Click below to see the ENG 1PI Course Outline:
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Question Structure
"SNAPPING" a question is a process of separating a question into its"GIVEN" and "REQUESTED" components, which allows someone answering it to more clearly identify the exact question being asked and what type of information is required in the answer. Use the following documents to learn how to effectively "snap" questions:
Types of Requested Information
Before you begin snapping questions, you need to know how to identify "question words" and understand what type of information each is requesting. This chart will help you do both.
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Snap It! Instructions and Practice Questions
Learn how to snap questions into their given and requested components.
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Match It! Instructions
Learn how to use your "given" information to help locate an answer within the text.
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Just a Pidgeon Snapping Practice
This short story and the accompanying questions will help develop your snapping skills.
Story:
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Questions:
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Quick Cut Instructions
Once you've become comfortable with snapping questions, you can start using the "Quick Cuts" process to do the same thing in less time!
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UNIT 1 - Short Story
Important Short Story Terminology
Some of the important initial material (e.g. setting, point-of-view, protagonist, antagonist, theme) for the Short Story unit can be found here.
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Short Story Journal Topics
Remember that you are to complete ONE (1) journal/blog entry per story. The journal topics can be found in the link above (these will be collected at the end of the unit).
Following are links to the short stories you will be reading and discussing as a class, along with the notes, activities and assignments to be completing for each (these stories can also be found in the Crossroads 9 textbooks assigned in class):
Following are links to the short stories you will be reading and discussing as a class, along with the notes, activities and assignments to be completing for each (these stories can also be found in the Crossroads 9 textbooks assigned in class):
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Thank You, Ma'am by Langston Hughes (Crossroads 9, pp.72-75)
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Email Assignment:
Using the Writing an Informal Letter handout as well as the sample you are given in class, write an e-mail to someone who has helped you get to where you are today.
Informal Letter Handout
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Borders by Thomas King (Crossroads 9, pp.46-56)
Character Development
While reading the story "Borders," you will be introduced to different ways we learn about characters. The Mother is the best example of a well-developed character in this story.
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Plot Graph
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Learn about the basic format and points on a plot graph, and how they can help you organize and summarize the key moments in a story. Here's a link to a blank plot graph you can use to complete activities in class.
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On the Sidewalk Bleeding by Evan Hunter
Symbolism This story has a great example of symbolism! Can you guess what it is?
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Newspaper Terminology Do you know the parts of a newspaper's front page?
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Newspaper Assignment
We will use the story "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" as source material when learning to write news reports. Remember, you will need to write a news report on the Grade 10 Literacy Test! Following are the documents you will need to successfully write a news report:
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The Long Journey by Sue Mann
This story will work as a sort of review for all the material we've learned during this unit. Following is the one additional handout you will need to answer these questions:
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Short Story Assignment
Your final assignment at the end of the unit will require you to select a story from those listed below, and complete a number of activities to show how well you've understood the short story material:
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For this assignment you will need to complete the following components (see the assignment sheet for specific details):
MYTHOLOGY
Mythology is all around us. It's in the movies and television we watch, the stories we read and the language we speak every day. It has helped shape the world around us and influenced peoples' daily choices and decisions. Don't believe me? Let's learn how!
What is Mythology?
This document will introduce you to some of the purposes behind the existence of mythology as well as the reasons we still study it today.
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Creation Myths
Every culture has different beliefs about how things came to be, and the stories used to tell these tales are called "creation myths." Although we'll be focusing on the ones from Greek Mythology, it would be interesting to consider and learn about the creation myths present in your own family's culture!
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"The Will of Zeus" (Deeds of Gods and Heroes, p.51)
Chapter 7 in Deeds of Gods and Heroes is a very good introduction to some of the most important and popular of Greek mythology's creation myths. Read about them and , while doing so, answer the question on the handout linked above.
The Olympians
The Olympians consist of the twelve gods and goddesses who reside on Mount Olympus... plus the one who does not. They are the deities responsible for manipulating and controlling the daily lives of those living in Ancient Greece, each being responsible for their own specific facets of existence.
The Olympians Activity
For this component of the unit, students will research information about the deities of Mount Olympus, become experts and present their findings to their classmates. Apart from the assignment document linked above, here are the other resources you'll need to complete this activity:
The Olympians Chart
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How To Write A Summary
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Research Tips
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Resources
There are tons of websites containing information about Greek mythology and the Olympians (just Google a few key terms if you want proof!), but here are three you can use as a starting point for your research:
The Heroes
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Mythweb
Now that you understand the characteristics of a hero, let's see how well you apply them! Use the handout linked above to prove the following heroes are, well... HEROES! Click on the Mythweb link to read the stories, and use the documents below to record your findings: |
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Greek Mythology Cereal Box Assignment
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For your final assignment in the Greek Mythology unit, you will be designing and creating a cereal box cover which has, as its central focus, one of the characters you've learned about while studying myths.
Regarding the questions you are required to answer, make sure you "snap" them properly using the "Quick Cuts" technique taught in class.
In designing your cereal box, you are to use the conventions familiar on products sold in stores. Here are a few examples to consider before creating your own:
Regarding the questions you are required to answer, make sure you "snap" them properly using the "Quick Cuts" technique taught in class.
In designing your cereal box, you are to use the conventions familiar on products sold in stores. Here are a few examples to consider before creating your own:
Myth of Theseus
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Myth of Heracles
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The Myth of Perseus
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ESSAYS
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Essay Outline
Use this outline to plan your essay before writing it. Completing this step before writing an essay will keep your assignment focused and well-structured.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ESSAY
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NOVEL STUDY SKELLIG
Novel Blog Questions:
Blog #1: What are your first impressions of the novel Skellig? What do you think will happen in the book? What does the title of the book mean? Look up the word Skellig on the internet.
Blog #2: "Schools inhibit the natural curiosity, creativity and intelligence of children" Do agree with Mina's belief about school? Does school prevent you from learning?
Blog #2: "Schools inhibit the natural curiosity, creativity and intelligence of children" Do agree with Mina's belief about school? Does school prevent you from learning?
Chapter 1-5 Questions:
1a) What do we know about the story’s narrator?
3b) What THREE (3) quotations can you find from the novel to support your description of the “creature”?
4a) How would you describe the baby?
b) What THREE (3) quotations can you find from the novel to support your description of the baby?
b) Who is involved in each of these conflicts?
1a) What do we know about the story’s narrator?
- How would you describe the story’s narrator (in as much detail as you can)?
- What do we NOT know about the story’s narrator?
3b) What THREE (3) quotations can you find from the novel to support your description of the “creature”?
4a) How would you describe the baby?
b) What THREE (3) quotations can you find from the novel to support your description of the baby?
- Where is the story set?
b) Who is involved in each of these conflicts?
Literary Devices
FORESHADOWING – The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a story.
Example:
IMAGERY – The use of concrete details, adjectives and figures of speech for the purpose of creating a vivid image in a reader’s mind.
Example:
IRONY – The use of words to describe something that is the opposite of their literal meaning, OR an outcome contrary to what might have been expected.
Example:
METAPHOR – A comparison between two (2) dissimilar things without using “like” or “as.”
Example:
PERSONIFICATION – Giving human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects.
Example:
SIMILE – A comparison between two (2) dissimilar things using “like” or “as.”
Example:
Example:
IMAGERY – The use of concrete details, adjectives and figures of speech for the purpose of creating a vivid image in a reader’s mind.
Example:
IRONY – The use of words to describe something that is the opposite of their literal meaning, OR an outcome contrary to what might have been expected.
Example:
METAPHOR – A comparison between two (2) dissimilar things without using “like” or “as.”
Example:
PERSONIFICATION – Giving human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects.
Example:
SIMILE – A comparison between two (2) dissimilar things using “like” or “as.”
Example:
Chapter 6-10 Questions:
1a) How would you describe the character of Mina?
b) What THREE (3) quotations can your find from the novel to support your description of Mina?
2a) What is Mina’s hobby?
b) Why does Mina enjoy/like her hobby?
3) There are many references to birds in this section of the novel. What do you think the various birds (both dead and alive) represent?
4) What new information do we learn about the “creature” in the garage in chapter ten (10).
5) Why does Michael visit his baby sister after speaking with the man at the end of chapter ten (10)?
1a) How would you describe the character of Mina?
b) What THREE (3) quotations can your find from the novel to support your description of Mina?
2a) What is Mina’s hobby?
b) Why does Mina enjoy/like her hobby?
3) There are many references to birds in this section of the novel. What do you think the various birds (both dead and alive) represent?
4) What new information do we learn about the “creature” in the garage in chapter ten (10).
5) Why does Michael visit his baby sister after speaking with the man at the end of chapter ten (10)?
Chapter 11-15 Questions:
1.What is FORESHADOWING?
2.When Michael asks his mother about shoulder blades, she answers, “They say that shoulder blades are where your wings were when you were an angel… where your wings will grow again one day” (pp.38-39). Mina makes a similar statement later (p.52).
a) What do these statements reveal about the “creature” in the garage?
b) How can these statements be considered FORESHADOWING?
3a) Where does Mina take Michael in chapter thirteen (13)?
b) Why does she take him there?
4) What is ONE (1) example of a METAPHOR on p.47?
5a) What do we learn in chapter fifteen (15) about Mina’s views towards school?
b) Why does she have these views?
6a) What does Michael decide to do at the end of chapter fifteen (15)?
b) Why do you think he makes this decision?
Unexplained Phenomenon Presentation Assignment
Choose a topic from the list attached OR choose your own with your teacher.
Google Slide Tips:
LARGE FONT
POINT FORM/KEY Words - no paragraphs or sentences
Use a Template - don't put text over pictures
Make your slides visually interesting!
Choose a topic from the list attached OR choose your own with your teacher.
Google Slide Tips:
LARGE FONT
POINT FORM/KEY Words - no paragraphs or sentences
Use a Template - don't put text over pictures
Make your slides visually interesting!
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Chapter 16-20 Questions:
1. How did the man in the garage find out about “27 and 53”? Explain.
2a) How would you describe the man in the garage’s attitude towards life?
b) Why doesn’t Michael get discouraged by the man and his attitude?
3a) What are TWO (2) things that Michael learns from Mina?
b) Why do you think that Mina is a good teacher? OR Why do you think that Mina is NOT a good teacher?
4) What do you think of Dr. MacNabola?
5) What does Michael learn about arthritis while he’s at the hospital?
6) What are TWO (2) details/events from these chapters that indicate Michael and Mina are becoming good friends?
7a) What are Michael and Mina going to do with the man in the garage?
b) Why do they want to do this?
1. How did the man in the garage find out about “27 and 53”? Explain.
2a) How would you describe the man in the garage’s attitude towards life?
b) Why doesn’t Michael get discouraged by the man and his attitude?
3a) What are TWO (2) things that Michael learns from Mina?
b) Why do you think that Mina is a good teacher? OR Why do you think that Mina is NOT a good teacher?
4) What do you think of Dr. MacNabola?
5) What does Michael learn about arthritis while he’s at the hospital?
6) What are TWO (2) details/events from these chapters that indicate Michael and Mina are becoming good friends?
7a) What are Michael and Mina going to do with the man in the garage?
b) Why do they want to do this?
Chapter 21-25 Questions:
1) What did Mina bring out of the garage with her after meeting the “creature” inside?
2) How does Michael feel about Mina?
3a) What does Michael dream about at the beginning of chapter twenty-two (22)? Describe this dream in its entirety.
b) What do you think this dream means?
4a) What SIMILE does the “creature” in the garage use to describe how he’s feeling when Michael and Mina are trying to move him?
b) While Michael and Mina are trying to move him, how is the “creature’s” attitude different from how it was earlier in the novel?
5) While moving the “creature,” what do Michael and Mina notice about his appearance?
6) To where do Mina and Michael move the “creature”?
7) What is the “creature’s” name?
8a) What does Mina think of the schoolwork Michael brings home?
b) What are her reasons for thinking this of his schoolwork? Explain.
9) What do Michael and Mina discover concerning the “creature’s” shoulder blades?
10a) How does the baby’s condition change in chapter twenty-five (25)?
b) What does Michael feel when he touches his own heart?
1) What did Mina bring out of the garage with her after meeting the “creature” inside?
2) How does Michael feel about Mina?
3a) What does Michael dream about at the beginning of chapter twenty-two (22)? Describe this dream in its entirety.
b) What do you think this dream means?
4a) What SIMILE does the “creature” in the garage use to describe how he’s feeling when Michael and Mina are trying to move him?
b) While Michael and Mina are trying to move him, how is the “creature’s” attitude different from how it was earlier in the novel?
5) While moving the “creature,” what do Michael and Mina notice about his appearance?
6) To where do Mina and Michael move the “creature”?
7) What is the “creature’s” name?
8a) What does Mina think of the schoolwork Michael brings home?
b) What are her reasons for thinking this of his schoolwork? Explain.
9) What do Michael and Mina discover concerning the “creature’s” shoulder blades?
10a) How does the baby’s condition change in chapter twenty-five (25)?
b) What does Michael feel when he touches his own heart?
Chapter 26-30 Questions:
1a) What does the word “PNEUMATIZATION” mean?
b) What are the sentences from the novel in which this word is used?
2 How do Leakey and Coot treat Michael while playing football?
3a) How do Leakey and Coot react to Michael’s explanation about how Mina doesn’t attend school?
b) How does this reaction support Mina’s own belief about how school affects its students?
4) How has Mina influenced Michael’s behaviour?
5) In chapter twenty-nine, (29) Michael and Mina get into an argument. Why are they arguing?
6) Why does Michael begin crying at the end of chapter twenty-nine (29)?
7) What are TWO (2) examples of SIMILES from chapters twenty-six (26) to twenty-nine (29)?
8a) What is ONE (1) example of FORESHADOWING in chapter thirty (30)?
b) What is being foreshadowed in this example?
1a) What does the word “PNEUMATIZATION” mean?
b) What are the sentences from the novel in which this word is used?
2 How do Leakey and Coot treat Michael while playing football?
3a) How do Leakey and Coot react to Michael’s explanation about how Mina doesn’t attend school?
b) How does this reaction support Mina’s own belief about how school affects its students?
4) How has Mina influenced Michael’s behaviour?
5) In chapter twenty-nine, (29) Michael and Mina get into an argument. Why are they arguing?
6) Why does Michael begin crying at the end of chapter twenty-nine (29)?
7) What are TWO (2) examples of SIMILES from chapters twenty-six (26) to twenty-nine (29)?
8a) What is ONE (1) example of FORESHADOWING in chapter thirty (30)?
b) What is being foreshadowed in this example?
Chapters 26-30 Questions and Answers!
1a) What does the word “PNEUMATIZATION” mean?
The presence of air cavities in bones- that’s what allows birds to fly
b) What are the sentences from the novel in which this word is used?
pg 99 - “no pneumatiziation” comparing birds and the dinosaur that flew
2 How do Leakey and Coot treat Michael while playing football?
They tease Michael about Mina, Michael can’t concentrate when he plays football.
3a) How do Leakey and Coot react to Michael’s explanation about how Mina doesn’t attend school?
They are shocked about the idea that she doesn’t have to go to school. 107
b) How does this reaction support Mina’s own belief about how school affects its students?
It supports Mina’s idea that school limits your creativity
4) How has Mina influenced Michael’s behaviour?
Michael realizes that Mina is able to teach him something
Leakey says, “we learn all day at school” and Michael says , “maybe” -- like he’s not sure he’s learning valuable things all day. pg 107
They fight about Michael’s friends - Mina thinks they’re stupid and Michael is offended because she’s being rude and snobby
pg 102 “that girl climbs a tree like a monkey”
8a) What is ONE (1) example of FORESHADOWING in chapter thirty (30)?
The dream Michael has about the baby and Skellig flying - he takes her from the hospital and flies home with her
b) What is being foreshadowed in this example?
That Skellig might fly - heal the baby OR the baby might die and Skellig might take her up to heaven
1a) What does the word “PNEUMATIZATION” mean?
The presence of air cavities in bones- that’s what allows birds to fly
b) What are the sentences from the novel in which this word is used?
pg 99 - “no pneumatiziation” comparing birds and the dinosaur that flew
2 How do Leakey and Coot treat Michael while playing football?
They tease Michael about Mina, Michael can’t concentrate when he plays football.
3a) How do Leakey and Coot react to Michael’s explanation about how Mina doesn’t attend school?
They are shocked about the idea that she doesn’t have to go to school. 107
b) How does this reaction support Mina’s own belief about how school affects its students?
It supports Mina’s idea that school limits your creativity
4) How has Mina influenced Michael’s behaviour?
Michael realizes that Mina is able to teach him something
Leakey says, “we learn all day at school” and Michael says , “maybe” -- like he’s not sure he’s learning valuable things all day. pg 107
- In chapter twenty-nine, (29) Michael and Mina get into an argument.
They fight about Michael’s friends - Mina thinks they’re stupid and Michael is offended because she’s being rude and snobby
- Why does Michael begin crying at the end of chapter twenty-nine (29)?
- What are TWO (2) examples of SIMILES from chapters twenty-six (26) to twenty-nine (29)?
pg 102 “that girl climbs a tree like a monkey”
8a) What is ONE (1) example of FORESHADOWING in chapter thirty (30)?
The dream Michael has about the baby and Skellig flying - he takes her from the hospital and flies home with her
b) What is being foreshadowed in this example?
That Skellig might fly - heal the baby OR the baby might die and Skellig might take her up to heaven
Chapters 36-40 Questions ~
1. When Michael asks Mina, “What does it mean if Skellig eats living things and makes pellets like the owls?” Mina answers, “We can’t know. Sometimes we just have to accept there are things we can’t know” (p.140).a) What does Mina mean when she says this?
b) What does Mina say is important to do when “we can’t know”?
2. What is ONE (1) example of ALLITERATION on p.141?
3. What is ONE (1) example of PERSONIFICATION on p.142?
4. What is ONE (1) example of FORESHADOWING on p.145?
5. What is the important message being presented when Mina’s mother is talking about the significance of spring, and how “The animals dared to wake, they dared to have their young.6. On p.152, a comparison is made between two (2) different characters.
a) Which characters are being compared?
b) What are TWO (2) quotations from the text that show this comparison?
7. How does the end of chapter forty (40) create SUSPENSE?
1. When Michael asks Mina, “What does it mean if Skellig eats living things and makes pellets like the owls?” Mina answers, “We can’t know. Sometimes we just have to accept there are things we can’t know” (p.140).a) What does Mina mean when she says this?
b) What does Mina say is important to do when “we can’t know”?
2. What is ONE (1) example of ALLITERATION on p.141?
3. What is ONE (1) example of PERSONIFICATION on p.142?
4. What is ONE (1) example of FORESHADOWING on p.145?
5. What is the important message being presented when Mina’s mother is talking about the significance of spring, and how “The animals dared to wake, they dared to have their young.6. On p.152, a comparison is made between two (2) different characters.
a) Which characters are being compared?
b) What are TWO (2) quotations from the text that show this comparison?
7. How does the end of chapter forty (40) create SUSPENSE?
Skellig ~ Chapters 41-46 Questions ~
Snap these questions using the “Quick Cuts” technique and answer them in complete sentences.
1. What is the result of the baby’s surgery?
2a) How would you describe the “dream” Michael’s Mum had the night before the
baby’s surgery?
b) What effect does this “dream” have upon Michael’s Mum?
3. When Michael asks Dr. MacNabola if love can help a person get better, he quotes a poem by William Blake, saying, “Love is the child that breathes our breath/Love is the child that scatters death.” What do you think these lines from the poem mean
4) What are TWO (2) examples from chapter forty-two (42) representing the positive influence Mina has had upon Michael?
5a) How does David Almond, the author, make a comparison between the blackbird fledglings and Skellig in chapter forty-two (42)?
b) What are TWO (2) quotations that represent this comparison?
6. Who and what does Skellig say is responsible for helping him get better?
7a) What does Skellig say when Michael asks, “What are you?”
b) What do you think this means?
8. How can we tell that Leakey has matured since his argument with Michael?
9. What does Michael put under the baby’s pillow before she returns home?
10. Why does Michael’s Mum “[catch] her breath” (p.181) when Mina gives the baby a present?
11. What name do Michael and his parents decide on for the baby
12a) In your opinion, what is Skellig?
b) What are THREE (3) pieces of evidence to support your opinion?
Snap these questions using the “Quick Cuts” technique and answer them in complete sentences.
1. What is the result of the baby’s surgery?
2a) How would you describe the “dream” Michael’s Mum had the night before the
baby’s surgery?
b) What effect does this “dream” have upon Michael’s Mum?
3. When Michael asks Dr. MacNabola if love can help a person get better, he quotes a poem by William Blake, saying, “Love is the child that breathes our breath/Love is the child that scatters death.” What do you think these lines from the poem mean
4) What are TWO (2) examples from chapter forty-two (42) representing the positive influence Mina has had upon Michael?
5a) How does David Almond, the author, make a comparison between the blackbird fledglings and Skellig in chapter forty-two (42)?
b) What are TWO (2) quotations that represent this comparison?
6. Who and what does Skellig say is responsible for helping him get better?
7a) What does Skellig say when Michael asks, “What are you?”
b) What do you think this means?
8. How can we tell that Leakey has matured since his argument with Michael?
9. What does Michael put under the baby’s pillow before she returns home?
10. Why does Michael’s Mum “[catch] her breath” (p.181) when Mina gives the baby a present?
11. What name do Michael and his parents decide on for the baby
12a) In your opinion, what is Skellig?
b) What are THREE (3) pieces of evidence to support your opinion?
Skellig Vocabulary Asignment
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Skellig Review Part ONE
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FINAL BLOG! Choose ONE of the following options, and write a one page blog:
1) There is lots of discussion in the novel about school and learning. How do you learn best? (hands on, reading, listening, etc)
2) Did you enjoy the novel Skellig? Give THREE reasons with examples from the book for your answer.
SUMMATIVE ESSAY - This essay is to be completed during class time only.
(***IEP students only: Please see me if you have extra time provided with an IEP accomodation and you may use PASS at lunch).
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When completing an English assignment to be handed in for evaluation, you are required to format it according to Modern Languages Association (MLA) requirements.
MLA Format
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