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Write a post in response to The Shack in which you discuss 3-5 ideas WM Paul Young suggests to you about The Human Condition-In Search of Self. Consider your discussions of key questions in the STJ forums on The Shack … Continue reading →

Part A of the Alberta ELA 9 Achievement test is itself in 2 parts: Narrative/Essay Business Letter Suggestions for Preparing to Write the Narrative/Essay: Assessment of the Narrative / Essay Writing Assignment on the achievement test will be in the … Continue reading →

Compare and contrast how the following two poems deal with the theme of separation from a loved one: The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter by Ezra Pound(a translation from original by Li Po) A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning by John Donne … Continue reading →

According to Marshall McLuhan, television is a “cool” medium because it provides little information and makes the user fill in what is missing. How do the House Hippo and Media Monkey ads make the user fill in the information? House … Continue reading →

D.C.Williams (1899-1983) said that Blake was a romantic with a critical view on the world, he maintained that Blake’s Songs of Innocence were made as a view of an ideal, somewhat Utopian view whereas he used the Songs of Experience … Continue reading →

Check your email: manage your contacts deal with your spam organize mail into folders turn chat on/off create or update a spreadsheet document Login to (or create) your blog: update your profile – email address manage your comments manage your … Continue reading →

Consider the “Equality–Pain and Pride” focus questions. He drew a circle that shut me out — Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in. – … Continue reading →

“Rocks are metaphors.” – D. Sader “They are just piles of rocks.” – K. Lumayko In ELA 10 we have been discussing gender inequality: particularly as inequalities are portrayed in advertisements. We think it would be interesting to create our … Continue reading →

I have three boys aged 9, 7, and 4. It should be no surprise that we all like Star Wars. Well, we were all watching another episode of “Clone Wars” last week when all three of us reacted to a … Continue reading →

Consider this article by Michael Kessler from the Washington Post. It is the current trend to see anonymous comments attached to news stories at any popular news or sporting news site. Click on any hot topic and you’ll soon see … Continue reading →

How do we write more, while at the same time we write less? This paradox occurred to me today while talking about writing with a student at STJ. I also thought the popularity of Twitter with its 150 characters “tweets” … Continue reading →

After two days the Grade 8, 9a and 9b classes have created a blog, changed their Profile password, started their Blogroll, and been introduced to a general pattern for a new post: start with a good idea 3-5 paragraphs 3-5 … Continue reading →