Telling the Story

In the words of William Faulkner, "A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others."  In this unit, students will explore the truth of Faulkner's words and investigate how story telling is grounded in life experience.   

This unit includes the study and viewing of Hamlet, as well as on the literary study of non-fiction stories and the essay. Students will read, hear, and  analyse a variety of essays, reviews, editorials, biographies, and other forms of non-fiction. The culminating activity consists of an argumentative essay, a media work, and a report. As in Units 1 and 2, students continue to examine issues and themes, but also use these activities to provide practice and feedback for the written and oral components in Unit 4.

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Assignment One

Hamlet

Assignment Two

Editorials, Ideas, and the Argumentative Essay

In this assignment, we will read, listen to, and analyse a variety of non-fiction pieces, including essays and editorials,  We will also explore the argumentative essay form and write one short argumentative essay on a topic of your choice that will produced as a podcast.

Assignment Three

Reporting Events

In this assignment, we will read, listen to, and analyse a variety of non-fiction pieces, including reports and documentaries,  The assignment to be hand-in will be research notes on a selected topic along with a one minute audio or video report on the topic. 

Assignment Four

Recording Life

In this assignment, we will read, listen to, and analyse a selection of biographies, autobiographies and memoirs,  The assignment to be hand-in will be a short piece on one event in your life, in the form of your choice (written, podcast, slide show, video, comic) 

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