P2 ENFP 12

Friday, May 10

• First People's Ted Talks

• Lindsey Schneider: Whose land are you on? What to know about the Indigenous Land Back Movement.

• Lindsey Schneider Journal Response Page

• Ted Talk Response Page

• Discuss

• Computers - Essay Work - Due Friday, May 17

Thursday, May 9

"Fake" Essay Assessment

• Use the Essay Checklist to evaluate Essay #1-4 (one page each)

• Include Feedback on the back of each Checklist: 

• two places for improvement and one thing the essay does well

Wednesday, May 8

• Final Day for in-class work 

• Synthesis Essay Topics:

Discuss the use of fantastical literature and its purpose in one or more Louise Endrich stories

OR

Discuss and compare the relationship dynamics in each of the three Louise Endrich stories

Tuesday, May 7

• Essay Writing 

• Synthesis Essay Topics:

Discuss the use of fantastical literature and its purpose in one or more Louise Endrich stories

OR

Discuss and compare the relationship dynamics in each of the three Louise Endrich stories

Monday, May 6

• Reminder about Integrating Quotes

• Essay Writing - Body Paragraphs

• Synthesis Essay Topics:

Discuss the use of fantastical literature and its purpose in one or more Louise Endrich stories

OR

Discuss and compare the relationship dynamics in each of the three Louise Endrich stories

Friday, May 3

• Essay Writing - Brainstorm and Outline

• Synthesis Essay Topics:

Discuss the use of fantastical literature and its purpose in one or more Louise Endrich stories

OR

Discuss and compare the relationship dynamics in each of the three Louise Endrich stories

Thursday, May 2

• Fake Works Cited

• You may collaborate as a group to create the "fake" sources, but each student must complete their own Work Cited (Teams)

Tuesday, April 30

• Conclusions

• Ensure your group has all sections of the assignment complete

Monday, April 29

• Topic Sentences and Body Paragraphs

Thursday, April 25

• Small Groups = NO MORE THAN 4 - Any group larger will need to break into smaller groups.

• MLA Format Notes

• Note Page

• Small Groups: Share Introductions and collaborate to create one Introduction for the group

Wednesday, April 24

• Finish: Thesis Worksheet and Introduction Worksheet

• Small Groups: Share Introductions and collaborate to create one Introduction for the group

Tuesday, April 23

• Thesis Statement and Introduction Checklist

• Thesis Worksheet

• Introduction Worksheet

Monday, April 22

• Essay Writing

• Thesis Statements and Introductions

Friday, April 19

• Discuss "The Years of My Birth" Reading Questions

• Ritual, Worldview

• Synthesis Writing

• Synthesis Writing Practice

Thursday, April 18

• "The Flower" by Louise Erdrich

• Synthesis Essay Topics:

Discuss the use of fantastical literature and its purpose in one or more Louise Endrich stories

OR

Discuss and compare the relationship dynamics in each of the three Louise Endrich stories

• Complete Visual representation for "The Sugar Girl" or any other short story work

Wednesday, April 17

• "The Stone" by Louise Erdrich

Things to ponder:

• What is the theme of the story?

• How much of the interaction between the narrator and the stone is ceremony?

• Why don't the stone, or the narrator, have a name?

• What is the relationship between the narrator and the stone?

• How many lives has the stone touched, and is there a thread between them?

Tuesday, April 16

• "The Years of My Birth" by Louise Erdrich

• Reading Questions

Monday, April 15

• Decolonization Bellringer: Episode 3: School

• Episode 3

• Complete all short story assigned work to date

fRIDAY, April 12

• "The Legend of Sugar Girl" by Joseph Boyden

• Assignment

• Work Block

Thursday, April 11

• Lockdown DRILL 10:15

• Discuss "The Pretendians"

• "The Legend of Sugar Girl" by Joseph Boyden

• Assignment

Wednesday, April 10

• The Pretendians, The Passionate Eye, Season 2 Episode 3, September 29, 2022 (CBC Gem)

• The Petendians Worksheet

• "My name is Joseph Boyden" 

Tuesday, April 9

• "Unearth" by Alicia Elliott

• Reading Questions

Monday, April 8

• Extended Metaphor

• "Every Little Hurricane" by Sherman Alexie

• The assignment for "Every Little Hurricane" is simple. Write me a SOLID paragraph on how "Every Little Hurricane" is an analogy for alcohol fueled rage, relationships, life on the reservation, interpersonal communication, etc. Your choice.

Friday, April 5

• Discuss answers to discussion questions for Cherie Dimaline's "After 'While"

• Read "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" by Sherman Alexie

• Complete reading questions independently, in complete sentences and using references to the text when appropriate.

Thursday, April 4

Euphemism: (noun) a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. 

Idiom: (noun) a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words 

• "After 'While" by Cherie Dimaline

• Complete Discussion Questions in pairs

Wednesday, April 3

• Discuss Comparison of texts from yesterday's class

• Handout

• Mi'kmaq Creation Story (online link with audio)

• Rapunzel (online link)

• Complete Narrative Structures

• Notes

• Handout

• Worldview Comparison Handout

• Be ready to speak on this tomorrow

Tuesday, April 2

• Narrative Structures

• Notes

• Handout

• Comparison

• Handout

• Mi'kmaq Creation Story (online link with audio)

• Rapunzel (online link)

Friday, March 15

• Personal Narrative Writing Block

Thursday, March 14

• Personal Narrative Writing Block

Wednesday, March 13

• Personal Narrative Writing Block

Tuesday, March 12

• Student Memoir

• Draft Memoir

• Narrative Leads

Monday, March 11

Memoir 

"I Hated Tonto, Still Do"

• Notes and Reading Questions

Friday, March 8

• Discuss "'You'll Never Believe What Happened' is Always a Great Way to Start" by Thomas King

• Discussion Questions

• Our Personal and Family Stories

Thursday, MArch 7

• What does "story" mean?

• irony

• "'You'll Never Believe What Happened' is Always a Great Way to Start" by Thomas King

• Discussion Questions

WEdnesday, MArch 6

LAST DAY IN CLASS

• Film Review

• How To

• Scoring

Tuesday, MArch 5

• Film Review

• How To

• Scoring

Monday, MArch 4

• Library at 10:15 for Student Learning Surveys

• Film Review

• How To

• Scoring

Friday, MArch 1

• Film Review

• How To

• Scoring

Thursday, February 29

• Film Review

• How To

• Scoring

Wednesday, February 28

• Finish Film: Reel Injun 

• Viewing Questions

TuesdAY, February 27

• Continue Film: Reel Injun (starting at 9:55)

• Viewing Questions

Monday, February 26

• Decolonization Bellringer: Episode 6

• Worksheet

• Film: Reel Injun

• Viewing Questions

Friday, February 23

• Major Assignment: Indigenous Representation

Thursday, February 22

• Embedding Quotes

• The Real Pocahontas

• Use the readings to complete the T-Chat and answer the discussion questions

• Part One

  • The Real Story of Pocahontas

  • The Pocahontas Myth

  • Stuff the British Stole - Podcast

• Part Two

  • "Pocahontas to Her English Husband"

Wednesday, February 21

Tuesday, February 20

• Representation Text: Pocahontas (1995)

• Evaluating Authenticity

• Disney's Pocahontas

• Discuss scenes and then complete the Assessment of Representation

• The Real Pocahontas

• Use the readings to complete the T-Chat and answer the discussion questions

• Part One

  • The Real Story of Pocahontas

  • The Pocahontas Myth

  • Stuff the British Stole - Podcast

• Part Two

  • "Pocahontas to Her English Husband"

Friday, February 16

• Representation Text: Pocahontas (1995)

• Evaluating Authenticity

• Disney's Pocahontas

Thursday, February 15

• Stereotypes - Historical Example

• 21 Things You May Not Have Known About the Indian Act

• Present Work

• Catch Up - Identity, Terminology, and Moving Past Stereotypes

Wednesday, February 14

• Stereotypes - Historical Example

• 21 Things You May Not Have Known About the Indian Act

• Small Groups (2) - Expert Activity

• Catch Up - Identity, Terminology, and Moving Past Stereotypes

Tuesday, February 13

• Stereotypes - Historical Example

• 21 Things You May Not Have Known About the Indian Act

• Small Groups (2) - Expert Activity

Monday, February 12

• Decolonization Bellringer

• Decol #2 Bellringer

• 
  

Friday, February 9

• Identity, Terminology, and Moving Beyond Stereotypes

Thursday, February 8

• Identity, Terminology, and Moving Beyond Stereotypes

Wednesday, February 7

• Computers available for: Land Acknowledgment Paragraph Response

• Identity, Terminology, and Moving Beyond Stereotypes

Tuesday, February 6

• Land Acknowledgment Article Study

• Land Acknowledgment Paragraph Response

• Identity, Terminology, and Moving Beyond Stereotypes

Monday, February 5

• Decolonization Bellringer

• Worksheet

• Land Acknowledgement

• "We Acknowledge Ourselves" Debrief  - before submitting: re-read your responses and annotate for evidence of worldview **use a different colour pen/pencil or highlight this addition**

• The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2024) on TikTok

• Tassell, Nige. “The Zone of Interest & Rudolf Hoss: Is It a True Story?” HistoryExtra, 2 Feb. 2024.

• Land Acknowledgment Article Study

Friday, February 2

• Attendance

• Land Acknowledgement

• "We Acknowledge Ourselves" by Allison Akootchook Warden

• Poem Discussion Questions - Hand back and discuss answers

• Author Interview

• Interview Questions

Thursday, February 1

• Attendance

• Land Acknowledgement

• "We Acknowledge Ourselves" by Allison Akootchook Warden

• Annotating Poetry

• Reading by the Author

• Poem Discussion Questions

• Author Interview

• Interview Questions

Wednesday, January 31

• Attendance

• Finish Discussion on FPPL

• What is a current influence on your identity?

• Land Acknowledgement

• "We Acknowledge Ourselves" by Allison Akootchook Warden

• Annotating Poetry

• Reading by the Author

• Poem Discussion Questions

Tuesday, January 30

• Attendance

• Course Outline

• Student Information 

• Class Website

• Teams

• FPPL