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This is a time of
uncertainty. Forge ahead. Be brave.
Today’s
agenda
·
Review covid protocols, slides
·
Return paragraphs
Review,
rewrite
·
HW Read “Penny
in the Dust” for Wednesday
Tuesday
·
Continue with adjective clauses
commas
whom
subject pronoun, object pronoun
Quiz Wednesday
·
Finish reading “Penny in the Dust” for next class
Wednesday
·
Quiz#5 adjective clauses
·
Begin sentence combining
·
Begin “Penny in the Dust”
Check notes
“’Penny in the Dust’ Discussion Questions”
Thursday or Friday
·
Test#4 Paragraph on “Penny in the Dust”
Test#3 Paragraph on “The Hockey Sweater”
Writing prompt: “Discuss the person vs person conflict
between the mother and the son in “The Hockey Sweater”.
NOTES:
1.
No first person. No “I”.
2.
Stop copying from the story.
3.
No plot summary.
GUIDELINES:
1.
Engage with the question- Think. Plan. Write.
Challange – Higher-level thinking. Beyond
simple comprehension.
2.
Focus on the topic.
3.
3-4 elements of conflict
Parts of a Paragraph
- Grabber
- Topic sentence – focus on the
topic
e.g. “Discuss the person vs person conflict between the
mother and the son in “The Hockey Sweater”.
borrow words from the question,
use synonyms
TS There are three examples of person
vs person conflict between the mother and the son in “The Hockey Sweater”.
- 3-4 examples of the fight,
struggle between M and S
- Concluding sentence
What went well? What needs to be
improved?
MY EXAMPLE (an example answer)
VERY HIGH-LEVEL WRITING
Clothes
can serve a variety of purposes. For some people, they are purely functional/practical;
for others, they are a means to reflect AWK their identity. This difference of outlook
encapsulated/shows/ represents/demonstrates the person vs person conflict
between the mother and the son in “The Hockey Sweater” regarding the new hockey
sweater that she bought. At the beginning,
when the mother orders the wrong sweater, she doesn’t see it as a big problem;
however, for the son, it is a disaster. She is only concerned about how the
sweater fits. The son is mainly concerned with the incorrect colour and logo. The
mother wants her son to look neat and tidy with nice new clothes; the son only wants
to look like his hero Maurice Richard from the Montreal Canadiens. Ironically,
the mother is worried about what the neighbours will think if the son were to
wear his ratty/worn-out old Montreal Canadians jersey. Likewise, the son is also
very concerned with what his friends will think when he shows up in the Toronto
Maple Leafs jersey. However, the mother can not understand her son’s point of
view. In the end, the mother wins in the argument, and the son is forced to
wear the despised Toronto Maple Leafs sweater.
6+/6
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
It is normal for
a parent to have an argument with their child. There is a person vs person conflict
between the mother and the son in “The Hockey Sweater”. First, the son wants to keep wearing his
worn-out Montreal Canadiens sweater; however, the mother wants to replace it.
Secondly, the mother is careless when she orders the type of jersey and chooses
the wrong team, the Toronto Maple Leafs; the son would have been much more careful
about ordering the correct team jersey. Thirdly, when the sweater arrives, the
mother likes it because it fits well; the son hates it because it is the wrong
team. Finally, the mother forces the son to wear the Toronto sweater even though
he dislikes it.
5/6
We’ll try another paragraph about a short story on
Thursday or Friday. The short story will be “Penny in the Dust”.
“Penny in the Dust” Thought/Discussion
Questions.
Make notes for these
question- jot down a few ideas.
FREE ADVICE- Always
make notes on what you read.
We will use these
for our group talking in class.
1. Why
was the father “really upset” when Peter went missing?
2. Find
three examples from the story of how the father and son have a difficult
relationship.
3. Explain
the significance of the line, “I couldn't expose any of my eagerness either.”
Explain the significance- Why is
it important to the story?
4. Why
didn't Peter spend the penny his father had given him?
5. Why
was Peter so upset when he lost the penny?
6. What
was the truth that Peter “had to tell” his father?
7. What
is the significance of Peter's wish to spend time “[l]aughin' and talkin'” with
his father? CRITICAL POINT IN THE STORY- CLIMAX
8. Why
do you think the father kept the penny?
9. What
did Peter discover after his father had died?
10.
Why do you think Peter left the penny in his father’s
suit pocket?
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