Rise Up

The Gr. 7 students wrote and delivered motivational speeches on the controversial topic of child labour. They were kings of rhetoric today. Passion and persuasion were prevalent. (Alliteration is one of those devices.)

Best and Worst Remakes to Teach Tone

The Gr. 6 class was checking out some songs online to look at how remakes change the tone of a song, the classic case being William Shatner’s creepy interpretation of The Beatles’ Lucy in the Sky. We used the following website to find our tunes:...

Shabanu

The Gr. 8 class has just met Shabanu and will be discussing issues such as gender roles across cultures and the universality of teenage rebellion.

Iqbal Misah

The Gr. 7 class is reading a novel based on the life of Iqbal Misah in alignment with their Human Rights Unit. Iqbal’s effort to raise worldwide awareness about child labor lead to his death in 1995; he was murdered for bringing light to a shameful issue. The...