Grade 12 College English

Day 1 of the CCA
Our CCA is completed entirely in class. It is treated like an in-class exam so working on it at home is not an option. At the end of each period, work will be submitted using Edmodo.

If you are absent for a legitimate reason, you may come in at lunch to make up missed time. Legitimate absences include illness, medical appointment, or school field trips (provided that a note is given to the office), and those students attending Lambton College.

If you are absent for an illegitimate reason: sleeping in, skipping, etc. you will not be given additional time and receive a mark of zero for your daily progress.

Regular attendance is essential for success with this project.

Best of luck!

Since we will be working on the CCA for the remaining classes, this will be my last blog post for the school year.

Today we will do our One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest presentations. After that we will talk about the portfolio which is your CCA for this course and worth 20% of your overall mark.

If you were absent on Friday you will need to come in at lunch to watch the first half of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The notes for the first half of the film are evaluated as part of your portfolio.

I’ve decided to postpone presentations until Monday.

Instead, today we’ll start watching One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and take notes which will be the first activity of your CCA.

If you are absent today, you will need to watch the movie and take notes on Monday at lunch in order to get caught up.

Last day to work on Cuckoo’s Nest presentations. We will be in the library today. Presentations start tomorrow.

We’re working on our presentations in the computer lab today. First I’d like you to have a look at one of my presentations I did for a conference to get a sense of the types of slides I’m looking for. Remember, the slides are not your presentation. They support your presentation. And you’re shooting for a max of 5 minutes.

Here is a search engine that allows you to search for creative commons licenced images. That means you have the right to use them without copyright infringement. http://search.creativecommons.org/

Also, instead of using a program that you only have access to on school computers, consider using something like Prezi. Or use the presentation app in Google Docs. That way, you don’t have to save anything to a flash drive or email anything to yourself. You can work on your project anywhere you have internet access.

Yesterday we finished reading Act 1. Today we are going to look at the short report format and then you’ll prepare a report as though you are Nurse Ratched writing about your recommendations for dealing with McMurphy. The rough draft is due at the end of the period.

We’ll start today with the journal entry posted yesterday. You will have 30 minutes to write this and you may use your notes and your copy of the play, but you may not talk to each other. A level 4 entry will have the following characteristics:

• demonstrate control of spelling, grammar, and punctuation (given that this is a first draft)
• demonstrate understanding of plot, character, and theme
• make connections between text and world
• develops ideas completely using support from the text
• Is approximately 2 pages double spaced (handwritten)

When you’re finished, we will continue to read the play and hopefully finish Act 1.

1) Is McMurphy a hero or a villain? Create a t-chart and find evidence for both sides before drawing a conclusion.

2) Describe the “therapeutic community”. What does Dr. Spivey say it’s purpose is? How is it like a “pecking party” according to McMurphy?

3) Identify at least 3 ways in which McMurphy tries to steal power away from Nurse Ratched. How successful is he?