Gr. 9/10 English students participated in a publishing workshop!

Gr. 9/10 English students completed their fiction summative assessment in which they presented their ideas to publish a book. They had to complete a story outline and written responses justifying their ideas. They then presented these ideas in an oral presentation to the head publisher - Ms. Limarzi! Students did a great job justifying their unique ideas for a fiction book. Way to go, students!

 Gr. 10 English students are learning about various genres of fiction this month. This week's focus is mystery writing. Today, students were given a mystery bag with three clues inside. They then had to work in groups to complete a story map. The story map served as the outline for their stories, which included a bank robbery, a hospital mystery, a school mystery, and a stolen treasure map. The mystery writing workshop was a huge success!

Senior Workplace English

Senior students this week learned about dark tourism - should tourists be allowed to visit and photograph wreckage sites around the world like the Titanic Expedition, Holocaust Museum & Pearl Harbour? They discussed the rights of the families and respect of the dead who perished. Great discussions and debates that led to a written response in which they had to decide whether dark tourism is acceptable. Great work!

Meet the FJB English Teachers

 

 

News from the English Department

Welcome to Quad 2!

This quadmester’s teachers:

Ms. Corazza, a talented addition to the department this school year, is currently using all the skills in her play book to engage our Grade 10 Locally developed students.  They will be reading graphic texts and studying Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

Ms. Jeannotte, a seasoned Brennan teacher, is introducing her grade 10 Academic students to literacy review and will showcase the department’s commitment to Indigenous education when guiding her students through the novel The Marrow Thieves.  Her grade 12 College students will look at media literacy and study a new work, The Barcode Tattoo.

Mr. Koloff, our Academies’ English specialist, is looking forward to teaching his grade 12 University online students The Iron Giant and Fiddler on the Roof as the core works.  As always, critical thinking and literary theories will be paramount throughout the quad.

Ms. LaBute, a Brennan grad herself, is currently teaching our grade 11 University students and will introduce them to the characteristics of literary archetypes; by the end of the quad, they will have been introduced to the tragedy of Macbeth, the irony of Lord of the Flies, and the archetypal characters in A Streetcar Named Desire.

Ms. Varga, head of the department and Literacy Success Teacher, is focusing on promoting literacy skills development within the school in order to prepare all Brennan students for success on the OSSLT (Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test).

Halloween in the FJB English Department

Ms. Mastronardi lays down the law.

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Mrs. Jeannotte's grade 12 English class wrote 2-sentence horror stories. Here are a couple:

"I was walking home alone down an alley at 1 a.m., as I hear a stick snap behind me. I turn around to see that no one's there; when I turn back around, there is a black figure staring back at me."

"I woke up to the sweet smell of my mom's homemade pancakes. She's been dead for 2 years."

"I always go camping by myself. When I got back from the trip and looked at the pictures, there were pictures of me sleeping."

See the inspiration here: "27 Two-Sentence Horror Stories." Read if you dare...

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What's Going on in English?

 

We had a few classes with small numbers due to retreats and field trips, today, but learning was the main priority!

 

 

 

Ms. Mastronardi’s class was busy working on media literacy!  A few were posing for the camera, of course....

 

 

Ms. Peacock’s class was in for a treat!  The Mazerunner is a better book than movie.  Just ask period 1!