English First Peoples 12 - Semester 2
January 29
Present a peer
Course outline
Begin Chilliwack writing assignment
January 30
People bingo
Finish Chilliwack writing assignment
January 31
Pipeline work - not anyone's favourite thing about Chilliwack
Independent reading
Notes in learning log: Paying to push the TransMountain Pipeline through Indigenous Territory is acceptable.
February 1
Library
Finish reading article/taking notes
Background information about pipeline
Develop oral discussion rubric
February 2
Independent reading (verbal reading log)
Discussion - What are the benefits of proceeding with a multiprovincial energy project in the way TransMountain has? Drawbacks?What is the most ethical way to proceed with a national energy project that is met with mixed acceptance and resistance?
Self-assessment
Artifact brainstorming
February 5
Independent reading (with reading log)
Artifact model
Historical Figures, Stages of Life sheet for Francis Pegamagabhow
Read "Peggy"
February 6
Artifact share
Review/Finish reading "Peggy"
Response questions about Francis Pegamagabhow's life in groups - oral discussion questions, then written responses
What does Francis Pegahmagabow value?
What symbol would you use to demonstrate Francis’s personal identity? Familial belonging? Peer belonging?
Identify three ironic situations Francis faced as an Indigenous solider/veteran.
Why might Canadians be less likely to learn about Francis Pegahmagabow than a non-Indigenous war hero?
February 7
Independent reading
Paragraph format
Collective paragraph response - What does Francis Pegahmagabow value?
February 8
Review and finish (?) collective paragraph
Introduce Indigenous Trailblazer project
Indigenous Trailblazer research and writing
February 9
Independent reading
Canva overview
Project work day
February 12
Independent reading
Project work day
February 13
Final project work day
February 14
The history of local oral language
Halkomelem - the language was strictly oral until the 1970s and 1980s when an American linguist developed a written form of the language
Now, between 100 and 250 fluent speakers remain in Canada (most of them being elders)
Explain a link between oral language and identity.
How would hearing story, history, lessons, etc. be different from reading them?
Think of intonation, enunciation, volume, pacing, expression, purpose, diction, etc.
What is contained within language beyond words?
Components of oral tradition
February 15
Components of oral tradition
February 20
Opening questions:
In our society, how do we know something is true? What kind of proof do we demand?
Do we tolerate any other forms of proof? How else might something be verified?
Are we open to changing what we accept as proof?
Introduction to Delgamuukw case
Discussion of the relationship between First Peoples' oral tradition and Canadian law
Annotate BC First Nations Studies 12 text reading
February 21
Independent reading/Reading conferences
Review opening questions from yesterday
Annotate reading
February 22
Youtube video about Delgamuukw
Response questions to movie
Jigsaw with group quotations
Complete note chart with yesterday's and today's readings as well as youtube video
Paragraph response
February 23
Independent reading/Reading conferences
Jigsaw with quotations
February 26
Independent reading/Reading conferences
Review quotation jigsaw - put quotations on board and have groups highlight something
Finish paragraph response
Missing tasks from myed
February 27
Finish paragraph response
February 28
Finish independent reading/reading conferences
Review oral tradition: methods, purposes, value
"Like a Razor Slash" introduction
"Like a Razor Slash" - response questions
February 29
Speech links - view and respond to speeches
March 1
Speech links - view and respond to more speeches
Brainstorm speech topics
March 4
Independent reading
Develop speeches
March 5
Introduction structure
Speech work
March 6
Ensuring cohesion/unity between thesis statement and topic sentences
Conclusion structure
Speech work
March 7
Story as a means of spurring social change
Migwite'tmeg" We Remember It
Timeline
Read story
Discussion questions:
How can story spur social change?
Discuss the irony of the salmon raids as a method to put an end to the salmon population crisis during the 1980s.
March 8
Share speeches
Juxtaposition powerpoint and activity
March 11
Finish juxtaposition powerpoint and activity
Review sticky notes on door
Documentary and questions
March 12
Essay outline brainstorming
Essay outline
March 13
Essay outline/drafting
March 14
Essay drafting
March 15
Essay drafting
Plant corn
April 2
AWAY - essay work day
April 3
Independent reading
Review essays - due on Friday; help available during Flex on Thursday
Discuss setting/place and its influence on story - think of a moment from your Spring Break that was impacted by the place it happened in; how are stories that we know influenced by their setting? Beauty and the Beast; Humpty Dumpty; Rapunzel; etc.
Watch 'T'xwelatse' - how did place influence the story?
'Story in place' questions
April 4
Library switch-up
Finish 'Story in Place' questions
First Peoples Cyclical/Recursive story structure handout
April 5
Independent reading
Review 'Story in Place'
Recursive/Cyclical structure
"Tick Talk"
April 8
Finish essay work
April 9
Independent reading
Review 'Circular/Recursive' handout
"Tick Talk" as recursive
Review story on whiteboards
What emotions do the setting of the cabin elicit in the reader?
What themes are made more prominent through the setting of the cabin?
How does the place of the cabin drive conflict?
How does the cabin influence the values that Bilson holds?
"If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" as cyclical
April 10
Independent reading
Story work time
April 11
Continued story work time
April 12
Continued story work time
April 15
Independent reading
Literacy assessment prep
April 16
Independent reading
Complete story and submit ASAP
Literacy assessment
April 17
Story in place
Think of a community-based story (think: a story set in Chilliwack) that you are excited to share with others
e.g. Mt. Lindeman - story of Charlie Lindeman - the story honours a man who took the help of Chief Sepass, then claimed land at Sacred Lake
What is the impact of this story? How does it affect those who hear it?
Do the stories behind place names impact us?
Chilliwack Lake vs. Sxotsaquel (Sacred Lake) - does it change how we value it?
Trutch Avenue and its static status
Colonization Road documentary
April 18
Review place names
Continue "Colonization Road" and
April 19
Independent reading
Newspaper reading and response questions on Shoal Lake
Finish Colonization Road documentary
Placemat completed
April 22
Independent reading - reading conferences
Show map of Shoal Lake, focusing on the canal
Focus on Freedom Road
Review questions on handout
Paragraph response - What story does this name Freedom Road tell to future generations? What is implied about the era prior to the road existing?
USE QUOTATIONS FROM READING
April 23
Continued paragraph work
Grades
April 24
Introduce identity collage assignment
April 25
Continued work on identity collage
Identity collage paragraph work
April 29
Independent reading
Share two images from identity collage with a peer
Final work day on identity collage paragraphs
April 30
Distribute Keeper 'N Me booklets
Create reading/meeting/audiobook calendar
Discuss format and tasks from booklet
Begin listening to Keeper 'N Me audiobook
May 1
Independent reading
Review Keeper 'N Me so far
Listen to audiobook (end at p. 24, chapter 2, 41:09
May 2
Introduce podcast assignment for book one
Podcast tours during independent reading (content warning - language)
Booklet work
May 3
Independent reading
Podcast responses and group formation
Independent reading, pp. 41-60
Booklet work
May 6
Independent reading
Review pp. 41-60
Audiobook - pp. 61-85
Booklet work
May 7
Booklet work completed
Lit circle
Podcast order for the next three days
Podcast question work time
May 8
Independent reading/Podcast recording
Booklet work
May 9
Independent reading/Podcast recording
Booklet work
May 10
Independent reading/Podcast recording
Booklet work
May 13
Independent reading
Lit circle
Podcast number two work
Booklet work
BOOKLETS COLLECTED TOMORROW
May 14
Lit circle preparation
Lit circle
May 15
COLLECT BOOKLETS
Audiobook - start of chapter 6 on Audible
Describe one teaching Keeper discusses in this chapter
Podcast questions
May 16
Podcast recording
Begin audiobook at 41:00 , chapter 6 at 1.3X
Read to page 200/Booklet work
May 21
Booklets returned
Review Keeper's discussion of eagles and their balance - they make it look easy, but it is both necessary and challenging
Review the final question - How does the radio station and its implementation connect to Keeper's discussion of eagles and balance (seen as a beneficial tool to employ - like stealing horses - but needs to be managed to allow for the maintenance of tradition while simultaneously embracing change
Podcast recording
Read to p. 210
May 22
Independent reading
Audiobook - p. 211-221
Booklet work - lit. circle tomorrow
May 23
Lit. circle
Paragraph response work
Myed check
May 24
Independent reading
Audiobook
SUBMIT BOOKLETS