October 2

English 10

Today we started off class by making some predictions about the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by looking at the cover (title, pictures, text/font).  Students were asked to record their answers and date it as it will be part of a unit collection of work.   We discussed our answers as a class and there were some excellent predictions and comments made!  Next we looked at a powerpoint with some background information about the setting of the novel, which is a reservation in Washington State.  Finally, we listened to the author, Sherman Alexie, read the first chapter of the novel.  

*Students were reminded to hand in their Marcus the Great work. 

Humanities 8

Today we started off with silent reading (chapter 6).  We followed this up by reviewing the significance of sunsets and sunrises in the novel.  Finally, we worked on similes and metaphors.  We identified them on a worksheet, picked our favourite one and recorded a reason why we liked it so much, and then wrote our own similes and metaphors (3 each).  The topics were:

friendship 

school

weekend

cellphones 

novel 

(your choice)

My example of a metaphor:  Friendship is an anchor in the wild and unforgiving sea. 

An example from pop culture:  Life is like a box of chocolates.  You never know what you are going to get.  (Forest Gump)