[TEA-GEA] OLC4O, Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course Grade 12 by Ms. J. Y. Fang (2022-23): All participants
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Introduction
Forum Introduce Yourself
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Questionnaire Learning Skills & Work Habits Student Self-Assessment (Beginning)
LESSON #1
Glossary Lesson 1 Glossary
Assignment Activity 1.1: Images into Descriptive Words
Assignment Activity 1.2: Music Video and Lyrics: MONSTER by Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 1.3: The Open Window - a play by Henry Gilfond
Assignment HOMEWORK: IMPRESSIONISM: A History
Assignment EXIT CARD: THIS IS ESSENTIAL FEEDBACK
LESSON #2: Narrative and Graphic Texts
Quiz REVIEW QUIZ (based on Lesson #1)
Assignment Activity 2.1: My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock
Assignment Activity 2.2: "Bigger Than the Whole Sky” by Taylor Swift - (WATCH AND READ ALONG)
Assignment Asynchronous Activity 2.3: Graphic Analysis
Assignment Asynchronous Activity 2.4: Draft Brainstorm for an OPINION ESSAY
Assignment WEEKEND HOMEWORK
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON #3: Essay Writing and Test Hints
Glossary GLOSSARY
Assignment RESOURCE: Expressing an Opinion
Assignment ACTIVITY 3.3: The Survivor's Club_ WORK IN TEAMS
Assignment 3.4 ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY: ESSAY OUTLINE (PEEL SYSTEM)
Assignment HOMEWORK: PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT
Feedback Lesson Exit Card
LESSON #4: Essay Writing
Glossary GLOSSARY: New Vocabulary and Idioms for this Lesson
Assignment ACTIVITY 4.1: LANDSLIDE by Stevie Nicks of the band Fleetwood Mac
Assignment ACTIVITY 4.1: WRITING THE HOOK FOR YOUR OPINION ESSAY
Assignment ACTIVITY 4.2: Short Readings Quiz (AS LEARNING)
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 4.3: HOW TO ANSWER SHORT ANSWER TASKS
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 4.4: The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin
Assignment HOMEWORK: CONTINUE TO WRITE THE FIRST DRAFT OF YOUR OPINION ESSAY
Feedback Exit Card
LESSON #5: OSSLT Test (OF Learning)
Assignment SOME ADVICE
Assignment LESSON 5.1: "Everything Now" video and lyrics by Arcade Fire
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON #6: Newspapers and other Media
Assignment SONG: What Do you Want From Me? by Adam Lambert
Assignment MARKING THE OSSLT: Rubric etc
Assignment LESSON 6.1: The Parts of a Newspaper Report
Assignment Activity 6.1: Your Newspaper Assignment
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 6.3: CLEOPATRA- Beyond The Myth
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 6.4: [FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO ONLY] ...Fables and Fairy Tales
Assignment HOMEWORK: Work towards completion of your Opinion Essay
Feedback Lesson #6 Exit Card
Assignment EXIT CARD DEPOSIT HERE
LESSON #7: Summarizing-T.G.I.F.
Assignment ACTIVITY 7.1: Multiple Choice Question SAMPLE: SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Assignment ACTIVITY 7.2: POOL TIME: Reading a Chart/Schedule
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 7.3: RIBBIT!!!!! The Life Cycle of Frogs
Assignment HOMEWORK: Another Newspaper Article
Assignment FINAL ESSAY SUBMISSION: Deadline is Sunday at 12 o'clock (CANADA TIME) in the afternoon
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON #8: From Seeing to Writing
Glossary Glossary: Words used in today's song for your Portfolio
Assignment THE CAT CAME BACK: Animated Video and Song
Assignment Activity 8.1: Watch The Cat Came Back video again and answer questions
Assignment Activity 8.2: Writing correctly: OSSLT Multiple Choice Questions
Assignment ACTIVITY 8.3: Writing Effective Headlines
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 8.4: Hamilton, City of Waterfalls
Assignment HOMEWORK: Your Photo Exhibit
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON #9: Sentence Forms
Glossary GLOSSARY: DON'T FORGET TO ADD THESE WORDS TO YOUR PORTFOLIO IF THEY ARE NEW
Assignment ACTIVITY 9.1: MORE HEADLINES
Assignment ACTIVITY 9.2: Your Photo Exhibit (SHARE WITH PARTNER)
Assignment ACTIVITY 9.3: The Romance of Transportation (Animation from the NFB)
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 9.5: LET'S UNDERSTAND SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Assignment HOMEWORK: REFLECTION ON WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO SUCCEED
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON #10: EQAO Exam (OF Learning)
Assignment ACTIVITY 10.1: Sample OSSLT Exam (aka EQAO)
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS: WARMUP QUIZ
Assignment Asynchronous Activity 10.1_ Neville Point Beach Resort
Assignment Asynchronous Activity 10.2: Narrative Text_ "The Nest"
Feedback Lesson # Exit Card
LESSON #11: Scanning is the Key
Glossary FEEDBACK: Assignments /Exit Cards
Assignment LESSON 11.2: SCANNING: Let's Look Again at Hamilton, Ontario
Assignment ACTIVITY 11.1: Elephant Papas (Promotion)
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 11.2: The Danger of High Heels
Questionnaire Asynchronous Activity 11.3: Learning Skills & Work Habits Student Self-Assessment
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON #12: Remembrance Day - 11/11/11
Assignment HOMEWORK: In Flander's Fields (poem by John McCrae)
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON #13 - MEDIA WEEK: Summary and Pitch Writing
Glossary Glossary for song
Assignment ACTIVITY 13.1_SONG: Where Dreams Go to Die
Assignment ACTIVITY #13.3: OVERDOSE _ Watch and Summarize
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 13.4: Signposts on the Journey: Reading with Multiple Choices
Assignment Asynchronous Activity 13.5: More about Sentence Structure_ multiple-choice questions
Folder Essay Conclusion Paragraphs
Assignment EXIT CARD: PLEASE COMPLETE BEFORE SIGNING OUT OF CLASS
LESSON #14 - A World in Crisis
Quiz Lesson #14: Song_ Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology Song)
Glossary Glossary of words for the song
Assignment Activity 14.1: Personal Reflection on the State of the World
Assignment Activity 14.2: CARFACE - animation by Claude Cloutier
Assignment Activity 14.3: The Alaska Pipeline and multiple-choice questions
Assignment Asynchronous Activity 14.4: Sentence Errors and multiple-choice questions
Assignment Asynchronous Activity 14.5: THE LEGEND OF THE PANDA
Assignment HOMEWORK: Hatfield Is Out of This World
LESSON #15: FABLES - Seeing and Writing
LESSON#16 - Narrative Advertisements
LESSON #17 - Midterm & Interview (OF Learning)
Assignment OF LEARNING Assessment #4: 1:1 Interviews with the Teacher
Assignment Activity 17.1: Focus Questions
Assignment Asynchronous Activity 17.2: Paintings that tell a story
Assignment Homework: YOUR PORTFOLIO Mid-term Assessment
Feedback Lesson # Exit Card
LESSON#18: Truth and Lies
Glossary Lesson # 18 - A Deep Dive into the Media - TELEVISION'S REACH
Assignment ACTIVITY #18.1: SONG Discussion in groups of 3
Assignment Lesson #18.2: Journalism as a Career "BEST JOB EVER"
Assignment ACTIVITY 18.3: BREAKING NEWS_ A Little Grammar Lesson
Assignment Asynchronous Assignment 18.4: Ponzi Schemes_Truth and Lies
Assignment Homework: Best Career Ever - MINE!!!!
Assignment EXIT CARD: Complete before you exit Moodle
LESSON#19: Violence in the Media -- Some Facts & Examples
Glossary GLOSSARY: Words that came up in the documentary
Glossary Lesson #19: Facts about Media
Assignment ACTIVITY #19.1: Let's discuss the documentary in groups of 3
Assignment Activity 19.2: Let's Improve Our Reading Comprehension
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #19.3: Alfred Nobel: RISKY BUSINESS
Assignment HOMEWORK: Benjamin Franklin - Extract from his autobiography
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON#20 - Compare-and-Contrast Essay
Glossary Song Lyrics: ONLY THE YOUNG by Taylor Swift
Assignment Lesson: What is a Compare-and-Contrast Essay?
Assignment ACTIVITY #20.2: Your Compare-and-Contrast Essay
Assignment ACTIVITY #20.3: Built for the Water
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #20.4: A SLAVE AMONG SLAVES (reading comprehension)
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #20.5: A Graphic Text about "Early Inventions"
Assignment HOMEWORK: Post in Your Portfolio
Assignment EXIT CARD:
LESSON#21 - 'Tis the Season: Thanksgiving USA & Christmas
Glossary WARMER SONG: Love is the Answer (Todd Rundgren)
Assignment Lesson #21.1: Peer Partner Writing. Summary of The Little Match Girl
Assignment #21.2: Compare-Contrast Essay: Share Brainstorm with your partner
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #21.3: Multiple-Choice Practice Questions
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #21.4: DARWIN + One Lucky Turkey
Assignment EXIT CARD: You know what to do by now!!!!!
LESSON#22 - We're All Still Standing
Quiz Warmer Song: I'm Still Standing (Elton John)
Assignment PUT YOUR DRAFT ESSAY HERE
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS Activity #22.1: Grammar: using "a, an, the ..." + Correcting mistakes
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS Activity #22.2: INTERNET RAGE
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #22.3: Prefixes and Suffixes; Non-Count and Plural Nouns
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON#23 - Lifestyle Choices
Quiz Warmer SONG: "EVERYBODY" by Stabilo
Assignment ACTIVITY #23.1: TATTOOS_ Don't Regret Regrets
Assignment ACTIVITY #23.2: IT DRIVES ME CRAZY
Assignment ACTIVITY #23.3: Are You a Risk Taker? Dangerous Drivers.
Assignment REMINDER: FINAL ESSAY DUE BY 6 o'clock before class begins
Assignment HOMEWORK: Am I a Risk Taker? What is the riskiest thing you have ever done in your life OR would plan to do in the future? 100-125 words
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON#24: My Adolescent Life
Assignment ACTIVITY #24.1: MUSIC AND EMOTION - The Hidden Dangers of Rock Music
Assignment Lesson #24.2: How to be a Hipster
Assignment ACTIVITY 24.3: AN INFLUENCER I KNOW
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 24.4: Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases
Assignment HOMEWORK: Once Upon a Time (short story by Nadine Gordimer)
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON#25 - Physical and Mental Health
Glossary REVIEW OF GRAMMAR EXERCISES
Assignment ACTIVITY #25.1: Call the Doctor: MYTHBUSTING
Assignment ACTIVITY #25.2: Talking about Books
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY #25.3: Vocabulary [the weather] and Grammar [future tenses]
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ASSIGNMENT: Humans and Other Animals
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON#26 - Wanna Go to live on Mars?
Assignment ACTIVITY #26.1: YOU AND/OR YOUR KIDS MIGHT HAVE TO LIVE ON MARS
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY #26.2: The Truth about Air Travel
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY #26.3: Grammar Questions
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON#27: Grammar Exam + Preparation for Mars Presentation (OF Learning)
Assignment ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING: Grammar
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY #27.1: Compound Adjectives
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #27.2: The Power of Words
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #27.3: PHONE CALLS (a poem by Alice Major)
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON#28: Winter Wonderland
Assignment MARS PEER GRADING
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #28.2
Assignment Asynchronous Activity 28.3: Can We Make Our Carbon Footprints Smaller?
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #28.4: Incredibly Short Stories
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON #29
Assignment Warm Up Song: Last Christmas by WHAM (George Michael)
Assignment ACTIVITY #29.1: THE RIDE (an NFB - National Film Board Short)
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #29.3: Colloquial English - Talking about Interviews
Assignment Asynchronous ACTIVITY #29.4: Older and Wiser
Assignment EXIT CARD
LESSON #30
Assignment ACTIVITY #30-1: The Energy Carol (NFB Animated short)
Assignment Activity #30.2: Air Travel
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #30.3: Illness and Stress
Assignment HOMEWORK #30.4: The Gift of the Magi
LESSON #31
LESSON#32
Assignment Warm Up Song: Make Your Own Kind of Music (The Mamas and Papas)
Assignment Activity #32.1: The Volkwagen Tiguan Car Commercial
Assignment ACTIVITY #32.3: 30-Second Ideas (VOTE)
Assignment ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY #32.4: REFLECTION_ "Once upon a time ..."
Assignment Asynchronous Activity #32.5: The Road Not Taken - poem by Robert Frost
Feedback Lesson # Exit Card
LESSON #33
LESSON #34
Assignment Activity #34.1: VERY NICE, VERY NICE by Arthur Lipsett (NFB - 7 minutes)
Assignment ACTIVITY #34.2: OSSLT Practice Test - Pair Work
Assignment ACTIVITY 34.3: PORTFOLIO REFLECTION BASED ON TODAY'S SONG
Assignment EXIT CARD:
LESSON #35 Final Exam _ Parts 1 & 2 - Thurs., Dec 15, 2022
Assignment Final Exam part 1: Reflection
Assignment PART 2: OSSLT EXAM
Assignment OLC40: PART 1_ THE FINAL REFLECTION for 10/30 marks