Mr. Sweetman

English 11 and 12 Please help and support your classmates during this assignment. Part A) Current Events: With a partner view five different internet news sources (one must be a blog), and determine what the most important news stories are today. Be ready to report to the class: Sources of news you read A list of the the top five most important news articles ranked from most important to least important. A short explanation of why you chose your top ranked news article to be number one. Justify why it was so important. Did you find any bias in the news? (challenge yourself) Part B) Task: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqcyz3UDvGw Please go to the above youtube video, and view it. Please do not explore the side bar or comments, just play the video in full screen and enjoy. Once finished viewing video answer the following questions in a blog post: Is the Fox News reporter lying? Why is this an example of bias in th...

The following is an example of a website building project or assignment, and was my first attempt at project based learning assignment. Part A) Welcome to the Prespatou Projecta project based learning assignment! Positions you can apply for are: 1) Website and Graphic design (2) 2) Marketing and promotion (2) 3) Journalist/Interviewer (2) 4) Video (2) 5) Photographer 6) Content providers: historian Welcome to the Prespatou Project! Part B) Remember: The purpose of the project is to create a site that will attract teachers to Prespatou School.  We want to make it clear just how great the community and school are! Congratulations, you've all been hired: 1) Website and Graphic design:  Duncan and Kevin 2) Internet marketing and promotion: Justina and Krystal 3) Journalist/Interviewer: Eliza and Celena 4) Videographers: Paul and Jayden 5) Photographer: Kathryn and Naomi 6) Content providers: Jalayna, Mathias, and Lilly Your assignment ...

1) RSS Reading Report : Go to your google reader and select one new blog or website post to read.  Create a report on the post for your peers. Include : How do you know this site is a reliable source of information? Give at least three reasons. Why you've chosen the subject? Was today's reading interesting? Explain why or why not? 2) Once finished please find three other class blogs and comment on your peers writing. 3) Using Itunes and Google, track down one podcast or netcast related to your career and hobby interests?

Exchange your short story with a partner or group, and from the story you read find one good example of  the following: 1) Characterization 2) Imagery 3) Humour/Voice 4) Creating suspense 5) Connecting back to the topic at the end. Once you've found an example record it on the Google doc titled Short Story: Celebration of Success!

Please take ten minutes to write a reflection on yesterday's quiz. 1) Reflect on how you prepared by studying, and if it was adequate? 2) How you approached your short story? 3) Overall what you have learned from the experience? Keep in mind that I'll be asking you to re-read this at the end of the semester before the exam, and that this is the first part of a two part reflection.  The second will come after we review your marked quiz...