Welcome to Mr. Liconti's Grade 12 University English (ENG4U) course.
Our readings include the drama Hamlet, and either the novel Frankenstein or 1984. Various short stories and poems from around the world, as well as both media studies and non-fiction texts will be read. Reading, writing, listening and speaking skills will be our focus.
Welcome!
Course Introduction
Staying Healthy:
Anxiety & Stress
Profile Cards
Our Calendar
Fire Plan & Safety
Semester at a glance
eng4u1.liconti.ca overview (Course Outline, Calendar, Term work and Final work)
Join Google Classroom
Connect to Wi-Fi / password reset
Originality Report in Google Classroom
Knowing who you are logged in as when using your Chrome browser
Install the Google Classroom App on your phone.
Mark update email
Reading and Literature: Note taking with graphic organizers (Teacher Tools)
Reading and Literature: Analysis Questions overview and explanation. Focus on Theme, Symbol and Style & Tone sections.
Reading and Literature: Literary Terms. Use as needed.
Short Stories Activity. overview
Short Stories Activity work period, if there is time.
Activities are for feedback, assignments are for marks.
The Pocock library's database passwords are listed in the library's Google Classroom
Accessing the school library's databases - and how to do this from home (Library Catalogue Link at the very top of any DPCDSB page).
Short Stories Activity work period
Activities are for feedback, assignments are for marks.
Present your analysis. Each section (plot, setting, character, POV, theme, symbolism, style and tone) should be under 5 minutes. 7 sections x 4 minutes = 30 minute max. presentation time per group - Activities are for feedback, assignments are for marks.
All groups must be ready to go in a random order.
Any remaining groups will present their Short Stories Activity.
How to discover and develop the theme of a short story into a statement.
The list of stories you can pick from
Why we write annotated bibliographies
Recap Video: What's an Annotated Bibliography?
The random Pick List for the Short Story Assignment in the Google Classroom.
Start looking through the list of stories, and sort them by interest.
Choose your story for Short Story Assignment. See the random Pick List in the Google Classroom.
In Class Demand Writing: Short Story Assessment
Library Lesson! We should be going to the Library to have a session with the school librarian about annotated bibliographies at some point during Lesson 8. If you missed it, here's the handout: Annotated Bibliography - Library Presentation
Let's look at some sample theme statements. They are located in my ENG4U SS Examples folder. (Thanks Christian C.)
Simple Essay Editing Guide and a more complex editing guide: A Guide to Essay Writing
Introducing quotes with common signal phrases
Quick MLA Review (again...)
Tone Words: Choosing the right words
How to write a thesis statement (From Topic to Thesis, again)
How to Use Rhetoric to Get What You Want
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
In Class Demand Writing (overview): Nonfiction In Class Demand Write
Video : J.K. Rowling
Class Activity: Commencement Speech Analysis
Video : Jason Reynolds
Class Activity: Commencement Speech Analysis
Transcript: Ursula K. Le Guin
Class Activity: Commencement Speech Analysis
Today's Nonfiction essay is in our Google Classroom
Class Activity: Essay Analysis "Buttons or Bows?" - Focus on Theme and Rhetoric (Ethos and Pathos)
Nonfiction In Class Demand Write 1
Today's Nonfiction essay is in our Google Classroom
Class Activity: Essay Analysis "We Are Double-Plus Unfree"- Focus on Theme and Figurative Language
Nonfiction In Class Demand Write 2
Today's Nonfiction essay is in our Google Classroom
Class Activity: Essay Analysis "We" - Focus on Theme and Writing Conventions / Variables
Nonfiction In Class Demand Write 3
Extra Resources for The Monomyth (Extra resources)
Start reading Frankenstein and answering the questions. The reading (and question) schedule is listed below.
Start thinking about which students you would like to work with for the Frankenstein Seminar Assignment
Make Groups for Frankenstein Seminar Assignment
DUE: Frankenstein Note Taking Questions & Discussion: Letters - 3
Frankenstein Quiz 1 will happen on the first day of this lesson.
Clarify topic(s) for the Frankenstein Seminar Assignment
Choose your seminar topics for the Frankenstein Seminar Assignment
If we have extra time work on period : Frankenstein Seminar Assignment
DUE: Frankenstein Note Taking Questions & Discussion: 4 - 8
Frankenstein In Class Demand Write will happen on the first day of this lesson.
If we have extra time work on period : Frankenstein Seminar Assignment
DUE: Frankenstein Note Taking Questions & Discussion: 9 - 14
If we have extra time work on period : Frankenstein Seminar Assignment
DUE: Frankenstein Note Taking Questions & Discussion: 15 - 20
Frankenstein In Class Demand Write will happen on the first day of this lesson.
If we have extra time work on period : Frankenstein Seminar Assignment
DUE: Frankenstein Note Taking Questions & Discussion: 21 - 24
Frankenstein In Class Demand Write will happen on the second day of this lesson.
Work period : Frankenstein Seminar Assignment
Student Seminar Presentations. All seminars are due at 8AM on the first day of presentations. See presentation order in the Google Classroom.
Timeline Part 2: Adding specific works: What we've studied, the allusions and where we are going. Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Aristotle's Poetics, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and Shakespeare )
Hamlet - a copy of the play
Hamlet In Class Demand Writing Assignment OR Hamlet Writing in Role OR Hamlet Mini-Essay Outline Assignment
What is a Mini-Essay Outline? What does a Mini-Essay Outline look like?
Ideas you need to know before we begin: Ancient Greek Tragedy, Existentialism, What is Tragedy?, Aristotle's Poetics
Ask your questions... I'll answer anything from the Reading Questions for Hamlet section, or anything else you want to discuss about the play.
At some point, after Hamlet, we'll start Frye-days on Fridays, perhaps.
Introduction to the Poetry Workshop (pages 2 - 4). The workshop will continue through this unit.
Reading a poem: Emily Dickinson
Avoiding secondary and tertiary sources. How would you know this? Emily thinks she's a bad poet.
Nuts and bolts: A Glossary of Poetic Terms
Recap of some basic Poetic Devices and Mini Analysis
Form and Rhyme: Sonnet 18
Rhyme scheme vs word choice: Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
Finding Poetic Devices: First Ice by Andrei Voznesensky
Prosody Isn't Easy For Sir (Part 1): 3 Ways to Look at Rhythm - Specifically poetic meter: Poetic Meter in Rap.
Prosody Isn't Easy For Sir (Part 2): A very clear approach on finding poetic meter: How to Scan a Poem.
Prosody Isn't Easy For Sir (Part 3): On Prosody: Tips for Scanning Poetry
Poetry Workshop - Continue from page 5
Add terms and strategies to your poetry notes
Answer questions for To Autumn by John Keats
FOR HOMEWORK: Poetry Response - Choose your poem
Poetry Workshop - Form a small group (3 students) with students that you have not worked with. Read your answers to each other.
Reviewing Did I Plagiarize?
Poetry Response - Step 1
FOR HOMEWORK: Poetry Response - Step 2
Poetry Response - Step 3
Poetry Response - Step 4
Poetry Response - Steps 5 - 7
Three poetry anthologies: Poetry in Voice, Poetry Foundation, Representative Poetry Online
Poetry across time: Old English, Middle English, Modern English - Old ENG4U Poetry Anthology
See Calendar for due date: Media Studies Assessment
Bonus Media Studies Content:
ENG4U CPT - AI Generated Images, Media Studies and Hamlet
CPT introduction (again): Types of Social Media
See Calendar for due date: Culminating Performance Task (CPT)