P2 EFP 12

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Read pages 354-End

• Discuss pages 354-End

• Catchup Block

• Mark Print-outs handed out yesterday, grab yours today if you were not here

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Discuss pages 295-324

• Read pages 324-354

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Discuss pages 270-294

• Read pages 295-324

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Reading Response 4

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Discuss pages 240-270

• Read pages 270-294

• Reading Response 4 in-class tomorrow

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Read pages 240-270

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Discuss pages 209-240

• Relay for Life Assembly

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Reading Response 3

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Discuss pages 181-209

• Read pages 209-240

• Reading Response 3 - In-class tomorrow

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Discuss pages 155-181

• Read pages 181-209

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Discuss pages 123-155

• Read pages 155-181

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Reading Response 2

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Discuss pages 59-89 and 89-123

• Read pages 123-155

• Reading Response 2 in-class tomorrow

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Read pages 89-123

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Reading Response 1

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Discuss pages 33-59

• Read pages 59-89

• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Discuss pages 1-33

• Read pages 33-59

• Monkey Beach: Read pages 1-33

• Complete reading questions as we go, we will use these to facilitate discussion

• Reading Responses - in-class assignment; you will recieve the prompt the day before you will be expected to write

• Library - Sign out copies of Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

• Novel Pre-Reading Web-Quest

• Find on Teams

• Become familiar with some elements from the novel

• Work independently or in small groups

• Film: Totem: Return of the G'spgolox Pole (2003)

• Fire Drill (10:15)

• Trickster Concept Map

• Due Friday, May 8

• Reminder: Term 4 Updates will be sent home for students missing the TRC Calls to Action Project

• Trickster in Poetry: 

• Discuss "poem without end #3" by Kateri Akiwenzi-Damm

• Trickster Concept Map

• Due Friday, May 8

• Reminder: Term 4 Updates will be sent home for students missing the TRC Calls to Action Project

• Trickster in Poetry: 

• Discuss answers to "The Long Dance" questions

• Small-Group Reading: "poem without end #3" by Kateri Akiwenzi-Damm

• How does the role of Trickster in each of these poems allow for the exploration of emotionally difficult subjects?

• Poetry Walk:

• Use metaphor and/or simile and inspiration from our walk to create a stanza of poetry

• Freewrite: "You have to know the past to understand the present" (Dr. Carl Sagan)

• Trickster in Poetry: 

• TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis

• How does the role of Trickster in each of these poems allow for the exploration of emotionally difficult subjects?

  • Whole-Class Read: "The Long Dance" by David A. Groulx

  • Small-Group Reading: "poem without end #3" by Kateri Akiwenzi-Damm

• Trickster in Traditional Stories

• Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Nanabozho

• Concept Map drafting

• Collect and connect information on the theme of your focus: transformer, creator, destroyer, clown, magician

• Reminders: 

  • TRC Calls to Action Project is PAST DUE. Updates will be sent home after the weekend.

  • Book Talks are PAST DUE but will be accepted until the end of the semester.

• Graduation Assessment

• Concept Map drafting

• Collect and connect information on the theme of your focus: transformer, creator, destroyer, clown, magician

• Reminders: 

  • TRC Calls to Action Project is PAST DUE. Updates will be sent home after the weekend.

  • Book Talks are PAST DUE but will be accepted until the end of the semester.

• The Trickster

• Discuss: An Introduction to the Trickster

• Crash Course World Mythology #22: Coyote and Raven, American Tricksters

• Reminders: 

  • TRC Calls to Action Project is DUE Monday, April 20.

  • Book Talks are PAST DUE but will be accepted until the end of the semester.

• Oral Story Traditions & Storytelling

• An Introduction to the Trickster

• Crash Course World Mythology #20: Introduction to Tricksters

• Introduction to Tricksters BLM1-3

• TRC and Calls to Action Project Work Block 2/2

• TRC and Calls to Action Project Work Block 1/2

• TRC and Calls to Action Project

• Project Document Available on Teams

• News Article Worksheet

For Part 2

Calls to Action:

Website: National Center for Truth and Reconciliation: Calls to action

Document: Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Calls to Action

Beyond 94:

Beyond 94

For Part 3

150 Acts of Reconciliation: 

150 Acts of Reconciliation

• TRC and Calls to Action Project

• Summary Report Debrief

• Assignment plan and parameters

• Survivors Stories

• Legacy of Hope

• Please see the attached Reference Chart

• Annotate TRC Summary Report Excerpt

• Go over answers for MLA Formatting

• "Truth and Reconciliation" TEDx Talk by Kevin Lamoureux

• "What is Reconciliation" speech by Justice Sinclair

• MLA Formatting

• Works Cited for Worldview Readings

• Friday: Discuss answers for the Indian Act Scenarios

• Worldview Poster (Major)

• Friday 40

• Worldview Poster (Major)

• Friday: Discuss answers for the Indian Act Scenarios

• Worldview Poster (Major)

• Friday: Discuss answers for the Indian Act Scenarios

• Worldview Poster (Major)

• Friday: Discuss answers for the Indian Act Scenarios

• The Indian Act Information Sheet

• Decoder

• Scenarios

• Missing Work Sheets

• No mark attached; this is your "To Do" List

• Email updates and phone calls next week

• Parent Teacher Interviews Thursday, March 12 5-7pm

• In-Class Write

• Friday 40

• Podcast: The Secret Life of Canada S2 Ep 19 "The Indian Act"

• Transcript

• The Indian Act Information Sheet

• Decoder

• In-Class Write/Response

• Discuss:"The Gift of Strawberries" an excerpt from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• In-Class Write/Response: Tomorrow

• The Indian Act T/F Activity (introduction/what do we know)

• The Indian Act Decoder Activity

• Discuss: Return to Balhats - Lheidli T'enneh

• What can we say about the worldview of the people of the Lheidli T'enneh?

• "The Gift of Strawberries" an excerpt from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• Analysis Questions

• Worldview Poster (Major Assignment #2)

• Draft

• Friday Forty

• Worldview: Return to Balhats - Lheidli T'enneh

• Use the Worksheet to analyze worldview and be prepared to discuss in class tomorrow

• Worldview Poster (Major Assignment #2)

• Draft

• Good Copy

• See Ms. Galloway for a copy of the rubric

• Discuss "Etuaptmunk: Two-Eyed Seeing" Rebecca Thomas

• "My Heart Soars" by Chief George Brown

• Indigenous Vs Western Worldview

• Terra Nullius and the Doctorine of Discovery

• "Hello, Let's Talk About a Park" by Andrew Kurjata

• Worldview Personal Response

• Worldview Poster (Major)

• Interim Reports

• < 60% must be sent home to parents

• Continue reading "You'll Never Believe What Happened is a Great Way to Start" - Creation Stories

• Worldview Personal Response

• Friday 40

• Values Activity

• Worldview

• Concepts/Identifying

• Worldview Personal Response

• Final Write Block for Personal Narrative - Due Friday, February 20

• Film: Don't Come Upstairs (2025)

• Is Thomas King correct when he states "the truth about stories is that's all we are"?

• Personal Narrative

• Write Block (last in-class will be Wednesday, February 18)

• Friday 40

• 10:48 am

• Attendance

• Personal Narrative

• Write Block

• Attendance

• Personal Narrative

• Write Like a Pro

• Attendance

• Personal Narrative

• Share Show Don't Tell Strategy and Practice

• How to Use Dialogue

• Attendance

• Personal Narrative

• Show Don't Tell Strategy and Practice

• Sensory Details 

• Attendance

• Strategies for Embedding Quotations

• Examining Personal Identity Narratives

• Access Teams for assignment and short stories

• Library Visit for Friday 40/Book Talk

• Attendance

• Examining Personal Identity Narratives

• Access Teams for assignment and short stories

• Attendance

• SSR/Friday Forty and the Book Talk Assignment

• Library time booked Friday

• Narrative Essay Assignment

• Topic suggestion sheet

• Story Arc Brainstorm

• Attendance

• Is it a good story?

• Story Arc notes

• Narrative Essay Assignment

• Topic suggestion sheet

• Story Arc Brainstorm

• Attendance

• First People's Principles of Learning

• Final Portfolio Introduction

• Small Groups Discussions of Principles

• Attendance

• Review Yesterday's Class

• Systemic Racism - or "institutional racism" refers to how racist ideas are built into the very systems of how our society operates

• Implicit Bias - refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. These biases, which encompass both favourable and unfavourable assessments, are activated involuntarily and without an individual's awareness or control.

• "The Danger of a Single Story" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• "Stories Are Resurgence" by Charlene and Wilson Bearhead

• Reflection/Small Group Talk

• Attendance

• Definitions for Today's Class

• Systemic Racism - or "institutional racism" refers to how racist ideas are built into the very systems of how our society operates

• Implicit Bias - refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. These biases, which encompass both favourable and unfavourable assessments, are activated involuntarily and without an individual's awareness or control.

• Attendance

• Course Outline

• Class website

• Teams

• Why is this Course important?

• "The road to real reconciliation will be paved by Canada's youth" 

• Get 2 Know

• About You Student Information Sheet