
- What has changed in your life since this pandemic began? Explain!
- What do you miss most about school? Give me at least three examples.
- "_____________ is the best TV series/movie/book I have ever watched/read." Defend!
Pssst! I'm open to suggestions regarding topics! 😉
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Please avoid starting sentences with passive words like "Being" or "Having", or introducing quotations with "says" or "said".
The assignments are due by Tuesday, April 28.
Getting a Head Start on Term 4
Teachers have been asked to avoid mandatory assignments until Term 4 (i.e. May 1), but the first major assignment for Term 4 will be a novel study. You will have two choices: Lord of the Flies or October Sky. If you do not have your own paper copy, both come in the epub, mobi and pdf format. Epub and mobi are to books what mp3 is to music. All desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets and e-readers (except for Kindle) offer free epub reader apps. All those apps, and Kindle, should accept mobi. Text size can be altered in an epub and mobi, but not pdf files.
You can read the book in a browser or, better yet, download the book, open it in a free epub reader, and get a head start for Term 4:
- Lord of the Flies (epub)
- Lord of the Flies (mobi - Kindle compatible)
- Lord of the Flies (pdf)
- October Sky (epub)
- October Sky (mobi - Kindle compatible)
- October Sky (pdf)
This is the best I can do. As of now, students are not allowed to come to school to sign out books! If you prefer a paper copy, both novels are for sale on Amazon.ca.