Communication

ASSIGNMENT 4: Conflict

Learning Target (Curricular Competencies):

  • Transform ideas and information to create original texts. 
  • Use the conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation proficiently and as appropriate to the context. 

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There are 2 main types of conflict found in literature:  internal and external.  Watch the video on conflict to review the 3 types of external conflict and the one type of internal conflict. 

Then demonstrate your understanding by engaging the characters you developed in the previous lesson in a conflict.

Task:

Write a short piece where your characters experience a conflict.  Write the dialogue.  How do they respond to it?  What might they do?  Is there a resolution? You can choose to write your characters into all the conflicts with short examples (2-3 lines each), or you can develop one main conflict in a longer piece.  Just be sure to clearly identify which conflict (s) you have chosen.

You can submit your conflict dialogues in written form or in audio form or you can act them out and record. 

Assessment:  Below you will find the exemplary criteria used to assess the assignment.  

Learning Target: (Exemplary 6/6): Exemplary comprehension of the task and clear accomplishment of the objective.  Student creates a piece with characters in a clearly identified conflict with a reasonable response. 

Written Expression:  (Exemplary (6/6):  Sentence structure and vocabulary are varied, skillfully written, and carefully chosen.  Work has been proofread and there are few or no errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.  Content contributes to the central idea and makes insightful connections with logical organization.

Submission

Use the "2.4 Conflict" link on the main page of this section of the course to upload your assignment to your teacher for marking.