[TEA-GEA] ENG3U, English Grade 11 by Ms. C. Wang (2023-2024): Forums

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Unit 1 - Oral Communication (6 Hours)	Unit 1 Q&A Forum	Post your question(s) relating to this unit here. Your teacher and classmates will answer them if they know the answer. Make sure to use the following format for the "subject line" of each post: Lesson #, Lecture/Activity #	0

Lesson 1.1 - Listening to Understand	Icebreaker 1.1 - The Value of Sports	Record a short 2 minute video in which you answer the following questions: What is your favourite “Spectator Sport” (i.e. a sport you like to watch, but do not necessarily participate in yourself)? Do you prefer to watch alone or with a group? Why? Do you watch on TV or also attend in person ...	0
	Homework! Activity 1.1.3- Discussion Forum: Renee Montgomery's TED Talk	In every lesson, there is a Discussion Forum that is related directly to the learning goals set out for the lesson. The teacher will provide a number of questions for you to answer in writing in complete sentences. I am expecting at least 200 words of response will be posted to the questions ...	0

Lesson 1.2 - Speaking to Communicate	Icebreaker 1.2 - The Me Others See	Imagine three people who know you well come together to say something positive and something critical and negative about you. The three people are a parent, a close friend, and one of your favourite teachers. Record a short 2 minute video on MOODLE tell us what you think each of them would say ...	0

Unit 2 - Poetry (15 hours)	Unit 2 Q&A Forum	Students to post their questions here.	0

Lesson 2.1 - The Essence of Poetry	Icebreaker 2.1 - Getting to Know You	Record a short video of 2 minutes length in Moodle, tell the class about an historical character that you would like to have met. Choose someone who has been dead at least 100 years. Use the following questions to help organize your oral response. Who are they? Where and when did they live? How and...	0
	Discussion Forum - Why I Love/Hate Poetry	In order for the teacher to understand how you are reacting to the study of poetry, here are a few questions that are intended to spark a discussion about your previous experiences. Please post a discussion for your answers in written form, and remember to respond to at least three (3) other ...	0

Lesson 2.2 - Digging Deeper into Poetry	Icebreaker 2.2 - Where am I?	If I could have been born and grown up in another country, which country would I choose? Record a 2 minute video response to the question.	0

Lesson 2.3 - Science meets Romanticism in Poetry	Icebreaker 2.3 - World of the birds	How connected are you with the world of birds? Have you ever owned a pet bird? Do you appreciate birds singing in the morning? Are you afraid of birds? Share your feelings and experiences in a 2 minute video.	0

Lesson 2.4 - Figurative Language in Coming of Age Poetry	Icebreaker 2.4 - My Childhood Memory	What is your best/fondest childhood memory? How old were you? Who was involved? What happened and where? Why is it your fondest memory? Share your response to these questions in a 2 minute video.	0
	Discussion Forum - Our Childhoods	Today’s discussion will focus specifically on the themes in this lesson’s poems. Ignoring technicalities such as literary devices, let’s have a discussion about the last two lines of the poem: Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea. What is your interpretation of ...	0

Lesson 2.5 - Perspectives in Literature	Icebreaker 2.5 – Is Learning to Play a Musical Instrument Necessary	There was a time when every child, whose parents could afford, it was expected to learn to play a musical instrument – usually a piano or a guitar. Do you play a musical instrument? Which? One or more? What benefits did you receive from taking music lessons? Do you think children should learn to ...	0

Unit 3 - Short Fiction (15 Hours)	Unit 3 Q&A Forum	Students to post their questions here.	0
	Unit 3 Q&A Forum	Students to post their questions here.	0

Lesson 3.1. What is Fiction?	Icebreaker 3.1 - Who Would it be?	Answer in a 2 minute (maximum) video response.	0
	Discussion Forum - The time I was like that person in Bogota	The Man in Bogota is a story about recognizing that sometimes when bad things happen to us, they may have long term benefits for us in our lives. Share an experience either from your own life or someone you know when that appears to be true.	0

Lesson 3.2	Icebreaker 3.2 - Growing Old	From your own relationships with older people, How do you think they feel about growing old? What concerns do they have? How do you feel now about growing old? How do you think you will feel about aging when you yourself face old age? Post your response in a video of not more than 2 minutes maxim...	0

Lesson 3.3	Icebreaker 3.3 – Marriage: Is it For You?	What are your thoughts about marriage? Is getting married something you expect to do one day? Whether you answer yes or no, what do you believe makes a strong, lasting marriage? Post your comments and thoughts to share in a video of 2 minutes maximum length. Note: file size can't be more than 20MB...	0

Lesson 3.4 - The Hero’s Journey in Literature	Icebreaker 3.4 - Do you believe in Superstitions?	Thinking back on the last story we read titled The Monkey’s Paw, do you believe in superstitions? For example, one superstition warns against walking under a ladder because it brings bad luck. Or, if a bird flies into your residence it means someone who lives there is going to die soon. All ...	0
	Discussion Forum – Checkhov’s Influence on Raymond Fraser	Please post a discussion for your answer in written form, and remember to respond to at least three (3) other students’ submissions. If you think about it, the poem An Old Woman by Raymond Fraser that the teacher read aloud in this lesson owes a lot to what we already learned from Anton Chekhov‘s ...	0

Unit 4 _ Essay Writing	Unit 4 Q&A Forum	Students to post their questions here.	0

Lesson 4.1	Icebreaker 4.1 - Alone On A Desert Island	If you were to live alone on a small island in the middle of the ocean without any chance of being rescued, what three (3) things would you want to have with you besides food, clothing and a companion? *Please post a discussion for your answer in written form.*	0
	Discussion Forum - Peer Editing/Feedback	In the past, have you found peer editing and feedback to be a useful step in developing and completing essays? What have you found to be the advantages and/or disadvantages? Because peer partnering will be used often in the course, share your honest thoughts so that peer editing can be improved. P...	0

Lesson 4.2	Discussion Forum - Plagiarism: DON'T!	Plagiarism can be a slippery slope. Many international students have been taught to reproduce well-respected texts verbatim (i.e.. word-for-word), with no citation or credit given to the original source or writer. This is a form of stealing! Discuss the dangers of plagiarism and what is or is not...	0

Unit 5 - Shakespeare's Macbeth	Unit 5 Q&A Forum	Students to post their questions here.	0