by newuser | Nov 7, 2012 | Grade 6, Secondary English
Billy Elliot has been amazing! The entire grade six class has loved this tap-dancing eleven year old. We will be comparing the British ballet dancer to the American pigeon protector in a formal essay next week.
by Wayne Hampton | Oct 24, 2012 | Community and Service, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Primary P.E., Primary Visual Arts, PTA, Secondary English, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts, Uncategorized
This week students have been focusing on using their calendars, organising their folders and notes, and updating their personal websites with finished work (see the featured picture). Many were also involved with helping organise ‘Movie Night’ as a CAS ‘Service’...
by newuser | Oct 23, 2012 | Grade 10, Secondary English
We just finished reading Arthur Miller’s 1949 play Death of a Salesman out in class. I was very impressed with how engaged the students were in their respective roles; they made it easy to become so frustrated with the infuriating flaws of the Loman clan....
by newuser | Oct 23, 2012 | Grade 6, Secondary English
This week the grade 6 class collectively wrote three PEE paragraphs on poems related to our Spinelli novel. A PEE paragraph includes a Point, Evidence and an Explanation. We have thus been working on topic sentences and providing material from the text to support our...
by newuser | Oct 17, 2012 | Grade 7, Secondary English
The grade seven class has been discussing the difference between THE truth and A truth in Nothing But The Truth. Avi’s documentary novel presents various ‘artifacts’ that allow the reader to see multiple perspectives on the events caused by Philip...
by newuser | Oct 17, 2012 | Grade 9, Secondary English
Bringing a character to life on page is no easy task. Students looked at some strong examples at http://io9.com/5823291/great-character-descriptions-from-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books before making an attempt at capturing the essence of one of the main characters...
