English 2102B Study Guide 2005-06

Unit 1Short Non-Fiction and Related WritingRequired WorkSelect, Read and Write6. Select and read one non-fiction text fromLand, Sea and Time, Book Two.Guidelines and SuggestionsThe Land, Sea and Time books providereading material, including short non-fiction,about the Newfoundland and Labrador heritageand culture. You may skim the whole of BookTwo to find a short non-fiction text of interestor special significance to you. You will need todecide whether a particular text is fiction ornon-fiction before making your selection, sincethe Land, Sea and Time books are notorganized by genre. You may ask yourinstructor for guidance with your selection.Here are some short non-fiction selectionsfrom Land, Sea and Time, Book Two that maybe of interest to you:• “To See Things and to Understand” by LydiaCampbell (page 23)• “Personal Account of Attending BoardingSchool in Muddy Bay” by Millicent BlakeLoder (pages 25-27)• “Marriage” by Hilda Chaulk-Murray (pages131-135)• “Mosey” by Donald Gale (pages 108-110)• “Call Me an Indian: The Calvin White Story”by Chris O’Neill-Yates (pages 73-76)6.1 Answer questions, assigned by yourinstructor, on the selected text.Your instructor will assign questions on thetext that you select and read.Your answers to all questions on the nonfictionselections should be written in shortessay style. You should edit each answer toensure that it is coherent and that there are nogrammar, punctuation or spelling errors.Page 10 Study Guide English 2102B