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Brock University Faculty of Education

Senior Basic English (9M20): Resource File

Ken Draayer & Bob McLaughlin

OVERVIEW DOCUMENTS

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND RELATED WEB DOCUMENTS

FILES RELATED TO SPECIFIC MODULES

LITERATURE STUDY AND READING

These files are largely from Ken's collection of documents made while he was in the classroom. Some are, but most are not complete units. They are also just those plans, and parts of plans, that ended up in word processed documents - all from the Pre-Expectations period - the Age of Discovery. We post them not because they are exemplary, but because they might give you some ideas. Some colleagues have also agreed to add a thing or two - thanks to them! If you would like to contribute something, please send it along. We reserve the right to do some editing, but will give you credit when we post.

Reading Scripts Aloud: some teaching strategies and tools for encouraging students to read well when they read aloud.
Fifth Business: Questions on the six parts
Macbeth: A summary of scenes in the play
Macbeth language: samples of vocabulary, sentence structure and imagery from Act I to prep students for reading difficulties
Catcher in the Rye: Chapter titles, Vignettes, Inventory (Index) and more
Doing Children's Literature: Notes towards a unit in which Grade 11 students compose children's stories for elementary students
Rubric for a Children's book created by Judy Wedeles, a former student
Heart of Darkness: Notes and lists prepared for a digital edition of the full text
Senior Mythology: This is a full unit, though you'll appreciate it was not written in current jargon. It outlines materials to be covered but does not place them in precise periods of time.
Hamlet: Notes, lists toward a unit of study
Hamlet Test: Acts 1 to 3 (Quotations)
Hamlet Webquest (Graciously offered by Chuck Stone, Head of English at A.N. Myer, this file opens with Macromedia Flash Player.)
A further Webquest piece (also from Chuck Stone) on Brave New World
Grade 9 Poetry: activities dealing with simile and metaphor
Tools for Teaching Reading from Jim Burke at Heinemann Publishers
Indexing your Novel

READING STRATEGIES DOCUMENTS

These docuements will apply, or can be adapted to, some College and Workplace courses at the senior level where students are struggling with reading.

MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS

Communicating with Parents (A file containing some good ideas for professional behavior and keeping the peace.)
The Invisible Student (Classroom management, dealing with absent students)
Marking Exams (A rubric to consider for the task so that rather than giving specific marks for questions, you assess general categories of knowledge and skill based on responses to exam questions.)
Doing Interviews: some suggestions to help you prepare for job hunting
Grade Book (by strand) (a proposed grade book structure for teachers who collect final marks by strand)
Grade Book (by category): a proposed grade book structure from the Halton Board for teachers collecting marks by the four categories of the achievement chart
Individual Grade Book (for collecting marks on a single student, by strand)
Learning Skills rubric

FILES ON WRITING AND GRAMMAR

Grammar (Three documents in one: a jigsaw group work approach to looking at some elements of grammar; the "fumblerules" of grammar; and a proposed marking legend of about a dozen key errors that student writers are likely to commit.)
Getting a Grip on Grammar (brief suggestions of what needs emphasis in teaching)
Mental Jogging (Listing to discover ideas)
Revising Style (An interesting assignment to get students to examine the question of style in writing.)
Quotations: What is Writing?
Marking Faster, Better, Funner (several tips on marking)
Revision: A passage for improvement of style

WEB LINKS

The 7 Best Sites on the Teaching of Writing (so the website says.....)
The Hilroy Fellowship Program (Submit a proposal for a great teaching idea - for fun and profit!)
Grammar Quizzes and Tests
The Grammar Index
WebQuest (for authoring and sharing plans on line: annual cost is $10 US to subscribe)
Skype (for free collaborative VOIP calls to colleagues)
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Ontario Educational Resource Bank provides access to resources and learning objects for teachers.
e-learning Ontario
English On Line (New Zealand)
The Ontario Curriculum Unit Planner
Interactive Game on Lord of the Flies

WEBLINKS FOR GRAMMAR

The first three sites are good general sites for initeractive exercises on line. The next three are specfic choices made while working to prepare some students for the OSSLT.

The following are some specific interactive exercises related to the OSSLT.