by Gary Pemberton | Jun 13, 2013 | Grade 6, Grade 7, Secondary English, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science
Last week, during the grade 8 and 9 examinations, the students in grades 6 and 7 were set a project to complete that would incorporate elements of English, History, Mathematics and Science. Students had to imagine that they were travelers in time and visit a period of...
by newuser | May 30, 2013 | Grade 6, Secondary English
Gr. 6 students spent time getting to know the family of Greek Gods and Goddesses this week. It was rather shocking to find out who was married to who, but had children who had married each other… Olympus could have been the setting for any one of our current...
by newuser | May 30, 2013 | Grade 8, Secondary English
The Gr. 8 students made up some jokes about the identifying characteristics of Ebenezer Scrooge and his lovely nephew, Fred. We looked at the contrast between these character foils as we began Charles Dickens’ classic novella A Christmas Carol. It became quite...
by newuser | May 30, 2013 | Grade 7, Secondary English
Grade 7 students presented memorized monologues from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the entire secondary on Tuesday morning. They overcame the challenges of Elisabethan English to entertain the audience with interesting costumes and...
by newuser | May 23, 2013 | Grade 9, Secondary English
Gr. 9 students presented ‘news coverage’ of the key characters and events from Fahrenheit 451.
by newuser | May 23, 2013 | Grade 8, Secondary English
This week Gr. 8 students presented three versions of a classic fairy tale which they had analyzed for the effect of purpose and audience on the artistic choices of the creator. It was interesting to see the changes in character when the target audience shifted from...
