English 10 Homework for Monday, Oct. 6:

1. Please print out the document at the following address: http://quizlet.com/15475808/grade-10-english-provincial-examinable-terms-devices

These are Grade 10 Examinable Terms for the Provincial Exam.  It is 7 or 8 pages. Please put it in your Elements of Literature section of your binder.

2. Your "Personal Reflection on the Environment" is due at the beginning of class, Monday. This is a word-processed multi-paragraph assignment. It is your thoughts, ideas, concerns, about the subject, using references/examples from the  readings and visuals we have studied. It is a sincere, thoughtful, personal response to it all.  Please use Times New Roman or Calibri, 12 point font, and use 1.5 to 2 spacing. Please do not add extra spaces between paragraphs, but simply indent when you re-paragraph.

The expression "I think" is overused and should be eliminated or reduced in your writing. Say what you feel and think, of course, but repetitive terms like this one can reduce the effect of your writing.

For Example:

weak: I think that Burtynsky's film, "Manufactured Landscapes,"is a powerful way of showing our rampant consumption and throwaway culture.

stronger: Burtynsky's visuals in "Manufactured Landscapes" are fascinating and disturbing, in showing how our rampant consumption and our throwaway culture, leaves the environment, and those who live in it, poisoned. 

use imagery( vivid description) : I contribute to the mountains of e-waste that is shipped to China and left to leach industrial toxins into the earth. The beaming children who played in these hills of toxic waste, in one scene, made me feel... 

Think about: What do you do with your waste? How do you contribute to all this.  What are doing or not doing in your part of the planet .... make connections with your life, and in other ways.

Please bring all your "April 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains"materials with you, Monday. We will work on them in class.