Making your own PSA

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/march21/video/2011-eng.asp

Click on the link above and view the winning clips done by Middle School students such as yourself. Every year Manitoba schools figure prominently among the winners. Answer the following questions

Which video did you find the most convincing?

What did you find so effective about this video?

How many scenes did the 30 second clip have?

Was their a voiceover?

Was music used, and if so, what did the music contribute?

Buck Buck

Listening to the recording Buck Buck in the pick-up box under 6aLA. The recording is really two stories, one story leading to the other story. Answer the following questions

Short Story-Due Wed. June 8th

Create a short story. Be sure to consult the rubric we made in class. Also remember to include the components of a story that we have been studying all year:
Initial Action
Conflict
Rising Action
Climax
Conclusion

Book Reviews

Dangerous Dan McGrew

On the poem we read in class, consult your copy and answer the following questions. Also be sure to make use of your notes and examples of figurative language.


Page One
1. Find 3 metaphors
2. Find 2 examples of alliteration
3. Find 1 simile
4. Find 1 example of personification
Page Two
1. Find 3 metaphors
2. Find 2 examples of alliteration
3. Find 1 example of personification
Page Three
1. Find 1 simile
2. Find 2 metaphors
3. Find 3 alliterations
Bonus:
When and Where in Canada does the story take place?
What is the story of the poem?
The rhyme scheme is?

Questions on Sam McGee

Questions on Sam McGee

1. What is the setting of the poem?

2. What is the rhyme scheme?

3. How many lines to a stanza?

From page 2 of the Poem

4. Give an example of a metaphor

5. Give an example of personification

6. Give an example of onomatopoeia



(Do not use the same example for more than one answer)

Figurative Language

Send a blog with an example of a:

Hyperbole-

Personification-

Metaphor-

Alliteration-

Onomatopoeia-