Ever present in Angela's Ashes is the Catholic Church. In what ways does the Catholic Church of McCourt's Ireland hurt its members and limit their experience? Explain and give specific
evidence to support your answer
.
Monday, 13 October 2014
The Catholic Church and its Impact - October 13 - 20th
Ever present in Angela's Ashes is the Catholic Church. In what ways does the Catholic Church of McCourt's Ireland hurt its members and limit their experience? Explain and give specific
evidence to support your answer
.
Friday, 3 October 2014
Turning points ... Weekly Blog Response - October 6 - 10th
In a short response, discuss what YOU think the most important part/character/event has been in your reading so far... Bonus marks for including a WISH and a STAR by commenting on someone else's response.
Monday, 29 September 2014
Question for the Week: Hope and Survival?
What does this novel (Angela's Ashes) tell us about hope and survival? OR how does Frank McCourt's writing connect to the following quote by Thomas Jefferson?
Write your response...Read someone else's and give them a STAR and a WISH!
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. “
- Thomas Jefferson
Write your response...Read someone else's and give them a STAR and a WISH!
Thursday, 18 September 2014
40SC Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Pre-Reading Activity...
Respond to the following question: "What is poverty, and who experiences it?" Answer as a comment on this blog - please include your name.
Listen to the "linked" interview with Frank McCourt
Poetry Is...
Just some of the 40SC students' metaphors and similes - as a starting point to our study of Poetry...
Poetry is like "money"! It's fun to use but hard to make.
Poetry is like getting stuck in quicksand! Help!!
Poetry is like money. I'm forced to give it value.
Poetry is like a knife, cutting its meaning into my soul.
Poetry is like walking alone at night...Terrifying!
Poetry is a deep ocean, no one dares to go there...
Poetry is like CO2, it's in all of us but too much will give you a headache.
Poetry is like rap...rhymes that tell a story, strong words, hard beats, deep bass.
Poetry is like a Rubix cube. Sure at the beginning it can be strange, hard, and screwed up. But with practice, you can make an amazing, solid piece of art.
Poetry is like "money"! It's fun to use but hard to make.
Poetry is like getting stuck in quicksand! Help!!
Poetry is like money. I'm forced to give it value.
Poetry is like a knife, cutting its meaning into my soul.
Poetry is like walking alone at night...Terrifying!
Poetry is a deep ocean, no one dares to go there...
Poetry is like CO2, it's in all of us but too much will give you a headache.
Poetry is like rap...rhymes that tell a story, strong words, hard beats, deep bass.
Poetry is like a Rubix cube. Sure at the beginning it can be strange, hard, and screwed up. But with practice, you can make an amazing, solid piece of art.
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Short Stories in Progress!
Our Grade 9 students finished off their year with a unit on What is Beauty? If you check out their blogs you will see that they have included a number of posts related to the topic:
- They chose an image and and wrote a post explaining their idea of beauty.
- They listed qualities that they feel are related to their definition of beauty.
- They chose a poem that "spoke" to them about beauty and then did a short analysis of the poem.
- After our study of the elements of short stories - the students created a Vine video and used that as their starting point for writing their own short stories. Once they had completed a story planner and chart - they had the choice to write their own story or work within their group to create a story together. An image and music were also to be added.
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