English Studies 12
Wednesday July 3rd
Thursday July 4th - text types, writing sample, Bloom's Questions
Friday July 5th - Text Types Test, Literary and Poetic Devices, Theme, Poem Analysis
Monday July 8th: How to write an analytical essay
This is a brief tutorial expplaining the overview of an analytical essay. If you have ever felt 'stuck', and confused as to how to write an essay, then this is a good place to start. If you watch it, and then you are still confused, please come and see me, and we can figure out which parts are the trickiest, and then focus on those parts. I have the word document here with the script which I read, in case you wanted to slow things down and READ what was said... :)
This is a think-aloud... it's a demonstration. For anyone who has ever struggled with how to write an essay... watch this video, and then part 2/3... it will show you how to write an essay, from beginning to end. The purpose of this video, is to show you that almost no one ever, writes an essay from beginning to end without pondering, reflecting, editing, and debating along the way... there are so many things to work, and then rework while writing. That's what this video does - it's a demonstration, in 'real-time', of how to write an essay. Good luck! (the word document below, shows you how far we got, at the end of this video. The completed essay will accompany the next video :)
This is part 3 of 3. In this section we do the remaining 2 body paragraphs, the introduction, and the conclusion. Below, is the finished version of the essay. (Although it was not proof-read... so yes... there will still be things to fix)
Tuesday July 9th: Practice Analytical Essay skills
Wednesday July 10th: in-class essay, creative writing (content)
Thursday July 11th: Creative writing – language restraint and/or augmentation
Friday July 12th: in-class creative writing assignment, improvements to writing
Monday July 15th: In-class improvement assessment
Tuesday July 16th: how to write a comparison article / essay
Wednesday July 17th: In-class comparison essay / article
Thursday July 18th: First People's Texts
Friday July 19th: First People's Texts
'The Path to Healing' - One Story, One Song, by Richard Wagamese
'Birdman' - One Story, One Song, by Richard Wagamese
Monday July 22nd: First People's texts, in-class oral commentary
Tuesday July 23rd: Maus (graphic novel)
Wednesday July 24th: continue reading and discussing Maus
Thursday July 25th: continue reading and discussing Maus
Friday July 26th: In-class Bloom's test on Maus
Monday July 29th: How to write a research essay / article
1) PDF: How to write a research essay
2) MLA citation style
3) Student-written 'facts' for research
Tuesday July 30th: practice writing a research essay / article
Wednesday July 31st: In-class research essay / article
Thursday August 1st: Literary Theory
-Moral Criticism
-New Criticism
-Formalism
-Psychoanalytic Criticism
-Marxist Criticism
-Feminism
-Marxist Feminist Criticism
-Reader-response Criticism
-Structuralism
-Post Structuralism
-Deconstruction
-Semiotics
-New Historicism
-Cultural Studies
-Post-colonial Criticism
-Gender Studies and Queer Theory
-Ecocriticism
-Critical Race Theory
-Critical Disabilities Studies