Mr. Lobb’s ENG1D - Friday, February 15, 2013
Hello.
I am still speaking with a very sore, raspy little voice like an old man. An old man in a gangster movie, actually.
However, I can still type, so here we go.
I heard from a few students, when I dropped into the school yesterday, that there were some problems and a general sense of confusion.
If you have work questions, send me an email! (thelabcoatguy@gmail.com)
Today I want you to read “Ice Bangles” (p.122, Elements of English 9) which is a good
little piece to show some very descriptive story writing and to consider TONE.
Before you read the story, grab your iPad and look up Tone (literature) on Wikipedia. Read a good chunk of this and think about what it means.
Once you’ve read it, get a few people to discuss it with and, together, come up with a little note (maybe half a page or so) on what you think tone means.
THEN read the story, and do the following responses from p. 127 - 1, 2, 3 a,b, 4, 7a.
The idea here is that you are extending your ability to respond to a piece of short fiction, and you are cementing in your head the idea of IRONY. If you need to, do a little more reading online about irony once again. You want to have that pretty well understood.
AND, if you’ve been having problems with any of the work up to this point, it is time to take steps.
Form a little group (maybe the same group you are working with on TONE) and exchange your notes, and specifically your responses, from the material we’ve been doing this week while I’ve been out.
Compare what your group members have with what you have and then, together, come up with some change you can make to your work to improve it.
Remember! You are almost always expected to be able to collaborate on your work to improve it and to help yourself to better understand whatever you’re doing.
Hopefully, I will see you on Tuesday!
Mr. The L
Hello.
I am still speaking with a very sore, raspy little voice like an old man. An old man in a gangster movie, actually.
However, I can still type, so here we go.
I heard from a few students, when I dropped into the school yesterday, that there were some problems and a general sense of confusion.
If you have work questions, send me an email! (thelabcoatguy@gmail.com)
Today I want you to read “Ice Bangles” (p.122, Elements of English 9) which is a good
little piece to show some very descriptive story writing and to consider TONE.
Before you read the story, grab your iPad and look up Tone (literature) on Wikipedia. Read a good chunk of this and think about what it means.
Once you’ve read it, get a few people to discuss it with and, together, come up with a little note (maybe half a page or so) on what you think tone means.
THEN read the story, and do the following responses from p. 127 - 1, 2, 3 a,b, 4, 7a.
The idea here is that you are extending your ability to respond to a piece of short fiction, and you are cementing in your head the idea of IRONY. If you need to, do a little more reading online about irony once again. You want to have that pretty well understood.
AND, if you’ve been having problems with any of the work up to this point, it is time to take steps.
Form a little group (maybe the same group you are working with on TONE) and exchange your notes, and specifically your responses, from the material we’ve been doing this week while I’ve been out.
Compare what your group members have with what you have and then, together, come up with some change you can make to your work to improve it.
Remember! You are almost always expected to be able to collaborate on your work to improve it and to help yourself to better understand whatever you’re doing.
Hopefully, I will see you on Tuesday!
Mr. The L
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