Assignment # 3. - December 2
On Valentine's Day (at his school,) Henry has to write a haiku in his English class. He gives a few examples of Haikus that he wrote - one a general comment, and one about Alberta. A Haiku is a traditional, 3 line poem that DOES NOT have to rhyme. It follows the syllable pattern of 5 (first line) 7 (second line) 5 (third line)
After a discussion of the Thematic ideas that have emerged in the book so far, students were tasked with writing 3 haiku poems either directly linked to themes from the book, or at least related to them. One of the three was allowed to be open-topic. Some themes that came out of our discussion included: Bullying, Family, Friendship, Mental Illness, Depression, Grief, Loss, Suicide. Therefore, an example of a haiku based on one of these themes would be:
We saw it happen; (5)
The silent majority, (7)
but we did nothing. (5)
After a discussion of the Thematic ideas that have emerged in the book so far, students were tasked with writing 3 haiku poems either directly linked to themes from the book, or at least related to them. One of the three was allowed to be open-topic. Some themes that came out of our discussion included: Bullying, Family, Friendship, Mental Illness, Depression, Grief, Loss, Suicide. Therefore, an example of a haiku based on one of these themes would be:
We saw it happen; (5)
The silent majority, (7)
but we did nothing. (5)
-Connecting
-Summarizing
-Visualizing
Assignment # 2. - November 16
During his session with Cecil, Henry gave a detailed explanation of the GWF, the wrestlers (good guys & bad guys who can often switch sides,) and why it is such great entertainment. One of Cecil's comments in response was, "So nobody is 100% good or evil then. Just like in real life."
For their second journal assignment, students were asked to compose a paragraph starting with the phrase, I agree/disagree with the statement "Nobody is 100% good or evil." Students should compose 6 proper sentences to support their opinion using a) specific examples taking from the book and/or b) specific examples taken from their own lives (including connections to things they've seen or read). Every example & detail used should connect back to their main idea. Paragraph should be organized appropriately (topic and closing sentence).
For their second journal assignment, students were asked to compose a paragraph starting with the phrase, I agree/disagree with the statement "Nobody is 100% good or evil." Students should compose 6 proper sentences to support their opinion using a) specific examples taking from the book and/or b) specific examples taken from their own lives (including connections to things they've seen or read). Every example & detail used should connect back to their main idea. Paragraph should be organized appropriately (topic and closing sentence).
-Connecting
-Summarizing
-Summarizing
Assignment # 1. - October 31
-Predicting
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In class we have read the first 10 or so pages of the novel. Today we discussed what Henry referred to as an "Inciting Incident" regarding his brother Jesse. At this point, our information about Henry and his family is pretty limited, but he has mentioned "IT" already in his journal, and in this entry he described the inciting incident as "the match which lit the fuse to the bomb that exploded in our faces last June."
Given the limited information we have about Henry and his family at this point, students were asked to compose a paragraph making an educated guess as to what the "bomb" was that "exploded in their faces last June". In doing so, students were asked to support their thinking using examples from the text and explaining why their prediction is logical. Paragraphs were expected to be organized appropriately (topic and closing sentence) and containing a minimum of 6 sentences. |