Educational Resources - Dorothea Mitchell's Writings
SENIOR DIVISION COURSE:
English Grade 10, Academic
UNIT TITLE: Lady Lumberjack Unit – English, Grade 10, Academic (ENG2D)
TARGET POPULATION:
Grade 10, Academic.
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LADY LUMBERJACK UNIT TIMETABLE (SUGGESTED PACING)
LADY LUMBERJACK UNIT TIMETABLE (SUGGESTED PACING)
OVERVIEW/RATIONALE:
In this unit, key learning points include the use of language and film as
a form of expression, and the examination of these media with consideration
of time, place and culture. Research, group work, interviewing and writing
skills, and critical examination of media are learning activities.
Specifically, students will consider the literary and film works of Dorothea
Mitchell, a woman pioneer from Thunder Bay Ontario. They will read her autobiographical
accounts of her life as an emigrant, woman homesteader, lumberjack, entrepreneur
and filmmaker in Northern Ontario during the 1920’s and 1930’s.
They will examine the writer’s use of language within the historical
context of her work, both in written stories and silent film.
Secondly, students will consider the genre of silent film-making and the use
of this media to tell stories. They will write about their interpretations
of historical autobiography and silent film. They will work in groups to analyze
Mitchell’s work and create written and oral responses. Lastly, students
will individually interview older adults and recount significant events in
their lives in an autobiographical format.
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