If you were absent today, be sure to get the notes on the Renaissance, Shakespeare's theatre, the sonnet, and Shakespeare's sonnets.
Get the USSR form for Dec. completed and hand in. Check the mark book to ensure that all poetry and Animal Farm assignments are complete and marked.
For the next month, focus on preparing for your provincial exam. You need to be comfortable demonstrating all of the skills you have developed and practised.
Skills
1. Reading comprehension (answering questions, looking for context clues to understand vocabulary or to interpret character motivation).
2. A few literary terms such as point of view (first person, second person, third person, omniscient, objective, limited omniscient), figurative terms: personification, metaphor, simile, allusion, etc
3. Writing a compare / contrast piece. Use your literary must-haves rules, cite correctly, incorporate quotations using number 3 style, strong thesis statements, add insight, answer the question well, focus on sentence variety, strong verbs, use vocabulary from our list
4. Creative Writing: You may use any style you wish: Write a short story, a personal anecodote, a descriptive piece, a literary essay. However, adding unique details and insight to the topic is key as well as strong vocabulary and written expression (focus on style).
5. You need to know the basic conventions of English usage. How to punctuate. How to form sentences. How to spell. How to cite titles etc.
You have all written a mock exam. I suggest you go on-line and do practice exams as well. The exam is worth 20% of your total grade. Here is a link to practice exams:
English 10 Practice Exams
