Hi everyone,<\/p>\n
It’s already the end of September (or only the end of September, depending on your perspective). The school year is fully underway – I’ve learned most of your names, seen a few pieces of your work, and am getting to know you all as students. I’m really enjoying the conversations we’ve been having this year – I am lucky to be working with such a thoughtful, well-informed, and kind group of students. Here’s a bit of an update of where we’re at.<\/p>\n
English 10 New Media:<\/strong> This class is about to be taken over by Ms. Niemann, who is finishing her teacher training at UBC. Ms Neimann has a wonderful unit planned that will get you to investigate identity, through your own project work and a variety of texts.<\/p>\n English 12:<\/strong> Ms Niemann will also be taking over English 12 Period 2, for a unit that explores narrative and identity through a wide range of texts. She’ll be here until late November.<\/p>\n Period 3 and 4 will keep working with me. We’re going to continue looking at short texts, through the lens of identity. Next week we’ll do a couple of stories from Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, one of my all-time favourite books. <\/p>\n Global and Intercultural Studies <\/b>is beginning work on the project for the first phase of the class, Understanding Ourselves. The post below has project details. Once that’s done, we’ll Understand Others – easier said than done! <\/p>\n English 10 First Peoples <\/strong>– We’re continuing to deepen our understanding of the lives and experiences of Indigenous people, and will be applying our knowledge as we read some more texts in the months ahead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi everyone, It’s already the end of September (or only the end of September, depending on your perspective). The school year is fully underway – I’ve learned most of your names, seen a few pieces of your work, and am getting to know you all as students. I’m really enjoying the conversations we’ve been having … <\/p>\n