Today we went through characteristics of a Dystopian society and how they apply to The Chrysalids. This will be a question on your test tomorrow. After that, we watched an example of telepathy in Simpson's "The Shinning". I then went over the structure of a five-paragraph literary essay and assigned an in-class essay on The Chrysalids for Tuesday next week. We spent most of the class filling out a planning sheet, creating thesis statements, and picking quotations.
After the break, I went throguth poetic device terms you will need to know for the Provincial Exam. We also analyzed the song "Testify" and the poem "Letter to the Media". We finished the class by starting a 'Black-out' poem.
Reminders:
- The Chrysalids Test: Friday, June 10, 2016
- The Chrysalids In-Class Essay: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
