Teaching & Learning English
This page provides space for my current English Language and Literature students (and anybody else who might want to join in) to discuss their studies of Shakespeare. Think of it as an online Student-Led Seminar 🙂 Welcome to this online Shakespeare Discussion Corner! 🎭 Hello, fellow Shakespeare enthusiasts! 🌟 Whether you’re diving into the enchanting world … Read more
The book below is the result of a three week project and subsequent proofreading and editing. Although the whole reads a little disjointedly, probably due to the sheer number of minds working on this story in a relatively short period of time, the ideas are interesting and most are well written. Some students even started … Read more
My Grade 8 students were practising writing news reports about the battles in Animal Farm to explore how language choices create bias in news reporting, even when sticking to the facts. Unfortunately, the images of the first three pages lost quality during the transfer from camera to computer 🙁 but you can still appreciate the … Read more
“Tricky,” muttered the fox, “but I have a plan.” “Really, Nightshade? You have a plan?” The yellow cat was skeptical. “There is always a loophole, Lemon,” replied Nightshade, “and I think I’ve found it.” “I like where this is headed,” whispered the small frog. “The rules don’t say you have to watch the lecture, do … Read more
OK, so a big sorry to people who have waited this long for chapter 2 (I’m sure there aren’t any) and here is chapter 2. Chapter 3 might be out in a month! 2 Percy Jackson Why doesn’t Magnus talk about our journey from Valhalla to Camp Half-Blood? He said he needed … Read more
Can’t write single blogs and journals any more, I’m writing a novel instead of the ‘Hellish series’.
1 Magnus Chase It was raining. Not raining rain or cats and dogs. It was raining monsters. That’s when I was called out of my room in the Hotel Valhalla. I was told that everyone was needed in the dining room for an emergency. And I guess that emergency … Read more
“Oh, I can do this no problem,” said the yellow cat. “Time me!” ”Uh-are you sure, Lemon?” Asked the tiny frog. “You did get a Z- for PE.” ”Don’t you worry, Froggy!” Said Lemon triumphantly. “I can do it!” ”Ready, get set, go!” Said the fox. Lemon ran toward the finish line. ”Well? How long … Read more
“How will we do this?” Asked the yellow cat. ”Well,” said the fox, “this should be quite easy for you, Lemon. Froggy and I have memorized 28535900 books, you only have to memorize 26.” Lemon groaned. “This math is making my head hurt, Nightshade.” ”Lemon, that’s not the point. And I didn’t ask you to … Read more
“For this one I guess we’ll just have to study very hard?”suggested the tiny frog. ” I agree,” said the small yellow cat, “but I disagree. You like learning, Froggy, but I don’t.” ” You contradicted yourself,Lemon,” said a fox. “Besides, Princess Terrett probably told Test-Bot the answers to all the questions. We can’t possibly … Read more
“How do we do this?” Pondered the fox. ”This is easy, Nightshade! I thought you were the clever one!” Said the small yellow cat. ”But, Lemon,” said the tiny frog, “you can’t explain your view of the universe in less than ten words! It can’t be done!” Lemon wrote “pizza is good” on a notebook. … Read more
“We have a very big problem,” said Nightshade. “What is it?”asked Froggy. “I think we’re in cloud asylum.” “WHAT?” Screamed Lemon. “We’re in cloud asylum all right,” said Nightshade. She pointed at a logo of a cage inside a cloud on the wall. “So let’s just storytravel out of here,” suggested Froggy. They all looked … Read more