Teaching & Learning English
“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
“You,” said Princess Terrett, “will pay for that!” ” I-I didn’t do anything,” protested the shamefaced yellow cat. ”Yes you did!” Exclaimed the fox. “You ripped her dress, you tit!” (A tit is a type of bird-not a rude word.) ”Hey, thanks for your loving support, Nightshade,” said the cat sarcastically. ”But you did, Lemon.” … Read more
The e-book below was put together by my Grade 6 English Language and Literature class as a warm up for our current unit Do you believe in magic? They are a very productive class – this work only took them half an hour, including the research 🙂
Story traveling is a tough task. Especially for our trio of animals. Nightshade, a quick and agile no-nonsense detective fox, Lemon, the comic relief cat and Froggi, a sweet little frog who can turn into human at will. The three were exhausted from traveling through the “Cloud”. A story traveling hallway for going into other … Read more
It was a sunny day. The clouds were few and far between, the lake was glimmering in the sunshine and the daisies were smiling gaily. Suddenly a yellow foot crushed a few daisies flat. ”LEMON! I told you not to step on the daisies!” A fox was scowling at a yellow cat which had one … Read more
What’s your favorite festival? Mine is definitely Halloween. And to think my school actually postponed it! I mean of all the outrageous ways to ruin a kid’s childhood… And it’s all because some dumb-as-dog-poo big guy somewhere cares about their pride more than kids! Of course I still celebrated it at home but it really … Read more
Here are some of the best examples from our recent Penny Dreadful writing summative assessments…
Imagine you are living in a city that is absolutely opposite comparing with our world, for example, Dr. Mat is ugly, Joshua hates basketball, Janson is a girl. If you really want to go to this country, well, here it is! The travel guide code name BOBY will take you to this wonderful city. First … Read more
I have always been keen to uncover the deepest secrets of the past that no expert has ever unveiled. I’ve also been incredibly obsessed with dinosaurs, especially their extinction, for as long as I can remember. I always seemed to ask myself the Did the dinosaurs actually go extinct because of an asteroid? type of … Read more
