by Leo THOMPSON | May 28, 2015 | Grade 7, Secondary English
The students have been preparing for this task for a few weeks. We have been looking at the play Romeo and Juliet and discussing the fight scene as an introduction to this genre. The have taken all this onboard and participated fully to develop some great scenes and I...
by Leo THOMPSON | May 12, 2015 | Grade 7, Grade 8, Secondary English
The grades 7 and 8 have been studying an introduction to the works of Shakespeare, in particular the play Romeo and Juliet. We have also looked at the skills of visual text...
by Leo THOMPSON | May 7, 2015 | Grade 7, Secondary English
We have begun an introductory unit to Shakespeare. Today we had a lot of fun with the students using visual text to represent their interpretation of a few of the lines. More fun to be had next week with this!
by Leo THOMPSON | Apr 30, 2015 | Grade 8, Secondary English
Grade 8 are finishing off the year with a study of Shakespeare. They have been getting a taste of his language and they are now studying the fight scene from Romeo and Juliet. They have been looking at using visual texts to develop meaning and had some fun doing...
by Andrew CLARKE | Apr 23, 2015 | Grade 11, Secondary English
In 11th grade English this week we looked at different print and video advertisements, examining the techniques used and the purpose of such techniques. Although we’d like to think that we are above the fray when it comes to succumbing to the power of...
by Leo THOMPSON | Apr 23, 2015 | Grade 7, Secondary English
Grade 7 have been exploring this very question for the past few weeks. This week 2 of the groups presented their community designs and shared their basic values for these communities with the rest of the class. The class was able to ask ...
