November
27
ELA 30: Nov 27 Questions, reading, and work… (in that order!)
- Students came in to find a “game plan” on the board and work on their desks. Not every day do I ask them to do work entirely independent of the class and friends, but today was one of those days. Yesterday, we read a somewhat dry essay that talked about the Saskatchewan perspective or voice in Canadian literature. The overall purpose or message of the writing was to pass along to those from other areas the insecurity a man can come to feel when considering his place in his environment. The vastness of the land around him, the absolute presence of the sky above him, and everything that is in between can impress upon someone searching a feeling of smallness. This was part of the message of the essay the students read.
- Today, they had to answer six questions regarding that essay. Then, they had another essay to read (written more in story-like fashion) and answer six similar questions. Once completed, they were to look for ways the two essays were similar (6 examples) and ways each essay was specifically unique from the other (6 examples from each essay). These things are all due tomorrow with no excuses. They had the duration of yesterday’s class, an approximate 50 minutes, so they should be able to have it completed.
- Also, tomorrow, there will be a comma assignment / exam. Students were asked to remind themselves of the types of commas that we have recently discussed and studied and be prepared to use that knowledge for this exam.