Best and Worst Remakes to Teach Tone

The Gr. 6 class was checking out some songs online to look at how remakes change the tone of a song, the classic case being William Shatner’s creepy interpretation of The Beatles’ Lucy in the Sky. We used the following website to find our tunes:...

Shabanu

The Gr. 8 class has just met Shabanu and will be discussing issues such as gender roles across cultures and the universality of teenage rebellion.

Iqbal Misah

The Gr. 7 class is reading a novel based on the life of Iqbal Misah in alignment with their Human Rights Unit. Iqbal’s effort to raise worldwide awareness about child labor lead to his death in 1995; he was murdered for bringing light to a shameful issue. The...

George & Lennie

The Gr. 9 class met George and Lennie this week. If you would like to join them , you should listen to this reading by a retired English and Drama teacher at http://www.dedicationtechnologies.com/oman/.