ELA 10-1
Week 4 Content and Assignments
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Google Classroom
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Google Classroom/Google Drive
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The curriculum for English 10-1, challenges us to
connect with and analyze the texts we study.
The objective of an essay is to show that you
understand how the story can be understood in
parts and that you can make meaning of the way
it fits together. This lesson will challenge you to
look at the "parts" of this story and future
lessons will help you to "synthesize"- put all
those pieces together. The curriculum also
challenges us to examine how we think and to
notice why and when we change our minds. It
encourages us to examine our own connections
to what we read, so we can see how our opinions
our formed by our own experiences too.
Curricular Objectives
Day 1
Read “Lather
and Nothing
Else”
*Think about
how short story
vocabulary can
be applied to
reading this
story.
Day 2
Explore the
pre-reading
questions
Read “Half
Husky”
Weekly Agenda
Day 3
Essay Planning
Half Husky
Questions
Day4
Complete and
send in an
missing
assignments!
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There are two stories to read this week, "HalfHusky" and "Lather and Nothing Else". Both
stories deal with the reactions to people and
events around occurring to characters in the
stories. Like any literature, we can look at the
actions and reactions of what happens in stories,
and apply what we learn to our own lives.
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In looking at how the barber deals with his own
beliefs when he encounters his customer, and in
looking at how the girl (in "Half-Husky") deals
with the bully is important. Each of us reacts to
situations based on our upbringing and our
beliefs. At times we don't act when we should,
and other times we don't act because of our
natures-beliefs.
Day 1 & 2
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There are questions for reflection in
the lesson - questions you should think
about, but do not need to hand in. There
are also a few questions at the end of
the lesson that need to be sent in to
me. The hand-in questions deal mainly
with trying to think of and understand the
theme of the story, "The Half-Husky".
Day 1&2
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MORE ABOUT STORY! As we continue to
look at short stories it's important we have a
"common" vocabulary to share as we talk
about them.
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REVIEW the attached handout on Short
Story Terminology.(Google Drive)
Let me know any questions you have about
the terminology... are there parts you don't
understand? Do all the pieces fit in with what
you have examined before with stories?
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Lather and Nothing Else
1. Please read the story “Lather and
Nothing Else” (Found in Google Drive)
2.Review the handout on “Short Story
Terminology” (Found in Google Drive)
3. Please complete the “Lather and Nothing
Else Questions” (Found in Google Drive)
Lather and Nothing Else
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynFQ7
oD5qbc
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The YouTube video was completed by a
group of students as a class project. I
don't know who they are, but for a grade
10 project, they did a very good job
telling the story.
Lather and Nothing Else
In the midst of conflict, people must make
a choice which they think will resolve their
problem. In the short story “Just Lather
and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez, the
barber has an internal struggle in which
he must first consider his values before
making a decision.
 The following website discusses the
conflict in the story, in more detail.
 http://www.brighthubeducation.com/hom
ework-help-literature/75463-lather-andnothing-else-summary-and-analysis/
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Conflict
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You are in for a treat! Margaret Laurence
is a wonderful author, and this is one of
her favorite short stories! The story is
taken from a collection of short stories
entitled, A Bird in the House.
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The stories are semi-autobiographical.
Vanessa - the first person narrator's
experiences are a reflection of Margaret’s
own childhood.
Half Husky
We are going to use this short story to
begin your first major project: a literary
essay.
 We will take more time on this essay than
we will with future essays. This is
considered a major assignment.
 So... be sure to pay close attention to the
activities with this short story and be
quick to ask questions.
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Half-Husky Essay Prep
Please Read Half-Husky (Found on Google
Drive)
 Please answer the questions located in
Google Drive – “Questions to Guide your
Thinking”
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Questions to Guide your Thinking:
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Essay writing requires planning.
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You should think about the different parts that
make up an essay: beginning, middle and end.
How does each of these fit together?
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Since we have just read "Half Husky" and are
talking about essay writing, I have attached
information on writing essays dealing with the
story "Half Husky." The information talks about
finding the theme in the story, and trying to
'prove' it. In other words, what is Margaret
Laurence trying to say in the story, and how do
we this (from what she writes)?
The information might help you to think about
the story, and organize your thoughts though.
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Day 3/4
Next week we will start writing our first essay.
In the Week 4 folder (This Week), I have
included some Essay building handouts that
you can take a look at. These handouts will
come in handy next week, but I didn’t want to
overwhelm everyone with so many handouts
for one week! So please read through these
handouts to get familiar with them, but to
clarify, these handouts do not need to be done
this week!
Essay Planning