MS. BEAUCOCK'S PROJECTS
ANIMAL FARM PROJECT--ENGLISH 10
- Satirical Techniques Definitions (NCTE)
- Satire (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- What is Propaganda? (created by the American Historical Association)
- Fable Dissection Chart
- Fable Dissection Chart Example for the Hare and the Tortoise
- Fable Rubric
- Aniboom (a tool that you'll need to download)
- Anithings
- Blabberize
- Blender (an open source 3-D animation suite that you'll need to download)
- Comics Sketch (allows you to animate comic strips)
- Doink
- GoAnimate
- Kerpoof
- [Other Animation Tools] -Scroll down to the "Animation" section for additional tools.
- Video Tools & Sharing
SHORT STORY PRESENTATION PROJECT
SPEECH/DEBATE PROJECT
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Choosing a Topic |
Use the following graphic to help you think of a speech topic you have strong feelings about.
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How to prepare a formal speech (please download this file):
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Resources

Use a citation generator such as bibme.org , citationmachine.net or easybib.com for your Works Cited list. Important Note: Select the MLA8 version and the "manual entry mode".
Search for BOOKS on how to debate and write speeches under the CATALOG tab, once you have logged into our online catalog . Check these out:
For debate topics, search our online catalog for the following SERIES:
ONLINE SOURCES
Sites about how to write speeches and/or prepare for debates:
The following DATABASES and WEB SITES will provide a great deal of material for most of your speech/debate topics. The VSB databases are available under the HOME tab once you have logged into our online catalog. Here are some of the most useful sources for this project:
WORKS CITED
There are several possible MLA8 citation generators for your Works Cited list, such as, easybib.com , BibMe , Citation Machine or the World Book Citation Builder. Select Manual Entry mode when using a citation generator as this will also teach you how to read a citation.
Search for BOOKS on how to debate and write speeches under the CATALOG tab, once you have logged into our online catalog . Check these out:
- Sharpen your debate and speech writing skills / Jennifer Rozines Roy and Johannah Haney, 2011 (808.5 ROY)
- Effective speeches / Valerie Bodden (808.5 BOD)
- Words that ring through time: from Moses and Pericles to Obama : fifty-one of the most important speeches in history and how they changed out world / Terry Golway, 2009 (808.85 GOL)
- Attention please! : making assignments presentable, enjoyable, and memorable for all, 2009 (371.3028 LUN)
- Speeches that changed the world : the stories and transcripts of speeches that changed history, 2007 (808.85 SPE)
- Extraordinary oral presentations / Margaret Ryan, 2005 (808.51 RYA)
- NuSpeak : become a powerful speaker / Geoffrey Lane, 1999 (808.5 LAN)
- How to give a speech / Margaret Ryan, 1994 (808.5 RYA)
- Speaking for success : the Canadian guide / Anthony Lieb, 1993 (808.5 LIE)
- Speaking with confidence : a guide for public speakers / Wanda Vasallo, 1990 (808.5 VAS)
For debate topics, search our online catalog for the following SERIES:
- At Issue
- Contemporary World Issues
- Current Controversies
- Current Issues
- Debating History
- Issues in Focus
- Opposing Viewpoints
- Teen Issues
- Understanding Global Issues
ONLINE SOURCES
Sites about how to write speeches and/or prepare for debates:
The following DATABASES and WEB SITES will provide a great deal of material for most of your speech/debate topics. The VSB databases are available under the HOME tab once you have logged into our online catalog. Here are some of the most useful sources for this project:
- Global Issues in Context (great for information on current world issues, e.g. Syria, global warming, child labour/labor,fracking. etc.)
- EBSCOHost (contains newspaper and magazine articles on almost every topic)
- Canada in Context
- World Book Encyclopedia and The Canadian Encyclopedia provide basic information on a vast number of topics.
- Statistics Canada
- The Tyee
- CBC News
- BBC News
WORKS CITED
There are several possible MLA8 citation generators for your Works Cited list, such as, easybib.com , BibMe , Citation Machine or the World Book Citation Builder. Select Manual Entry mode when using a citation generator as this will also teach you how to read a citation.
- format your page using Times New Roman 12, double-spacing, hanging indents and alphabetical order
ENGLISH 12 RESEARCH ESSAY--MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
Research Guide

- MLA FORMAT (Click on the preceding link for information about avoiding plagiarism, formatting your paper and citations. The Chapman Learning Commons at UBC has a helpful video on the writing process. The University of Alberta, Augustana Campus, has a comprehensive, colour coded MLA QuickGuide for works cited and in-text citations. You can use EasyBib to create your citations. The Augustana Campus Writing Center also provides guidance on developing an effective thesis and understanding your assignment.
- NOTETAKING SAMPLE Use this "sample"link and the example on the back of your "Know-Wonder-Learn" handout as your guides. During the first class, you must complete the "What I Know" and "What I Wonder" sections on this sheet. Your questions must be divided into "Fact" and "Thinking" questions. Remember that your questions will be changed and modified as you conduct your research. The notes you hand in must contain the questions that you decided to answer, not just the first questions that you formulated.
Points to Remember When Taking Notes:
- Follow the format outlined in the "Notetaking Sample" above.
- All notes must be written in your own words. No copying and pasting allowed! You must avoid plagiarism at all costs.
- All notes must be written as answers to the questions you have posed to guide your research. (Hint: Use a different colour font for your questions.)
- You can use online apps such as Office 365 and Evernote to take notes OR take notes on format on your own paper. (Hint: If writing your notes by hand, you might want to use a separate piece of paper for each of your questions.)
- You must record the source you used for each piece of information. (To avoid repeatedly writing citation information in your notes, you can create a master list of sources, number them, and then place the appropriate number after each note you write.)
- You must hand in all your questions, notes and sources with your research essay. (If using Office 365 or Evernote, just print them out.) These will be marked as part of the project.
Use easybib.com for your Works Cited list. Important Note: Select the MLA8 version and "all 59 options".
SUGGESTED SOURCES:
Remember that RELIABLE sources are essential when writing a research paper. Below are some VSB database sources available under the HOME tab once you have logged into our online catalog:
- EBSCO database. Some possible searches include: [deinstitutionalization], ["hospital closure*" psychiatr* patient*], [homeless* mental* ill*], [cost* "community care" psychiatr* patient*] ["psychiatric hospitals" (downsiz* or clos*)], [psychiatric hospitals], [psychiatr* hospital* "british columbia"], [mental patient* "british columbia"], [DE "Psychopathy"], ["involuntary commitment" OR "involuntary treatment"], ["involuntary treatment" Canada], ["group home*" canada], ["mental health care" canada] ["mental health services" canada], ["mental health services" world],["mentally ill prisoners"], [insanity prison*],["mental* ill*" crim* punish*], ["insanity defence" canada]
- Global Issues in Context
- CBC.ca (Use the search box and quotation marks around phrases to get the best results.)
- The Tyee (searchable online B.C. newspaper)
- Vancouver Courier
- Vancouver Province newspaper (Van Tech library's online subscription). Log in details available in the library. Provides access to many Canadian newspapers, including The National Post and The Vancouver Sun.
Other Useful Websites & Pages:
- BC's Mental Health System Fares Pooly, National Study Finds (Vancouver Sun)
- BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services
- Canadian Mental Health Association, British Columbia Division (Check articles in their online "Visions" magazine and information on their "Mental Health Info" tab.)
- The Ethics of Involuntary Treatment (Canadian Psychiatric Association
- Forty years of Deinstitutionalization of Psychiatric Services in Canada: An Empirical Assessment
- Hospitalizing a Mentally Ill Person (Canadian Bar Association)
- Lost in Transition: How a Lack of Capacity in the Mental Health System is Failing Vancouver's Mentally Ill and Draining Police Resources (2008)
- Mental Health (World Health Organization--The "Mental Health Atlas 2011" shows where Canada stands in terms of mental health care in comparison to other parts of the world.)
- Mental Health Commission
- Mental Health and Substance Use (BC Ministry of Health--This site provides the provincial government's philosophy and plans regarding the treatment and care of the mentally ill.)
- Mental Health and Substance Use (FraserHealth)
- Psychiatric Deinstitutionalization in BC: Negative Consequences and Possible Solutions
- Relocating Mental Health Care in British Columbia (very useful information and a great list of sources for further research!)
- [Riverview articles] FraserHealth
- Various Articles on Mental Health
- Without Conscience (Robert Hare's Web Site Devoted to the Study of Psychopathy) Canadian Robert Hare (UBC) is one of the world's foremost authorities on psychopathy
ENGLISH 12 - ANALYZING POETRY
Works Cited:
Digital Resources - available under the Home tab after you log into our online catalog:
*How to Search in Databases:
POETRY LINKS
Helpful websites:
AUTHOR EDEN ROBINSON - MONKEY BEACH
- Use easybib.com for your Works Cited list. Important Note: Select the MLA8 version and "all 59 options".
Digital Resources - available under the Home tab after you log into our online catalog:
- EBSCO*
- GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY (Major 21st Century Writers)
*How to Search in Databases:
- Use asterix * to truncate your search term - e.g. poe* will search Poe, poem, poems, poetry, poet, poets;
- Use question mark ? as a "wild" letter (only one per search string) - e.g. wom?n* will search women, woman, woman's, women's. This works for most databases--but not all!
- Use quotation marks (e.g. "Song of Myself") to search for phrases
- Use proximity searches - e.g. N5 will find your terms when the occur within five words of each other and W5 will find your terms within 5 words in the order specified.
- Remember to narrow your search down by searching for Full Text articles only
- Use the subject headings within your hits to further refine your search.
POETRY LINKS
- Poetry Foundation - searchable by theme, also contains biographical information on the poet
- poets.org - searchable under browse poems using the search bar
- The Poetry Archive - also searchable by theme
Helpful websites:
- ANALYZING POETRY (Texas A&M University Writing Center)
- HOW TO ANALYZE A POEM (Vanier College, Montreal, Quebec)
- HOW TO READ A POEM (University of Wisconsin - Madison Writing Center)
- WRITING ABOUT POETRY (University of Purdue Online Writing Lab [OWL])
- GLOSSARY OF POETIC TERMS (Poetry Foundation)
AUTHOR EDEN ROBINSON - MONKEY BEACH
RESOURCES
WORKS CITED
There are several possible MLA9 citation generators for your Works Cited list, such as, mybib.com , oslis.org/mla-secondary-citation , easybib.com , BibMe . Select Manual Entry mode when using a citation generator as this will also teach you how to read a citation. format your page using Times New Roman 12, double-spacing, hanging indents and alphabetical order
- Canadian Encyclopedia - Eden Robinson
- Columbia College resources for Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach
- Contacting the Dead: Echoes from the Haisla Diaspora in Eden Robinson‘s Monkey Beach by Gerard Joshua Moore
- " DRIFTING AWAY IN THE TIDE " : WATER SYMBOLISM AND INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTALISM IN EDEN ROBINSON'S MONKEY BEACH
- Eden Robinson Interview with Cascadia Magazine
- Ephemeral Identity in Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach by S Purhar, University of Victoria
- Gale Power Search: Eden Robinson - Monkey Beach (vantechlibrary.org - select library catalogue button - select "Learning Resources ribbon" - select "see all" - search Monkey Beach, Eden Robinson, etc. You can also explore other Learning Resources in the library software, such as the Canadian Encyclopedia, Canoe Kids, CBC Curio, National Observer, KnowBC, World Book Student, etc. Search terms include Monkey Beach, Eden Robinson, Residential School, or whatever topic you are researching.
- Garden Statuary - UBC's Undergraduate English Journal
- Quill & Quire - Eden Robinson - Spirits in the Material World
WORKS CITED
There are several possible MLA9 citation generators for your Works Cited list, such as, mybib.com , oslis.org/mla-secondary-citation , easybib.com , BibMe . Select Manual Entry mode when using a citation generator as this will also teach you how to read a citation. format your page using Times New Roman 12, double-spacing, hanging indents and alphabetical order