English 10 Writing Rubric (6 point scale)

Reading—Making ConnectionsWritten-Response Rubric

6 points
Demonstrates an insightful understanding of the texts at an interpretive level. May make inferences. Mayshow understanding of literary techniques appropriate to genre. Support, explicit or implicit, is thoughtfuland well-integrated. Despite its clarity, response need not be flawless.

5 points
Demonstrates a clear understanding of the texts at an interpretive level. May show understanding of literarytechniques appropriate to genre. Support, explicit or implicit, is convincing and relevant to the task.

4 points
Demonstrates some understanding of the texts at an interpretive level. Response addresses the task in anorganized, straightforward manner, but may miss subtle or complex ideas. Supported by relevant detailsfrom the texts.

3 points
Demonstrates some understanding of the texts at a literal level. Response may be unclear, incomplete orlack detail, but still addresses the task. Ideas are often listed or developed unevenly. Support may consist oflong references to the texts which are not clearly connected to the central idea.

2 Points
Demonstrates a misreading or significant misunderstanding of the texts and/or task. Response may beincomplete or restatements of texts. Support is absent or flawed, with little evidence of relationships orconnections.

1 point
Demonstrates a misreading or significant misunderstanding of the texts and/or task. Response may beirrelevant. No evidence of support or connections between ideas. May be too short to meet therequirements of the task.

0 points
Makes no attempt to address the topic or simply restates the question.

English 10 Review and Test

Click on the first link and choose Jeopardy to review your terms:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=HPIB,HPIB:2006-32,HPIB:en&q=literary+terms+test&start=0&sa=N
Open the file. Do NOT save it.

Take the quiz and email it to mssesl@yahoo.ca or print it off.
Write the appropriate terms for the following examples:

1. The doctor's office closed due to illness.
2. The bruise on her arm was purple on top, blue in the center, and the size of a dime.
3. Your homework will rise up and bite you if you put it off.
4. Students are sailors on a journey.
5. Plan ahead: it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.
6. The more I hate him, the more I love him.
7. I love that glove; where did you get it?
8. Moo! Quack! Nay!
9. Done well, it is a satisfying sensation.
10. The cost-saving program became an expensive economy.

Go through a few Provincial practices. Click on the link and choose an exam to practice the multiple choice selections. Record your results and check them with the answer key provided.

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/welcome.php

English 10 Provincial Practice

Your task is to examine a reading and decide on a mark to give to the sample papers provided on the E-Assessment link. Follow the instructions:
1. Locate the link - E-Assessment and click on E-Exams Regular Format - Practice Marking.
2. Click on Marking Materials.
3. Click English 10 2007/08 Training Papers.
4. Read the stories: The True Story of Lake Ontario and Sharon Wood: No Limits.
5. Read sample 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and give a mark on a 6-point scale on a separate sheet of paper, with a brief explanation of your reasoning. DON'T look at the key to determine the marks. You can check it after you are done.

ESL Poetry Unit

May 7th - Library session 1 - Introduction
May 9th - Library session 2 - Find 3 poems and copy them
May 13th - Library session 3 - Poem responses
May 15th - Library session 4 - Create personal poems
May 19th - Library session 5 - Wrap up (if needed)