Spring Break
Last day before Spring Break- Friday, March 13th.
Spring Break- Saturday March 14th- Sunday March
29th.
Back in school- Monday, March 30th.
Canada
Federal government- Prime Minister Mark Carney
Provincial and Territorial government- Premier David Eby
Municipal government- Vancouver- Mayor Ken Sim
MP- Member of Parliament- locally elected representative to
the Federal government (Ottawa)
MLA- Member of Legislative Assembly- locally elected representative
to the Provincial government (Victoria)
Victoria- JOKE a city for the newly-wed and the nearly dead
Vancouver City Hall-
If you are a citizen, you can get involved in local, provincial,
or federal politics.
You run for an election. The people will vote. You will
either win or lose.
You can vote when you become a citizen.
You can vote federally, provincially, and locally.
18+
suffrage(n)- the right to vote
suffer
women’s suffrage- Women in Canada achieved suffrage in 1918.
Before that, only men could vote.
Nellie McClung fought for women’s right to vote in Canada.
There was a group called “The Famous Five”. They wanted equal rights for women.
Chinese Canadians for the right to vote in 1907.
election fraud- not an issue in Canada
free and fair election
Canada has election observers at the polls.
Some countries have high levels of corruption.
VOCAB corruption – government dishonesty, stealing
bankrupt – business or person run out of money
rupture – break or tear
erupt
Today’s Agenda
·
Attendance
·
Continue “I Confess”
Talk about “Thought Questions”
Prepare for Test 3 on “I Confess” Wednesday
·
Continue sentence work- “Complex Sentences”
Tuesday
·
Continue “Complex Sentences”
·
Begin “Parallelism”
·
Prepare for Test 3 on “I Confess” Wednesday
·
HW Read “Dead
Man’s Path”. Make notes on “Thought
Questions”
Wednesday
·
Test 3- “I Confess”
paragraph
·
Begin “Dead Man’s Path”
·
Continue “Parallelism”
Thursday
Friday
**
“I Confess” Thought Questions
** Make notes in preparation for
small-group discussion **
4. What
is the setting of the story?
place
-
school, junior high school (grades7-9)
-
China probably- “red flag of citation”
time
-
modern times
5. Who
is the narrator? What is the narrator’s point of view?
-
teacher, Mr.Wei – Teacher Wei
title, honorific
Mister- all adult men
Mrs. married women
Ms. unmaried women
Miss young girl
Sir and Ma’am- polite ways to address
people
Madam- doesn’t sound in English
mom, mum- mother
ma’am- polite way to address a woman
honorifics, titles – Mr., Mrs., Ms., Miss, Professor, Teacher,
Doctor, President, Principal, Dean, Prime Minister, Chairman, Vice-President,
Chancellor, Father, Rabbi, Imam, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant,
Corporal, Private, Officer, manager, Sheriff, Mayor, MP (Member of
Parliament), MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly), Senator, Queen, King,
Prince, Princess, Emperor
Chairman Chairperson Chair
Chairman Mao was the leader of Chins during the 1960s.
doctor – two meaning- 1. medical doctor 2. Phd in math
business positions (job)
CEO- chief executive officer- “the big cheese”
CFO – chief financial officer
Principal Williams is our leader.
principle(adj)- the main thing, the most important thing
She has high principles, morals, ethics
He is principled guy.
point-of-view – first person “I”
inherently limited point-of-view
6. What
is an example of foreshadowing in the story?
foreshadowing- hints and clues in the story, you can guess
what’s going to happen
-graduated from that school, now a teacher
-same name
fate- destiny is preordained, your life path is already set,
some things are meant to be
7. How
does Mr. Wei act toward his students? Why does he act this way?
-
strict
-
mean
-
angry
-
abrupt
-
tough
-
show them who’s boss
-
IDIOM If you give someone an inch, they’ll take
a yard.
inch
– 2.54 cm in an inch, yard- 3 feet, approx. 1 metre
Why?
-advice from other experienced
teachers
-wants to succeed, wants his
students to succeed
-set high standards for himself
and his students
-does not want to let his superiors
down
8. Do
you know what “red
flag of citation” means? (I don’t know what this is.)
-
award for high achievement, high performance in
the classroom
Canada – the principal’s list, dean’s list
Why ‘red’? -Chinese
culture- good luck, blood?
-New years – red envelopes with money
white envelope- for funeral
9. What
is the conflict that causes the rising action of the plot?
-
person vs person – teacher vs student, Mr. Wei
vs Wang Wei.
vs- versus, against
Man U vs Chelsea
-person vs himself- Mr. Wei and himself
-when he realizes he was the one who carved the characters
He had to decide what to do. confess or just ignore it
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