EF56 21Class- Literary Terms, The Hockey Sweater

 

English Foundations 5/6

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

Wednesday – Hump Day

 

NOTE: Midterm recommendations

          Registration for Quarter 3 (Feb-Apr) will begin early in January.

          I will give midterm recommendations on Tuesday, January 4.

Midterm recommendations are a suggestion of how you are doing in the course.

The mark will be an average of the quizzes, tests, and spoken.

Quizzes are worth 6 pts each. 4/6 3/6

Tests are worth 12 points each. 3.5/6 DOUBLED 7/12

4/6 recorded as 8/12

 

Spoken is worth 10 pts. – dynamic, changes through the term

Your spoken mark will be based on how much I hear you using English in class, speaking out loud.

 

 

Today’s agenda

 

·      Quiz#4 – noun clauses

·      Continue with “The Hockey Sweater”

Literary Terms

Group Discussion Topics

·      Begin adjective clauses

 

 

Thursday

·      Review Quiz#4 – noun clauses

·      Begin adjective clauses

·      Continue with “The Hockey Sweater”

 

 

Friday

·      Test#3 – paragraph about “The Hockey Sweater”

·      Xmas stuff

Bring snacks?

Have fun

 

 

She understand how to do the math. agr

FIX She understands how to do the math.

agr = subject verb agreement

 

 

Literary Terms

 

 

conflict – against(prep)

 

I against the government’s decision. XXX

I am against the government’s decision.

 

Conflict is the engine of the story.

 

vs – versus(prep)

The game is Canucks vs Oilers.

 

NEW DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLISH, young people

We versed the other team in soccer. slang

 

 

categorize conflict:

EXTERNAL CONFLICTS

*person vs person

*person vs society/culture

*person vs nature

*person vs technology- computers, GMO (genetically modified organism- food)

*person vs supernatural – ghosts, spirits, magic

INTERNAL CONFLICT

*person vs herself/himself

 

 

narrate(v) to tell a story

 

 

“The Hockey Sweater” Group Discussion Questions

NOTES

1.    “the school, the church, and the skating rink”

Quebec, small village

late 1940s, 1950s

 

2.    think about hockey all the time, devoted to hockey, love hockey

3.    French team- Montreal Canadiens

English team- Toronto Maple Leafs

longtime rivalry- conflict, enemy teams

4.    hockey legend in Canada

5.    hair cream – grease

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When I was a kid, I idolized Elvis Presley.