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Distance Learning Week 4

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Message:

​Let me know of any issues, questions, or concerns via email at Email me at craig.beckett@ucdsb.on.ca
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Assignment!

Assignment: Analysing Chapters in Life of Pi
Suggested timeline: April 24 - May15
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Friday May 8, 2020

Lesson: Thousand Year Old Ghosts
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Complete the following Magic Realism "Look Fors" chart. When you finish please email me at craig.beckett@ucdsb.on.ca with Beckywork: ghosts in the subject line.
​It doesn't need to be completed today.
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For Fun: Lateral Thinking Question

Y​esterday's answer:
Seven years old.

Today: When a fire broke out in an airplane, a panicking passenger opened the emergency hatch and threw himself out, even though he had no parachute. How was it that when the rescue services found him,  he was alive and well and without injury?

The first person to email me the correct answer at craig.beckett@ucdsb.on.ca wins three points. Each subsequent correct answer gets one point.
Please let me know if I miss any of your points!
Leaderboard
Jasmine F-Y - 31 Points 
Juilia C - 17 Points
​Nik H - 24 Point​s
Ireland B - 5 Points​​
Abby S - 7 Points
Lauren L  - 6  Points
Andy H - 3 Points
James M - 3 Points
Eowyn  D - 2 Points
Trista S - 1 Point
​Tiana B - 1 Point

Wednesday, May 6, 2020


Writing Wednesday: The reference tab in MS Word
 

Create a works cited list using the References tab in Microsoft Word.
Three books I want you to add to your Works Cited Page are:
  • Life of Pi
  • “The Paper Menagerie” The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
  • Heart of Darkness

​Publication info in the pdf below
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You can access MS word on your UC account! If this is too much you can do it the old-fashioned way by typing your works cited manually.

Email your works cited to me!
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Monday, May 4, 2020

Grammar Monday: hyphen-dash

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colons___semi_colons_answers.pdf
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