Please email me your final essay if you have not already done so. I must have your essay by Jan. 31st.
Best wishes to you all. Sayonara.
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Happy New Year . Best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous year.
“There is never a stop to the sunrise. Sunrise happens all day long. Somewhere on this earth the sun is rising. Somewhere on this earth the sun is setting. That was just where YOU were. It never stops. It keeps happening all day long. And what is your night, somewhere is daylight.”
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Write your final essay and bring your first draft to the next class, Jan. 5th.
If you cannot attend Jan. 5th, please email me your work.
Today’s class
1-to-1 conferencing
The purpose of your final project is to help you and your classmates better understand the story of TMN.
Therefore, in your essay, always connect your research with The Magician’s Nephew.
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1-to-1 conferencing with students about their writing
Mini-lecture on how and why Digory grows.
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Compare Uncle Andrew and Jadis. Are they both equally evil? Explain.
Decide on your final project. Tell me by Dec. 22nd.
Today’s class
MLA style for bibliography
In-text citation (MLA style)
Claim and evidence
How to re-write (paraphrase or summarise) the text.
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How does Digory grow in this story? Compare how he is at the beginning (when he meets Polly; when Polly disappears), in the middle (in the Wood Between the Worlds, in Charn) and at the end (meeting Aslan, in the garden). Explain why he changes.
Today’s class
1-to-1 conferencing about students’ writing.
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Aslan gives the children a warning. What is the warning?
This chapter has a happy ending. List the good things that happen.
Today’s class
1-to-1 conferencing about students’ writing.
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Next class is Nov. 24th (no class next week Nov. 17th).
Answer these two questions about chapter 14:
How will the apple that Digory brings back from the garden help protect Narnia from the Witch?
What would have happened if Digory had given the apple to his mother instead of to Aslan as he had promised? Why?
Today’s class
Model answers to last week’s 6 questions.
1-to-1 conferencing with students about their writing
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