by Wayne Hampton | Apr 30, 2014 | Secondary English
Grade 7 (and soon Grade 8) students have just started a special ‘writer’s workshop’ which unsurprisingly focuses on developing writing skills. The tried and tested unit goes back to the basics of writing and then evolves student writing at an...
by Wayne Hampton | Apr 16, 2014 | Secondary English
Grade 7 students are currently delivering their presentations on ‘bonded child labour’, which is a big problem in certain parts of the world. Bonded child labour occurs when a family agrees to their child working for a creditor to repay a debt. What...
by newuser | Apr 10, 2014 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English
All those literary essays in the SLS lead up to this. The Higher Level English Lang & Lit students have a 800-1000 word essay to complete on The Road. The process has not changed, the students are just far more independent. They plan, organize and compose on their...
by Jillian KEARNEY | Apr 3, 2014 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English
The Gr. 9 class is currently filming a newscast covering the key events and characters of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. The group has given Claire artistic license and during his make-up session Jed was seriously beginning to regret letting her lead the way. He...
by newuser | Mar 20, 2014 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English
Craig Kielburger founded Free The Children when he was only 12 years old after reading about Iqbal Masih’s tragic death and amazing cause, to liberate child slaves. He has spent the rest of his life as a humanitarian and social activist. Go to the following...
by newuser | Mar 13, 2014 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English
Those Olympic cupcakes were amazing! Thanks again to James and Valerie for organizing all those fun activities for morning advisory before we all separated for Oman Week.
