English 10

Today we looked at the painting by Mary Pratt near the very end of the Sightlines 10 text and we discussed just how much can be inferred from a piece of artwork. From that painting we drew several inference about the family, what they ate, why one child's glass was full, the pencil on the place-mat. . . all that helped us to infer things about the family.

We then learned about the word 'ambiguity' and discussed what it means. Pratt's painting, although loaded with detail, is still ambiguous. We then read The Cape an equally ambiguous poem from Sightlines 10. We discussed how ambiguity is a characteristic of many aspects of our lives and that 'not knowing for certain' is something that one must reconcile when studying literature (or indeed, in dealing with one's own life!)

Students were then presented with a project for Sightlines 10. Click here for the project sheet. This project will be due, possibly, at the end of the week.