Our students in grade 7 to 11 are involved in units related to Indigenous studies, during English class. The grade 7/8 class is reading Touching Spirit Bear, and researching the Tlingit people and the Spirit Bears of the Great Bear Rainforest. The grade 9 to 11 students are reading Indian Horse, by Richard Wagamese, and participating in Truth and Reconciliation week activites and watching a variety of videos on Curio.ca. Stay tuned for some of their poems and photos of some of their creations at the end of the unit.
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On March 2, 2020, during our Writer's Craft course, we had the opportunity to learn from Claire Stott, a technical writer in the engineering department at NAV Canada. Throughout the informative session, she taught us about the meticulous process that is writing. Organization, precision, and clarity all need to work cohesively throughout her profession for matters to work smoothly. This workshop showed our class that so-called “simple” exercises, when analyzed deeply, are the most complex tasks. Try writing a clear and thorough instruction on how to make a peanut butter sandwich, to someone who has never done it before! Our answers varied! M.V.Well, what a year we've had! Our students proved themselves to be resilient, dedicated, and creative. When we went online, we took a little break to do wellness checks, taking advantage of all the online content, viewing and discussing, orally and in writing: videos of people singing from their balconies, photography, poetry, songs, and online concerts. Then we continued as usual, with our novel study discussions and essay writing, using Google Classroom and Google Meet. The students were able to make connections to events happening now with all our novels: Red Scarf Girl, about the Chinese Cultural Revolution (grade 7/8); the old classic, Lord of the Flies (grade 9); and Half Blood Blues, about black jazz musicians in Europe during WWII (grade 11). They wrote exceptional essays, making excellent links to the pandemic situation and the Black Lives Matter movement, and proving that our students are excellent inquirers, with the ability to express their opinions and make links with the world around them.
Our Grade 11 students wrote their first online assessment in Functions. Some of you may be wondering how our high school teachers conduct online assessments. Before starting, teachers are taken on a virtual tour of the test area. Students then keep the video call going during the test, enabling teachers to supervise students in real-time.
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AuthorsOur 2023-2024 teachers are: Lucie Lalonde: Français, Humanities Archives
November 2023
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