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In my English 12 class, with a focus on censorship and then dystopia, video plays a substantial role.  Within the affordances described by Woolfit, the most applicable are: building rapport, telling stories, visual juxtaposition and multimedia presentation.  Visual texts are… Continue Reading →

Learning outcome:• Transform ideas and information to create original texts, using various genres, forms, structures, and styles I chose this song from Free Music Archive.  I plan to use it as part of the exemplar for my English 12’s final… Continue Reading →

Adapted from FNESC/FNSA English First Peoples 10, 11, and 12 Teacher Resource Guide   Emerging  Developing  Proficient  Extending  Image(s)  Needs image  Image present, but does not enhance meaning  Uses at least one image to help represent concepts/ideas etc.  or connections… Continue Reading →

Connections are a key component of English and English First Peoples at the secondary level.  Students have shown difficulty in remembering the three types of connections that they can make with text.  I plan to use this as a poster… Continue Reading →

I come from a long line of glasses wearers with my specific impairment being near-sightedness.  I struggle to read white text on a red background and red text on white background.  I went undiagnosed until high school as I was… Continue Reading →

In my English First Peoples 12 class, I am focusing on the Trickster and the universality of their stories.  I am trying to find the best way for students to reflect on the Trickster archetype. Ted-Ed is a site that I… Continue Reading →

Here is the pdf layout of my revamped Moose page I wasn’t sure if I was required to add all the necessary media, but it is placed and labelled.  Reflection When creating this ‘webpage’, I kept in mind the students with… Continue Reading →

One of the most diverse classes that I have had the privilege to teach this year is English 12 Literary Studies.  Within this class of 16-17 years old from a variety of different backgrounds.  This population has varying levels of… Continue Reading →

OER (Open Educational Resources) would be an excellent place for students and me to contribute to and create material relevant to the English First Peoples.  Being able to access free resources, being able to copy them without worrying about access… Continue Reading →