by newuser | Oct 23, 2012 | Grade 10, Secondary English
We just finished reading Arthur Miller’s 1949 play Death of a Salesman out in class. I was very impressed with how engaged the students were in their respective roles; they made it easy to become so frustrated with the infuriating flaws of the Loman clan....
by newuser | Oct 23, 2012 | Grade 6, Secondary English
This week the grade 6 class collectively wrote three PEE paragraphs on poems related to our Spinelli novel. A PEE paragraph includes a Point, Evidence and an Explanation. We have thus been working on topic sentences and providing material from the text to support our...
by newuser | Oct 17, 2012 | Grade 7, Secondary English
The grade seven class has been discussing the difference between THE truth and A truth in Nothing But The Truth. Avi’s documentary novel presents various ‘artifacts’ that allow the reader to see multiple perspectives on the events caused by Philip...
by newuser | Oct 17, 2012 | Grade 9, Secondary English
Bringing a character to life on page is no easy task. Students looked at some strong examples at http://io9.com/5823291/great-character-descriptions-from-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books before making an attempt at capturing the essence of one of the main characters...
by newuser | Oct 17, 2012 | Grade 8, Secondary English
Looking at Patrick Swayze and Kevin Lowe never gets old, but that is not what has made watching the 1983 film version of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders so enjoyable. That brat pack from the 1980’s does an incredible job of portraying some very endearing...
