April 30

Humanities 8

Today we started off with silent reading and discussing when our literature circle meeting would be.  The decision was for the meeting to be on Monday.  Students were reminded to check on where they were reading to and what role they were responsible for.  Next the mind-map assignment was introduced and students were shown an example.  Finally, we started reading about Charlemagne and we started a Plus Minus Interesting (PMI) chart on him.

First Nations 12

Today we worked on some definitions related to the Indian Act from a powerpoint.  Students were instructed to try and include these terms in their India Act essays.    We also had some discussion around how to deal with the inequities created by the Indian Act.  Is getting rid of status, reserves etc the answer?  We also started to watch a video on status and talked about some of the rules like the A list and how inter-marriage affects status.

English 10

Today we looked at a few examples of possible novel projects.  We also did a worksheet identifying literary devices in the quotes presented.  See below. We then reviewed yesterday's reading and then we read the chapter Wake. Ways of coping with grief and the character of Ted was discussed. The quote:"Oh God, he, was a collector.  Those guys made Indians feel lie insects pinned to a display board,"( p163) was also discussed.  We finished off the class by reading the chapter Valentine Heart. 

Literary Devices in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Identify what figure of speech the following are.  Explain what the purpose of the literary device is. 

1.       “And whenever I get lonely, I grow a big zit on the end of my nose.” P 83

2.       “Indian families stick together like Gorilla Glue, the strongest adhesive in the world.” P.89

3.       “I couldn’t ask Gordy because then he’d know I was an illiterate Indian idiot.” P. 92

4.       ARGGHHHHHHHSSSSSPPPPP……  It sounds like somebody vomiting. “ P.105

5.       “God, this kid was an eighty-year-old literature professor trapped in the body of a fifteen-year-old farm boy.” P. 93

6.       “If you’re good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can’t be wrong.” P.95

7.       “If you are romantic, you might think it was destiny.  So destiny and me lean against the wall and wait.”P. 106

8.       “Yep, Earl was a real winner.” P. 110

9.       “I just wanted to watch the sweaty Penelope sweat her perfect sweat on that perfectly sweaty day.” P 115

10.   “Of course, you can’t lie forever. Lies have short shelf lives.  Lies go bad.  Lies rot and stink up the joint.” P119