Personal and Cultural Identity
Summary Explanation of Assignments
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: Film Analysis
Writing a film analysis involves a discussion of cinematic, theatrical and other elements such as irony, satire, foreshadowing, setting, plot. Choose one of these and discuss. Be sure to identify which film you have chosen to view and discuss in your topic sentence.
ASSIGNMENT 2: Content Curator
Become a content expert on an issue surrounding our expectations of privacy in this world. Pool these resources into a blog on your topic by using appropriate website evaluation strategies and correct citation methods.
ASSIGNMENT 3: Symbols
Make connections to how symbols are an important part of personal and cultural identity by looking at First Nations symbology and then making a connection to your own symbol. Be creative! Develop your own.
ASSIGNMENT 4: Descriptive Writing
You should know how to visually describe the significance of an observation to better represent the importance of a scene, memory, character, etc. There are many applications of descriptive writing and being aware of your surroundings.
ASSIGNMENT 5: Response 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 2 (SENTENCES) and Unit 3 (GRAMMAR). 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 creative writing.
ASSIGNMENT 6: PROJECT - Writing a Personal Narrative
Your project for this unit is to write a personal narrative that is based on the many creative ideas found in using new media. Write a multi-paragraph composition on one of the writing prompts in the assignment. Connect not only to your own experiences but also to ideas/themes commonly found in using digital technology. You may agree or disagree with the prompt.