Happy Halloween!!

A Block: 

• Discussed challenges to new immigrants coming to PEI
• Discussed whether or not assimilation was necessary
• Discussed racism/discrimination

"We Are More" Group Assignment

•You may work in pairs or groups (each person is responsible for 5 lines)

•You must use this class to create an Island version of “We Are More”.  We have a very unique Island culture, and as we know, people sometimes like to “poke fun” at those who are different. 

•Your mission is to create a slam poem (spoken word poem) which embodies the theme “We Are More”.

•You will be asked to present your poem at the end of class.

You will be graded on your presentation (creativity and performance) and your ability to highlight our Island culture and respond to any stereotypes the rest of Canada, The United States, or the world might have toward us.

You will have the opportunity to work on this for the first 20 minutes of class tomorrow.

  Please watch the following video:•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQbQGn_rqTw

•Slam poet: Shane Koyczan

 

 

Block B:

• "We Are More " Group assignment (worked on this entire period)
• See above for more details.
• Silent Reading first thing tomorrow morning and then we will be presenting these.