January+2016

=January 14, 2016. This is my "Homework" for the MB Education Literacy with ICT Action Research Project.=

For those looking in, this is a Unit that I do with my students in a Grade 10 English Class. Basically, it is a novel unit, but the novel is only available online. In other words, I DO NOT give students a copy of the novel, and they CAN NOT get one from the library, since the book has been out of print for a very long time.

Why do it this way? To be fair, using Project Gutenberg is a bit of an experiment for me, and I wanted to see how students would take to it. Overall, it has gone well, and most students have no problem reading the book on their computers or on other devices, like smart phones, e-readers, or tablets.

All of the assignments are completed online, unless they choose performance options where they dramatize short portions of the text for the class. I use a "reader's theatre" approach for such things. I have used this unit now three times, most recently with a grade 10 class in November/December of 2015.

In our school, all students bring their own laptops to class every day. And we have pretty good wifi. So, we are a "BYOD 1to1 High School". If you look back through this wiki, you'll find a bit of the 6 year history of our school, as filtered through my experiences here.

Almost all of my teaching materials are uploaded to a secure server that is owned by the Louis Riel School Division, and students use a password to get into my stuff for their classes. If you look back at the home page for this wiki you'll find a couple of public-facing website wikis from about 5 years ago that I still have there, but now most of my things are "inside the gate".

So, here's the Unit, as students would see it:

= DOUBLE CHALLENGE =

By Jim Kjelgaard
Here is the link to your novel: [] Link to a few versions of your novel (ePub, html, txt) []

= Assignment One: 5w's & H = See if you can figure out the answers to thie "5w's & H" based on searches of the Internet and searches of the book: WHO is the main character? WHAT is the crisis that drives the plot? WHEN does this story take place? WHERE does this story take place? WHY is this a "coming of age" story? HOW is this story also about resource conservation?

= Assignment Two: Coming of Age, 3,2,1 = Find the following and submit it on line as a .doc or .docx attachment

Find a good definition of "Coming of Age". Copy it, and also provide your source or URL

Find: 3 Examples of rites and rituals connected to coming of age in Canada.

2 Examples of the same thing in other countries (Find INTERESTING examples!!)

1 Rite or ritual that you wish was part of coming of age in Canada.

= Assignment Three: Writing a Coming of Age Story =

Develop a story that follows the STORY MODEL that we covered in class. The crisis and climax must connect to the ideea of becoming an adult. I suggest that you connect your story to the previous assignment, since you were already researching this idea. Hand this in as a .docx file  Length: 750 words. I recommend no more than a 100 word intro, 600 for the body, and a 50 word resolution/denoument. Please double space and use Times New Roman, 12 pt, or a similar font and size.

= Assignment Four: Writing About Sustainable Employment = In the novel //Double Challenge//, Ted Harkness starts a business as a hunting guide. Ted is also a strong supporter of sustainable hunting practices and conservation, so he is a good example of a "green entrepreneur".

Based on pages 6 and 7 of //Making a Living, Sustainably//, write a 200-250 word job description for a job or profession that could be an example of a Green Career.

Based on the examples in //Making a Living, Sustainably//, your writing must include: 1. The title of the position or job 2. A 200-250 word write-up that explains the job AND explains how it is a "green" job. 3. A picture/photo that helps to illustrate and amplify the job that you have written about.

=SUSTAINABLE JOBS LINK= []

= = = Double Challenge Links = [] [] [] [] [] []