March 12 - 16

Friday
1. Storytelling Special guest: Ms. JoAnn Restoule
2. Language today is Arabic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ityVW2gR0Rs
3. Think back to yesterday's 2 stories: What are the distinct style elements of the oral tradition and the written literature? How are the two styles similar or different? How has the oral style influenced the literary style?
4. Sharing your traditional stories.
5. Ted Talk: Patricia Ryan
https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english

Thursday
1. Haida - 10 minutes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzVwX7SgicA
2. Oral story telling: "Storytelling as total cultural expression is an important concept in Aboriginal cultures. Theme, style, and meaning are important elements of contemporary and traditional Aboriginal literary genres. Contemporary Aboriginal literature has its roots in traditional Aboriginal literature." Shared Learnings: Integrating BC Aboriginal Content.
3. Read a contemporary Aboriginal story. How does this story express traditional values?
4. View a traditional story. How are the main ideas or values expressed (e.g., sharing, giving, balance, and respect)?
5. What are the distinct style elements of the oral tradition and the written literature? How are the two styles similar or different? How has the oral style influenced the literary style?
6. Sharing your traditional stories.
7. Ted Talk: Patricia Ryan
https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english


Wednesday
1. Esperanto
2. Last 5 minutes of The Dance of Words.
3. Discussion of the documentary.
4. Read your novel.
5. Tomorrow - oral story tellling - research a very short story today. Be prepared to read the story tomorrow.


Tuesday
1. Sign-language! LSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBWqxO2xfjc
2. Complete the documentary The Dance of Words.
3. Read your novel - and the "Popcorn Project" - introduced.



Monday

Hungarian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50YZuEDE8U8

1. Share your "lost in translation" from last week.
2. You can't put it off any longer: parallelism quiz!
3. Novel choices - let me know your pick.
4. The comments you have written up in your Graphic Organizers got me thinking: Feral child; Christianity.
4. Dance of Language documentary