Creative non Fiction:
Prompt #2:
Every Wednesday morning around 10:00 am in September, Riley picks up a coffee at the McDonald’s on Victoria Street and then takes a leisurely stroll to the public library where she spends time working on the novel that is due on Friday.
Definition: Creative nonfiction merges literary styles and techniques of fiction writing with the factual research of nonfiction. It is factual writing that reads like fiction. Use of literary scenes and stories “show” what happened as opposed to report-like “telling” what happened.
Basic Requirements:
1. Documentable subject matter.
False biographies –
Fake memoirs –
Misery literature –
Alternative truth –
2. Establishment of setting and character development.
3. Exhaustive research.
Every Wednesday morning around 10:00 am in September, Riley picks up a coffee at the McDonald’s on Victoria Street and then takes a leisurely stroll to the public library where she spends time working on the novel that is due on Friday.
Definition: Creative nonfiction merges literary styles and techniques of fiction writing with the factual research of nonfiction. It is factual writing that reads like fiction. Use of literary scenes and stories “show” what happened as opposed to report-like “telling” what happened.
Basic Requirements:
1. Documentable subject matter.
False biographies –
Fake memoirs –
Misery literature –
Alternative truth –
2. Establishment of setting and character development.
3. Exhaustive research.
Application:
1. Biography-Autobiography-Memoir
Example: Canine Terrorists in the Chicken Coop by T.D.Roth
Factual account:
When I was ten years old, our dog and the neighbour’s dog got into our chicken coop and killed seventeen hens. The neighbour shot his dog. My dad dragged our dog back to the coop to show her what she did and beat her with a plank. Then he chained her to a tree, tied a dead chicken around her neck and left her there for about a week. She never chased chickens again.
2. Essays-Features
Ask: Who am I writing for? Farmer’s Almanac? BC Outdoors? Senior’s Connector?
1. Biography-Autobiography-Memoir
Example: Canine Terrorists in the Chicken Coop by T.D.Roth
Factual account:
When I was ten years old, our dog and the neighbour’s dog got into our chicken coop and killed seventeen hens. The neighbour shot his dog. My dad dragged our dog back to the coop to show her what she did and beat her with a plank. Then he chained her to a tree, tied a dead chicken around her neck and left her there for about a week. She never chased chickens again.
2. Essays-Features
Ask: Who am I writing for? Farmer’s Almanac? BC Outdoors? Senior’s Connector?
3. Journalism
Example A: Donald Trump walked to the lectern for his weekly news brief, surveyed the crowd of reporters and picked out a reporter for the first question of the day.
Example A: Donald Trump walked to the lectern for his weekly news brief, surveyed the crowd of reporters and picked out a reporter for the first question of the day.
Example B: Journalists jockeyed for position as they awaited the arrival of President Trump. The American flag to the left of the lectern and a dark blue flag featuring the Great Seal of the United States to the right lent a degree of gravity to the proceedings about to commence. Every reporter vied for the public exposure of asking the first question. As the President, in his dark navy suit and red power tie, stepped to the lectern, hands waved and voices cried, “Mr. President…Mr. President…Mr. President…” Trump smoothed his golden hair with his left hand and pointed to the reporter for The Times. The news brief was on.
Example C:
With his golden hair thrown back like a lion’s mane, Donald Trump padded to the lectern and gazed over the crowd of reporters. Little did they realize, that one of them, like an unsuspecting wildebeest, would be singled out as his prey for the day.
Example C:
With his golden hair thrown back like a lion’s mane, Donald Trump padded to the lectern and gazed over the crowd of reporters. Little did they realize, that one of them, like an unsuspecting wildebeest, would be singled out as his prey for the day.
'Zines
ZINE CRITERIA:
1. At least 3 forms (Poem, Expository paragraph, Persuasive Paragraph, essay, story, letter, etc...)
2. At least 3 pages
3. At least 3 points (ideas to support the main argument of your zine)
4. At least 3 images (Drawn, or cut out of a magazine, or printed off the computer)
1. At least 3 forms (Poem, Expository paragraph, Persuasive Paragraph, essay, story, letter, etc...)
2. At least 3 pages
3. At least 3 points (ideas to support the main argument of your zine)
4. At least 3 images (Drawn, or cut out of a magazine, or printed off the computer)
The pearl
Chapter 1
1. What, in general, happens in the first chapter? What is the setting of the story?
2. Notice that the townspeople follow Kino. What does that tell you?
3. Why did the doctor refuse to treat Coyotito? What does that tell you about the doctor's personality?
4. What are the conflicts in the story so far? What types of conflict are these?
5. What is the Song of the Family?
6. What is the Song of Evil? When does it first appear?
Chapter 2
1. Why did Steinbeck include the first section about the life in the Gulf waters?
2. The canoe is mentioned quite often. Is it a symbol for something?
3. What is the main event of this chapter?
4. Do you think it is coincidence that everything goes well on the water, or is Steinbeck trying to show something?
5. To what new Song are we introduced?
Chapter 3
1. To what does Steinbeck compare the town?
2. The news of Kino's pearl spread quickly across town. What did each person think of when he heard it?
3. What would Kino do with his riches?
4. Why does the doctor come? What does he do?
5. What bad thing happened to make Juana want to throw away the pearl?
Chapter 4
1. In the description of the pearl buyers, what do we find out about the market in Kino's village?
2. What happened when Kino went to sell his pearl?
3. Juan Tomas says to Kino, "You have defied not the pearl buyers, but the whole structure, the whole way of life. I am afraid for you." What does he mean?
4. Again at the end of the chapter, Juana wants to throw away the pearl because it is evil. What evil thing happened?
Chapter 5
1. Where did Juana go early in the morning?
2. What did Kino do when he figured out where she went?
3. What happened to Kino up the beach through the brushline on the path?
4. What happened to their hut while they were away?
5. Why did they leave the village?
Chapter 6
1. What "songs" does Kino hear on the first part of their journey?
2. What made the music of the pearl become "sinister in his ears, . . . interwoven with the music of evil?"
3. What happens to Coyotito?
4. What happens to the trackers?
5. What happens to Kino and Juana?
6. What do they do with the pearl? 7. What does the return of Kino and Juana and their throwing away the pearl mean symbolically?
1. What, in general, happens in the first chapter? What is the setting of the story?
2. Notice that the townspeople follow Kino. What does that tell you?
3. Why did the doctor refuse to treat Coyotito? What does that tell you about the doctor's personality?
4. What are the conflicts in the story so far? What types of conflict are these?
5. What is the Song of the Family?
6. What is the Song of Evil? When does it first appear?
Chapter 2
1. Why did Steinbeck include the first section about the life in the Gulf waters?
2. The canoe is mentioned quite often. Is it a symbol for something?
3. What is the main event of this chapter?
4. Do you think it is coincidence that everything goes well on the water, or is Steinbeck trying to show something?
5. To what new Song are we introduced?
Chapter 3
1. To what does Steinbeck compare the town?
2. The news of Kino's pearl spread quickly across town. What did each person think of when he heard it?
3. What would Kino do with his riches?
4. Why does the doctor come? What does he do?
5. What bad thing happened to make Juana want to throw away the pearl?
Chapter 4
1. In the description of the pearl buyers, what do we find out about the market in Kino's village?
2. What happened when Kino went to sell his pearl?
3. Juan Tomas says to Kino, "You have defied not the pearl buyers, but the whole structure, the whole way of life. I am afraid for you." What does he mean?
4. Again at the end of the chapter, Juana wants to throw away the pearl because it is evil. What evil thing happened?
Chapter 5
1. Where did Juana go early in the morning?
2. What did Kino do when he figured out where she went?
3. What happened to Kino up the beach through the brushline on the path?
4. What happened to their hut while they were away?
5. Why did they leave the village?
Chapter 6
1. What "songs" does Kino hear on the first part of their journey?
2. What made the music of the pearl become "sinister in his ears, . . . interwoven with the music of evil?"
3. What happens to Coyotito?
4. What happens to the trackers?
5. What happens to Kino and Juana?
6. What do they do with the pearl? 7. What does the return of Kino and Juana and their throwing away the pearl mean symbolically?
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on earth ---- Chris Hadfield
Ch1
Write an application to the Canadian Space Agency
1. Why do you want to apply to the Canadian Space Agency to be an Astronaut?
2. How do you exemplify some of the following qualities and skills required to be an astronaut:
4. Frequent travel outside Canada without family, sometimes on short notice and for extended periods of time. What personality traits would make you well suited to this?
5. Being an astronaut can be stressful. What are some of the coping strategies you use to relieve stress and unwind?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
So you want to be an astronaut RESULTS:
25 --> 65 Forget it.
You'll oversleep, forget to carry out your tasks, get in a mood with the others and place the entire spacecraft in danger. You'll drink all the Russians vodka and freak out when it's finished. You'll hate the space experience and drive your fellow astronauts mad.
66 --> 95 Borderline.
Not sure you have enough of the teamplayer. There's only one way to find out if you'd make a decent astronaut. Parachute from a plane into the desert. Hook up with the local tribe. If they accept you as one of them within 24 hours, you'll make it in space.
96 --> 125 Send off for that application immediately.
Unless you have been lying your face off, you have exactly the personality profile the space agencies are looking for. You are solid, open, agreeable and a conscientious teamplayer. Well done. And don't forget to send me a postcard from the red planet! :)
1. Why do you want to apply to the Canadian Space Agency to be an Astronaut?
2. How do you exemplify some of the following qualities and skills required to be an astronaut:
- Judgment
- Integrity
- Reasoning
- Teamwork
- Ability to synthesize and communicate using plain language
- Public speaking
- Motivation
- Resourcefulness
4. Frequent travel outside Canada without family, sometimes on short notice and for extended periods of time. What personality traits would make you well suited to this?
5. Being an astronaut can be stressful. What are some of the coping strategies you use to relieve stress and unwind?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
So you want to be an astronaut RESULTS:
25 --> 65 Forget it.
You'll oversleep, forget to carry out your tasks, get in a mood with the others and place the entire spacecraft in danger. You'll drink all the Russians vodka and freak out when it's finished. You'll hate the space experience and drive your fellow astronauts mad.
66 --> 95 Borderline.
Not sure you have enough of the teamplayer. There's only one way to find out if you'd make a decent astronaut. Parachute from a plane into the desert. Hook up with the local tribe. If they accept you as one of them within 24 hours, you'll make it in space.
96 --> 125 Send off for that application immediately.
Unless you have been lying your face off, you have exactly the personality profile the space agencies are looking for. You are solid, open, agreeable and a conscientious teamplayer. Well done. And don't forget to send me a postcard from the red planet! :)
Ch2
Personal Motto
Ch3
CH4
Ch5
|
Paragraph Editing: Find the errors!
The Blue Whale: The blue whale is the biggest animal on earth. Some are as long as 100 feet and weigh as much as 300,000 pounds (lbs). In the late 1800s and early 1900s, these gentle giants were hunted almost to extinction because humans wanted their blubber to make oil, fuel, soap and candles. Their baleen was used to make brushes and corsets. The blue whale population is now only 1% of its original size.
Health: In order to remain healthy, you must eat good, nutritious food. Breakfast is very important, especially if you're going to school because you can't pay attention if you are hungry. You should eat fruits and vegetables with every meal and avid food that is high in cholesterol and saturated fat. It's also important to drink a lot of liquids every day.
Cell Phones Endanger Drivers Dangerous Drivers on Cell Phones (suggested title)
(No underline in titles; no full sentence as “endanger” is a verb) Errors 1, 2
(indent missing 3) One of the recent developments in (of-preposition 4) modern technology, cellular phones, can be a threat to safety. A study for Donald Redmond and Robert Lim of the (capital “U” 5) University of Toronto showed (study is in the past; completed could be present tense) that cellular phones pose (subject-verb “phones pose” 6) a risk to drivers. In fact, (comma missing after “In fact” or “in addition” and so on 7) people who talk on (“by” to “on” 8) the phone while driving are four (spelling mistake on “four” 9) times more likely to have an automobile accident than those who (“Who” not “whom” 10) do not use the phone while driving (“drive” changed to “driving” 11). I like to use my cell phone when I am driving because it is convenient. (Off topic sentence; should be omitted 12) The researchers studied 699 drivers who were in an automobile accident while they were using their (“they’re” changed to possessive “their” 13) cellular phones. (sentence fragment should be joined to previous sentence. 14) The researchers concluded that the main (“mane” should be spelled “main” 15) reason for the accidents was not that people used one hand for the telephone and one hand for driving. Instead, (introductory word “Instead” takes a comma 16) the cause of accidents were usually that the drivers became distracted, (comma for a list after “distracted” 17) angry or upset by the phone call. As a result, (comma again after “as a result” 18) the drivers (no apostrophe as no possessive 19) lost concentration. Many people find that monthly plans are more economical than pre-paid plans. (not a concluding sentence 20)
Health: In order to remain healthy, you must eat good, nutritious food. Breakfast is very important, especially if you're going to school because you can't pay attention if you are hungry. You should eat fruits and vegetables with every meal and avid food that is high in cholesterol and saturated fat. It's also important to drink a lot of liquids every day.
Cell Phones Endanger Drivers Dangerous Drivers on Cell Phones (suggested title)
(No underline in titles; no full sentence as “endanger” is a verb) Errors 1, 2
(indent missing 3) One of the recent developments in (of-preposition 4) modern technology, cellular phones, can be a threat to safety. A study for Donald Redmond and Robert Lim of the (capital “U” 5) University of Toronto showed (study is in the past; completed could be present tense) that cellular phones pose (subject-verb “phones pose” 6) a risk to drivers. In fact, (comma missing after “In fact” or “in addition” and so on 7) people who talk on (“by” to “on” 8) the phone while driving are four (spelling mistake on “four” 9) times more likely to have an automobile accident than those who (“Who” not “whom” 10) do not use the phone while driving (“drive” changed to “driving” 11). I like to use my cell phone when I am driving because it is convenient. (Off topic sentence; should be omitted 12) The researchers studied 699 drivers who were in an automobile accident while they were using their (“they’re” changed to possessive “their” 13) cellular phones. (sentence fragment should be joined to previous sentence. 14) The researchers concluded that the main (“mane” should be spelled “main” 15) reason for the accidents was not that people used one hand for the telephone and one hand for driving. Instead, (introductory word “Instead” takes a comma 16) the cause of accidents were usually that the drivers became distracted, (comma for a list after “distracted” 17) angry or upset by the phone call. As a result, (comma again after “as a result” 18) the drivers (no apostrophe as no possessive 19) lost concentration. Many people find that monthly plans are more economical than pre-paid plans. (not a concluding sentence 20)
expository expressions
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Irony
Death of a snow machine
1. What moments do you find humorous in this story?
2. Who/what is the protagonist in the story? Did he overreact to his frustrations or did he do the right thing at the end? Explain your opinion.
3. Who/what is the antagonist in the story?
4. Can you relate to the feeling of frustration when a machine or piece of technology doesn't work?
5. Is there irony in this story? Can you explain it?
6. Is there a turning point or climax in the story? When is it?
1. What moments do you find humorous in this story?
2. Who/what is the protagonist in the story? Did he overreact to his frustrations or did he do the right thing at the end? Explain your opinion.
3. Who/what is the antagonist in the story?
4. Can you relate to the feeling of frustration when a machine or piece of technology doesn't work?
5. Is there irony in this story? Can you explain it?
6. Is there a turning point or climax in the story? When is it?
Short Story Literary Terms
Expository Paragraphs
The Necklace
1. Is Mathilde a sympathetic character? Can you identify with her? Do you care about her at the beginning, or at the end? Why or why not?
2. What do you think Maupassant/the narrator feels about his characters? Is he sympathetic? Distant? Judgmental?
3. How does Mathilde strike you as a woman? Does she capture some important part of what it means to be a woman now? Or is she just an old, bad stereotype?
4. Is there anything Mathilde could have done to make herself happy in her initial situation? Could her husband have done anything more?
5. Is "The Necklace" a cynical story – does it reflect a really bleak and jaded view of life? Does it have some other attitude towards life?
6. Does "The Necklace" have a moral? What is it, if it does?
7. What's your verdict on the story's ending? Does it affect you emotionally?
8. If the story hadn't ended with a twist, how do you think it would have ended? Could it have ended in any other way and been as effective (and short) a story?
2. What do you think Maupassant/the narrator feels about his characters? Is he sympathetic? Distant? Judgmental?
3. How does Mathilde strike you as a woman? Does she capture some important part of what it means to be a woman now? Or is she just an old, bad stereotype?
4. Is there anything Mathilde could have done to make herself happy in her initial situation? Could her husband have done anything more?
5. Is "The Necklace" a cynical story – does it reflect a really bleak and jaded view of life? Does it have some other attitude towards life?
6. Does "The Necklace" have a moral? What is it, if it does?
7. What's your verdict on the story's ending? Does it affect you emotionally?
8. If the story hadn't ended with a twist, how do you think it would have ended? Could it have ended in any other way and been as effective (and short) a story?
Paragraphs
(4 types)
There are four types of paragraphs that you need to know about: descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive. A quick search around the internet will yield other types, but to keep this simple, it's a good idea to consider just these four.
the descriptive paragraph: This type of paragraph describes something and shows the reader what a thing or a person is like. The words chosen in the description often appeal to the five senses of touch, smell, sight, sound, and taste. Descriptive paragraphs can be artistic and may deviate from grammatical norms.
the narrative paragraph: This type of paragraph tells a story. There's a sequence of action or there's a clear beginning, middle, and end to the paragraph.
the expository paragraph: This type of paragraph explains something or provides instruction. It could also describe a process and move the reader step by step through a method. This type of paragraph often requires research, but it's possible that the writer is able to rely on his or her own knowledge and expertise.
the persuasive paragraph: This type of paragraph tries to get the reader to accept a particular point of view or understand the writer's position. This is the type of paragraph that many teachers focus on because it's useful when building an argument. It often requires the collection of facts and research.
It important to point out that many paragraphs are a combination of these four types, but for the purpose of instruction, let's consider some examples of each:
1. This is a descriptive paragraph:
The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music, and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word . The groups change more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath; already there are wanderers, confident girls who weave here and there among the stouter and more stable, become from a sharp, joyous moment the center of a group, and then, excited with triumph, glide on through the sea-change of faces and voices and color under the constantly changing light.
This excerpt is taken from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In this paragraph you can hear, see, and feel the setting in which the story takes place. When you practice writing a descriptive paragraph yourself, you should address all aspects of the physical world.
2. This is a narrative paragraph:
It's been almost ten years since I first ran for political office. I was thirty-five at the time, four years out of law school, recently married, and generally impatient with life. A seat in the Illinois legislature had opened up, and several friends suggested that I run, thinking that my work as a civil rights lawyer, and contacts from my days as a community organizer, would make me a viable candidate. After discussing it with my wife, I entered the race and proceeded to do what every first-time candidate does: I talked to anyone who would listen. I went to block club meetings and church socials, beauty shops and barbershops. If two guys were standing on a corner, I would cross the street to hand them campaign literature. And everywhere I went, I'd get some version of the same two questions.
This opening paragraph from Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope tell and interesting story about how a man entered the arena of politics. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end, and it raises the reader's curiosity about what will happen next.
3. This is an expository paragraph:
All toilet flush tanks work about the same. When the toilet is flushed, the trip handle lifts the tank ball, opening the outlet and letting water flow into the bowl. When the tank is nearly empty, the ball falls back in place over the outlet. The float falls with the water level, opening the water-supply inlet valve just as the outlet is being closed, and the tank is refilled through the filler tube. Water also flows through the bowl refill tube into the overflow pipe to replenish trap-sealing water. As the water level in the tank nears the top of the overflow pipe, the float closes the inlet valve, completing the cycle.
This paragraph from Reader's Digest Complete Do-it-yourself Manual gives detailed information about how how the water moves through a toilet when it is flushed. It's instructive, and if you like this kind of thing, it may even be interesting.
4. This is a persuasive paragraph:
Immigration contributes to the overall health of the Canadian economy. Despite recent concerns related to the costs created by illegal and some legal immigration to the United States, this country has largely benefited from the skills, talents, and ambition that immigrants bring with them. Canadian businesses gain from a source of affordable labour, while town and cities are revitalized by immigrant families who strengthen communities through civic participation the generation of new economic activity. Canada must continue to welcome new arrivals and help those who already here; otherwise, the country will lose the advantages it has over other industrialized countries who compete against us in the global marketplace and seek to recruit from a vast pool of unskilled and skilled global workers.
This is the paragraph that appeared on the page describing what a paragraph is. You can tell who wrote it. You can tell the author has an opinion about a particular topic, and in this paragraph they want the reader to accept or consider their position. The persuasive paragraph is, perhaps, the most difficult to write, but also the most important, as essays consist of persuasive paragraphs.
the descriptive paragraph: This type of paragraph describes something and shows the reader what a thing or a person is like. The words chosen in the description often appeal to the five senses of touch, smell, sight, sound, and taste. Descriptive paragraphs can be artistic and may deviate from grammatical norms.
the narrative paragraph: This type of paragraph tells a story. There's a sequence of action or there's a clear beginning, middle, and end to the paragraph.
the expository paragraph: This type of paragraph explains something or provides instruction. It could also describe a process and move the reader step by step through a method. This type of paragraph often requires research, but it's possible that the writer is able to rely on his or her own knowledge and expertise.
the persuasive paragraph: This type of paragraph tries to get the reader to accept a particular point of view or understand the writer's position. This is the type of paragraph that many teachers focus on because it's useful when building an argument. It often requires the collection of facts and research.
It important to point out that many paragraphs are a combination of these four types, but for the purpose of instruction, let's consider some examples of each:
1. This is a descriptive paragraph:
The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music, and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word . The groups change more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath; already there are wanderers, confident girls who weave here and there among the stouter and more stable, become from a sharp, joyous moment the center of a group, and then, excited with triumph, glide on through the sea-change of faces and voices and color under the constantly changing light.
This excerpt is taken from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In this paragraph you can hear, see, and feel the setting in which the story takes place. When you practice writing a descriptive paragraph yourself, you should address all aspects of the physical world.
2. This is a narrative paragraph:
It's been almost ten years since I first ran for political office. I was thirty-five at the time, four years out of law school, recently married, and generally impatient with life. A seat in the Illinois legislature had opened up, and several friends suggested that I run, thinking that my work as a civil rights lawyer, and contacts from my days as a community organizer, would make me a viable candidate. After discussing it with my wife, I entered the race and proceeded to do what every first-time candidate does: I talked to anyone who would listen. I went to block club meetings and church socials, beauty shops and barbershops. If two guys were standing on a corner, I would cross the street to hand them campaign literature. And everywhere I went, I'd get some version of the same two questions.
This opening paragraph from Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope tell and interesting story about how a man entered the arena of politics. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end, and it raises the reader's curiosity about what will happen next.
3. This is an expository paragraph:
All toilet flush tanks work about the same. When the toilet is flushed, the trip handle lifts the tank ball, opening the outlet and letting water flow into the bowl. When the tank is nearly empty, the ball falls back in place over the outlet. The float falls with the water level, opening the water-supply inlet valve just as the outlet is being closed, and the tank is refilled through the filler tube. Water also flows through the bowl refill tube into the overflow pipe to replenish trap-sealing water. As the water level in the tank nears the top of the overflow pipe, the float closes the inlet valve, completing the cycle.
This paragraph from Reader's Digest Complete Do-it-yourself Manual gives detailed information about how how the water moves through a toilet when it is flushed. It's instructive, and if you like this kind of thing, it may even be interesting.
4. This is a persuasive paragraph:
Immigration contributes to the overall health of the Canadian economy. Despite recent concerns related to the costs created by illegal and some legal immigration to the United States, this country has largely benefited from the skills, talents, and ambition that immigrants bring with them. Canadian businesses gain from a source of affordable labour, while town and cities are revitalized by immigrant families who strengthen communities through civic participation the generation of new economic activity. Canada must continue to welcome new arrivals and help those who already here; otherwise, the country will lose the advantages it has over other industrialized countries who compete against us in the global marketplace and seek to recruit from a vast pool of unskilled and skilled global workers.
This is the paragraph that appeared on the page describing what a paragraph is. You can tell who wrote it. You can tell the author has an opinion about a particular topic, and in this paragraph they want the reader to accept or consider their position. The persuasive paragraph is, perhaps, the most difficult to write, but also the most important, as essays consist of persuasive paragraphs.
PAragraph Examples
Tuesday, Feb 14th
Step 1: Find a song that has lyrics that demonstrate one poetic device. Record
the lyrics in your journal, along with song title, songwriter and performer
Step 2: Find a song that uses TWO poetic devices in its lyrics. Record the lyrics
in your journal. Don't forget song title, songwriter and performer
Step 3: Find a song that uses as many poetic devices as you can!! Record which
poetic devices are used, how many are used, and the song title,
songwriter and performer
Step 4: Choose one of your favourite songs and write a paragraph explaining
why you like the song, the poetic devices used, if any, and research
some of the history of the song, such as who wrote it, what it is about,
why the songwriter wrote it, etc...
** When all finished, you can continue to work on your poems, or any unfinished stories in your journal.
the lyrics in your journal, along with song title, songwriter and performer
Step 2: Find a song that uses TWO poetic devices in its lyrics. Record the lyrics
in your journal. Don't forget song title, songwriter and performer
Step 3: Find a song that uses as many poetic devices as you can!! Record which
poetic devices are used, how many are used, and the song title,
songwriter and performer
Step 4: Choose one of your favourite songs and write a paragraph explaining
why you like the song, the poetic devices used, if any, and research
some of the history of the song, such as who wrote it, what it is about,
why the songwriter wrote it, etc...
** When all finished, you can continue to work on your poems, or any unfinished stories in your journal.
POETREE
Poetry writing prompts
BEANS, BEANS, BEANS (Monday Poem)
by Lucia and James L. Hymes, Jr.
Baked beans,
Butter beans,
Big fat lima beans,
Long thin string beans.
Those are just a few.
Green beans,
Black beans,
Big fat kidney beans,
Red hot chili beans,
Jumping beans too.
Pea beans,
Pinto beans,
Don't forget shelly beans.
Last of all, best of all,
I like jelly beans!
Limericks
A mouse in her room woke Miss Dowd
She was frightened--it must be allowed.
Soon a happy thought hit her --
To scare off the critter,
She sat up in bed and meowed.
A crossword compiler named Moss
Who found himself quite at a loss
When asked, “Why so blue?”
Said, “I haven’t a clue
I’m 2 Down to put 1 Across.
Is it me or the nature of money
That's odd and peculiar? Funny,
But when I have dough
It goes quickly, you know,
And seeps out of my pockets like honey.
There was a young lady named Perkins,
Who just simply doted on gherkins.
In spite of advice,
She ate so much spice,
That she pickled her internal workins
There was an old man from Milan,
Whose limericks never would scan.
When told this was so,
He said, 'yes, I know.
'But I always try to get as many syllables into the last line as I possibly can.'
Excerpts from "10,000 Jokes, Toasts & Stories"
A Mammoth Encyclopedia of Wit and Humor
Edited by Lewis & Faye Copeland
Copyrights 1939, 1940 and 1965
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
by Lucia and James L. Hymes, Jr.
Baked beans,
Butter beans,
Big fat lima beans,
Long thin string beans.
Those are just a few.
Green beans,
Black beans,
Big fat kidney beans,
Red hot chili beans,
Jumping beans too.
Pea beans,
Pinto beans,
Don't forget shelly beans.
Last of all, best of all,
I like jelly beans!
Limericks
A mouse in her room woke Miss Dowd
She was frightened--it must be allowed.
Soon a happy thought hit her --
To scare off the critter,
She sat up in bed and meowed.
A crossword compiler named Moss
Who found himself quite at a loss
When asked, “Why so blue?”
Said, “I haven’t a clue
I’m 2 Down to put 1 Across.
Is it me or the nature of money
That's odd and peculiar? Funny,
But when I have dough
It goes quickly, you know,
And seeps out of my pockets like honey.
There was a young lady named Perkins,
Who just simply doted on gherkins.
In spite of advice,
She ate so much spice,
That she pickled her internal workins
There was an old man from Milan,
Whose limericks never would scan.
When told this was so,
He said, 'yes, I know.
'But I always try to get as many syllables into the last line as I possibly can.'
Excerpts from "10,000 Jokes, Toasts & Stories"
A Mammoth Encyclopedia of Wit and Humor
Edited by Lewis & Faye Copeland
Copyrights 1939, 1940 and 1965
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
JUST test me!!!
1. Who was the author of the poems we read yesterday?
2. Who read the poem, "Little Blue Eyeglasses" to the class yesterday?
3. How many items in a dozen?
4. What is your favourite colour?
5. What were the maximum number of pages your short story you wrote in class yesterday could be?
2. Who read the poem, "Little Blue Eyeglasses" to the class yesterday?
3. How many items in a dozen?
4. What is your favourite colour?
5. What were the maximum number of pages your short story you wrote in class yesterday could be?
1. Name 3 types of poems
2. What was the TITLE on the page you wrote personal information on yesterday?
3. Name 3 schools Mr. Wagner has worked at.
4. Name 3 people you sat near yesterday
5. What is the name of the TA in the class?
2. What was the TITLE on the page you wrote personal information on yesterday?
3. Name 3 schools Mr. Wagner has worked at.
4. Name 3 people you sat near yesterday
5. What is the name of the TA in the class?