English First Peoples 11 Homework Prompts

How to Get to an AI ChatBot

1. Click on the Duck Duck Go Link (below)
2. Click “Get Started”
3. Click on any of the “Chat Models” (AI engines)

You can also go directly to an AI chatbot. ChatCPT is a good option, but you can there using DuckDuckGo (above). The advantage of using DuckDuckGo is that it prevents tracking, which can protect your privacy. (Never enter personal or private information about yourself with an AI Chatbot, as this information is not secure and the AI company can use it.)

How to Format Your Homework

1. Use the Journal Notebook. This goes back and forth from school to home everyday. You may need it on any given day to complete your journal.
2. Just copy the answer, not the prompt. You can cut words and make your answer shorter. Just focus on the point – simple and clear is almost always better.
3. Be sure to start your answer with:
   • According to [name of chatbot], “__________” (ZZ, XX, YY).
4. It is okay to copy the AI’s answer, but you must be transparent and you must never pass it off as your own work (that’s cheating, that’s plagiarism, and that’s a big mistake in high school or college – and because it’s dishonest, it not a good idea even in life outside of school to copy without attribution).
5. The initials above are to show who (if anyone) you worked with. Do this if you plan to copy each others’ work as a team. Copying is ok, but you must be transparent (show what you did).

Prompts 1-50

Week 3 – Due Sept 23

• (10) Summarize the plot, theme, and character development of the film “ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊ” or “The Fast Runner” (“Atanarjuat”). Answer must be 100 words or less.
• (11) Summarize the plot, theme, and narrative arc of the film “Arracht”. Answer must be 100 words or less.
• (12) Summarize the plot, theme, and narrative arc of the film “SGaawaay K’uunaht” or “Edge of the Knife”. Answer must be 100 words or less.
• (13) Define “cognitive tool” and explain how an essay is a cognitive tool, according to Vygotsky’s theory of ZPD. Answer must be 100 words or less.

Week 2 – Due Sept 16

• (5) Define theory in the context of a humanities course at the high school level. Answer must be 100 words or less.
• (6) Define thesis and explain how to write an effective thesis statement for a Grade 11 paper in English class. Answer must be 100 words or less.
• (7) Define system and explain how systems thinking and writing an essay at the high school level are connected processes. Answer must be 100 words or less.
• (8) Define theme in the context of a narrative text used at the undergraduate level and explain how to develop a theme in your own essay writing at the undergraduate level. Answer must be 100 words or less.
• (9) Explain the difference between a theme and a topic when writing a Grade 11 essay in English class. Answer must be 100 words or less.

Week 1 – Due Sept 9

• (1) Explain how the theme of “place and power” in the film Atanarjuat is developed and connect this to Thomas King’s theories of narrative. Answer must be 100 words or less.
• (2) Define “power” and connect this to the theme of “power and place” in the works of Lee Maracle. Answer must be 100 words or less.
• (3) Define “language” and explain how Thomas King‘s theories of narrative, in the context of language as an idea, differ from those of Jerome Bruner. Answer must be 100 words or less.
• (4) Compare and contrast the development of the main characters in the films Atanarjuat and Arracht. Answer must be 100 words of less.