Good
morning, everyone.
We
will get started at 8:30
Al
Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Class
blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
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Quiz#4 noun clauses
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Continue with “Roses Sing on New Snow”
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“Literary Terms” as they arise
·
Read aloud “International Women’s Day”
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Discuss paragraph for tomorrow.
Thursday
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Test #2 Paragraph about “Roses Sing on New Snow”
Friday
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Review feedback
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Midterm recommendations – one-on-one meetings
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**
Two-week Spring Break- March 14th-25th. We will
be back on the 28th.
We will have four more weeks in the term.
**
Midterm recommendations
Reigstration for April term will begin after Spring Break.
I have to give you you midterm recommendation on Friday.
Midterm recommendation – halfway mark, not final mark
Suggestions of where you should register for next term
Two options:
1.
Stay in your level
2.
Move up to the next level
The midterm recommendaiotons will be based on your marks so
far.
Quiz#1 simple x/6
Quiz#2 compound x/6
Quiz#3 adverb cl x/6
Quiz#4 noun cl x/6
(Wednesday)
Test#1 Rosa/Viola x/12 e.g 4/6=8/12
Test#2 RSoNS (Thursday) x/12
Spoken mark – how much talking you do in class x/10
Add up the marks and divide.
Q1 4/6
Q2 3.5/6
Q3 4.5/6
Q4 5/6
T1 1.5/6 = 3/12
T2 3.5/6 = 7/12
Spoken 9/10
36/58= 62%
School rule: The cutoff percentage for early reigistration
is 65%.
We want strong students moving on.
The final pass mark is 50%. The midterm cutoff for early
recommendation is 65%.
** If you are going to miss a quiz or test, let me know
before. We can arrange a makeup in the next day or so.
I can’t go back and replay history.
All you have to do is communicate, and I will be flexible.
Do you want to skip a grade? Go from EF5 to English 10?
Show me 90% and you got it.
We will do the midterm recommendations on Friday.
The meetings will be very short (3-4 minutes). We will chat
about how things are going and what you want to do next. I will have a
recommnedation based on your marks and with your wishes in mind.
**
Quiz#4
Write a sentence with a noun clause for each.
Please submit it to me by 9:05.
1.
say restaurant
2.
think chef
3.
believe imagination
4.
know spicy
5.
realize prepare
6.
wonder taste
“Roses Sing on New Snow”
Reading a story twice
First time- armchair reading- relax, enjoy the story, give
the general idea
1.setting- time, place, culture, milieu
2.characters- major, minor
3.plotline
Second reading- deeper, deeper meaning
1.symbols- meanings
2.repeated words
3.character – dynamic- Who is changing?
4.look for quotable words and phrases
You develop an eye for what’s important when you make notes.
The questions in a higher-level class will be deeper
questions.
“Roses
Sing on New Snow” Discussion Questions
KEEPING NOTES IS SUCH A VALUABLE SKILL/HABIT
1. What
is the setting of the story?
-Chinatown, probably Vancouver
-immigration of men from China “their families and wives
waited in China”
-seems to link to building the Canadian railway
-very late 19th Century, very early 20th Century
-still an emperor in the story, before 1912
-we have positioned ths story in time and place, also in
culture/society
milieu – Canada has a a more relaxed milieu than my home
country of Hong Kong.
2. Why
does Maylin cook in her father’s restaurant?
-loved cooking
-helps family
-father asks, demands, expects, forces
-“seven days a week, every week of the year” no rest, no
break
-has to because brothers cannot cook “lazy”
- culture – girls are valued less than boys, work at home
-likes to cook good food for these customers “lonely and cold
and bone-tired” “make them smile” “renew their spirits”
IDIOM “bone-tired” “dog-tired”
-show characteristics of Maylin, personality
-through her actions- insight into her inner self
*compassionate, sympathetic, empathetic, kind, caring, pays
attention to other people, cares about others, takes pleasure in caring for
others, concientious, aware of others’ feelings,
* loyal, family-oriented, love her family, protective,
provides for the family, breadwinner “She is the breadwinner for her family.
Her labour keeps the restaurant going.”
Psychological reading of the story
FAMILY- “disfunctional” -lack of balance, issues, unhealthy,
abuse of power based on gender, father enabling the sons
3. Is
Maylin a weak or strong person?
strong
-works every day, hard worker
-mentally strong-
-brave facing governor
wise-
not disrespectful to after, not impolite
- bided her time, waited for the right time to speak up
- creativity, cooking ability, skills,
-patient – while cooking her best dishes
patient with her situation- uncomplaining(a)
- mature
- tolerant of her poor circumstances
in a submissive/inferior/low status position in family, restaurant,
society, obey, obedient, selfless, selfish,
- when she got the opporutniy to speak, she was ready to
assert herself
to be confident, to be assertive,
“stride” “strode”(v) walk confidently, head up
-change in Maylin? expressing what has always been there?
4. What
are some possible reasons Maylin named her dish “Roses Sing on New Snow”?
*Roses- good smell, aromas-
flowers food
-her new life in a new country,
express herself- blooming
-Maylin is strong like some roses that
can grow in winter
-expression of love, makes food
with love
- rose has thorns, Maylin has
thorns- assertive
Sing- happy, joyful, showing your
talent, expressing yourself- through her cooking
New Snow-
new world, new food, fresh, cold- Canada,
We get the creative juices flowing. We get the ideas going-
brainstorming, thinking together.
5. What
does Maylin mean when she says her dish is a product of the new world?
- made only for this place, new place-new food
-new culture-new food
-idea came from here, this milieu
6. What
are some reasons the governor couldn’t cook “Roses Sing on New Snow” the same
as Maylin did?
- cooking talent, skill level
-different cultures
-chef is the most important ingredient
-cook with your heart, passion,
love
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