Back to School

What a great day to be a teacher - celebrating the 100-year anniversary of a school that has managed to stay with the times. Today we were greeted by two habit-wearing nuns who had taught at College Durocher. Sister Marie rang the bell to get our attention but we seemed to be a bit unruly. Next we were sternly told to stand two by two - girls on the left two by two and boys on the right two by two and to enter the builing in silence - complete with the "if you know what's good for you stare." Some things don't change! Hahaha.

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Bushmills to Upper Canada - McCurdy Ancestors

Bushmills to Upper Canada - McCurdy Ancestors

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Planet Boy

I highly recommend Stuart McLean's CD Planet Boy as a Christmas present for any boy (or manchild) in your life.

Where the Wild Things Are

Cool Grammar Sites

This week we tested out some of the grammar sites listed in the
Grammar Rules PowerPoint file - found on the school portal community called Secondary One Enriched English.

The best one so far is BBC Skillswise.  Check it out!!!  We tried the adjective game (there is also a fact sheet, a worksheet and a quiz).

It is SICK (no not sick cough cough but SICK meaning cool...good thing I have nieces and nephews who teach me teenspeak on holidays!)

http://www.lovetoknow.com/top10/english-secondary-schools.html

The Baroque Marble by E. A. Proulx

This week we are reading The Baroque Marble and learning how to take notes, ask probing questions, summarize and analyse.  The students are excellent dramatic readers often adding their own personal flair with accents and gestures.  We are having fun!!!