ELA10 - Spoken Language (2 credit), CSS, Seipp

Here is a quick overview of the assignments for this unit.  However, be sure you read over the specific assignment instructions that follow for each one.  Review the marking rubrics for the assignments before you start.

ASSIGNMENT 1: News Report

You are the lead anchor on Global T.V. and you will be researching, writing, and reading the headline article on a topic that is in recent news

ASSIGNMENT 2:  Dear Ocean

Watch Shayne Koyczan's spoken word poem called "Dear Ocean".  Then write and/or perform a poem with the same theme.  This is time to do something about the state of our environment and the harm we have done to our earth.   Call people to action to do something.   You decide your environmental crusade.

ASSIGNMENT 3:  Digital Citizenship

Prepare a presentation for Grade 5 students on how best to maintain a positive online presence and good digital citizenship.  You're the teacher here.

ASSIGNMENT 4:  Public Service Announcement

Demonstrate your personal and social responsibility by developing a public service announcement to raise awareness, change public attitudes and behavior towards a social issue that is important to you.   It is also a good opportunity to further develop your expository and persuasive writing skills.

ASSIGNMENT 5:  Editing FORUM

Go through the 3 Grammar Resources listed under Course Resources.  These sites are from an online Grammar textbook called The Bare Essentials.  There are examples, practice exercises, and practice tests.

Do the practice tests in Unit 1 (WORDS) and Unit 4 (PUNCTUATION).  If you are not achieving 100% on these tests, review the lesson in the EXAMPLES and the do some practice EXERCISES to review.

In this forum, comment on which of the tests you found easiest.  Which one was most difficult?  Was there a concept in these practice tests that was unfamiliar to you?  How might you begin to apply these learning lessons into your own writing?  Can you see where you might use some of these conventions of language?  Provide a discussion of your results and their applications into your writing and spoken language.

ASSIGNMENT 6:  PROJECT:  Podcast

Develop a piece of writing (poem, short story, essay, speech, debate) that reflects your sense of social responsibility as you respond to the prompt:  "Culture is often expressed through the arts".  Review the key components of social responsibility as discussed in the introduction: 

1.  Contributing to community and caring for the environment

2.  Solving problems in peaceful ways

3.  Valuing diversity

4.  Building relationships

and then create your very own podcast.  Don't overthink the technology part of this assignment.  If you're having difficulties, ask your teacher right away.