by newuser | Dec 5, 2013 | Grade 11, Secondary English
As the Gr. 11 Language and Literature students move on to the topic of language and gender we will be looking at how the use of certain words affects a culture’s perception of a gender, how the identities of men, women, girls and boys are restricted by...
by newuser | Dec 5, 2013 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English
Secondary students spent four morning advisory sessions working in groups on the deconstruction and interpretation of six terms: conflict vs. bullying; power vs. authority; aggression vs. self-defence. Groups shared out their findings through a tableau activity. Each...
by newuser | Nov 26, 2013 | Grade 11, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Secondary English
Lunch hour four square competitions are a wonderful example of social variations of language in action. Our Lang & Lit students are studying how new terms and expressions are integrated into the language of a community. Do you know what it means to be flushed?...
by newuser | Nov 26, 2013 | Grade 9, Secondary English, Uncategorized
My students are technological geniuses, as far as I’m concerned. In moments they can work out a way to write on a document that they can’t open because my Pages programme is updated (thank you, Mr. Wolfe) and theirs isn’t. Their brains are wired to...
by newuser | Nov 21, 2013 | Grade 9, Secondary English
In Gr. 9 English we just experienced Billie Holiday’s haunting 1939 rendition of the poem written by Abel Meeropol to denounce the terrible tradition of lynching in the southern United States. It is considered one of the first protest songs and we are studying...
by newuser | Nov 14, 2013 | Grade 10, Secondary English
The grade 10 class finished reading Death of a Salesman this week. Spoiler alert, Alex – Willy Loman smashes the Studebaker, on purpose, and he DIES.
