School: Bert Church High School

Teacher Name:  Mr. Lucas

Homeroom/Grade/Course:  English 20-2
Week of: May 25-29
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General Comments: 
Happy Monday English 20-2 students! This week is a change of pace, and I am asking you to do some pretty basic poetry
work. Most of this is probably review for you, but please feel free to ask me any questions you might have about it.
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Learning Outcomes Being Addressed This Week: 
Identify and use basic poetry concepts and techniques, including common figures of speech.
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Activity/Task #1: Similes and Metaphors
Description of Activity or Task: read about, identify, and use similes and metaphors
Estimate of Time Required: .5 hr.—1 hr.
Resources: Similes and Metaphors assignment—attached, and also avaliable at english20-2lucas.weebly.com
Demonstration of Learning:
Students can complete the assignment and share it with me or send it to: tlucas@rvschools.ab.ca by Monday, June 1,
2020
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Activity/Task #2: Oxymorons, Onomatopoeias, and Hyperboles
Description of Activity or Task: read about, identify, and use Oxymorons, Onomatopoeias and Hyperboles
Estimate of Time Required: .5 hr.—1 hr.
Resources: Oxymorons, Onomatopoeias, and Hyperboles assignment—attached, and also avaliable at english20-
2lucas.weebly.com
Demonstration of Learning:
Students can complete the assignment and share it with me or send it to: tlucas@rvschools.ab.ca by Monday, June 1,
2020
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Activity/Task #3: Other Common Literary Terms

Description of Activity or Task: read about, identify, and use some other literary terms, as well as the ones in Tasks 1
and 2 above
Estimate of Time Required: .5 hr.—1 hr.
Resources: Other Common Literary Terms assignment—attached, and also avaliable at english20-2lucas.weebly.com
Demonstration of Learning:
Students can complete the assignment and share it with me or send it to: tlucas@rvschools.ab.ca by Monday, June 1,
2020

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Summative Assessments This Week: None this week
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Summary Comments: 
I hope things are going well for you all—let me know if you need anything.

Take care,

Tony

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