Teaching & Learning English
The Gator Guy 
This is the ‘Welcome to Shakespeare’ introduction for my Grade 6 English Language and Literature students, but anybody else is welcome to add to the discussion 🙂 There are three topics to research: About Shakespeare About Shakespeare’s time – What was England like in late Elizabethan and early Jacobean times? About Shakespeare’s work – his … Read more
My grade 6 students have been busy putting together an epic fantasy story book that is suitable for a middle school readership. There are, however, some parts that sensitive readers may find disturbing so here is an advisory: Note to Readers: 6-7 Yoshi Kingdom is a collaborative fantasy novel created by student writers. It contains … Read more
My grade 6 students have been busy putting together an epic fantasy story book suitable for a middle school readership. This team had something of an artistic disagreement when putting the final book together which resulted in this alternative version: This is a creative, collaborative fantasy adventure written in the style of a middle-grade or … Read more
My grade 6 students have been busy putting together an epic fantasy story book suitable for a middle school readership. Here is the result: This is a creative, collaborative fantasy adventure written in the style of a middle-grade or young adult novel. The themes are positive—focusing on friendship, courage, loyalty, sacrifice, and the triumph of … Read more
Ok, here it comes – the long awaited back story of Cyberdile the Dalegator (or Dalegator the Cyberdile). First, a full size image of this mixed up thing of beauty: The story starts with a curious Green Gatordile who was born and raised in the fetid swamps of the emerald planet Verdanta. Not all … Read more
The video above shows the painting process and the image below is the final product.
OCAC Mushroomers, are you able to help picklez_the_cat with his group’s research project? Just scan the code below and complete a short survey.
We’ve been a bit late getting the Christmas season started at home this year, but here’s last year’s seasonal painting: I’ll be painting a cheeky new picture this year and will share once it’s completed.
This is for my current G7 ELL class but welcome anybody else to join in too. We are studying World War I poetry and the link below will take you to a poem by Siegfried Sassoon that is a little too long to study in class. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57220/counter-attack
This art was inspired by an old pizza delivery box that I used to protect the floor during a previous painting project. Since the bulk of the pigment that had bled onto the box was GREEN, I thought it might make a nice background for a GREEN GATORS artwork. Twenty minutes later, the crudely sketched … Read more
Grade 8 ELL are about to embark on an interesting project about how English language is used by people outside the main English speaking countries. It will help them a great deal if you could add your voice to this discussion by answering one or more of the following questions: How does it feel to … Read more
This short booklet is the result of a short research and creative writing project on the subject of fantasy creatures and mythological beasts. Click on the cover below to open the pdf. Good work G6 ELL! Click on the cover above to open/download the pdf.