For the ill and the absent-minded -

Here, you will find a very brief summary of class discussions and activities, lists of assigned readings, and links to other resources. The posts are reminders of what we covered in class and/or of what you missed by being absent physically and/or mentally. If we are required to work remotely, the posts will give directions for the day's activities, and let you know when we will meet via Google Meets. Please read the posts, talk with your classmates, and do the practise work as it suits the timing at home. Please put all work in your digital folders via Google Drive. Feel free to make comments and if you're still confused, please email me!

(NB: I do not condone class absences - you must be present, in class, actively listening and participating whenever possible. Always communicate your absences with the school office as well as with me. It is your responsibility to make arrangements for missed learning opportunities. You MUST meet all assignment deadlines. If we have to meet via Google Meets, please make a note of the QR link posted in Room 205 for the meeting id and passwords.)

02 October 2025

F - ... when we tried to view things through different lenses.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What role does language play in shaping (and erasing) identtity?

Learners discussed briefly the languages they spoke and how knowing another language (or not) shapes who they are.

They recalled their discussion of how setting influences character and extended that discussion to include "country," which also includes language!

We read together and discussed Rita Joe's "I Lost My Talk" and contrasted it with Atwood's "Disembarking at Quebec" from the lenses of a colonizer and settler and the colonized. We discussed truths that Joe presents and the promise of reconciliation from the speaker.

CONSIDER: What might reconciliation look like according to the vision in Rita Joe's poem?

NEXT CLASS: "The Destructors"

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