Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Dreams, Drawings and Storytelling

"Draw what you dream; dream what you draw" (Kit's Wilderness, p. 103).

Retell what is happening in the story when these words are spoken.
What do you think this statement means? Explain.
Do you think it is true? Explain.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

For the Birds

Watch the Pixar Short entitled For the Birds and respond. Use the Retell, Relate, Reflect format.

Describe what the film is about. Make some connections to show you understand what is happening in the film. Discuss what you think of the film. Make sure you include examples and explain your ideas.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

The Sorrow of Sarajevo

The Sorrow of Sarajevo

The Sarajevo wind
leafs through the newspapers
that are glued by blood to the street
I pass with a loaf of bread under my arm.

The river carries the corpse of a woman.
as I run across the bridge
with my canisters of water,
I notice her wristwatch, still in place.

Someone lobs a child's shoe
into the furnace. Family photographs spill
from the back of a garbage truck;
they carry inscriptions:
Love from ...love from...love ...

There's no way of describing these things,
not really. Each night I wake
and stand by the window to watch my neighbour
who stands by the window to watch the dark.

Write a reflection on the poem and the experience yesterday.

Begin by retelling what the poem is about.
Next, relate it to other poems, movies, songs, stories or other Remembrance day activities and explain.
Finally, reflect on the poem. Did you like it? Why/why not? Do you think it is effective? Why/why not?

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Kit's Wilderness Part 1 Chapter 12

Use the following format to organize a response to your reading of chapter 12.

I read ....
I think ...
Therefore ...

Remember that you are using the blog to demonstrate your thinking and understanding of the reading.

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